Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-20
AN ELECTRICAL FACTORY
Proposed for Manufacturing Storage Ba
terIes fer Light and Power PurDoses

Proposed for Manufacturing Storage Bat
terIes fer Light and Power Purposes.
The City Improvement Association and
the Board of Trade held meeting yester-i
day afternoon at the rooms of the latter, to
consider proposition advanced by w. II.
Armstrong. of San Francisco, concerning
the establishment of an electrical accumu-
lator factory in this city. President Steffens,
of the Board of Trade, presided, and there
were large number OF prominent either
present.
Mr.. Armstrong has obtained the exclu-
sive license for the Pacific coast embracing
| California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington,
Idaho and Arizona1 from the Electrical Ac
cumulater Company of New York, to man
| ufacture, sell.or use storage batteries for all
| purposes withi.l said territory, and under
all toe patents held by the New York CON-
pany, which cover the fundamental princi-
| pies, as well as ell the valuable improve
ments made in that field of electrical work.
Mr.. Armstrong, as well as Frederick
Beckenzaun, who has been neharee of the
| New York eompanyss works, explained the
subject OF electrical storage ard its various
applications. They pointed out that the
| storage battery was the hitherto missing
| link of electrical light plants, filing in that
/ A4tld lIC edLbS htSlt1OD WHICH Il EdS-0ClGef
| fills in gas plant, or a reservoir in water
| supply system; that by means OF these &C.
cumulators everyone may have electric
| light ION tap day or night. without inter
ruption and with perfect steadioess, Jude
| pendent from the working OF steam engine
and dynamo.
The electric car of the Central Railway
Company is operated by these storage bat
teries, manufactured by the New York
l \
meeting, they are to-day in as perfect con-
| dition ss ever. None of the little delays
and accidents which the car met with were
cue to the batteries. Another application
of these batteries is the lighting of railroad
cars, and it was stated that all the Pullman
cars are being equipped on this system,
among those already using them being the
Golden Gate special aud large number of
| Pullman yestibule trains IN the East Mr.
Reckenzsun, the electrician OF the company,
has operated pleasure yacht by these ster-
age batteries in New York harbor during
the last season, and with perfect success,
one charge sutiicing for a whole days sail
| ing, covering distance of from IS to 20
miles.
There are many ether purposes, said the
gentleman, too numerous TO be mentioned,
to which these batteries may be and
are being put. The Eastern company
has large works at Newark, n j., which
we're started about two and a half
years ago, and are doing an extern
sive business. A number of most favor
able testimonials, among which was one
frcm d. o. Mills, were shown, which APP
/ peared to leave no doubt ms to the practical
bilisy ana success OF the system.
| The factory proposed 10 be erected here
would consist OF one building OF 800 feet in
length, machinery building, 45x5O feet in
dimensions. and one or two smaller build
| ings.
The plans and specifications are all pre-
pared and bids will be advertised for imme-
diately after the enterprise is assured. Mr.
Armstrong sisted that $4,000 is required
to build the factory aud carry on the busi-
ness, Of which sam he will provide two
/ fifths IL Sacramentaas vii put up the other
three tifths. The Oak Park Association
have offered to donate a valuable block of
land for the factory, sna Mr. Lewis and his
associates offered 10 subscribe for large
block of stock, which leaves 5000 more
TO be taken up.
The new company bears the name OF the
Pacific Electrical Storage Company and
has already established an office at 90
Sntter Street, San Francisco, where q stor-
age battery may be seen operating electric
lights ard electric motors. Ii is said that
the establishment OF this factory, which
would employ from 80 to 50 hands, would
he followed by the establishment of q esr
factory sn its vicinity, sn that iacaDdes-
cent electric light is proposed 20 be fur
isighed.lsv business houses and residences
EsUn the factory, as side iesue
Ihe proposition made very favorable
impression upon those Sseseat at the
meeting. and in view of tie Sesirab;iity OF
having good start made il the way of
indrsciag manufacturers to esssblish them
selves u this city, il is hoped tnat the bal
afics of tise necessary capital viii be quickly
SUBSIDIZED. Mr.. Armstrong. VITO is STAY
Ing at The GoldsR Eagle Hotel, viii fe-
main here few days to explain Ia detait
the proposition ioihose who may Interest
themselves ia this ssost promising enter
prise Ii the project goes through, che Of
the first cnDtrass 10 be undertaken will, il
is expected, be for the operation Of Ihs !:
s}eciric read. aas it is confidently stated (,
tkat horses viii have poor chance on |
the Central Street Rsilssr, rs well as on |
The d her lines after brief tis.ss