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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-12-03

load coming from. let us say, two
trolley cars climbing a hill at the same
time. Again the clutches bite into the
rim of their wheel, the machinery in
startly acts. and the gate wheel Is
given half-turn in the opposite dilec-
ton All this ensures absolutely uni
form speed. The great generators on
their foundation % feet below the
ground floor of the power house con-
tinue TO grind out their 19.000volt three
phase alternating current, resistlessly
and almost silently, for the noise
which is a feature of steam power
plants is conspicuous by its absence
from the Fort Halifax power house.
Only a persistent whirr. high in pitch
but small in volume, bcspeaks the fact
that power under high tension voltage
is being transmitted in enormous
Quantities to the points where it is be-
ing used.
And this immense amount of power,
with the exception of q comparatively
small amount generated for use in
Wat4rville and vicinity. is sent out of
the power house on only three wires,
which mount upward to the Very raft
er, Of the building and pass out Of port
holes to a steel support planted in the
concrete masonry above the dam.
Across the river, imhedded in concrete.
is the base OF a second steel support.
which receives the three wires at the
height OF an ordinary pole. and wood
Ell poles convey the wires to their
destination
This is the so-called transmission
line described with more technlCal
detail elsewhere in this issue of the
Journal. BY it the power is trans
mittcd' from the station to the various
converting stations, one at Weber
pond, one ut Hallowell. and the third
at sand pond There are many Won
derful things about this transmission
line The technical description given
III another column tells great deal to
ali electrical engineer, but the layman
| learns no more by reading such des-
cription than he would by simply saZ-
| ing at the wires as he passes along the
| high way.
| Briefly. the power is carried on three
heavy wires supported on immense in
| sulators, as large in circumference as
| dinner plates. which are arranged on
| tic poles in the shape Of an eGuilateral
triangle with the apex uppermost.
| Suppose an insulator breaks, as the
| best insulators sometimes do. The
company is out just $50 the price of
| a new insulator. Yes, indeed, it costs
something to build and equip an cleo
trio railroad: and it takes courage, as
well as brains. and optimism as Well
as business ability, to carry forward
such an enterprise.
Suppose one of the great transmits
sion line wires breaks and drops to one
| Of the other wires or to the ground
| What happens? The instant the
circuit is broken switch at the power
| house is thrown automatically and the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-12-03

dynamo being wound 50 as to send out
dine current at voltage Of $50
The ride from the substation 10 East
Nassalboro will lie beautiful one in
summer, past Weber pond and China
Lake. hut just now the water somewhat
low, the view was a bit Disappointing.
East Nassalhoro is 4 pretty village.
with clusters of white houses and we'll
kept stores. Here the railroad swings al
most due Forth along the Outlet stream
toward North Nassalboro
One Of the interesting sights at several
points along the line are the abandoned
sod huts which We're built and occupied
by the Italians who built the road.
North Nassalboro is soon reached. Here
are mills and shops and stores that look
good to those who like to see evidences
of industry and prosperity. Across neat
bridges. along pleasant highways the car
bowls, until it reaches the top OF a hill
from which can be seen the village of
Winslow and beyond, on tile western side
Of the river, the city of Watervile. The
car Slips easily down the hill turns a
corner and continues its descent.
The passengers now take glance
across the Sebasticook, where stands the
power-hpuse from which has come the
subtle force that has propelled .heri all
the way from Augusta Down the hill
the car coasts and turning to the right
rumhles across the bridge over the Sebas-
tcook
Here good view may be obtained o.
the Fort Halif2X dam At the left as one
reaches tho northern end of the bridge.
looking across the tracks of the Maine
Central Railroad. one sees ell tina: re-
mains of Old Fort Halifax, the blockhouse
that stood at the southwest corner of the
paisade.
few hundred yards beyond is the
present end of the line
A brisk walk was taken, up past the CLAW
bank which caused SO much trouble in
excavatng that the project had to be
temporarily abandoned until a remedy
could be secured on across the Ticonio
bridge. which is strong enough for teams
and foot passengers, but which the board
of railroad commissioners, in it's capacity
as the protector of public safety, refused
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-12-03

