The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-31
ITEMS of INTEREST.

an overhe ad trolley contact just as the or
oinary car. When the city limits are
re ached extra sets of trucks are lowered
and the car becomes an elecCromobile ON
nibus propelled by storage batteries car
ried under the side seats of the car.
Prof. Borchers. the eminent electro
metallurgist. has calculated that the cleo
trical energy required by The worlds pro-
auction of cleo, roc chemical substances is
as follows: Calcium carbide, $50 900 horse
power; the alkales and combinations of
chlorine 5000 horsepower; aluminium,
1900 horsepower; copper, II, COO horse
power; carborundum, 1900 horsepower.
The German Postmaster General re-
Gently Witnessed experiments with the
telephonograph, which is a combination
of the telephone with a newly construc-
ted monograph by which it is possible
to fix and preserve converse tons in the
absence of the intended hearer. He can
thus listen to the MESA ge on his return.
Another advantage claimed for the inven-
ton is the ability to use the same wire
for several conversations at the same
time.
Out in Kansas City the chief of the
fire department has invented something
absolutely new in fire alarms. On tele-
phone circuit connected with headquar-
ters there are to be placed the usual
thermostats, which give an alarm when
ever the temperature in their neighbor-
hood becomes dangerously high The
new departure comes from the addition
of automatic monographs 20 the other ap-
paratus. By their agency, when the Their
mostat gives an alarm the photograph
proclaims over the telephone line the ex-
act location of the fire. 1t is not claimed
that il will tell how serious the blaze
is or what the probable damages will be.
A prize of 1900 marks $500 and a gold
medal is offered to the designer of the
best system of high-speed and heavy
traffic railways. The prize is known as
the Veitmyer prize and will be awarded
by a committee of the German Society
of Mechanical Engineers. The conditions
call for plans of railway connecting two
distant cities, upon which trains having
minimum seating capacity for $50 pas
sengers may be operated at frequent in
tervals, at speed of not less than 200
kilometres Q24A miles) per hour. No in
termediate stops are to be provided for.
The principal engineering difficulties will
| be the questions of air resistance and ter
minal switching, as the electrical details
are fairly worked out already. The con-
| test closes Oct. 6. 1900.
Several remarkable relics aof the I'M
fortunate Charles 1 were sold at Stevens
AOOhiS AtCSllllys says the NOlQen EennY.
| The first was a coat belonging to the
| King and worn upon important public oc-
| casions. 1t is made of blue cloth richly
| embroidered with silver, having the
sleeves and pockets turned up with scar
| let cloth and lined throughout with red
| silk. The history of the garment is wrap
| ped In obscurity. 1t was left by the
King, according to an old custom, at
| Broughton Castle in Oxfordshire, The seat
| of Lord Saye-Sele the owner of which
| was at the time keeper of the privy
| purse. OF the other relics perhaps the
| most important of all was an oak panel
| picture of the King himself given by him
| when confined in Carlsbrooke Castle to
| benjamin Hide. This benjamin Hide was
| an ancestor of our famous countryman,
| Rev. Gilbert White of Selborne. The spe-
| cial feature of the painting lies in its be-
| ing a much more rugged and truthful
| representation of the King than that of
| the Vandyke from which we get our idea
| of him. The picture measures 10x12
| inches and was painted by a Dutch paint
| er named Drousloot.
One of the most frequent methods of
i reducing manufacturing expenses has
| been to find a sale for the by-products
| resulting from the work of the factory
| In the business of manufacturing cleo
tricity for public supply, where steam
| power is used, the only available by
| product is exhaust steam. This steam
contains much of the heat of the furnaces
| which are fired TO produce it when it is
| discharged into the air and is entirely
| available for steam heating purposes. In
| certain towns in the Western states, nota-
| bly, in Wisconsin and Minnesota. where
| the winters are long and severe, the cleo
| trio light stations have laid systems of
| underground pipes and have supplied
steam heat and hot water to citizens
81.
| an unqualified success, the citizen receiv-
| ing the service, being freed from the sla-
| very of the furnace. while the electric
| light companies have enjoyed a consid-
| cradle revenue from an Otherwise wasted
| residuun1. 1t is thought that many cleo
| trio light and railway stations in the
| colder half of the country will install pipe
systems for the utilization of their waste
| steam in this way next winter.
Where Long Tom was Made" in the
Standard Magazine is description of
Messrs Schneider Co.'S famous metal
lurgcal works at Creusot. To the question:
| How and where did the Beers get their
| guns?' a member of the firm made an
swer 1.-The republics of the Transvaal and
| Orange Free State had secured their guns
and their rifles in 1896 buying their war
material nearly everywhere. Thus they ac-
| quired guns from the Creusot group. Nor
| NcHlcit anu uddAlIIl, Out we supplied nearly
| three-quarters especially the 70, 120 and 1j5
guns of the field and fortress artillery.
| Altogether, the number of modern guns in
| their possession must be estimated ar not
less than ninety" "And pro1ectiles?"
We'll, you see, they foresaw the POSSIBLE
| ity of the English fleet cutting them off
from the outer world. so they provided
themselves with a large quantity of pro-
| Jectlles-50O per piece. We also sent out
with the guns and material an instructor
to teach, vancouver and 10 keep the guns
in order. His name? Mr.. FTeche. No he
has not yet returned" What about your
! present orders for the Transvaal?' we
asked. l will answer that question next
| year" Some idea of the extent of the
Creusot works may be gathered from the
TACT that they extend to distance of
nearly three miles.
/. 1t is curious fact. says DR.. Austin
FLINT, in one Of his textbooks that after
exposure of the body to an intense drv
heat or to a heated vapor, as in the Turk
ISL hQ he han