, 1880-10-30
EDISON.
Alleged Completion Of tllo Electric
Llrilt.

Alleged Completion OF tho Electric
Light.
Ntu Fnsk Correspondence indtapdroth Journal.
On Monday rnn out to A1cn|o Park to SEQ
w1lathas been .!one toward tho elcctrlc-lieht
exhibition announced for Dec. |. tbs
progress matte since I wns last out there Ii
absolute, md all hands are happy. Wien
was ut Afcnlo III tho sprtng. Edison
expected to rely Oh Ills s!ow-nloT.
Ing engine anil tho twcnty-fout
dynamo machines TINT were to convert .he
Rlow-nDy1ng engine Is to be abandoned and
n liigll-spcEl engine of 100 horsepower Will
ilc substituted for 1t. i also find TINT tha
twcnty-fonr tlynRmns llavc been sent to tho
substituted for them, capable, Of doing Tho
snmc work. though only four times ~ !arRa
This machine WILL feed sou 'aI1ps, GlEht to
horsepower. This ia considerably butter
th2 d E|sSt s ,P f, a19;s 81 Sew wS 2gSek SesFt cgy m
bccn organized, and nav being ca'lyassedf9r
service. 1t cuycrs tic heavy hlislncss district
lying between Park Row. Broadway, Wall
sss srcs a tS Mds Et f1st Mxstr m t. t. SpGSSS ap Ss
twelve engines Of t0o-llorso power each. Tho
right ot way III the streets llns already been
obtained fr0l,, tho City Council.
| never saw Edlsnn looking So well: ,,le, mo
nx hs EnS4 rsn %oFf'y f yon Sl'f fond G : hin II h Ffy y
laboratory, watching y hundred electric
Tie Tic Il; loaE ~ sw,sork.bemc1iii. " s.
"Whnt aru ynu dDing n0w?" inquired;
said ut Is merely to decide OIL tho details
Of manufacture. mi gning to glrc slxtcen
cnntlcs of effective light tp 4 burner. wlI!ca
Is about two candles lnur0 than atl ordinary
whit sTe ituS <" au:aesEE sSatsE fi' M h hs ans g sSs
numbered, yoli, SEQ, ,cortespontlng to Il the .
numbers h, this bdok, wioru Is recorded .
history of cncl, lump, 7 rntse TIC light 10 10
ssyenty.salltle power (nl'oat four ti'hss ,sdr9 ta
alll then l watch TO- 500 where, they break.
! lInyO already tried tho experiment twlce,
md fon,li Tint 30 iter cert OF them bEnEa ~
exactly tho sRllle plncc. l l,nvc strciI5thensa
spot aud H now Ssf .ftGr I, 1thrs othSr wS1y Sy
macl'lncry, t1l lnrg9s, quantities. anu waa'
Insteasl Of beIng a1oop Of car'l.hoard {. cas, y;
bombed, the form Of horseshoe Of inycrtea
cent part il . iilinisi't Of bamhoo lust, tl'o a
Shnpe mud nbnut tho thickness Of thu II III
their hewitchlir frizzes. Edison hns 5ilsas :a
Electric ColnPany lStax1m} Of fits c'ty, now 'E
ailnonnccs tho first competitive light i " !,
Incantesccnce-nll tic, fnr',lrr elcGtIG lgl,ls
iInvlng Gchll lll!lmlalatlnn ny lilo oll ioi!a.o o
nrc,-N spark thrown across between tMo
e0n,pronisc III electric-lightlng,," sah! NJ:
I.iison, !. for III my contrnct ills expressly
stipulated TINT money sllnll be spent III llRI!f
lns itrinscrs, Instead 9f; divltlng WV. VII.
thepl.". Tho form OF The United States con'
pnny's lamp Is TINT ot n Creek cEuss. ~,
1--WE sI,all give nwIy tnlr humps" sa!d / me ,!'
inventor, ''or rather hire them ont, taking
nln.ley only for the l,sc OF them. 1'a,lsni!
will he l!intlG by. tho cnnlle-p0wet iilsteaa u
by the foot, n,ltl II simple method OF sseass,,
urelllunt will enable every vunsClncr to 'en
nily innlncllt how much t,as beeil nsetl." =.
Sixty mctl nr0 now working stend!1y Y. T..
Menlo Park, and 6O lamp-pDsts arc up feaaS
for tho lamps.