Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
Or INTEREST TO AMERICANS


.oA eartIase EXPOSITION the InusL inter-
es1ihs ieaIufe oi whlcn appears 10 nave
ueen comDinea eIecLro ana DenzIne
| 4..oGor Carriage. in LnIs lne proplem
"a making all eIecLrv-AnoLor Carriage
seiI-susLdlnInS anu INDEPENDENT OF
CHARGING from an ouJsIue source has
uSen apparently mastered. Inc wheels
ana tubular frame are or the ordinary
.spe, eAcept mat me front ana rear
aAles are connected Dy TWO sGrong, rigid
s.eel braces, ON wnlca rest the electr-
tdI motor, accumuIaIor ana the device
lor regulating the speed. Denzlne
A4otor tests ON springs over the front
"A4e anu turns the nam smart, which
eAlehas backward through the eIec-
tflcdl motor ana connects by inferred
soaring Win lne rear axle CnaI con-
meets me urlVIng wneeIs mere IS
mus Denzlhe anu AN eIecIricaI motor
search W the Same uflvIng snaIL, and
tne hefAel Va lhls combination is that
uotn can Ne WORKED at the same time
" either thrown cut anu che otner leIr
IA actlon at the VIII OIL the urIyer,
w nen III clues the Venlcle woulu SDe
uSGu as an electro-motor carnage, Win
al Lne advantages Oh that system; but
On a long journey or remote from out
sIue electrical supply the Denzlne mo-
tor is not only emclenJ 10 prcpel the
carriage, but by running the electrical
motor as dynamo or generator 1t
recharges the accumulation.
in Down county ireland, there has
Deen IN operation for sixteen years
the arrangement of which might. be
duplicated ON any OF our suburban cleo
trlc lines enabling farmers to hitch
their wagons TO the electric cars ard
have them drawn into town. Tux
DOVE county line is built OF ordinags
steel rails, outside of and adjoiniI~
which is lower line of steel rail
rhe wagons, without fanges on TIN
wheels run on the lower outside rails
the inner rails for the cars, are hif
enough above the outer rails to act{,~-
a guide to the wagons, keeping the,
on the track. On either end of the
line the wagons are detached from the
train and taken to their destina(ion
over the regular streets and roads by
horses. There is no delay or difficulty
in getting the wagons on or off the
ends Of the line.
Inc commercial intelligence branch
of the British board OF trade was
opened last week at so Parliament
street, London, S. w. The work to be
done by this branch of the Board of
Trade is to keep British merchants and
manufacturers posted as to trade OPP
portunities in foreign countries, obtain
all sorts of information concerning
competition, ascertain what the princi-
pal competitors to British trade Ger
mans and Americans) are Offering in
foreign markets and give hints as to
the best way for the introduction off
British products abroad.
The figures relating to the trade of
Italy in the first six months OF this
year reflect the activity that has been
mentioned several times and tell
a tale Of prosperity long IN
precedented in Italian history. The
importation of raw materials for man
ufacturing purposes--coal, wood, to-
bacco leaves. cocoons, raw silk, wool,
iron and steel-increased S13,703 900.
The raw-material exports went up ST.
100000 manufactured articles 1885,
1000. The total exports in the first six
months of 1899 were $120, 432 900,
against $l10, 5S9,000 for the first six
months of 1898, or a gain of $9S43 900.
Recent returns show that the United
States is still able to sell little meat
to Germany despite that countrys
restrictions. Germany imported dur
ing 1897 1896 tons of meat, valued at
So, 496, 200; in 1898, S3,597 tons, costing
ST., 255,000. OF this amount the United
States furnished AZ ,243 tons, valued at
50, $4,000. The meat imported from the
United States consisted mainly OF fresh
pork. Since 1894 Germany's meat i'm
ports from the United States have in
creased three and a half fold.
The final shipment of $4,000 steel
, plates for the Coolgardie water supply
of Australia was made this week They
are twenty-eight feet in length and
made from the best steel obtalnable.
The weight of the entire $4,000 plates
aggregates $4,000 tons. They will be
shipped to Australia fiat, with special
machinery for curving them upon their
arrival there. They are to be used in
constructing steel aqueduct thirty
inches in diameter and ten miles long
to supply Sydney with water.
Demetrio Castillo Duany, civil gov
ernor of the Province of Santiago de
Cuba, was in New York this week. He
said that the census taking, which is
now in progress, may interfere some
what with business in the rural dis
tricts, as people will not want To lsh
agricultural pursuits until they find
out what steps will be taken next,
the American government toward
Independence Of the island. In
large cities the census taking 1t
said, will check undertakings and i'm
provements, for the reason that capi-
talists are timid until final decision Is
known as to what is to be done next.
The Havana Electric Railway com
pany is placing large contracts in this
country for electrical material and
rolling stock needed to convert the sys-
TEN to electricity. The new com