Show HOME VIEWS OF EDISON aoma of hii neighbors dont believe tart he Is such a wonder after all prophets are not the only great people without honor in their own country said a man who had spent some time at menlo park looking for thomas A edison I 1 wanted to see the experimental apparatus on which the american wizard is at work with a view to reducing iron ore by electricity the workmen told me I 1 could see it only with the permission of mr edison whom I 1 could find somewhere about the place to my disappointment I 1 failed to find him but I 1 had an instructive tive search the people thereabouts do not think the inventor of the is such a very great man lie only got it the idea accidentally said one woman on my way out I 1 met locomotive engineer who knew edison and he told me with great glee of a really practical accomplishment of the inventors ability to run a locomotive edison once roda in my cab he baid and he told me how when he was train dispatcher he once forgot orders and allowed two trains on the same section of track he corrected his mistake but not so soon that the escape from collision was due to him and he was discharged while waiting for train to the next town it wag in the west an accident happened to an engineer who was to take an important train up the road no one to replace him was at hand and edison took his place and ran the train think of thail added the engineer |