Biography Spencer Trask
spencer trask & co. letterhead c. 1917 trask supporter of new inventions in experimental stages, having formed appreciation connection between technology, business , finance during time @ polytechnic university in brooklyn. foresaw potential of inventions such marconi wireless telegraph, telephone, phonograph, trolley car, , automobile; of these gave of time, money , judgment, aid in development. thomas edison, inventor of light bulb, financed , supported trask. on 14 years president of new york edison company, world s first electric power company. company became known consolidated edison. trask original trustee of edison electric light company, predecessor general electric company, being many years member of executive committee. in 1896, adolph s. ochs, introduced trask john moody. trask , partner, george foster peabody, leaders of investment group had bought new york times, averting bankruptcy. trask made ochs publisher , himself chairman new york times reborn. john moody began ...