The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-04
The Great Power Plant to Be
Started Today.
THE WONDERS OF ELECTRICITY.
Exhibition TO Demonstrate the Trans.
mission OF Electrical Force.
Salufes to Re Fired simultaneously as
San Francisco, Augusta. Me-; 81.
Paul and New orieans-A Message
To BE sent All Round the World to
Buffalo.

New York. May s-rou.crrow nisaS
Gov. Morton VIII opca the national ex.
position or electrical appliances i1 the
INDUSTRIAL Arts building in THIS city,
Elaborate preparations have been rnaie
Tor This event and Il is expected that tho
etteaaanee VIII be large and include some
OF tae most distinguished electricians in
this country.
The convention is that OF the National
f.iectrie LiShs Association. Uo which dele.
gales nave been sent representing more
than ie,teo electric light plants Ia the
United States. Whoss. aggregate capital
Is in excess % $50 oeva.tso The Industrial
Arts building has been The scene Of great
activity during the last ten days and
rights, and an enormous force OF elec-
tric4ans ana mechanics have been ae
WORK.
The principal feature Of the opening
exercises VIII be the turning on of a cur~
rent OF electricity generated by tho
waters OF the Niagara river. in the great
power house Of the Niagara Power Com
pahy, which current ~ electricity Will DO
transmitted over an ordinary telegraph
wire OF tho Western Union Telegraph
company. The insulation OF this line Is
sIcn that no considerable amount Of cleo
trIcAI energy for power purposes can bo
transmitted. but by the use OF the re-
Gently invented tpo-p phase Tesla system.
-
tAollsh beyond question: IL Is claimed. tho
feasibility of long distance electric power
transmission upon commercial basis.
This line VIII be 4t2 miles IN length. tho
iongest line heretofore established from
the falls.
The governor VIII 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. al the declaration that tho
exposition Is open. discharge four pieces
OF artillery. one stationed In the public
square ia 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
10 he accomplished by a current Of elecy.
tricity generated In Niagara and trans
mitted over the telegraph, lines of tho
Postal Telesraph-Cable Company. II .
also with the sanction OF the secretary Of
war the government artillery service VIII
be brought into requisi,ion.
The current OF electricity which is Trans
mltted from Niagara will be used In put.
ting In motion a model of the Niagara
power plant. This plant was recently con-
structed by syndicate at a cost OF up-
wards OF s5.oDcge. This plant consists in
tunnel s.ooo feet in length, entered by a
wheel pit is6 feet in depth. at the bottom
of which are mammoth turbine wheels op-
,,'@a... ,as, on 'ob y. wien arc ihi-
49, .N ~, -. "a seuerusoas, win opa-
49,, =. s.os .'o' po"el- .ne .o'ai weisht
is upwards OF 100 tons. The model which
viii be shown and operated with the Mag
@ , va ie,'' - eoss-secuoh We" OF tne
euis.i' ""eeipie si,o hfaciiiners. ana also
~ 3, se'on % NIasara 'hiis' with ,he
s,s oI ~. 'tses anu amer ican ia'is' the
s..'s,. an .s,e iou,i.'.
,a,S'a 1.as n,o@ei VII DC a series
- - IAi,.. "N WI pe oohnec'eu
~ 49, c.,,a paaSeu "a Ni..o'la pa'h, on
~ . ~ 80, 80 VI .ne -saakaia river.
~ pleseHt as az ,nes "i.hess tne tnoVenlen&