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THE PEOPE'S WEEKLY PACE OF ELECTRICAL NEWS
Published Each Tuesday
rilE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, AUGTST 12, 1913.
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Here is a Friend
for Summer Days
UVni A1UIMP TUP TTPUfll DI1 1 v0"1 of "W"" would be very muon
JuAlLAiniFiU Will lliuni DILL ! smaller, because fewer units would be
iilitired at It cent, and the total ntnottni i
1 of electricity uted would bo about cut
Cost of Electricity is Made Clear to
Customer.
CURRENT CAN BE SAVED
It In Jml it Pnaalble to Keunnmlsr
Tilth It nn It U trlt.h Any Other
Co ui ni oil It' fueil In tp
llimnelinlit.
Klectrlclt working through tho flw
articled shown above makes' a very happy
, summer servant. A motor', it portable
lamp, u toaster, a percolator and an Iron
I will do a great dtal towards family com-
j fori In tho courro of a day.
I Tho first public telegraph office was
opened on Seventh street, Washington,
l. C, April I, lfUJ.
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Nearly 10,000 Incandescent lamps are
required to Illuminate the. world's largest
steamship, the Imperator.
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Iron Out of Doors
All Summer Long
Ironing in summer becomes enjoyable, healthful exercise, if
v you use an Electric Flat Iron. It can be used'in any room or
'ojut.on the porch, if you wish, Jf your home is wired for electric
HgM."This is only one of the' many conveniences and, economies ,
possible to "thoe Using electricity. Electricity in the 'home
. saves time and labor for you, enables you to do better work in
less time and with far less effort.
Consider these advantages in
having your home wired now
Electricity in the home saves half tho labor of housework by
enabling "you to use lub&r-saving devices. You can prepare
tasty meals in cool comfort if you use Electrical Appliances.
Electric Washing Machines and Flat Irons will enable you to
dispose of the largest washing quickly and with little effort.
Electric lighting is cool, safe and convenient,-and best of all,
it is the most economical illuminant. On July first the rate for
electric lighting was reduced from 14c to 12c per kilowatt hour
for the first 30 hours use. After the first 30 hours the rate is
6c p;er killowatt hour. Ask for full particulars;
Write or telephone today
Omaha Electric Light & Power Co.
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"Look at that, sir!" exlalmcd the Irate
houscwlfo as alio throw tho electric light
bill on tho cashier's desk. "You have
charged me with with nineteen kilowatts
and there Isn't a kilowatt In tho houc
and never has been. Wo uso only metal
filament lamps, a toaster, n flatlron and
an electric fan. The very Idea"
"My dear mudam," smiled Mr. Crosby,
cashier of the Omaha Ktectrlc Usht &
Power Co., "nineteen kilowatts Is the
total amount of electricity you have usea
during tho month. Wo sell .a portion of
the current measured by your meter ut
12 cents and tho rest at C cents per kilo-watt-hour,
tho kllowntt-hour being ,
unit of measure corroji'oridlnsf to Uk
pound by which you huy your sugar anil
tall. Measured by the kilowatt-hour It
costs slx-tcnths of -a cent per hour fvj
the first eighteen houis' use or each six.
toen-canldepower lamp, nfter wh'.ch Unit
tho cost Is but one-half, or threo-tentljfc
of a. cent per hour. In other words. wi
havo charged 12 ccnta for nine of tlu
nineteen units you have used, and 6
cents for the other ten units, making a
total of J1.0. plus 0 cents, or $1.68, on
which we allow a discount of 6 per cent
If paid In ten days.
"Oh," Interrupted madam. "I see"
IJrnnnmy In l'oxntlitc.
nut she didn't really see, The kilowatt
was Just as much of a mystery as over.
It Is really a surprise to most users of
electricity to Uarn that they are buying
tho current In known quantities and that
economy In Its Use will make It go twice
an far at half the cost. All the work In
tho house can bo dono with the old of
electricity. It will cook, sweep, wash,
Iron and lighten the labor of the house
keeper, as well as give light and, heat.
All this Is easily understood and It Is Just
as easy to solve tho puxzlo of the electrlo
light bill.
k "In the case of electric service we use
another unit, similar to the horse power
In kind but not In quantity. This unit
Is called, Just for want of a better name,
a 'watt.' Thus, on an electrlo toaster,
for Instance, thero may be seen a little
platq pn which Is marked '00 watts,'
which means that the toaster takes 600
watts of electricity to heat It properly.
