The Portland daily press., 1893-05-03
MAGIC AT THE FAIR.
Wonders Of Electricity in the Great
Exposition.
ALL FORMER EFFORTS oUTDoNE.

Electrical Chicago Compared With Elec.
trical Paris to the Great Advantage Of
America - Power as Well as Light -
Beautiful Spectacular Illuminations -
This the Electric Age.
WORLDS FAIR, April 29.-There is to be
no greater sensation here than the exhibit
of electricity. This is the electrical age,
and Americans are the leaders of the
world in the new art. Of this there never
has been much doubt. There will be, none
after this year American inventors have
produced nine out Of ten Of the important
electrical inventions of the times, and
American lights, American applications
of the magic current to Industries and
transportations are in use the world over.
I Never before was the power and the diver
sification and the magnifcence of this
comparatively new servant of man shown
as it is shown in the Columbian EXPOSE
ton. The strong feature Of the exhibit is
that it is more than mere display; it is in
use; it furnishes the light and the power,
the beauty and the spectacularism. Dur
Ing this, the last week of preparation,
even the most hardened workers at the
fair have broken forth in exclamations of
low and adniration as the electric current
twas turned On s,s+ q, ono oreat b,,iid;,,,,
and then in another, and finally upon all
outdoors, illuminating the vast grounds,
the pretty legoons and the grand basin
and canal almost as brilliantly as Old Sol
himself can do it.
Electriaity and it's Industrial application
are moi; 40 new IN tha world and IN o,raa+
exnositiona that wa arc left w;tbo,,t .
basis Of cononar;son Rnt when fo,ro ar
electrical accracaAions are compared with
this one IiEa coyonar;sons IN ali othar
fields of human EFFORT; tba cojuro hian ey.
nositiop taLss s,ch : o;a,+ strida haroy,a
HAT r. win he ,nary 6sv befora ;ts =, arL
IL reached 10 f1,4,,rs erdesvor r. mavnnt
ha oeneraIly kro.,y, that tha frst eyros;~
+io,, y, dsY,sv,d aia-,a ,,,,c,, a,ac+ric;+r e.,
its l;gbtine, y1yas Ma y, tbis country Tba
TonisviIla ax-osit;o,, ~ 1ssa Wac ;i1,,,,,;.
nated hv q offa "A; an, ;,ca,,descant 1a,,,,,a
which yere the., : syraat rovaItu ~ H.
nuhl;c and If conrsa tba Iiobtino consti-
tinted one AZ tba stro,, oest, attraet;a1,s 81
The show No otbar arfif,c;aI i;gbts 1vera
used moi ever, arr ian,ns Attbe Nav ~.
leans eynositin. IoAb tha arc o,,d =, co,,-
descent s11stev,s .y,-sra .,sed sy;tb @s,od 81
feet and Il yra. bes ~ t,rst heca o,.,,,
that nnder tho clear Ivh;ta Iight of +ha
electric arr a., INA aelicata t;nts Of hiooros
inc flowers wera hro1, gbt ont almost a.
berfactIv 40 In snnliohf and 40 No otba,
ARTIFICIAL iilnninant, con1d a. ~ ~ 'A
Paris. fine home # exnosit,ons and al
uays = great, cer,fa, ~ ajactricaI davelor,.
ment set q renid Yaca in 1870 1yhe,, sba
onened The erI5as;fia lon EVENINGS mos With , the
Then 1,ntaard- IF 11,,, na,. a. des ORC 1a,,,,,s
Four years ae-o she cot, o,,t r. aston;sb II.
world with her T1so of electricity and shs
did IL In France tba government 10
everything and tha minister Of nnbl;c
works oroenized a synd;caIs of aleatrinaI
firms to do the work Exnense e was , rot
considered The greatest, ana hest was ~. AZ
ohiect;ve ,o;nt R,,t aysr, al +bis pa,;s IA
M r;oat 1,,ora than nna-tssth af ar 49, ~
s;tion a. 1890 Tbara xrera s o,,1v ! I'M o.
Ianons ana O mn incandascart 1oY,r,s
EIactr,caI r,o,,,a,. ,Tas ~ dis+-; 20 ps;
thronghont tba grounds The energy re ,,sed
in oeneratipg eIectr;citv al e. b,,t
5000 horsepower. The largest single dv-
nanso 11se5 WA ! Of xoo borsas7,oy,ar
This was on,v fo,,r vars aeo and +ha
host tba Francb could Al 1ui+S eroua ~
n1nnt ar tb air hapl for tina iJ1I1Y, OFT Of
an s ~ lion sTh;cI, ,was daS;anad ~ ba
their dgreatast ), + ct ns oo1apara p D. Js
with c5icago electr;c;ty Hera tbera o. ar %
ooo arr ligbts snd ,so go ;nosnaa 49, ~ =
l;gbts Msnv "a +ba 1a+to,. &C sail
1smns nsed sscorat;voIr h,+ br a.
1a,,aI stsndar5 eonsI on M =, al, - ELI
mower The sng;nas cad ~ onarata +h ~
iar,ns .nd "a p,,r,,,sh &C.,;
combinad energy a. ooo horsa',,ou-er . oo s
If this coming fro,,, the sbaft ~ 'oIo
enpine Hare single ar,o alma II, ~
sbsfS If a bio engine Vii ,rhan r,,, - o ~
highest sneed Seve1on an m ala n .sI
horse nower Anntbsr engine With t .s,,
arnat,,res ons A. a;tber and - "hs shoSt
will develon sno hnrse.nonsr IN ca,,,,
narisnn with tbsss 4;gnrss the y,,an+ ,n;th
which tha French sstonishaS tha ,ror1d
seems small. indeed 'N'o "o--N
Rut a. NOT aIona 4, Give that this Aroer.
ican electricai nIant o,1tdoes ali nrevions
efforts. For the first Anne in tha history
NJ ex,,os;t;nns oisr+r; 49,, hoe h,,;1d;ns, "a
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