The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-02-25

1 LAoN AAtS-lSs nv tAc 1AAWalan h1nR, put the
Anerico German Capitalist whose inter
ests are first considered. And 10 snch base
uses has the country Of the ekamehamehar
cone.
IA MsasFa es.aaA
ErScrElcrrI MExs szGva
l Ar,crg The many factors which have dsvah,cel
ecrnsrce and iSazst-y and ssiusnlsacd N -
forces Of prvgSess daring the last half esata-y,
ncce las pARyed part - radical nd es1.nfill =
saeeS-aeasy. Hardly sirSss nsrys OF aers ee that
eo0p1sx eody vAsch We call sceisty, that Aas ncs
th-iltsa and VihrstSd VITA It's ina1encs1
II . nos YET tftJ ysers since the izyenkiun ofths
stsetfe- usSsecc telegraph, naas hy Prafsasor $
= ., Morse, vas nrst var INTO cperaficn hstussz
has been Rrsaay done N tie last nfty ycars IN tss
E1Hot electrical deEeforns1s ths writer i euzeasnt
tat fa- greater progress VII hs uas IN lAs fafnre
We ssASd io-tsy eny sR tAs tArsaAold q iis
eiscerieal snsrxy can Be adaptsd are 50 naneroas
tnss TIE Fresent Recsrntion hardly drearas of
tAs1a- Nctht,g Of acy Startling enaraeesr ean b
s1pSctea q tee s1eet-,esi telegsaph Tos b1Ilnss
- na1ervcs. that very hffis remains 10 81 dons.
Scnas day there VII Be, No do1hs, q ssxtapasx
systsz. vhicn vii rnAke one wire Do shs worE ef
a1x- Nhiie rcne 80 far tired has s=eccedrd euu,-
Hsrrislly, tAs expanding riaxniruds ~ telsrrsrAy
Eakss L necessity.
The s9or-s naae with = vsew 10 -di,tanrs
sesphoniHg haTs slrsa6y proved SSits sstis.ar.oEy
n commercial way and rrpunise eTpeii-,s r.-nles
Conversation has heen eondacted hefvnea Cl.Ts-
lad and Nsu-Hcrk, ard IS nov daily carried en-
oetWeer NeN-fork And Boston 10 lir1fena rxtent
fhs Ersas diHczlsY II Iona diGtancs tslspkoninR
. TIE loss Of ths current hy stasic iniursioa on
the sArth and Eires u close proxia,isV, Ra
ongts vi-s eccl6 Be piaccd safkcientiy kigh q 10
azp1y clear al the Docrtain tcpS one co1ld
whisper KroGna the world with perfect ease; o. II
wi-s could be stretched from the earth 10 ths
a1nsh - al A..
Psr1ees res1lss were recently obtA;ned On q Gov
srrnent llne N Arizona, = distance Of Rbout 4
thocSA,d E,ilrs, the wire stretching over = tree
nov be bad besvern Nev-fork snd Harstord.
Ihe loss ot the electrical energy 81 static ahocvh
hon and the running together ee the electrical
waves u he fact that utterly preslades the pos
nbIfty of sab-uArine talsphorirS across ths
ocean One thing, koEsSer, Is roy eertair thaf
the TINE = close St hand When the ielsrhons vii
Be perfectly S1ceessfrl in an urhroker circuit for
elscHnes q 9. least 500 miles; and that = sub
scriosr VII he able 10 communists With 400
commercial houses. Nose than tbs. sy0u. IA 4
probable that BY means Of repeating stAtions eo-
n1nication can be bad over al part. OF The UnEed
SssseL
The eSaaSss UrOught hy the telsgJsrh and hsle
PSons uiu be sq1allsd. i not esipssd, by -
transformation Wrocsht throaSh elsckricaIs iiaht-
irS- Two years experieccs proves hrTund adoaha
tha, the electric hght for ho1ssh0ld purposes tan
be Peodaeed and sold in eonpetition vith raG.
Il . innAtsriAl whether the elecSyir srsrrJ In
Used for light o. for Other pGrposes Il is % easy
o. eoctrol, the apparztns required % irsxpsnaiTS
tnAf u can be used As 9 uotor-poEsr toE p1rposss
n17-erzbie. In q house il can Be usikrad 10 Diva
miniature fans for cooling purposes % operats 4
SEWING machine, 20 pump Water. to wlrk q dunh
WAiter Or an elevator, and for h1rdral othsr Do
@es1e uses which nov require persona lahsr. In
places Wkere snail steam en0ires ara nd AZ Sr,af
e1pense owing to the special aftendsrc. uigite
ne eseetrie motor VII be inral1ahle. ElsctEinity
nSotlnS aSsnt has the Ereat advatags ossr
gas tsAt L can be used AZ viii for motor purposss
and that Its operation for the LATTER purr,se Il a.