(There are 746 watta In a horse power.)
But wo do not pay for watts any more
than we did for horse power In the above
example. It Is work or energy that
costs money. Thus we establish an
.other unit similar to tho horse power
hour and call It a 'wcttthour,' which
means tho quantity of energy developed
by a watt ' In one hour. Thus tho "TOO
watt .toaster would consume WW watt-
hours -of electricity tin one hour, or 1,000
watthours In two ' hours, 1,600 In thros
hours, and eo on.
Convenient Meaaarc.
'Whon wo consider large quantities
of electric current, it Is convenient to
uso a larger unit than tho watt. The one
chosen Is called the 'kilowatt, which Is
simply 1.000 watts. Similarly, tho 'kilo
watt-hour' Is equal to 1,000 watthours.
Tho electric light companies charge for
their electrical energy by the Kilowatt-
hour, so thlo unit Is very Important. As
all small lamps and apparatus are rated
In watts, wo will calculate their enorgy
consumption first In watthours, and then
divide by 1,000 to bring this to kilowatt-
hours by the prlco In cents charged per
kilowatt-hour, the answer being tho
amount of the bill In cents.
'The number of hours a day that these
lamps are In use varies, of course, with
tho season of the year and with tho
family .requirement. As an average
case, suppose that tho kitchen lamp Is
used three hours a day for thirty days
a montn. a sixiecn-canaic power caroon
lamp takes fifty watts. In ono hour It
consumes fifty watthours of electrical
energy. In three hours (that 'Is, one day)
It uses up fiftV times three, or 1M watt-
I ours. In thirty days, or one month, tho
amount consumed Is 150 times thirty, or
I.DOO watthours. Dividing .the watthours
by 1,000, to obtain tho number of kilowatt-
hours, it is apparent that in one month
the kitchen lamp uses four and one
fourth kllowatt-houra of electricity.
which, at the rate of 10 cents a kilowatt-
hour, would cost 43 cents.
"If Mazda lamps wero used the total
Iti half This would more than offset I
the little expense for equipping the houeo
with Matda lamps.
"Assuming that the same amount of
light were used that Is, the samo total
candl: -power, for tho same number of
hours tho cost tor curront would be
about oncthlrd. A forty watt Masda
lump will give a light of thirty-two can
die-power, and ono ot these lamps can
easily be identified by tho "40w" which
appears on a little printed tag pasted on
the globo near tho screw plug and so
for lumps of other wattages. As a rule,
when theso lamps are employed, mofe Il
lumination Is obtained than when carbon
lamps aro used. The light Is also so much
lighter and more pleasing. Its Intensity
being softened In many cases by tho use
of frosted lamps or light-diffusing globes.
Tho following table shows a worked-out
example using Maxda lamps ot some
what higher total Illumination than the
carbon lamps. The saving In cost and the
Increase In illumination aro obvious.
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Kitchen
Dining rrn.
..1 20-o-p,,
23-w.
t t-c-p.,
60- W.
Living nn.Z 32-c-p.,
40-w.
Duthr'm, ..lao-o-p.,
25- w.
Dedr'm ....1 32-c-p.,
40-w.
U'sem't ...S 20.op
26- w.
Cdrridor ,.,1 W-c-p.,
SS-w.
Stairs 1 10-q.p.,
26-W.
Hall 1 20-c-p..
I5-w.
Porch 1 SS-c-p.,
40-w.
120
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12.5
12.5
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40
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3.6
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1.200
1.123
0.375
0.375
1.500
1.2
.180
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.120
.101
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.031
.130
.101
6J7.6 19.123 1.C0
Totals ....15 lamps
For this Installation we have fifteen
lampa giving a total of 4S5 wntts,
which Is equivalent to ten sixteen
candlo power lamps. Sixty per
cent of this number of sixteen
rnttrilx mwir lamos used thirty
hours gives nine kilowatt hours of
the total (nineteen) Indicated by
the meter to be charged at 12 cents,
or nine kilowatt hours at 12 cents.. $1.03
The remaining ten kilowatt hours
aro then charged at 6 cents or ten
kilowatt hours at 6 cents .W
Total gross bill 1.S
Discount for nrompt payment........ .
