The Washington times., 1907-10-20
Houses Built in Day
Promised by Edison;
Truck Horses Doomed

NEW YORK. oct. 19-HOuses built IN
twelve hours, the disappearance OF truck
horses from Manhattan in December
and Marconi sending 1000 words min
ute across the Atlantic are prophecies
made by Thomas p. Edison yesterday,
IN his laboratory at Orange. n. J. Mr..
Edison received delegation Of 800 mem
hers of the American Electro-Chemical
Society which is now meeting here.
Showing the model Of Queen Anne
cottage. Mr.. Edison said;
Next spring / intend 10 build house
bv this model BY means of a system Of
patent mOlds il is possible for any con-
tractor TO build a house Of solid cement
twenty-five feet wide by forty-hye 1eeJ
deep. three stories high, and capable OF
comfortably housing three famlhes, lot
$1,000 Three families in a house built
on this model will give each family lots
OF room.
viii Abolish Insurance.
"a house ike this win abolish insur-
lance forever.
s'By pouring the cement into the molds.
beginning, of course, at the top, unth
the whole mixture Overnows the edifice'
st Will be possible 70 build the house IN
twelve hours. and in six days more II
will have settled and hardened so as 70
De absolutely indestructible-
'I have built the model Of this house
on the basis OF a labOrer-oWher BeIuhs
$3.50 per day. The moldiug forms are
Of cast iron, and for %l,JJO the enIlfe
house can be built This 10 include neat
ing pipes, staircases OF cement noors
and mantels OF cement ana q cement
roof that won't leak Plumbing ana
even bath tubs win be OF cement
1.-The durability Of the house Is IN
questionable oven children may 90
around with axes and chop as long as
they like without doing any material
harm.
There Will Be No Repairs.
therefore. there viii be no necessity
Cor repairs. Even the window sashes
will be of cement. Aside from narrow
strios Of wood intended for the holding
OF carpet tacks. the only wooden thing
about the house is the front stOOp, IL
will cost a contractor $4,000 to get the
1nolds with which 10 build the house,
but then he will be able TO build over
"a ON houses with the one set OF mOlds.
The mOlds can be taken down IN a
few hours after the hose has Deen M
dshed. and they may be carted 10 any
part of the world in less space tnan Is
required for shipping an ordinary der
rick. That's what VIII appeal strongly
10 commercial economy"
Has Put Horse Aside.
Mr.. Edison was asked how he was
progressing with his storage battery
for driving trucks, and smillngly he
said:
sI don't mind telling you that ] have
at last. succeeded in getting the storage
battery proposition TO a condition IN
which It Is of economic value Am
turning out 800 storage batteries Weeh
for trucks This after a three year
rest / realized that If made battery
capable Of doing only 1900 miles Wnel
a new plate became necessary il would
do no more than the horse was abe
10 do I decided that If the battery
was able TO accomplish $1,000 miles with
out a new plate, the horse was dead
The horse is dead.
'sI have succeeded in perfeCting a
F0OOO-mlle battery. II viii be able ia
take twice the load of the ordinary
truck, will have twice the speed, and
take up half the space. In a word, il
will be eight times as useful as the
horse and wagon. In December wheT
we VIII begin TO deliver these batteries
the horse OF Manhattan will disappear
Forever"
MarcOni Can Send 1000 Words.
Mr.. Edison was shown a wireless mes
sage from ". W. Bradheld, Of the Mar
eoni Company, saying that the new
acrOss-the-sea wireless system wa
working at the rate Of twelve words
minute Mr.. Edison's comment on thi
SYas:
'Give NIarconi ten years and he vii
DE sending 1905 words a minute oy
wireless. He won't need any dupie,
system 70 do it either. MarcCnf is tn
man. At present he can't make 1t a
great from an economic standpoint a
Is the submarine cable because there
ar absorption of electric waves in caol
that we don't get in the air There 4
no reason why the wireless can't dI
as we'll as the telegraph.
''MarcOni viii be able to prevent b!
legal suit any other company buttfnE ii
anywhere about his stations Commol
Jaw gives him the right.
Bell-New Haven Suit.
''The Bell Telephone Company ejthe
mas or is about to begin a suit again.
the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad Company fer interference
by means Of high voltage and its thir
rail with the Bell wires. It's suit is o
the ground thai il was first in the ne!
which the railroad company now tres
passes.
The railroads answer is that tn
Bell company does not owr the eartf
hut the telephone company replies tina
the railroad company is running the te
ephOne business and has no right to.
think the telephone company will win.
Some Of Maxim's Hot Air.
Mr.. Edison was asked II he had ~es
Sir Hiram Maxim's message, sayin
that there was a possibility of harnes.