THE (ttfAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 14, 1906.
Events in Field of Electricity
ATtir of Eleetrle Loen4lr,
. I I (team power for terminal work
I - tUA X r-..- ail-
Oil 1111 I Ul riiuai
toad ) nrarlns; realisation. Trial
trip of electric' locomotives on
the New Tork City terminal were maI a
f rw days ago, with satisfactory rnuli.
competition, the National Telephone com
pny' erstem hiving considerably more
than double the number of telephone sta
tlona imid by th municipal system. For
Bom time past the latter system ha been
at a standstill. It say, and lately It cus
tomer have begun to decrease In number.
A comparison of the actual result of the
Brighton municipal system with the plan
and estimate en, which the business waa
founded ahnw that where the estimate pro-
vlded for 2.(10 subscriber and public station
The condition of the teat were not favnr
abl owing to the vast amount of track
reconstruction going on at that terminal.
Neverthelee the - demonstration confirmed
the opinions formed at the first trial at lines at a total cost, allowing for partly
Syracuse two year ago. ' ; completed spore lines, of ai,oo, the actual
Experienced operating official and engl- capital expenditure was, a noted above,
neers regard thl test a the Jltls'. stp tn. and .the ayatem actually, contained 614
what 'will be, a revolution In Our method subscribers and public llnea. According to
of travel and of transporting the country the estimate the present ayatem. Including
commerce. In their opinion steam la al- all the extension station and other ex-
ready passing a the motive power for trns and allowing for 600 "spare," should
railroad, and It soon must be sup'riedrd have been built for about tlS5,0"0. In pro-
by the newer, more energetic, more eco- portion to business done the estimate hat
nomJcal and In every Way more desirable been exceeded by 40 per cent,
power of electricity.
A feature of the trial wa the ease with , Arlsl; by Electricity.
whlrh tha lnrnmotlva nulled th cars. Tbere tw Tork I said to be the moat
bril-Flg-
con-
were fight of the heavy Pullman used for Hantljr Illuminated city In the world.
in i.inno. travel attached to the train. ' recently compiled show that It
The engine worked a smoothly a If only aume four tlmea the amount of electric
pulUng Its own weight. . There wu no noise current used by the greater city of London,
whatever. A. passenger would stsrcely. and " f" outdistance all other cities of
know, that the train wa In motion but for Europe of America. While thl Is due In
the flitting panorama of rail fence and tel- a lrge part to th generou use of eleo-
egraph poles. The running- was a amooth trlclty for treet and building Illumination,
a totting through fresh cheeea with a Important factor also Is the tremendou
knife until the train came to a "crossover" rrowth In the use of the current to talk
south of Fifty-sixth street, where there business at night. The number of sign
wa 1000 feet of "dead" or unctectrlned rail. ht make the night sky of New Tork
Over this gap the train had to skate by Ita luminous haa Increased fully SO per cent,
own momentum, and the loss- of traction According o the. lty authorltle. within
waa Immediately perceptible. The Instant the last year. Over the twenty-two square
the electric contact was resumed the stead- mile In Manhattan Island there are om
Inesa of th motion and It eveness became 8.000 electric signs of all alsea and ds-
apparent. . ' . ' ' -acriptlon. To make up their glaring talk
Locomotive No. 8108. like, the other and, to voice with Illumination sign a and
thirty-four which are to take the place wlntrow that formerly lay dark and dead,
of the engine driven by steam, has no less than 100,000 light are et sparkling
double the horse-pefwer of ther largest loco- each night, all over the laland. To supply
motive on the road today. Bach of the with current the sign of New Tork the
thirty-five ha been tested up to eighty- generating plant of a good sited town would
nine mllea an hour, and the movement na rje continuously requirea. to make up tn
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largeat Illuminated algn In the world only
1,200 electrio lamp of four candlepower
each' are used. When It I considered that
the initial letter of thl algn I sixty feet
high and a corresponding width, while the
other letter stand fully fifty feet high,
one marvels at the power that enable a
little over 100 tiny bulbs to outline a letter
several hundred feet In air and visible a
core of mile away. The maintenance of
the great array of electrio algn that have
sprung up all over New Tork within the
last few year ha created' a new employ
mentthat of the "slgnjack." These men,
trained to climb and swing at startling ele
. vattnna, man the cornice of the metro
politan skyscraper, In bad wind and bad
weather, and pursue the constant work of
replacing the electric bulb that are grow
ing dim.
