The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-29
The SCIENCE OF LIGHTING
Electricians Amazed at the IIlumi.
nation at Buffalo.
4 Feature of the Pan-Americon En-
position That Affords Pleasure and
Study for AIl-Thc ThnnkIcsS Job
OF Arranging the Mines Display

OF Arranging the Mines Display.
BUFFALO, May 29.-The National
Electric Light Association has been in
convention at Niagara Falls and the
members, upward of /, 900 in number. took
this opportunity of visiting the Pan
American Exposition. Every member Of
this body is skilled in the application and
use Of electricity for light, heat, and pow
CT purposes Collectively they represent
over 5000 central stations in the United
States and the Dominion of Canada, the
companies controlling which have 4 capt.
talization of over S1,500 006,oCc.
No matter what these men had seen be-
fore in the mater of electric nIumina-
lions they did not hesitate in saying that
the Pan-Amcrican Exposition light fea-
/ lures eclipsed everything Of which they
had ever heard or seen. 1t is probable
( that during the entire period of the ex-
position such a critical body of men viii
not again look upon the night wonders
Of the great show. Each member of the
National Electric Light Association is
qualified to judge of the merit of the il
Elimination, and that it passed expert in
spection in this manner is thought to be
evidence that it is the climax of glory in
electric lighting. The night scene at the
exposition is of SURPRISING magnificence
and all who visit it have a glad surprise
In this illumination the pinnacle of bril-
/ liancy has been attained, and each and
/ every electrician who has looked upon it
/ has felt new pride in his profession.
! They look upon the beautiful buildings by
/ day and they see popular and ancient
4 STYLES of architecture portrayed in regal
! spIendor, but at night they view a pic
! ture created by members of their pro-
Vic in, ord RI Z1-7ir
histories of the Greeks the histories of
+ the Romans, speak not Ages have rolled
by, but in this wonderful illumination
there is nothing except the modern The
/ men who created 1t have not reproduced
/ anything that human eyes ever had seen
+ before. they have given a perfect pic
/ ture of the progress of modern times in
: electrical science
: II is no wonder that the golden il. urnin-
alton of the Pan-American Exposition
grounds and buildings made the hearts Of
/ every member Of the National Electric
/ Light Association swell with increased
pride 1t was in 1888 at the Louisville
/ Exposition that the incandescent lamp
( was first used in exposition lighting The
I great bound forward was made at Omaha,
( and then comes the Pan-American with
/ its perfection Of detail and greatness to
I amaze all with its sparkling Inspirations
+. This is the progress of but eighteen years.
/ The idea Is not Of age yet and the natural
question in regard to the matter is:
What viii its glory be when It has
/ reached the allotted age of man-three
( score and ten2'' There are arts and prac-
/ tees = hich reveI in the fact that the Pan
( American Exposition pictures their prog
ress throughout the hundred years last
/ past. but despite their age one does not
/ rrrrrr TTr7.i ri "a
on the attention and admiration Of the
/ public than this lusty infant Of mean
! descent lighting
! Among the many industries which had
/ been looking forward to the spring. which
! hzs opened up so spIeudidly, with hope
( and expectation that it would bring a
new lease Of life and activity is that Of
mining as carried on in Canada and the
( United States.
The collection Of an exhibit Of mining
Is either simple or extremely difficult. ac-
/ cOrdIng 10 the way in which the task Is
undertaken. The simple exhibit Unfortu-
nately is not worth having; 1t consists OF
a building filed with non-descTip-
tive pieces Of coal and ores, which
( are interesting to the owner on
! " and having no meaning 70
the general public. together with
number Of hashy samples intended to pro-
mote sale Of vaIUeIess mining stock The
! extremely difficult problem OF taking
! certain portion Of the earths cTust-iT.
{ this case Americans are showing to the
! visitor all the different minerals which are
/ taken from the earth's cTust-and so sys-
! tematicauy arranging it that no i'm
/ portant locality viii be lacking; seeing
/ that the specimens are sufficiently repre-
/ sentative Of the locality concerned, 50 that
-. 49, Frs.
viii recognize it again should he ever se-
+ come interested in the locality represent
/ cd. is the task that has been completed
bv Dr. DoveII Day and his assistant eX-
hfbitors il the Mines Building at the Pan
I American
/ 1t IS perfectly easy TO secure 4 great
MANY specimens from scattered local.
/ ties: the problem is to fill IN the gaps
from localities very inaccessible or where
: due to apathy of the owner or to lack
Of any incentive to exhibit, there is no
/ legitimate motive to appeal to to secure
the selection and make the specimens sys-
temaIic-
/ Frequently circumstances require the
collection Of these specimens during the
worst season Of the year; thus arrange
rnents were made by the Province OF on
tario late in the winter of 1901 for their
exhibit to open on May / This involved
the collection of mining products from
/ regions covered for the time with ice and
snow The task became herculean, and
vet the exhibit in this department deals
with heavier and more unwieldly speci-
mems than any other exhibit in the build
ing The five tons OF pyTThotite WAS OBJ
tanned from the snow bound Sudbury in
February Enormous masses Of graphite
such as was never shown before in Amer
lea forms a part of this collection The
F specimens in this exhibit required four
thiCkneSses of planking to re-enfOrCe the
floor of the building while they We're be
ing taken across to the space appropriated
to their installation.
AIaska's exhibit was procured under
even more arduous conditions. Five heavy
boxes of ore had to be carried on snow
shoes ten miles over snow ten feet deep
to get them within the reach of more con-
venient methods Of transportation, but
they were delivered here on the first day
of May. instead Of waiting for the open
ing Of navigation in the extreme North
The greatest case of energy in moving
heavy materials in 4 race with time was
successfully carried out by Fayette P
Graves Commissioner Of Mines for Mis-
souri, Mr.. Graves was notified on March
q Of the assignment of space for the Mis-
souri, exhibit, and after that time col
iected several tons Of unusually fine speci-
J mems Of ores Of lead and zinc and assert
ed minerals, and by collecting and for
Wdrdlng them by express delivered them
IN the Mines Building well in advance Of
May !, piece of enterprise that stands
unequaIed in exposition work
Making the Mines Building complete for
the inspection of visitors on Nav /