, 1880-12-24
TIE EIECTRIC LIGHT,
Tests ln Notv Earls City nnd NJ MchIo
Park.

Nsfp }Hfk Ifth4Hf, ItFs z{s
broadway wns Illuminated from Four
tcrnsh street 10 Twcnty-sixtl, street last
hight by tic brush electric lights. At cx-
nctty iwrnta-seye,, and hnlf minutes past
) the engineer sturtrtl tho Corlfss engine ut
Nh. i:sI West Twcnty.'ifth street, tho arma-
tnfcs If nnc Of tho generating machines
,eEam 10 rcyoiyc, n,ltl almost tlns.autnncous,y
thu iiftrcn lamps III broadway flashed ont
into light. The street was crowded with
people cOinlng Uptown, md tho nUyel sight
attracted much attention. f;rnups 0f men
9atftGre1 about tlle pnsts stnrlng with ,lt,-
turned fnccs nt tlp la.nps, which psnved Il
stroug enough attraction To tletaEn them even
trn'n tl,r!r sinnc.s. Al 5:4s tho rus WIS turned
of front the sreet-lamps. The electric lights
WHre then suen lo much butler advantage.
Under tacl1 ta'Dp WIS 4 nlthtsow .coIipar1-
lively dirk, cn,lsett by tho rims Df grt,nntl-
glass on thu gfphcs. Acr"ss the strent
stit,tcl,e'! lung. nnrrnw sEiatlDws Of tic bnrs
E:ts III thr sllhftwIl,Auws looked somewhat
alnl. Muir zach lump, seen ngalnst 4
hark back,Eroll1n!. cloud Of minute lnr-
ticles Ut dust IN tho ar cgnid lp d!stinct-
s1nut out iM eycry direction. :lIe Tights
were remarkable for their sttndllless, but
they sreinet too widely scattered alNl st,tllg-
what tllH,. NJ tlickerlng whatever was per-
About o'ctock tho strect.Iarnps were
turned on 1EtlEss, mil gas ntld electricity eli.
tered lnto Competition. .'fl!e electric lamps
we're .:.:. fert apart. llnlt wny between
1hs i %as 'sslble to read nswsSer
shadows Tllcsc we're perceltElIe uve,i
when they passed directly underneath tho
lights, Tie els ln,a1r},psts cast lnng ,s!lnd-
Ws when Gn:!trastcd with TUG electric lights:
I5ctwec11 Fl!tt! avenue MD broadway, Mt
'IWtit1fF.fIljrI Effbpt. Ia nfk$nFfHI NnfrtF
burner, With reflector. This CONSUMES
forty fset Of sas II an hour. Tie sixteen
Ets-tiEhss VI TIE two POSTS before
tic Fiji! Avenue llotel were turnGd OF. n,td
Tho briflinllcy nf thu ono nearest Fifth avg
me and Twn1lty-tllirtl street WIS 50 grutlt
TINT tho pnst bearing the S!g5 nr1'cr cast q
'c!ear'y-'Ec'lned slsntlow: Eacll Of tho electric
lh'sing .he. full torce Of t!le Hight 10 bo coil-
ccltritGd III Dilu point. Taking any ono of
eight different directions III which tie light
II thrown 1t would bU estllnatcd ut from 1.:200
to ,f0J tniltlle-pUwGr.
Thu 1,mntlway circuit, comprising sixteen
lamps, fifteen III tho street aild ulle ut tho
centl1f Stntinn, was supplied BY ,onu dynamo
electric machlne. 1n this circuit thero were
r:ss!stace Of ten el!lls, and caeh lalnp . re-
StStnlicc of htllt four and 1lye-cigltl,s olirls.