.Charm of Golden Rod
Tn the night, a the aging but still
splendid moon sailed among the lightly
floating cloudlet, turning their whlto
simplicity to luxurious violaceous hues,
which vanished from one cloud to an
other even as one looked when the north
wind that had been chilling earth met
and retreated slowly before lae returning
southwest when warnings of rain, tn
gray fields of thin vapor, spread over the
eastern sky when an ominous spirit
been so steady and even that a brimming
glass of water could be carried in the cab
without spilling a drop,, Bo perfect I the
control that a train running a mile a min
ute ean be stopped a little more than it
own length and get under full speed In th
same apace. It can attain the maximum
speed In lea than one-third the time of
the steam locomotive. " There Is no gear
ing a In the'-ordlnary electric car. Th
power 1 transmitted directly from the
motor to the axle.
This economy of power makes possible
the high speed and Its maintenance Imme
diately after starting. It Is never neces
sary .to reverse to bring the train to a
standstill. The motorman control a
subsidiary current which puts the motor
ourretit into operation, so that the con
trol is prsctlcally automatic.
The total normal hore-power of the
electrio rolling stock,, when the Initial sona
Is In working order . early In November
will reach 129,400, and the total weight of
the cars and locomotives will be U,0 tons.
There will be twenty-three new passenger
stations In -the entire electric sone; thirty
three grade crossings will be eliminated,
twenty-two mllea of territory will he In
creased from two to four tracks, sixteen
miles from three to four tracks and the
reduction In the degrees of curvature by
Improvements will be 345 degrees nearly
a full circle an achievement which rail
road engtnere regard as remarkable . In., seemed to possess the heavens and lay
view- of the. fact that the regular trafflo claim to earth and care naught for man
Of the road' has suffered 'only a slight In-1 tt was then' that one wandered as by a
terforence and that thtre has been no sus- compelling urge abroad Jn th Selda. to
pension of bualnesa whatever. . And there the deepening charm of fall.
Th work of electrio Installation has
been' stupendous. Three years have been
consumed In It. In that time, In the work
Of Initial excavation, 8,000,000 cublo yards
of stone and earth have been , removed.
An average, fore of 8,000, men, was kept
constantly at work In the sons of clectrl-
AmIIiih Thlrtv.thra araile crossings
have been abolished, six new passenger. tn"' tht ""any a sound or scent un-
alwaya most mysterious In night. For
then It Is that subtler mode of the phy
sical sense are stimulated; and while
Imagination, soar th further, the le4
that, sight apprehends, and leads the mind
beyond the ' clouds and moon and start
'with a rapt freedom such other effeote
are a th Intensifying of hearing und
stations have been built and the road has
been shortened nearly a mile by improve
ments In alignment. Eight power plants,
said to be the most perfectly equipped
In the country, will be used. The electrio
engines which "Will haul tha new steel
trains will have speed ranging from forty
to eighty miles an hour.
The portion of the road which has now
been equipped with electrio ' power is
known by the officials as , the "initial
recognised by day mak themselves noc-
turnally vivid; and one never knows how
much touch tells hint until he treads beld
paths and forest trails by night. Touch
Is indeed - the one sense common to all
the other senses. Something It Is that
touches responsive nerves that makes
sight and hearing and smelling and tast
ing all may be resolved Into this one.
The one brain receives and ruco.-Us all by
the mystery of touch.
So in the night woods and fields on
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one." Thl incite, the Park av enue tun., , tato th, characterising -pell o
"-" ....-....- autumn. It la then found to bo reaotved
is expected by the doing away of much ,nt0 atmosphere. The air. laden with all
switching. When the eleotrtc train are that n,turd do,ns n prepiratton ,or
used all switching onginss wlH be done th, wjnter siesta, bears the epitome of
away wlthi .the year; and the marvel of scent makos
Th plans, which will go into effect the the revelation thereof. Now it Is that
for part of November, allow for the us one walks through wood roads and feels
or ejecirio locomotives on an trams or me the narrow currents of warmth
stream
out from secret hoards of earth heuf.
now the rich odor of wild grape over
the bowery tangle of bushes exhilarates
the night wanderer; now in the open the
fragrances of the free flowers of the fields
This loss of time . is jnore than in multitudinous wealth All the quick ol
factory nerves and convey
New Tork Central from Hlghbrldge and
Wakefield to the Grand Central station.
All la-comlng and out-going trains will
'stop at these points to. change englnea.
The change - will be made In two min
utes,
mad up,' It ' I said, by the shortening
of the road by the cut at Marble Hill,
Where nearly a mile has been saved.
