The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-02
Mo YWE Herald

Each great exposition mas luFhlaneu
sort OF milestone to mark the progress
OF man in the arts and sciences, Amer.
lea will make two revelations to the
world at Chicago in her art and cleo
trical display. Out OF the myriad forms
OF beauty will come no new school OF
art. The people Of the western world
will simply prove their right to rank
with the older nations, But electricity,
the giant captured from the heavens
and reduced to domestic slavery on
earth, will glorify the genius Of Ameri'
can mechanics.
1t is the fundamental aim OF Chief
Electrician Barrett and his assistant,
DR.. Hornsby, to prove that electricity
is not mysterious torce"-the vel!
worn excuse for ignorance-that II Is
not "a dangerous thing TO tamper with.
They are straIning every point to prove
that II ia as certain q quantity US steam,
quite as easily made and far more easily
controlled.
Twas franklin hrst who caught the horse
He was hArneSaed by Professor Morse,
From the great battery OF boilers in
machinery hall comes primarily the
force that the dynamos apply TO the
operation Of arc and incandescentl lights,
power motors for various industrial
purposes, the charging Of storage bat:
ferries for the working OF vehicles on
land and water, the supply OF search
lights, the intermural railway, electric
fountains, giant cranes aud for almost
every conceivable purpose.
ALLuEDERoRouND WIRES.
Not wire will be allowed above the
ground, the circuits being all establish
ed by means Of wooden tunnels laid to
every part Of the grounds and buildings,
and through these subwaYs the wires
are carried on insulators fastened to the
two aides, having q space in the middle
large enough for attendants TO pass.
This whole system is q miniature OF the
subway system which Professor Barrett,
who 10 also chief electrician OF Chicago
has developed for the city,
There are seven thousand arc lights
for service, twenty-five hundred OF
which are about the grounds and the
balance inside the buildings. The
lamps on the grounds are placed upon
ornamental iron posts twelve feet high
at intervals Of about fifty feet They
are located with special reference TO
the landscape arrangement and the
lines Of the building. As the Worlds
Fair ia q small city within itself, fair
idea is given OF arc light service for
municipal lighting. No attempts at
outside arc decoration have been made,
excepting in the case Of few OF the
state buildings, where they have under
taken 10 light up the statuary for night
views.
BRILLIANT ILLUMINATION.
It is hardly necessary to say that the
interior lighting OF the great building
10 far more brilliant than anything OF
the kind in the past, the general idea
being to have 9, 000-candle power lamp
for every 1000 square feet OF space. In
the great manufacturers hall only has
there been an attempt at artistic
decoration in arc lighting.
In that massive building there are
five big chandeliers OF arc lights. Four
OF them carry sixty lamps each and the
fifth supports seventy.tive These are
all suspended from the steel arches.
workmen reach them by climbing up
the arch TO ladder against the rods
which supports the chandeliers, de-
scending this ladder seventy feet to the
chandelier. They will then be lao feet
above tho floor. The lamps are hung in
pairs and sustained by cords which
pass over insulated pulleys, each lamp
balancing the weight oil its mate. Be.
tween them, in the rim Of the chande-
lier, the workmen will walk securely
about their work, or cross from one side
to the other on the great bridge.
DREAMS SURPASSED.
There are 1900 arc lights in this
building. There ure 500 iii the agricut.
tural. $50 in the transportation, $50 in
the horticultural, 200 in the mines. so
in the fisheries and II in the Illinois
state. This, 1t must be remembered, is
aside from the exterior service-the arc
lamps that light the grounds.
The incandescent lighting is OF course
the great feature OF attraction in light.
ing, almost all the decorative lighting
being of that style. Visitors will OBJ.
serve ono fact at night which perhaps
not one in ten thousand would discover
by day. There is uniform cornice
level on all the buildings sixty feet from
the ground. This line will be marked
at night by lines OF incandesCent light.
The little bulbs are placed at mario W
intervals, seeming only few inches
when viewed from the ground. The nd.
miaistration building In particular will
BIO studded with lamps from foundation
TO dome. All about the grand canal
and in the basin row Of lamps like a
living line Of light, set just above the
water surface, will lend splendor that
no dream could excel. Each light will
be repeated in tho water by dancing
counterpart aud both will lend charm
70 handsome gondolas and water craft
Of every form.
About the wooded island and on the
borders OF flower beds everywhere in.
candescent lights will bring out the
beauties Of flower and foliage as in the
radiance OF the sun. Every point OF
importance will be so clustered about
with light as TO command attention and
win admiration. On the dome Of the
agricultural building the great golden
figure Of Diana stands, poised aud free
Of movement TO every point Of tho com.
pass. Below her Is sunkon space
the eoronn Of the dome--and In this
circle, hidden from view, is arranged a
multitude Of lights which will reveal
her splendid fRuro as In tho very eye
oil calcium reflector. The absence Of
othUr lights near, together with her
height will produce the effect Of gold