The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-26

closer economy Of power. Moreover. it is
driving close up 10 the lines OF shaftlng
and Concentrating. but they may be
placed where it is most convenient, and the
little motor il set alongside them in any de-
sired position. New York has had more
6ns PAM mi; Fl hoast u e.eat m
This practice greatly simplihes the ques-
ton of getting power for small manu-
featuring industries, and thus enlar9es IN
q city like New York tho area available Tor
manufacturing.
glance over the whole country We find cleo
trio motors used for an endless number OF
purposes; in fact, it would be dimcult to
name the work they would not do. Thus,
to-day, electric motors In different parts OF
the country are running feed cuttera IN sta
bles, and also used to brush the horses
down. Others are used to run butter
churns. Not far of in the same street they
are busy chopping up meat IN sausage rae
tories, or making whips, or picking hair, or
saving stone. or making pens, or driving
jewelers. lathes: Some are busy MAKING
watch-case machinery, and others in max
ing shoes. Not q few of them are in use BY
opticians for grinding glasses, while others
have their merits sung in shrill italian as
good peanut roasters. In the liquor bust
ness they have been found extremely
handy for running bottling machines ma mes
are not less convenient for driv-
ing the cigarette machines, or making
| cigar boxes. They are very often used for
grinding colors, and in one city OF this
state they have been put to the extraordl-
nary work of squirting paint on photo
graphs. Some of the neatest pieces Of ivory
turning are now done by electric motor, and
if some people only knew that the pills they
are go fond of were made by the same
agency thew would be inclined to beneve
that the nostrum had acquired an addi-
tional recommendation. Ia some cities SO
far has the use of electric motors gone
that It is possible for man to-day to drink
at breakfast coffee ground and eat fr4lt
evaporated by electric power. during the
morning he will conduct his business with
electrically made pens, and paper ruled oy
electricity, and make his records IN cleo
trically bound books, his seven-story ONCE
in all probability being reached by an cleo
trio motor elevator. At luncheon he will be
able to discuss sausages, butter and
bread, and at night eat ice cream and drink
| iced water due to the same electrical energy.
He will ride all about the place in electric
cars, wear shirts and collars mangled and
ironed by electric motor. sport suit OF
clothes and hat blocked by the same
means; on holidays ride merry-gO-round
propelled by an electric motor. or have his
toboggan hauled up the slide with equal ia
cility, be called to church by an electrically
tapped bell, sing hymns to the accompani'
ment of an electrically blown organ. be
buried in a coffin of electric make, and, last
of all, have his name carved on his tomb
stone by the same subtle, mysterious, all
pervasive and indefatigable agency. Thit
may sound like wild and ezrberant flight
of fancy, but it is simply a faithful state
ment of the manner in which electricity ii
being applied to every one of the necessitie
and luxuries of life in America.