The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-03-05
IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.


Electric light is 70 be used in all
the German factories.
Nottingham, Eng, is to establish
municipal electric lighting plant, at a
cost of $3.50, 900.
1t is estimated that $1,000 electric
lamps. aggregating 10000, 900 candle
power will be required for, the Chicago
fair.
The government life saving stations
at Watch HILL Point Judith and Mar
ragansett Pier are now connected by
telephone line recently built
The municipal electric lighting sta
ton at Pancreas, London, is already a
great success. 1t went into operation
November 9 last, and supplies at pres.
ent more than $1,000 lights.
1t may interest the users of tele.
phones to know that the word ''hello,"
when spoken into phonograph, pro-
duces about 5000 distinct vibrations,
and that each of these vibrations is
capable of producing Morse signal
The resources of shoe factory in
Leicester, Eng, have been immensely
increased by the adoption of electric
power. The installation is to be fur
ther enlarged, and when complete it
will include two engines of 15O horse
power for the driving of the dynamos
for light and power. Fifteen hundred
people will be employed and the fac
tory will procuce so, 900 pairs of shoes a
week. Chicago News.
Electricity latest use is to run ice
harvesting machinery. Ice cut with a
cutter operated by electricity is much
better than that cut with cutters drawn
by horses, as it is cleaner. By the use
of the electric machinery it is estimated
that the cost of harvesting ice can be
reduced as much as fifty per cent. 1t
| is also possible with the new machines
to get ice that could not heretofore be
harvested because too thin to bear the
weight of q horse.
1t has been remarkable that ships
at sea are now struck by lightning
much less often than formerly. The
explanation is to be found in the general
use of wire rope for rigging. as we'll as
| in the fact that the hulls of ships are
now usually constructed of iron or steel.
The ship thus forms an excellent con-
| ductor, by means of which the electric
| ity is diverted into the ocean before it
has time to do serious damage. 1t is
found that wooden ships rugged still
| show the same percentage of casualties
as formerly. Chicago News.
| "A German engineer. Mr.. Otto Bes-
ser, has invented a new method of tow
ing canal boats by electric power. A
stationary cable is laid along the bot
tom of the canal, and is grasped by a
set of sheaves on the deck of the boat
actuated by an electric motor. The
motor is operated by current supplied
through trolley from wires running
along the banks of the canal. Good
speed can be obtained under this sys-
tenn, and the sheaves and motor are
made up in portable plants that can be
readily fixed to any boat entering the
canal, and as readily removed at the
end of the trip.
On the roof meat store in Salem,
Mass, clothes line was stretched and
on it wet handkerchief was hung to
dry. This was seized by the wind, and
twisted around an electric wire; by
means of it's dampness, this handker-
chief conducted the electricity along the
wire, and brought it into communica-
ton with other wires, running along
which it reached the water pipes in the
cellar. From these the electricity
sprang to the stove, on which stood a
kettle of boiling fat, to which it com.
municated so strong light that a
workman who was near thought the
fat was burning. In attempting to
take the kettle from the stove, he re-
ceived an electric shock which threw
him against the wall. Pale with ter
ror, the man ran into a room back OF
the workshop. Another workman,
trying to bring him a glass of water,
turned the brass faucet of the water
pipe, and was Immediately thrown
against the furthest corner of the room.
For several minutes everything seemed
to be turned into a galvanic battery
the nails on the walls were red hot, the
water pipes spouted out flames, and
even the iron bands of the water pail
showed signs of disturbance. Finally
the cause of the commotion was dis.
covered and ended, as soon as the wire
was freed from the embrace of the wet
handkerchief St Louis Anzeiger des
Westerns.
How Old She Was.
The attorney in the case was very
spry and he was not making it any
pleasanter for the witness than he
could help.
How old are you?' he asked of Q
lady who was called to testify.
Pm old enough" she replied. with