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Johnston Electric Company
G. W. Johnston, President1
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ELECTRICITY ON THE TRAIN
Many Utes to Which the Current Has
I Tom Put.
SAFETY ATD COMFORT SECURED
Dartre for Signaling, Llghtla and
' Otherwise Controlling Operation
; ' of Trains Are Maar and Are
Being Improved.
'''Although the use at electricity in the
operation of railroad train has added Im
mensely to the safety and efficiency with
which trains are handled, ths use of that
great power In railroading Is still In Its
Infancy and undreamed wonder will be
worked out within the ntxt few years,"
mid Jr. Frederick Mlllner of the electrical
" fBrtment of the Union Pacific, who ha
been making advanced experiments In all
lines to Increase the use of electricity, both
In handling trains and also In construction
and rrpali shops.
-fWh'lu much ha been accfmpltshed to
date, a change is coming and the alternat
ing current will come Into its own and do
an immense amount of work In' far better
shape than has been done by the direct
current. . The alternating current Is the
natural current, the mighty power walking
on tvo legs, while the direct current Is a
cripple, which has to hobble along on one
leg, and consequently la looking for a place
to lay down and rest or to run to earth.
Tho alternating current, on the other hand,
is a strong giant, wtih two good legs,
which can go twloe as far. The alternating
current was tin- first to be discovered and
is the natural state, and the direct current
was evolved from the alternating.
Better Block Signals.
"Before a great many years the block
signals Mil b operated by alternating cur
rent, and they will then be much mora
efficient and less expensive. This will be
done a soon as more power plant are
available. It is Impossible to estimate the
future of the alternating current, for It Is
the current as It occur in nature. The
direct current 1 an alternating current
from which one leg has bwn cut off. Re
searches began with batteries and when
they found how to make the direct current
they at once began to manufacture direct
current machinery and that Is now the
most used. For the last fifteen year the
usrs of eelctiiclty have been satisfied with
the direct current. All electricity existing
in nature and even lightning is nothing but
high frequency, high voltage, alternating
current of great motive force and power.
"The electric locomotive will replace the
steam monster in many localities, for it
has many advantages over Its steam
brother. An electric locomotive can haul
a hoavler train 'up a steeper grade than
can a steam locomotive of rual horse
power. This is seen dally on the streets of
Omaha In the way the large curs o
the Omalia & Council Bluffs Street Rail
way company are lifted up the Bteep
grades of- the city,
"With the harnessing of tha mountain
streams and the establishment of water
power plants In the mountains, the heavy
hauls of the mountain will in time be
made by electrical locomotives. I under
stand the Milwaukee Is now building two
Immense power plants of 30,000-horse power
each to use in crossing the mountains on
Ita new line to the Pacific coast.
Telephoning from Trains.
"Communication between trains by vary
ing frequondes Is but a matter of a short
time. Telephoning from moving train
without wires Is but a matter of a short
time. Contrary to tho general opinion,
the distance to be covered by this con
trivance is mot necessarily great, as It will
bo simply the distance from the train to
the ground.
"The use of electricity In the various
railroad shops has worked wonders in the
saving of expense and also in doing away
with the danger to life and limb. The
principal advantage Is In doing away with
the mile and miles of belting and shaft-
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We've a space at
the "Electrical Show"
Hear the "Electrical Orchestra"
The 4 4 Electrical Orchestra is the world's masterpiece among auto
matic musical insturments. It's amarvelous combination of piano, or-;-;
gan, pipes, cymbals, drums, etc. in fact, a virtual seven piece orches-tra-r-gives
ravishing musio yet runs by a motor. A product of The
. Kudolph Wurlitzer Co., the world's largest automatic music makers.
We are their foremost western agency.
Hoar tho now Auxotaphono,
The newest 4 4 Victor" talking, singing and playing triumph a phono
graph, but you wouldn't know it sounds so real. We've supplied one
each to the Hotel Henshaw and Hanson's Cafe. Tone most superb a
large volume of it brings out music without that 4 4 phonographic
. rasp." Machine shown costs $500.
Then, too, our Mandolin Quartette Piano
is worth Hearing. You're real welcome.
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dfsen and dozens of unsightly smoke
stacks belched forth their black smoke
ahd dirt, now but one stack Is seen, and
tiat 1 over the most modern of furnaces.
The belt were also conveyor of dirt and
tila objectionable feature of the old sys
tem has been done away with.
;"It will not be a long time until all
trains are brought Into large cltle by
electrical locomotives. Moet train will soon
Uo lighted by electricity from dynamos
situated In tha baggage onrs. The cook
ing In the dining cars will soon be done
by electricity and the trains will be heated
by electricity. The unevenness of tem
perature In the sleeping cars will be done
away with, for a thermostadt will keep an
even temperature In every berth.
Advance In Slanallng.
.The possibilities of wireless telegraphy
a an adjunct to the block signal systems
Is still in the making, but great corpora
tion are continuously . experimenting with
ope device after another to secure the ut
most safety for passengers and equipment.
The trend of everything on the Harrlman
line 1 toward smoothness, safety and
efficiency and everything Is sacrificed to
these achievements.
"One of the latest and most important
work done is the effort to accurately and
efficiently dispatch trains by telephone,
and thlB Is gradually meeting with consid
erable success. There are many difficul
ties and prejudice to be overcome before
telephonic operation of trains will displace
the telegraph, but these are being gradually
overcome. The Illinois Central is fast put
ting Into practical use the telephone In
operating its trains and the Union Pnclfio
is now operating the stretch between North
Platte and Sidney by telephones. The suc
cess of these experiments Is so great that
plans are being laid to use the telephone
more and more.
"Signal systems are now being made so
efficient when operated by electricity that
trains may be required to travel at a cer
tain speed, this keeping the trains a cer
tain distance apart and thus governing the
speed of the trains. With the advance In
the use of tho alternating current much
more can be done in the way of control of
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BERT LEBRON,
LeDron Electrical Work.
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lug which I at all times dangerous, and
making vse of the Individual drive. By
the use of eloctriclty each machine is pro
vided witn a motor of sufficient power to
operate It, and when the power I not
nended to operate the machine no power
is usud, as was in the case of the old
belting sjstem, when the mile of belt
had to be kept In operation all the time.
The wire are consolidated Into cables which
are burled, and the shops present an en
tirely different appearance than In the
olden day. Unsightly wire are done away
with.
"A huge central power station now fur
nishes the power for the Union Pacific
hop In Otnaha, and where formerly
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C. A. MXKOUM.
Head of the Tirm of Mangunt Co., Op
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