The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-04

NEW YORK, May S.-Tomorrow
night Governor Morton will open the
national exposition of Electrical apph-
ances in the industrial arts building in
this city. Elaborate preparations have
been made for this event, and it is ex-
pected that the attendance will be large
and include some of the most distin-
guished electricians in this country.
The convention is that of the Ma
tional Electric Light association, TO
which delegates have been sent repre-
senting more than 10000 electric light
pia,ts in the United States whose ag-
gregate capital is in excess of $780,
000,0 600. The industrial arts building
has been the scene of great activity
during the last ten days and night, 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 current of electricity
generated by the waters Of the Niagara
river, in the great power house of the
Niagara Power company, which cur
rent of electricity will be transmitted
over an ordinary telegraph wire of the
Western Union Telegraph company.
The insulation of this line is such that
no considerable amount Of electrical
energy for power purposes can be
transmitted, but 10y the use of the re-
Gently invented two-phase Tesla sys-
TEN, enough energy will be transmit
ed to establish beyond question, 1T is
claimed, the feasibility of long distance
electric power transmission upon
commercial basis. This line will be 462
miles in length, the longest line here
tofore established from the falls.
The governor will use upon this oc-
caslon the gold key with which Presi-
dent Cleveland put in motion the
WHEELS OF INDUSTRY u
at the Worlds fair Governor Morton
viii 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, Maine, one in front of the
public building at st. Paul and an
other in the public park in New Or
leans. This discharge is also to be ac-
complished by a current OF electricity
generated in Niagara and transmitted
over the telegraph lines Of the Postal
Telegraph-Cable company. ~ is also
with the sanction of the secretary of
war, the government artillery service
viii be brought into requisftion.
The current Of electricity which is
transmitted from Niagara will be used
in putting in motion a model of
THE NIAGARA POWER PLANT,
recently constructed by a syndicate at
a cost of upwards of $4,000 900. This
plant consists in a tunnel, 5000 feet in
length entered by a wheel pit 1856 feet
in depth, at the bottom of which are
mammoth turbine wheels operating g
shaft, on top of which are immense
electrical generators with a capacity of
5000 horse power. The total weight of
the turbine wheel shaft and generator
is upwards of 100 tons. This model
which is shown with the Niagara cur
rent, is a cross section view of the tun-
mel, wheel pit and machinery, and also
shows a section of the city of Mag
ara Falls, with the course of the river
and American falls, the island and Ca
madam frontier.
Surrounding this model will be a SER
les OF telephones which viii be con-
neoted with a receiver placed in Vic
toria park on the Canadian side of the
Niagara river. All present cas they wit
ness the movement of the machinery
by the current of Niagara can hear DIS
tinctly the roar of the cataract. There
will also be exhibited and operated q
miniature section of the Erie canal,
showing the
GALLOWAY SYSTEM
of electrical canal boat propulsion re-
Gently adopted by the state of New
upon the Erie canal. Floating upon
this miniature canal will be a fleet of
model canal boats Of recent design,
propelled by the electric motor which
travels upon the canal by means of the
current. Another feature of unusual
interest VIII be the closing of circuit
around the world. by which a cable
message will be sent by Chauncey De-
pew over the cables to Lisbon, through
the Mediterranean and the Suez canal
and the Red sea, TO Alden, thence to
Ceyion and Australia, returning by
way of Cape Good Hope, the African
coast, the Bradil cable, the land line ito
the City of Mexico, thence by way of
San Francisco to New York This
message DIR. Depew will send from
table which win 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 D. De-
pew, who will follow with a brief ad-
dress upon the electric era.
As Test.
NEW YORK, May 9.-The sullen
roar of the great falls of Niagara was
heard in this city tonight when the
electric current which is TO connect
the thunder of the falling water with
the electric show at Grand Central
palace was turned on for the first time
as a test. The test was made by the