Regulation for Multiphase Systems, L. Bell, Boston, Mass., 516,796. Filed June 15, 1893

The method consists in artifically raising the resistance of the lower resistance line to that of the higher resistance line.

System of Electrical Distribution, E. W. Rice, Jr., Swampscott, Mass., 516,885. Filed Mch. 6, 1893.

The method consists in generating current whose potential increases at a predetermined rate with increased load, and currents whose potential increases at a greater rate with increase of load, and conveying all the currents to the work circuit through feeders proportioned to the character of the supplied current.

System of Electrical Distribution, E. W. Rice, Jr., Swampscott, Mass., 516,836. Filed May 5, 1893.

Employs lines leading from a source of alternating or polyphase currents to a point of distribution, and means adapted to commute the currents and deliver them to mains feeding translating devices by the three wire or series multiple system.

Regulation of Alternating Currents, E. Thomson, Swampscott, Mass., 516,846. Filed June 9, 1891.

Claim 7 follows:

The combination in a regulating transformer of the fixed coil, the partly counterbalanced movable coil, and one of said coils being in the main and the other in the work circuit.

Means for Regulating Alternating Currents, E. Thomson, Swampscott, Mass., 516,847. Filed July 1, 1891.

Employs mutually inductive coils one or both being vertically movable and suspended so as to be partly counterbalanced and subject to a constant gravitating force.

Electrical Transformer, E. Thomson, Swampscott, Mass., 516,850. Filed June 28, 1893.

Claim 1 follows:

A transformer comprising primary and secondary coils, a common iron core therefor and a casing containing the coils and located between the coils and the core.

Dynamos and Motors :—

Automatic Speed Regulator for Electric Motors, W. Hochhausen, Brooklyn, N. Y., 516,651. Filed Nov. 26, 1889.

Employs two sets of switch contact blocks mounted on field poles and connected respectively with the section of the field magnet coils, and a recipro catory switch rod having spring contacts forming connections with the switch blocks and actuated by a ball governor.

Commutator, E. R. Francis, Minneapolis, Minn., 516,732. Filed May 13, 1893. Employs alternate terminal plates with interlocking segment stubs and alternate contact segments removably secured to the stubs.

Electric Motor, P. Wuest, Philadelphia, Pa., 516,784. Filed May 16, 1892. A small motor especially designed for fans, etc., and so arranged that it may readily be taken apart.

Dynamo Electric Machine or Motor, N. C. Bassett, Lynn, Mass., 516,792. Filed Aug. 31, 1893.

Claim 1 follows:

In a dynamo electric machine, a field magnet frame substantially rectangular in longitudinal elevation, and composed of two parts united on a diagonal of said rectangle.

Armature for Dynamo Electric Machines, L. Bell, Boston, Mass., 516,794. Filed Mch. 17, 1893.

An armature for dynamo electric machines provided with laminated teeth, the laminæ arranged in groups separated by ventilating spaces.

Armature for Induction Motors, L. Bell, Boston, Mass., 516,795. Filed April 3, 1893.

Comprises a core with copper bars extending longitudinally along its surface and a metal disc of relatively high resistance to which the bars are attached.

Coil for Dynamo Electric Machines, L. Bell, Boston, Mass., 516,797. Filed Nov. 13. 1893.

Method of Transmission of Electricity, J. P. B. Fiske, Lynn, Mass., 516,804. Filed May 3, 1893.

A method of regulating the speed of a series motor which consists in varying the strength of the field of the generator supplying current. Transmission of Electricity, J. P. B. Fiske, 516,805. Filed May 3, 1893. Similar in its object to No. 516,804.

Motor Armature, J. C. Henry, Westfield, N. J., 516,807. Filed Aug. 25, 1892. Claim 5 follows:

An armature whose coils each have an uninsulated portion bearing directly against a resilient commutator bar.

