| Show SEARCHLIGHT S EAR C H LI SIGNALING N G Prom Iron the be Electric Tower o ot at the lie Mi I s position to the nt at M B rn Recent wars varn have brought search searchlights searchlights lights prominently before the tho people and they have read reach how In both bolh the I army and the te t e navy projectors have 1110 been successfully used for or transmitting messages across land and water To many no doubt the manner In which this Is accomplished has been more or orleas orless orless less leas of at a n mystery but through the op Ol operation operation of at the great and wonderful searchlights to be used u ed In ho connection with the tho electrical display of ot the Pan IlIn American Exposition much that here heretofore baa hai been mysterious will ivill be made clear and mind the public will marvel at the prevent present day da facilities for tor casting powerful beams of light many man miles on missions mission of peace cm 01 to pick out from the time darkness the place of ot a hid hidden hidden den ln enemy fluting the months In which the Pan American ln Exposition Is ii to be held on the Iho Niagara frontier tho the ale falo region Is ii to 10 b be the tho scene cene of ot tho the greatest exhibition ever witnessed This ThU display will whit have a material tendency tn to educate the vIa vis visitors III hints to the Exposition I In hi regard to the tha thewl wine wl 1 Held field fiel In which searchlights s may be U applied for tor various purposes lI while it will also servo serve to demonstrate very cry tully fully the extent to which electrical science sd ence enco en co line hag advanced d In this respect dur thur ing hog tho lie last few tow years yearn In tho the locality there Is II such luch a bounteous supply of ot ty developed for tor or the tho use of at mankind that all visitors to the Exposition l will look forward to being entertained by unusual displays display and features Natu Naturally Naturally rally they will expect that Inasmuch as ns I Niagara Is the ho greatest electrical store storehouse house hiou In the world worl the features that will be attached to and operated opera led by Its It j I current supply will be bo of ot unusual char character i actor acter magnitude und and brilliancy and In Inthis Inthis Inthis I this respect there will bo be no disappoint disappointments dIsappointments ments Never Nev r y yet t has baa an on event ot of tho character of ot the Exposi Exposition tion been so BO rich In Its electric power advantages advantage and ami for tor mIles and mind miles along the lie Niagara border for tor or miles and miles on every ever side of at Buffalo and the Expiation grounds for tor miles and anti mile across the tho country of ot King Ed Id Edward Idward ward oven even to Hamilton and Toronto there will hll flash through tho time sky won wonderful beams bennis of ot light projected from the lamps operated by Niagara power i Progress Is the Ih Inspiring Irl word of tho the I Exposition and Its ex extent extent extent tent Is well veli defined de tined by b the I Ion of thin the management to make male the tho night scene of ot the Exposition a of at wondrous beauty It Is ha but a 1 few tew years yeara ago ego that the opening of at an on ex exposition position at nt night would have been lieen an nil Impossibility owing to ta tho tIme lack Inck of ot light I I and brilliancy to be Installed on all alltop top of ot tho the great Observation Ob Tower at Falls l moro more than 21 2 3 miles malice j awny Through the tho sky these thess wonderful beanie beams of ot light will flash with tho lie ra to rapidity of ot lightning There will wIlt be no to their brightness but they tho may Mutter like a n ribbon In tho the wind When being changed from tram point to point about the lie locality At tho the zenith of at the sky midway between Niagara and Buffalo the two great Ireat beam beams of light will meet as though In III apparent j II I ent ant effort to pierce tho the celestial sphere I Thus Thull placed they will form torm a crown of ot light for tor time tho Exposition which Is la to bo be a n marvelous demonstration thin tion of at the prosperity the lie Influence and tho the greatness of ot the American people In this title spectacle of ot ho the t sky there will also bo be presented a remarkable junction of at the forces forcel of ot the two great power plants of ot Niagara The Tho searchlights of at tIm tho Electric 1 Tower rower will bo bl operated by electricity generated In tho the central sta all lion of at the Niagara Falls Fall Power com COin company pany pammy at nt Niagara Falls PalI and transmitted over miles of ot cable to the Exposition grounds whIle the lie searchlight of ot the Observation Tower will be bo operated by electricity supplied by the central sta eta station Ion tion of ot the Niagara Falls Fall Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing company of ot Niagara Falls Thus a n long tong distance from Doth Both Buffalo and Niagara time tha forces of It these