Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-12

| holding of carpet tacks the only wood- en thing about the house is the front stoop. have given it wooden stoop l to make it more beautiful. have been
 in consultation with New York archi- tects on the subject of the wooden stoop, and I think 1t possible to omit | that material in the stoop construction. It will cost contractor $30,000 to get the molds with which to build the | house, but then he will be able to build over 30.000 houses with the one set of molds.
 "The molds can be taken down in | few hours after the house has been | finished, and they may be carted to any part of the world in less space than is required for shipping an ordi- | nary derrick. That's what will appeal strongly to commercial economy In selling contractors the iron castings shall restrict them in the use of ce- ment that will have no air bulbs. The cement will be poured into the molds until it flows over at the top. Then the house is practically finished. won't sell the molds to any who does not satisfy me of the quality of his concrete formula. In the great San Francisco disaster the houses which withstood the earthquake were built of cement"
 The Long Expected Battery.
 MT. Edison now makes the announce ment that his storage battery propo- sition has been brought to condition in which it is of economic value. For years he has been working on this great feature, and now he makes the confident statement that as early as December of the present year truck horses will be seen no more in the streets of New York. The Edison works are turning out the new stor- age batteries at the rate of 300 a week.
 This effort to obtain a storage bat tery that will do more than the work of a horse at less expense has been a long and sometimes discouraging one After three years of almost constant labor and experiment Edison made a battery which would propel truck 12,000 miles before new plate be- came necessary. This result was gratifying, but it was not enough to drive the horse from the field. The in- ventor found that in order to put the truck animal out of business it would be necessary to construct battery that would accomplish 5O,000 miles without new plate.
 He has succeeded he says, in doing this. He has perfected a 50,000 mile battery, and in a few weeks it will be on the market and cheap enough for common use. If half that is claimed for it is realized it will be one of the greatest labor saving devices ever in- vented. It will be able to carry twice the load of the ordinary truck, win have twice the speed and will take up but half the room. -n'
 Although MT. Edison has patented his wonderful concrete house, he pur- poses to let any one who wishes to build it have the right without charge, only that every person who builds shall use the proper kind of . concrete, enforce it with twisted iron rods and turn out an artistic prod uct. He declares that the laboring man is going to get square deal" on this improvement. He disclaims all idea of personal gain from the inven- tion and says that he will make gift of it to the working people of America.
 All of which is in line with the dec- laration made on his last birthday to the effect that all of his effort here after would be exerted solely for the benefit of his fellow men.
 w. S. EMERY.