The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-21
IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

| Houston Electric Co. to run trains
through the Belt Railroad Co. S tunnel
in Baltimore by electric motors, was
accepted by the latter company, and
| the details of the necessary contracts
have been made
AT Gilbreath, n. c., the other day
ffteen-year-old lad named Fletcher was
standing under a tree which the light
ming struck. 1t entered the lads coat
at the neck and went down his spine,
making blister all the way. Yet it Il
thought he will recover.
The Haywards electric railroad OF
Oakland, Cal, has been opened for bust
ness. When the first car was run the
widest enthusiasm prevailed all along
the line, and at San Leend-o boufires
were lighted, and half the town turned
out to welcome the arrival of the first
| train.
The new telephone company in
London is receiving substantial sup
port. 1t has already obtained two
thousand five hundred subscribers to its
service, and proposes to start operations
Immediately with underground metallic
to all customers.
Inventor Edison recei. I'd in one in
stance fee of $40, 900 for his opinion as
an electrical expert. He was employed
by the company organized to bore the
Niagara power tunnel to examine the
ground, study conditions and plans, and
give an opinion as to the feasibility and
practicability of the work
An electrical metal twisting ma
chine is one of the latest applications
of electricity to the arts The square
rods or blanks 70 be twisted are heated
by the electric currents which heats
from the inside instead of from the
outside as in ordinary fire methods,
and then twisted by sections in success
sion.
There is not to-day horse or mule
in the street-car service of Austin, Tex.
At the intersection of two of the prin-
cipal streets of that city twelve double
trolley tracks cross each other, using
one of the most intricate systems OF
frogs and electric switches ever made.
Arc and incandescent lights are used 10
a large extent
The CELEBRITY of Geographic COM
munications was well demonstrated
during the recent Oxford Cam bridge
boat race in England. The press boat,
as it steamed up the river, paid out q
cable during its entire course, and at
every point in the race the news WAS
Immediately flashed by means of this
line direct to London.
The joint committee of the house of
lords and the house of commons has re-
ported to parliament that, after thor
oueh examination of the subject. II con-
siders electricity suitable and efficient
source of motive power, and a recon- /
mendation is made that tho progress OF /
the electric railway should not be i'm /
peded, but that, on the other hand the |
construction of lines should be encour- |
aged.
According TO the Western Electri- |
clan, visitors to the Worlds fair will |
have an opportunity TO ride on an ele-
waited railway on which electrically OPP /
Grated trains will be run at intervals Of 1
one and half minutes, at a speed, il IS
claimed, of thirty miles an hour. Pow
will be needed. and the installation /
will, aside from it's practical value, form
one of the most interesting exhibits at
the fair.
1t is stated that the New England |
Telephone and Telegraph Co is con-
templating running a long distance tel
ephone wire from Burlington, VT. to
Bellows Falls, connecting with the
Long Distance Telephone Co. II viii /
be built by links The circuit VIII b
metallic, of course, and Vergennes viii |
probably be connected with Burlington
in the near future. Then a line viii he
extended TO Middlebury, and so on until
Bellows Falls is reached. This Will
give Burlington telephone conmunica-
ton with all the large cities within
radius Of 900 miles, or as far al II "a
possible 70 talk by the phone