thelle two power plants planta will III meet in the time sky signalizing the perfect unity with which the people of ot the time Americas acted to make malee tho the Pan Ilm American ll Exposition 1 i success and n a truthful portrayal of ot Ui hir ir progress It H Is the tho expressed opinion of ot experts that the tho beams of these powerful searchlights can be he thrown from 60 to tl 75 5 miles This Is la Indeed n u long distance but tut the penetrating p powers of ot the will b bo ba Increased by tho time fact tact that list they i I 1 I I I 1 I I I S Li 5 i I Ing facilities but with the tho coming of ot the twentieth century the artificial lighting has ha attained a such Buch wonderful prominence that enthusiastic persons persona are found who predict that the Pan American Exposition J will be far tar more marC wonderful by night than by b day da With the tho sinking of at the tho summer sun In tn the west the vast ast power supply of ot Niagara ll I will be called tote Into service cervice and as the light of at tho the sun eun dim time the tIght of at Niagara will vIll Intensify In n brilliancy ney I U It will be the time greatest transformation I the world has hns flir vr looked upon 1 this chango change from day dax tont c night ht nt at time the and it will be bo welcomed with the Fame Ilme delight and ond spirit as nit th tho inhabitants of ot the time arctic zone tone greet giet the tho th aurora aUora or north northern ern lights during durIn the time r of ot th Ih northern hemisphere when their long IoniC und dreary night Is made brighter by b this strange light Throughout tho the Exposition Expo grounds anti on tho the various beautiful buildings hundreds ot of thousands of ot electric lights will be he burning In nil all thi their lr beauty beaul and high over the time entrancing favored spot I ul will rise an arch that will corn com command mand mend attention miles away Like the luminous arch of the aurora borealis it Iti i will remain visible J or several hours Mura i i of ot tho the night and from Its crown there will shoot forth rays that will meet rc re responding rays many miles dis distant tant tent These pronounced brighter rays will come from the two powerful 30 SO inch projectors to lie be placed plated on the toot fool level of If the tho Electric Tower while the rays that will lo be met mile away aa from the Exposition Exp grounds will come from tram a projector of ot similar ca I will be b operated at a II height of ot over feet teet It Is ha expected eX that the time search searchlight a searchlight arch light on the Observation Tower at lit Ni Niagara Niagara agara will be visible across Lake On Ontario Onaria aria tario In III i Toronto while the beanie beams of at the tha th Niagara and projectors may bo be concentrated with Good effect j on Lockport or some somo point of ot similar j distance with very tine lino results re ulti As At the time j j beams of ot the projectors sweep seep across country time the residents of ot time the villages and amid country places pieces will enjoy the I 1 the beams of time the search searchlights searchlights searchlights lights on the time Electric I Tower UI be bernst east cast far up Lake Inke Erie to ta give cle greeting to the tIme heavily laden boats that will vilI en ent tar tr t r Buffalos harbor or they timey may be b dl di directed out to Ea J Enit alt t Aurora to bring El m Elbert bert Hubbard anti and his hi shop under searchlight Inspection their bril brilliancy carrying n a message mes ago that will compete with the famous message to arcIa for tor public recognition While these there searchlights will wIli III be pleasant to looV upon uron and watch they will also nho carry with them education and to 10 all who ho seek to learn In nil all the papers of ot time the locality within a radius of at iJ 13 or miles the Morse Morae and Meyer Meer alphabets may mRY be lio published In Jo order that Ihl the public nubile may mil become be ome fa ta miller with wills lIh them and then Ihen there will willbe he be much pleasure In taking or receiving the tho announcement announcements which may tornado by Imy 11 the searchlight 5 flashes In the tho army both holh the Meyer the Morse Mono alpha alphabets alphabets bets hel are used u el white while time the navy confines Itself Its to the tho Meyer entirely The Meyer reer rode code I Is usually carried d out by h means of at ofa atA ofa a to 10 and end fro tro right and anti left lett darting from tram the center It Is evi evident evIdent dent that t a beam of ot light cast by br I a searchlight can bo be utilized In time the same samne lI n 1 manner a combination of at movements making milkIng letters It Is known that the lie commanding of ot tho the Fourth bri brigade gade Inde national guard state of ot New NewYork Nework York Vork ork has baa had his hla attention directed to the tho opportunity presented by the lie Pan Ian American searchlights for tor conducting i signal operations the mimi may I 1 avail tho of ot these