Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-25

power can be introduced successfully
and with safety and comfort TO the in
habitants OF the city. dNThe system pro-
posed has been in actual operation for
more than q year in Bdussels with great
success. 1t requires mo excavation of
the street, but can beroplaoed immedi-
ately on the tracks nowdn use.
A correspondent in Power quotes Mr..
G.. j. II. Woodbury. aatellows; Several
years ago, 1 called tba attention of q
prominent electrician engaged on the
question of the electric transmission of
power, to the important purposes cleo
trio motors could serve in operating
salico printing machines, where it is
necessary that each machine shall be
driven at periods and rates entirely in
dependent of its neignbors and based
solely upon the conditions OF the fabric
and pattern. This work snow done by
independent steam engines, which take
up valuable space and render the DON
so hot as to interfere, l believe with the
best work Of the men. 1t is here that
there is an opportunity for electric
motors especially designed for such pur-
poses, and there have been recent ac-
counts in the foreign electrical papers
Of motors designed and applied in this
specific manner in England
A bill has been introduced into the
New York legislature regulating the
business of telegraphic companies. 1t
requires messages to be written out in
duplicate, the duplicate to be used for
transmission, and the original to be re-
turned to the sender. A company is
made liable for mistakes in transmit
ting. In case a message is sent ''col-
lect," if it is not paid for ut the other
end, or II the person to whom 1t is sent
cannot be found, the sender is made
liable for the charge; If he refuses to
pay he is made liable for five times the
original charge, together with the costs
of collection. Another provision abol-
ishes the extra charge for insuring the
correct delivery of a message. The
company is made liable for delivery,
of q message. The company is made
liable for delivery, and if no operator
is at an Office when a customer calls to
send a message, the company is made
liable for all damages on account of the
delay. Offices are required to be open
from s q. m. to 8 p. m.
Much chagrin is felt by the submarine
cable companies over the failure of on
gress to comply with its agreement, and
enact certain laws for-the better pro-
lection of ocean cables. On May 10
next the terms of an international con-
v~ention together with the proclamation,
are TO be made known In Paris, and III
is expected that all maritime nations
will be represented in the provisions.
France, England are the nations chiefly
interested, four of the great cables
| joining the eastern to the western hem
isphere namely, the Gould and
Mackay-Bennett ~cable-being owned by
American citizens. This government
was expected to adopt certain regula-
lions and rules, as we'll as penalties,
prescribed by the convention, and thus
secure the fullest n1eed of protection
for the arteries of international tele-
| graphic communication, and il is feared
that the failure of congress to act will
result in excluding this government
from the desired protection.
At a family dinnert ogiven the other
| day by Valentine Winters, a venerable
banker of Dayton, Ohio, under the
| plates were found envelopes containing
deeds, stocks, bonds, etc., aggregating
nearly $500, 900 as presents to his chill
dren n grandchildren. In like man
ner he divided s4OO,O68i between them
in 1882, and it is not an uncommon
thing for his children. to find 81 900
checks under their plates. e