Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1929, Page 36

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SMITH. | Written exclusively for The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance. DETROIT, Mich., chher 15— | (N.AN.A.) —How Henry. Ford original parts. parcels, bricks; boards, bits of furniture, broken glass and crockery, laboratory mmt\u, che.rmc- als and machines now obsolete, but precious to the man who proposes to make “Menlo Park” of Dearborn, Mich., a lasting memorial to Thomas A. Edi- son, is a story of the untiring persist- ence of one man linked with the co-op- eration of many individuals and corpo- rations who wished to contribute to the project. Carloads of parts of buildings, gath- ered from many sources, but originally integral parts of the Edison Wflfl:g in Menlo Park, N. J, and Fo Fla., were laboriously sought out. iden- tified, rchased when not donated, moved Mr, Ford to Deubom and reconstructed in precisely the farm in Mr. Edison owned and: used them. Will Be Permanent Memorial. If the wish of Mr. Ford prevails— and only Father Time can. defeat his wish—tHe buildings to be rededicated in the Edison celebration October 21 will remain forever, a memorial to the man whom all the world delights to honor on that day, and a permanent lesson to future generations of the value of practical inventive work and untiring industry. Presh imputus was given to co-oper- ation with Mr. Ford in this enterprise when, on Pebrlllry 11, the Edison Pion- eers, 8 New York organization, met at the Hotel Astor and appointed a com- mittee to confer with similar commit- tees, representlnx the Association of Edison Tlluminat. Co.'s out the world on the problem of a perma- nent home for Edisonia. This material would _consist of original models, tools and equipment by Mr. Edison the period of the invention of the incandescent Jamp, and electrical apparatus. of his- torical value. These committees, knowing the. plan of reconstructing thl Edison bullmn'l at Dearborn undertaken hy Mr. Ford, fleflM to turn over all such material Edison Helps Ford. Phna for his M undertaking h‘d discussed bv Ford with Edison, with the \'fiflf. that the ormxul idea of an institute to per- petuate tlie work and ideals, of Mr. Edison to, be located in New York or | in, Menlo Park, N. J, was abandoned, and it \'IJ agreed that Mr. Ford might remove Wi iat remained cf Mr. Edison's original pi ant at Menlo Park to Dear- born, resioring the entire group of buildings as nearly as possible with their original materials and in their \original =¢ tting duplicated in the village plot of Bir. Ford's Dearborn museum unds grounds. The ydars since Mr. Edison occupied these bui dings had wrought havoc with them. M r. Ford located and purchased three hy)mes which had been con- structed | from material taken from the Edison biildings at Menlo Park. Bricks, lumber 4 nd other materials from the dismantl( d buildings were retrieved. About, the old machine shop wers piles of firicks taken from its walls and | foundaty ns, only sections of the origi- | nal waly; standing intact. The original engine 'which operated the shop had long sijce been junked, but the boiler remain¢ d. having been transferred to OXange; N. J., when Mr. Edison moved his! plefit to that place. This boiler was nh!hln’i 1, and today stands rejuvenated, ready lto furnish steam to operate dy- nanyos, lathes and other machinery of the vel.onstructed shop in Dearborn. { Early Dynamos Found. Onel or two of the early dynamos used by - Mr. Edison remained, the others had bd en scattered and Jost. The en- tire orf ginal set of dynamos has been dupllc:l ted by the General Electric Co., as ordd red by Mr. Ford on specifications drawn . up by Charles L. Clarke, Mr. Edison{s chief engineer in the early gly; of the Edison Light Co. of Menlo ark. Restd ration of the machine shop has t | been miade by Mr. Ford by use of such of the original machinery as could be located, and brought to Dearborn, and of macjhines of the same pattern, year and mike as those originally 4 Engi § e foundations of the Menlo Park plant -yere intact, and have been re- moved (o their renewed use in the re- constructed plant at Dearborn. Rafters of the old building had been put into the root} of a sawmill near Menlo.Park. ‘There vjere obtained by Mr. Ford, and now arel in their original place in the ¢ Dearbor.h restoration. Meticulous Care Is Exercised. ‘The nieticulous care exercised by Mr. Ford in jrestoring everything as it was in the oifiginal plant is indicated in the ARRYING with them the class distinction which has always made Cadillac cars so desirable, the new Cadillacs, La Salles and Fleetwoods, introduced a few weeks ago, offer @ contrast in value-giving so striking as to make them indisputably the greatest monetary values in the