Other, Report of Visit, Hart Manufacturing Company, February 3, 1917

February 3, 1917. Hart Mfg. Company, G. W. Hart. Upon the suggestion of Mr. Cherry of Sargent & Company, I visited Mr. G. W. Hart, of the Hart Mfg. Company, Hartford, Conn. Mr. Hart treated me very cordially and called in serveral of his engineers to see the samples which I showed them in their vault. Mr. Hart immediately fell in with the idea that the luminous bush-buttons was a remarkable article and suggested that we send him samples at once. They have been interviewed by Mr. Kelly of the Radium Chemical Company but were evidently not impressed by his statemy During my talk with Mr. Hart I fortunately mentioned the application of luminous material to the switches used in Pull- man Cars. Mr Hart informed me then that they manufactured all the switches used by the Pullman Company and immediately had some special samples made up while I waited so we may prepare them vi th luminous material and return them to him to be submitted to the Pullman Company in Chicago. The matter of price is very important in this case and we will probably have to utilize a cheap grade of material. of course, it is necessary to see the button about three feet in the Pullman cars, which are quite dark. Mr. Hart also gave me samples of wall plates with the suggestion of countersinking the luminous material between the two button holes. I left Mr Hart, with the understanding that they would experiment with our material as soon as the samples were received and action would be as prompt as possible. They have a very large factory which is running to full capacity at the present time and they look like good prospects. P. M. Willis.