The herald., 1896-05-04
Such as the World Has Never
Yet Seen
POWER FROM NIAGARA FALLS
Will Operate the Machinery Five Hun.
dred Miles Away
an Electrical Circuit Around
the World
Associated Press Special WirA.

NEW YORK, May 3.-Tomorrow night
Governor Morton will open the national
exposition of electrical appliances in
the Industrial Arts building In this city.
Elaborate preparations have been made
Tor these events, and it Is expected that
the attendance will be large and include
some of the most distinguished electri-
Clans in this country. The convention
is that of the National Electric Light
association, to which delegates have been
sent representing more than 10000 elec-
trio light plants in the United States,
whose aggregate capital Is in excess Of
$3.50, 100000. The Industrial Arts build
ing has been the scene Of great activ-
ity during the last ten days and nights,
and an enormous force Of electricians and
mechanics have been at work.
The principal feature of the opening
exercises will be the turning on of a cur
rent of electricity generated by the
waters of the Niagara river in the great
power house of the Niagara Power COM
pany, which current of electricity will
be transmitted over an ordinary tele-
graph wire Of the Western Union Tele-
graph company The insulation Of this
line is such that no considerable amount
| OF electric energy for power purposes
can be transmitted, but by the use Of
| the recently invented two-phase Tesla
system enough energy will be trans
mitted to establish beyond question, It
is claimed. the feasibility Of long dis
tance electric power transmission upon
commercial basis. This line will be 1852
miles in length, the longest line hereto.
fore established from the falls.
The governor will use upon this occa-
sion the gold key with which President
Cleveland put in motion the wheels Of
industry at the worlds fair. Gov. Nor
ton will also, at the declaration that the
exposition is open, discharge four pieces
OF artillery. one stationed in the public
| square In San Francisco, one In Augusta.
Me-, one in front Of the public building
at st. Paul and another in the public
PARK IN New Orleans. This discharge
Is also to be accomplished by Il current
OF electricity generated in Niagara and
transmitted over the telegraph lines of
the Postal Telegraph Gable company.
With the sanction Of the secretary of
War' the government artillery service
Will also be brought into requisition.
The current of electricity which is to he
transmitted from Niagara will be used
IN putting in motion model of the Nj
aeara power plant, recently constructed
Dy syndlcate, at a cost Of upwards OF
$o,Q00O00. This plant consists OF a tun-
mel 5000 feet In length, entered by Wheel
pit lS6 feet in depth, at the bottom of
which are mammoth turbine wheels
operating a shaft on top of which are
immense electrical generators, with a
capacity OF 5000 horsepower The total
weight of these turbine wheels. shaft
and generator is upward of 100 tons This
model which is shown and opera ted with
the Niagara current, is cross section
view of the tunnel, wheel pit and ma
chinery, and also shows q section of the
city of Niagara Falls, with the course
of the river and American falls the is
land and the Canadian frontier.
surrounding this model will be series
OF telephones which will be connected
with receiver placed in Victoria park
on the Canadian side Of the Niagara
river. All present, as they witness the
| movement of the machinery by the cur
rent of Niagara, can hear distinctly the
roar OF the cataract. There also will be
exhibited and operated miniature Sec
tion of the Erie canal, showing the Calve-
way system of electrical canal boat pro-
pulsion recently adopted by the state of
New York and soon to be put in opera
tion upon the Erie canal Floating upon
this miniature canal will be fleet Of
model canal boats Of recent design, pro-
PEELED by the electric motor which trav-
els upon the canal by means Of the cur
rent.
Another feature Of unusual interest
will be the closing of a circuit around the
world, by which a cable message will be
sent by Chauncey Depew over the cables
to Lisbon, through the Mediterranean
and Suez canal and the Red sea to Alden:
thence to Ceylon and Australia, return
ing by way of the Cape Of Good Hope.
the African coast, the Brazil cable, the
land line to the City OF Mexico, thence
by way of San Francisco to New York.
This message Mr.. Deplew will send from
table which will be placed in a gallery
of the exposition building. 1t will be
addressed and received by Mr.. Edward
D. Adams, president Of the Niagara
power company, whose reply Will be
transmitted to and received by Mr.. De-
pew, who will follow with brief address
upon the electric era.
NEW YORK, May 3.-The sullen roar
of the great falls of Niagara was heard
in this city tonight when the electric cur
rent which is to connect the thunder
of the falling water with the electric
show at Grand Central palace, was turn
ed on for the first time as test. The
test was made by the managers Of the
show and was pronounced success
The sound of the waters could be plain
ly heard. At the same time the power
was put on and every bit of machine cry
of the electrical show was put in motion
for few minutes.
New York Temrerance
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