Net bill
.$1.00
ELECTRICAL NOTES.
Electrlo ovens aro coming Into use In
the city bakeshops.
Huntington avenue, Boston, will be
mado a great white way.
Dust on electrlo light globes robs them
of their llghl-glvlng efficiency. .
Tho White House kitchen ha every
modern electrical convenience.
Klectrio Illumination Is now a feature
of nearly every celebration or exposition.
Tr in nrnnoacd to harness the Ohio
river near' Louisville to gonarafV! eei-'
tncai power. , .
A wireless system between Great Dritaln
and Canada will be In operation next
September.
Electro-magnets aro being tnstallod by
treasure hunting ships to recover sub
merged metals. '
Experiments are being made now on a
large British vessel that Is undor con
struction, with a gasollns electric plant
that may be placed on the bridge deck.
This set will not' only supply tho light,
but tho wireless telegraph apparatus as
well, so that the occupants or the vessel
may be supplied with light and -the
means of catling for assistance Until the
very moment of complete submergence of
the vessel. This generating plant will bo
used only In emergencies.
An electrlo attachment for a target
such as Is used on rifle ranges has been
designed by an Australian. It keeps the
target continually In motion, back want
and forward on the track. The figures
are constantly In action, and It Is an en
tirely dirrercnt proposition to nit once,
especially In a vulnerable spot, than If
they were stationary, Huch a target is
particularly good for use In tho mllltla
or the regular army, as In the case of
war it is not llKniy mat tno enemy
would stand still until somebody suc
ceeded In shooting them.
Two applications for electric heating
are uued in connection with drafting
work. One Is the use of a portable com
bination heater and fan, ordinarily em
ployed by hairdressers to dry their cus
tomer's hair after washing, to dry tho
Ink on tracings, Thin "wrinkle" shortens
the time required to complete the tracing,
as the freshly Inked lines must be dry
before T-square or triangle can be moved
over tho tracing, The other Idea Is to
dry blueprints by going over thorn with
an electrlo flatlron: and the flatlron Is
also useful to straighten out tracings
and prints that have been rolled or
folded.
YOU
CAN
SAVE
Monoy and time by getting
your lighting) fixtures
from us. Call us up and
wo will send a man out to
figure with you, or come
to our salesroom and
make your own selection.
The Electric Shop
WOLFE ELEOTRIO
COMPANY
Est. 1874.
1810Parnam. Tyler 1414.
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Telcphtnt
Did it ever occtir to you
that you might not be
using your telephone th
right way? If you do net
you cheat yourself and
those to whom you are
talking.
Do you speak side
ways, speak above, speak
below, speak six incnes
away- from the mouth
piece of your telephone
transmitter?
Speik Slowly
You should talk direct
ly into the telephone
not simply at it, with
your lips about one inch
from the mouthpieoe, and
speak in a slow, even
tone no louder than yeu
would face to face.
Half the art of tele
phoning is in deliberate
speech. Speak in an ordi
nary conversational tone,
but slowly and distinctly,
and you can be heard
much more easily.
There's a right and a
wrong way to telephone.
NEBRASKA
TELEPHONE
COMPANY
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BENNETT ELECTRIC CO
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SAFE AND RELIABLE WIRING
it PAYS To PLEASE
101 Omaha Wat. Bank Blag. B C1C
Omaha Electrical Wsrks
Electric Elevator Repairs
and
Wcatinghou3e Motors
ios-ia K. nth st. ruone sour. uti.
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Electricity has be
como bo usoful in the
housohold that no homo
iH considered modorn
unless it is ' equipped
with electric conven
iences. Jf you have any to
sell you can rapidly
sell them by using this
puge.
$30-Vacuum Cleaners$30--Burgess-Granden Co.
BRIEF CITY NEWS '"BUSINESS MEN TO CONFER
Strcopkagus.
Ugtlnr PUturea. BnrgtsK-Qrandsn Co.
Sets Root Wat It Now Usucon lrss.
Fidelity Btoraga tt Van C Doug. 1B1I.