industry. Whatever car you own ar hope to own, see and drive these new €adillacs and La Salles, for previous ideals of luxurious motoring. Test them in the most congested traffic, on the open road, under any conceivable driving in ry detail they surpass all condition, at all speeds. You will discover that the new improved Cadillac-La Salle Safety-Mechanical Four- Wheel Brakes are a revelation in smooth, responsive, powerful and positive control. These brakes assure more miles per hour with mission See how amazingly easy they steer, due to the new harmonized steering system. Gear-shifting in these new Cadillacs and La Salles is almost uncanny in its silence and sim- plicity. No clashing. No tugging er timing. The new Cadillac-La Salle Syncro-Mesh Trans- today's highest development in transmissions for the simplification of control. You cannot obtain it in any other car. perfect safety. And this is not all: New designs; lower, longer, racier lines; greater seating capacity; larger, itory years seemed to Mr. Ford to be at fault placing the main post of the stairwa: “The dimensions of that stairway not seem to me to be just right,” he said. “T went into that and found that we had the pcst 18 inches out of posi- tion. So we rebuilt the stairway.” Every bit of material used by Mr. Edison is saved, if Mr. Ford can recover it. “I don’t want one scrap of material with which Mr. Edison worked to be Jost if we can reclaim it,” he explained. He pointed to glass-covered cubbies built into the walls of the reconstructed laboratory, in which are placed quanti- ties of experimental light bulbs which had been broken and consigned, with all kinds, shapes and sizes of pottery and other discarded materials, to a great hole Mr. Edison had dug in the yard adjoining the Menlo Park laboratory. “We found in that hole a carload of materials, and we are saving every lit- tle piece,” Mr. Ford said. “We found one light bulb whole and ready for use, if a filament is put into it.” “Burial Ground” Is There. Another side of the restored labora- tory room had similar cabinet spaces filled with quantities of broken pottery, all used by Mr. Edison and his work- men in the early days. Every bit of broken pottery found is saved—even the hole from which this scrap material was recovered has been duphicated. Visitors to the Dearborn Edisonia collection will notice a deep depression | in the ground back of the office build- ing, and will wonder why Mr. Ford should permit this disfiguration. This is the reproduction of Mr. Edison’s scrap burial ground of the old days. The Edison pioneers found one of the front doors of the old Edison laboratory installed in a millinery shop in Menlo Park and another in a barber shop. Both were reclaimed and now are in their original position in the restored building. Mr. Ford wanted the chemicals and apparatus with which Mr. Edison work- ed in the laboratory restored as nearly as possible in every detail. With Mr. Edison’s aid, the man who supplied chemicals to the laboratory was found. He analyzed old bills of sale, and, drawing on these and his memory, he has supplied the same chemicals in the same kind of bottles and containers Mr. Edison used, and many of these were from his own stock; others were ob- tained from the old sources. 0Old Employe Aids Ford. Through Francis Jehl, an old em- ploye of Mr. Edison, the only survivor besides Mr. Edison of the group present when the incandescent lamp was in- vented, and now en’?lnyed by Mr. Ford in restoring the Edison buildings, all equipment in the laboratory is arranged as it was 50 years ago. An uncle of Theodore Roosevelt pre- sented an organ to Mr. Edison, and this was placed by the inventor in one end of the second floor of the laboratory. Music from the organ, in hours of re- laxation, often wafted away the cob- from the minds of the inventor ‘webs | reconstriiction of the stairway of theand his aides, always groping, with the | windshield wipers. dl’d ful. inmtyummfiudnflmk- mlfletmw'.hha, the realm of the unknown for )nniedln use- The old organ sang its life out long ago, but Mr. Ford has had a duplicate made, and this stands today in.the spot hallowed by its predecessor. Edison, on his visits to hfi Tebuilt work- shops, may delight to sit at the organ and play again some of the old tunes which relieved the monotony of trial and failure, trial and failure—until at Jast the 'Il{ ‘was found to glorious final achievemen In his search far and wide for Edisonia, Mr. Ford one day _came upon a document written by Mr. Edison con- cerning the gas which was distilled for his use in the laboratory from gasoline, not far from the carpenter shop where wood patterns were made. This docu~ ment contained enough descriptive ma- terial concerning the still to make it possible, with the aid of Mr. Edison's memory, to reconstruct