Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-10
A NEW PATENT
That is Thought VIII ReyolutiOnize
Incandescent Electric lighting.
A Company Formed In This City That viii OPP
crate The Same in the Territory West OF
the Mississippi-The Light Pronounc-
cd : Success by Electricians.

| 4 company has been formed in the city
cent electric light plants. It consists of
Mr.. \. 4. English, president, c. \. Phillips,
! treasurer, and e \. Hutchings, secretary
and general manager. 4 solution has been
discovered which when given the place of
the ordinary solution III electric batteries
Will produce al electric current OF sufficient
strength to give an incandescent light. A
patent has been secured upon the new dis
covery and dates back near seven months.
The company has been experimenting in
this city for six weeks with the light. 1t is
pronounced by all who have seen < grand
success as far as light is concerned. It gives
an even mellow light and by it
colors can easily be distinguished. The
is such that the company entertains 10 fears
that ii can be operated successfully.
The battery consists Of a box about one
foot square, which is lined with a metallic
substance Inside of this is q porous earthen
cup in which is placed a strong solution and
around it is poured a weak solution. The
carbon is placed i'll the latter, and the por-
osity of the cup admits the stronger solu-'
ton and the electricity is generated. 1t
takes ten cells to run one lamp and two cells
until the number Of fifty is reached for each
additional lamp, and after that one cell to
lamp. One hundred cells VIII run ninety
LAMPS of the power of eight candles The
lamps vary from one candle power to
twenty.
The battery is connected with the arc by a
wire, 1t is claimed that there
is no danger of setting building afire
by the current. The battery can be allowed
to stand for ninety days without attention
and do good service. Each light is on cir
cult of its own and used exclusive of the
rest It is thought one battery III block |
will make the best division.
This company has the exclusive right to
operate this light in the territory west of |
the Mississippi together with two or three
eastern states. Another company Will work |
the balance OF the United States. Each |
had some patents that were neces-
sary to successfully operate the light and
Tie Two uulttu di1tl ulfiltSit tiiS lcI iIOA
Next week some of the buildings in the city
viii be lighted and the public given an op
oortunity to be introduced TO the new enter
3rise.
Wichita 81 the headquai ters Of the COM
oany. The cells, apparatus and machinery
o operate plant will be made here. The
'ough material viii be shipped in and it will
20 out ready for use. The company has de-
,ided that if they sell to any other company
he right to operate the light they will stip
late that all the apparatus will have to be
purchased of them IN this city.
How many hands viii this employ? one
very naturally asks. That OF course will de-
bend upon the success OF the light II it
reaches what it is expected TO, it is thought
It will give employment to several hundred.
Some are now at work filing orders for the
,ity, and more will be employed as the de-
nand increases.