to open to the rev trolley line; on until
busy Waterville. with. its factories, and
shops. ana churches ana institutions Of
learning was reached
Tho return trip on the old Maranacook
late that mud November afternoon was
uneventtul. The view from tie car win
doWs was sombre. for the sun was Gown
and the ground was not covered by even
a thin coating of snow.
AS the Maranacook approached cross,
ing. u school girl in the car held up her
up and stopped. With a smile the little
maiden, clad n brown dress. red Jacket
and cap. and carrying her books strapped
together, nodded Il swift goodnight to the
conductor and stepped down, and as the
car started again or its way Augusta
ward. the si,l was seen hurrying toward
lighted farmhouse on the hill
ITS a great thing for educction-+his
trolley line said gentleman across the
noticed tie incident.
THAT girl lives away out mere. but she
goes to school in the morning and comes
back ut night for sum that is q tritle
compared with what it would cost to
harness up Old Nell end drive into Water
Vile twice a day Isn't that risht?'
Tho rcro,t
''Bnt that isn't the whole of it, con-
tinued the gentleman. ''She is only one
This road helps her because she goes 10
school. II is going to help me because |
sell dry goods 1t is going to help You
because YOU work for 9 newspaper. 1t is
going to help the next fellow. Whatever
his occupation. And it isn't going to
hurt any body. Why? Because when
things hum. we all prosper, and when
things stand STILL we don't This tro!ley
line is going to make things hum in the
old county of Kcnnebee, ana dent %ou
forget it,
/. And when the Maranacook rolled across
the bridge at Augusta and cane to stop
ON Water street the twinl,lins lights OF
the busy thoroughfare seemed to repeat
over and over again the words
isn't that right"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-12-03


power from the whole line is at once
cut off
But those are merely details. What
is more wonderful than the great
marbl" switchboard with its switches
OF FURNISHED copper with black
handles and its indicators with their
delicate needles vacilating at the
slightest change Of ampereage or VOL
tage?
In power house. more than any
where else in all the world what is
done one moment depends entirely on
what has already been done and on
what is going to be done next. An
inexperienced man walking into the
power station and pulling switches at
random could in an instant make the
colossal machines throw fits that
would make the whole equipment look
as if il had been struck by lightning.
one has to know what one is about in
a power house
Ordinary electric wires are all right
unless they are touched, but the high
tension wires from the Fort Halifax
station are far from ordinary. Let a
man stand on something made of iron
or some other good conductor Of cleo
tricity, connected with the ground and
shake his fist at the silent 19,000-volt
current as it passes along the three
feed wires of the transmission line
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-12-03
What Makes the Cars Go?
The Story of the Magic Power

Present day intelligence on the sub
iect before US need not be insulted by
the statement that electricity is not a
source Of power; it is but an intermedl-
ary by which power is easily and prof
itably transmitted from its source to
the point at which the required work
is to be done.
All sources Of power have their origin
in nature. The falling of water, tie
blowing of the wind, the burning of
coal and wood, all have been utilized
by man as sources of power. Electro
CITY is the latest and most recently dis
covered method by which mankind has
been able to make the power OF one
locality available at another locality.
The principle Of the dynamo and the
principle of the motor are familiar to
nearly everyone. and it is not the pur-
pose of this article to tranSgresS the
lirnits of textbooks on electricity. y
piece of soft iron wound with wire and
revulved in front OF the poles Of mag
net generates electric current in the
wire. That is the principle of the dy
ramo ii the process is reversed and a
current of electricity is sent through
the wire under certain conditions, the
piece Of iron will revolve. That is the
principle Of the motor. If We set up
i circuit with a dynamo at one end and
motor ut the other we have transmits
sicn of power. So much for theory.
on the northern bank of the Sebdsti-
cook river. a few hundred yards up
stream from the point where it min
giles its waters with the Kennebec, Is a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-12-03

