The New York herald., 1878-10-19
June II. Oct 2. Oct. 10. oct. ls

Yesterday quotations DID not show on their face
all OF tho actual decline IN price, as there has been
remarked IN Wall street effort among holders to
bolster up the stock oil some OF the companies.
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
The closing session OF the annual meeting OF the
American GAsiight Association he'd yesterday In
the Filth Avenue Hall, on Twenty -iourth street,
General Charles Roome was In the chair. Alter the
transaction OF some routine business motion that
hali hour be devoted 70 discussion on The electric
Mr. Hclme, OF Pniadepuia, made In a very few re-
marks report Of the experiments with the electric
that tho Franklin Institute had once appropriated
$500 for the purpose OF examining the electric sht,
but y had not discovered In II any element OF pracs'
cabihty.
Mr. Henry Cartwright, OF Philadelphia, detailed
some interesting facts about the lighting OF tho main
building OF lhe Permanent Exhibition with eiecricy.
The results there had beon extremely unsatisfactory.
People not Interested IN gas. except as consumers.
who had studied the experiments, wore candid In ex-
pressing their unbelist 10 lis alleged popular UTILITY.
The engine used there for generating the electricity
was the came which propelled the machinery on ex-
hIbition. On Wednesday evening OF oach week hop
gwen by the authorities In charge ana on each
Saturday evening thers was concert On these two
nights tne place lighted wholly by slcc.ricity.
Twenty ghls were Kept gong. On tho night
satisfactory. He succoeded IN reading his copy
OF Inc pr ogramme part oi the time, but frequently
II was impossible to do tor several seconds. The
rays we're oilen intense In their reflection from
the paper TO permit the distinguishing OF one letter
dazzling manner, Frightening and darEcning BY turns,
and again shadow would alternate with brilliant,
unbearable brightness. Various tints would also ap-
pear ana the eye strained and annoyed ny all OF
these changes. Tho machines which generated tho
electricity that was consumed made 5000 revolutions
them whether the lights would not burn more steadily
II they moro rapidly, ana the reply was That
he thought tney would, 0ui when the speed was In
creased the journals would become TOO hot
UNSATISFACTORY ExPERIMESra
Major Dresser, OF the GGsLigAt Journal, remarked
that when hc was 10 Paris during tho past summer ne
asked the question OF Simon. an inventor OF an
electric machine. Simon replied that IL would be sale
the machine as long as The hand could bear the
heat OF the j,urnal When that became loo great u
would be wise 10 slot up"
Mr. Prco called upon to say something about
the Brush electric machine, which Is made ~ Clevs-
land, where no resides. Mr.. Price remarked that no
knew MIR. rush very woli and had seen one exnibi-
ton OF the light produced ny his invention. TINS
took place ut mil, whose propristors
wero considering the question OF adopting II Tor
use in carrying on their nocturnal work. The
perinents showed tnat II cast such dcnso shadow
iha Il wouiu not DO available Tor their purpose.
oihey exhbuons nxd occurred ~ Cleveland a. when
Mr. Price had not been present, bus he had visitod
secretary and the superintendent OF works where
they had been made. He asked for their opinion OF
the light, and they both rcpiied that tney could not
employ 1t successfully. Mills. to bo buiit econom-
cally regards the arrangement OF the betting and
shufting havo ceilings than twelve feet
high witch would be too low for tho OF tho cleo
not Well DO employed rolling mills, OF wn,cn
tho ceilings must necessarily be very htgn
for that The frequent supplying OF the car
bon points. TO replace those which wero consumod
would compel the sending OF man INTO the midst Of
the snaits. wheels and belts aud ms lie would DO
greatly endangered. Mr.. Price concluded that the
electric light could not encroach upon the interest OF
the gas companies
Mr.. William Cartwright, of Oswrgo, favored the
thar Messing of electricity TO gas' by having gal
vasic battery IN every house and key at every
burner, that lght could be struck whenever re-
quIred without tho use oil u match. Tnis system
would lcssen very much the danger OF fire in cities
and towns
An agent OF Mr.. Brush wanted to explain the morits
OF his machine, but no failed 10 get nearing
General Roome delivered parting address, in
which he severely blamed the newspapers Tor their
hosl,lity 10 gas companies. he thought that the
present competition the business great enough
destroy, at least as FAR his company Was con-
cerned, the application Of the epithet monopoly"
The association adjourned 10 meet again in Phila-
delpbia October. rho members then repaired 10
the dining hall OF tho Fifth Avenue Hotel aud ate,
drank, made speeches and wore merry until very
late h0ur.