The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-10-16
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t.snncls Of css iron for an
Ieseesrse rasIgvny hare lseu built in
ELordon aI,si PIT ia ion for rap:d
transit Iiisy are II lbs II length
ard lie sts..s. ~. add 81 feet below tho
surface ii tie cit IS S streets.
An d1it. d man is said To have
Invented On No rs eiie ossta net gas
isecE,rolsIIe--, which VIII nh Theoretically
;tlrn up Ike gas when the elt.esss.i. light
*. tt:.lrred Ct, and in eaac Tic clessric
/ light Is turned On again he gas vii Ut
once tie lowered.
North Carolina is TO lsaTe enc OF tue
longest electric railway Ines in the
verdi. Il: is 20 run from Asheville to
Rutherfordton. q distanee of forsy-one
miles The rover to operate the road
is to lie derived from water. The line
lis intended for both freight and rassen-
ger service.
"A cccrd:ng to the Electric Railway
Advertiser. late reports si:e" tlsat cleo.
trio cars are run successfully on rail-
ways with grades rs great as IA per cent.
ct distances OF six miles CT more from
the power station, and At speeds as
high as Is to 80 miles an hour. with
single cars. and trains OF from two to
four cars.
About IA month ago the Office Of q
mercantile company il, Pueblo, COL,
was run into and completely 6;eraolisll-
ed by al electric car. & new Office. a
duplicate OF the one demolished. was
erected and occupied ty the firm, who,
in addition to the company sign, has
placed syn with the following notice
on the front of the building: Here
after electric cars must secure permits
before entering this tuilding.'
The Electrical Review says that,
while there has :een quite an epidemic
of fires latelyin New York city, curl
ously enough not enc of them has Eecn
put down to electricity. The Review
comments that it may be that electrical
men arc getting o be more careful, andit
may also be that people whose business
it is to ;nves:: gate fires ard their causes
are getting to be less rash in Jumping
at conclusions en- su.e:eicnt evidence.
The Review is inclined TO believe in the
latter tllecry.
Among the numerous electrical ap-
plications introduced of late into steam
boats is winch designed for light,
variable cargces the aim being to at
tain great rapidly OF LIT with simple
i;y. so effective is this machine, that
it will y-orl; while immersed in sea wa
ter. The motor is enclosed in stout
casing, ard has stccl-cased coils, such
as those now used on electrical
launches The immense saving in time
and the great case ci handling attained
by t!lis winch constitutes an element Of
great commercial waite
Since the advent of The electric
railway the telephone companies
throughout the country, who use
grounds principally for the re-
turn circuit, have had {; hard time of it,
owing to inductive noises which are
set up in their wires ly the power cur
rent, and which at times are so loud
and persistent rs to render all efforts to
communicate over the wires futile. The
telephone companies have appealed to
the courts for protection, bat the decis-
ions of these conservative bodies have
invariably sustained the rights Of the
electric railway companies to operate
their wires in the streets Of cities, not
with q IN ,,Gin(r tIa y,riOr orr11na ton Of
the highways by telephone limos.
"A Russian named Spcc!1nctf is said
to have achieved wonderful success
in agriculture by the use OF the electric
current to aid the growing crops, hear
II doubling ordinary results in the
growth Of peas, beans, rye etc. To ac-
complish his plrpose, he sunk il the
ground large copper and zinc plates
and connected them by iron wires. Tho
current was produced by pouring dilute
sulphur;c acid on the plates. The effect
Of the current on vegetables is said to
have been prod:g.oas. Thr aggregate
yield was far above the average, and
some OF the vegetables att.i.npl y re-
markabe SEE 4 ra,iiSh. f:;:' ast:snce,
was found to be 1913 inc.ez loGg ana
) inc..cs in dialneter wa.i, . c;lrs.Jtt
lD.G inc,ies long ,He;ri,ad s r,,:, Is
What was almost as slrpr:>in; - t'is
size Of the vegetli.les was t,lc.r .ile-
ness OF grain, ard noting IL either
their appearance or Gavor gave the
siightest suggestion CT coarsencas.