St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-01-14
NGTON, PARISH JANUARY H. 1s93
~ yNE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

~ yHE ELECTRICAL WORLD
Mexico has - so niles Of telegraph
Inca
There are ten thousand milis o1
overhead telegraph wires in London.
-Electricity is being introduced into
the cotton mills in Bombay, India. in
stead of steam. -.
Many Of the explosions in -four
mills have been traced to electricity
generated by beltA
The powerful search light now ON
Mt Warrington will, it Is said. be
transferred this winter to Mt Wilson,
California. Mr.. L II. Rogers. who In
stalled the Mt Washington plant. win
superintend the removal Of tho projec-
tor to California
The electric power plant st the
Worlds fair Il to be made mp Of al the
principal American makes Of boilers.
engines and dynamos, the units being
Of al sizes up to 1000 horse power. The
designs call for the delivery Of over So.
600 horse power in steam. which gives
some idea Of the size Of this power dis.
tributing station.
Much attention has been attracted
Of late to the project Of transmitting BY
electricity portion Of the tremendous
power Of Niagara FallA The project
will be realized for comparatively small
distances-that Is, in the imwedists
neighborhood of the falls-within eight
months, probably. and rs far a. Buffalo
within year and half
The postal telegraph system Of
Great Britain and Ireland is now, II 10
said, the most gigantic and complete
organization for the Transmission Of
messages in the world. The staR pnm-
bers 8, 45s, the annual amount expended
In salaries and wages is ssss. $50. and
the total number Of kilograms passing
through the Office per annum u 81. SS7..
TO. ''t
AT Crawford, N. J., there arc two
amateur telegraph organizations which
are sbout to consolidate They will
have twenty stations in . circuit OF
three miles and . half. The value Of
this amateur telegraph organization in
. small village can be imagined when IL
b known that it contains . complete
code of.fire. burglar and emergency sig.
nalA
The General Electric Co, has Just
succeeded in organizing an electric
lighting company In the city Of Baltt
more, whose plant viii be unique. The
central station win have NO less than
10000 horsepower. For the central
part Of the city the 3-wirs Edison sys-
tenn will b used; for the suburbs, the
the Fort Wayne arc lights. win .he used
throughout where Arc lights aks re.
quired; all wires, will be underground.
AT the Worlds fair grounds test
Of the search light which il TO illumin-
ate Jackson park was lately made. The
electric light IL perched on the high
tower Of the transportation building.
The light is the largest and strongest
In the world 1t was made BY Schuckert
4 Co, Of Nuremberg, Germany. Tho
light 10 what IL known as four-foot re-
Aector. that is the great magnifying
glass through which the rays arc
thrown to such distance il four feet in
diameter. The direct power Of tho
light IL 1s0,0 900 candles, without any
glass whatever. With the big glass.
however. the power b magnified to
100. .0o0. 900 candle poweE--Scientifie
American. f.s., -.
-Electroplating has been applied in
IN ingenious and effective manner for
the preservation of lace forms in metal
An Inexpensive lace of good pattern Is
hardened BY saturation with . sub
stance that sets quickly and il fashioned
into the form Of some article, - lamp
shade. The pattern i then subjected
70 the electroplating process with tho.
result that the 6lmy beauty Of the lace
Il preserved 70 the last detail in silver,
or gold Az the process il Of trifling
cost, compared to the labor required to
produce lace forms in metal by hand
work, and. - the quantity Of metal
used ID only . dlm, the price Of such
work il much smaller than might be ex.
pected from sppearaneeA-N.Y Y. Sun.
Practical Electricity states that tho
best insulating substitute for rubber
which we know Of Is one used to q con-
siderable extent in France It II made
from linseed or rapeseed oil, mixed with
three parts Of Trinidad asphalt and
then treated with bisulp hate Of carbon.
The Ingredient. warmed and freed from
sediment are mixed with . little
clarined resin. II then spread on cloth.
. material similar TO oilcloth ID the pro-
duct To form . moro complete sub
stitute, the compound is mixed with .
little African subber-about 6ve per
cent Of rubber-ands . little chalk. When
cured, the result is IN inferior ebouite,
good for insulation purposes and
which, when mixed with . certain
amount Of litharge. is ssid to resist
olso. the action Of acidA
81 Colers for EnbeoSdsrieg.
A wonderful varietv Of color3 n pfe.