The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-16


!, the big power house Mt Niagara
y,ls completed circuit which caused
Niagara river to fall up hill. SO to
,o,ak. BY returning q fraction OF It's
,.,..Iess energy, which had already
,vep: the gates OF Buffalo, back Into
nat city twcnty-Seven miles distant.
n, harness was buckled that bitches
ns factory wheels OF Buffalo to the
.ra.cst cataract on earth Monday
-5;nins tire street cars OF this city will
rgYs by falls power. Hereafter the
,!s must work enough to earn their
lying.
To buclilIng of the harness could
Alys Seen done as we'll twelve hours
,lrller, but owing TO the fact that the
.i,Aer OF William B. Rank,ne, OF New
York. secretary OF the Niagara Falls
FgTer Company, Is a clergyman, In
5e.srcnce to his wishes the Niagara
yalls power wns not turned into the
transmitting system at noon to-day rs
h,i been expected. The connections
zre made et midnight tonight. The
.boce c: experts having the work In
charge were busy all OF last night and
Gaal lIto this evening. testing the var
:'Cs connections and go!ng over tho
r-s:hiaery TO mike sure that every
h!.g was IN proper order. When cv-
eTthlny wns in readiness FOR the
ss!tch 10 be thrown over. the electric
.:ss were confident that there need be
20 cessation OF the current set t,owing
cTsF the wires OF the Buffalo street
alway system.
RE distance covered by the line be-
tEesn Buffalo and the falls Is twenty
even niles and the e5pft eleetrieiaas
SAo have the work In charge estimate
:5e. the loss OF energy will be less than
. per cent, and may not much exceed
fys Careful tests are 10 fbe made In
tls connection. the tests covering both
s!;h, and day and clear as we'll as
t1!ay weather. The electricians nre
'1Tng particular attention 70 this test
is on the perfect Insulation OF the car
ring line depends much OF the future
sEccess OF the undertaking,
The line that has been built to carry
tie current bearing wires Is OF q most
sabstar;inl nature. Unlike the ordinary
telegraph line. the poles are placed very
Close together and are braced In such
e manner as 10 be proof against heavy
Storms. At curves the poles are set dou-
be and are guyed to numerous smaller
poles to prevent sagg!ng. The over
had line extends from the power
Rouse al the falls to the city limits OF
ErHa!o where the wires enter cement
clHau.Is. On the overhead line glass
'asa!Gtors are found unequal 10 tho
stain and porcelain !nsulators were
maze especially to hold the wires.
These i9su!ators were subjected to
cu':cat Of 10000 volts before being put
In use. Therc are at present on the poles
eight cables each With n carrying ca
pac!ty O. 1000 horsepower, or $1,000
A':59-pawer In all. The poles are OF
Bu:h substantial character. however.
mat tE!g number OF cables can be dou-
o!%a without suhjectinS them to
fF'a;e? strain than Is considered safe.
Eh9 only contract made SO far for
'82 delivery Of power In Buffalo by the
power company Is that with the BuYa-
70 street railway company for one
thousand horsepower. Under the con-
tact with the city The completion OF
IN" undertaking OF delivering power
u ":Halo was not obligatory before
'f1t jung. I; was In order 10 secure the
contract With the 6trect railway COM
'aHY that the work was hurried
."'"isa 30 far ahead Of tine. Contracts
"''a others desiring 20 use tho electric
a. power will now be made and It Ia
'"Hufht tnnt by the opening OF spring
'H' power Will be well distributed
'"'uRhNut the city.
7'7r" the inception OF the undcrtnk-
'0S and during Its carrying out the
.'npnny have frequently called upon
H"'Srs Edison and Tesla for advice
'Hl these famous masters OF electricity
'''" bcsn frequent visitors to the Nj
ifaFa Falls power house TO solve tech
1''aI Problems The power will sell In
'a'tnlo for t3G for a horsc-p power per
'""n'n and undcr It's contract with the
~ inc company must increase Its ca
'a-''y 1900 horse power per year un-
u The maximum of 100000 horsepower
'"3 been reached
The Public Interest.