Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-11-28
IN The ELECTRICAL WORLD.

The eleven cables now in opera
ton across the Atlantic have cost up
ward of s7O.OOo,OOO.
The trolley freight road (Manu-
facturers' Street railroad co., OF New
Haven, Ct, have won the approval
of the councilmen as well as that of
the aldermen of that city, and the
mayor is soon expected to sign the or
dinance.
i'm South Dakota they propose to
make the telephone connection be-
tween the city of Aberdeen and Ia
coma Park by means of connection
with the rails of the track of the Great
Northern road at both places-that is,
provided the railway people are agree
able to the arrangement
M. Benedict, the public printer,
intends thoroughly to light the new
government printing office by cleo
tricitv. and will also have much OF the
machinery operated by the same pow
er. Small motors will be applied to
the various machines, in order that
they NAV be operated independently.
Italian engineers are making great
use of water power to generate cleo
tricity. Rome draws its power from
the falls of Tivoli: Genoa utilities the
city water supply, which is drawn from
the Appenines, by letting it fall $40
feet from one reservoir to another;
Milan gets its force from the rapids OF
the AIDA at Paderno, below Leonardo
da V.vinci's Naviglio, the first lock
canal constructed.
The United States post Office depart
ment has, it is reported, agreed upon
miniature pennant, modelled from the
pennant used on steamships carrying
the United States mails. for street
cars CARRYING the mails The pennant
will be two feet long, red, with blue
border, with the eagle and an lnscrlp-
ton, United States mail" in white
letters The pennant will only fly when
the mail is on the car.
Electrical experiments that prom
Use much for the prosperity and develop
ment of mining in the west are being
made in Nevada county, Cal. A large
part of the mining industry of that re-
zion has been suspended during recent
wears because of the great difficulty
and cost of securing power to run the
machinery. With steam or direct
water power the cost is from sl5O to
$500 a horse power a year. The at
tempt is to be made to generate elee-
tricity by water power at considera-
BILE distance from the mines and TO
transfer the power to the mines by
wire. Two 450 horse power generators
are being put in at point on the Nuba
river. seven miles above Grass valley,
and the power will be transferred
this distance to run the mining
machinery. The engineers believe
power can be supplied in this way
way for 500 horse power at the most
If the scheme is successful very many
similar plants will be built to utilize
water power now going to waste n
that region, and the system VIII un
doubtedly be adopted all over the
west
The electric yacht which has beer
built for Mr. John Jacob Astor Is A
feet over all, the beam is feet,
inches, the draught at the screws is
feet and inch. the cabin Is II fee
long; the forward cockpit II feet long
and the after cockpit feet inches
long. The hull is planked with cedal
on oak frames. and the decks are fin
ished in natural wood. The cabin ha'
a head room of 6 feet . inches and i
finished in mahogany. The furnishing
of the boat are of an elegant and taste
full character The electric equipment
consists of twin screw apparatus, eaci
motor being direct-connected to sepa
rate bronze shafts with ball thrus
bearings The current supply to tn
motors is from independent groups o
batteries, and is regulator uy TWO con
trollers placed near the steering whee
in the forward cockpit The batterie
of the chloride accumulation type, ar
located beneath the flooring and unde
the seats. There are les cells of bat
terry, each having a capacity of $50 am
pere hours at a 10-hour rate of dis
charge The maximum horse powe
developed in continuous work is lo
while 80 horse power is available for
| short spurt