. Electric railway gazette . ourage and reward To sustain these claimswould be to sanction a monopoly in that whichbelongs to the public. In announcing this con-clusion we cannot do better than quote some obser-vations of the Supreme Court which apply withgreat force to this case, as we read the proofs. InAtlantic Works vs. Brady the Court said : Theprogress of development in manufacturers createsa constant demand for new appliances, which theskill of oiilinary head-workmen and engineers isgenerally adequate to devise, and which, indeed,are the natural and proper outgrowth of such de-velopment
. Electric railway gazette . ourage and reward To sustain these claimswould be to sanction a monopoly in that whichbelongs to the public. In announcing this con-clusion we cannot do better than quote some obser-vations of the Supreme Court which apply withgreat force to this case, as we read the proofs. InAtlantic Works vs. Brady the Court said : Theprogress of development in manufacturers createsa constant demand for new appliances, which theskill of oiilinary head-workmen and engineers isgenerally adequate to devise, and which, indeed,are the natural and proper outgrowth of such de-velopment. Each step forward prepares the wayfor the next, and each is usually taken bv spon-taneous trials and attempts in a hundred diiferentplaces. To grant to a single party a monopoly ofevery slight advance made, except where the ex -ercise of invention, somewhat above ordinarymechanical and engineering skill, is distinctlyshown, is unjust in principle and injurious in conclusion, the judge said: The appellant. Exhibit of E. F. De Witt & Co. remedy by feeding conductors, having no lampstherein, connected with the mains of the consump-tion circuits arranged in sets concentrically aroundthe central generating station, and so proportionedas to secure equal electrical pressure throughoutthe entire system. It is contended that the inven-tion described and claimed in the earlier patent isfor one form of the alleged invention described inthe later patent and covered by the three firstclaims thereof, and that no one could use the in-vention of the earlier patent without infringingthese later claims. The question thus raised is aserious one ; but we do not deem it to be necessaryto consider it, inasmuch as the views we have ex-pressed upon the other branch of the case aredecisive. T?he decree of the Court below is reversedand the cause is remanded, with directions to entera cecree dismissing the bill of complaint with costs. QUESTIONS AND ANSWEES. The Stebet Railway Gazet
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