Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1894-05-16
IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

Nearly all of the electrical inveu-
lions excepting the lightning rod and
the telegraph have come in use since
the centennial exposition.
An electric tricycle. is the latest
novelty in vehicles which has been
brought out in France Its weight
equipped with battery cells. etc. ready
for the road. Is $50 pounds, and IL car.
ries Sower to run for four or live hourS
The electric omnibus in IN im-
proved form is said to have been re-
vivcd in London, Eng. The new car is
full-sized 26-passenger omnibus IL
has two batteries of accumulators. each
weighing IL hundred weight. Those
go under the seats.
The common council of New Haven.
Ct, IL is said, has decided in favor OF
an electric freight railway to traverse
the city streets and carry freight to
manufacturing establishments IL Is
to connect with the consolidated sys-
tenn near the Cedar Hill junction.
"A new French carriage. which car
ries six persons Ia driven by an electric
motor, receiving current from bate
~ OF - Dujardin accumulators, and
has total weight of about ton and
n third One charge of the accuruu.
lator, IL is said. sutiices for trip OF a
miles ut n speed of 10 miles an hour
"A Chicago merchant, il Is said, has
all applications for clcrkships hold
conversations over the telephone. and
forms his opinion OF their availability
from their answers He maintains
that the day is rapidly approaching
No Dra fhts... fN.,. a.. ~
be transacted by telephone, and clerk
who is careless or Indifferent in reply.
ing to inquiries will drive customers
away.
"A paint has been I'm use for some
time which, 1t is claimed, has an afIini.
" for and becomes part of the sur
face OF metals, so that IL can not be re-.
moved unless the actual surface of the
metal is attacked. 1t also effectively
prevents the oxidation of the surface
which IL covers IL is claimed that bv
the use of this paint the elcctrolysis Of
metals underground can be completely
prevented The paint is turned out in
three grades, and a coating of each is
necessary To make the insulation of the
metal pipe or cable perfect
The French electrician, NJ. Trouve,
1t is said, applies an incandescent lamp
TO catching fish. a net Is sunk in the
water, with an electric lamp attached,
and the fish collect TO baslx in it's RAYS
Round the edge of the net is pneu.
matte tire, which silently inflated
and rises to the sur face while the fish
are wondering whether the brilliant
glass bulb is n new kind of luminous
jelly fish. NJ. Trouve's ingenious idea
seems hardly sportsmanlike, but IL ut
least avoids frightening the fish and
destroying the spawn-the chief draw.
back to net-fishing.
Tt is pity" says n Boston gen.
tleman, that your Legislative commit.
tee on street railways, whose report
was submitted the other day, did not
visit Wilmington, Del, and view the
Lawrence electric system, the char.
acteristics of which arc said TO be
cheapness Of construction, cheapness
OF maintenance and simplicity In all
the mechanical parts II is n conduit
system, and its is claimed for IL that il
can Toe constructed and operated cheap
er than any first-class overhead trolley
system AS seen in operation the
other day at Wilmington. part of the
conduit was overflowed with water
from the Christiana creek, and the car
ran from end To end OF the line, receiv-
ing the full electrical power of 800
volts every inch OF the way, there be.
ing, IL Is said, absolutely no waste, rs
was demonstrated by the ampere me-
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