The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-13
Electricity for Kunaways.

An experiment was made to-day Il
stopping runaway team by electricity
A sprited-looking team of horses to ,
closed carriage were driven at runa wa,
pace down the wide gravel walk leadinl
from Michigan avenue to the Illiuoi
Central Railroad station. When tn,
team had run about 150 yards they sud
denly checked themselves aud came to
standstill in distance Of tch or fifteer
feet. The electrical device consists of q
small dry battery located under the driv
cr's seat. FROM this, through the lines
or along the pole or shaft of the vehicle,
extend wires to small metal balls placed
within the nostrils of the horses in
the tender portion of the nose, but in q
tough, wet fold of skin aud hair Within
the nose, so that no irritation is caused
Other wires end in push button at the
'drivers seat aud one inside the carriage.
When the horses run away pressure
upon either one of the buttons closes the
electrical circuit aud mild shock is ad-
mnistered at the end of the nose. The
horses at once, surprised at this unex.
pected sensation in front, throw them.
selves on their launches and try to back
away from the source of the shock, and
come to standstill so soon as thew can
overcome the forward movement of the
carriage. A surprising fact is that the
horses do not Immediately attempt to 90
forward, fearing the foe that, though i'm.
visible, instinct teaches is ahead. While
the result noted is lnvariable, the cause
Is absolutely local in character, aud does
not cause the slightest injury to the
horses. The inventor aud his aids have
themselves, in testing the apparatus dur
ing the experimental work, taken the
full shock hundreds of times without
harm. it was the sentiment of all pres
eut that the exhibition was an entire
success Chicago Times.
The st. Clair EdhnSff fs rne longest river
tuunel in the world. 1t is $3.50 feet
lon,SR-am the American cutting to the
river cage Is 1000 feet, and from the
Canadian cutting to the river edge is
1850 feet, and the distance acros, the
river is 23OO feet. The tunnel walls are
of cast-iron segments, thirteen of which
and key form circle. The segment
dimensions are: Length, four feet ten
inches; width, eighteen inches; thick
ness, two inches, with tlanges inside six
inches deep and Ii inches in thickness.
Their total weight is $4,000 tens. The
segments are bored and secured in place
with bolts seven. eighths of an inch in
diameter and weighing in all 1000, 600
pounds. The outside diameter of the
tunnel is twenty -one feet aud twenty feet
inside. The soil excsvated amounts to
z, 2,196, 400 cubic feet. Employment has
been steadily furnished to 700 men since
first the work of construction began and
costs complete about SO, 100000. 1t is
a year ago since the engineers, who had
been working toward each other from
opposite sides of the ripAr 6ti.., .hoir--iry.-
uraunc shields together and shook hands
fathoms below the surface. The ap.
proaches and railway tracks have been
since that day. The Grand
Trunk people believe that when the tun-
mel is in actual use it will offer facilities
for through communication between
Chicago and all points east which will be
greatly appreciated by passengers aud by
freight shippers. 1t shortens the dis
tance to the seaboard about six miles aud
saves two nours in time Chicago
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