Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-01-09
rnr GOOD TIME COMING
when 'bsap Uise,r,sIty shaft Have
sapsrssasd steam.


While The rtpkesmrn of 'the age 81
st,am arr ringing all tho changes on
N" glorrs ut Watt invention the DO.
neer. ~ science aud invention arr hard
at work io dispacc lr Edison ls now
Cusal e,i IN ssstch fur means OF gen.
Grating electricity directly from tho
consumption Of coat la con,er,ation
Nth a New York reporter he gives an
interesting glimpse oi what he Ia
after AMI what be- thinks are his chances
81 success What be- desires 10 accom-.
plish ls, TO do away With tho lntetmcdi-
ary boilers. furnaces, steam engines ani
dy ynam,- that are nnw used in the pro.
duotion of electricity, and 10 procure
that powerful force dircCtly from tho
fuel ~ els- -tri'itt u nou gotten from IN.
combustion ot flnu Ia the battery. la
consequence Ol the compile ued methods
bs whirh the combustion ~ coal
l. nnw converted into electricity
this agent Cust ten tirnrz a.
much n u should. Mo now ~ IL veil
knnVa. get frum rual hut ene nth 10
one ienth part uf the power Il CONTAINS.
idlson reports that hs has found M
trouble ~ obtaining slight currcnt of
electricity directly from the combustion
oi iu.i, bat he has struck ~ Yet an In.
HuIrtnblo harri.r Ia further prngrc.A.
ilcforr th,s barrier his experiments, liko
the similar sucressss of JahlOchkoH and
some terman investigators remain mere
laboratory Cufiusitles lie will give
himself Ave year. tu unlock this su ret
~ nature and will think himstlf lucky
II he suceods IN iha, time.
The des' rilti"n Esii-nn e<vrs NJ the
happy results that would How from tho
rralgation 81 his drsans Of cheap elec.
tricity jus'ihes hts enthusiasts irclara.
ton that tlsa inventor who succeeds IN
getting nj u will do thu world the great.
ct material service Yet rendered Ia man
The unsci.n,inc World be- says, ha. no
conception II NhAi such a discovery
would mean II would pa, an end 10
boilrrs aud steam ongtnes, u would
make power about one tenth M
cheap n u u nov u would en-.
able u steamship 10 oruss tho Atlantic no
. numin NJ cost u would enable every
poor man 10 run his own carriage. II
would rcvolutionise the industrial
world Tho electric motor IL the ideal
motor foF all kinds II work What No
Ntuh - HNNf' Nl'tNA VI DIOIlfifE NHN
currvnt Chuaply. Now u costs ten
iimcs as much ~ u ought to When ws
dlscoycr the short cut from the CON.
bustion Of coal drectly 10 electrlclty We
csn heat aud light houses. do oil tho
cooking. move all kinds Of machinery,
,chicles and boats do all the worlds
work, In fact tor almost nothing con.
pared to what v nov costs rs Thew II
y good time coming Zoe somebody.
iher. Is another Possibility In this
possibility ~ cheap electricity which
Edison dons net refer 90 hsblare, the
.reat Inglish mathematician aud phllos.
,phrT. predicted that u q powsr vas
,Ner discovered which could b. ehsapiy
distributed from common center 90 the
hous'- aud shops Of the working elssses
q wonlt completely reSolntioaiss the
tendency ~ steam 90 mas capital aud
,'or Ia great factories and swsrmins
Lives ~ Industry. The Do.
,er,sd village would live again,
Ihe efficiency Of prsfrction gained
by the consolidation ~ multitaduous
home fors,s. home shutlles, homs shoe.
bcnehes Of the old regime into the
steam driven mllls OF 10 day has b~en
paid for At q ruluous social price. Happy
villages have been swallowed up Ia
mufky faetory towns. and the dlsislca
% labor has bcsh carried 80 far that
every lsburur is but the fractional part
Of msa. II cheap electricity viii do
sil that Edison claims iof II on the
purify material side, aud will, ss Bsb-
baTc prophrsis-i, resiaee tho inaamma.
tory evils of our coagrsiei Industrial
esaiefs, its d,.coysrer will certainly do tho
world the mos, important material ser.
vice yet rendered unto men.