Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-26

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ticn liquid heaters, toasters, frying
| pans, broilers, glue pots and dozen
other things.
In actual use these devices and
| conveniences have proven their econ
| omy and durability over the common
/ household utensils hundred times.
The dishes are made without sorGer
and consequently will not "burn out
and the life of the heating unit is
, truely remarkable. In design they
are artistic and an ornament to the
dining-room, bathroom or kitchen.
Thcy are suitable for use in any
place such as hotels. barber shops.
. hospitals, cafes. dentists ard physi.
clans offices. Beth the heating and
cooking devices are portable and can
be attached to any circuit and turned
on or off ut will. There can he no
waste heat because the high temper
aturc is generated exactly where
wanted. II Is possible to cook and
iron in the same room the hottest
summer day.
Will Cook on the Grounds.
feature of the exhibition will he
practical demonstration OF the cleo
trical cooking devices. Competent
young ladies. skilled cooks by the
way. will lie in charge of tho cooking
department and every day they will
make specially Of showing the work
performed by some one of the utcn-
sis. On one day the electrical chat.
ing dish will be thoroughly demon.
s'ratcd and the visitors will be treat
ed to rs dainty Welsh rarebit as
they ever tasted. In no other way
can Il rarebit be SO dcllciously cook.
ed as ~ electricity. 1t is Il noticea.
bic fact that tho public likes TO be
amused but it likes still better to be
eating while being entertained. It
VIII he the special duty Of the cleo.
tiical cooking show TO fecG tho visit
ors and to prepare the cdibles on the
electrical stoves before their very
eyes. There will he Il bountiful sun
ply of hot griddlc cakes. appctizing
Welsh rarebits, steaming coffee, flaky
biscuits hot from the electrical ovens.
dainty cereals. steamed eggs and 9th
or cpicurean daintics Seeing is be.
Loving, usually. but in the case of
the electrical cooking utensils sec
ing. tasting and feeling ought 10 prove
to the most pessimistic that the cleo
trical cooking devices are all that is
claimed of them and more
Company's Other Exhibit.
While about one third OF the Gen
eral Electric Company's exhibit Mt
.iamcst own will be devoted TO heat
ing and cooking devices the other
electrical departments will not be
forgotten or neglected The standard
G. Il. arc lamps and the high eff
cheney incadescent lamps will also be
shown in detail. a portion of the
floor space will be finished up as a
sitting room where the electric iumi-
nous radiator will be shown set in a
fine wood mantel.
Among the small motor applica.
tons on exhibition will he ice,cream
freezers. floor pollshers. band saws,
forge with blower. lathcs, refrigerat-
ing machine, all in operation. A large
washing machine and wringer, motor
driven, will be of interest to every
housewife as will the motor driven
carpet renovatcr and the motor driv-
Ell sewing machine. A small domcs-
Tic pump with capacity of 1000 gal
lens an hour driven by n horse power
motor will also be shown.
The display OF small motors will
include all of the standard designs
and sizes from lis horse power and
smaller to 10 horse power, both direct
and alternating current.
The ,icusands of arc lamps scat.
tered about the grounds and the
hundreds of thousands of incadesccmt
lamps used about the buildings will
be manufactured by the General Flee.
tElc 60. This will be the first cXpo,
Sltion using electricity furnished en-
li:ciy by the tur!;nc engines. The
generator is mounted OH. The tops of
tho engines and connected direct with
the rotating parts of the turbine. The
machines ito not take mp so much
room as the rcciprocating engine and
there is no vibration and Jar.
Owing to the inability to secure
ilo2r space enough and buildings
strong enough the company cannot
display any of its large machinery.
Company Has Big Plants.
Thc General Electric Company en-
hicy over 10000 men and women ut
It's plants at Schenectady, n. Y.
Pittsficld. Mass, LINN. Mass. and
Harrison, N. !. At the Schenectady
plant, work is provided for nearly
5000 employees and the company
mas Us acres Of land and ever 100
puiidings. forty OF these buildings arc
enormous structures. No. Sc. the tur-
plnc shop, is the largest machine
shop in the world, covering nearly
SIN acres Of land under the one roof
and nffnrdng over III acres of floor
SPACE The building is large enough
Tor third mile race track or three
tnrccring circuses.
Mr.. j. O. Case. of Lynn. Mass. will