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The morning call., 1893-01-27

there is no dummy. the car being 10 one
long compartment, with the exception OF a
yestihule platform at either end. Ibese are
protected BY glass windows, when may De
closed to shield the motorman or thrown
omen to allow him to have tie benefit oil the
additional GOODNESS.
Two motors Of twenty horsepower each
are used They are of the well-kn0wn
Short pattern. and capable for short time OF
developing thirty horsepower. The levers
for controlling the current are at both ends.
so that the car can be used either way With
out turning.
The car is equipped with air-b brakes of a
local invention, in which the air is pumped
by the axle They are very strong, anu can
stop the car In very much less time than the
ordinary mandrake.
There are none of the usual bel-c0rds
traversng the car, but little buttons are
provided all around the walls at frequent
intervals on two separate circuits. One set
when pressed tells the motoTman that a
passenger wishes 10 alight and belongs to
the PASSENGERS circuit; the other, which
gives a totally different ring. is the con-
ductor's circuit for communicating with the
mOtOrman.
The cars can be brilliantly Illuminated by
means of nine incandescent globes in orna-
mental chandeliers, beside the platform anu
hesdl ghts.
When thus Illuminated the interior pre-
sentS remarkably handsome appearances.
The woodwork is all in birdSeye maple
and mahogany, the roof being ceiled with
birdseye maple as IN the regulation Pull
man cars. The trimmings are all Of ok
died copper
A long seat runs along each side of the
car, leaving q clear passageway through.
These seats are elaborately upholstered in
plush. Handsome roller-shades and snugly
fitting doors complete the handsome equip
ment, as far as the passengers are con-
ceTned.
Tue sll-importsnt batteries. however.
which weigh in the aggregate about three
tons. are located under the seats on each
side OF the car.
There are I4S OF them, arranged practi-
cally in ten trays. five on each side. the
trays holding them securely.
They are Theoretically sealed, covered
with paraffine paint aud connected In series.
The trays are on rollers and can easily be
drawn out on TO the platform and others
substituted.
The batteries can be charged from within
the car or outside. as may be desired. In
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for about month or so and finally settled
on terms. Then / organized the San Fran
cisco Electrical Company and purchased the
patent for the United States.
During all this time l was making daily
experiments with the battery. ana found
every representation concerning it made by
Hatch to be absolutely true.
Just as soon as we completed the pur-
chase we ordered motors, tracks, had the
car built and started in 10 build the battery.
THE battery has been completed three
months, and during that time has been SUBJ
iected to the severest tests. The car would
have been ready sooner, but we have been
delayed in procuring certain appliances from
the East
"In speaking Of heavy tests | mean sub
jectng it 10 very heavy discharges Asa
result we can take what would be at nor
NAL working fve-horse-power battery, and
in an emergency get an output of 100 horse
power without any injury TO the battery
That is something that has never been
done by any other battery. 1t enables us
to put very light battery in car and do
very heavy work.
"Fhis car which we have built is much
larger than is necessary for the batteries
used and the motors are much more power
full than what would be required for oTdin-
airy traffic But we purpOsely made 1t so 10
might be in doubt of our ability to operate
a heavy ear.
"My own idea Is to use very small cars
and run them rapidly. They should have
no conductor. only motOrman, which
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THE LIGHTNING CHAINED AT LAST.
Success of the New storage-Battery Electric Car.

