The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-12-20
WORLDS
I WORK BY
1 ELECTRICITY
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New YORK. Dec 2y.--Sleeping or
waking. walking or riding, working or
playing, that faithful guardian, Ell
ec1iicity. Ii eterlal vigilance watches
NoTer us and our worldly goods
Little do We realize IN the hurry
and hustle of the world to what a vast
extent electricity Is used 10 guard
human life ARID valuable property.
We awake in the dead OF night TO
Hfipd the neighbor's house afire. In a
minute we are up and half dressed
AID out on the street sending in the
alarm In the smallest fraction of
second electricity rushes along the
wires 70 the central station where 1t
calls the men and horses in a loud
voice and instantly writes on slip
OF paper the number of the fire box
from which the alarm was sent in so
that no time may be lost IN getting
TIE men and apparatus to the fire.
All night long the blazing arc-lights
barn. turning night inro day making
it'lmpossible for the hold-up man, and
tile burglar to ply tnelr neldrlOus caii-
Tg under cover nf darkness At
home or at the office the telephone
.hs4nus al uur cipu~ ready IN an in
4fant to carry business messages, TO
ling the sweet voices OF relatives,
~ lrsends to summon help in case OF
N II n call the doctor, the fireman,
tie ambulance, The police. The tele-
- u. :. 4A4sea me void and me Amer.
lean citizen In far away Formosa in
side OF minute. can call upon the
paited States Tor protection and be
assured that the wire will flash hack
the magical words which make for
;qgn powers a is.te bei1re they
tread on the broad toes of Uncle Sam. 7
II Is electricity which guards us
when we ride upon the great railroad |
lines rthe many trolley systems. |
Without the electric signals along
such lines IL would be impossible to /
maintain the schedules now in use /
sand the trains would have to progress /
Very slowly instead OF at the wonder /
full speeds which whisk us from place |
to place Railway signals work au-
dramatically. The engineer flying,
tai,as tir glisstnlng rails az a mile +
q minute, can tell at a glance if the
road is clear or II there is a strand
ed train within the miles ne teie-
tfraph asd the telephone flash the dis
patDhers orders all along the lines
HIT If II the automatic electric signal
which protects the flying trains from
possible wrecks. under the new block
signal systems semaphone is placed
a. every mile OF track and these sem
iphones signal by red block by day
and red light by night II there is
any obstruction TO the tracks within
the mile or any stalled train close
ahead. The trolley line signals work /
the same way. A set OF automatic
electric signals notify the motorman
II the track Is clear or nor.
! Electric burglar alarms are COM
mon enough Working on the same
principle as an electric bell they are
arranged Sc that the opening Of
door or window viii complete the
connection and ring a bell in the
watchman's office or sleeping room.
This gives him time enough to pre-
pare for an invasion or to telephone
the police. On the street blaze OF
electric light is better protection than
regiment of policement. In the
house a master switch which will in
stantly flood every room in the house
with a flood Of light will scare burg
lars away quicker than repeating
shot gun. Even the bank vaults are
protected by electricity. When the
valgts are closed for the day tne shut