The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-26
Nor does he expect electricity to supsrsede

Nor does he expect electricity to superssde
gas and OIL since these illuminators must
necessarily hold their own ia ihe household,
especially in small towns. Indeed, he desires
that in the first pisces he will light in this
city the consumers shall retain their gas
fixtures and use some gas to mske the differ
ence between gsslight and the electric light
conspicuous. he continued:
an many respects 10y system differs
rsNically from All methods of lighting with
which the public are fsmiliar-cbitfy in the
fac. that my lamp Is intended TO serve in the
same places and to give the same volumes of
light that is emitted from the beet gas jets
now in ordinary domestic use. The methods
of lighting now seen in the streets are by the
systems known rs the voltaic are system, by
which g light much too powerful for ordinary
domestic and commercial use is produced.
The lamp Of the Edison incandescent
system gives warm and mellow ray,
with somewhat less of tho orange
than is found in the common gas.
light. 1t has been my effort to produce a
light sdaptet TO the human eye tina, has been
habitusted to gsslght. My method of sup
plying light is strictly analogous to the
method of supplying ass. A station for
generating electricity is centrally situated,
and for square mile atouud this station
electricity is distributed th,refrom upon con-
ductng wires laid in the streets, and deliver
ed into houses by branch wires running from
the maia wire under the lavement to the
house wall These wires an there passed
through a meter, and may b, distributed to
oil points in tho house at whhh gas Jets or
other lights can be used. No machinery
whatever Is put into the house The lamps
or burners are SO simple as to require no more
intelligence to manage them tlsn does the
ordinary gas burner"
EDIsoN's PLANS.
When asked what next might b. expected
from HIM, Mr.. Edison said that hi company
have acquired Mr.. John Rosch's oil place
the Etna iron works--in Goerck street, for
their shop, and will establish statha after
station at distances of abou, mile arart, be-
ginning in the tirst second and third wards
as soon rs n permit TO lay wires in tube I'M
der tho streets is obtained from eithr the
comptroller or the department of pub
| lie works or the aldermen. 1t was ufler.
stood that the board would actlsst week, but
| the aldermen are awaiting the corporapn
! CUuNebl OpiulOu. NIL Wtulu UINer
wires above ground, but the tangled netwok
of wires existing admonishes HIM that III.
mately wires must so underground, and \
chooses to take time by the forelock. Ill
will not bid against these who will compet
for the contract 10 illuminate the streets
"The aldermen demsnd,' he went on to say
stem cents foot for the wires | might lay
and 10 addition to this, three per cent. of the
gross proceeds of my light as condition
precedent 20 my laying down wires. Nov
if cell for 81 05 an article that cost M
81 co. and pay three por cent. of my gros
receipts for tine privilege of selling, l shsl
be doing, rs you will readily SOC, q ruinou
business. Undoubtedly the authorities viii
give my company living .cfms ere long, ant
then we will 60 ahead, expecting to lgh
about five square miles of the city this year
have thirty men putting in wires dow
town, and next week l shall illuminate tn
compsny's office with eclectric light"