tential through four-ifths of its discharge.
SO that ii could be used for s:reetcar work
as well as being az good as any other cell
for lighting purposes.
SIN summing up the advantages Of this
cell over others would mention the follow
ing points:
"First-It is half the weight of the lightest
accumulation heretofore made and is less
than half the weight of most of the accumu-
lators used to do the same work.
''Second-We have dispensed with the
cumbersome and expensive lead grids
which get out of order.
"Third-It is so simple In construction
that a person wholly unskilled can take it
apart and any of It's parts can be replaced
very readily. lnexpenslyely and without
injury to the CELL
"Fourth-The active material is abso-
lutely confined and cannot by any means
short of the destruction Of the cell become
displaced.
"Fifth-It is impossible to get short cir
cut within the cell by buckling or any other
method. making it perfectly reliable in It's
work.
IS xth-Any accident to the outside con-
tanning jar, causing even camplete loss OF
LIQUID surrounding the clement, does not
break the circuit or stop the work OF the
battery.
Seventh - There are no instructions
necessary to accompany its use, as no
lnjure the cell"
'As an Eastern man, Mr.. Hatch. what
can you say of any previous attempts to
run storage cars?" was asked.
"They are running them now In Washing
ton, ID. c.. not as a financial success, but
because people won't have the trolley sys-
TEN there. They attempted them IN Phila-
delphia. on Paramount avenue to Paramount
Park, but after some years the renewal of
the cells made the cost too great for the
ears to be run as financial success. 1t was
the same story in New York on Third ave-
nue., Dubuque Iowa, and San Jose and
Sacramento in this Slate-t00 much eX-
pense and too unreliable"
as il true thatyour patent has been in use
In Milford. Mass, for the past seventeen
IN OnthS succCssfuliyY
Eyes and nc. There is something curl
Gus about that.
The president Of that company you re-
fer to in Milford came TO me in Cambridge,
and told HIM what | was doing IN storage
battery work.
when last East he invited me to visit
Milford and showed me he was using
similar method 10 mine, only that his
diaphragm was OF prepared wood. prepared
so as to be porous. He gave me TO under
stand that he knew he was infringing my
patent, but was willing 10 take my cells as
soon as | could supply them. ] am pleased
to know, however, that even with make
shift diaphragm my idea has worked with
out hitch In Milford ever since its adop-
ton.
MY battery is patented here and in Eu-
rope, and is so totally unlike anything else
that there is no fear Of any one claiming 1t
as prior discovery.
'Oi course, the success o. our trip yester-
day consunmated all the pleasure In hay-
ing furnished a useful idea In the chain of
development and human progress"
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A trial trip of the new storage-battery
slrsetcar was successfully made on Wednes-
day last
This simple announcement is pregnant
with meaning for streetcar companies as
we'll as for the millions who use streetcars.
1t means revolution in the world of
traction work by the solving of an electrical
problem which for years has been puzz'ing
such electrical giants as Edison. Faure.
Brush and others in the same line.
For level or ordinarily level roads it
means no more cables. no more horsecsrs,
no more trolley electric system.
For months the eyes of practical electric
science have been turned to thelttIecarhouse
on the corner Of two outlying streets in San
Francisco. whera it was known that some
thing of highest Importance was coming to
a head.
Yesterday the result was known. and TO-
day the electric wires are flashing The news
TO the expectant East and continents be-
yond.
Il has been reserved for San Francisco in
the far West to solve the problem which the
East rejected as insoluble. For although
the distinction Of inventing the battery be-
longs 10 a Massachusetts, man, yet it was
left to Pacific Coast acumen to recognize its
value and practically apply it in Wednes-
davis trial trip
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INVENTOR HATCH.
He Talks Freely About His Wonderful Work
and Plans.

He Talks Freely About His Wonderful Work
and Plans.
Il came here last March," said George E.
Hatch of Cambridge, Mass, the inventor of
the new storage battery.
1T has been an anxious time ever since I
conceived the idea, but now [ see it an
actual, physical fact, such as theory pro-
claimed 1t must be.
NO. am not regular electrician Ny
education was confined to that obtained in
the public schools, and l have nothing
patented except the battery.
Up to 1884 was engaged In the manu-
facture OF glassware. and in that line was
brought to study chemistry to soma extent
Ever since 1884 have remained devoted
to electricity.
The idea Of the storage battery was the
result Of an Idea conceived in the fall OF
1889 from some laboratory work [ had done
with primary batteries. In that work l was
called upon to use a storage battery, and in
lis use discovered the difficulty Of con struc-
ton which beset its employment.
This difficulty was the buckling Of the
electrodes aud the falling out of the act v,
material.
Then the thought suggested itself why
diaphragm betweea the electrodes could
not be so arranged a 10 both suDpOrt the
active material in position and at the same
time prevent the possibility OF the buckliGg
Of the plates
Upon consideration Of the best diapbragm
to be constructed for the purpose hit mon
common unglazad pottery ware, such as is
used in the manufacture Of ordinary flower
pots.
I'm order to determine whether such a
diaphragm wbould interfere with the cleo
trlcal working Of a cell, l constructed a cell
with such diaphragm aud tested it TO ascer-
tain It's internal resistance.
Il found that the introduction Of the dia-
Dhragm did not materially interfere with
the internal resistance Of the cell.
Il then bad made at a pottery a number
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For Universal Provision.
NUMBER SIXTEEN.

