The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-15
THE AGE OF ELECTRICITY.

| The New York Recorder draws pic
ture of the electrical arcadia the world
will be III few years, when we shall
have progressed further in our dis
| coveries in electricity. We have made
| great progress in electrical inventions in
the last few years, have utilized electric
| ity III hundred different WAYS. vet
we know we'll that we are merely on the
threshold of this new science and that
there is scarcely a branch of industry in
which electricity cannot be used to ad-
vantage. We are progressing rapidly in
our nventi9ns and no year passes which
does not see thousand or more patents
based on the use of this new and wonder
full force.
The Recorder thinks, therefore, that
we can count upon having electricity
solve, III few years, some of the most
difficult problems of today and make life
far easier and pleaSanter for all. 1t will
rid us of the heavy traffic on our streets.
all articles being sent, with almost
lightning speed, through dry iron tubes
sunk to a depth sufficient to be free from
all interference with surface conditions
The street cars will, of course. be operat-
ed by electricity and similarly lighted:
and the draft horses will be emancipated
and their places taken by swift self
propelling perambulators.
Stationary steam and gas machines
will give place to electrical engines that
will supply the power needed. Houses
will be warmed and lighted and food
cooked by electricity instead of coal,
wood or gas: and the debris of the after
meal Will be reduced to ashes in an cleo
trio furnace, thus solving the garbage
problem. As a consequence. there need
be 10 chimneys 10 the houses except for
yentllating purposes; and there will be
no smoke to make the streets disagree
able. The abolition of heavy traffic. and
the substitution of light and easy run
ming electrical carriages will finally
simplify one of the most important and
one Of the most difficult problems in
American cities-that of paving. There
VIII he no necessity for heavy stone
pavements and the streets will be clean
and the air pure and invigorating.
There are a hundred other pleasant
pictures we can draw of this age of elee-
trlcity ahead. We know that it Will give
us better lights than we have now. and
1t viii assure US more comfortable fires
without the trouble of lighting or keep
ing them up, that it will greatly facili-
tate the hauling of goods and require a
much smaller force OF men for this
work. and that it will give Us better and
quicker street transportation. We know /
that 1t viii abolish smoke, abolish bad /
pavemen1s, refuse and garbage, and |
therefore dirty streets. 1t will help labor |
OF al kind by furnishing an abundance
of power.
The New Orleans Times Democrat, in /
referring TO the Recorders electrical |
and the iunumerable adj |
to be derived from the innova-
ton. declares that all this is no Ballamv /
picture. but what we can feel assured of. |
what we know must come some day. /
early or late. Electricity promises tn 4
solve some of the most veSarious prob /
lens of our cities. and the world will be |
4 great deal more comfortable If il Is not
happier and better in this coming age of
electricity.