Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-29
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Tho citizens OF Nevada City, Cali
are Of present negotiating with
the agent Of the Brush electric light. Mr..
Rae. for the introduction Of that style
Of light for lighting the city. and will
doubtless perfect arrangements to that
end. Mr.. Rae said the Brush Company
would engage to furnish far better and
immsasurably moro light than Is at
present furnished BY gas or any other
means for $1,000 . year. and the city
would have the privilege Of buying the
apparatus whenever II vas deemed advi.
sable at . very reasonable price. The
Tronseript says that Mr.. Rae. In COM
putting the advantages and facilities OF
Nevada City In the adoption Of the light.
said that city could obtain sufacisnt
water power from various sources to
furnish the motive power necessary; In
fact. ito arrangement with the Water
Company was such that the required
supply would cost nothing after laying
the pipes. The night Waterman or any
other person appointed could readily do
oil the work In an hour OF. less per day.
% a not to nessssitats material outlay
for attendance. At the very outside the
carbon pencils would not cost over $500
per year. and they constituted the only
material required besides machine oil.
brushes. and . few other insidsntals
amounting to an uncomfortable item.
This would give a. much light a. from
$50 to 400 gas lamps arranged to the
best possible advantage. The light
would be 30 well distributed as 10 give
every taxpayer in the city equal benefit
from II. Everything except the motive
power would be put in condition to start
up for the specified sum OF $4,000. and
the cost would 30 less II An unusual
AMOUNT Of wire should not DO required.
ssmsthins could be saved BY attaching
the wire to the water mains for . return
circuit after the last lamp had been
passed. In shaded places where the
rays did not penetrate directly the effect
would be similar to that OF moonlight.
He showed how the adoption Of Il by
the city Of Wabash. Indiana. had re-
suited to the satisfaction of the citizens.
There they had purchased . machine OF
. guaranteed capacity Of four lights OF
over 5000 candle power each. These
lamps are suspended from the ends Of
two cross-bars boltsd about halt way mp
an iron flagstaff that rises from the dome
OF the Courthouse. The CONTIGUOUS
itself stands ON . rise Of ground that,
With the height Of the dome. gives the
light an elevation Of about 200 feet
above the city. The generating engine,
Of sight-horss power. 10 located in the
cellar Of the building. The contract
was that the lights should illuminate q
circle one mile in diameter. as light ct
the farthsst point a. II would DO with q
gas lamp Of usual street size every one
hundred feet. The trial showed this re-
quirsmsnt to DO more than fulfilled, as
1t was light enough at much more than
that distance to tell the time on . watch.
or read coarse print. Every alley and
back yard receives the light. A careful
computation shows that to light the town
equally a. well BY gas would require
three lamps to every square. which
would take over 500 for the same area.
II the foregoing representations and
estimates are correct regarding this
grand artificial light. 1t 10 easy to see The
advantages OF Il to Virginia City and
Gold Hill. About three lights placed al
prominent points would light Virgins
finely. aud one single light stationed on
the Imperial dump would illuminate
Gold Hill from one end to the other.
Salt Lake City and Ogden have adopted
the electric light. and the Comstock can
do 20 with equal propriety. Perhaps
more and better light might enable rs
TO see and develop another big bonanzs
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