The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-08-20
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From the New York World. Aug. ].
The last sensation made by the enter-
prising Mr.. james Fisk, Jr., comptroller Of
the Erie Railway, is the undertaking of a
plan by which Il is proposed to make the
line of the Erie Railway, from the foot Of
Chambers street and Twenty-third street
to Buffalo and Dunkirk, an unbroken belt
of flight all through the dark nights, both
in summer and winter. The Bergen tun-
mel Is TO be so brilliantly illuminated that
upon n lowering day the eyes of the pas
sengers will be almost blinded as the train
energies from the mouth Of the
tunnel, owing TO the difference between
the bright light of the tunnel and the dull
rays Of the sun. The means to be adopted
to carry out this great plan, and thus pre-
Guiding the possibility Of any further acoi-
dents on the road on account of darkness,
is in the application ofthe electric light to
every locomotive on the line, and stationary
lights at the ferries, in tho funnel, and at
dangerous curves along the Tontc. The
attention Of the Eric company was first call
ed to consider this scheme, by Mr.. 10. G..
Morse, and Mr.. Fisk at once authorized
him to 20 TO work and see what could be
done. Mr.. Morse thoreupon commenced
10 make arrangements for the manufacture
ola large number of n large number of the
electric lamps Mt Jersey City, and he is
quite confident that within three months
he will have Erie all ablaze.
Mr.. Morse claims TO have made several
valuable discoveries aud improvements i'm
connection with the electric light. One i'm
vcntion claimed by him Is n self-sustaining
battery, and another is n device for making
the carbon points, used to give the electric
light, burn for months without wasting
away. This electric light, IL is said by
those who have experimental with II, will
cast n shadow behind m Opaque body at n
distance Of ten miles. But when Jared by
the motion Of the locomotive, the intensity
of the light Is diminished. The light will
illumine the track for three miles ahead,
however. so that, where the road is straight,
the engineer can discern any object
at that distance. BY another in
genioua device, the electricity used 10 run
the lamps will be collected by the friction
of the wheels as the trains are in motion.
Two lights will be used for lighting Bergen
tunnel, with one in the middle, as the TIM
mel is not straight, but curves. Other
lamps will then be stationed at each end OF
the Pavouia ferry, which will throw a
broad belt of light across the North river
every night, to guide the traveller safely
TO his home in the metropolis. These
lights viii, IL is said, be so intense that on
the darkest foggy night there will be no
danger of collision on the water, any more
than in the daytime. Still more, II is pro-
posed to fll Twenty.third street every night
with n food Of white light, from the North
river 10 the Fifth Avenue Hotel, so that
travellers at the heart Of the metropolis may
at all times be reminded Of the broad and
lnppy way.