Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-05
sheet iron fronts. During the thunder
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sheet iron fronts. During the thunder
storms, recently, these iron fronts be-
came charged with electricity. Every
person who entered either store while
these conditions prevailed, and stepped
with one foot on the iron Threshold
while the other remained on the
ground, was given a vigorous shock. 1t
is matter Of comment that every one
crlnged perceptibly at the shock, and
some were completely doubled up by it.
The wood foundation and floor of the
ors and leave the latent electricity to
expend its force upon those who estab-
lish the necessary circuit.
Electrical Advances I'm the South.
Among the southern cities which have
recently made great strides in man
featuring enterprises, and which have
come to the fore as centers of electrical
enterprise, there has been none which
has shown greater advance and enter
prise than the city of Ashville, N. c.,
especially in the line OF electric power.
This city has now one of the most sue
cessful, If not the most successful, cleo
trio railways in the south, and the pres
ident and directors of the road express
themselves as very we'll pleased with its
operation.
This road uses the regular system OF
overhead wires, with small No. 6 wire
us q working conductor, which is the
only wire suspended over the street.
Electric Locomo,ion IN London.
The New York Elevated railway COM
pany may not, after all have the honor
OF being the first large undertaking in
the electric propulsion of trains, says
the Electrical Review. The City OF
London & Southwark Subway--an un-
derground railway in London three
miles iong-has decided to adopt cleo
trio locomoJion, and has closed con-
tracts for the work with Mather e. Platt.
The plant will comprise 900 horse
power engine and dynamos to match,
and fourteen electric locomotives Of 200
horse power each. Trains will be under
three minutes headway and will carry
100 passengers each, and the speed will!
be twenty-five miles per hour. The
overhead conductor and trolley system
has been selected. This system wifi!
soon be in regular operation, and we
believe will be the first trial, on large
scale, of the application of the electric
locomotive to the problem of rapid
transit in cities. The result will be
watched with great interest.
Electric Welding.
A public experiment in electric weld
ing took place recently at Maiden,
Mass, which was witnessed by Governor
Ames and several business aud scient-
tiiic men and electricians. The expert
ments tried were the welding together
of all kinds OF metal, OF Tarious dimen-
sions from a quarter Of an inch TO two
inches In diameter. The most general
satisfaction was expressed by all present
and the ever-growing success OF the
business was predicted. On the south
ern wall of the station two cases are
placed, and these cases contain speci-
mems of the work accomplished by this
wonderful process--wolding, shaping,
riyetiug and forging, from the finest
thread-like brass wire TO an iron pipe
au inch and half in diameter.
An Electrical Railway for New York.
Several years ago. a number OF gentle
men in New York city quietly obtained
from the legislature charter TO con-
struct an electric railway from the Hud-
son river 10 Long Island Sound through
the lower portion Of Westchcster
! county. They did not intend to build at
once, but they foresaw that the ac-
QUESTION of the new parks by the city
would in the near future make the rail
road necessity and their franchise
| valuable. They proposed 10 tap the
Hudson river railroad and cross tie