The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-01-07

New Yrk srn ref n
\ lhr iifst thtec-Qnartcrs of mile 81
New York streets ~ M lighted ~ elec
'rlflty was Tint part cf Broadway hp
llNern Fourteenth sieci aid Twcnt -s'xil
l~lrrrl Counting the cross streets nlnn.
which fhc lithl ninac ito gas jcfs ras
shadows ior long distance. tie icrtsf,
wns considerable ercaler. There were
l",e0o lrrt Of wiz along which TIE cur.
tssd travelled laai might Il ii'trcu Ianlrs.
There Wns no excitement III cruNdrt
broadway ~ fle lights h'axed up nlunA
ALE llfc. Tor munnay could take in tlQ ci.
Hire view M ONE time. Nor was ihcrt
au particular ceremony observed by III,
SrrrH of lie Brush Electric Light com
llnIny. under whose direction lie illumi
nsilom look place. HE hour announced
nor The turning On of the current was 81
y. ni.. exactly. Bat Al 8 :274 O'Clock p. ln
Mr. "a. a. i.nyes, jr.. the secretary and
I'rcasnrer of tllc company, " no WAS over.
seeing the tlnal preparation IN tie fla.
islnn la3 West Twenty-fifh street. gavy
objections 70 start UP thc engine. Sim.
lulianeousiy with the starting ot the ma
lcliincry an assistant turned on Tic cur.
rent. through ni~apptehcnsion OF iht
'ordcr, and the thing was done
The CorliAs engine TINT rims Inc gen.
lcra;0rs il u liza horse power. For N,
fifteen lamps IN the street aud ilse one III
1.-The station only fourteen horse powci
WAS used last night Another engine i.
hr rnl ID The station. ultimately 500 horse
mower Niil bc generated ,icrc.
The light that biaxcd from the top of
|tlie twcniy-ieet poles Is oi that wlliienc.s
and intensity lliat chaiacserixcs all Tie
ei0ciric lights exhibited III the cify.
iipsides X she gns Jets were ~ sick;
yellow tint. nnu where The willie IN ys did
not roach there was dark shadows THE
strongest light wns east obliqueIy m an
angle of nlnni torlA -.syc degrees. For II
radius IN ien Nh fifteen 'eet from the tali
post there was also deep shadow III
which man could hardly see to rcad
print OF rourse tho placing of fhe
lnlnis M closer intervals WCud do away
with the shadows.
HE carton points which emit fhc
iinhi nre totally unlike the ihicad-lke
loops of Efiisrn'S lamp. The Brush car-
bon 4. i fonnh sicl. Ike sharpcncd
itns pencil. about tllird 0faniucl thirk
IN IN mado'oi \ composition known onlN
lo iis inventor. which II enclosed in u
copper tfsbs. II takes Two ,aihons q
make lamp. They stand pcrprndicu-
iallA. Tile one above the other. with their
points almost touching. Ih,
li4ht ~ made by TIE arc formed Nv tbt
passing NJ The current from one point
10 ihr Other, a. each lamp CONSUMES
fiom 4 to 2 Inches o. carbon ler lnuf
shc iips vouid reccsIe from csch other
without some means at moving ihcm ,in
Mn. llrnsh has mcf ihi> trouble ~ M in-
Meulous device. The lower carbon is
stationary The upper ono moves down
automatically as fast as il II needed
HE same nA Sterinns elcciro-cuirent ilial
furnishes ihr light u thc motive powcl
0f the automatic regulator. Attached tu
every lamp. too Il ~ electric shun; OH
switch. through which hrcurrent passes
and gnrs along down The limo tolhc ncxIl
lnihp Id case sny particular lamp does
not burn properly. There y CIR inl
the station. Sofnrthing like a hotel enuu.l
ciatnr. tint indicates thc going Ont orl
turning nut ofnny ,ansr. Eaclanr canl
lllus W controlled independently of ans
Other
The lamps thus far erected are of ~
si,nplc pattern. The glass Il plAinI
ulollr, with two inches ottlic lower paul
ground 40 AZ ~ mitigate the brightness
VI thr light. The post sot iron. hulesi'
a the insr and projections Ir0in'htI
nprrr section FOR the feet of the mem Who
will climb up daily ID putin new cartons
That the lsg!t was strong aud STEADY
was apparent 10 all before II Ind buracdl
an hour. The question that every 5odA
asked ana that could only be answered.
by thorough practical lest was, What,
does II cost The experiments made iul
Cleveland along The mile and half OIL
river front In Montreal, and IN other
places on aqc scale, afforded q basisl
lor All estimate that one ofihc Broadway
lamps OF two thousand candle power
would cost ahonl 2! cents an hour. OF 4ul
cents for the rs hours tho city gas lamps,
arc now kept burning.
rprsox's LIGHT Ar MrvLo PARK.
n. Tribune
Mr Edison gave private exhibition a'l
Mrnlo park last evening Of the pcricc'ionN
IO which he has brought his system OIL
electric lighting The exhibition wal
made fur ihc hcneiit of the mayor and
common council ot New York and Others
persons of prominence who were invited
ID witness II. Mayor Cooper had q prc-l
vious engagement, and reluctantly dc.h
Glued The Invitation. II Is theintcntion1
III the company 20 apply n the commons
council for an ordinance granting IL thcl
Of using The streets III New
u ork. and The visit 10 Mcnio park uas|
IN nrnrr that tic nlllna mnnl