Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-06-30
IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

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 Zine can now be refined by electro ,ysis.
 The total weight of the latest eiec- sric locomotive constructed IS l34ooo nonnds. It is intended to use it exper- imertalIv in switching and handling l heavy freight.
 The Boston, Concord & Montreal railroad is re-establishing telephone system at the principal stations on it's 1 line. in order to facilitate the business of the road and for use by the em- ployes.
 An electrical casino is about to be opened at Brighton Beach. N. '. The effects are much more elaborate than those in the scenic theater at the Worlds fair Later in the season the Ecenery is to be removed to the Atlaa- ta Exposition.
 European electric railways in op- eration show a total of 434 miles, with f.236 motor cars in service. Germany heads the list with 227 miles and 632 motor cars. France comes next with 60 miles and 152 motor cars. The lines in course of construction aggregate l32 miles.
 A new form of arc lamp standard is arranged so that by turning key in the base of column a series of small iron steps spring out from the side. and at the same time the current is cut otf from the light, making it perfectly safe to handle the cartoons, and also impos- sible to mount the column without the key.
 A man of Aberdeen, Scotland, was talking through the telephone with friend at distant town. The former said. aHoId on! I can't hear you, for brass band is passing the telephone sIa- tion.' g The other man, at a distance of one hundred and fifty miles, not only heard the band, but could distinguish the tune.
 An electric railway is to be built between the F. L. Johnson steel plant at Lorain and Cleveland. O., a distance of about twenty-five miles. Mr. John son. who is to build it. says that 1t will be the fastest electric railway in the world. It is understood that the dis tance will be covered in a little over half an hour.
 At the government station at Wil- | let's Point, on Long Island, q largs cannon, wrapped around the muzzle with thirteen miles of insulated copper wire, is used as an electric magnet. Recently it was put to test of strength. Three iron slabs, weighing several tons, were placed opposite ths muzzle, and on turning on the current of two large dynamos they were held so fast that a pull of 4. 900 pounds could not start them The chain vita which the pulling was done broke.
 It is well known that farmers. as 3 class, are not given to new fads, but a5 the same time they have q quick eye for any invention that means solid saving in work or money. It is sigRif- cant that more electric motors have been sold for agricultural purposes within the last nine months than in any previous years. Electricityis now used on great numbers of farms for lighting the buildings and driving ma 1 chimes of various kinds: and, where manual labor is usually scarce, the ad- vantage of such ready and efficient service is immense.
 -Dr Selby- -Bigge, in paper on "Electricity as Motive Power" thus summarizes the advantages of electri- cal power for mining purposes: 1. That it can be transmitted long distances with small loss. thus making it possi- ole to use power at such a distance as would render it unavailable by any other system. O. The conductors for conveying electrical power from one point to another require less space, are more easily put in and repaired, ara easily tapped for branch purposes, and form more flexible system through out than any other mode of transmits sion permits. 3. The electrical system is ideal, viewed from the standpoint of cleanliness, The stations can be made 70 occupy a minimum space. The sys- tenn does not vitiate the air space in mine working, and the current used five hundred volts-has been proved 40 Io e..,;4e- f,-oo f,-o,,1 J,, of