the device. Now it fs supplying illuminating gas to the buildings. Carbon Shop Is Replaced. Another small building, known as the “carbon shop,” because here kerosene lamps with wicks turned high deposited on their chimneys the soot collected by Mr. Edison and compounded into the | This carbon button used in his new tele- phone recelver, also disappeared years ago. This buliding Has been repiaced. It is recalled that when making the new incandescent lamp, Mr. Edison put this collected carbon soot under hy- draulic pressure and rolled out the lamp filaments. Another building, the “glass house,” standing back of the Edison Office Building, originally was the photo- graphic studio, the globes for the early | incandescent lamp experiments having been made in Philadelphia. Mr. Edison converted this studio into a glass-blow- ing plant and employed experts to do the work. It was in this building that the globe for the first incandescent lamp was blown. ‘This glass house had a varied his- tory. After the transfer of the Edison plant from Menlo to Orange, squatters used the old glass house as a dwelling. Later it was used as a chicken coop. Written history might intimate that the psychology of association caused hens to lay glass eggs in this coop. But no writer of book history has dealt with the coop. Still a Coop When Found. ‘The building+was still a chicken coop in a recent year when the General Electric Works, Harrison, N. J., got possession of it and restored it to its first condition. This concern later pre- sented the restored building to Mr. Ford for his Edisonia. Today the working equipment of the glass house is restored, and an old- time glass blower is there to blow globes for the memorial re-enactment October 21. This_glass biower will teach the trade to students in the Ford Trades School, & part of the general museum plant. ‘The old two-story office building also A I_OWER WIDEm red Ways to Modern Color! 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Car Company, Division of General Motors, Detroit, Michigan; Oshawa, Canada. v delivery and financing. v The new La Salles are v v Consider the delivered price as well as the list price when comparing automobile values. Cedillac-La Salle delivered prices include enly reasenable charges for v priced from $2a85 to $2795 v the new Cadillacs from $3195 to $3795: the new Fleet- woods from $3995 to $7500. All prices ©. b. Detroit. 54 The Washington-Cadillac Co. Rudolph Jose President 1136-40 Conn. Ave. Decatur 3900 AT i 'IM Original memory of Mr. Edison and members of the Edison pioneers have made it possible to reproduce the building with similar brick manu by the same concern which supplied the brick for the original structure. Onme of the old shutters of the building was located by Mr. Ford, restored to its first condition, and is now in the duplicate building, this old shutter tying the past to the lasting memorial. Soil Is Brought, Too. The original cherry furniture in _this building will be duplicated by Mr. Ford | and is to be made from the cherry | tree which stood for years in the old Menlo Park compound, the tree too old to transplant. Seven carloads of top soil have been broulhc from the old Menlo Park to the new. A sprout from | an old apple tree, now dead, standing | machine shop, has been brought to the memorial grounds and planted in the | same relative position occupled by the parent tree. Sarah Jordan's boarding house, the | original transplanted, stands, as it f merly did, near the Edison buildings. house, in December, 1879, follow- ing the invention of the incandescent Rashes do Itch/ BATHE them freely with Cuticura Soap and hot water, dry gently, and apply Cuticura Ointment. It is surprising how quickly the irri- tation and itching stop and after a few treatments the rash disap- pears. There is nothing better for all forms of skin troubles. Soap 25c. Ointment 25¢. and 30¢c. Talcum 25c. Sammple each free. Addrass: “Cuticura,” Dept. 17M, Malden, Mass. the |ing in the house and converting the kerosene lamp fixture into an electric fixture. The old railroad station at Smith’s Creek, on the line of the Grand Trunk the young “news butcher,” was thrown out with press and rlrlphemllll when one day the inventive boy’s chemicals set fire to the baggage car, has been moved and re- built, and stands in its pristine brick dignity, ready to receive the distin- guished visitors who will ride in an old- time train from Detroit to Dearborn In this station building | placed facsymiles of ulung?- Railway, where Edison, his chemicals, hand printing other October 31. are | sending Instruments invented by | Edison and & hook-up has been ar- | ranged so that Mr. Edison, on October |21, "can _talk over the Western Union | lines with any part of the world. 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