Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-03-08
IN The eLecrRIcAl woRLn.


Maxine Lisbonrc. n Frcnchman.
drives through the streets OF Paris in n
conveyance propelled by electricity,
selling revolutionary fried potatoes"
20 the rarisians-
Tho astronomers Of Warmers OBJ
servatory at Rochester, ". ", have
asked the local electric light companies
TO adopt shades for their electric lights,
claiming that the CLEANS OF light there.
from make accurate observations im.
possible.
The Compagnie Translantiquc has
Rgain brought forward the question OF
lighting the Atlantic route from Ire.
land TO newfoundland IL is proposed
To have ten powerful floating lights two
hundred miles apart, and connect them
by electric cables
"A new system OF train starting has
been inaugurated In the Dearborn sta.
ton in Chicago. A large clock in tho
train diSpatchor's Office runs by clec.
tricity. Connecting wires extend 10
large gongs in the different waiting
rooms and in tho train sheds Two
minutes before the train starts the diff.
fercnt gongs ring in all parts of tho
building.
"A patent for n process OF uniting
broken pieces OF arc light carbons has
recently been granted. by this process
the Fragments OF carbon are combined
TO any desired lengths 10y means of n
paste composed OF pulverized carbon
and coal tar. mixed IN about cqua!
parts and applied hot, after which the
carbons are baked until the paste
hardenS
1t is said that the CHILEAN govern
ment is considering the subject Of
lighting by electricity tho dangerous
/ straits OF Magellan. As it's greatest
coal deposits are on tho northern shores
of the straits, this can bo cheaply Of
footed. Such system would. OF course,
6e hailed with delight by the mariners
who would use that passage between
the two great oceans
The state Of Massachusetts. as
viewed from balloon" says the Flee
trical Review. ''will soon present the
appearance of huge gridiron. n all
the trolley schemes now in contempla-
ton are carried out Hamlcts will be
connected by rapid transit with vii.
| lagos, villages with towns and towns
| with cities. until business man living
In the interior OF the state can take his
family 10 the seaside for an airing via
the trolley cars"
Austria announces an electric loco
motive which is 20 travel 1915 miles an
! hour. The Independence Beige follows
| with the statement that the North Bel
| gian Co. and the North France Co are
| constructing "A line for locomotives,
| operated by electricity. on which the
! journey from brussels To- Paris about
| lD2 miles, Will be accomplished In
eighty minutes, "a speed of nearly 100
miles an hour. IL Is further stated that
the trains will be running in about two
months
The new system OF electric street
! lighting which ia 20 bc introduced on
! ruth avenue, New York, will employ
two lamps instead OF one arc lamp on
each post In this way more effective
| light and better diffusion are expected,
so that shadows will not bc noticeable.
! The wires are 20 be concealed from
view, and connected underground 10 the
low voltage mains OF the Edison com
| pany Each lamp will take about 90
volts, and the pairs will be connected
up in series and the system multiple so
That no wire will carry over 40 volts
/ electric pressure.
The Westinghouse Electric & Nam
ufacturing Co. recently exhibited its
new lamp and It's Worlds fair gcnorat-
ors AZ the old Wcstiugh ouse air brake
shops In Allegheny, Pa, where the gem
orators are under construction. There
are ~ OF the large generator each
| having maximum capacity OF "a. 900
lB-candlc-powcr lamps, and with the -
| L0OO-horse-power engines required 10
drive them will form the largest single
exhibit Of machinery ever shown az an
exposition. The weight of each dyna-
mo will bc about 10000 pounds. and
| the aruaturc, the largest single piece
OF each machine. is about 30 inches az
fcep ia diameter, and weighs 44,0Oc
| pounds.