We are 50 familiar with the pheno-
rnena Of electricity that we have come
to take each and all of the manifesto
,ions Of this occult agent IS matter
Of course, when on the contrary, the
nature of electricity is a mystery as
deep as the abyss.
What is electricity?
PHYSICISTS on the one side and che
mists on the other have approached the
question from their respective fields
and have met one another midway, but
the answer 10 the enigma is still Turk
ing somewhere among the things that
are unanswered and unknown.
The late Sir William Thorn pson. Lord
Kelvin, in one Of mis- Inaugural address
ses before the British Royal Society.
made the statement, few years be-
fore his death, that he had devoted a
lifetime Of XperilnentatiOn in an at
tempt to determine the nature of cleo
tricity, but that at the end of all his Ia
bors he saw but one word, failure.
Is it motion of the particles of the
conducting material, analogous 10
heat? 1t might be, but If a lineman is
standing on the dry roof Of d constr NC
ton car the trolley wire, loaded with
$50 volts, is as cold to his touch as the
brass grab rail which assisted him in
his climb to the top Of the car, Is It
change of polarity of the particles Of
the conducting material? Possibly but
there are grave difficulties opposed to
this view Is the current confined to
the conducting wire at all, but does it
not rather pass through the ether just
outside the surface of the wire? This
in turn is a plausible theory, hitherto
incapable of demonstration. And SO
one might go Oh enumerating the theo-
ries which scientific minds have evolved
but inquiry would lead us lifetime
afield and our quest would without
doubt be as fruitless as was that OF
Lord Kelvin.
Just at present, for fashions in sci
cncn as in dress change rapidly, the
most accepted theory is that electricity
is a fluid. The motorman who calls it
Juice Is therefore no farther out of
the way than the scientist who calls ii
by a different name.
But granting that the nature of cleo
tricity is unknown, and perhaps un-
knrwable, what is the method by which
this force is harncssed and made to do
work"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-12-03

Two Processes, representatives of
the only real American royalty des.
cendants of that Massasot whose
word was law to thirty villages and
10000 red men, are living in poverty on
the shores of Lake Assawampsett
Massachusetts. They are Teweeleema
and Wootonekanuslle. An effort is be-
ing made to secure for these last of
the royal blood Of the Wampanoags a
material recognition of their rights
and of the services which their ances-
tor, the mighty sachem Wassasoit, per-
formed for the pioneers of New Eng
land, for without Massasot's friend
ship and protection the struggling
colonists would have been swept from
| the land.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-12-03

Let him become more vehement in his
challange: let him tell the subtle force
to strike him if it dares. and in
ciGentally let him move his fist to a
point within four inches or so of one OF
the wires. y bolt of lightning will
shoot out in answer to the challenge OF
the clenched fist, 10000 volts will
course through the foolish mans body
and coroner's jury will render its
sure and certain verdict
Moral: Don't climb the transmission
line poles to investigate the materia
Of wires or insulators They are
loaded.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-12-03

Toistoy's domestic life is singularly
happy. in spite of the fact that his
wife does not share his views concern
ing religion and sociology. The countess
is 10 years younger than her husband
and, although the mother of IL eliildreh'
is still beautiful and charming.
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OVER ON THE BELGRADE LAKES.

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OVER THE ROAD
TO WATERViLLE

CONTINUED From Page Thirteen.)
Arizona republican., 1908-01-26
Indian Schoo
Normal.
INSANITY SUSPECTED.
J. A. Broadbeck Laboring Under a
 Strange Authorization.

