The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-27
no GIRDLE THE EARTH.
Remarkable Experiment In Flee
trieal Science soon to BE Tried.

remarkable Experiment in Flee
trieaI Science soon to BE Tried.
From the Chicago Record.
New York. April - AT the opening of
the national electrical exhibition in New
York next week an experiment in electrical
science will be attempted which will at
tract the attention Of the scientific world.
and, if successful, will DE far in advance of
anything that has been achieved thus far.
At certain hour on the 18th OF May the
several lines of Geographic cable from
New York to Europe, thence to China and
Japan, thence to Australia, thence to AZ
Iica, thence to Portugal, thence to Brazil,
thehce 10 Chile, thence to Central America,
tnence through Mexico to Galveston, and
thence TO New York again will be connect
ed IN single circuit, and with an electrical
current furnished by Niagara falls an
operator at one table in the exhibition
VIII send message composed by Mr..
Chauncey NJ. Depew TO another operator
IN the same room after circumnavigaung
all the continents of the earth. 1t is i'm
possible like Puck to put a girdle around
the earth, because there is no cable line
across the Pacific ocean. A bill is pending
In congress for the establishment of one,
and 1t is hoped that it Will soon be enacted
into law. but the proposed message will
traVel great deal farther by the exist
ing lines as described than If it simply fol-
lowed the equator. Before the close Of the
exhibition, on the queens birthday, Presi-
dent Cleveland win be invited TO send a
message of peace and good will to Victoria,
the current also to be furnished on that
occasion by the waters of Niagara falls,
which IS especially appropriate because
they belong Jointly to Great Britain and
the United States. Mr.. Cleveland will
have an opportunity to work UP a fine SEN
tment with such material.
Mr.. Depew was selected to prepare the
message to be sent around the world by
Mr.. Frank w. Hawley, manager of the
Niagara Falls Electric Power Company.
because he has been so earnest and ar
dent in the support of that enterprise and
has never wavered in his confidence that
it would succeed. 1t has been one of the
most remarkable exhibitions of faith in
scientific genius that the commercial
world has ever known, for this company
invested between $5,OOOO00 and $6,O00000
in its preparations to harness the falls
of Niagara and save the enormous power
that had been going to waste there, upon
the recommendation of Nicola Tesla, the
Servian wizard, who is only 30 years old,
but has already made some of the most
remarkable and useful discoveries in cleo
trical science. particularly the oscillator,
utilize the enormous waterpower at Nj
agara and transmit it to New York. This
enterprise has reached point where its
success is fully determined, and the com
pany is now getting ready 10 furnish
power to manufacturers in Buffalo, SYRIA
cuse, Rochester, Dunkirk and other cities
in the neighborhood, which will be trans
mitted TO them by wire.
In few months they expect to be able
10 luIIllSn electricity tOr commercial puf-
poses in the city of New York, a distance
of 464 miles. The machinery of the eectr-
cal exhibition will be furnished with power
from the Niagara plant, and on the open
ing day the current will be turned on by
Gov. Morton. 1t is also proposed to oper-
ate the boats upon the Erie canal by
something like a trolley which Mr.. Tesla
has demonstrated to be possible by
stretching a wire along the bank of the
canal
The interest of electricians throughout
the world in the experiment that is to be
tried upon the 7th Of May is so great that
the cable companies have eagerly placed
their lines al the disposal of the mana
gers of the Niagara company, and the ar
rangements will be perfected under the di-
rection of Sir w. H. Preece, general su-
perintendent of the British government
system of telegraphy. Mr.. Depew will
have to make his message as short as pos
sible, because the electricians will not take
the risk of attempting to send long one
with a single current. He will therefore
devote his wit and intellect during the
next fortnight to the framing of an cpl
gram that will compare with the first mes
sage that Prof. Morse sent over his wire
between Washington and Baltimore:
What hath God wrought?'