Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 2, 1909, Page 44

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MILLARD’S RESIDENCE ELECTRICAL PLANTS--Bennett’s Store; Thompson Hotel Co., Lincoln; University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Pender, York and numerous other plants throughout the state. Reasonable Prices! DR. MILLER’S RESIDENCE W. A. PAXTON, Jr., RESIDENCE G. W. JOHNSTON’S RESIDENCE FORT CROOK DOUGLAS COUNTY DETENTION HOME Visit our booth at the Electrical Show, May 6th to 15th, inclusive, where we will have numerous interesting electrical effects. Johnston Electric Company G. W. Johnston, President. * ELECTRICITY 0N THE TRAIN Many Uses to Which the Current Has Pecn Put SAFETY AYD COMFORT SECURED Devices for Signaling, Lighting and Otherwise Controlling Operation of Trains Are Many and Are Being (mproved, “Although the use of electricity ir the oberation of railroad trains has added im- mensely to which trains are handled, the use of that great power in rallroading s still in its Infancy and undrcamed wonders will be worked out within the next few years,’ &ald Dr. Froderick Millner of the eleetrical dtpartment of the Union Pacific, who has been making advanced experiments in all lifes to increase the use of electricity, hoth in handling trains and also in construction afid repal shops. T'wwu much has been accemplished to | shape afety and efficiency with | s date, a change is coming and the alternat- nt will come into its own pount of work in' far be s been done by the direct alternating current 1s the current, the mighty power walking on two legs, while the direct current is a cripple, which has to hobble along on one leg, and consequently Is looking for a place to lay down and rest or to run to earth. The alternating current, on the other hand, a strong glant, wtih two good legs, which can go twice as far. The alternating current was the first to be discovered and s the natural state, and the direct current current. uatural was evolved from the alternating. Better Block Signals. “Before a great many years the block will be operated by alternating cur- and they will then be much more | dent and less expensive. done as soon as more power plants are available. It is impossible to estimate the future of the alternating current, for it is the current as it occurs In nature. The direct current Is an altcrnating current from which one leg has been cut off. Re- seurches began with batteries and when they found how to make the direct current they at once began to manufacture direct This will be current machinery and that is now the most used. For the last fifteen years the usars of eelctricity have been satisfiod with the direct current. All electricity existing In nature and even lightning Is nothing but high frequency, high volta nating current of great motive fc d power e electric locomotive will replace the am monster In many localities, for it has many advantages over its steam brother. An electric locomotive can haul a heavier train ‘up a steeper grade than can a steam locomotive of equal horse- power. This is seen dally on the streets of Omaha in the way the large cars o the Omaba & Council Bluffs Street Rail- way company are lifted up the grades of the city. “With the harnessing of the mountain streams and the establishment of water power plants in the mountains, the heavy hauls of the mountains will in time be made by electrical locomotives. I under- stand the Milwaukee Is now building two immense power plants of 3,000-horse power each to use in crossing the mountains on its new line to the Pucific coast. Telephoning from Trains, steep “Communication between trains by vary- ing frequoncies is but a matter of a short time. Telephoning from moving trains To be sure! We’ve a space at the “Electrical Show” Hear the “Electrical Orchestra” The ‘‘Electrical Orchestra is the world’s masterpiece among auto- matic musical insturments. It’s a marvelous combination of piano, or- gan, pipes, cymbals, drums, ete.—in fact, a virtual seven piece orches- tra—gives ravishing music—yet runs by a motor, Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., the world’s largest automatic music makers. We are their foremost western agency. Hear the new “Auxetaphone” The newest ‘‘Vietor’’ 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 rasp.”” Machine shown costs $500. Then, too, our Mandolin Quartette Piano is worth Hearing. You're real welcome. that A product of The ‘‘phonographic without wires is but u matter of a she time. Contrary to the general opinic the distance to be covered by this con- trivance is not necessarlly great, as it will be 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 18 in doing away with the miles and miles of belting and shaft- BERT LEBRON, LeBron Electrical Works. ing which is at all times dangerous, and making vee of the individual drive. By the use of electricity each machine is pro- vided with a motor of sufficient power to operate it, and when the power Is not needed to operate the machine no power is used, as was In the case of the old belting system, when the miles of belts | haa to kept In operation all the time. The wires are consol d Into cables which are buried, and the shops present an en- tirely different appearance olden days. Unsightly wires are done away with, “A huge central power station now fur- nishes the power for the Union Pacitic shops in Omaha, and where formerly C, A MANGUM, | Head of the Firm of Mangum & Co., Op- erating Ome of the Most Complete Letter | Factorles West of Chicago, zens and dozens of unsightly smoke- tacks belched forth their black smoke ahd dirt, now but one stack is seen, and that Is over the most modern of furnaces. The belts were also conveyors of dirt and this objectionable feature of the old sys- tém has been done away with “It will not be a long time until all trains are brought into large citles by electrical locomotives. Most trains will soon He lighted by electricity from dynamos situated In the baggage ocars. The cook- ing In the dining cars will soon be done by electricity, The perature In the sleeping cars will be done away with, for a thermostadt will keep an even temperature In every berth Advance in Signaling. “The possibllities of wireless telegraphy ab an adjunct to the block signal systems 18 still In the making, but great corpora- | tions are continuously . experimenting with ape device after another to secure the ut- most safety for passengers and equipment lines is toward smoothness, safety and than in the | Your Elevator C You want a New 1You need Metor \ |You need a New { | | | | by electricity and the trains will be heated | unevenness of tem- The trend of everything on the Harriman | |Electrical Wor IS THE PLACE TO PHONE (Your Elevator Gives Treuble hing 1s sac these achievements. | “One of the latest and most important work done is the effort to accurately and efficiently dispatch trains by telephone, and this 1s gradually meeting with consia- | | erable success. The many difficul- ties and prejudices to be overc before | telephonic operation of trains the telegraph, but these are being grad overcome. The Tllinois Central is fast put- ting Into practical use the telephone in operating its trains and the Union Paclfic 18 now operating the stretch between North Platte and Sidney by telephones. The suc- cess of these experiments Is &0 great that plans are being laid to use the re and more. telephone jgnal systems are now being made so efficlent when operated by electricity that | trains may be required to travel at a cer- | tain speed, this keeping the tr | tain distance apart and thus go | speed of the trains. 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