Two mine-Owners sat before the big fire.
place In the lobby of the Palace Hotel, and
as they enjoyed their post-prandial cigars
and stretched their legs toward the fire, ex-
changed ideas on mining, touched upon the
nature of their present business and finally
drlfted into a conversation about the city
Itself
Said A: 81 am just becoming proud of
San Francisco. We have much that places
us on an equal with any of the cities of
America. We are no longer obliged to confine
our boastings to our perfect tramway sys-
tens. We can also spread ourselves upon
the magnifcence of our buildings"
True" replied b. but there is an addi-
tional source of pride among US that the
vast majority overlook"
"And that is -"
"Our junkshopS."
A received this information with so de-
risive and incTedulous laugh that Is turned
about in his leather chair and said: Friend
A, / was only half in earnest when spoke,
but tell you what will do. I'll wager So
that you can't come with me now to GER
tain junksh0p in this city and ask for any
three things that man might want and not
be at once supplied"
Accepted" said promptly, and the
men both got into their greatcoats and
started out on tho quest.
At a little eurlOsity-shop south Of Market
street b paused with his hand on the latch.
IAN resdy?" he asked tentatively.
"Al ready" returned A. Il have cud-
geed my brains on the way down and
count that money won."
Behind counter heaped with knickknaeks
Of almost every description stood @ little
weazen-faeed man in a blue waistcoat and
roundabout, who smiled cheerfuly on the
men as they entered and remarked brightly
upon the GOODNESS of the weather.
And what is IL to be tonight. gentle
men?" he inquired with professional
brevity.
Il am in search of Rose Noble of the
time of Henry VII1." said A. "Have you
any In stock?"
'Ah. how fortunatel Only one. But
here it is. and | don't believe you could fud
another short Of New YORK City"
Thanks" said a, but / am not through
yet. Jlst give me nose-rinG of Fam
best warrior need one for my Indian
cabinet"
with pleasure. SIR Anthropology is my
speciality. Would you like triangle or the
ordinary ring?"
rather CURLY. But have 10 trouble you
once more"
a drew himself up for the final effort.
shot side glance at smiling b and said
slowly:
BE good enough to show me second
handed altar cloth"
Is trembled for his S25, and turned toward
the junk-dealer in alarm. The little man
was somewhere under the counter searching
among the debris that filed the room.
With lace upon it, or plain velvet, or
plushP Here Is beauty with lilies of the
valley in plain silk. and here is a French
cloth worked with golden fieur-de-lis. Have
you any preference 2"
None whatever" returned A dryly.
Here is your money, but you may keep the
goods to teach lesson 10 other men upon
the folly Of making rash wagers."
c. +. HOWELL.
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Of plates with grooves running across their
face, into VIII Oh fitted the oxides of lead
or active mareria Of the battery and placed
my electrodes in juxtapositiOn thereto.
Il found, upon forming the active ma
terial that / secured perfect contact with
the electrodes aud had a cell in which had
not iDterfered with the internal resistance
or in any other way with its electrical work
ing.
Al the same time | had confined the
active material 50 completely that disinte
grafton was impossible and the introduce
uon ot The diaphragm between the electrodes
would necessarily prevent any possibility
Oh the buekiing of the electrodes. More
oyer, had cell whose weight would be
ABOUT nail that Of any other cell heretofore
made. 10 do the same work
In adjusting the principle of the dia-
phragm first used a single solid dig-
phragm, but found that heavy discharge
had tha effect of using M the acid con-
tanned IN the porous diaphragm more ran
idly than it could be supplied from the So
luton surrounding it on the outside.
Il finally concluded TO use double dia-
phragms, with grooves upon their backs.
which. when brought together between the
electrodes. would allow free circulation of
the solution throughout the cell
This proved perfectly satisfactory and
gsve US cell which would maintain its po-
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ORGANIZER Sc SSIONS.
II Was His Judgment Which Adopted the ST
ceScfuI Idea

II was WHICH Adopted the sue
cessfuI Idea.
Z. Il. Sessions is the organizer of the San
Francisco Electrical Storage Company, I'M
der whose auspices the car was made.
Mr.. Sessions during the past four years
has given his time exclusively to the subjes
of power-transmission, having previously
for long time been interested in electricity.
That he is fully competent to Judge of the
practical success OF the new car may be
gathered from the fact that he has SUP er-
vlsed the erection of no less than 100 big
power plants on the Pacific Coast.
II am thoroughly satisfied with the test"
said Mr. Sessions yesterday. THE car be-
baved as | expected. and thoroughly iusti-
fed my purchase Of the patent.
How aid l come TO buy the patent? /
will tell you.
Last May heard Hatch was out here
with his battery. and was told of certain
peculiar features which It had. II struck
me at once that If what was related was
true IL was very valuable device. Pre-
vionsly | had no belief at all In storage
batteries.
AS soon as | had investigated the feat
nres' referred TO / began to negotiate with
baleh for the purchase of the patent. /
don think he intended when he came to
sell the patent outright, but desired to place
the racine Coast rights on royalties.
however, L carried on the negotiations
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Rain SeIfIndiotaa

