The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1883-07-19
The Edison Electric Light at the
Louisville Exposition.

Louisville Exposition.
Courier journal, sd.
The Machinery Committee Of the
Southern Exposition met yesterday
afternoon at the building and signed
the contract with the Edison Compa
NV for Isolated Lighting, of New
York. The contract is the largest
that was ever made for lighting a
building with electric lights. The
company agrees to light the build
ing and the annexes with 4,600 Edi-
son lights of sixteen candle power
each. In other words, the plant that
will be used will furnish more light
than any other plant ever did. IL
will be even larger than the COM
bined plants used at the great elec-
trio light exhibition at London last
year. Some idea of the undertaking
may be gained when it is announced
that the wire to be used would reach
forty miles in length il stretched out
in a straight line. The wire is all Of
copper, and much OF it is very thick.
Its weight will be 10000 pounds.
The number of dynamo machines
will he fifteen, worth about $4,000
each. To run them will require four
of the Armington Il Sims engines
used by the Edison Company, and
one very large Reynolds -Corliss en-
CINE, furnished by the Exposition.
The cost of the entire plant will be
about 100000, and it will require
about one hundred men, working
constantly from now until the end of
the month, to string the wires and
put al. the electrical manchinery in
order. The plant will be sufficient
TO supply avillage with 10000 lamps,
as not more than fifth of the lamps
in town are ever lighted at The
same time. Here all vii. be burn
ing at once. The plant will be equiv
alent to gas plant manufacturing
$4,000 cubic feet of gas an hour.
These figures give some idea OF the
enormous supply Of light that will be
required and furnished; but no one
can really comprehend how much
| ght will be necessary until the great
is entered and inspected;
then it may be understood what the
the necessities are. While the 4 900
are thought on careful estimate by
experts sent out by the lighting COM
pany to be more than sufficient to
light the building brilliantly, there
is no doubt that many exhibitors
will want to make a specially brill
liant display over their exhibits, and
the electric light can easily be fur
nished from the mains already laid.
Edison himself will be here TO super
intend the completion of the work
preliminary to August l. The ad
vantage of the incandescent electric
lights in such building as the Ex-
position building can not be overes
timated It generates no heat, nor
does 1t absorb any Of the oxygen OF
the air. We're the building lighted
by gas the consumption of oxygen
would probably equal the amount
that crowd Of $4,000 people would
use up. The display OF electric
lights will certainly be beautiful, and
those who see it will have the salts
faction of knowing that they have
seen the largest display ever made.
The Electric Light Company will
make special exhibits of electric mo-
tors and Of submarine lamps, which
are very wonderful and Interesting.
An Edison light OF sixteen candle
power has been sunk one hundred
feet in the sea and could still be seen
from the deck OF ship. Other In
candescent light companies will
make exhibits Of their lights here.
The courts and parks Of the Expo
sition will he lit with the Jenney arc
light, of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The
company will furnish seventy five
arc lights Of 1000 candle power each.