There is a strong suspicion founded upon pretty good evidence that J. A. Broadbeck has suddenly gone insane and while tEe form of his insanity is not particularly violent, he is in a con- dition that will bear watching and it is probable that he will be taken in custody toda:' and given a hearing be- fore the probate court shortly.
 Mir. Broadbeck seems to be laboring under the hallucination that there are some dozen or fifteen men bothering him at his home. He lives alone in the little adobe house north of the public school and yesterday morning called O. MaHor Dimes and told him of the difficulty he had been having with so mar- visitors to his home and noticed while so doing that the old gentleman acted queerly. Every little stick he saw, he carefully turned it over as if expecting to find something under #. His actions clearly indicated that there was something wrong with his mind and it is likely that a com plaint will be made against him today or tomorrow if his conditions show no improvement.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-26
FACULTY AND BOARD ENTER TANNED

The facult.' and board of the normal school was pleasantly entertained by President and Mrs. Matthews at the presidents cottage Friday evening. The function rather partook of the na-
 ture of a house warming as it was the first event Of the kind- in the presi- dents new home. The evening was spent :n playing 800 in which Miss Finnie "as awarded first prize and Miss Cruthers the consolation prize for low score. Delightful refreshments were served and it is said that the guests so enjoyed themselves that reg ular normal hours were not observed.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-26
HOW'S This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Atarrh Cure.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known E. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be- lieve him perfectly honorable in all busi- ness transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm.
 WALDING. KINNAN- & MARVIN,
 Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting directly upon the blood and mu- cous surfaces of the system Testimo- nials sent free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipa- tion.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-26
SHORT NOTES.

Dr. Geo. Goodfellow. chief surgeon of the Randolph lines, was a visitor here yesterday and spent the after noon with Dr Brecham.
 O. J. Neil of Ray is spending a week in the valler.
 Chilson brothers came down from Sunflower yesterday after a couple loads Of supplies. /J. Q. Robertson of Globe is here wis itinG his family
 Lieut.. WOolf and Sergt. Sigala of C company. x. C. A., spent part of yes terday at the target range doing a lit- tie practice work
Arizona republican., 1908-01-26

Hodnett and Carr, resident under takers and embalmers. Phone 179.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-26
ALPHABETICAL.

The children in one of our kinder gartens were struggling with the al- phabet
 Who can tell what comes after q asked the teacher Silence reigned
 Again she questioned, Doesn't any one know what comes after e."
 Then Harry raised his hand. T do.' he said "Whiz. Gee whiz. Prom the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-26
Q SCHOOL PICNIC.

Miss Lottie Mullen and Mable An derson cha9eroned a party of young people. members o. the public school lower classes or a picnic to the hole in-the-rock yesterday. The only Gc- cident ot the da- was the loss of a rear wheel froin the wagon but for tunately this occurred within a hun dred &-ards of the school house on the return home.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-26
TEMPE
UNGENERoUs NoRMALs.
Were Not Satisfied With one Game
 But Won Both.

If the normal ever had any occasion I for revenge on the Indian school, it got full measure yesterday afternoon. i It was almost a shame to do it, but the normal showed no mercy and after binging Ooth basketball and base ] ball teams over from Phoenix, defeated
 them by big odds. In the first game | by d score Of 26 to T and in the base ball by a score of 15 to ,. The Indians heretofore have had g bad habit of winning games on the normal ground
 but they certainly fell down yester- day as the above scores indicate.
 Of the two games. probably the basketball was the better At any
 rate the opposing teams were more evenly matched and for a short time
 during the second half it looked a lit tie doubtful for the normal. The game was called at o'clock and ended in plenty of time for the baseball game to be played before the Indian teams
 had to leave for the train at o'clock. Both games attracted a large num- Der of spectators and there was any
 amount Of good natured rivalry be- tween rooters for the two schools. In the first half of the basket ball game | the Indians made one free goal and four field goals while the normal made one free goal and five field goals, leav- ing the score at the end of the half nine to twelve in favor of the normal. The second half netted the Indians four field goals and four free goals, while tie normal added to it's score seven field goals and no free goals. The second half, score thus being F
 to 11 still in favor of the normal. and making the final score 26 to 21 in favor of the home team.
 The Indian team showed up well and
 played a snappy game with plenty of
 good team work. The normal was at
 a slight disadvantage in tkat two
 members O. tke team had never be-
 fore played in a matched game. These
 two, however. played like oldtimers
 and did some good work. The lineup
 of the t..o teams was as follows:
 Indian School. Normal.
 Maddux Mckay
 Nalenzuela .......... ...... Robbins
 Zapata ........... Potts
 Le"II '.-..-''... IHuihei
 Woodacino x...........-..-.... Lyall
 P A Venne of the Indian school and
 F. NJ. Irish oe the normal alternated
 as referee.
 The baseball game was called at o'clock with MT. Venne as umpire. The normal led from the start and though
 there was more or aess bad work on
Arizona republican., 1908-01-26

