Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-13

be found In the iael that while tho rclene,
has made immense strides In the past de-
cade there yet remains an unfathon,able
future full Of fascinating possibilities
some three years ago | made a careht
estimate Of the capital Invested In elcctrlca,
work In the United States and found IN,
amount 10 be sGoO00000O. The almost
total removal Of the street car horse nnJ
mule by electric power, with tho adyance.
made in forging, mining aud navigation by
electricity and In ether directions ha.
easily added s2OOOoO,OOo more to this sum
presenting round $500 0OO. 900 OF capital
Invested In this thlld Of about ~ years.
Electricity received It's grcatoat Impulse. /
think II may he safely said, with tho in.
yentlon Of the electric light
a course IN electrical engineering. whlia
not essential TO young mans success. is
one VI the hest aids that he can have In
entering the neIa, There have been In the
past mauy requests Mod by electrical com.
panlos with rcheub OF technology for grad.
yates In this brahch Of study. Without
this, and evon with this advantage young
man generally nnha Il necessary 20 20 into
a factory and thus become familiar with
practical details, This Ia nearly always tho
first aud best step to take, and from ths
factory 10 work IN the general fold, where
there IL uu eyer.growing demand coming
from electric lighting stations, electric
power stations. telephone exchanges and
electric plants In al tho industries where
this mysterious and potent power iA ap-
Piled Tho SALARY at nrst IL small. but IL
IN nearly always possible for a young man
70 secure At the start llylnS wages. and 4
he has industry and aptitude he viii md. /
think after becoming familiar with the
groundwork Of electricity, wlder neld
here In which to secure employment than
Ia any other Industry or science. II Ii only
a question Of q few years when the cleo
tric motor VIII yupplfnt the locamutlye-
and what magnificent neld for new work
IL herei
II this should reach the oyos Of young
men who dcsire to Immediately begiu the
study and practice " electricity my adj
vice 10 that they hfst secure primary
book relating 10 the subject land theirs are
several excellent publications. OF this ma
ture TO be had at cost Of from 90 cents 10
ss.BOl, and then endeavr at the nearest
electric Hight or electric railway Hta,inn
or telephone exchange TO secure employ
ment, no matter how trivial Il may seem
or how temporary
have purposely omitted speaking Of
electrical inventions. This will naturally
lulluN W int iothfffufI VI hH IHNtNtlfh
mind after no has become acquainted with
what has already been accomplished and
what Is needed for Development IN tho
electrical Mold With It's ,lllmliabo boun-
daries. The advances constantly being
made In tho application OF electricity are
shown In the three new fcaturcS brought
out at the International Congress OF Elsc-
triciana held at Chicago IN August, ns-nely.
tho proposed application by meane OF the
electric current Of the power of Niagara
Falls to manufactures within a radiun OF
100 miles. and probably farther; tho likcli-
hood Of being able 10 telephone from Now
York TO London--a feat heretofore deemed
imposaible--and an hundred hour arc lamp.
an extension OF eighty-nlx hours In the lifo
OF the CARTONS used In the arc lamp OF
tho past. These arc three progressive
achievements. the last one by Cornell
graduate. only ~ years Of ngc. Many
others await the worker and the inventor
OF tho future. cmApI.Ks W. Pnich