The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-06-15
IN 7-HE ELECTRICAL woa, .

@@S S!CAl- WORLD.
An electric Quit for M
iarGA ersiscrs. costs ao-,g. ' .',ss
S'a,0o2 % 100000
= 'aere Is row in the TIKI 80.
,aaso = s.cct OF about tverfg e.,c
ie'"'cbes, two OF which ;.c - .s,.a ~
carrying forty passengers Gu
movement is on facs yora,
Eng(isA Shipping ports d 5;s,,
el2e'r,c93 communication ~.
c'Ns' Gathouscs alone t.s ai.h
coa2s
Nv York te!cpAof,a ..a ~.
companies pay yearl; 9ca 80
for tae privilege OF llsviag faai- les
lie on hard iron atringc-2 &. 73,esl.s :,
bridge.
The electrical dc?aYt vii
construct at tho Chicago e&poe: ION an
electric dwelling In which ege..Y.ilinS
Will be done by olectricity ~ 2lounl
zeltna9:, Berlin, Germany.
Electric co%l-cutters are r&pl ttlv rc-
placing hand labor In ,x.any - les 10.
only IS Il possible to 90 the sr01l1 more
chcG2iy, bus there Is cec.ts2 s4zing;
o. coal, due to the small he g7. o. ti.o
uDdercut
"A dro engine he's been Invented
which ia operated entirely - electric
ity, both in forcing the wateg and ~ g
means OF propelling the ,nacaine. The
power to Go these things is derived from
strong storage battery.
The Gold King STAMP mill near
Telluride, COL, is now IL sacccssiul
operation by thc electric CIR u,, con-
veycd two and o half miles ZION IA al.
tcrnat'ng current WestinGa0a@e drno-
INC operated by water power ard capa-
bic Ct developing $40 horsepower.
Othc~ mine owners in tho 'jellarida dis
trict have bcca impressed aitn tho
econoGy Of Tho new sclse1e a2d uill
pu: III p'ants at once. THIS 1 form
Of powc~ distribution va ia.e . wide
field. not only in the san ai and
Saa juan mining districts q colorado,
bs;s !! all tlac mining diotriass q tAc
Roclsy mountains.
= french journal Of '2plied cioc-
tric;ty describes u novel torgi rs cleo
trio bell, in which the viagallens arc
msintained by means OF sy2c..o-lically
intermittent elcctro-lHugno otsrhc-
tons, instead OF by the orG.4-.t{ hs-fn-
merinG attachment. With TIC bell,
and almost touching It's edse, ia; short
fixed electro The t Is 20
place, th2t when in iul vibration il
it docs ret quite touch tie 44aa - The
her ls.aQnct. Hence, there psacti-
cal!y nothing TO Interfere v.cl is u
brs.t;ol, and u pure musicai 1a IS taa
result. when mounted II. esolant
lox. The bell, it is sn;d, caa to heard
distinct long distance.
A meeting of the English GneIn-
istS' Assistants associution q member
dcscr;6ad a little microphonc mich
would render audible tic footsteps .: u
fly. TIE little apparatus ccn6iats Of
box witha sheet Of straw pap sti5tcn-
ed or ita upper part Two carlaea sep
erat.d ~ lnorscl OF Woo AID con
aectcd with the two circuit 1ige5, arc
faeteucd to it, and q carlsoo pencil,
p!uccd crosswisc bctvecn tae tyo. Is
kept IL this position by q gree made IN
the latter. a very weak battery IS then
sufficient 20 set the inst-unont ~ work,
ard when fly walks over tEa sheet OF
paper Il produces Vibrations sfronG
enough to react oncrgetically On ~ or
dinary telephone.
1t Is reported chat e s5p.ewhat
strange and unusual freak y-7a flaTed
by the telephone wire bc$"eei Denver
snd Leadvillc recently. EurinT Sc
we're storm in the mountc.ns TIC wlrc
was hrol;en, and when TIRE Wire touch,
cd Tie Ground there WIS { eEaoe 81 over
twc2ty fcct between the broAen ends.
The sta>ion agent at tie Clifton house,
ior.y-Gvc n:lcs from Deavcr, ia no;
know Of the break, and c>scg much
difficult, managed 70 crll - DenVcs
Office end t-ansnittod hys message,
which was rather !ndtstisc+lS 7e2atTcd.
Ordinarily th!e line transL3,s cutie
slssr.y. md, when tbs f2c@bi2 a1cse,
an e!cot-,o'un Was seat ont 50 4eo v'l1et
was Tie ,uett>r. &c found the wire
erokan ct q point about hallway De
tween DC Clifton house cc-G 10 town
OF Mcrrleon ct the tine - VIC was
down the ground Was Gui.a wet, zuei-
c!catl- 50 to mcintaia IN ctrcr!i and
carr tho current d!stuno q nearly
twenty exc foot