Tbs total resistance on tho circuit, including
ten oit,s fur this wire, WIS about scventy-livD
oltns: a. second n!acllnvat the Central Station
snpplrd i second eirculto Of Seventeen! Jumps;
thirteen Of these were PLACED on tl1e iloor of
the stutlon giving ont a dazzling brlllinncy
thatnttractcd ftustk VI snluEl boys to the dUUrs
a,pl windows. 'ltio other four lit MP the
thirl street. in which fair wis going Vii,
Tic hall seemed even brighter thin ii
would bo III. full daylight. Dctwccll half
ls!st ~, : md lalf-l%%st mt, TIC 1,S faces
fhnir IN fs1nnnS f,F 0st h,sattf
GOULD be distinctly Identified Mt considerable
distances. Tho lamps Wcre intended to burn
MI night. Tho cosl ut the cartoons is n cent
MI hour, but 10 stetlnlt information Is given
tits exhibition. which, is to continue for u
Month, Is Intended to determine tho question
of cXDei'sn rs well ,.as to fa!lillarlze tho
public w!ih tl1 ligl,t1 Yhe question
to tho sxl~nsc for lighting q sqlare 'liEle,
FROM Fourteenth street to Thlrty-fonrt'i
street, md Thlrd aygnuu to Eighth avenue,
and tlie experiment Will prnbabiy cuab!e tho
.ynnt llntels, I'ark Theatre, Steinwny Hall,
kostcr, IL li!a!'s Garden, mud several other
public buildings.
MESLO PARK ILLUMINATED.
Mr. EtliSon gave private exhibition Mt
which ho has brought ills SYSTEM Of electric
lighting. Tilo exhibition was Ilalo for the
bGAetit Ut the AIayur al,l Common Council Ut
New York aild 9tfiar persDi!s of prominence
wslo wero Invited to witness It,, 1t Is
Council fur an oriinancu granting It tho
privilege pf using THO streets Of New York,
alid tl,o visit to Arnlo Park WIS suggested
III order TINT tlla Aldermen might bo Gpabled
to act inieIligently IN tllu llattrr.
lt.wRs 4nrk when tho train reached Aicnlo
: Park, nlll the p[;scu WIS fnttntl to GG !llu-
Minated Us fur us tic ego could see. Alura
ttsnn :oo !n!hps, were giving forth y stcHtly,
mellow light, tlnged With. enough Of yellow
generally characteristic lc of electric lights. a
.HlnEie current Of electricity WIS ilowtlg
through seven miles anl! II half Of wlre antl
furnishing power to al tho ianil,s.
IBIS assistants consl,Icctl the guests n groups
through tho laboratory, ,nacl,ile-sl.0l,s, aild
urnnglltins-rpn!l,, Nllh explained in tietuti thu
llIcall.!eaccnt lamp system, INCLUDING tho co.
sract!o, y ti,s la;nE i,sHif IT, m@ltip!o
II safety catcfi which Is designed 10 prevent
accidents from oyerlicating 0r lamps. tho
regulator, tllu robyrlngtcr fur measuring the
n,lloullt Ut light furnished, alNl other minor
water, alltl various exrurlnients woro nl.stloto
SLOW how completely tl!9 Hystoln WIS tlrllGr
contral., 1}y n inntton Of Tho !!all4 q quarter.
Of lll tho lamps Werc. c.rxtlItEulsled Allll then
lighted, ng1tn. 1t WIS n.lt!o. aul,arent tlIat
producing y successful electric lighting sys-
ten, anI IL WIS stated t!lat lhp cost to c0n-
sum!ers Ut tho light Woss,l NOT bo nlUre thnn
Sl.5O fur 3,uN. cnntllcs Of light, rs agaInHt
$a...a5 now l'nld IN Nuw iork f0r gas, whi|u It
might bg even less.
The Visitors wero very enthusiastic, aud
altar Il lunch that was Utmost banquet, con.
Etatnintory sieec,lss %sre yr !'lndg g Dyn ngta- M
w0rltl Tor bringing thu electric light 10 tic
perieet,o' @ exhlbItea S,,pert,nc''tlent H.
E,lison's iIgllt woulA De admired By
every persoii ln New York, mn! hroke
avoided By tho uso u tl!o electric light. Aid.
McClaye said lalst tn ~ rlaen WIS tho pro.
thal. at Ment!o Park, u'ld TINT It WIS evident
TINT eloctr!c lighting WIS destined to sueeerdt
lamp llua been Displaced by. gus, lle
Promised Ills SUPPORT to ar, Edison.
Mr.. Henderson, 0f ulo Oregon. Steamship
Navigation Coll,i,any, sald that the cleetsto
lights put BY Alr. Edison In tlle steamshlp
Cliy Ut Cul,inllla III Muy, last llas uroyet d
success. ExhIbilluls ot tl!e light llad been