Huntsville gazette., 1893-10-28
IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

Ten thousand people are employed
as telephone operators in this country.
The electric plant which furnishes
the current for the lights of Laconia,
N. H., is hereafter to be run by water.
I'm 1884 the patent Office granted
1900 patents protecting inventions in
the field of electricity alone. In that
year three per cent of all the patent
claims busted themselves with cleo
tricity.
"A new telephone was lately tested
between Saratoga and Albany, dis
tance of thirty-eight miles. The speak
er at the Albany end of the line was
distinctly heard in Saratoga six feet
from the instrument
Greenwich observatory is to be
lighted by electricity. The observa-
tory will be equipped with an electric
lighting plant of its own, the dynamo
of which will be driven by gas en-
gine To prevent any effect on the
magnetographs the dynamo will be in
closed in triple iron shield.
I'm Paris large number of subscri-
bers have been secured to telephone
service which transmits music, recita-
tions, dialogues, etc, from concert
halls and theaters The success of the
experiment in Paris has been SO great
that company is being organized to
esta blish like service in London.
The first Gray telautograph in
practical use is operated between the
Western Union supply house on the
north side of Chicago and the main of
fee of the company. The line is in use
almost constantly and gives excellent
satisfaction. DR.. Gray has an interest
ing exhibit of his invention in the Elec-
tricity building on the Worlds fair
grounds.
In Ottawa Ont, the hackmen com.
plain that the electric cars have very
materially injured their business, and
it is not now an unusual thing for a
carriage driver to go all day without a
single customer. In 1890 the number
of licensed hackmen in the city amount
ed to 1875. In 1892 it fell to 1877, and ur
to the 1st of July in the current year
only 80 licenses had been applied for.
"A lucrative position was recently
offered to West Virginia man by tele-
livered promptly, he failed to obtain
the place because his acceptance was
not sent early enough. A suit was
brought againt the telegraph company
for its failure to promptly deliver the
message. The court decided the case
against the company, but awarded
merely nominal damages, on the ground
that the telegram did not contain an
absolute offer of the position.
The city of New Orleans has just
sold for S700, 900, cash down, to the New
Orleans City and Lake Railroad Co. a
renewal from 1905 until 1856 of that
company's extensive street railway
franchises. This, in the opinion of the
Electrical Engineer, is novelty in the
granting of franchises so long before
they begin, but the company wanted to
be sure of its protection before making
a proposed heavy investment in electric
traction, and apparently didn't think
500, 900 too much to pay. The COM
pany now has a lease extending sixty
three years from the present time, and
can go ahead with its electrical work,
in the consciousness that it is safe from
interruption or competition during that
period. The public and the local pa.
pers of the city seem perfectly satisfied
with the arrangement. AS a result OF
the purchase the electrical system will
be installed at once, and the mule will
disappear from New Orleans street car
lines.
There is one lesson taught by the
general adoption of the electric light
that people in New York and Brooklyn
do not seem to have proftcd by so much
as have the powers and people in many
other Cities" said traveller I'm the
desire to make the very best showing
for the new light, the electricians have
devoted much care to shades and re-
Electors designed to throw the light
downward, on desk, table or sidewalk.
The incandescent lights are topped In
all cases by white glass, or silvered re.
Electors, which throw all the light
downward, where it is needed The
old style of street lamp is so construct
ed as to give the most light upward,
out of the top and toward the stars.
The thick frame casts big shadow on
the sidewalk, and thick support,
with big cross-arms, further obstructs
and shuts off the light. In very many
cities and towns ! visit, here and in Eu-
rope, new lamps, embodying the lesson
taught by the electric light, are in gen.
eral use where gas is still used, or at
least the tops of the old lamp frames
are filled with white apaque glass The
difference in the amount of light thus
derived from the sEme burner is re-
markable.
Language of the Visiting Card.
The custom of turning down the