Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-05-04

,as word.
Work Nav 3.-To-norrow night
,- Morton will open the National
..,, of electrical Appliances in
-A .,..-.,l Ar.s building in this city.
-... 0rs04ration has been made
i-.''. -......s-- and i- IS expected that the
~.s Va, be large and include
n. .ba most distinguished eIec-
-..a this country.
~...,- .,-,.r-.0n IS that OF the National
- .-.. 1tgl, Association. TO which del
.. have been sent representing
-.. ..a- ZEN thousand electric lighting
---. .r -re United States. whose 2S-
,,.s .auIal Is in excess OF S'oo,0OO'-
r., -,fus-r.el Arts building has been
.,- ...-- NJ great activity during the
,s- DAYS and nights, and an enor-
-,,. force of electricians and mechan-
-.5.r. been no work.
TgE PRINCIPAL FEATURE
=. .ss 97s-fns exercises will be the
.r--,g on of a current Of electricity
generated by the waters of the Niagara
-s- In the great power house Of the
ysr~ Power Company, which current
,.srrc.-v win be transmitted over an
ORDINARY telegraph wire of the West
en- Urua Company. The insulation OF
his line is such that no considerable
,-orr. Of electrical energy for power
---70,ss can be transmitted. but by the
r,s Of the recently invented twO-phaSe
Tesla system. enough energy will be
transmitted 20 establish beyond qUes-
--r. (. is claimed. the feasibility of long
Irgnrs electric power transmission
r-11 commercial basis. This line will
s 90 miles in length; the longest line
hs-e-0.0re ever established was from the
Pals Of the Necker to a point 10 miles
t,art The Governor will use upon
rs occasion the gold key with which
P-ss.ieH, Cleveland put in motion the
wheels Of industry at the Worlds Fair.
Governor Morton will also, at the sec
o-i -lat the exposition is open, dis
charge
FOUR PIECES OF ARTILLERY.
-a Stationed in the public square in
Sa- francisco, one in Augusta. Maine.
c-- in front of the public buildings Of
y Paul and the other in a park in New
orleans This discharge is also accom-
+ ,1ed by a current OF electricity gen.
fa'ad i1 Niagarp and transmitted over
Pc .5iegraph lines of the Postal Tele-
-a7a and Cable Company. II is also
b the sanction OF the Secretary Of
l- the government artillery service
1g brought into requisitiOn
The current Of electricity which ia
1lsmitted from Niagara will be used
F. putting in motion a model of the
AaSara power plant. recently con-
sroed by a syndicate at a cost Of up
F2-is Of S5.00000O. This plant con-
s's Of tunnel 5000 feet in length.
f-si by a wheel pit 1S6 feet in
'p'1. at The bottom of which are NAM
b turbine wheels. operating a shaft
pr oe top Of which are immense gener-
s with q capacity of 5000 horse
over. The total weight OF turbine
'-'a. shaft and generator is upwards
1000 cons. This model which is shown
operated with
IfE NIAGARA CURRENT.
cross section view of the tunnel.
pi' and machinery, and also
o"s section of the city of Niagara
with the course of the river and
-e3n Falls. the Island and the
rau frontier.
-folnding this model will he a
'i telephones. which viii be con-
with receivers placed in Vic
\, PARK. on the Canadian side OF the
river. An present. rs they
s> mo movement of the machinery
current Of Niagara. can hear dis
.l' roar Of the cataract. There
also oe exhibited and operated q
'i' section OF the Erie canal.
.-, me cable way system Of cleo
t'al boat propulsion recently
.E The State of New York and
~ 'e pu' in operation uDon the
...- Floating upon this minia-
i.-. Ia. N.I. he fleet of model canal
,..... p, recent design propelled by the
-r. motor which travels upon the
mems Of The electric current.
a, 'No HER FEATURE
A. interest viii be the closing
.. around the world by which
.,r .,ts>'se will be sent by Chaun-
L'7ieF over the cables to Lisbon.
me Mediterranean and the
'l'' and the Red Sea 10 Aden:
'. Cevlon and Australia. re-
1' way Of the Cape of Good
-. 81. .-1'riran coast. the Brazilian
'.nd line 90 the CITY of Mex
'. way Of San Francisco to
This message Or. Depew
.' Hom table which Will DO
A sallery of the exposition
addressed to and received
n ID Adams. president of tho
II Powsr Company. whose reply
, Hansmi,ted to and read by
4" who Will follow with =
SIS upon the electric era.