Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-12-08
M THE ELECTRICAL WORLD

when you use any long distance
telephone, place your mouth very near
the t~ransnitter and speak in clear, cis-
tinet tones but not too loud.
The British government Is to eou-
meet the various Iightships OF the Good.
win Sands with the shore BY mean OF
a submarine telegraph cable
According &c statistics compiled By
the International Telegraph bureau
If Berne there were dispatched in Eu-
rope during the year 1891 so7, SOS. 900
kilograms. in the remaining portion
Of the world s., 49,, 900, q total OF 70
0i7,eca
1T Is q curiouS fact in connection
! with the present DISCUSSION of incandes
scent lamp manufacture. says b Elec-
trical Engineer. that platinum has not
been 80 cheap rs il i to-day since the
very frs. production of the incandes-
cent lamp This Is at one significant
and encouraging
-Electric heaters arc found 70 be ex-
eeilent for use in e-onServztories on ac-
count Of the absence OF all unwhols-
IONS gases or vapors which might in
iare the plants simplicity OF eoustruc-
ton in the parts conveying the energy
perfect safety As regards heat which
can be regulated al Will cleanliness and
convenience. and rapsdisy in starting
and extInctiou-N v World
An agreement between counsel for
the Edison and United States electric
lighting companies relative 70 costs in
the incandesrens lamp case. recently
decided By the circuit eoar Of appeals,
has been reached and the sum agreed
u,on. sssLa has been paid into the
treasury Of the General Electric Co
The Edison Electric Illuminating
Co. Of Boston. By it's president, Mr..
Jacob c Rogers gives notice that be-
ing the sole owner of the Edison lamp.
Or all such Inventions for the city OF
Bo-to1. the sale OF use of the same
without the companyis consent is pro-
hibsted. and all users Of unlicensed in
ezndesrent lamps viii lay themselves
Liable 70 action for damages
Under the old system Of heat regula-
ton. the incubator has often failed in
the peculiar task of Matching chickens
from eSE the failure being almost in
vs-iahly due 20 too great variations of
Temperature Electricity. however. has
been applied to the heating tank in a
way to produce and maintain exactly
the required temperature, and the re
SUE i the most gratifying success
The Rapid Transit Railroad Co vas
Incorporated in Tacoma on October ID.
with n capital stock OF 500. 900. 70
build an electric railroad between Seat
tie and Tacoma. WASH The line il 70
be about tkirty-sour miles long. and
viii De on n dead level almost the whole
distance. running through valleys II
VIII run o. the country roaGS and viii
have express ears making the trip he.
tween the two cities in ffty minutes at
the most and will also make = special
feature of hauling garden truck and
milk
in regard to the general incandes
cent lamp situation. the Electric Re
view remarks thatit Is tol~raely quiet
q rur1or now and then serving 70 ezuss
. little excitement u further says
One Of these ruraorx Is that there i
talk OF an agreement relative TO ths
inczndeseent lamps between the Gen.
erzl Electric Co and the Westinghouse
Co. instead of another fight in ths
courts over the new Westinghouse
lamp All fighting must be do1e be
tween now and November 10. 1898
when the Edison patent expires Th'
General Electric Co has not yet declar
ed its policy on the lamp question. ans
II - understood that no definite line .
action has been decided upon