Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-01-13
ELECTRICAL MEMS.

1t is stated that the estate OF the poet John
&. Whittier iucIuded .eye al investments in
electrical securities.
1t is said that the Wet End Company 81
Boston is going tn petition the Legislature
for authority Ia tunnel under the ON.
mon.
The first haIhor dreiIr on the Atlanti {
coast TO use electric lighting in order TO carry
On night work l. now in operation in Port
land harbOr.
The employment OF electric light effects in
the large stores of New York during the late
holiday season, says The Electlcal Review
has been much greater tn IN in any previous
year.
\ new switch is said to have been ar,
ranged in connection with a door lock, sc
ihst when the key is turned IN the lock e
open the door the lights in the room are
also turned on.
The North shore Traction Company will
it is said, make Lynn It's general head
quarters. Its main offices are being fitted
up, aud u brick ear house. l00XGn1 feet, is &c
be- erected 10 accommodate 100 cars.
BY the application Of Va,eline to all tn,
trolley wires of the electric railroad in Port
land, Me-. they have, II is said. been kept 80
clear of ice aud snow that no difficulty from
the former has arisen, Lard is Just as good
aud cheaper.
The danger from shocks caused by current
from live wire travelling down the stream
of water 10 the iiremen holding the nozzl,
has led 10 the dcvi.i"g of an insulated sup
port for the nozzle, which gr unds the cur
rent. and at the same time IS a great help IN
holding the stream steady.
An Ottawa electrician claims to have dis
covered process for utilizing the electricit,
I..l.N L.. l.. I. L
heat from cast iron blocks until they are re
duccd 10 the temperature Of i,c. AMI ther
using them \. substitutes for natural ice II,
claims that this can DC done ut a price I,
compete iavOrahlp with the latter.
At recent meeting Of me Manchester
Eng Association OF Engineers. Mr.. b. II
Thwaitc. referring 10 the effect of electri,
lights III accccrating the action Of plan
life. showed the leaves OF the acacia co
phantl. which were closed while in dark.
ness, when taken into the brilliant Of tn,
rrc light opened almost maglcally. the leave,
nearest the root bciu@ The first to be in1u
enced.
Something novel in electric lighting i,
promised on the occasion u the third an.
nuaI ball OF the Massachusetts Electrical En-
gineers aud Mechanics Association, whicl
will be held in Odd Fellows Hall, in THU
city, on Monday evening, Jan. 20. The
whole of the outside Of the building will b,
profusely decorated with are and searcl
/ lights, while inside there will be arranged
/ 1900 incandescent lamps in festoons. etc.
7 Incandescent electric lamps. il is said, ma,
been adopted in Madras. India. as AN orna
ment 10 the heads Of the horses driven in
harness by The Jaghrdar of Ami. Tw,
amps, provided with powerful reilectors
are attached to the harness between the ear,
Of the horses, the lamps being connected to
battery placed in the body OF the carriage
The novelty of the arrangement attract,
;reat attention.
7 The trials OF the Compagnie des Tram
ways, ut Paris. with electric cars seem tC
rave proved very satisfactory. The com
,any has adopted an accumulation or stor.
I Lge battery system. The new cars have
eats for 10 passengers with roof seats
they have in lepcnden: truck bodice, an
ach axle fitted with l5-horse rover
motor The ears, which can be run TO
ether in trains, run at eight miles al
lOur in Paris and ten miles outside q @ forti
/ ications. Each Car is furnished with special
,pparatus to deral the cars. so as not to in
errupt the traffic when the road is oil structed
" accident. A powerful electric brake
nables The car. by reversing the current, &c
De stopped within three wards.