Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 86, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1920 — Page 16

Section Three.

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, SATURDAY, APRIL 10. 1920

I THE INVENTOR OF "W SYSTEMS [The Original Installation of Flood Lighting for the Statue of Liberty WAS PROPOSED BY J. I. Woods of Fort Wayne Works—A Pioneer in the Electrical Field A history of the application of elec , tricity to the practical use of mandi’ring the past fifty years, could not 1 be written without a full measure of credit being given to James J. Wood,' who is not only the inventor of the “Wood” systems, but is a pioneer in the field of electrical research. Mr. Wood was born March 25. 1856 at Kinsale. Ireland. He came to New York with his parents in the fall of. 1831. In 1867 the family moved to Branford. Conn.. and young Mr. Wood entered the employ of the Branford Lock company. The intricate chai-1 acter of this work stimulated inherent mechanical ability, and '’ur-' in;-, the seven years in their employ, j he was advanced until he had com ■ plete charge of cylinder locks. DuF ing this period, he turned his atten-j tion towards steam engines, and de "-signed a horizontal steam engine for wlrch he was awarded honorable. mention in a convention held at Branford. in 1872. About the years 1874. Mr. Wood be-' came very much interested in the ■ eb rriial field, and wishing to broad-' er his activities, took employment 1 with the Brady Manufacturing Co..' cf Brooklyn. N. Y. At this time he attended and graduated from the Fnoklyn Evening High School, and the Brooklyn Poiytfrechnic Institute. H- i rcame siijiwntendent and chief engineer of the Brady Manufacturing Co. This company manufactured among other devices, the Brayton oil engine, the first 'doubt* acting engine bei.ig installed under Mr. Wood’s su] ervision, in the first Holland submarine/ During s he latter years of i'l ' i ! • ’’ • 1 7 i V V A / J. J. WOOD Ccr.sulting Engineer of Fort Wayne Works. Jir Wood’s association with this coi.jany, be constructed and carried out ome of the < rperimental work for Sir Hiram Maxim. These experfm lit/, which were later coupled with iho construction of experimental arc lamps, etc., led Mr. Wood to dedicate his efforts to the electrical in In May 1879, the first Wood arc machine was completed. This machine was capable of running one small light of nominal fUM c. p. in ea h of the three circuits, or when th • circuits w*ere combined, one large light of nominal 2000 c. p. The li/reduction of this machine, caused ♦'ll ’ < ompany ’ioa adopt the manufacture of this macnine in place of the Fuller machine previously manufac tured by them. Mr. Wood, however. Wis not satisfied and continued to make improvements until he brought out his first closed coil machine in June, 1880. This highly successful type of arc machine was manufactured continuously for 35 years, and was manufactured subsequently by the American Company. The Thomas Houston Company, the Fort Wayne Company and the General EXectzical Company, under the name of “Wood Systems” until a recent date. The purchase of the Brooklyn sac tory by the Fort Wayne Company is detailed in the “History of the Fort Wayne Work§’’ in another section of this paper. During the many years of service with the General Electric Company. Mr. Wood has taken out approximately 240 patents, covering electrical and mechanical devices, many of which are quite foreign to the punch electrical field. His designs are distinguished by their simplicity, pleasing appearance, and ease of manuaetttre I The original installation of Seed I* lighting in America was proposed by

. Mr. Wood for the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor in 1885. This suggestion was accepted by the gov'rmnent, and was installed and operated for many yoars. 1 Mr. Wood is especially gifted, in f that he can execute as well as <1 • sign. Many of his original models i wore the work of his own hands. In his contact with others who are strn ing for success, he is always encouraging and instructive, and ready to help those who are devoted to their I i work. Mr. Wood's success in his chosen field is indicated by the fact that he is a Fellow of the American Society | of 1- lectrical Engineers, has received honorable mention from many Socle-j ties for the work which he has aci eompllshed, and at present holds the, ipo-itien of inventor and consulting engineer for the General Electric Company, and is still actively engaged in constructing many now devices tending to increase the use of al s iricity, particularly in its application to power and household utili- ! ties. | ? j John McCormack pays more in-. 1 cc.'iie tax than any other singer, the aggregate being $140,000 since the w.ir began. 1 Plulip Gibbs, in a new book, says ! that one day the German soldiers di. played a plank on which was ' chalked: “We're all f urls; let’s all go, home.” Every war writer now ' srems free to say what he really; ' thinks of it. I Lenine was intervinwed with a cat . on his knee, which he stroked fondly ' during the conversation. — Taxicab business is rapidly falling, of in London because of high fares , di * to the cost of gasoline—or. to Anglicise it, “the price of petrol.” 1

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