The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20
NOTES or ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.

agreed that the charming electrical effects seen az mo
Worlds Fair, Chicago, In 1898 Will not be equalled'
With the question Of electric fountain displays and
electric lighting prominently In mind. the engineers
OF the Pan American Exposition. which will be held al
Buffalo. y. V. In 1901. have adopted plans whlch
when carried out win result In staruingly original
effects, The areas OF this exposition have been laid
out with special reference to night enerts ana the
horticultural and Landscape FEATURES have been DE-
signed 10 harmonic with the fountain displays and
the Illumination. An Immense electric tower OF uh-
usual design is one novelty promised and the hghung
OF 'he lakes and waterways by noating ihcahdeSceh'
lamps Is another. The central Electric station
also been designed " be a working exhibit. as well as
a source OF power
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Il is believed. before electric charging stations will be
numerous all over the country. and then the electro
mobile will take It's place with the steam and gaso-
lene vehicles as a touring automobile.
L e'e'"''a' ens'her," oehn"' sahon na"asr.
o'"h years ago "ou'u o'"H mseseS" as"n''""'"'
"'fe ne W NC oo"h III INV o' u nioueih 'o"N"'
sauons supplying current iot hvhuhs ana po"e !.
os c''y' lie "oulu mss 'he "hiffihs ea'h'i oe'>
eohheenns seam ehs'Hes ana u'nanlos, nc paay
overhead: the oil soaked wooden floor: the exposed
wiring: the dirty nre-room clutter.d up with piles OF
coal and all the rest OF Il that, while II was the best
practice at the tine, IS now as rare and out OF date as
can well be imagined. The modern station. a splen-
did example Of which Is that OF the Boston.
Mass, Electric Light Company, resembles in
outward appearance a handsome cotton mill The
dynan NC room Is a lofty. airy apartment. the walls Of
which are nnishcd IN Wnte gle Dd DICK. he moor Is
mosaic. Ths engines and lar e generators are direct
coupled and all except the bright parts are painted a
maroon color. No wires. no belts and but little steam
piping are visible. Everything is sweet and clean. In
,he boiler and nre room all the coal and ashes are
handled automatically by machinery. and one Is as.
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Anote OF progress indicating the trend OF The u
Is sounded oS the announcement tha' a paper Will %
read before the National Electric Light Association AZ
It's meeting this week In chicago on Inc electromooAo
as a source OF revenue 10 central electric nghtng sta
lions, The money to be made In supplying c'Hes ana
ing a const.n, load on the station that every new
source Of possible revenue Is prom pity and carefully
Investigated. The elec,romobile may feel compli-
mrn,rd now tina, Il IS admitted to this class.
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An Ingenious automatic electrical ne alarm mas
been produced bya New Zealand Inventor u In
wolves the 'sagglns wire principle heretofore used
IN many electrical measuring Instruments Near me
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C1vde Sh. WA, b,,,l, for . Cologne. G,rn.nv. rrm
Of and layers and Is 2a5 feet long be-
IS feet. When ntrd out for sea her dead weight
carytng capacity will b~ about l.SOO tons She has
three cable tanks and her main deck Is nush from
stem to stern TO facilitate handling the cable.
The lighting OF store and shop windows BY in
candescen, lamps Is by no means a novelty, and vet
It Is the exception rather than the rule 10 see such
work properly done. The lamps should always be
concealed from the stree, side OF the window and the
surrounding renec,ors should be so placed that no
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A novel trolley car IL IN use In Berlin. Outside tho
city IL runs on tracks with an overhead trolley contact
Just as the ordinary car When the city limits are
reached extra sets OF trucks are lowered and the car
becomes an electromooile omnibus propelled by stor-
Prof. Borchera the eminent electro-m etailurg,s..