The sea coast echo., 1894-06-23
IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

In Germany the electric trolley
seems tc have rival in the gas motor.
The self-winding electric clock is
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 time-keeper. They are relia-
Bile, or certainly can be made So.
Telephone communication has
lately been established between flag
ships and the shore in Great Britain in
several instances. The connection is
expected to 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 To
the light-keepcrs aboard the isolated
lightships,
"A German firm recently brought
out electrical meters which, instead OF
reading in ampere 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 it is suggested
that they might he 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 by the Atlantic Railway Co.. OF
brooklyn, n. Y, They will he remod-
elled TO the eXtcxt necessary To opcr-
ate them as trolley cars. and will be
used to haul open cars from Thirty
ninth street ferry to and from Conev
Island, obviating the use of locomo-
tives. The cars, it 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
ticer named Harrington has discovered
in India working telephone between
the two temples of Paui about 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 telcgraphic. tel.
ephonic or other purposes is not stated.
The Rabbidge telephone has been
brought before the English public. ac-
cording TO London Lightning. This
telephone, it appears, is designed for
speaking over short lines, such as
would connect the different rooms in Il
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
clear note, pleasanter than the sound
of bell. A small tube containing mer-
curry automatically changes the con-
| nections when the instrument is i'm
vcrtcd. This stops tho sound and ac-
, kuowledges the call. which is made by
removing 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 he
conveniently screwed to the side Of u
desk, thus saving the trouble of NOV.
ing to an instrument fixed to the wall.
~ ~ pibp'NlJipH IlHS DteU HdUt nv Inp
Standard Electric Co. OF Chicago to the
mayor Of the city of Atlanta, Ga, W
furnish Atlanta with municipal light.
ing plant. The city is now paying the
local electric light company 500 per
year per arc light, which is low rate
as compared with tho price paid in
many other cities in the United States.
| The proposition of the Standard Elec,
trio Co. is that they are to receive pay
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
S49 per year each, leaving the differ.
ence between that figure and the pres
ent cost Of lght-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