San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-09

side the candidate will be either n.
P. Bliss, If ne will accept, or Jesse
Seligman, the well known banker
No predictions have yet been made
as to other nominations. The fights
In some of the congressional districts
are growing in intensity daily.
A Practical Application of the Tele-
graph.
"Behold how great matter q little
fire kindleth" is but another way of
expressing how great results may
follow from trifiing or Insignificant
beginnings, thus the hopping about
of little snowb bird on the snow-olad
mountain side may give rise to the
mighty avalanche that sweeps every.
thing before 1t In its resistless down
ward course. But sometimes these
little beginnings are as pregnant OF
benificent results rs the one above
mentioned might be of disaster.
An instance hss recently been re-
lated where the ticking Of telegraph
key brought wealth and prosperity
to the whole population OF Orkney.
A few vessels beating about on the
water about three TO seven miles off
the coast Of Strousay, discovered
large shoal OF herring; proceeding to
land they at once telegraphed the
particulars for tn fl shermen's intOr-
nation, to all the stations in Orkney.
This was on Saturday; on Monday
every boat employed in the herring
fisheries at Orkney was on the fish
ing ground and the result was the
largest catch for the number of boats
in the history OF the fisheries. The
number of boats employed was los
and the value of q single days fish
Ing was Sl6. 200 {ES, 24O
Consequent upon such q heavy and
unexpected haul, additional coopers,
cutters, packers, barrels and salt had
to be ordered at once from Wick in
order that the fish should be properly
packed before they spoiled and this
was done also by telegraph.
The officer OF the Shetland district
reports that the telegraphic extern
sions there are being largely used for
fishery purposes, and that without
such assistance 1t would be practical
ly impossible to carry on the fisheries
at these remote statlOns.-Electrtc
New York. Aug. 81.
eCItlCal SlECCS hA NhAa-
cage
10 our issue for December 2, on
page 242, Vol. l., we gave cut and
description of an electrical road carri-
age. The vehicle is now astonishing
the natives by exhibiting its motive
capacities on the streets of Chicago.
It is a three seated affair, and weighs
complete with storage battery, $500
pounds. The cells uf which there are
twenty-four, are arranged Under the
seats, in serious of eight which are
coupled in series. multiple series, or
in multiple, according TO the require
ments. The motor, which is beneath
the carriage, is rated at 2 IL b. r.,
and is considered too light for the
service. The owners, The American
Battery Company, intend shortly to
replace this with IL h p. motor.
The greatest speed at present 10
about miles an hour, and thus it
makes with o consumption of about
40 amperes. :,
A peculiar thing has been noticed
in running this machine. Mr.. }. b.
Mcdonald, the president Of the COM
pany, says that for the usual speed OF
about four or five miles an hour, the
carriage requires about 80 amperes on
the wooden block pavement, and as
high as 35 amperes on the asphalt.
The popular impression undoubtedly
is that haalage on the asphalt 10 the
easiest and that on the Belgian block
the hardest, but experience with the
electric carriage disproves this
ELECTRICITY, New York, Aug. 81.