South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-30
ELECTRICAL SHOW
DRAWING CROWDS
Displays at InWoOd Building
Are Seen by $3.50
on First Day.

Time OF opening seems 10 DE no
object with patrons Of the electrical
show. a feature here of Electrical
Prosperity weeks national observ-
ance. At an early hour Tuesday. a
crowd awaiting admittance caused
the doors 20 be open. and while but
part OF the exhibits were ready for
operation. each display claimed its
quota OF watchers.
Additions 10 tie exhibit are being
made and new features Of interest
Will be found for those who have
already attended the exposition.
Nearly 6.0O0-Or a turn-stile reading
Of 8, 350,-were In attendance on the
opening day Scheduled 20 open al
y O'Clock in the morning. but with
the hour changed 10 i'm the even
ing following an unsuccessful effort
to get the show ready by day an
night work. the doors had TO be
opened early in the afternoon owing
10 the crowds on the sidewalks in
front Of the building.
Estimates of "A total weeks at
tendance aggregating and exceeding
$4,000 We're made Tuesday with the
consideration Of out-of-town crowds.
The affair has been advertised within
radius OF 100 miles and with other
sterling attractions for South Bend
this week. a large interurban at
tendance is anticipated
The motion picture theater on the
second floor was filled all during
the afternoon and evening Films
we're shown depicting the processes
hy which electricity is generated
and distributed by some Of the iarg-
er electric companies who are recog-
nized as being the leaders i'm this
work in the United States
Another film described the adven-
lures OF Mr.. Work. farmer who
finally came to see the advantages
OF using electricity in his work and
for heating and lighting his house.
Music was furnished by the Mes
sick orchestra and by Victrolas i'm
the Wheelovk Tooth and Columbia
grafonOlas in the Ries exhibit.
Lunch was served at the booth IF
the General Electric Co. where
food was cooked on the electric
range which formed tho center Of
the exhibit. The South Bend Bread
Co. also made "a big hit with their
cookies, baked on their electric
stove.
The Indiana and Michigan EIeC-
trio Co. which was instrumental
in making the exposition a success
has several exhibits which attracted
a great deal of attention. Among
these was the meter department
booth, which was an appeal to the
public to learn to read electric me
tiers. The workings Of the meters
were demonstrated in such a manner
that all who viewed the exhibit
learned how TO find out wether their
electric bills each month were cor
rect.
Another part of this exhibit was
a large switch board, on top of which
we're two poles about Is inches
apart. BY passing a current OF $780,
600 volts through the wires connect
ing the poles a long blue spark
jumped from one pole TO the other.
The Producers Union Dairy Co.
booth contained "A large plaster of
paris COW. which served as a means
of demonstrating an electrical milk
er. The process was also shown by
which a motor is used 10 operate a
machine which fills the milk bottles
and puts in the paper tops.
1916 Detroit Electric shown
In one of the front show win
dows of the exposition building is a
1916 model Detroit electric automo- +
bile. while the other window is de-
voted TO the display of the Chicago. b
South bend and Northern Indiana
railroad Co. which contains a small
railway system. with cars running
between the various cities. all care
fully worked out i'm miniature.
Other exhibitors are. Franklin f.
Electric Co: George Il. Lock and Co. f
George Gutter Co; Knohlock- Heide- (.
man Co; CoIip Bros, Union Elec- +.
tric Co. =. u. Moran: south Bend 7
Brick Co: Kale and Bryan Co. f
The Ellsworth store; Lee Electric .
CO.: and Upton Electric Washing .
Machine CO.
The exposition viii be open every
day this week. closing at IL o'clock .
Saturday night Tie doors Will be
opened at Il o'clock each morning