New-York tribune., 1882-08-14

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Pu',s a. ''I She New.Fngl and Brush Company has
lust declared its third dividend since January VI ~
| per cent c,, p,h ,stor, 10 no less ma ed
| abroad than here. The Anglo-American BrnSl
| FIectric COMPANY, of London lald two years asYY
$15OO00 for the Brush patents, anu anu se of the
first wear ending in 1881 the books OF the conip io
showed "A net profit OF El3i,061 with 19o,VoV, 300 %
| orders on hand for apparatus. At that time. 80
Brush dynamo machines were III use, dn ,ry
2.7ll arc lamps, and the business mas shCo ,yy 49,
materially increased. The shares OF TINS c0nipS a S
representing pald-up capital OF t.Ss'Ooo 10
quoted in The London Economist at to3 OH t IiV
paid the market value exceeding the OriEIil I,rrd
more than five times. The shares OF the l1 ~
Electric Light Company, when was loaiarS loihr tor
January last, to work and develop c'AS' 'sJr Tho
certain towns and districts in England unJ I t;wes
Brush patents, subscribed for soNciin si thc
over and already command large premium III
shares with e2 0s. paid being quoteu ~ - 80 o the
to nearly 400 per cent pIJpd1 panr Company of Scot
land formed Aprl % last with capltat % oa
$500 900 IN 60 shares, were suDscilocc1 c @ o ebare
fines over and are now selling q! over L PEI &c
,ra,,,;vr, Tho GnOo-American Brush Company OF
London received for the franchise grantee ~ aiJ ND
eompany els 900 in cash and t4O'ooo III iun- p'''0
Turing the month Of May large number OF
Rrnsh Electric Light Companies were Iorlneu ~
London under the auspices Oh 'ne @ tLe Ausfra-
jasan The Midland the Provincial, the South East
ern the Birmingham and War"iieksinei tn1 tb
African the Yorkshire. and the MeropVilan, WIN WIN
an aggregate capital of t2,3OOOOO lnese coupe
mics pad for the franchises granted them 14oo-CU
In cash and fully pad-up shares Inc shairs Va i ~
these companies are already selling at m&tcrlai
advance. . 1i,+;r until last
summer MI Brush, IN common Tdth t"nS onSId not
eminent electricians, believed that IL couIu no'
practically compete with gas Du since eAain'ti III
ing the lamps Of swan, when ne hobIccu at Wv; Ino
Paris Exhibition of Electricity, and aiter scilcs
of most careful experiments the pracucal stoTaS'
of electricity Mr. Brush has PAID much inorc a.ton
ton to this system Since his return 10 ths country
he has been earnestly engagedln per echg MS stoI
age system, and now announces It's compete s"cceS %
for illumination, and az motlVe power Az eaoi
residence using this incandescent hght mere wiz IN
he an accumulation for storing electricity, 10 DC
drawn of for at Will IDIs could De nIIe al to
works of the company. and then taken To 'he resi-
dence or, better. 10y wire receiving lts cuIIeiV
direcf from the dynamo machine. These storage
tanks will be filed during the day. II Is the ooiiSI
of Mr. Brush that incandescent llghthg II ohIy y
practicable with storage because vi to t5 ;s not
must ensue where all the power generated Is no'
utilized. - e o.o-oo,
Anotable advantage of this system OF storage
Is that the consumer has always at hand Ger.
tain supply of electricity which can ne uSeu ~
all times when hight may be required, Iegdruleo5
of accidents at the central station. Inc looal
reservors or batteries are be supplied during the
day from the same dynamo machine useu 10 SuPpiS
the arc lights that illuminate streets, stores anu
public buildings at night
THE EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY.
The Edison Electric Light Company is the owner
of the patents of Thomas A. Edison for the supply
of electric light, heat and power The company
was organized in October 1878, with a capital
stock of $500, ,OOO which has been twice increased
and ls now $720, 600. This company claims that
lis patents lO9 in number-besides l02 applications
for patents now pendng-give it a sole and e1clu-
sive control of incandeScent lighting by
electricity Should however, the Edison
Company fail to establish right to own
the fundamental principles of incan-
descent lighting it asserts that 1t has so covered
the ground with patents relating to details OF
the system as TO render the operations OF rival
companies Improbable and imperative THIS
system Is now about to be put in practical op-
Grafton IN q district of New-York City comprising
over three-quarters Of square NILE bounded on
the east by the East River, on the south
by Waust.. on the west by Nassau-st.. and on
the north by Spruce-st., Ferry-st and Peck-shp.
The central station of the company consists of two
houses, Nos 255 and 257 pearl-st, little south of
Fulton-st but for the present No. 257 only will be
eouipped The preparation of this district for elcc
| trio lighting has involved q vast amount OF
| labor and NAV be divided into four branches-the
preparation of the building for the reception and
maintenance of the plant; the manufacture ana
installation of the engines, dvnamos and other
electrical apparatus; the manufacture and laying
of 50 900 feet of conductors, and the wiring of
houses The foar boilers have an aggregate ca
pacity of 1000 horse power, which works
| the six engines of 200 horse power; SIX dyna-
mos. and the minor apparatus The number OF
houses complet4 4ly wired is nearly thousand
The number of lamps contra ted for comprises 79lG
4 QG-candei lamps and 6,305 B ,S-candlel lamps,
or I43l1 in all These lamps are now store ready
for Use The central station will supply the electric
current not only for these and additional lamps but
also to run motors for elevators hOistways, print
iug-presses and machinery OF all kinds This is ac-
! compshed by a device known rs the electric motor,
| the principle of which is simply the revolution of
| an armature at the poles of "A ma met, caused by
| the passage Of the current INTO the motor. This
! electrical power may be taken from the fixtures IN
q house by means of a flexible wire attached to the
MOTOR and used either for running a sewing ma
chine "a revolving fan any other snail power re-
qurcd about house. 1t can also be used for lathcs,
printng-pre, ses elevators host' etc, from wires
run into binding from the electrical street mains.
| Asto the question whether such a system can he
! carried out on a commercial basis, and with re-
muneratvc results the only hope for financial sue
cess is in placing the electrical plant in the high
| est degree of efficiency. This degree of efficiency
! the Edison Company claims. In regard TO the
| dynamo it will be readily conceded that the value
| of a generator Of electricity is measured by the
amount of work il VIII do i'll the external circuit, or
| in other words the quantity Of current which can
| be delivered for use. All other generators of
| electricity are based the principle
of maximum current, which requires the resist
ance of the external circuit to equal the resist
| ance of the machine itself Mr.. Edison
has diminished the resistance of his dynamo while
| keeping the total resistance constant; he has also
ENLARGED the field magnets and uses "A less intense
| magnctzing current, thus maintaining constant
electromotve force, so that in his generator there
is seen for the first time in the history of the sub
| ject high electro-mOtive force combined with ex-
| tremely low resistance.
The result of tests with Edison's machines by Mr.