The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-11-03
Great Inventor Stops in Albu-
querque for Half an Hour
This Afternoon on Way
East.
CLUB
EXTENDS WELCOME
Wizard Of MenlO Park Talks
Interestingly of Man
Things During Brief Stop;
Photograph on Platform.

Il was with a eoud teal Of interest
hat Thomas 4. Edison stepped oil
train No. 2 this afternoon 20 look al
Albuquerque. The -rcay inventor
sald so himse;E lie has not oniy
heard a good deal about Albuquerque,
but Albuquerque aud New Mexico
recalled the fact that he tried e min
ing venture IN the ortiz grant a NUM-
Der Of years ago.
"it was a dry wash proposition
said AIR. Edison. 'and we had the
machine To do the business. but the
gold wasn't there. 70 it had yielded
three cents a ton We could have made
Il pay, but-Mr. EdisoH's eyes
twinkicd-"we couldn't find the three
cents
lie said ne sim had the rights To
the mine. but-again the twinkle
the rights were an there was 20 s.
Mr.. Edison is ON his way east after
n trip 10 the san Francisco eXposi-
ton, where Edison Week 0is celc-
brnted in the wizards honor. ne b.
travelling In e special ear.
Secretary Thomas Egau and 81 COM
mittce from The Commercial club aud
~ n H NNN"AN|. N" |"N '"'
tric light company. greeted AIR. Eide
son on his arrival iu the name Of the
city He refused to take q sightseeing
trip In MI. %southard's car on the
score OF lack of time but with evident
regret II wa his first visit Co town
and ne had heard 90 mitch of Alhu-
querQuc. he said afterwards. that he
would have liked 10 see % ul.
fHN. aurn. 4.,.w.HtH.. gNa.H vsarN ffa.
inventor was composed oi J. NJ. Doc
little. j. \. Hubbs Grover Deyiuc. s.
l.. Martin. T. j. Strou-. 5. o. Eos'u-
valid. A.. b. Struup. John ~iWms. JIl
Meyer and taorRe Valiant
Mr Edison crested The committee
cordially. lie devoted "a good deal Ut
time 20 the Harvey curio rooms. and
spent what booked Co the casual ODE
server Ike "a smell fortune uu oau,
baskets and the like. a h3ll O. dozen
times his hand went into his poke
n came lp with shoaves OF ten and
~nNe-doilar bills that went for bits ~
Indian haudipraft The porter was
loaded with curios, big mo little.
when the inventor ana his party start
ed for the train. 10 was ID safe wager
that tho wizard and his family would
not forget Albuquerque when tu,y got
back east.
Ia q chat with q Herald reporter
Mr. Edison revealed one of tne traits
in his character that has made hlB.
the champion OF progress regardless
Of profits Involved. lie wns speaking
Of his invention Tor pouring .nuDrot.
houses through moulds. "a plan ioi
building s|utslarti1l dwetllnss ut low
cost.
II got that schom, 90 "a point whore
10 worked ne sHid. land then other
fellows began infringing uu the pdt-
ents. That was exactly what ! want
ed. stopped and let them 80 ahead
You soc. { wanted 60 ger the plan OF
pouring hauaas commercially under
wt5. Now there are B scuro ~ cou-
Germs puttiug up poured houses 100 the
cast.
Mr. Edison faith in concrete 1.
tir%euroof material for big. buildings is
mistaken hy the questions raised In
some engineering quarter. after thc
big fire go hi- Sew Jersey plant
My plant rs an concrete. ne said.
Concrete .lI steel } don't believe
there is a single load of wood Doc the
whole wurs
one cot .uo feature of the .m-
promptu reception ut the tlt,uu was
% olg Edison plonorIauu. tho hu .I-
soonest In fl. Roseuw5il ore stock.
~ was mounted ou u h.eh uugpbla
truck. ans uuc of the store clerk. kcui
20 going dHI.uE the inventor .tIy al
me station Mr.. Edison smiled vhoa