Another feature which the official an
nounced Is that th old system of having
the trains run on the left track as far
as Bpuyten Puyvll has been ended. The
change was made a few days ago, and
the trains now run on the right track as
far Mott Haven. Within a month, It
1 expected, the signal will be fixed that
th trains will not have to cross over at
all to the left tracks and will run direct
to the station on the usual 'right track.
While the New York Central will op
erate Ita trains by electricity tn Novum,
ber, and do away with smoke and dust, it
will be handicapped for about alx months,
as Ut electrifying of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford' ayatem la not com
pleted, and will not be for about that',
time. -; ' 1
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MastleBta) 'telephone.
Th Brighton .(England) municipality ha
quickly followed the lead of Glasgow, Buy
the Electrical -Kevlew, In selling to the
pos t master '; geaeral th i telephone system
established a few year ago. Th total
capital expenditure to the. end of March
last was 1363, bSO, and th purchase , price
agreed on la 8143,000.' The postmaster gen
eral originally offered $211,000, that offer
, blnff,had. on an expert valuation of the
plant.'- The postmaster general, however,
was Induced to raise his offer, which let
Off th' Brighton corporation with a rela
tively small lbs In actual cash. Like that
of Glasgow, th Electrical Review say,
th eorporatlen of Brighton. has lost the
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to th brutn
the sumptuous glory of this culminating
season of life. All the earth is now alive
to feed the soul of men with an indefin
able sense of th divinity that It in all
it fruit and flower expresses, and is
meant to express. If there be a word of
the season, it Is abounding, ongoing life,
tha glory of God. world without end.
Amen I
And this Is what Is so fortunately set
forth In rhythmto 'beauty by Cai ruth's
profoundly spiritual stansa:
A hsse' on the far horlsoa,
An Infinite tender sky,
The ripe, rich tint of th cornfields,
And the wild geese sailing high:
And all ever upland and lowland
The charm of the golden-rod
Borne of us call It Autumu,
And others calKlt Uod.
The charm of the golden rod I That Is
it yet this noble and splendid flowct, o
profusely spent In our part of arth. but
known all over th temperate sone nurlh,
1 but th conaplcuoua atanUard-oesrer
of the glory of Uod In autumn. Tho poet
Identifies thera because they are one. Vou
cannot tap a atngl root of herb or tree
pf the earth that doea not say tha came
thing. If In the night there be that tin
gular pervasion and penetration of the
spell of autumn, yet in the sunlight the
magnificence is present in the ovei power
ing magio of sight. Our eyes receive, as
an inner sight responds, the glory of the
one spirit of life. Rich is the Hast of
color and power to which we answer; th
purple and lavender and whit asters, th.
snske-hcads in th raarahes, ute suptrb
bronxes and browna of ripening- turn, and
the Intense tones of sumach and lomels
and blackberry vine, all echo th royal
supremacy of tha master bloom of U
fields. It Is one great ton of worship of
!I1m that hath been. Is, and snail bo, world
without and, Amanli Sprltigfiuld (Mass.)
Republican.
: Reflections of a Bachelor
A man has to b awful rich to b ablo
to drss a all when hs wife does.
Dying must seem absolutely painless to a
man who has run for an office.
Sleeping car ar line places to find out
whst a sweet thing sleep could be if you
had any chance to get it.
A woman gets a good dial of comfort
out of thinking how dangerous it would
b to her children's morals if they had
bra His.
Women r pretty sure to like their new
pastor if they can't disagree aa to whom
he ahould marry because be Is already mar-Tied.
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Aa Awkward Thing to Do.
OOn . humor was restored to a
school room In one of the public
schools of the city the other day
by an Impatient speech ef the
teacher.
The young woman who had charge of
the class had become exasperated to the
lust degree by the mischievous tricks of
some of the boys. She was at tha point
where hysterics were to be safely pre
dicted it soma relief did not come.
Mil looked up from her book and aw
one of the largest girls in the class
crouched In aa ungainly attltuds over her
desk. Her feet were stretched over into
the aisle, and. woret of all, she was chew
ing gum. It was the last straw. The
teacher sprang to her feet and snapped
out:
"Maria, alt up. Take that gum out of
your mouth and put your feet In." The
shout of laughter from the pupils cleared
the atmosphere, and the rest of the ses
sion waa one of the pleasantest of th
term. Philadelphia Tress.
Their Bible Kasne.
Senator Quay used to tell about riding
through the mountains of Tennessee and
stopping on evening to water hi horse
heor a little cabin, outside of which
at an old colored woman watching tha
antic of a couple of pickaninnies playing
near by. .