Electric Motor, W. H. Knight, Lynn, Mass., 516,818. Filed Sept. 15, 1893. Claim 2 follows:

In a series wound motor, a differential shunt winding connected to its armture terminals adapted to respond to an increased speed of the armature. Commutator Connection, C. A. Lieb, New York, 516,827. Filed July 18, 1893. Comprises a slotted segment and a connector having elastic sides wedged into the slot.

Starting and Controlling Device for Electric Motors, J. W. Moore, Boston, Mass., 516,831. Filed Nov. 25, 1893.

Especially adapted to electric elevators.

Series Parallel Controller, E. D. Priest, Lynn, Mass., 516,834. Filed Dec. 1,

1893.

The invention consists in the method of changing three or more motors from series to parallel connection by shunting one motor, disconnecting it from the series and connecting it in parallel with another but in series with the remaining motors, and afterwards successively shunting the remaining motors, respectively disconnecting them from the series and bringing them into parallel with those already in parallel.

Armature for Dynamo Electric Machines, E. W. Rice, Jr., Lynn, Mass, 516,837. Filed Nov. 16, 1893.

Employs a core having transverse undercut notches, separately wound coils inserted in the notches and keys holding the coils in place.

Electrical Hoisting Apparatus, H. C. Spaulding, Boston, Mass., 516,843. Filed Feb 12, 1890.

Employs radial field magnets on opposite sides of the armature projecting from the drum and having the latter for their yoke, and an armature concentric with the drum and geared thereto.

Electric Motor, C. J. Coleman, Chicago, Ill., 516,916. Filed Jan. 21, 1893.
Claim 1 follows:

A motor having its field and armature adapted to rotate in opposite direction, and gearing connections of a differential nature between each of the same and the driven shaft.

Electric Motor, C. J. Coleman, Chicago, Ill., 516,917. Filed Jan. 21, 1893.
Similar to No. 516,916.

Electric Elevator, R. Watson, Washington, D. D., 516,956 Filed Nov. 13, 1693.

Galvanic and Thermo-Electric Batteries :

Gravity Battery, L. F. Lary, Pottersburg, Ohio, 516,653. Filed May 23, 1893. Employs a copper electrode formed by bending a sheet of copper into cone shape to serve as a receptacle for the excitant.

Lamps and Appurtenances :—

Incandescent Lamp, G. C. Swan, Brockton, Mass., 516,689. Filed Dec. 30,

1893.

Employs a flat metallic disc fused to the inner surface of the neck of the bulb the tube containing the leading-in wires being fused to the edge of a hole through the disc.

Incandescent Lamp and Method of Manufacturing Same, H. D. Burnett, Lynn, Mass., & S. E. Doane, Swampscott, Mass., 516.800. Filed Mch. 17, 1893. The method consists in placing the leading-in wires between an inner and outer tube, softening the ends of said tubes to seal the wires, sealing the outer tube to the neck of the lamp, exhausting the lamp by means of the inner tube, and then sealing the inner tube.

Incandescent Electric Lamp, E. R. Knowles, Middletown, Conn., 516,819. Filed Dec. 9, 1892.

Relates especially to the construction of the keyless socket.

Socket for Incandescent Electric Lamps, E R. Knowles, Middletown, Conn., 516,820. Filed Dec. 9, 1892.

Electric Search Light, E. R. Knowles, Middletown, Conn., 516,821. Filed Jan. 9, 1893.

Alternating Electric Arc Lamp, E. R. Knowles, Middletown, Conn., 516,822. Filed Jan. 9, 1893.

In a horizontal arc lamp, the combination with a bed-plate, of contactstrips fastened thereto, ways supported thereon, carbon holders sliding on said ways, and jointed arms connecting sa'd carbon holders with said strips. Electric Arc Lamp, E. R. Knowles, Middletown, Conn., 516,826. Filed July 17, 1893.

A focusing lamp especially adapted to search lights.