THIS is supposed to be an age OF enlightenment
fet the half civilized persistence with which hosts
OF people keep dosing themselves on small occasion
argues blind credulity Characteristic OF the dark
ages. constipation has myriad OF alleged cura-
ives which In a nauseous dose merely evacuate
the bowels-thls operation being preceded bv main
aud followed by weakness-the latter an aeect 90
their excessive violent action. PodyphyiIin. aloes
gambose embodied In he form OF pills bluem.ss
ealome-these are among the violent medicaments
LOT which should be substituted Host etter's stom.
ach BltteTs, the finest. most genial laxative extant
never gripping. and resembling in Its aetion an
effort OF nature in her happiest mood This beulqn
and thorough medicine is also an antidote 70 ma.
iaria aud rheumatism gives strength to the system
renaers digestion perfect and regulates the kidneys
aud bladkert
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ELECTRICIAN SMITH.
That High Expert Authority Delighted Wit
the Result.

That High Expert Authority Delighted With
the Result.
F. f. Smith is The recognized authority in
practical electrics on the Pacific Coast.
He is chief electrician to the Edison Light
and Power Company and has held that posi-
ton for the last ten years He Is also con-
nected with the California Electric Light
Company and other similar organizations.
while he is closely associated with many
capitalists in private enterprises. He is
known to have had sixteen years Of practi-
cal experience with every kind of applied
electricity, is a mechanic besides, ana his
care. patience and absolute exaetnesS are
pToverb in the profession.
Il am delighted with the result" said he.
although / was confident before we started.
yes, this is an absolute departure in
storage batteries. Simply put, 10 the old
The morning call., 1893-01-27

NEW YORK. Jan. 26.-Considerable over one.half
the business in stocks to-day iu two indus
trials, sugar and dlsilIers. There were counnara-
lively large transactions in Reading, but nothing
else was what could be caliel real activity In the
morning buying orders for sugar wero plentiful
selling extremely urgent and the price was driven
down to l2l. There was considerable selling I'm
distieTs for Washington nccOuat. and the drive at
that stock was as vicious against sugar, and IL
went ito as, the lowest price reached the decline
Then followed comparative dizziness, with steady
approaching prices. followed by renewal OF ex-
citement which carried sugar from l2l to l25 Is
and distlcrs from as to AZ SO, the latter after
waTd retired Is, closing with OF liz per cent
but sugar closed at 100, with gain OF IN. other
Industrial stOcks followed the lead OF the TWO prin.
eipal stocks, but without marked fluctuations. Rail-
road stocks, as rule, were quiet and refused to
yield TO the wetkl:ess Speciaites displayed stnb-
born strength with comparatively narrow limits
Railroad bonds were largely traded In az improving
prices Stocks closed active aud firm strong at
about the top figures. Government bonds dull and
firm. Petroleum steady at 53c.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26-United States Bonds. As
1141a: do rs. 100; Northern Pacific. 1855: Cana
dian Pacific 81 Central Pacific. 20: Union Pa
cihc 42lA: Aiehison and santa Fe s51s; Wells
Fargo l4o; Western Union. $685. Silver, 5SHs
wheat-March soc. Flour. quiet. Coffee. SIC 80
Sugar. l-l6@312c. Hops-Pacinc Coast. 2l@24c.
$40 TO- Lead-DOmestic, IS S7JR, Iron, SIG
Petroieum-53c.
SUGAR REFINERY.
The waILstreet journal says: We arc told that a
edge that new sugar refinery company has been
Incorporated with a capital OF az, 600. Tho
company Will build In Brooklyn.
SUGAR AND COFFEE.
Sugar-Refned, moderately active. firm and I'M
changed; raw, strong and unchanged.
Coffee-Moderstely active. Irregular and rather
weak; January. SIC So; February, Sl6 10; March,
SIS SO.
Hops are quiet. Brewers trade is moderate Ex-
porters are quiet. Best Pacihcs sell at 2l@23c.
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Jars, out Of which arise clamps to which
wires are connected.
Yet with these simple-looking Jars the
electricians To charge estimate that a speed
OF twenty-five miles an hour could be easily
attained If needed. although ten, a. the out
side, is all that is necessary or allowed on
business streets.
: A pendant Indicator has been provided in
j the car to show the grades assembled.
or course this is a private car, and the
owners merely had It built for their own
purposes, and net as a sample of the general
car 10 be used which would he much Iighter
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THE CRITICAL TRIP.

