Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-04-28
THE BRUSH STORAGE BATTERIES.
The New system to be Introduced within
 the Next Three Weeks

l The New system to be Introduced within
 the Next Three Weeks.
 The officers of the Brush Incandes-
 cent Hum mating Company aunOunce
 that Air brush Is now ready to manu-
 facture storage batteries at the rate of
 seventy a day, the works In Cleveland.
 Ono, being finished. For the last SIX
 months work has been gong On upon
 the new buildings, winch are intended solely for the manufacture of batteries
 and are supplied wlth engines or 2,vUO | horse power. Mir. BrUsn says that he
 has greatly improved hls batteries since the exhibition of their power which Was gwen last autumn, aud now has DO hes
 ltatlon III competing with gas or any system of electric lighting. lie became convinced years ago that the arc nght,
 while we'll suited to street HIumInauou,
 would not do for dwelling houses or even for many pubhc buildings. The light Is too tryIng to the eyes and casts too black shadows to be pleasant Indoors.
 The IIcandescent light h as soft as that uf gas and does not affect the atmUs- phare. For reasons of economy It WAS decided that any system which would permit of lncandescent and arc lighting frC m ths same machines and wires was to be aimed at, and the storage battery Was settled upon as the best device for holding the electricity for each house. The great advantage of the storage bat teTy Is that no matter how irregular the charging of the battery may be, its emls slOn of electricity Is perfectly steady; no matter how clsteru may have been filled, the flow of water from its faucet will be perfectly regular. The great trouble In feeding candescent lamps directly from a dynamo machine IS that the light shows every variation In the running of the engine; ever, time the belt seam passes over the fly wheel tremor ln the light shows 1t; when the engine runs faster or slower, 1t Is perceptible at once. The current used for the arc lights would never do for Incandescent lighting, owing to its Irregulauty, but It Is just as good for charging battery as any other current The plan of the Brush Company IS therefore to put batteries into every cellar and connect them with the street wires winch feed the street lamps.
 The company is making four standard sizes of battery five lights, ten lights, twenty lights, and forty lights. The smallest slze will occupy the space of d small trunk, and the sizes of the bat tenes increase In proportion to their power. They can De put ID any part of the house, from cellar to garret, or in the vaults under the sidewalks The current ID the batteries will supply the number of lamps they are intended for for live hours. Thus, a twenty-hght battery will supply twenty lamps for five hours. or ten lamps for ten hours. A meter registers the flow of electricity through the battery, and also acts as An automatic cutoff when the battery Is fully charged. Mir. Brush contends that the batteries will improve with age; but whether they do or not will be the com pany's affair, for none will be sold. They will be put m houses and the lamps sup. pied without charge. The cost of the | light, according to Mir. Brush, will not | be more than that of gas, at which prlce | It IS expected to put in batteries as fast l as they can he made. The light needed | by an ordinary fpUr-story house twenty i five feet wide, q es not average in winter | fifteen lights for five hours.
 Contracts for lighting by this system have been made with s number of per
  within the next three weeks. Among | other places, the Central National Bank, | some of the stores a long Broadway, and | the Mission Square Theatre have been | wired by the company for the new light, and are now awaiting their batteries. | At The Madison Square Theatre 1t WAS said yesterday that not only would the | Izht be better, especially Tn summer, as It gave out heat, and did not con- sune the oxygen of the air. but 1t | promised to be twenty-five per cent. | she per than gas. The Boston factory | of the company is now turning out | Swan lamps at the rate of 10000 week. As there is no work to be done in the streets to introduce this system of light ing, there is no reason why the work should not proceed rapidly after the are received. From the same power can also be taken for -un1ing small motors for sewing latnes, etc. The whole sys- .em of batteries, lamps, and motors can Ie seen by any one interested ID the natter at the company's offices, No. S53 Broad way, where they have been on exhibition all winter.