The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-07-09
ELECTRICAL FLASHES.
Peru is to have a wireless system.


One manufacturing plant turns out
5000 telephones every day.
American engineers have constructed
trolley road to the pyramids.
Two new wireless stations have been
established in Vancouver, Canada.
The electric railways of Pennsylvania
are capitalized for more than $500, 900,
600.
A new type of metallic mirror has
been invented for electrical search
lights.
A new hydro electric power plant of
1000 horse power is to be erected on
the Trinity River near Big Flat, Cali
fornia.
Albert Wrensch Of Pleasantdale, n.
j., matches chicks in an electric incuba-
bator. He says greater percentage OF
eggs hatch under electric heat than by
any other means.
The length of the trolley lines in Ger
many is 1928 miles. The total number
of cars for 1907 was 5152, which will
seat 16O, 427 people. There are 47,667
permanent employees.
The Italian government is to under
take the enormous task of draining the
Pontine marshes at cost of 100000
A certain amount of hydro-electrlc
power will be available.
Prof. Albert c. Geyser of the Cornell
Medical College has produced device
called the Cornell Tube which will alb
solutely eliminate all danger connected
with the use of the X-ray.
The annual report of the General
Electric Company showed gross bust
ness of over $70,000,000. This gives
some idea of the extent of the electri-
cal business in this country.
1t is reported that over five million
horsepower await development in the
rivers of Italy. Rome has recently
utilized $4,000 electrical horse power
and Naples 10000 horse power.
Walter j. Willenborg of Virginia, a
IA year old school boy, has constructed
wireless plant at his home and invent
ed small portable wireless apparatus
which he carries about with him in his
pocket.
On the first day of the opening of the
tunnel under the East River from New
York to Brooklyn, 1905 passengers
rode through the tube. Even this enorm-
Gus amount failed to make any percep-
tible difference in the crush at Brooklyn
bridge.
Dispatches from London state that
M. Hans knudsen has perfected wire
less device which will set type on a
linotype machine in Paris by wireless
waves sent from London. He also
claims to be able to send photographs
by wireless.
The turbine steamship Mauretania of
the Cunard Line has the distinction of
being equipped with the largest electri-
cal plant afoat. 1t comprises four turbo-
generator sets, each with a normal rat
ing of 375 XIV. This boat is the largest
and fastest ocean steamer in the world.
Denver mas adopted the plan of light
ing every dark alley in the city with arc
lights. Since the municipality adopted
this scheme law breaking after dark has
practically ceased Fewer policemen
are needed and the residents claim their
homes and property are safer. The city
streets are as light as day, almost, on
the darkest night and there are no dark
corners for toughs to hide in.
The new instantaneous electric water
heater removes all danger or possibility
of fatal effects from suffocation in small
bath rooms. During the summer months
when gas heaters are commonly used to
heat the water for the bath there is
always danger of suffocation if the room
be small and closed tightly, as the flame
exhausts the oxygen in the air. A num-
Der of deaths occur annually in this
way. But the electric heater does not
vitiate the air and is not at all danger
GUS.
The business depression is not reflect
ed in the electric light and power de-
velopment. The McGraw electrical di-
rectory shows total of 220 new plants
for last year up to September and
265 from that time to April, 1908. This
makes a gain of 4S5 new electric light
and power plants in this country for the
past year and a total of 5,49S up to the
present time. 1t is evident that the
gain during the past year of business
inactivity is greater than during the
year of strenuous prosperity of the
year before. The capitalization of the
new plants amounts to about S75,000,.
900.
Electrical exports have fallen off con-
siderable from last years report. The
total of electrical machinery and in
struments for the eight months, includ-
ing February, is s1O,946s14, while the
corresponding period of 1867 gave $11,-
169, $3.50. This might we'll be explained
by the drop in copper, but as an actual
fact, the loss occurs not in heavy ma
chinery but in the minor apparatus,
where copper does not cut much figure.
The export of electrical machinery for
the mouth March rose from 1851, 672
to 1914, 047, but the export of apparatus
fell from $579,S55 to $479,7 An in
vestigation Of the figures shows that in
apparatus the demand from the United
Kingdom fell off from 81 ,237, 1868 for the
eight months to S467,S30.
Temple Heights Campmeeting.
The 26th annual session of the Temple
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