Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-04-17
ELECTRICAL WORLD.
Progress Made with this Wonder
full Power.
LATE PATENTS OF MANY DEVICES
Scientific Butchery Much Less Repellent
than the Old Style-Peculiar Adapta-
bility of the Electric Motor.

power in many industries. Long lines
of shafting aud belts which ran from
floor to floor are being dispensed with
in many factories as Anticipated and ex-
pensive, and the electric motor is doing
their work so cheaply and well as to
create prosperous business where before
industrial work Was inhibited by the
cumbrousness of the plant, coupled, 1t
may be, with the price OF fuel. Inc
possibilities of this highly convenient
modern means of applying power under
all sorts of conditions are not as well
known as they deserve to be. Inter
esting evidence Of its remarkable f1exl-
bility is given in an article which has
lust appeared on motor service III Los
Angeles, the beautiful metropolis OF
Southern California. The people OF
that seductive climate are often looked
upon as lacking i'll energy. and more
inclined to "eat the lotus than to
grapple insistently with business
problems. This impression, however.
is belied by the number and nature of
the electrical applications that are
common throughout the city. Espec-
tally noticeable is the use of the cleo
trio motor. 1t is largely employed i'll
operating hydraulic elevators. particu-
larly in hotels and public buildings.
In Office buildings. where it has super
seeded steam plant, the fireman and
engineer have been dispensed with, aud
this feature of economy appeals forci-
bly, to managers of both public and
commercial departments. The janitor of
a building may in this way save the
pay of skilled engineer. The motor
service for elevators is said to be very
popular with the public, and its adop-
ton has invariably been quickly fol-
lowed by large increase, often more
than double, of the passenger traffic.
In one handsome new Office building.
where the elevator was formerly oper
ated by steam. tenants could not be
persuaded to take offices. AS soon as an
electric motor was put in the elevator
service was SO improved that the build
ing rapidly filed. In the factory of a
meat-packing company motor oper-
ates the hog hoist. A loop is slipped
around the hogs leg, the motor switch
is pressed. aud in an instant the porker
is jerked up to a platform and disposed
of by an attendant In second or two
more it has started on its varied mis-
sion of usefulness by way of the boil
ing. tank. This scientific butch
cry is much less repellent than the old
style. For photo engraving the pecu-
liar adaptability of the electric motor
Is shown by the fact that the reuter-
requires speed of 14,C00 revolutions a
minute. so as to overcome the vibra-
ton, which impairs the accuracy of
the work, and this is attained satisfac-
torily only by means of electricity. In
the postoffice the electric motor works
a stamping machine, which impresses
the date mark on letters at the rate of
600 minute. In jewelry store the
same agency operates a gem-cutting
machine, which is said to do the work
of twenty of the most skilled laborers
in the country. The Los Angelines
seldom see snow, but they have their
electrically worked toboggan slide.
and they enjoy the fun just as much as
though they were in furs instead of
light summer clothing In restaur-
ant. where the odor of the kitchen had
we'll nigh ruined the business an cleo
trio exhaust fan was put in. The
nuisance was abated, and as the perva
sive smell of the kitchen went up the
exhaust shaft the customers came
back. But the list of electric motors
uses IN Los Angeles is too long TO be
itemized here. Horses are clipped;
their hay chopped aud their grain
ground, razors and all kinds of cutlery
are sharpened. linotype machines are
run and tents are stitched electrically.
IN the same way esono fer the cure Of
pulomna y troubles is produced, paints
are ground. suspenders are manufac.
tured. shoes are polished and bones
are ground for the fertilization of
orange trees and an extensive electric
repairing shop is run entirely by cleo.
trio motor, which also mixes the dough
in bakers kitchen.
The opening of the spring season will
be signalized by great activity among
the exploiters of electric canalboat
haulage systems. On the stowpath. as
on the street railway. the day of the
mule is over. and the wide adoption of
electric haulage is only waiting ON the
results of the experiments in progress
for the demonstration of the merits of
the many methods which have been
proposed. Some months ago an
electric cable way for logging was
made public. and excited much favor
able attention. This system has been
applied to canalboat towing. and it is
claimed that for that purpose it is in
many respects superior to electrical
propellers designed ON the principle
of the trolley. many of the disadvan.
tages of which were shown in the re-
cent state experiments ON the Erie
canal. The operating motor, run on a
cable strung along the canal, carries
seat from which the operator controls
the movement of the boat. Perfect
of the boat is always insured.