The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-07
UNIVERSITY PAYS DESERVED HONOR. TO ELIAS HOWE. Inventor of Sewing Machine, Once Bridgeporter, In
 Hall of Fame / ESTABLISHED GREAT MANUFACTORY HERE Local Post of Grand Army Is Named for Patriotic
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The memory of Elias Howe, Jr., in ventor of the sewing machine and one of IBridgeport's foremost residents in the past has been highly honored by the New York University senate which decided this week to include his name in the Hall of Fame.
 Seven new names were added, making a, total of 56 in the Hall of Fame for Great Americans at the university: Mark Hopkins, former president of Williams College; Fran cis Parkmans the historian; Elias Howe, inventor; Joseph Henry, scien- tist; Charlotte Cushman, trage- dienne; Rufus Choate, jurist and Daniel Boone, pioneer. Out of 97 votes cast Howe received 61 in his favor John Paul Jones. who has twice come up for election was de- feated upon the fact that following his life to benefit other nations.
 Elias Howe, IT,, was born at Spenc- CT, Mass, in 1819s the son of a, farm CT and miller. He rescided there until 1885 when he removed to Low ell. Mass, to learn the trade of weaver in large cotton mill. Later he removed to Cambridge, Mass, where he acquired knowledge of me chanical hemp carding. Thence he transferred his services to Arthur Davis in Boston where he was ern- ployed in developing machinery re- lating to cotton milling.
 In the year 1S43 he became inter ested in the development of ma chine that would sew cloth He, studied many hours at night until he evolved the idea of a two thread sys- tenn whereby a hooked needle and shuttle would perform the feat. He was aided with capital by George T-N{r,1 s1- 1845, his first patent issuing Sept. 10, 1846a
 He 1abored for many years to in duce capital to- take up his Ideas and it was cear1y 1 5 years before he reap ed the reward of his early efforts. It is estimated that he was receiving on the average of $75sOO0 annually at the time of his death
 As 8 citizen of Bridgeport Howe was well known, being foremost in civic and military affairs. He es- tablished the Howe Sewing Machine factory in 1865, which employed at the time of it's destruction in 1883 in all charitable and business inter ests of the city,
 He was very patriotic and it is rel corded that in 1862 he enlisted in the 17th Connecticut Volunteers as a private and by playing a drum and life on the Main street succeeded in en1isting many other Bridgep orters. At one time when government f- nances were low he paid off the en- tire regiment from private funds and was on the point of repeating the payment when the government fur nished money. Elias Howe, Jr., post, No. 3, G. A. R., of this city is named in his honop
 The old Howe factory stood upon the site of the present Ashcroft Man ufacturing Co.'S plant. The Howe home was just west of St Johns church on Fairfield avenue. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 3. 1S67, while visiting relatives.
 Elias Howe Post, G. A. R., will re- joiee doubly at the present honor be- slowed upon their comrade, for it was only this week that the post re- cefved from Elias Howe Stock we'll, of New York city,s a grandson of the inventor, a beautiful black cane which had been used by Howe. This had come from the deceased to Mir StockwelI through his mother and was sent to Bridgeport last week in recognition of the ss courtesies shown by the post at the last memor- ial parade in this city.