The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-25
ELECTRIC LIGHT ABROAD.
Sons Account of the Paris Exhi.
bition Of Electricity.
Progress In Arc and IncaAdescent
Lighting-Ihe Storage Sys-
tem-H0w House Lamps
WILL be introduced.

returned to Salt Lake latter a six
menth's absence. Four months. of
this time were spent in Europe
where Mr.. Ruthrauff visited the
Paris exhibition of electricity,
and concerning which he has much
OF interest to relate.
"The exhibition" said Mr.. Ruth
rauff to the HERALD reporter last
evening, "astonished even the most
advanced electricians, and when it
isIcOnsidered that the Palace OF In
ductry, an immense building once
capable of containing general in
ternational exhibition of all the
arts and sciences, was found
scarcely large enough for this one
special branch, some idea of the
mighty strides of the comparatively
new science may be formed. TO
the non-professiOnal people the vast
building presented the appearance
of brilliantly lighted and Immense
hall, where large numbers of arc
lights of equal briliancy and steadi
ness were lending to the dazzling
effect, while the sounds of various
electric instruments On the floors
below were like veritable indus
trial exposition in full tide. The
observer, however, who came to
study the light as an expert, soon
fOun the widest difference in the
glowing balls OF light, and that
While at first sight there seemed but
little difference between the great
systems Of Brush, Siemens, Gramme,
Jablochoff, Jasper, Crompton and
LOntin. after time certain twink
ling WAS noticeable in all but the
Brush system, which became more
and more apparent after close in
vestigation, until the purplish, I'M
steady light of the JablOchoff, the
Pickering Gramme and Siemens,
and the irregular and noisy light Of
the LOntin came out in bold re-
lief.
At the generators the expert
found still more Of interest. The
JablOchOff generators were develop
ing apparently three horse power to
each light, and running from each
machine circuits of but four lights
each. The Siemens, Lontin, CrOmp-
ton and several other arc sys-
TENS developed very little less
horsepower per light and on SINH
larly small circuits, while in the
British section the big Brush 40
lighters amazed the new conner with
the marvellous volume of current,
and the fact that but a single cir
cult was required for this large
number of powerful lights, while
the power developed was less than
one horse per light. 1t was also
noteworthy fact that the lights of
the other arc systems had to be 10
Gated near the generators, circum-
stance that proved of enormous ad-
vantage to the Brush people when
the different systems were invited
to compete at the Grand Opera
House. All the competing arc syS-
TENS except the Brush were COM
PEELED to locate engines il the
|cellers of the Opera House, while
the Brush people simply ran
cable through the sewers from the
Palace of Industry, and when the
night came to exhibit, were, conSe-
quently prepared. The other sys-
TENS were not prepared, and even
when, after a weeks delay their
lights appeared, both the Paris and
London papers gave the Brush
praise not only for the best light,
but also for the fact that it is the
only system capable Of furnishing
light at an indefinite distance from
the generator. The grand stairway
| lighted by Brush lamps was des-
crlbed by the foreign papers as one
of the finest spectacles ever wit
messed, the light bringing out the
hidden beauties of the painters and
seulptor's work"
(Which system exhibited the
most lights at Paris ?"
"The Brush exhibited more than
all the others combined, Ehaving, all
told, capacity of $50 lights of 1900
candle-power each. The investi-
fations of the jury, on which the
award of the gold medal was based,
recognized the Brush as the most
practical system exhibited as well
as being the most extensive collec-
tien Of arc lights ever made at one
place in Europe"
"How about the incandescent
lights? p" asked our reporter.
-Four great systems were exhlb-
Iited,- said Mr.. Rathrauff, "the Swan,
the Lane Fox, the Maxim and the
Edison. The finest display was
made by the Swan people, who took
the gold medal In this kind of light
ing. consider the Swan incandes-
cent light head and shoulders above
the other, the comparative efficacy
being as follows: Swan, ten lights
per horse power; Lane-Fox, seven;
Maxim, seven; Edison, six and one
half. ! saw 440 Swan lights run
from a Brush forty-lighter, and they
were the whitest and best lights IN
the exhibition. L understand that
the Brush people have bought, or
are about to buy, tlIis system for
the UnIted States. and that all their
companies will be furnished this
light without further ROYALTIES. The
inGentiC is to use it WI the Brush
system Of storage"
els this success p asked eur re-
porter. =
"Most decidedly" *alt Mr.. Ruth