St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-25
IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.


Tho slang electrical synonym for
the other slang term, "You're of your
sase. u not said to be. "Your trolley b
on"
The first harbor dredge on the At
lantic coast TO use electric lighting in
order to carry on night work is now in
operation in Portland harbor.
The employment Of electric light
effects in the large stores of New York
during the holiday season. says the
Electric Review. has been much greater
than in any previous year.
"A new switch Is said to have been
arranged In connection with . door
lock, % that when the key Is turned in
the lock to open the door the lights in
the room are also turned on.
by the application ofvaselinc to all
the trolley wires Of the electric railroad
in Portland. Me-. they have. it h said.
been kept 20 clear OF ice and snow that
no difficulty from tho former has
arisen. Lard Il just ~ good, and
cheaper.
The danger from shocks caused by
current from live wire travelling down
the stream Of water to the iremen
holding tho nozzle, has led to the devils
ing Of an insulated support for the
nozzle, which grounds the current and
at the same time Is q great help in
holding the stream steady.
AT . recent meeting of the Man.
chester Eng. Association of Engineers
Mr.. h II. Thwaite. referring to the ct.
feet OF electric lights in accelerating
the action Of plant life. showed tho
leaves of the acacia cophanta, which
were closed while in darkness, when
taken into the the brilliant beam of tho
arc light opened almost magically. tho
leaves nearest the root being tho first
to be influenced.
Something novel In electric lighting
Is promised on the occasion of the third
annual ball of the Massachusetts, Elec-
trical Engineers and Mechanics as
ISOLATION. which will be held in odd.
fellows hall, in this city, on Monday
evening. January 80 The whole of tho
outside of the building will be profusc.
~ decorated with arc and search lights,
while inside there will be arranged
$500 incadescent lamps in festoons. etc.
1t now looks rs il the proposed Chi
cago and St Louis electric railway
would become an accomplished fact,
work on 1t, it is said. being now pro.
crossing a. rapidly rs the weather will
permit A few weeks ago grading was
commenced Mt Edinburg, eighty miles
from St Louis. and pushed in both di-
rections; and already between twenty
and thirty miles have been graded. In
the first power house. completed some
time ago. there will be installed some
10. 0c0 horse power of boilers A second
power house Of equal capacity Is said
to be under way at Fairbury, Ill.
The trials of the Campagnie dcs |
Tramways. at Paris. with electric carr |
teem to have proved very satisfactory.
The company has adopted an accumu-
lator or storage battery system The
new cars have seats for fifty-six passen-
gers, with roof seats They have indie.
pendent truck bodies, and each axle il
fitted with fifteen-horse power motor.
The cars. which can be run together in
trains, run At eight miles IN hour in
Paris and ten miles outside the fort,fi.
cations. Each car il furnished with
special apparatus to derail the cars, 90
- not to interrupt the traffic when the
'oad Is obstructed by accident A pow.
srful electric brake enables the car. by
the current, to be stopped
within three yards.
M. Raspail. a French naturalist. At
firms that last summer Is. 500 little birds
red.throatA hycatchers,
warblerA and SO on-were caught for
ashton purposes In two forests alone,
n small part OF the department Of
and Moeselle. Throughout
he whole province. it appears that q
ike determination goes on, SO ut least
over a million of little
'irds must be annually destroyed.
'arious means are employed for the de.
truction of the feathered victims, cleo.
richly even being called in did. Wires
10 stretched, we read, rs inviting
erches for tired birds which have
rossed the Mediterranean and land in
he south of France. those who perch
cling killed by the means Of electric
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