The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-04-09

,,ll discovering horses on New Yorh's
.treets-indeed, IN finding them in
ssch numbers as often to make the
crossing Of thoroughfare something
ii a problem The average person, Of
course might naturally wonder why
horses should not be seen there until
Ms memory is logged into recalling a
statement OF Thomas A. Edison, made
last year, to the effect that by Christ
mas Of 1908 the horse for commercial
uses would have disappeared from
metropolitan streets, to make room
for electric hofseless carts, wagons,
draws and all The other vehicles which
handle the city's trade
Yet II the metropolis has not arrived
at an exclusively horseless age-or
rather at that OF electric transportation
leach New Years Day finds it a
long way further on its progress tow
ard the electrical era The things
that cannot be done by electricity now
are hardly worth doing
Indeed, IN all parts Of the country
the use OF electricity and electrical
apparatus is undoubtedly Increasing by
leaps and bounds. Whether it be
milking a COW or creating a tempera-
nre Of such intense heat as has new
er before been obtained--a mere trihe,
perhaps, OF 1900 degrees-the volatile
agent lured from the clouds by Frank.
lin is almost Invariably called on.
In its commercial aspect, too, cleo
tricity permeates all business life. It
is not surprising that the United
States NOT only leads all countries Of
the world in manufacturing electrical
apparatus but also sends men abroad
TO do the construction work. In many
Of the most highly productive manu-.
featuring districts of the United States
electric power is being installed about
ten times more generally than any 9TH
er kind. The total OF sales for 1907
is not yet available, but those OF 1905
Of the three greatest producers Of this
field in the United States, and, there
fore, OF course, in the world-the
Western Electric company, the Genet
al Electric and the Westinghouse Elec-
tric-reached the enormous sum Of
more than s16O.O0O,0OO
The product represented by this big
total enters into the daily lives of all
classes Of Americans. Take, for ex-
ample, the output of the Western Elec-
trio company, the largest Of the big
three, the sales Of which alone last
year approxImated S7O.OO0.OOO The
great bulk OF these consisted not in
power plants or huge engines, but in
that universal agent Of everyday life
the ubiquitous telephone. More than
$S5,000,00O worth Of telephones and
telephone supplies was produced in
the United States last year, and of this
sum the Western Electric, manufacture
er under the Bell patents, turned out
by far the greater part With the
country sending over the wires some
thing like 15.OOOOOO,0OO telephone
talks every year, these figures give
some indication OF the extent to which
through the telephone the whole coun-
try is,being electrified
At about the middle SOS, when the
Western Electric first began to turn
out telephones. the total output for
the year was 1000 instruments Now
at its gigantic factories in New York
that total represents only two weeks
output, for the instruments are man
ufsctured at the astounding rate Of
5000 daily, or say 100000 year
More than $4,000 employees OF this
company were kept busy last year in
turning out the little talk machines
and their accessories, the switch
boards and other apparatus being
manufactured at the Chicago headquar-
ters The results Of this labor u
combined into a single Instrument
would create a monster telephone near
" 500 miles high and weighing almost
1000 tons--a colossal monument 70
the use Of electricity in everyday Ire
Other uses OF electricity are almost
too familiar TO mention. The whole
matter is still scientific marvel, The
business man in his Office looks at an
electric clock and takes an electric
car for his home An electric bell
IS at his door: electricity lights his
house, and perhaps warns 4 TOO 4
may even cook his dinner All-the'
while the telephone keeps the man in.
touch With the world wherever ne
goes Even the milk let at the door
In The morning Is handled by electric
machinery IN the dairy whence 81
comes; the nour IN the bread is pro
dueed By electrical machinery me
cloth which covers ones body owes as
debt 70 the subtle vibrating medium
Indeed the ume has apparentl