The Southern herald., 1894-03-09


--Ths risF zszEiasieiaa af cA.csEe se-
pofGs that thars ara 1se ztahlishmsHta
Ter elsetris liEhtA auzka ana mste.
riais' Is that city.
The Western electrician Re tniees in
TIE prospect ot TIE reesiaa e s. j
ssatsd Faiiroad Ii esAieaga, = s ~
Grated by ths use u electrically trans-
aitted power lis = = naFth zaa
road.
The faIlert huIIdine IL stockhoIa.
Sweden. d the huge iron lattiee-wors
tower Of the central telephone sK.
change. Myriads of wires run frssn
Il, darksning the air. Every enc 4
Sweden uses the tslepAoae. ard uses ii.
moreover, very much.
4 single rail electric railway i
said t. Be projected between hatavan
and OAK Orchard. via either Albion 81
MsalnA. n. T.. 90 practically test capk
Nina BeeeheF's new invention Ihs
invention has been tried On short test
line. and has been found, it 5 said. .
work IN perfectly satisfactory man-
ner
The navy department. a Washing
ton. believing that the nse oi electrical
appliances ID the machinery depart
menta Of the navy yards would result
in economy Of money and power, has
selected board to inquire intn The ad-
visibility Of their adoption 1t tie New
York and Norfolk yards The board
consists Of Commander Nashhurn Mag
nard Lieut. j. d Aurdoek and Prof Q.
@. Dodge the latter an expert elecsri-
elan.
Now that electric mail cars have
shown By actual service II St Louis and
Ontario, Can, that mali matter can be
collected and delivered more quickly il
this way than BY the old methods, Il d
interesting TO note that the postmaster
general, in his annual report, recon-
mends these cars for rapid mali deliv
cry Ia large cities and between d city
and It's suburbs OF course, this means
collection as we'll as delivery Of mail
matter BY such direct and rapid msth-
ods.
One Of the largest electric search
lights 10 the world Is. II is said, to bs
mounted az Sandy Hook. Gen. Flagler.
the army chief q ordnance, will pur-
chase a monster light for experimental
purposes. The apparatus desired, IL.
eluding light proper, the dynamo the
steam engine and the boiler, win coal
between $1,000 and $4,000 The work
ings Of the big electric search light 81
Chicago, on the roof OF the liberal arts
building, suggested that experiments
with another large light would be val
liable.
MANY photographs Of lightning
have been secured during the last few
years, but until last November there
was no known record made n this way
Of the globuiar form Of lightning
Such q one Is said to have been obtain
ed BY Dr. Kemphill. Of Kingston, Eng
on November Q, during q terrible
storm This negative exhibits hott
the ordinary sinuous flashes, and, or
the surface Of the sea, number o.
flre-balls, joined together by horizontal
lines Of light, and resembling 'ths
course Of ball Of wool played with b
kitten
The use OF the electric light ii rail
way cars has been much retarded 81
the score Of high cost II has beer
proved, however, by the result Of s0ml
tests made by the German postal de
partment In the lighting Of mail cars
that incandescent lamps are cheaper
than gas, as we'll as healthier. Storage
batteries were used Of capacity suf
fciept TO keep eight lamps Of 12-candll
power, each burning brightly ans
steadily, at cost Of three-fourths Of
cent light per hour against an ex
pense Of / cent per light per hour whel
gas was used.
We arc told that for some time pas
that an electric dog cart has been i
constant use in the neighborhood 9
Brighton, Eng, and that now til
French haye followed suit by startin
electric phaetona The hind wheels q
these latter are driven BY an endles
. chain gearing, and an electric motol
fed by storage batteries These an
the motor are contained in the body {
the carriage, which is controlled froE
the front seat by switches aud brakei
One charge Of the batteries serves for
journey Of forty-two miles at a speed :
ten miles an hour The Parisian
! evince much interest in the appearane
! in tho streets Of the city Of the new v
! hicle, and It is likely to become pops
i lar In this country the deveiopmer
. Of the electric road carriage, It
charged, Is hindered by patent litigi
tion, and dog-in-the-manger polio
!. that will not utilize the electric aocnu
fulator or allow others to- except 9
; terms that render such a new ente
!, prise practically impossible. : Bostc
/ Harald.