Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-12

give electricity 10 lies at distance of
seven aud one-halt miles from whore The
muin station b. hc aims Go uunemit
electricity that distance underground 10y
coucontric cables at 10000 volts. lie
had several brpak-downs at first, but
the last account chat ! have b. that the
plant Is running smoothly.
I'm Paris u became popular at once
because it is difficult to Introduce steam
into that city. Coal rs very costly, the
municipal regulations nre against the
use of steam they are afraid of H. They
arc not afraid Of compressed air Hay'
ing laid the pipes down for one purpose
| ready to got aside their steam engines
| ana substitute electric motors for them
az once.
"Aa 10 We safety OF this kind Of trans.
/ mission, | understood Lord Crawford,
| who WAS chairman Of the company, nc
| one time 20 say That a man had held 10
/ chiscl IN his hand and allowed another
man TO drive that Chsel by hnmmorH
| through the coucontric cable when TO-
| OOO volts were being transmitted, us was
! thought. but when I'm reality 10000 volts
were passing and hr suffered no damage,
| though be- was standing with damp tcct
upon an iron plate upun which The naked
cable lay.
~ went 10 Rome 10 see the plant there
| aud that which is being constructed at
! Tyoli The power viii Doc brought from
| Iiyoli 10 Porte PA nt Rome by naked
| overhead wires nt 5000 volts, with the
| expectation of having go Porto Pin
! about 1900 volts 90 bee lowered 20 2ODO
TO enter the city VI kfue 10y undor
| ground concenttic cif1lps and then low.
cred by other transformers 70 enter the
ABOUT COMPRESSED AIR
you may wonder why compressed air
Is thought Of at an for transmission, as
you have known In Americt that IL has
been thought 10 bo d very waatciul man
ner of transmitting power but The re-
cent improvements that have been nndp
in comprcssors have much changed the
condition Of that mode Of transmission,
aud the fact that 40 much gain Az pOssi'
bic by relocating the mir indicates u cheap
power which can be transmitted long
distances with economy, dispensing with
long lines Of shattng.
81 myself think that electricity If the
most perfect aud economical method OF
transmitting power, but people are NOT
that Of operating clocks u was an easy
stpp TO Introduce Il for other purposes.
ME establishment nt which Mr., Pop d
| the head has more 10 do Than nc 3ir'
minhnm lie Is doing some part Of the
city lighting by electricity Why doesp
he transmit the power ny electricity
All / can say is that he doesn't do A.
From, his main station be- transmits The
compressed air 20 engines that drive the
dyuamos 10 light other paris Of Paris.
"Mr pOpp sent me q very interesting
communication few days ago, saying
tho government Of Paris was very much
concerned about stocking the city OF
Paris la case OF another siege, hnd d
large sum Of money was voted by thl
government 20 have experiments tried
In the various methods OF keeping pro
visions in cooling chambers Mr. Pop
told them II wasn't worth while 10 bl
uneasy about that, and he invited thi
aecretary Of war and others 90 ihe sta
lion / had visited in Paris, where there
NAV bc about lO0Whorse pOWe
generating compressed air
ole said that by driving half d
this machinery itself By compressed ni
instead OF by steam and building tempo
rarilv near this station cooling ciambcr
10 e1ntain provisions. that 40 once oOl'
3 nir from the exhaust could Dr. throw
into them 10 lower the iemperaiure be-
r io,y lie freezing point nnd ave then
nuficiont cooling capadiy 70 carry 90
g provisions for az least tlNmnnth,
> soee of Paris, II not longef without ~,
g rrcaf cost The very machinery thHt ha'
D breu ugcd 10 give power iu peace cOpll
+ in "a state II ucigc when power Wcuidn'
+ IL wanted "a once b. turned into nt
ofhrr Use. that 81 furnishing ihe mean
y. II keeTiing provisions that were requires
4 10 feed the population locked 70 BY ana ~
& yading army