The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-11-10
IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

| -Municfpal lighting seems to be en-.
tending. Recently the city council OF
| Kalamazoo, Mich, contracted for the
erection of an electric lighting plant
TO cost Sss, 600, to run ITO all-night
| lights. under a SIS, 600 guarantee that
the operating expenses shall not ex-
coed $S, 525 year.
"A new form of delirium tremena
has attacked a New York topper. While
under the influence of a lively jag, he
was shocked by an electric wire. Now
when he has taken too much whisky,
he fancies he sees suffering electric
wires, and writing snakes, which
shower him with sparks
The trolley road to connect New
York and Philadelphia, also connect
ing various cities and towns In New
Jersey, via Trenton and Camden, is
said to be an assured thing. The right
OF way has been secured, and already
the price for the round trip between
the two cities has been placed at 81. so.
Lieut.. F. Boyer, of the French
navy, to avoid collisions, proposes to
Introduce at the top on all fast-sailin1
steamers an electric light which will
cast beam ahead to indicate the de
rection in which the vessel is steering.
SO long as the approaching ship was
not in the actual pencil of light it
would be unnecessary to alter her
course.
The introduction of the trolley
cars in Philadelphia, which provide not
only a means of transportation, but an
easy and enjoyable ride. has given rise
to trolley-car parties The Tenth
and Eleventh street Co., in Philadel-
Phla, has arranged SO that a car can be
chartered for n round trip for six dol
lars, and all the passengers that can be
accommodated are allowed to ride. No
stops are made. and the cars go whiz-
zing along at delightful pace
1t is stated that Prof T. Elem.
ing. of England, has shown that the
well-known color of the light of the
electric arc from carbon points is due
to the incandescence of the carbon fill
ing the space between the positive and
rods The true arc is here,
and exists in a space filled with tho
vapor of carbon, which has a brilliant
7lolet color. Thus, in sense. the arc
light is mainly an incandescent light,
,he effect being produced by the layer
II carbon which is being constantly
evaporated at an extremely high tenn
oerature. Hence the light of the car
non arc Is not, and can never be, white,
Is it is sometimes described as being.
'ut must always be tinted violet by the
arbon vapor normally present between
he rods.
"A well-authenticated report of an
electric accident comes from
'aris, says the Electrical Review.
was caught between two
'dTe wires "nlCn conducted the
emit from the electric plant to the rail-
DAD station on the Seine. It was at
rst not known what caused the dis
H. bance noticed in the current and
'hen it had lasted five minutes. then
he current was cut off. and an inspec-
ion of the conducting wires was made.
fter ten minutes search it was found
nat a workman had been caught be-
veen the wires. and had received the
lscharge of 5000 volts for the time of
We minutes, while for ten minutes he
as found apparently dead. At once
5tempts were made to restore him,
rst by artificial respiration after the
sual methods, but this being of no
rail, the rhythnlical pulling of the
'n2ue was resorted to. md in this case
was successful in very gradually re-
oring respiration, after which the
an made a quick recovery and was
,ne the worse for his bitter expert.
ice, except that he suffered from the
rms where the wires had touched his