Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-10-25
The Electric Light.
Chicago Tribune

cas- stocks IN England, and all over
Europe, in consequence OF the state
ments printed in the papers there con
ccrning EdiSon'S Inventions IN lighting
bv electricity The price OF gaS stocks
has also been seriously affected in this
country Ivy the Same cause II has
been reported pretty straight from
Menlo lark that Edison declared abe
had got il, and the public have great
faith III his word, When ho says lie
has invented something II generally
turns cut 70 he true, Says the New
Work SuiG
con the -tth of September the stock Of
our Manhattan gaslight company sold ut
200l; ON Thursday last u shares were
soldat lST During the same period
the metropolitan gas stock fell from
l32 to 100, New York company stock
is now ut about 50, and Mi the other
gas stocks have suffered from the
same fall. which may yet he even
greater
Chicago gas stocks has also suffered
II fall, but probably not So much Ms the
above, The gas people cum afford u
large shrinkagc vt stocks. They have
! had Il TIT thing 81 1t for thirty or forty
years. They have received back thor
investments several times in the shape Of
\ dividends on watcrcd stocks. They
can put gas 10 tho public NJ figures far
below present charges, and still make
\ fair profits ON the actual plant IL is
doubtful whether Edison can produce
electric light So cheap Ms 10 wholly
/ supersedc gas, but he will undoubtedly
mako il i most formidable competitor.
4 Electric lighting has been successfully
/ tried in London and Paris for illumina-
ton Of streets, large spaces, railway
7 dopots, and other great buildings. Az
/ the Gaioty Theatre, III london, the
l4ontm system of electric Lighting,
which has been attended with vonsid-
cradle success III PARIS, was tried with
satisfactory results, and Nj, lontin
claims that the expense of tho motive
power 81 the engine ana tho carhons
used in the lamp will enable II light To
I've produced ut about half the cost ot
gas.
liut this il doahtcd and denied ~
experts who have examined tho cost of
the light. The Jahlocholl carbon can
dies cost far moro than gas The nd
| jus.mcnt and working have been ditli.
cult, and more than ono lamp from one
wire has not yct been successfully pro
ducod although JnblochkoH claims
that he can feed four lamps, but he does
not do il. Tho light is intense, like that
Of tho sun, and requires shading or
screening To reduce il. II dazxles like
lime light, hut far moro go. These, and
4 Al. ~. ttt.N Il.
20 which the gus companies point tri-
umphantly, and they Jump ut the con-
clnsion that nothing Edison can invent
will overcome them.
Bat they beg the whole question.
Edison does not use carbon candles or
clockwork, ~ amy clumsy, costly contri-
vance, and hu makes the electric chr.
rent ns dvisible ms That of Gus. Nor
does he produce u vast locomotive
headlight or glaring limo light 10 I'LL
whole street or hall bit IL modest
ACKNOWLEDGMENT light equal toa five
or six foot gas.burncr. lie can reduce
the flow just like that OF gas. llegiycs
forth n spark Of light on tho point of -
platinum wire, which shines like u
diamond. He regulates the How of
/ GltGIlllLN VII VIZ WIN III u WHY illltl
does not melt the platinum nor injure
the eye. Edisons contryance IL self
regulating like the governor Of Il steam
engine, and works automatically. There
are no carbon cendlcs, no elockwofk, no
winding up or running down. The in
vention is simplicity and perfection
combined. There only remains the ques.
ton Of expense in generating the light,
and III regard thereto Edison saya he
knows that the cost will bo far less than
that of gas,--how much less he is not
yet ready 10 disclose. lie has devoted
most Of his thoughts to the other points,
and is working back towards the electric
generator. lie sought to produce
small light like that Of gas,jct 60 10
under perfect control, steady, soft,
luminous, and reliable. That he has
got He wanted to divide the flow OF
electricity on the wire from the genera
tor into ten, hundred, or thousand
burners in n building or along street
for n mile or more. This lie has sue.
coeded IN doing. He has discovered
way Of immensely oconomizing the
electric light, and no utilizos the pres
ent gas-pipes and burners in q house.
lie is now working number Of small
details TO perfect everything as FIR ms he
has gone; and there remains only the
improvement Of the electric generator,
and Of course he will work that out too.
There is no such word ms fail with Edi-
son II will not be long before lie lets
4 his light shine among men.
4 BERLIN paper has cartoon of Bis.
marck us master forgcr in sword fac
tory, with the leaders of the various