The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-16
RAILROAD NEWS
Santa Fe Behind Use of Famous
Bryce Batteries.
Trials in Topeka and Arkansas
City Are a Success.
RUNNING WIRE DRY
Four Cells VIII Do Work Of 1872
Common Jars.
Other Items Of General Interest
in Traffic World.
RUNNING WIRE DRY

A report from Arkansas City would
Indicate that the Santa F'e has pur-
chased the patent right of the fam
Gus Brice battery that has caused such
a stir in Topeka railway circles.
Here IS an article from the Arkan-
sas City Daily Traveller:
The Santa F'e railway has bought
the patent right from the manufac-
turers of the new battery known as
the Brice and Hudson battery, of Mans
field. Ark
For some time the Santa F'e rail-
way has been making tests Of the new
invention which it is claimed has put
that OF other inventors in the shade
and which will completely cover up tho
Edison dry battery.
THAT it IS going to be successful is
a foregone conclusion 1t is working
right now, today, in the Santa F'e Of
fees of Arkansas City, Kan The tel
egraph Instruments that are clicking
away there are the proof of the fact
that the new invention can deliver the
goods.
Four Batteries Do Work of 1872.
-Four batteries of the Brice and
Hudson type are doing the work OF
1872 batteries that have been giving the
service there. It is said that four of
these new wet cells will do the work
of 500 of the ordinary ones. However,
the Santa F'e is taking no chances but
is merely testing the batteries in the
local offices. They are not connected
company will run no risk The sound
ers in the Offices here are said to De
giving better service than they have
ever given under the old system.
&C. S. Harrington, Of the Western
Union electrical department and F. T.
Smith VINO is the Santa F'e expert cleo
trician installed the batteries. These
four batteries take up space of per
haps four feet altogether while the 13z
that have been cut off service took up
space amounting to two feet wide
feet high and % feet long in shelving.
Service and Economy.
1.-The service is better also Another
advantage is that much labor can be
saved. It takes a man several days
out of each 10 or 20 days to clean out
the old cells. put in the solutions and
wipe the glass jars. This VIII all be
done away with as the new solution
used in the new batteries lasts many
weeks longer and as there are only
four to fill instead Of great num-
Der. much time is saved
Both electricians pronounce the bat
terry as the greatest thing they ever saw
It's possibilities are unlimited 1t can be
used in many different ways that VIII
revolutionize nearly every electrical m
vention. For instance it is claimed That
four of these batteries viii furnish light
ing for a large store building The cost
of operating the batteries will amount TO
several cents q week at the most The
inventor claims that there is no doubt
about this However. the Santa Fe has
not yet tested the batteries as hght
producer.
Run an Automobile or Tnterurban.
TT is estimated that four of these bat
teries viii run an automobile and that a
whole interurban system can be operated
with a sufficient number of batteries
Whether all this can be done or not has |
not vet been proved. However, this much |
is certain, four batteries are now doing |
the work at the Santa F'e offices that II /
has heretofore taken 1872 cells of the ordl- |
nary kind to do.
.-The new battery is small insig- |
nificant looking concern in spite OF the |
fact that it possesses great electrical |
power. It is stated that it viii last for a |
lifetime. The battery is small and looks |
something like the ordinary wet cell The |
juice is produced by a solution that IS |
poured into the cells and the metal that |
hangs in the Jar
whether the battery IS ever used for |
other purposes it is bound to revolution |
ize things in the telegraph world as it l. |
proving successful in the work now, tour |
batteries doing the work Of one hundred /
and thirty-two others, with a possibility /
of doing the work of 600. All the cleo /
tricians who have investigated the new /
invention predict for it success in every |
way
The inventor. claims that 14o of the |
batteries will furnish juice for 10000 |
miles of telegraph wire
The same batteries were tested IN 10
peka and proved a success