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

'racllons as the great army and navy
rehdczvous, the international subma.
rihe races and the airship contests at
tiie jamestown Exposition will be the
magnificent electrical illumination
ana display. Electricity will be the
most important factor throughout the
Exposition. The grounds will he daz.
zling under the brilliant light of thou
sands of electric lamps. The illumi.
nation, of the greatest harbor in the
world jwill surpass anything of it's
Kind ever attempted. Thousands of
small craft, hundreds OF large ships
ana steamers and the huge men-of-
war VIII be gay with many colored
ilenls nnd scores of powerful electri.
cal setrchlishts will streak the heav-
ems over Hampton Roads.
1t Is expected that the electrical
Illumination of this Exposition will
even surpass the wonderful effects
ootalhed at the Pan-Amcrican.
FOR the first time national Expo
si'ioh Will [be entirely operated by
electricity furnished Ly modern steam
turbines. These new rotating steam
.urDihes nave many advantages over
INC olu reciprocating engines and
tHlS Is especially true in the deye!-
Norfolk Railway and Light COMPANY
has contracted TO furnish all the cleo
tricity ErcQiired for illumination ANA
power purposes. The addition of the
load' has made necessary Il very
large Increase in the equipment and
n number OF large Curtis turbine gen
orator units have been purchased.
INC electricity will be transmitted
from Norfolk TO the Exposition
grounds ON specially constructed
inc amp Will be transferred and dis.
.riDuted through Il large substation
III Machinery Hall This substatiou
VIII bcia model Of its kind ana repre-.
SCENTS 1.-THE engineering practice i'm
such work. Here will he located
large air-coilcd transformers for
transforming the current used i'm zen.
eral illumination Of the grounds and
buildings Another type OF trans.
former controls the current for the
arc lamps used for police lighting.
In thisi building will also be located
powerful motor generator sets, which
VIII provide direct current Of suita-
bic voltage for the operation of
scarchlfEhts and small motors.
The switchboard for controlling the
electricity used on the grounds is lc
Gated on an elevated platform and
IS the product Of the highest class
OF engineering construction. Follow.
ing the example of all the recent ma.
tional exhibitions the Edison lamp
VIII he used in illuminating the
grounds and buildings. The General
Electricity Company Of Schenectady,
~. T., will furnish the entire electri.
cal equipment, including number
OF the naval type of searchlights to
DC used from the highest buildings
III conjunction with the display of
po"eriui lights from the naval fleets.
General Electric's Exhibit.
intensely interesting to every man
following the astonishing strides In
electrical invention during the past
few years will be the exhibition of
the General Electric Company. The
company has Il thousand square feet
OF fioor space in Machinery Hall. At
this time when the civilized world is
enthusiastic over the recent develop
mcnts in heating and cooking by
oicctfclty, the General Electric Com.
pany VIII feature its exhibition with
truly wonderful display of these
ucVices. In no other direction has
there been so many noticeable flfscoy-
cries bud such marked progress ms
IN hG%distribution of electricity and
us domestic use where the heating.
lshtins and cooking in home can
bc done without coal, gas. oil. smoke,
flame, ashes and scot. Skilled men
employed by the General Electric
Company have been working for
years pcrfcctinS devices for thus lis.
ing electricity and the results OF
their hbors will lc clearly shown.
and demonstrated to the most skcp.
ttcai. " The jamestown show. The
lnvcnt6rs are experimenting no
longcrS The now epoch has hcen
reached: They have turned their
attention TO other things and thou.
sands q employees arc now busy try
Ing TO keep pace with the market i'm
SUPPLYING these modern devices TO
the eager public.
Good Thing For Housewife.
The fist of'clcctrical household do.
vices is, a long one covering almost
everything in The home. The fact
that houses have already been built
without chimncys and maintained
without coal, ,nil' OF gas facilities, do.
pending cptirrly upon electricity. has
bccn told again aud again i'm tho
newspapers and periodicals: il has
bccn bruiicd 1hrcaH and rctold IN al,
most every tongue beyond the seas,
Tho list will include coffee perco.
lators, chatting dishes. flat irons. II.
quid heaters. stoves, heating nads
ovens, grids, radiators, shaving mugs
corn p9ppers,4 hair curriers'. massage
rolls, cigar lighters. mill, waunors