facilities to obtain practice In the tho transmission of at signals and me messages while at lit the time some saine they may gain much expo eXile I rl and orid Information as to the dis distances dt dl such signals can be bo transmitted I I A valuable feature of at the searchlights In connection with the tho Exposition will willbe willbe Willbe be that they timey can cnn bo used to 10 illuminate details of at sculpture In and anti about tho time grounds while their rays tony may mil be bo con conc c 1 at nt any Rny sPot desired In tho grounds during unusual and special oc OCt editions Th projectors to bo tie used on tho lie Elec Electrio Electrio trio Tower rower of ot tho time grounds as ns well as II the time one cue to be In Installed stalled on tho time Observation Tower at nt Niagara Polls Falls will be of ot the time General Electric 1 company compan make They The will bo be boot beof of ot tho the latest design amid will combine all the time very ver latest Improvements In general appearance they will Ill bo be b com compact compact compact pact and graceful but built to with withstand wIthstand stand moro more than ordinarily hard usage Their simplicity of construction effi em efficiency clency of at operation and ami durability of ot service will be bo very ery pronounced They will wilt be fitted with the time Margin ground glass silver plated mirrors mirror which tile of at mirror has two spherical surfaces of at radii anti and the reflection and refraction of at the glass will cause causo tho thoras rays ras of ot light to be projected in parallel beams when time the arc oro Is III In to focus The lamps of ot a are aro designed de to throw thrall time the greatest amount of ot tight light on time tha reflector and screen shut tern tero are provided to prevent the time direct rays ray from leaving time the projector so that all nil tho time rays rus of ot light are reflected and amid sent out parallel Time The 30 Inch pro proJector Jector consume 80 SO amperes of ot current with train 19 Ii to 10 63 3 volts at a t the arc Tho The to bo ht wed u In time tho display dl play In question will ho hand operated so the tho beam benm of at light comm cnn 1 lie he e trained verti verll vertically cally crilly or horizontally by the time operator who will 1111 stand close beside the pro projector projector jector and move moo the barrel Jarrel In any di dl direction he ime may desire In tho time case ease of tit electrically controlled projectors projector the tha apparatus may be operated At et a n tile Ills tance lance This Is la accomplished by having electric motors mounted In the tho base of ot the time projector ono one motor operating a atrain atrain train of at gears controlling the vertical movement and tho time other motor operating ing hog another train twin of at genre controlling the tIme horizontal movement of ot the time pro pia projector Jector jl tor The Tho movement nt of ot the tho beam of ot light corresponds to the time movement of tho time handle of ot the controller and both bolh horizontal and vertical movement cnn can be obtained at the same time When Shen the handle of at the controller Is released It Is brought back by hy a powerful spring to the neutral position It Is worthy of ot note noto that all projectors are very accurately notch balanced and that hint when It Is la de desired desired desired sired to have a beam bellm of at light covering a n wide area arell a front or divergent door made up of ot strips of ot glass glaes ground piano convex each strip being a lens with tho the convex side outward Is placed In position which diverges the beam but does not Increase Its height There Is no doubt that lint visitors to t the tho Exposition will gain a avast avast avast vast amount of at Information aboUt abo t searchlights and their beautiful effects In fancy we can picture the HIe turbines of the deep Niagara wheel sheel pit In full tull op Opt operation operation giving life lito to the lie generators In the dynamo room above We can canice see ice the current passing to the trans tram transformer former station italian at the Falls and mind then speeding at Increased voltage to Buffa IJuan Buffalo lo to there thero to be bo reduced In voltage before passing to the tho Exposition grounds We W can Imagine still further reductions In inthe tho the voltage at points on the time grounds and then witness the time bright and won wonderful wonderful beam from tram the searchlights An Another Another Another other to tool loot upon In fancy tancy Is the station at the tIme waters edge at the tho Niagara gorge torge where the time current of at time the Niagara searchlight Is II generated It passes tom from the station to the he pro projector projector jector and the time answering beam benm flashes flashe across the tIme country to meet tho the beam benm Impelled to brightness by the time turbine In the mighty might pit a mm great grand auth a glorious demonstration of ot the tho wonders of ot time the electric age i |