How Two Of the Council Stole a narch on a
Third Member.
There vas a Council OF Three last Wednes-
day out al the carhouse on the corner Of
Twenty-fourth and Folsom streets.
1t is dark. cherries place. that car
house, but it-had been the headquarters Of
those Three for the last few months.
For there in the background. on q side
track, among the ordinary streetearS. stood
the new s,orage-bauery ear, all ready for a
trip outside.
The paint was dry, the mysterious trays
The morning call., 1893-01-27

dustres and Wool interests concerned stocks OF
good domestic Wool light East aud West. man
ufacturers have splended trade, jobbers In dry
goods are doing well. aad on the Pacific Coast we
nave magnificent season in prospect. the wlGter
rains have been abundant up this time feed will
be good, sheep will be fat and mutton will bring
good prices, therefore the sheep man in California
standing the tariff. We venture the assertion that
good spring Woods will bring IS much the aver
age IN 1873 as they did last spring and u such
no cause TO worry tariff matters. AT the pres
ent writing it seems very probable that we shall
nave no extra session OF Congress this spring. there
fore there is to apprehend any disastrous
Wool legislation for 1898 It IL true the Wool
1oDDers, dealers and manufacturers Will all agitate
tarlh. aud make Legislative uncertainties pre-
text for still lower prices but II 1t not "tarih"
IL would be something else TO the same end, and as
we said before prices about as low they can be
Tor Inferior stock, therefore don't reason
why they should be lower this year why the
ers OF choice W DOL should be 6isheartened, on the
contrary hope that altogether the year 1893 may
prove, II anything. as profitable for the Wool ana
Mutton interests as was 1892. There is probably
90 per cent OF our California woods now sold TO the
scourers and the outlook is that the scourers Will
handle more and more OF our Woods each year
Therefore. beg to call special attention 10 the
two chief objections urged against many clips OF
WOOL sent TO this market from oregon. Nevada,
Washington and California. he first one Is the
branding marking OF sheep with tar; the other
objection is the OF sheep dips (by sporting" or
clipping j. as they diseoor and prevent the WOOL
from securing white Tar should never be used on
sheep aud sporting" clipping" Should be
Even then purchasers OF dip should be satisfied
that II has not the objection refer TO. Ali Wool
growers should give special attention to these
things, IL means deprecated Wool and less
price when not guarded against. The year 1872
viii be memorable one TO the San Francisco Wool
sellers in the TACT that both spring and fail clips
were marketed with less effort than ever before,
and also for the that stocks were almost ex
hausted on the LIST Of January 1888"
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OF Worldwide INTEREST.

What the Great Invention Heans to Electrical
Science.
The car which made the eVentful trip 50
successfully Wednesday is unique Of its kind,
and was specially made for the purpose Of
thoroughly exhibiting the force Of the new
storage batteries.
1t is thirty feet long and the regulation
-Width-seyen feet.
. The FIRST thing shai strikes the eye is that
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MARKET REPORTS.
THURSDAY EVENING. Jan. 20

THURSDAY EvENTNa Jan. 20
SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS
Silver frmer
Farley weak. Corn heavily offered.
oats and Rye unchanged
Bran marked down.
Red Beans higher.
Onions continue 70 advance
Potatoes arrive freely from oregon.
Poultry firmer. Quail higher
Butter weaker. Eggs stationary
Los Angeles Strawberries Offering
Oranges dull.
Driod Fruit firm.
Tomatoes scarce and higher.
Green Peas lower and dun.
Provisions firm.
Hogs firm Beef easy.
Lard and Castor Oils higher.
COrdHge marked down.
New YorS and sterling Exchange frmer
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English Wheat Mar,.ot

LIVERPOOL, Jan. 26.-The spot market is weak
at 6s 4lad CaTgoes steady 3ls 80 for III coast
Sis Sd for Just shipped and Sis Sd Tor nearly due
FUTURES.
The Produce Exchange cable gives tho foIIowinr
Liverpool quotations for No 2 Red Winter.
January. os ia; February. IS ll14d; March. Is
lad; April, 6s l14d; May. 6s 2Iaa; june is 8 4d
SECURITIES.
LoNpoN. Jan 90 Consols 9s Gle; Silver.
3S1ad; Rentes, 96f S21sc.