Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

power will extend rapidly and for this
purpose distant mountain stream and
water falls and tide waters will be
utilized us we'll IS the energy Of coal
fields, thus saving the transportation
of that bulky fuel. Instead of using
coal In our dwellings as new 1t can
be burned at the mines hundreds nj
miles distant and appear as heat and
power in our towns. BY the year
1900 electric street and suburban rail.
way traction will, doubtless, have
taken the place of all other forms of
traction. 1t IL already (Oct. lst.,
1sY4) in use on $50 different lines Of
street railway and II, 500 street cars,
inclusive OF traiiers, are already
operated by the new power over $500
miles Of such road, and street rail-
roads are every where changing to 1t
as rapidly as they can do SO.
Telephoning around the world will
soon be an easy matter. by our long
distance telephones half our pOpul0.
ton can already engage In converse.
ton over wires. The writer has
talked through q wire in which tho
resistance was made such that, to over
come 1t, was equivalent to talking by
telephone with friend In Constants.
nople, and the voices could be heard
as distinctly as between two tele.
phones in the same town. The new
Marshall telephone seems to be much
In advance OF those now in general
use. but wires may not always be
needed for telcphOning. We are on
the eve OF reproducing conditions at
a distance which will enable US to
see the friend with whom We are con.
vcrsing by wire. by the means
limited at We shall be able to see a
vessel entering New York harbor. 10
hear q sermon preached In Boston,
seeing the clergyman and his congrc'
CATION, and even to read book held
In another's hand in san Francisco,
and tO do all this while comfortably
seated In room In Chicago
Electric heating, though costly
now will. ere long, be 50 chcapened
as TO be brought In general use In the
better class of buildings The con.
venience of such heat for homes aud
for cars, where II Is already In use to
q limited extent, Is at once apparent.
Without leaving his room, and By
simply pushing a button and by turn
ing o switch, u man can place such
heat In any room In his house, light
the fire In his kitchen range, or have
all this done by clock work. lie car
have his house lighting SO arranged
that when he returns at night from
the theatre, he can turn On any ligh,
In any room or hall before entering
the house.
Electric motors and dynamos vii
certainly come into general use, and
In place OF costly shafting, pulleys
and betting, wires will connect ever!
one of our !, O4O machines with dyna
mos and workman will simply have
to turn switch when he desires Il
use q machine and use only the pOwe
his work actually calls for. A simple
illustration OF the present waste o
power IL seen In tho twenty larg'
grindstones which run all the tim,
and are not In use Quarter OF tn
time. Should method be devlset
OF directly transforming heat int,
electricity an industrial revolution
will take place resulting In benefit
to the human ra.c far beyond an
that imagination has even yet pic
tured. 1t would mean the emancipa
ton of the race from much physlca
drudgery and furnish to all abundan
leisure for study and improvement
These practical ends IRE already fore
Swallowed and may be safe.y COUNTS
upon. We can not dwell upon tn
marvcls OF electricity 50 many q
: which We see dimly outlined throug
the mists and vapOrs which obscur
our view Of earthly conditions half
. hundred years hence. Enough OF tn
force that keeps tho earth In II
. orbit will then be utilized to do tn
, worlds entire work, and that d
. verted force will be so small rs not I
|, be missed from the amount demande
!! for cOsmic needs