Show The Transmission of Power The successful long distance transmission transmis-sion of power by the LauffonFrankfort plant has given a decided impetus to operators oper-ators in this field and tho results of the present steps toward utilizing the Niagara falls for this purpose are being eagerly i anticipated There has been a good deal of wild talk on the subject of using the power of Niagara in New York city and a leading lead-ing electrical paper wisely says that it is vastly more within the bounds of likelihood likeli-hood that New Yorkers will have to drink the water of Lake Erie instead of running their factories with it There are two new Ideas on the subject of the electrical transmission of power which from their source deserve special attention Prof Ehhu Thomson speaks of transmitting 130000 horse power 240 miles at 500000 volts through three wires about 1 as largo as u goodsized knitting needle I and to send this underground too through a small pipe using only cotton and cheap oils a the insulators He also proposes t supply the central stations of the city with cheap electrical power instead of with expensive ex-pensive coal Mr Tesh on the other hand makes the statement that there will be no necessity in the future to transmit power to great distances because we shall be able to get cheap power at any place in the urn j verse |