The sun., 1898-06-06

guarantee for his services, the equal of
which has probably never been rendered
any other inventor save Edison. The
offer was declined. Mr.. Lubin declares
that no city in the world has the advan-
tages for an inventor possessed by Phila-
delpha. Twenty factories were en-
ployed in making parts of one OF his in
ventions, yet the entire apparatus could
have been constructed in any one OF
them"
Probably the capitalists referred to
above are the ones who wish to finance
the proposed factory, the rumor about
which has caused sensation here A
prominent member OF the Board Of
Trade said Yesterday that he knew no
more about the latter than the rumJr,
but expressed the hope that the industry
might be secured for Delaware's fore
most city.
I When Inventor Lubin was seen he de-
c!ined to affirm or deny the matter, say
ing that there might be million dollar
factory or nothing. All depended upon
the syndicate of capitalists. "While my
factory here is overworked and cannot
supply the demand for the Cineograph
and films, l am not anxious to embark
in an enterprise Of the proportions out.
lined by the proposed company. Under
my own direction the business has pros
pered amazingly and | have acquired
ample money for my future needs.
"The years OF work have cost me much
in vitality and | am now contemplating
a trip around the world. Money is use.
less when a man is compelled to toll
and moil as necessarily as drag horse.
Only by such work could my inventions
be perfected, yet am still at work on
improvements. Sometimes | think it
would be delight to escape from all
this, no matter what money may be
amassed by the inventions The offer
made by these capitalists is one that
would fatter any man in the world. |
made conditions which supposed would
drive them away; yet for the past year |
have been .beseiged with the PROPOSE
ton.
eff l should sign the agreement, |
would have unlimited capital and
liberty, but it would mean that my per-
sonal attention would have to be given
to an industry, the largest Of its kind in
the world, So vast that it makes my head
dizzy to contemplate the plunge. ''lt is
fattering, this OFFER" continued the in
ventor, "but with o sigh there was a
time when just little encouragement
from capitalists would have made me
suprenely happy.
"Sneers greeted my work before it was
perfected. One of the miIlionaires, who
is willing now to be a partner, ridicued
the idea when, several years ago, de-
clared that the happenings OF today OF
all sorts could be perpetuated from today
until eternity. That very thing has come
to pass, and sooner than | had antic-
pated. Money is not my reward, but
there is infinite Joy in knowing that for
millions their friends can never die.
"a millionaire told me last week that
lie would give his fortune for Cineo-
graph picture of his dead little boy. They
have his shoes and playthings, but the
Cineograph would have captured and
held for ages his smiles and capers. This
is ones reward and no inventor can have
greater one"
Sgmrlnd Lubin was born in Berlin in
1854 and has been in Philadelphia since
1878. He was one of the most distin-
guished electrical engineers in Europe
and part of his work was in the display
at the Centennial Exposition in Phila.
deIphia in 1876. His inventions are
numerous and varied and they have
been awarded prizes in competitions
where the work of the greatest inventors
of the world was displayed
His inventions include: Electrical belt
for rheumatism ETC.; achromatic specta-
cles, for far and near view in one glass;
selfadj djus,abIe nose piece, and other opti-
cal specialties. These have won media s
at ALBANIA, 1881; Charleston Industrial
Exposition. 1882; Louisville, 1883;
Denver, 1883; New Orleans, 1884; Lon
don Exposition, 1887; Pennsylvania
Exposition, 1855; Brussels, 1883; Paris
Exposition, 1880; Maryland Exposition.
1889; Chicago, 1898; San Francisco, 1894;
Antwerp, 1894.
He is now working on an improved
Napor Bath for home use and there is no
doubt that with the facilities at his COM
mand and with his inventive genius,
victory will crown his efforts.
Few of Edison's achievements have
evoked so much newspaper commenda-
tion as has been accorded inventor
Lubin's wonderful devices. Following
are few extracts from prominent news
papers Throughout the country:
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