The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-05
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During q recent heavy thunder
etorn IN Cincinnati $4,000 dynamo
was ruined 10y lightning and the light
mng erestcrs in l,sOO telephones were
burned out.
The electric railway between st.
Paul and Minneapolis is government
mail route. The electric cars carry the
mails SO that deliveries are made in
each city every two hours.
by the use of buckwheat cool for
fuel the managers of the electric street
railroad at WillSesbarre, Pa, figure it
out that at a cost Of 81 they can secure
sufficient power to transport 10, 900 pas
scngers over their road
An electric car in st. Paul, MINI,
while passing the end of bridge
in q heavy rain recently, was
struck by light1ing The car was set
on fire and the machinery rendered use
less. Not one of the passengers was
injured.
Attention is being given to length
ening the life of lncandescent lamps.
Discolored lamps can now be opened
and cleaned without interfering with
filamcnts and mounting5. When the
lamp is re-eXhausted and scaled it is as
durable as when new
The latest window advertising
scheme in New York consists in the ar
rangement of two brass knobs at tho
window ledge, with the following pla-
card: ELECTRICITY no more subtitle than
our bargains. Take free, harmless
shock. We press the button. See our
Accent. bargains in necktics." Tho
scheme draws immense crowds.
There is some talk at Portland, Nc,
of lighting the city hall there by means
of an isolated plant to be owned and
run by the city. An expert who made
an examination of the building thinks
that the plant could he installed at Il
cost of about S0og. Those who are
interested in the scheme assert that by
means of such plant the city could
save from 81, 200 to Sl,5Oo year
The Plymouth N, H. people want
an electric fire alarm service, and some
time ago they appropriated $500 to Sc
cure one. Those having charge of the
matter, however, have come to the con-
clusion that the work can not be done
WI for so small a sum, and, as the
town is apparently unwilling to in.
crease the amount, it will probably
cling to its present old-time system for
some years to come.
An elevated electric road of unpre-
cedented height is to be built at Ma
pies According to the reports that
have been received in this country, it is
intended to have the supporting pillars
over 800 feet in height. The road will
connect the central part of the city
with the Corso Vittorio Emanucle, and
win cost about S1,O00,0JO. The power
will be furnished by waterfall of the
Sorrento river.
The electric plant of the San Miguel
Consolidated Gold Mining Co. is being
installed at Telluride, Col To utilize
the water power in the vicinity for the
purpose OF running the stamp mills of
the company's mines a dam was built
across the San Miguel river. above Tel
luride, which falls at that place 100 feet
in less than mile. From the head
gate the water is taken through 4, OOO-
foot pipe, gradually increasing in diam
eter from 20 inches TO II inches, to the
power station, where it is delivered 10
two six-inch Pelton wheels. The loss
in transmission between generator and
motor over a 2jl-mile circuit is said to
be barely . per cent
The Electric Railway Advertiser,
referring to the bulletin in regard to
street railways, recently issued by the
census bureau, says THE first thing
to strike the investigator is that these