The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-05
ELEcrRIo Irnnrn.
whAtihe Fuller Company Has to Say
About Danger.

Toht EdioH " nc hteQfeelea. E
sIE-Iu your Issue OF Friday April q, you
bAye an article headed death and Destfuc'
tIon,n referring 10 the dangers OF electric
light 4. Death and Destruction" follow
from the careless or ignorant use Of medl:
clues 10y even Heading. pbyslcians''l or OF
steam In boilers and enginee, or OF loeomo.
tives and train, or Of scatfoldipg In building
houses, yet no one thinks that this should
prohibit The use OF any OF them.
Nearly all valuable improvements from
that Of printing to the electriclisht have met
with ignorant md prtjudictd oppositions.
Gas lighting was VII l-ntly resisied on the
ground that the FIRE used to light the jst
would run into the pipes and blow up the
streets; the fsst Effort to establish a telephone
company 10 this city met 50 little encourage
mtnt that 1t fell through; q number OF In.
stances might be shown OF the sluwness OF
people u take 10 new discoveries OF useful
ana valuable things, and little foundation in
fAct had existed for their hesitation. Elec.
tric lighting Is being rapidly Introduced all
over tho w0t d, although II is but five years
old. and the statistics aud repor,S Of Boards
OF Underwriters show that 1t Is safer 70 use
than any other mode OF lighting.
l submitted your article OF the 9Th,
to our New York office, and hand you the
reply, REQUESTING yuu " klNe " un poAb VI NY
answer. Ihe rules referred toaTe strictly Cd
served BY US, ard srs a part OF tie city ordi.
nance. II took eight years to geta fire alarm
telegraph established In this city, and five
ysars 10 lay the first rail for the street rail
road track, several months TO get twenty sub
scribers for telephones, and i hope that In
due time our people will encourage the
| WheeliGg Electrical Company by using our
lights. which we agree to furnish at d blower
price han is charged anywhere else.
A.. j. SWEENEY.
supt. W, Z. Co.
NEW YoRx, April 80. 1888.
A. J. Slucsney, Esq. Superintendent IphCiiag Electric
Light Company, Whhainy, W. Ia.
IEAR siK:-Your letter Of the 18th inst. and
newspap. 7, containing an item settling forth the
dIugcr u injury tOlIe aud NIB, VI witeS carrying
the electric current, ART received.
It il Irur Ih9t, under certIiII conditions OF con
tsct, u sufficient portion oil the current might be
diverted " UccAs lou bn unGIn Portable shock, and
Il " probably trusth that the vnlire current genented
by o twenty.llgat machine, passing through tue
human bidy. would ciu,e death. IL Is fact, how.
ever. that aithOu.h the budntss o. Electric Light
lug Is now about FIVE years old. and mss very exLen.
hyely incna2d during the pat two years, but
two or three serious accidents have ever come 10
our knowlef 60; and none whatever In tur own
kefrice, nCr with ouraop1mtu". The danger FROM
fro by the use Of Electric lights, Il claimed bv the
Board OF Underwriters Iiihs CITY II New York.
and also by the Bard representing the New hTg
land Insurance COMPANIES, 10 be far les, thsn with
any OtherSy stem Of ilIuTiins' lon. These two Or.
foundations, whose guinness II Is IN insure safety rs
far as possible, 10th 10 life and property, have, with
tue cIriiAl cooperation Of the several hlect ic
lighting c0mpanits comprising tho Grtmme Asso.
cation, established u series OF rules and regulations.
designed 10 reduce all dangers incident 10 the use
Ot elrctdc cuI rents, 10 the MINIMUM, which action
hiss uu iouUIedly already resulted In muih good
and. as the whole business beenmCS better aud
better understood. the possibilities of daI ger will
no doubt be htlll further reduced.
Tuere is ry litle mathluery employed for any
purpose, which does not Involve iaoIe OF le'S OF
danger, when not ptoltrly, CONTROLLED. WhenLO
and cleo. rO.notOn, Is probably the SilCst aud mos.
easily InaHWged Of all sources Otlight aud motion.
The Suhje I Of pIsclny tue cOuductinE wires
underground, Isl ;eeiyiI,< very eartill e1nstietA'
ton, b. the sew raj members OF the urAmme Ahso
citation, acting In CO junction with the several
taleg .aph, telephone anu other c0mpAllts IN New
York ely. employing electrical cOndg ctors, with the
View ~ accomplishing by concerted action, what
.iderAb ekcle. The difficult II placing wires unt
der ground, when used ir operating arc light Is
most serious Of all, 10 the reason that The currents
employed are Of the highest electro motive force
OF shy used. 1t Il hOp,d, however. tHat tho Difficult.
IL s, ierious ~ they AIe, lhHy yet be overcome, and
that the conducting Wires may sifely be 50
placed. whtrcvcri IL mAy b, found desirable lnthe
n'eHuiims the hmount UI tOliShness and NONSENSE
that Is exptl dVd, III nagnltying The dAiiIc'so Of
electric lighting. and so In tome eases actually pre-.
venting or retardlns It's extension, Is remaikaO Q,
In view OF tbs small jIStlasatlon To-: such a course
at actually exists. The danger from the Tie If
tir, In any Of Ii forms, Iot lighting and heating, Is
a ieeoit By Mr.. CO.. Il. Woodbury.. Inspector Of
the Mutual Fire Inst Btce Companies II Boston,
read neiore the Cotton Aalnt Icturen' Association,
Ia October last, clss with the following pAra'
graz hs:
count OF is Inherent qualities OF SAfeIy. Any
Ays EN- that Is IN conformity 10 the insurance
regulations Is alSU In It's best condition electrical y"
e ecIiciIy, llku all 70 ms I energy. isdangsnlnS
TO The extent that II Is not held In control. The
ar,u Is true OF steAm In iO.lers. or water In mill.
ponds. Ike fire, they arr all g cd servants, but
poor mast u.s."
afopsed by the New York BON'I OF Fire Under
writers, aSi .uei by that Organization. You may
descriptive circular YOnts very tulv,
THE FULLER fLEc R Cal Co.
A. b. CHANDLER,
HraEfIaOt