Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-09-06
IN THE ELECTRIC WORLD.

Wo or tnree prOJeCtS Tor convert.
Ing water power into electricity and
transmitting the latter to Atlanta over
a line seven and half miles long are
now under consideration in that city.
One of them would develop fourteen
Thousand horse power, another twenty
thousand, and a third thirty-six thou.
sand. These are all notifications of the
same general plan.
The Westinghouse Electric Com.
pany has begun the drilling of well
for natural gas on the land in front of
its immense works at East Pittsburgh,
and the novel experiment of using
electricity for power will be made. An
ordinary observation-disclosures mo-
tor, such as is used in traction car,
is placed in the engine house, instead
of steam engine, and the electricity
is supplied from the works. The ex-
pertinent is understood to be under the
special direction of Mr.. George West
inghouse, who believes great economy
in drilling wells will result in the use
Of electricity.
The news comes from Springfield,
H., that final Incorporation papers OF
the Inter Ocean Electric Railway Co.,
of Chicago, have been granted. The
capital stock of the company is $780,.
100000, The object Of the corporation
is to construct, operate, lease, bond
and mortgage electric railways, both
surface and elevated, telegraph and
telephone lines, to manufacture coach
es, sleeping cars, water and electric
power machinery, and to issue bonds
and mortgages upon all such property.
The chief object is to build an elevated
! electric railway between New York
and San Francisco. 1t is proposed ia
construct the line first from New York
to Buffalo, and thence extend it west
as far as possible in intermittent
| stages.
The constitution of the Independ
ent Telephone Mems association, which
has formed in Pittsburgh, Pa, recently
is brief and to the point The objects
of the association are thus defined
Mutual protection from unjust lega.
and other attacks by owners of al
legged telephone and cognate patent.
tending to impair the lawful business
of this association; to discourage liti
| CATION between members of this asso
citation by providing means of arbitra
ton" Section nine defines the course
of procedure in defense of suits as fol
lows: Whenever the association shall
receive information of the bringing o,
a suit for infringement OF any tele
phone patents it shall at once examine
into the case as far as practicable, ant
may call meeting of the board of di
rectors, who shall provide for the
means to defray the expenses of sucf
litigation as they shall deem propel
under the circumstances"
AT the Victoria station, Manches
ter, Eng, new departure has beef
made in electrical application, which
has excited great interest. The par
cells business at the station has beer
for some time increasing at a rat,
which severely tried the CONSTANT,
augmented facilities of the manage
ment 1t struck the engineer of tn,
railroad that the whole situation coult
be simplified by the introduction o
electricity, and forthwith miniature
electric line was suspended from tn
girders of the roof of the latest erecte,
parcel department. Along the rail
| runs an electric traveller. capable O
lifting and conveying ton weight, al
though it is not ordinarily used TO
more than half that weight Whel
parcels have to be transferred in bull
from one part of the department t.
another, they are placed in larg
hamper, which is lifted up to its plac
under the motor cab, and run aloni
the rails to the desired point. The de
vice is working SO well that the rail
road company is putting mp secon
pair of rails parallel to the first