The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-12
USE OF ELECTRICITY IN INDIA.
i'S Installation in Various Branches
Of Business.

Sonsaf General Patterson of Calcutta.
sends the State Department the following
information on the subject OF electricity
IN India, taken from the Calcutta States
man
The past year has been marked by
great development of electrical enterprise
IN India The most novel If not the Iarg-
est. scheme Is that at Mysore. where the
waters of the Cauyery Falls are being har-
messed for the benefit Of the Mysore gold
mines Large turbinas driving dynamos
requiring 10 horsepower 70 work them
WIZ be required for the Cauvery power
scheme Here. in Calcutta. the Tramways
company viii shortly adopt electric trac-
ton and viii require dynanlos of the same
size as those ordered for Mys0re. bat there
Is no water power available in Calcutta
no one as yet having essayed 70 chain the
mighty HooghIy- But the largest dynamos
Yet ordered for India are those for the
calcutta Electric Supply Corporation
whose engineer. Mr. Scott Moncrieff. has
just returned from England. having ar
ranger Tor the delivery Of TWO sets Of en-
power
III, .,Iae electric fan. driven by current
from the corporation 8 mains has already
acquired great popularity in Calcutta. Il
makes some 2u0 revolutions sfcr minute
GIVING j SLOW, steady breeze Of great vol
uIne- These fans are IN most cases placed
iti-teh Ieet apart where more than one
IS required, but opinions vary as to their
eIecLIN" scope IN the cathedral which
Is pronOuucej the coolest place in Cal
cuttat IN the hot weather. they are placed
ten feet apart The central IelegrauF Of
nee and the high court have adopted
the HfIcen-foot standard. and private IN
StaiIatfOnS vary in their number OF fans
according 10 the ideas ana pecUniary re-
sources OF the hOUsehOlderS The Electric
supply Corporation have introduced
system OF hiring out fans at :: charge of
rupees fSI2S) per month for each fan.
Whlch IS likely TO prove LCpular- The
electric light is also partieH- arIy useful
IN India, and its widespread use in cal
cutta shows how well il is appreciated.
IN ADDITION to the above instances
OF the use of electricity. We understand
the workshops of the East Indian Rail
way and OF the I:eng&I-Nagpore Railway
VIII shortly be d zen by electricity The
old and time-hvnOred arrangement of
shifting belts, and puIleys is now. in
Tact giving place to electric motors. but
perhaps the greatest novelty IF al is the
new electric lift in Government House.
VI hen using the lift one first presses a
button. which brings the lift from what
ever i.,svr II has been LETT 70 that on
" itch i is required One enters she lift
ana iInrS A row of push buttons. like cleo
lrlc-b=ll pushes. each one marked for Il
floor IT N@.ch the lift may be wanted to
stop A button IS pressed, ana the cleo
tTic current does the rest. In order 10
insure safety in working. the lift Will
not move until al the lift doors are shut
IN Il lift Of this sort no attendant IS re-
qUiTed- While electricity from the Supply
Company's mains thus elevates the vice
roy II also lifts tea at the tea wsrehOUse.
WORKS tea packers and drives many
printing presses throughout the city It
IS also used FOR working sewing machines
and VIII shortly blow the cathedral
organ