The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-14
LlAIJR.ES ON. |HE Rail
CURLING IRON HEATERS FOLLOW
IN THE WAKE OF ELEC-
TRIO LIGHTS
sEARCHLIGHTs IN FRONT
Northwest Railway Club Discusses
the Use OF Electricity for
Lighting Locomotives,
as Well as Trains.

Lighting, and especially electric light
ing, of trains, is just now the subject of
interested discussion by the Northwest
Railway club The G l o b e recently pub
lished liberal extracts from a paper read
before the club by Prof Shepardson, of
the state University, which so interested
the members that the same subject was
taken up. again at the next injecting.
Prof. Shepardson, who wds called on
to report on subsequent tests did not pre-
sent an elaborate paper, but called atten-
ton of the oppofients of electric lighting
to the fact that the Milwaukee was now
sending out its limited trains with no
light except electric, other than the
lanterns carried by the train. men. Among
other virtues OF electric system, Prof.
Shepardson said;
= FANS AND @CURLINGT IRONS.
The berth light is an exclusive feature
of electrically lighted trains, which
appeals strongly .swhen choice is to be
fans are also highly appreciated, and are
Justly made an advertising point. a
feature introduced on few trains but
which has. not been given the prominence
which its advertising value suggests, is
the electric heaters provided for the la
dies dressing rooms. Every lady appre-
GATES the prompt role played by the
aVaGdS euran doags ana also the
them over an alcohol lamp on the train
! have known parties to choose one train
IN preference to another because it had
eiectflc curling iron heaters which were
aValIabie in the morning. No heater with
an open flame can compare with thesz
for convenience and absolute safety. All
OF these 1ncidentaI1 advantages should be
given due weight when comparing cleo
trlc1ty with other illuminants.
ELECTRIC HEADLIGHTS.
+ The company that has been putting on
electric headlights has recently added
a NUMBER of incandescent lamps around
the dlfLerent parts of the engine, so that
Wnen these fncandeseeht lamps are light
cd an engineer. is better able to make
more careful and thorough inspection of
MS engine than he would be able to give
II by means of a smoking torch. They
also reduce the exceeding brilliancy of
the headlight while the train is STANDING
at stations.
the whole subject of the headlight is
one OF very great interest, and one of
very great Importance The experiment.
ing along that line has been done princi-
pally Dy one company, which has a sue
GessI . system One can see that there
- sun chance for much Improvement
IN the electric headlight. 1t seems to me
Lnat one line in which Improvement can
pe mace to advantage, would be to
make headlight which is not SO strong
as nose that are ordinarily used. I am
not On expert on railway work but if
seems 10 me from what study 1 have
i i;aue VI the matter that electric head
lghlS as ordinarily used are very mich
stronger than there is any occasion for.
ana that q light five or six times IS
ssr4ng as the ordinary OIL light would be
az; gu Improvement and give very good serv-
ice, ana avoid all the objections to the
1iselislIy- OF the present electric headlight
Mr. Z: A. Se'ey, of the Norfolk & West
erh' said he had also been struck with
what Prof Shepardson remarked. abort
nc unnecessary amount of intensity of
light. 81 have noticed novself tbot ~ -
seemed unnecessarily strong, and have
personally heard complaints from mon
o .,g the engines on the other track
t - 'ne opposite direction, that they were
oIilioeo oy the light so that the gain in
o th direction is offset very largely bv
~; ~ O1iilalhg effect on engineers. running
thlnk they should cut down that bind
Us eilece' and not show thirty-five poles
ahead' as they claim to do"