Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1894-06-06
IN .ag ELECTRICAL WORLD.


In Germany the electric trolley
seems To- have rival i'm the Gas motor
! -Che self-winding electric clock /.
one OF the inventions of value that
seems never to have been appreciated.
The Electrical Review believes that
every household would welcome this
kind of a timc-keeper. They are relia.
BILE, or certainly can he made 80.
Telephone communication has
lately been established between flag.
ships and the shore in Great Britain in
several instances. The connection is
expected tn be of great service in af.
fording earliest information of casual.
Ties To vessels in the vicinities of the
ships, besides being of great value 10
the light-keeperS aboard the isolated
lightships.
"A German firm recently brought
out electrical meters which. instead OF
reading in ampcre or matt hours. gave
directly the price of electricity con-
sumed, thus enabling the consumer To
read the meter himself II appears,
however, that such meters are not al.
lowed in Germany, and il is suggested
that they might be made with two
scales, one reading in electrical units
and the other giving the plain money
value.
The motor cars of the Worlds fair
lntramural railway have been pur-
chased 10y the Atlantic Railway Co, of
Brooklyn, \. Y. They will be remod.
elled To the eNteNt necessary TO opcr-
ate them as trolley cars. and will bo
used To haul open cars from Thirty
ninth street ferry to and from Concy
Island, obviating the use of locomo.
tives. The cars, IL will be remembered,
have each seating capacity of ninety
passengers, and will draw four passen.
| ger cars of equal capacity.
1t is reported that an English of.
ficer named Harrington has discovered
in India a working telephone between
the two temples of Paul. about a mile
apart. The system is said To have been
in operation in Paul for over 1000
years. In this connection IL is observed
that Egyptoligists have found unmis.
taxable evidence of wire communica.
tions between some of the temples of
the earlier Egyptian dynasties; but
whether these served n telcgraphic, tel.
ephonic or other purposes is not stated.
The Rabbidge telephone has been
brought before the English public. nc.
cording To London Lightning. This
telephone, IL appears, Is designed for
speaking over short lines, such ms
would connect the different rooms in %
/ large warehouse or block of buildings
The usual call bell is replaced by n
small vibrating reed in the receiver,
which, when the circuit is closed, gives
n clear note, plensanter than the sound
of bell. A small tube containing mer-
curry automatically changes the con-
nections when the instrument il in-
verted. This stops the sound and ac-
| knowledges the call, which is made by
removing a plug from one hole To an.
other. The act of inverting the instru-
ment also tends To prevent packing Of
the carbon granules in the transmittcr.
The whole is so small that il can be
conveniently screwed TO the side of a
desk, thus saving the trouble of NOV
ing To an instrument fixed TO the wall
"A proposition has been made by the
Standard Electric Co. of Chicago To the
mayor of the city of Atlanta. Ga. TO
furnish Atlanta with "A municipal light.
ing plant The city is now paying the
local electric light company 500 per
year per arc light, which is a low rate
as compared with the price paid i'm
many other cities in the United States.
The proposition OF the Standard Flee.
trio Co. is that they are TO receive paw
for their plant by accepting each year
the difference between the cost of pro.
ducing the light from their plant and
the price now paid for the light In
other words, they guarantee and pledge
that the light shall not cost the city over
"A. Al. a ar
ence between that figure and the pres
ent cost of light-that is, s5s per light
to go toward payment for the plant.
They estimate that it will take five
years and two months TO wipe out the
debt, when the city will own its plant
free from debt