ing and arrived b- wa.- of Maricopa yesterday morning. He transacted his business here and returned last even ing on the regular south bound traih. Mir Miuett says things in his section are prosperous and cattle and crops are in good trim.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-26

both sides there was more room for
 criticism with the Indian team. TheT fumbled repeatedly and in one in stance a cirst baseman's error when the normal had two outs. allowed three runs before the inning was over. The final score was v to , and the lineup of players was as follows:
Arizona republican., 1908-01-26
Normal.

F. NJ. Irish oe tke normal alternated as referee.
 The baseball game was called at 3 o'clock with MT. Venne as umpire. The normal led from the start and though there was more or aess bad work on
Arizona republican., 1908-01-26
VIOLIN LESSONS

At Prof. Fountains Music Store. All the latest songs.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-26
To The Members of the Arizona Wool
 GrnmereI Assnciatinn.

There will be a meeting of the Ari- zona Wool Growers Association at Phoenix. Arizona, on Saturday, Feb ruary first, 1908.
 TOM F.. POLLOCK, F. w. PERKINS. President.
 Secretary
Arizona republican., 1908-01-26
MADE A QUICK TRIP.

D. A Millett of Enterprise was a business visitor here yesterday. MT. Millett- made flying trip. leaving his ranch at Enterprise Friday noon. He took a train a Gila Bend that even-
Arizona republican., 1908-01-26
NOTICE

All persons owing the Phoenix Hay x Grain Company will please pay the
 same to J. F. Kelly, trustee. at 16-1S
 N. Center St, before January 2S, 1908,
 at which time the property of the said company will be sold at auction.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-26
ALWAYS IN SEASON.

Maillard's chocolates and bonbons; delicious, appetiZing, wholesome. Packed in elegant boxes. soc, S1 and S2 each, at Phoenix Bakery.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-26

FOR SALE-Good 1100 pound horse sound and true, displaced by motor cycle. See Griffen Tempe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-15
EIGHT ARE KILLED
 NGAS EXPLOSIO
AWful Accident in Natchez Cr.sases Business to Be Suspended and xlar-
 fiaI LaU Has Been DecLay d.

buried under great piles of brick and iron debris. will begins Owing to the intense heat this is impossible tonight.
 The Natchez Drug Company's build ing was formerly the Temple Opera House and Masonic Temple and was purchased and remodeied by the firm four years ago.
 The shock caused by the first explo- sion was felt several blocks distant and buildings shook as though by earth quake.
 A second and third explosion follow cd in close succession, the latter being accounted for by the presence of oils and chemicals in the building. The north wall fell with the first explosion. crushing two adjoining buildings as though they were egg-sheils. Mir. Carlgett was standing on the sidewalk talking to Miss Virginia Benbrood. He was thrown to the pavement and both his legs were broken.
 He also sustained Internal injuries and there Is little hope for his recov- cry. Miss Benbrook escaped with a bruised arm. having been hit by a fiy- ing brick. Edward Fogg. a boy, was passing Mir. Carkett when a brick struck him on the head. telling him to the sidewalk The extent of injuries cannot be determined until tomorrow.
 Late tonight Sam Burns. . plumber, who was engaged In making . con- nection in the ili-fated building. Is re- ported as missing.