Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-23
TO BUILD NE-PIECE HOUSE.
Edison Tells Scientists It Can Be
 Erected in Half a Day.

l LII 41d1l q Oofs ! To build a three-story house ill one solid piece, at cost Of only Sl,Uuo, and to finish the job ill twelve hours that is the problem which Thomas 4. Edison, Saturday, told the mem- l fers of the American Electro-Chemi- cal society he had solved, and he i showed them the model to prove it. Incidentally he expressed the opinion l that theoretically the horse will dis appear from Manhattan island some time next December. when his new storage battery for automobile pro- pulsion is placed on the market.
 Two carloads of members of the so- ciety which is holding it's twelfth an nual meeting ill this city. went out to Orange to look over the Edison works and to meet the inventor After a general handshake he led them oft on a tour of the plant at a pace that was somewhat faster than a trot and at times approached q gallop, keeping up running fire of explanations and answering questions that were fired at him in voleys.
 All the scientists were interested in the process of making photograph records and showed considerable ami nation when he told what he was do- ing and expected to do with his stor- age battery. but when he led the par ty up a couple of flights and showed the model of his ideal house of the future" and began to explain it they became enthusiastic.
 According to Mir Edison, the house of the future will be cast from iron mouIds in one solid piece, including stairs and bathtub. It will be fire proof and indestructiblc. and from. one set of moulds an infinite number of exactly identical houses can bc made. And for protection against poor construction he intends to re- strict the use of his patents to con tractors of responsibility who will agree to follow his formula for mak ing concrete.
 Some of the best architects in New York have contributed their ideas to the model which Mir Edison showed. It is of a house that. in full size, %ill be three stories high, 25 feet front age and 45 feet from front to rear. The style is 8 combination of colonial and Queen Anne, and it does not loOk at all like any concrete house that any one ever saw.
 There is no reason" said lIr Edi- son. as he stood before his model, "why concrete house shouldn't be IS pretty as any other kind The house of the future will be artistically at tractive as well as practically q per feet dwelling. Now that my model is completed 1 am having a set of moUlds made for the construction of q full sized house on this plan and shall build the first one from these moulds next summer. One thousand dollars will cover the entire cost of building this house. which will be big enough for three ordinary families"
 After the materials arc assembled un tine ground twelve working hours should be sufficient to build house. continued Mir Edison. After the eel. lar is dug the contractor will bring lis sand, cement and crushed stone. together with his concrete mixing machinery. the moulds and T derrick. to the spot As fast as the concrete is made it is poured into the moulds. which fiji toCgther from cellar bottom to roof tree The wOrkmen keep on pouring in the concrete until il ovar- flows at the tor. Then they % away. and six days later they % hack and take off the moUlds. pirc" by piece.
 Roof and floors will bn solid con .rcte. The only wood necessary will hr tho doors and 3 strip of wood sunk around the edge of each floor to tack ILp carpets to. When it is done you vin have a house that is firePronf vCImin proof aud waterproof. and you can let the children chop the ban ist@r> with hatchets an day. if it gives them aEy pleasUre-it won't hurt th" house
 "It va< buildings constructed on -hat formula that ,amn through the san Francisco fire unscafhad. aud su n a tuildinc will last forever anI get more solid as time goes on