Held for Keeping Gambling Strloss
A. V. Umth and James Cunningham of
south Omaha wero arraigned In county
fourt on a charge of keeping gamWImr
Jevlfccs and hound over to the district)
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' ' StcTann does on Vacatlon-E.. J, 31c--7anii,
manager of the traffic bureau ot
Jho Commercial club, has started for his
vacation of two weeks, Ho will spend
nust ot hjs time In South Dakota In the
'SSoxlf I litis, cpuntry.
Kurt Support raniily O. K. Straum.
lifi Vinton street, charged with non
support and abdslng his family, was
Slven ninety days suspended sentence by
fudge AUutadt. The sentence was sus
pended, with the proviso that Straum
leave his family alone and give them 110
wevik for their support.
Will Unite in Effort to Increase the
Crop Yield.
WILL MEET HERE AUGUST 20
Unnkrra riicnre It 'Would Ilr i
Knsy Bfnttrr to Incrr tlie .Pro
duction of the Htntn
Many Millions.
A Break for Liberty
from stomach, llver and kidney trouble
Is made when a Sc box of Dr. King's
New Life Pills Is bought. Why suffer?
Kor sale by Beaton Drug Co. Advertl&e-nent.
The Persistent anJ Judicious I'te of
Newspaper Advertising is the Jtoad to
Business Success.
Pursuant to a resolution adopted by
the 6tato Bankers' ausooiation last Feb
ruary, a conference of the representatives
of the largo buurneaa Interest of the staU
Is. now belli called to-tie held In Omaha
at tho Commercial dub Wednesday,
August 20. Tho purpose of the confer
once Is to consider wajn and means of
increasing the grain and Ilvo stock pro
duction, especially along the lines of plac
ing farm 'demonstrators in as many coun
ties, of the state as possible. '
The Nebraska Bankers' association has
had tho matter under advisement for two
years or more past. The conference In
to be not alone of bankers, but of rail
road men, grain exchange, live stock
exchanges and similar associations.
, Knowing that the prosperity ut the
state and every branch of business 'n the
state depends upon the volume rl t.
state's agricultural production annually
the bankers' association has cvohd the
Idea of calling such a conference C
Hlldreth, chairman of the agricultural
development committed of tho bankura'
association, says In part In his report'
In developing the question or aiding the
agricultural matters our association -nmj
to the conclusion that It would bo well
to unite. If possible, alt the buslnest in
terests of tho state In the pan and ef
fort, tinllevlng that greater results loiihl
thua be attained.
To this end the association passed Its
resolution last August, the commltteo met
as stated in January and a conference
Is to bo called vow soon, llepresonta
tlves of the various businesses. Industrie
and railroads are to be Invited to atwitd
this conference to consider the plan of a
united effort. Before this conference will
be laid the results of our lnvei.tlk.-ail-.ns
'during tho last two years with possibly
! some recommendations.
Thero ure In round numbers between
1 6,tAl00 and i.OCO.CCO acres of corn grwn
I In Nebraska each year. If by Impi .vert
1 methods the yield bo lnrreaurd one bushel
per acre yuu havo added about IXCCO.00O
to tho profits of the state. If the yield
could be Increased, say three bushels per
acre, tho gain to the stuto would be II V
0CO.00O.
Whllo the methods were being implored
so we could raise one or three biuhels
more of corn per acre the yield of wheat
also and all other grains and products
could and would be increased, our I'v?
stock would be Improved and our farm
homes made more comfortable, sanitary
mid happy by tho came outlsy of expnn
It would be a comparatively easy mat
ter to Increase tlio annual profits to iti
fanners and to our state J10.CO0.0X) or .
M0.OOQ. These emounts can be multiplied
without limit dependent upon the enrsy
and funds that may be wisely used In
Impiovlng farm methods.
Again h note of warning mutt be
sounded about the depletion of our soli.
Already many of our farms begin to
show the de hne In their productlv'tv
If we are not to "copardlte the future of
our state this problem must have our at
tention now. Other states have paid tho
price of this neglect and ore today milt
ing great efforts to recover what la iMt.
