The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-25
PRICE FIVE CEHRs.

street but that al conver;ers are
P-a'ea a. Near the primary mains on
tH@ po.eS as N1s possible, and 10 carry
hoLA-ns bat Secpula-.es over A street
as a tap he tAen explained the differ
rnce between primary and secondary
wires. lie said that the urinary vrire.
were the ONES IN this case which car
Fied the high voltage or initial enerEv
o. the generator. while the secondary
carried the current at lov voltage. Tyaa
junction ~ the transformer was. ha
said. 10 convert the energy conyayed
Toy the primary conductors into lower
voltage. 80 that IL could be used. as A.
would he impossible 20 use The prtn-
airy current IN its original condition.
tie said had the secondary wires
crossed the street instead OF the prs-
maries the fatality never would have
happened. as the voltage in them was
only % and consequently harmless.
When asked regarding the wire cut
out of the fallen one. he said in refer
ence 20 the insulation that 4; was not
used IN modern practice. Wires in
use now are known as wea1herproos
wires and insulated with \ COMPOST
tion OF rosin. asphaltum. and tar and
covered with an outer covering OF
braid. usually OF three thickness.
which was saturated with a compound.
He was then asked what. in his opin-
ion. caused the death ot the two men.
He replied electrocution. and that the
reason the third man was not killed
was that the current flowing in any
circuit was equal TO the inverse ratio
OF its resistance. hence. IL the horse
was in direct connection With the wire
u would receive the most severe shock.
and the driver in contact with the
horse less. and Hannah in connection
with the driver still less. until finally
Geertz would only receive about one
quarter the shock the horse did. Mr..
Cross said IL IL were for him TO saw.
he would not permit the current TO
pass through some OF the wires under
existing conditions. as IL Is extremely
dangerous. He claims the poles should
he high enough TO carry the primary
wires above the foliage.
Edwin ;. Tice, T.. T., first lieutenant
Company j, Engineer Corps. stationed
at Camp Mckinley, was next called.
the same questions being put to him
as We're asked OF Mr.. Cross. and were
answered in much the same way, ex-
cepting as to- the cause OF the fatal
wire coming in contact with the one
Of opposite polarity lie did not think
ihe breaking OF the pin caused the
wire TO fall across the other OF its own
force. He would rather believe some
vehicle had passed along and the driy-
er. in order TO protect himself from the
wire which was slightly lowered by
the breaking OF the insulation pin. had
put out his hand, or perhaps mis- whip
and set IL in motion sufficient TO bring
IL in contact with the other He said
the wire in evidence was OF the kind
known as underwriters. now obsolete.
and called by the electrical fraternity
'undertaker's" wire.
Lieut. c. a Coolidge. also OF the en-
gineer Corps, was next called. and he.
IN substance. cOrroboratei the testi-
mony OF the two other experts. He
agreed with Mr.. Cross regarding the
wires coming in contact with one an
other.
While the testimony OF Mr.. Cross
was being taken the other experts re-
tired from the room and were called
In the order named.
Superintendent Buck was fully ex-
Onerated by the expert evidence.
Adjourned to 1:30 p. IN Thursday,
when verdict will be formed.