Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1896-05-09
TO ELECTR|FY A WORLD
NIAGARA POWER 80 MOVE THE
EXPOSITION WHEELS.
EXPERTS Edison and Tesla Are Pres
ent With the Latest Improved
Appliances.

| New York, May 4.-The National IIx-
| hibition Of Electric Appliances opened in
| the Grand Central Palace today. Whle
| the electrical displays at the worlds fair,
| san Francisco ana Atlanta eXposltlons
| We're on a scale OF IilaSniucence ana pleas
| ing to the general public, they We're dis
| appointing tecnically 70 electrical eA-
| perts The various electrical Industries
! of America have now combined to give
| an electrical exhibition TO eclipse anything
| Of the kind ever attempted in this OF
| any other country. The exhibition Will
| be primarily under the auspices cf the
| National Electric Light Association, an
| organization which embraces all the
| electric light interests of America, in
| Guiding the Edison, Westinghouse, Gen
| eral Electric and Brush systems
Harrison j. Smith, superintendent of
the New York Illuminating Company
| CE,dison, is president Of the exposition
company W. f. Weiss, vice president
| Of the New York Steam Company. is
| vice president, and George T. Porter,
secretary OF the National Electric light
| Association, is secretary and treasurer
| The executive committee consists of c.
|
| E. +. Peck ana President Smith.
| The exhibition is held i'll connection
with the nineteenth convention of The
| National Electric Light Association
| There Will be Il series Of popular and
| practical lectures on electrical subjects
| by eminent SCIENTISTS; also afternoon
| and evening concerts by famous mill
| tary bands, ana special spectacular eff
! fects, all Of which will be open to the
| general public.
| Governor Morton opened the eXposi-
| ton. The governor turned on the cur
| rent of electricity, which was furnished
| from Niagara. This will turn a model Of
| the Niagara company's plant in New York,
| and also the cable canal system of tow
| ing. The Bell Telephone Company will
| have a telephone system, transmitting the
| roar OF the falls, 50 as to make the thing
realistic. The electric impulse which will
| start things going Will pass in a direct
| wire to san Francisco and return, dis
| tance OF one-Quarter around the earth.
| This will be the longest distance ever
| travelled by an opening current.
| The miniature Of Niagara is very
unique and interesting affair. 1t shows
| the city Of Niagara, the upper river, a
| view Of the gorge, and a dim glimpse Of
| Canada. All the movement about it will
| depend on a current that will pass through
| towns and will make itself felt through
| numerous ingenious devices The power
| from the falls will be transmitted 462 miles
on single wire. On the queens birthday,
May a, Niagara will supply q Western
Union cable with current that will con-
vey President Cleveland's consratula-
tions to the head of the British nation.
This transporting Of electric energy from
Niagara to New York will be record
breaker for long distance transmission
Of power. The nearest approach to it has
been in Europe, where it passed over a
line 10 miles long. This will be practical
y the first test given to Tesla's new sys-
TEN with which he has claimed to be able
to convey almost any distance.
The Niagara model promises to be
one of the most interesting exhibits
ever shown at an exhibition. The power
70 give it life will be taken from the
big 5000 horse power generators in the
central station Of the Niagara Falls Power
Company.
The model shows the city of Niagara
Falls and surrounding locality from
point Just beyond the line Of the power
tunnel on the north to the center of Goat
island on the south, and from point
be yond the Clifton house, Canada side,
OF the west to a point beyond the big
tunnel canal on the east. The model is
l2 feet long by feet inches wide. The
scale upon which the model was made
is about 100 feet to every inch and
half.
The streets and buildings of the city
are in perfect form, and it is like stand
ing high above the city to enjoy a look
a. the pretty work In all 1877 buildings
are shown, and the number Of trees which
tealufy the streets of the city in the
model is 1150.
| The power houses, wheel pits, cross sec
t1cns Of the canal, turbine wheels and the
| tunnel are all before the visitor. A let
| tered 1,late tells the visitor to drop
nickel in the slot and pull the ring way
| out When this is done water will flow
| down the penstocks upon the turbines
which will set in motion the turbine shaft
| to the dynamo that will generate the
| mower The steamer Maid Of the Mist
| Is near the American dock The ar
| rangement of the American fall and the
| little fall between Luna island and Goat
| island is almost perfect. The accurate
| effect is created by a porcelain plate tint
| Cd and burnt in If nickel is dropped in
the slot on the north side, six electric
| lights, located in various parts of the
city, and three lights in the Cataract
house, shine forth and add to the scene.
One thing that all will be Impressed with
| is the beauty Of the river as it is repre-
sented The upper river is shown from
| the falls to a point where the tunnel ca
nal taps the river. All the islands and
| bridges are shown. The river bed on the
| part above the rapids is of glass. Midway
| down the south side of the model the glass
| erds To this point the water flows un-
derneath the glass. when 1t runs out and
| flows over a bed made of lead, represent
| Ing rock Where the rapids are, the
| lead is wayy and the rapids are shown
| distinctly AS the water passes over the
| precipice it drops behind rocks at the bot
| tom and passes underneath the glass
! river bed of the gorge.
Edisen's Exhibit.
i Thomas A. Edison has prepared scl2r'
| personal exhibit for the exposition IN
telegraphy, Mr. Edison will show stock
printers. the phonoplex, the HuadrupleX,
| American District system. train telegra-
| phy, and his vote recorder, the first inven-
| ton he ever made. In telephony, he Will
show several varieties of apparatus, in
| cuding microphones, the chalk transmit
| ter, photograph receiver, etc. He will also
| show his interesting megaphone, ouo-
| phone, etc In lighting, Mr.. Edison Will
! show his earliest incandescent lamps 1lrst
| converter, model of systems of distrlbu-
| ton, multiple carbon lamps, center pole
| lamps. first chemical meter. lamp Leyden
jar, platinum lamp, etc; also the first
fixtures used. In the line of power trans
mission, Mr.. Edison will exhibit some very
early motors and models of great interest.
Among miscellaneous exhibits may be
named his pyromagnetic motor, ethero-
scope, tasimeter stages illustrating the
evolution of the bamboo filament, mag
retic friction devices, early monographs
his recent microscopes and his latest
monographs.
He has also in course of construction
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