Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-31
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
How "a Newspaper Man Proposes to IlIu-
inmate the Streets of st. Paul Lamps
Two Hundred Feet Skyward.

How Newspaper Man Proposes to IIIu-
inmate the Streets of st. Paul Lamps
Two Hundred Feet Skyward.
Yesterday GLOBE representative met
at the Metropolitan hotel Mr.. F. Swift,
journalist of Cleveland, O., who is here
for the purpose of gaining improved
health, the pressure of the late political
campaign work being too severe for him.
Mr.. Swift intends doing some newspaper
work while in Minnesota, besides for
warding plan which he has in view of
lighting ST. Paul by electricity. The
method of Illuminating, which he pro-
poses, is the Brush system, the inventor
being resident of Cleveland, and an ac-
quaintance of Mr.. Swift. Although
Mr.. Brush has not attained the rcnown
of Edison through the medium of the
press, being naturally exceedingly mod
est, his light is being so universally
adopted that it will be impossible for him
to remain long personally unknown.
When the ELECTRIC spark put the lights
on Broadway, New York, in operation
on Christmas Eve, it was hoped that Mr..
Brush would consent to be feted and
dIned at DelmonicO's, but most urgent
invitation repeated failed to entice him
from his Ohio home, all because he so
disliked the g notoriety of the thing. y
About a year and one-half ago, Mr..
Swift says, he tried to secure an inter
view WITH Mr.. Brush relative to the IL
Elimination of the beautiful Monumental
Park in Cleveland, which had just been
accomplished with great success. but
while all Cleveland was ringing
with his praises, the inventor had sought
some quiet retreat and the prying eyes
of expert reporters even were unable to
ascertain his whereabouts. 1t has cot to
he sort of proverb in Ohio, that while
Edison talks, Brush works.
'sBut, tell me how you think of light
ing St. Pauls'' inquired the GLOBE man
after the talk in relation to Mr.. Brush
had been concluded
"What would you think of four lights
of a candle power of 1000 each suspend
ed at the top of 200 feet iron mast at
the intersection of Third street and one
of the thoroughfores extending from a
central locality to the bluff?n
at would be a big thing, admitted the
reporter
ssWell, take two of these masts located at a
ulotdHCc Vi ABOUT Inrec-QuarterS O1 a mile
apart and with electric lights upon them
as have stated, two spaces of about a
mile in diameter would be Illuminated in
a far greater degree than could be done
with the usual number of gas lamps in
that territory. The masts would be hol-
low OF course and the lamps could be low
cred within by means of pulleys. All the
attention thatlthe lamps would require
would be the insertion of carbons after
they had been in operation all night. The
electrict machine to light them could be
located in the city building.
in one of the fire sn-
CINE houses, where an engine of say
fifteen or twenty horse power would fur
nish the motor needed for the Brush ap-
paratus. The manner in which the
principal streets of st. Paul lie with
reference to the rising ground affords adj
vantages for lighting by electricity which
would occupy too much space to explain,
but which are well worthy of being
utilized y
B Mr.. Swift intends to call on Mavor
Dawson and a numberof other leading
officials and citizens to-day, in order to
more infinitely elaborate his project.