Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 8, 1910, Page 12

Lightning is fast, but- The Smith Premier IS FASTER There is no other machine on the market that reaches the standard of the Smith-Premier _The Smith-Premier Typewriting Co., s M. O. PLOWMAN., Manager Kennedy Building, 19th and Douglas One Place In Omaha That satisfies every possible fancy in things electrical. Your home is never beautiful nor homelike until the lighting effects are practical, and they must harmonize, When you pay your gas bill, stop into our display room, right next door, and examine our stock. Burgess- Granden Co. Wholesals and Retail Gas and Eleotric Fivtures 1512 Howard St. Electrical- EDWIN C. BENNETT CO. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING ENGINEERS 272 South 19th Street Electric Steel Conduit and Raceway Experts Complete conduit system with electric wirlng, designed and in- stalled for light and power. Electric work by contract or percentage plan specification. WE AIM TO PLEASE Here are a few of the contracts we have executed: PUBLIC BUILDINGS First National Bank Cheyenne, Wyo. Government (officers’ Fort Omaha. Government (pole Fort Omaha. |Government (Administration building), Fort Robinson, Neb. Government (officers’ quarters), Fort Crook, Neb. Omaha Van & Storage warehouse, city. Nebraska Moline Plow Co., city, New Kenneddy building, city. Expressmen’s Delivery Co., Fire- proof warehouse, city, RESIDENCES E. M. Gibson, city. T. J. Mahoney, city. Thomas R. Kimball, eity. Mrs, T. L. Kimball, city. Glen C. Wharton, city, R. E. Sunderland, city. And Others on Application. Burlington Depot, city. Burlington Headquarters building, city. Hoagland Block, city. Wright & Wilhelmy building, city. Crane Company, city. Y. M. C. A., city. Orpheum Theater, city. Burwood Theater, city. New Morris Theater, city. Conservative bullding, city New Methodist hospital, city. New Wise Memorial hospital ¥ New Presbyterian hospital, city. Nebraska-lowa Grain elevator, eity. First National Bank bullding, Grand Island, Neb. building, quarters), line court), Henry W. Yates, city. J. M. Cudahy, city. W. H. McCord, city. J. J. Hanighen, city H, D. Thompson, ecf ‘Ward Burgess, city, MAY 8, 1910. Sparks from the Electrical World Using Electr ent to Ady we To get the best results from your e current the first wiring of hous |ehould be carefully planned. Tt is a mis | tuken idea to stint on the wiring expense. |tor any outlay here will be amply repaid by reduced consumption later when the current is turned on. When a house s planned ways provided suitable for the sary pleces of furniture, | sideboara in dining ro | ir beds and dres and so on 1 the house. All these may then be | 1 with the light by specifying | s nearby rie your al arge neces wuch as table and sink and | m, stove Kitchen, prope Bedside Lamos | | | 1 one to read in bed it is the helght of extravagance to turn on a lamp jnear the dresser of sufficiently high candle power to reach the bed. Provide for a bed- | side outlet and use a small candle power | {lamp, with shade to throw the light upon the pillow The bedside outlet will be found useful for various emergency appliances also, such as heating pad, bottle warmer, fan, or massage machine, wishes The Dining Room. Do not install a $2-candlepower topped by a heavy ornamental the dining room table. The pr effect may be secured much more economi- cally by using a lamp of the reflector type consuming current equal to a 16-candle- | power lamp, but throwing all the light lamp, - | water heater, |upon the table where it is needed. Ceiling light Is wasted in tnie room. Provide floor outlets for the electric table cooking now 80 fashionable and convenient The kitchen is usually stinted with poor lighting and this ig one place where light should be provided lavishly. Good cooking cannot be done in the dark. A good light filament should be with the new placed near the stove and another over the sink to insure clean food and dishes. Cheer- fulness here may solve a servant problem. Wiring Clo; Free use of electric and Cellars, wiring is good fire insurance. Instead of taking matches or candles into closets, attic have these places suitably proyided with small candlepower lamps. Their infrequent use will scarcely be recorded switch at head and foot of cellar stairs is a great convenience. Light halls from the ceiling with lamps at an angle to throw light from end to Well lighted stairs prevent accidents. end. In the Mathroom. Low power lamps are sufficient for the bathroom. It is a common mistake to al- low for but one outiet here. Two should always be specitied in order that radlator, curling fron, etc, may be used in & well lighted room Proper consideration of color values in reference to light is indispensable to econ- omical use of current. The light finish In bathrooms allows small candle power lamps there; but a dark wall covering with e I e — lighted on the meter. A | hangings means more cujrent required to brighten the room. Besides the general illuminant in living or library there should be arrange | ment for reading lamp and piano light. | {n ve the general glow from cluster | | electroticrs which Is largely wasted | A ceiling light from the porch controlled by & switch within the door fs a great and is often safety Insurance may “sizo up” a comer from within, callers may go with confidence | summer reading may be doors. room | | convenience and in enjoyed out of | Electric Swinging Doors. Iving doors leading into the Hetel r In New York are now operated by elactricity instead of by hand A doorman whose duty it used to be to swing the glass doors by main strength, now does his work with no greater exertion than is needed to| press @ button, | He stands in the hotel lobby some dis tance from the doors. In his hand he holds an electric button. When anybody ap- proaches the doors from either street or | the lobby the doorman presses the button and the doors swing round. | 700,000 Families Use Electricity. Statisticans have estimated that electric current is now/furnished to 700,000 families | In this country. Iis popular use is growing by leaps and hounds. Progressive people in ' all walks of life are daily employing it for | new purposes, realizing more and more how necessary it is to health, cleanliness, econ- omy and convenfence. "by the We Move Like Lightning Our large moving vans arrive on time and the men work rapidly. Storing furniture is a large part of our business. Rates are reasonable. New Fire-Proof Warehouse Nearly Completed EXPRESSMENS DELIVERY CO. 303 North Sixteenth Street Phones: Douglas 394—Ind. B-1341. 938 0ld Homes Connected for Electric Lights Last Year. Is Yours One of Them? Business ight electric light o Omaha Electric Light @. Power Co. for current. ‘W o Pen Akt e Bealt o1 for signs and windows.” Now to obtain than profitable lighting. These new 1ncandes- ;::m lamps we now_offer to our, customers is easier it e More Electric Light' can now be obtained for every dollar you pay for rent than ever befors, TheaE.MAZDA it possible to obtain for a gr mnowmdyh!ellywm this great advance in electrical cur give New Interurban- Timme Card COMMENCING MAY 8TH, 1910 The Following Time Card Will Be Effective Sundays on the Fort Crook Interurban Line Leaving 24th and N Streets, South Omaha 7 A. M. 8 ' “h 9 10 ¢ 11 Feed 12 noon 1:00 P. M. I8 1:40 2:20 2:40 3.00 3:20 3:40 4:00 4:20 P. 4:40 ¢ 5:00 ¢ 5120+ 5:40 ¢ 6:00 ** 6:20 6:40 7:00 * 7205 7:40 “ 8.00 * 9:00 10 11 12 midnight Omaha & Southern In- terurban Railway Co. ““ ‘6 (1) ““ ‘6 ‘h ““ ‘“ ““ ‘“ “ ‘e ‘“ . ““ ‘e “ ‘e ““ Motors, Dynamos and General Repairing of Machinery a Specialty Electrical Elevator Repairs LE BRON ELECTRICAL WORKS Expert Electricians and Machinists 313 South 12th Street Tel.—Doug. 2176 OMAHA, NEB. Bee Ads Brlnd I.Iuhlnring-llkeflkfuults - A |