The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-12-02
IN THE ELECTRICAL woal.p.

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Ten thousand people are employed
as telephone operators In this country.
The electric plant which furnishes
the current for the lights Of Laconia,
N H., Is hereafter to be run by water.
In 1884 the patent Office granted
i,Soo patents protecting inventions in
the held of electricity alone. III that
year three per cent OF all the patent
claims busted themselves with elcc-
tricity.
"A new telephone was lately tested
between Saratoga and Albany. 4 dis
tance OF thirty-eight miles. The spcak-
or at the Albany end of the line wna
distinctly heard In Saratoga six feet
from the instrument
---Greenwich observatory is 10 bo
lighted by electricity. The observa-
tory VIII be equipped with an electric
ightlng plant of its own, the dynamo
OF which win be driven by ras en-.
gine' To prevent any effect on che
nagnetographs the dynamo will DC in
closed in triple iron shield.
In Paris a large number of s,tbscri-
oers have been secured to telephonic
service which transmits music. rerifa.
tions, dialogues, etc, from concart
halls and theatera The success ~ tba
experiment In Paris has been so great
that company is being organized To
esta oiish like service in London.
The first Gray telautograph IN
practical use Is operated between the
western Union supply house on the
north SIDE OF Chicago and tho main Of.
nee OF the company. The line Is In use
almost constantly and gives excellent
sat'Siaetion, DIR. Gray has an interest,"
ing exhibitof his invention In the Trlee.
tricity building on the Worlds fair
grounds
In Ottawa, Ont, the haclsmen com.
pia'n that the electric cars have verv
materially injured their business. and
~ not now an unusual thing for a
carriage driver TO go all day without n
single customer. + In 1900 tho number
OF licensed haclsmen in the city amount,
ca TO 1875 In 1892 Il fell to 1911. and nm
10 The lst of July in the current vear
only 10 licenses had been applied for
lucrative position was recently
onered to West Virginia man by tele
eraPh, put as the message was not dc.
'Wered promptly, he failed to obtain
Inc place because his acceptance was
not sent early enough. A suit wns
brought againt the telegraph companv
or i'S failure to promptly deliver The
hessaRe' The court decided the case
'snlnst the company, but awarded
merely nominal damages, on the ground
nat the telegram did not contain an
'osolute offer OF the position.
me city OF New Orleans has iusf
o'a lor 100000, cash down, to the New
yrant1sg yaGnhn Fliy ~ rRn6ac asl % JBBailaaeAoee
hey begin, but the company wanted TO
DC sure of its protection before making
proposed heavy investment in electric
and apparently didn't think
ZOO 900 too much to pay. Tho com.
,any now has lease extending sixty.
hree years from the present time, and
AN go ahead with It's electrical work,
n the consciousness that IL is safe from
Interruption or competition during thnt
,eriod. The public and the local pa
,ers Of the city seem perfectly satisfied
with the arrangement. As result OF
the purchase the electrical system will
be installed at once, and the mule viii
disappear from New Orleans street cas-
lines.
There is one lesson taught by the
general adoption OF the electric light
that people in New York and brooklyn
do not seem TO have profited by 50 much
as have the powers and people in many
other cities" said a traveller, 'In the
desire to make the very best showing
for the new light, the electricians have
devoted much care to shades and re-
hectors designed to throw the lig}H
downward, on desk, table or sidewalk.
The incandescent lights are topped in
all cases by white glass, or silvercd re-
Electors, which throw all the light
downward, where it is needed. The
old style Of street lamp Is 50 construct
ed as TO give the most light upward,
out of the top and toward the stars
The thick frame casts big shadow on
the sidewalk, and thick support,
with big cross-arms further obstruets
and shuts off the light In very many
cities and towns ! visit, here and in Eu-
rope, new lamps, embodying the lesson
taught by the electric light, are in gem
eral use where gas is still used, or at
least the tops Of the old lamp frames
are filed with white apaque glass. The
difference in the amount OF light thus
derived from the same burner is re-
markable.