Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-09-14
A. GREAT INVENTION.

world, remarked u prosperous looking
individual who walked into the office Of
one Of the most prominent consulting
engineers and electricians in the coun-
try as an Express reporter was sitting
in the outer office.
"Wbat is it?" asked the engineer.
"I'll tell you," responded the pros
porous looking man. "It's an inven.
tion'-here the engineer began to look
bored, but he smiled politely and his
visitor continued-"an invention that
will revolutionize the business of trans
uniting electric power"
Now If there is one thing that this
particular engineer is more interested
in or knows more about than anything
else, it is this same subject of the trans
mission of electric power. He began to
look little more interested and urged
his visitor to tell him what the scheme
was and also to inform him what he
could do for him.
"Well. before / describe the inven.
tion," said she prosperous man, "I'll
tell you what we've done. We've dis
covered u way to transmit power with
absolutely no loss in ENTHUSIASTICALLY
so-lute-ly no loss. Do you realize what
that means?"
ut means you'll own the earth if
you've got it,, remarked the engineer.
Correct" exclaimed the prosperous
man. GAS you so aptly put it, we'll
own the earth. You will notice do not
admit that there is any doubt about the
proposition. We know what we have
got. We have seen il work. There's
millions in it!'
"What tests have you made?"
TESTS? Why, my dear sir, we have
made the most exhaustive tests. We
have built mile of conduit, sir, and
the most delicate instruments fail to
detect the slightest loss of power in
transmission. Oh, there is no question
that the process works to perfection!
Now, what l want you to do is to give
us your opinion on ii. Study the sub
ject, give your opinion in writing, and
We'll pay you handsomely"
well, tell me what your process is
and I'll see what think of it," said
the engineer. IF ! think you have 1,
practicable thing. I'd like to see your
experimental line in operation.
''That's the way like to hear you
talk, sir; shows you are a conservative
man, sir. wouldn't give rap for the
opinion Of man who jumps at conclu-
sions, sir. Now, I'll tell You what this
great invention consists of. It's va
COMMUNICATING but vacuum. You
know vacuum is the most perfect in.
sulation, don't you? Put vacuum
around u wire and the electricity cant
get away. Moisture can't get at the
wire Air can't get ut it. Vacuum Il
keep the current on the wire won't it?'
The engineer allowed that q vacuum,
if good one, might be Of value for i'll
sulating purposes.
WELL" continued the prosperous
looking man, 1--WE just take this vaccu
UNI idea and carry it to it's ultimat,
conclusion, Understandable its last anal
ysis, so to speak. It's easy enough t.
surround wire with vacuum. AL
you've got to do is to put the wire in ,
tube and pump the air out of tube
isn't it? Well, suppose you pump ava.
until you've got all the air out
800 Canst Lose anr o,,rra,,t CO.. ,,ar
But that's all. You've got the resistance
of the wire to deal with, and that
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