Bine Says Council
Cannot Out Main Tax
City Attorney John A. nine, 'in an In
formal opinion to the city commission,
saya tho council Is without power to re
duce an assessment in a water main
district after the assessment is authoi
Ued. The opinion followed the protest
of two women who declared the Water
board had charged them JIKPn lot for tho
mains, when, tinder the ruling of the
city council, they ought to have been
charged only $10 per lot. The council
will discuss tho matter at Us meeting in
committee of tho whole Monday.'
HELD FOR FORGING NAME
TO A P. 0. MONEY ORDER
Saturday afternoon Lo Armstrong was
walking through the federal building and
he found a tout in a window. Leo picked
up the coat, found a money order for Itj
In one of the pookcta, and pawned the
Jacket for 40 cents. lie attemptod to gei
the money order cashed after forging the
name of the owner to It. He waived pre.
ll'nlnaty hearing before United States
Commissioner Daniel on a charge ot
larceny from tlip postofflce building and
forging a money ordfr. He was bound
over to await the federal grand Jury un
der bonds of $1,000.
Dog Sentenced to Be
Killed is Saved by-
Plea of Family
A poor little loneeomo spaniel, caught
without .a collar or. a tag, was sen
tenced to death and would have been ex
ecuted but for city executive clemency.
Following the order to shoot tho razged
little dog a whole family, father, mother
and two boys, camo Into Muyor Duhl
inun'a offluo and asked for u pardon for
the do:.
"lie's the bet dog in thU town," sild
one little hoy, whose name Is l'lummer.
"Why, King never dono nothing to be
shot for "
"Does he kill the neighbors' chickens?"
the mayor asked.
"No, sir."
"Does he howl ut nlglit?"
"Say not."
"Well, well suipuid sentence,'' the
mayor Maid, "and 111 tell tho Judge at
once,"
When the mayor had finished his order
suspending the execution of King the
kids gave a great shout and the parents
did not attempt to restrain them. The
whole family was so pleased that It waa
evident King may live and wax fat In
the Plummcr family,
After Maneuvers
State Troops May Go
to Mexican Border
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' While It, has not Men officially an
! tiouncrd, tlicre Is xotno likelihood that uf.
1 ter the ten-day maneuvers of tho state
troops, west' of Omaha, aro over, the
participating companies may he ordered
, to the Mexican border to do patrol duty.
PETERS AND TATE SAY THE
I CORN CR0PJS ALL RIGHT
' Herman B. Peters, proprietor of tho
Merchants hotel, who has farms in dif
ferent parts of tho utato, and Itobert
j Tate, extensive farm owner, have re
I turned from a trip through the state
, an far west as Grand Island and as far
I north aa Plalnvlow and they report that
! the eastern part of the state Is going to
have a corn crop. In spite of tho lack of
moisture.
JOY RIDERS TURNED OVER
TO JUVENILE AUTHORITIES
Paul Leldy and Dick Hultgrcn, two of the
boys charged with taking an automobile
belonging to O. K. Hallurd, 2M2 North
Thirtieth street, from Sixteenth and
Farnam streets Saturday night, were
turned over id the Juvenile, authorities by
Judge Altstadt. Karl Clark of Florence,
who gave tho boys a Bpaxk plug with
which to enable them to start tho ma
chine and who wont for a ride in the
car, was given ninety days' suspended
sentenco and paroled to Probation Officer
Bernstein on good behavior. Th other
lads were dismissed.
Ak-Sar-Ben Hustlers
Still After Members
A gain ot twenty-seven members for
Ak-Sar-Ben waa reported at tho meeting,
of the hustlers' committee at luncheon
at the I'tixton hotel. This makes a. total
pf tfiji members hustled since the cam
paign for membership has been on. The.
general feeling of -the committee w'is
optimistic for the work for the coming
week as they expect the weather to be In
better shape for talking business to men
than it was with the temperature 105 in
tho shade. No changes were ms.de In the
standing ot the various teams on mem
bership hustling. The team of Benford,
Whitney and Mirier 1 still In th lead
with !10 niembers to Its credit. Tho
present standlug' of the teams la;
Benford, Whitney and Miner, lie;
Maliaf fey. . Meytts' and Potter. 159,
O'Brien, Lord and I'rclffer, 103; Erenp
fort and Roslcky. forty-six; Lemon,
Bherwood and Beaton, fifteen; Gallagher,
Byrne and Matt era. Jr., twelve; Judjou
and Borshclm, seven.