Show OFF THE ELECTRIC WIRE californian Californi calif lornial ai lias has a trackless kracl less arol ly motor driven pumps were in demand in dayton after the recent flood 0 s e fourteen Tour teea submarine cables now connect ameritt with european points the island of java is equipped with a complete autor automatic natie telephone system N 1 permits have been granted for the development of horse power in the national forests of california 0 e tile the merchants of chattanooga Chatta noo a have raised for the building of a great white way half a mile in length the french language landua c is more easily understood over the telephone than the E english adlish aglish lang language ligi iii ge providing you understand french 0 the smallest commercial electric motor weighs less than two pounds it is used where a little power is required sueh such ir dental drills etc twenty years iago go there were about telephone stations served by seven offices in manhattan mid amil one in the brox and the rate charged subscribers was per annum the lines largely grounded cita ciar rt 1 l the equip inen was entirely magneto and the distributing plant mostly overhead over heald wires strung over house tops at the present time there are in manhattan and the brox kilone alone more than stations and nearly stations in the state of new york and part of new jersey after sever seventeen iteen years of service electric meter no I 1 is still in use by the new york edison company this meter was installed in 1890 previous to its installation the old chemical meters were used there are in camada 4 telephone lines owned by provincial governments 27 owned by municipalities owned by corporations owned by operative cooperative co companies 31 owned by partnership and private lines the worlds largest electromagnet is bein being built in paris pari at a cost of the magnet ma will be placed at the disposal of all scientists f for or experimental purposes some railways use electric power for heating trains part of them use current directly in the heaters as they do in trolly cars in some cities others use an electric boiler |