simple - for ircArdescerce which i del,e ~ -
rers turning Of key hke Sas-e0ck- he fune-
ticn OF eLecertclsy Ss motor for housshold rur-
gSses VII hardly be less useful than il yalas IN
hi1u11Atioc.
he Ersat problem, to be solved. however. br N.
ysc11t and electrician. before the art sf electri
cal application sttains its Ultimate triumph l. tn,
GireeS rrudcction Of electrical suerEy tcm coal,
lhe dream OF certain Erprch ard C,errnnn .-i,-,
lles that II may Be transformed directiy frpr ~.
sctar ensry Is wild chirerz or at least il Il r.
mote md Enthusiastically; bat that il Vil b a. |
sIreo II .cu1e simple and inexpensive vay drpstIy
from coal which Is solar heat and lirhs. ranfnrrd
Up BY nature, the writer believes % bs crrtain
net Tie present methods Of PRODUCING eecfrcifT
are AZ their best very eunbersore and Sxps11iVS |
expensive boilsrs, engines and dynano-naehinss /
lrS the media through which tks carb,,1 n r. /
,oal i transmitted into electricity snd vith no.
noes waste 81 that large amount of expsuEiys
Abr, too, Is needed, thR. with the cost of ths
pLact and OF the labor to opera.e il, the Ultimate
7cud1eS Is very costly. Onc<. however the r.cr1t i
y the direct pcodzctiou Of tie sIectricaI snrrvT
I0n soal = discovered, nAvellouH rsFofufioa /
M taxa place. he cost to tie couaarosT thar
~ @ IeTy snail From one great central ssstisa
Cfy eiaBricity VII Be furnished to rive lirht
ieat and power 10 hocses stores uubli. hsilair--
aesoreH and workshops, and At % reduced a esat
2 10 materially lessen the expenses and WORT. |
ms Z sorneth1nz more than dream. hnAfu-
1rs Aes Eticn many roE living vii probably ZEE |
eaized- Such a direct trxrsforrrafion ~ r1,al Il
AZ eiectrle1ty would utilize 90 per cent; nov by
ne prucess Of turning the energy OF carbon info /
eat, heat into snergy Of motion, and this into
ieetreal energy Of II least 90 Der cent.
Eectncltg as 4 motive power will not Be spn-
neG 70 nc1se-hoid or factory purposes Il has al
eady bean successfully used for experiueutsl
1rposesl AZ BeriIn, Paris-P0rt Rush Ireland and
y the EEIter az Aenlo Park. az motive poysF On
railroad The various experinenta h.vr rsr-
eesiy PcoTen the praclbiity Of the electric loco
1ocTe and indicate that il VIII Be IRrreiT adoutpd
tne future N place Of the STRAIN loeouotive.
ARGUS experiments have been nsfs With q
lev to the electric proculsiou Of earri.-rs r.h. |
rayk- sse The drawback has been that tia
over has been obtained from a secondnrr or
.or1Se batteries, the depreciation in whioh Il 30
,pfdi and the weight Of the receptacle % zrsst
1zt Until some radical improvements an rads
eonneetlor with the storage Of electricitT or
e Prod7ctiO1 Of the same directly from eoaf We
.nnot hope b see the subtle H1id used;as means
PropellIcg street eouTeyznces Still dsytirht |
egIns % shine on the problem, and the writer kas
2 o oo12t tnat eventually most Of our trucks and
ia VII use this power. When this tine comes
SEAL md the scope OF electricity vastly videned
ID see carriages without horses. yaehts vftkoqi
saz1 O sails, and many other .noTsl sdaptatious,
., yiil then Be easily solved
lie Vast deposits Of rebelIozs ores, which for
. want Of an economical method Of working ara |
-d1g practically useless, vii probably At sons
We not lar hence yield to nan the precious metal
ieJ contain By assistance Of elsctricfty Tkozrh 4
is eIPerInents have not been Tery Succrszfsl, | I
io1zh hss been done to show that there uil Be- | /
Tent1al Success !
S9ch briefly axe the arTeIs Of electricity as Al
7dy accomplished or as narksd oct On the gzrs I
hes OF scientific foresight. II the story eczII
I've been tod as & prophecy ffty ysa-I aRo II
oud have dAzed even the most adfeufuruus r.ind
e the other half Of the story hidden behind ths
Il VII not be 4 Iot les vorderfzI The writer. :
reviewing what be belieTes frou 4 long 4
d absorbing gtudy Of the problems Of else
eztyf has oniy touched On those phases Of deTel-
r1e1t which experiment has shoTu 20 Be within :
E gasp Of the scientific inventor To di1rzTs !
possibilities vsud bzine into play q line OF :
ee1l1tlon seenineiy more akin to the dreams Of /.
poet than 70 the sober iadGnsat OF tie prneti-
! Eorksr--Ib0ss1s 4. Edisoa, ~ tie S.-c Fort
ib-as-