Show LIT BY BALLOONS aerial ships with ith rip lights win will illuminate Iti a city A balloon with electric lights lighta attached to it for lighting cities is the latest lit est idea of turning the light of light fc to a practical use ilse this idea may seem very visionary but one of san Francis cos inventors has sufficient con confidence in the scheme to commence 0 operations pe rations of constructing a balloon for that purpose says the call of that aty this balloon will not be of the th ordinary silk bag pattern but will be made of aluminum in the shape of a cigar pointed at both ends en da it will be about forty feet long and fifteen feet in diameter at its largest point and will contain sufficient gas to sustain iii it in the roughest kind of weather fans will be constructed so as to hold it point up to the wind and help it from dipping and in calm weather it willbe willbe so balanced that it will remain perfectly level A cable containing the electric wires will hold it at a sufficient elevation so that the light will be spread over the area to be illuminated to the best advantage the balloon will sustain six are arc lights or it cau can be so made as to be covered with incandescent lights each one of which will be with a reflector so as to concentrate the rays of the light and throw them downward an appliance will be provided for hauling the balloon to the earth for trimming the light or calcin malting g a any n y r repairs e that might become necessary or raising or lowering it so that the light may be advantageously distributed |