The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-26
Success of the Electric light.
New York Herald,


On the way across town to the compsny's
STATEN No. l, which is at No. 1873 West
Twenty-hfth street, Mr.. Hayes impaired
some intelligence as TO the possible future
lighting Of the streets, saying that the COM
psny is awaiting the decision of the corpora.
ton counsel as to the RICH. 20 grant the priv
ilege of laying wires under the streets. The
reporter entered tho compsny's station No
at few minutes before six o'clock. An
enormous steam boiler was sizzing in the
Plutonian region beneath the electric light
generating machinery, and tho mschnis.s
were preparing to set the wheels in motion.
Six O'Clock, and a whirr was followed by a
flash of light; then another flash aud an.
other, and within ten seconds the room was
ablsze with tho fires of ten thousand conla.
grstions intensified. Ten seconds more
and every carbon to the remotest
cnd Of tho company's wires, far
down town and far up town, were pour.
ing food of light into the street around IT,
Don't 20 near the magnets" the suporin.
tendent warned the reporter, at will spoil
your watch, sir. We are sending light
through this building through the eight
wires you see above tho door, sai IRE cover
ing eight circuits. We illuairs,ei ten miles
on one wire Sunday evening before last with
brilliant effect, y feat never rvaled. They
lighted circuit of three miles lately and
boosted Of that. If our wires We're up We
could light tho whole city simultaneously
and IL necessary wo could cut OIL tho light
from every turner or any given number of
burners or from any particular burner right
here from where stand. If we had the
contract for lighting all the streets we should
require for placing tho carbons every day
about double tho number Of men that are
now employed as lamp lighters. We arc
giving our attention mainly to street light
ing; we havn't had time yet 10 furnish plans
for machines to furnish lights for domestic
USE"
As 10 tho cost, the officers Of tho company
advanced the testimony Of tho agent Of the
Riverside Worsted mills, Of Providence, r. |.
These mills are run night and day. They
werc imperfecily lighted by 6Is gas burners
ut cost Of S20,Sls agar. Since they have
boon supplied with seventy.onc electric
lights every part Of tho machinery has been
perfectly Illuminated nj cost Of $4,000 a
syear. After midnight the heat from gas
becomes intolcrablc, but this annoyance hss
been obviated by tho electric light, which
emiss no appreciablo hcst.
THE WIZARD OF MEMO PARK.
Mr.. Thomas A. Edison 50, at his desk In
tho otico of the Edison electric lgh. com.
psny, at No. G5 Fifth avenue. The wizard
said, strange asi. may seom, that he will not
underbid the gas companiea.. II competition
necc'sits,o' n reduction of his prices, how
over, no will be able 10 reduce. 10 will
simply oiler consumers u better ligh, than
they have-ssfer, mora brillisnt, without
no1ious gases 10 make tho house abomina.
bic and In every way superior 70 the ilumin.
ating sgents that AFRO In use. He does not
plume himself ON tho invention Of the
electric light; no has donc no moro than TO
utilize the discovery Farsdsy made In 1882.