Show MORE LIGHT our readers will remember that a short time ago go a cor company Pally was organized in this city for tile operation of gas works true we have the poetic twinkling of the stars and the mild radiation of luna to illumine the landscape we also enjoy the brilliancy of the electric lights wit whose adoption the city authorities have mot with general approbation but still as the grand mater nia ter of german literature J W von clethe said light more light so we say light more light 1 we nr 0 cant have bave any too much of it socially familiarly familiare famili arl or otherwise irence we nye wel welcomed corned the advent of the abovementioned above mentioned gaa gas company not as an art enter enterprise prin to supersede either luna and the fixed stars nor the tho splendid brush illumination but brit rather to supplement them where they arc are inadequate and insufficient viz in private circles and residences notwithstanding promises of future developments and arid present accomplishments the numerous experimenters peri menters in electric light do not yet et seem to have succeeded in dividing their luminosity to that small fraction of the glare needed for domestic purposes the incandescent carbon will light large buildings streets and squares b but ut it cannot bo be confined to parlors bedrooms studios offices nor can it be controlled at notice and accordia according to individual desires and wants all of this is supplied by the gasoline machines such as lately introduced in trod in this city of which favorable experiments and successful testa tests have been given gasoline may be called a il liquid gas like I 1 kerosene it ia n almost a pure carbon is trant transparent parent colorless has jim a pungent odor but it is not spontaneously combustible or explosive cannot bo be ignited I 1 by friction or concussion cus sion has no destructive or corrosive effect upon any metals and in any other respect presents few fw if any disadvantageous fed features tures on account of iff its chemical relationship with the much ilich dreaded kerosene there have been some sonic apprehensions hen created and fanned by interested speculators as to great dangers said aid to attend the use of gasoline as an illuminator in view of the fact that this new lighting method which by the way the writer of this knows to have been in successful operation without one accident in places in one city is presented to the public and to the authorities also it is but just to state that it has been tested by parties interested more than any others in all improvements and innovations novat ions of this kind we have before us a report to the executive committee of the national board of fire underwriters on gas machines signed by henry A oakley and find D I 1 A heald and arid dated new w 0 york jan 1876 the sum substance of which is that the system of gasoline illumination with proper management careful workmanship mans bip suitable material and conscientious ious attendance gives no cause to underwriters to increase the rato rate of insurance of any building wherein it is used As underwriters are pro proverbially verbia ily known to be tho the most careful of men such an opinion of their principal representatives presenta tives cannot fail to have due weight weigh and tand to smooth the path for tho tile successful introduction of tile new system in our progressive city WE wr Lr arail leann AiL that the authorities of the french postal department intend to buy up tip the existing rights g of the telephone in francs france it is proposed to open stations in connection with the present telegraph offices at which the public without becoming subscribers may communicate muni cate with subscribers at a charge of lialja half a franc nearly 10 cents for every five minutes conversation as has bas been done lone in luany and switzerland an ali arrangement of this kind might not prove unsuccessful saul in tl aliis lis country it might prevent tho surreptitious purloining of telephone lam lm A I |