The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-17
ELECTRIC LIGHT.
The Invention Discussed by Members Of the
american Gashght Association.
Is TT PRACTICABLE?
A General Impression that Gas Will Not
Soon Be Blown Out.

The American 0aslight Association met yesterday
in tho Filth Avenue Hotel its Nth annual Convcn-
tion. About hundred and twenty 1--WE members
we're present, among whom were delegates from most
Df the large cties Business begun at ten O'Clock,
tho President. General Charles Roome, Of the Man.
haitian Company, occupying tho chair. Tho following
officers were elected Tor tho ensuing year:-Presi-
aent-Chares Roome, New York. Vice Presidenss-W.
B. Price, Cleveland, OHIO; George B. Neil, Charles
Town, Mass T. LittIohales, Ontario. Secretary and
Treasurer-Charles Nettleton, Now York. Executive
Com mittee-- William II. Deniston, Pittsburg, Pa;
George D. Cabot Lawrence, Mass; A. Hicksnlooper,
Cincinnati. Ohio; Henry Cartwright, Philadelphia,
Pail G Sherman, New Haven, Conn. Henry Stacey,
indianapolis, Ind. ss~ assslotE. es
ttsst An INFORMAL DISCUSSION. .sW
Shortly alter twelve O'Clock recess was taken
untl two in The afternoon During this interval and
alter tho adjournment in the evening the members
discussed the practicabiity OF the electric light tor
d0mioiary use. tt- 1aehsrr ta IsttG4 t5ea t
II have witnessed experiments made with the
electric light" said Mr.. Henry Cartwright OF Pha-
aslphia sand I am very soepticsl about It's having
been perfected The Exposition Building In our city
has boon lighted by it. and am sure that gas would
have been far moro efficient and satisfactory"
s3@ PROFESSOR EDIs0Ns INVENTION
lyon have not much faith, then, IN The success Of
Mr. Edison's inventionY You think 1t 10 impossible
70 do what he claims to nave doner''ho was asked.
"No, do not say that OF course do not know
anything about his invention, and cannot oondcmn
II without seeing It, But seems 10 that he fails
TO consider properly the great costincss OF using
electricity for illumination 1t is very easy say
that each burner lamp will cost only much per
day hour; but really think that he ia ignorant Of
the actual expense Of his proposed system"
Another gentleman remarked :-"People are very
n n n . tFfNtf
Thoy are rcady 20 believe almost anything In relation
20 II. The aichemists OF the Made Ages were
more credulous ABOUT the philosophers stone.'
Mr. Henry Stacey, OF Indianapolis, said: son last
Monday night happened to be in Baltimore, and
ments with Brusn's electric machine. the light was
very brilliant and powerful but 1t wavered inces-
sanity ana went out three times
..has The announcement OF Edson's invention a.
fected gas stocks In lndtnnapolsY'
Mr.. i. Munxnger told the HERALD representative
that no had oeen experimsn.ng with tne eecsnc
more than an IS candle lame and The electric ish.
cannot be divided. In Ptiadclpnia II has be- pro-
auoed 1900 ees from the generating machine WITH
0nicuty: Suppose That this light Is paced in every
house Who wants 10 put IN a new piece OF csrDon
every hour during an EVENING" The Wallis
mach requires less frequent change than any Of
the others. employs carbon plates II inches long,
inches wide and u an inch thick, and they are sci
one on Top OF the other. There are lew establish
ments that could be advantaeeously lighted even
with the cheapest apparatus. steam engine is re-.
CURED Tor driving tue generating machine. II, Tor
instance you wanted 70 light a nall or = depot
ploy an engineer and stokers. and you could never
get any gnt until the Urea hat been built and tho
stantiy inc electric light could bo used TO
advantage, but not elsewhere. Purc carbon, nightly
supplied misht produce constant light: ana II Won
can mako It pure v hite IL Will be nearly perfect
EFFECT UroN GAS STOCKS
III think, however, that TINS whole discussion OF
lhe electric light has been devised for the purposc
Knocking down tho gas stocks"
Mr.. W. H. Price, OF Cleveland, Ohio, said that gas
IN ~ h0d
Il was, perhaps. more dlfrcun TO sell them tnan
u han been. HIS company had never investigated
the subject OF the electric night particularly. The d.
rcctors had not ielt that II mad yet been lar
veIoped as 10 demand investigation. He did not
think that the mass OF intelligent people were much
.Do you think that electricity WIN finally su per-
scde gas an illuminating meansfn
"rhat rs one OF those things that NO fellsh find
OUT There IS, however, general isoling among
seo,rc sh may BE- perfected 20 That Tue u .a
viii rival That OF gss When that comes 10 pass It
viii hurt me gas business, oil course"
"Do you suppose that II will ever be furnished NJ
..rno quss.ion OF cost is an exceedingly difncul.
one. IL las not boen iuliy determined There
Data upon which 10 form an estimate"
Mr. N. s. Greenouan, OF the Boston Gas Company,
saId that gas stocks had suffered market value ia
Boston. Thoy had fallen from eight 10 per
The uneasiaess he thought, was eroundless. Tnc
exhibition OF the electric nsnt at tho Mecnanics'
FAIR had treasured holders Of shares by demon
ra ing that could not take the place OF gas iignI
stocks were now recovering strength again. He had
vstcd PARIS during Inc past lor the purpose
studying the oicctric ight, ana his opinion OF II
very much like that OF Major Dresser winch the
HERALD publisher last Monuay. He found tho ex-
hibttlons very unsatisfactory.
THE JABLoCnoFF CANDLE.
The JablochoT candle Is accurately described a.
follows :-ihcre arc two rods needles Of carbon
placed side by sde ana insulated By plaster OF Paris
or mixture OF plaster AMI kaoin. 4 nc needles arc
made OF reori carbon and cement and ons-cignth
Of an inch in domcter and inches long. They are
liked IN metal sockets TO which the atached
Each needle viii Durn about hour and q quarter.
-Four oil them are usually liked on stand within IN
opal glass globe. As ono burns down current is
changed TO the next. The four needles consumed
In about six hours They twelve ocnts zach.
MI GreeDough did not think that In comb stibIs
candle could ever BIO invented. Gas, he thought,
would hold It's own against any other illuminating
material 4. q e
At tho afternoon session OF the association Mr..
Chambers, OF Trenton, N. j., read a paper on ~rhe
Use OF Pctrolsum IN Making Cas-" and Major q.
Warren Dresser read one Seas Making Ia Lon
dom" Most OF tho facts adduced had reference 10
rosiduary products. Gas in LONDON costs ninety
cents per 900 cubic fset. IL shown that labor
there - much cucaper than here and that there
better market Tor tho am monia water, coal and
coke which are loft by the gas making process The
use Of u machine Tor crushing coKs was found 70
facilitate It's sale.
LECTURE On ELECTRIC LIGHT
Al i've O'Clock the ASSOCIATION adjourned until TO.
day. This evening H. wih proceed Ia q body to the
Stevens lnsttutc In Hoboken, and listen 70 lecture
by Professor Morton on the electric light The leo
turcr Will illustrate his remarks by experiments
IT EDISONS VIEWS COMBATED.