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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1908
Page
8
J H Fentress argues that wireless telegraphy is easier than it appears and describes a simple induction coil transmitter with a primary and a tightly wound secondary, plus a spark gap and antenna. A basic carbon microphone detector and telephone complete a home setup, capable of sending signals across a house.
A drawing shows two lamp socket styles now fitted with locks and keys to stop globe removal by thieves. The locking socket allows the shell to turn freely until secured with the key, preserving appearance while adding security for tungsten or tantalum globes.
In Los Angeles a man works to repair telephone wires in an underground conduit. Four common blacksmiths tools are used to force air into the network to prevent gas explosion in the manholes.
A large quantity of Grindstone quality rock has been uncovered in Colorado and cut to factory sizes for immediate sale. At a public demonstration at the Marconi wireless station in Grace Bay, a message was sent to Gillden Ireland and a reply received in five minutes.
An unusual field reversal occurred in a power plant with a 440-volt three-phase generator and a belted 125 volt exciter. Moments before shutdown, the alternator lost its field. inspection found a broken negative exciter lead at the brush-holder and three pole pieces affected, one opposite. The lead lay across the frame after being located.
A correspondent of the Electric Journal describes a reversal in a generator field during startup. Grounding failed, a short test showed a clear circuit between armatures, and batteries applied to the exciter shifted polarity. Reconnection with full rheostat removed yielded correct rotation after shunt-field adjustment.
The automatic electric time switch device shown is one of the simplest of the many devices for shutting.
A simple device using an alarm clock attached to a regulation electric switch can automatically turn off shop lights. The clock hand is set for the desired time, a lever indicates on or off, and a chain hooked into the alarm key slot triggers the switch when the owner leaves for the night.
Syracuse is illuminated by power from Niagara Falls via 1,900 miles of heavy conducting wires in two three wire circuits over 165 miles. Provisions guard against disconnection. an auxiliary steam plant is ready. Current arrives at 46000 volts and is stepped down at Syracuse station for diverse circuits.
A novelty electric campaign cane features a glass head with a lit bulb inside and powered by a battery concealed within a leather neck sleeve. The illuminated head swings with the cane as it is carried, making a striking night display for supporters of the candidate.
The British naval homing pigeon service is being abolished as wireless telegraphy takes its place. Once admired for endurance and speeds of up to 100 miles per hour, pigeons could reach destinations safely, but now messages travel hundreds of miles in seconds.
In a San Francisco Chronicle retold tale two railroad men recount a phantom locomotive that appeared near Platte junction and later near Visitacion. Engineer Quinn, renowned for nerve, claimed the apparition helped avert disaster on No. 7 as a log-gulch trestle gave way in heavy weather. Maherty, a watchman at the new roundhouse, also swore he saw it.
The bill, introduced by Mr. Sterling, limits liability to railroad employees in interstate commerce. It abolishes the fellow servant rule, relaxes contributory negligence, ends the assumption of risk when statutes protect workers, and allows suits within two years. It aims to equalize workers’ rights with large corporations and reduce railroad deaths and injuries.
A historical note recalls several aristocrats who personally operated locomotives. Miss Ethel Roosevelt boarded an American express at 50 mph, the Duchess of Fife once drove the London Brighton and South Coast engine briefly, and the Duke of Connaught, the Duke of Sutherland, and the Marquis of Downshire each piloted engines or fired locomotives in various settings. Lady Minto, vicereine of India, crossed the Rocky Mountains on a cow-catcher.
The Lackawanna railroad and the Crocker Wheeler electric company transplanted a large oak rather than cut it down to allow building a new station. A wrecking crane from Lackawanna handled the move, described as a fine example for the country.
An engineer near the Rio Grande Western reports seeing his wife’s ghost warn him of a washed out bridge as his speeding train halts short of a chasm. His wife, miles away, dreams the danger and cries the same warning. The tale links telepathy to railway superstition in Colorado and Utah roundhouses.
Pay for Canadian railroad workers varies by class and train type. Engineers earn 3.25 to 4.25 dollars per 100 miles while firemen receive 32.30 to 48 dollars per 160 miles, with a busy month covering about 3,500 miles. Another note recalls a Merced Canyon train stopping for a bear shoot incident.
In 1307 the Russian railroad system added 1167 miles, a three percent rise, bringing total mileage to 40488 miles. State ownership accounts for 67 percent. At year end 1600 miles were under construction, including a 118 mile branch of the Tyangcaspian line toward the Persian border.
A recent German estimate of the world’s railroads places total length at 5112 771 miles with growth last year smaller than in six years prior.
A brief literary notice credits Susan Avrey Mather with a modern martyr themed story. The copyright is attributed to Shortstory Pub, California.
After graduation Dr. Philip Raymond opens a small suburb practice with a busy bell and a lively nurse. A trolley foreman with appendicitis is treated successfully in his den but the patient insists on keeping his appendices, a pact that reshapes their lives. Five years later Raymond meets the same man, now Wheeler, in a hospital when an apparent appendicitis case reveals a troubled past.
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