New insulator invention by Bert Hetherington

AN IMPORTANT INVENTION

An Everest Man Invents Insulator

Bet­ter Than Any Now In Use, Says

Washington Patent Attorneys

Some time ago a young man from Everest was driving to Atchison and his attention was attracted to the number of brok­en insulators, crossed wires and broken cross-arms between here and there, and as a result began to wonder what could be done to remedy this condition. So with continuous thought Bert Hetherington has produced an insulator that is in a score of ways super­ior to any that has ever been put on the market before. His attorneys at Washington say there is nothing in the patent office like it and are very en­thusiastic over the matter. It might be interesting to notice a few of the many advantages this new invention offers. It is practically indestructable [sic] indestructible, instead of a hole 1 1-4 inch in diamater [sic] diameter in the cross-arm this one takes 3-16 of an inch and costs less that 1-3 what the wooden pin cost that is now used. It sets flush on the cross-arm, therefore there is no danger of splitting the arm. It does away entirely with the 10 to 18 inches of tie wire at each insulator, a saving of about $10.00 to every 1000 ties. There are no threads to be worn off by insulator, it does away with all nails in the pin entirely. It can be placed on any crossarm or pole to take the place of the old ones as they may break off. If the insulator breaks the lines can not get crossed or get down. It only takes 1-8 the material to make it as is used in the present insulator, can be put on in less than half the time it takes to put on the old kind. This is due to the fact that it automatically locks its self to the wire saving much valuable time. Being practically solid it is much smaller than the old one and can not be shot off so easily. It is made to turn as needed as on a curve r [sic] or a corner and the pull of the wire will be on a solid and strong part. A number of experinced [sic] experienced telephone and telegraph men who have seen the insulator are enthusiastic over the invent­ion and are loud in their approval of same. This is a little thing but it is believed that it will cover a multitude of difficulties the saving to the consumer, the econemy [sic] economy in time to install and the cross-wire aggravation are matters of no little concern, when these advantages are seen by telephone and telegraph com­panies, with millions of insul­ators in use, Bert should become a really famous man. And we certainly wish him success.