'Good evening, aunty," he called. "Cut
pair of boy you've gut there. Tour chil
dren?" "Law a massy! Man chillunT 'Deed,
dem's man daughteh's chllluns. Come
hysh, you boys." she called, sharply, "an
speak to de gen'leman!"
As the boys obeyed the summons the
Phllsdelphian Inquired their names.
" 'Clah to goodness, sah, dem chllluns Is
right smaht named!" said the old woman.
"Tee see. mah daughteh done got 'llglon
long ago. an' named dese hyah boys right
out de Bible, sah. Dis hyah one's named
Apostle Paul, an' ds uddah's called Epis
tle Peter."
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A Harrowing; Telegrasa.
"There was a drummer." said the night
optrator, "whose wife presented him with
a son whll he wa out drumming up
trade. The doctor got the roan' address,
and, since bis wife was doing none too
well, wrote out a message giving htm the
news and telling him to return.
"The doctor gave the measage to th
cook, who couldn't read. the forgot to
send It. and th next dsy th drummer,
came home of his own accord.
"Us stayed a day or two, found his wife
doing all right, and set out on hla rounda
again. Nothing, as It happened, was said
about the forgotten telegram.
"And at the end of the week this tele
grain was remembered by the cook. With
an exclamation of horror you know she
couldn't read she hurried to the office,
and sent to th drummer that delayed
message. When he read the message that
night at his hotel he waa terrifhd. He
waa aghaat. What he read waa this:
" 'Another addition, a son; your wife
very 111; return at once."
"He took the midnight train for home.
He was liks a man in a trance.
" 'Another?' he kept muttering In a
dased voice. 'Impossible!'
"Then he would read again tha ominous
message, the strange and horrible mes
sage. "On getting home he waa so relieved
when everything was explained to him
that be decided not to Are the oook after
all."
Reioraa's Theray Path.
"Reforms ar always difficult to start
with," said Governor Folk of Missouri.
"New Tear's resolutions are no exception
to the rule.
"I know a young man who decided on
New Tear's day that he waa giving too
many of his evenlnga to the club. Ac
cordingly he resolved that througuhout 1906
he would go to the club only twice a
month. And that night he proceeded U
put the resolution in force.
" 'Amy,' he said to his wife at dinner,
'I know that since our marriage I have
been too constant a frequenter of the club,
and I am aware that this has caused you
a deal of silent wretchedness. My dear,
I am sorry. I am going to turn over a
new leaf. And I will begin tonight.'
"The young woman's eyes shone. Her
face lighted with Joy.
" "Oh. Harold.' ahs cried, -how happy
you have made me! Uncle Jim wants
me to go to the theater with him tonlsht,
and you can stay home and mind the
baby." "New York Tribune.
A Ready Aaewer.
An Irishman one met an Englishman
who had an artificial leg. Using of a
ympathetlo nature, Pat Inquired the csuse
of the loss of the limb, whereupon the Eng
lishman said: "A short time ago I dis
covered that there was some Irish blood
in my body and that it had aettled in this
leg, so I had It cut off. TIs a pity it
didn't settle In your head," came the quick
retort. Troy Tlmea
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Danceal Every Daaee.
"That changes th question altogether,"
said Senator Foraker in a discussion of th
Joint statehood bill "That fact puts a new
light on the matter."
He wa talking about a telegram he bad
received.
"It la Hk he young woman's experience ,
at the ball," he aald. "A couple of matrons
wers discussing a certain young woman,
and ths first said thnt she was very homely
and very unpopular.
" 'Can that be?" the second matron mur
mured with a perplexed air.
" 'Why, yes,' the first insisted. 'She is a
perfect wallflower.'
" 'But at last week's ball," said th
other, 'I understood she danced every
dance.'
" 'Bo she did.'
" 'Well, then '
" 'Ah,' Interrupted the first matron, 'hut
It was a masked ball.' "New York Trib
une. Twins. ,
The passenger agent of a Jersey road
says that he chanced to be In the ticket
office at Trenton one day, when a woman
came Into the station for the puroose t
buying half fare tickets for two rhll!rn
she brought with her.
"How old are your children, madam?"
asked the ticket seller.
"Only , sir."
"notq of them?"
"Yes. sir; they're twins."
Th agent smiled. Then, sfter eyeing th
youngsters with an expression of Incred
ulity he observed: "Pretty lads. Where
were they born?"
"This one," replied th unwary mother
"was born in Elisabeth and the other in
Jersey Clty."-New York Times.
Try Ths Be Want Ad for Results.--,