A MAN CALLED OTIS!

      SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2023

             A MAN CALLED OTIS!

   If you've ever found yourself in the position

of having to go up multiple flights of stairs to

get to an appointment or even to do some

shopping it's likely that a guy named Otis

made life a little easier for you. You see

Otis invented the elevator! We should all

probably thank Otis! But...which one?  Otis

Tufts filed a patent for what he called a

"vertical railway" in 1859. It was used in

New York's 5th Avenue Hotel. But that 

same year another man came up with a

much similar design which included a

safety break to stop the elevator should

it happen to fall. It quickly became the

standard. That "other man" was also

named Otis. But, in his case, Otis was

his last name! Elisha Otis. He's the Otis

who also founded the Otis Elevator

Company...still the largest manufacture

of elevators in the world. Hope you're

getting up in the world and that all

your NEWS is good!