The rustler., 1891-11-20
~ ne ElEcrRlcAL WORLD.

Not les than 500 English sparrown
gard Al Columbus Ka2, one morning
recently. after heavy electrical storm
BY which the town was visited the night
Z before.
With the demands of densely popu-
lated districts to bring In profitable
business aud abundant capital az COM
mand, the central stations for electrical
supply in London promise 20 be the
finest In the world
Electricity has taken such hold of
the Australians that Il i proposed %
hold large international electrical ex-
hibltiun In Melbourne about the end Of
the year. which viii be the summer
season In that autipodean land
An electric light company NJ Con-
cord. n. r.. instead Of throwing away
the rcsidium sticks Of carbon from arc
lamps pieces them together and forms
new carbons about eight inches long,
thereby cficcting a decided saw ng
We now have electric lighting and
electric power. and the next Develop
meut Of this wonderful form % energy
will be electric heating Already Il is
reported 90 have been tried on steam
and horse cars with variable success,
and il is said there Is a growing demand
for Il in houses
"A new electrical thermostat. for
use in ships buntcrs and rcfrigcrating
rooms, has lately appeared, the special
feature being steel bulb enclosed In a
frame having a set screw which can be
altered so as TO bring the mcrcurial
column 10 platinum contact wire ex-
actly at the desired temperature.
An elevated railway is to be built
| in Naples, TO connect the central part
/ OF the city with the high ground The
road will rest. in some places, on tow
ers 32s feet high, and elevators will car
ry the people 10 the stations The es-
timated cost is ea5O, 900 The power used
win be electricity generated by water
! fall on the Serreno.
The young ladies Of Frankfort, Pa,
, have recently discovered that by hold
ing piece of tin against the iron foot
rests driven into the wooden poles of
I the Suburban Electric Light Co. they
receive a weak electric shock. and al
most every evening a group gathers
around the poles that are not situated
on the main thoroughfares and enjoy
the fun for hours. The sensation pro-
duced is said to be like that OF placing
the hand lightly on nettl IS
/ Word comes fro-l Vienna that the
electrical world is greatly excited over
the discovery made by Capt Franz
/ Walter, the lecturer at the military
J academy, Of method Of algamating
/ glass with other metals besides platiu-
um. This invention, II genuine, will
revolutionizc the manufacture Of cleo
trio lamps, in which the use of platin-
um will bc entirely discarded, thereby
doing away with the principal source
! of expense. Capt Walter asserts that
I 10y his method lamps can be manufac-
: tured so per cent cheaper than in the
old manner, and that the brealage
would not amount TO per cent
| AT one OF the locomotive manufac-
turing establishments in Philadelphia
the shops covering an area 337 by 156
fcet-thcrc are in operation two inn
mense travelling cranes worked by
electricity, being the largest pair of
cranes in the world but one crane that
IN the gun works at the arsenal in
( Washington, excelling either Of these
/ in power Each OF the cranes is of
twenty-eight feet span, and fitted with
two trolleys capable respectively of
lifting fifty tons, thus giving TO each
crane power of 100 tons; the electric
power is furnished by two 1OO-horse
nnNncr nennrnlnrs