The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-10
NEW MACHINE SHOP
Is HANDY PLACE.
Little q ooIs and Great Irl-
yentions Can B Turned
Out

All bis life, John a. Huhn has
been D dreamer. Sometimes his
dreams took ON u tangible form
and the result would be an inven.
ton that proved valuable not only
70 himself but TO the world Il large.
But there was q dream that had al
ways been almost an obsessiou,-
the idea Of q workshop fitted up
after his own plans-a place where
no tonly he could work out his own
ideas and make his own models
but where others similarly inclined
could come and NEE "a kindred
spirit, one who had bean up against
the game and knew the dif,ieii ties
that beset the path Of the inventor
who has a big idea and no means Of
working IL out. II
"All Of us are more or less dom.
mated by. day dreams,r says Dr.
Isador H. Coriat, the celebratei
psychol0gi st In q late work on psy-
choanalysis, sand these day dreams
technically expressed as autoistic
thinking, are really the fulfllmeIit
OF our Utmost wushes, wishes that
are impossible Of fulfllment IA
reality
And soft seemed to the dreaming
inventor until a few months ago.
when he met up with several Fair.
mont business men who were SC
impressed with the practical side Of
the Hum idea that they immedi-
ately Sc ito work to carry out his
plans. The net result is one Of the
best equipped shops in Fairmont!
A recent incident that goes TO
show what a handy place the new
shop is, was the occasion for the
writer's first visit. The owner of
an automobile who was in need Of
an offset screwdriver, had made the
rounds Of the Fairmont hardware
stores without success when he hap
pened to meet r. L. Mccoy, WHO
with NJ. E. Morgan had become the
tipancial hackers Of the new ven
ture. "A visit to the shops discev-
cred MI. Huhn busily engaged on
a model Of a new electric washing
machine, which. he claims, can be
sold for a third less than any other
washer on the market. However.
he was not too busy to stop, take a
description Of the tool wanted and
IN 9 very short time had turned one
duct.
The shop is located at Mt. Vernon
avenue and Sixth street in the rear
Of the HUM residence. "A s h. p.
Century Electric motor supplies the
power for 20 in. drill press made
by the Rockford Drilling Machine
Coz of Rockford, ILL.,; an Sft x 10 in.
lathe made by the A. ". Carroll
Machine Co., Of Cincinnati, a dia-
mond grinding machine, Racine
draw-cut hack-saw and a nurnbeY
of other machines yet to be in,
stalled. Work was also begun to-
day on a small foundry for max
ing aluminium and brass castings.
All the equipment was bought from
the Spnlers Filter and Todd Co., Of
Pittsburgh.
~ 10 tle lnCentlon OF the pro.
motors Of the new enterprise TO
offer net only the best facilities
for the working out Of new ideas Of
inventors, bu ito offer quick service
in making repairs of broken parts
Of assembled automobiles or any
other jobs Of requiring quick action.
In addition to the new washing
machine, Mr.. HUM is, also engaged
in working on an improved coal
drill, which he expects to have pat
ented in a short time. The new
drill will be modelled on the same
plan as that Of his first invention,
now being manufactured by the
Fairmont Mining Machinery Co.