Lamp Socket, A. Swan, Schenectady, N. Y., 516,844 Filed April 3, 1893.
A socket moulded in a single piece and having the contact portion and the
threaded tube for the lamp moulded in the body of the socket.
Incandescent Lamp, R. Langhans, Berlin, Germany, 516,892. Filed April 18,

The method of cooling electric apparatus, which consists in supplying to such apparatus a flow of cooling fluid proportioned to the current passing therein.

Electrically Operating Pump, C. Robinson, Lynn, Mass., 516,840. Filed Oct. 11, 1893.

Switchboard, E. F. Frost, Washington, D. C., 516,862. Filed May 31, 1893. Consists of a number of movable levers hinged at their edges and having attached points for the reception of conductors.

Electric Cigar Lighter, J, Sachs, New York, 516,878. Filed Feb. 2, 1893. Mode of Producing Nitric Acid and Metals from Nitrates, J. D. Darling, Philadelphia, Pa., 516,001. Filed Aug. 21, 1893.

Railways and Appliances :—

Electric Railway System, E. Thomson, Swampscott, Mass., 516,666. Filed
May 29, 1891.
Claim 1 follows:-

The combination with the vehicle electrically propelled along a line of way, and having definite stopping and starting points thereon, of one or more

conductors at such points making connection with the electric motor on said vehicle, and an energy storage device in connection with said conductors. Block System for Electric Railways, J. W. Gibboney, Lynn, Mass., 516,806. Filed Oct. 12, 1893.

Employs a trolley line divided into sections and means for short circuiting the sections upon the ground return, thereby blowing the fuses between the sections.

Overhead Electric Railway, J. C. Henry, Westfield, N. J., 516,808. Filed Mch 8, 1893.

A diagonal system of overhead trolley construction.

Conduit for Electric Railways, H. A. F. Petersen, Milwaukee, Wis., 516,876. Filed Mch. 10, 1893.

Employs two parallel conduits, the one carrying the conductors being out of line with the slot and the longitudinal opening between the conduits being provided with a cover normally closed and only opened during the passage of the car. (See THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, March 21, 1894.)

Telegraphs:

Fire Telegraphy, S. J. Sanford, Barrie, Can., 516,879. Filed Feb. 3, 1891. Telephones and Apparatus:

Magneto Telephone, H. A. Chase, Boston, Mass., 516,642. Filed Aug. 12, 1893. Employs a permanent magnet having one end free and provided at its opposite end with a rigidly attached pole piece by which it is supported upon the enclosing case.

Magneto Telephone, H. A. Chase, Boston, Mass., 516,643. Filed Aug. 12, 1898. Employs a U-shaped exciting magnet located within the case and having legs of unequal length, and a magnetic connection attached to the rear end of the shorter leg and secured to the case to complete the magnetic circuit with the diaphragm.

Telephone Switch, A. Stromberg & A. Carlson, Chicago, Ill., 516,777. Filed Sept. 21, 1893.

Employs a horizontally shifting telephone hook yieldingly maintained at one end of its travel and a bracket so arranged that the placing of the receiver on the hook will force the latter in the opposite direction. Telephone, A. C. White, Boston, Mass., 516,982. Filed Nov. 8, 1893. Employs a diaphragm having one side cut off from communication with the outer air and a pressure equalizing or compensating device.

Trade Notes and Novelties

AND MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT.

THE IMPERIAL DRY BATTERY.

THE accompanying illustration shows the Imperial dry battery, manufactured by the Miamisburg Electric Co., of Miamisburg, Ohio. It is constructed on novel principles and the possibility of internal short circuiting, or local action is claimed to be entirely eliminated. Its efficiency is high and the internal resistance is very small, owing to the compounding of the material surrounding the negative element, while its recuperative powers are excellent.

The battery is hermetically sealed, has a life of from one to three years and is not affected by climatic changes. It has a voltage of 1.5 and gives a current of from 6 to 8 amperes.

THE LARGEST HOLTZ MACHINE.

Messrs. Waite & Bartlett, of 143 E. Twenty-third street, this city, have recently completed what is said to be the largest Holtz induction machine ever made. It is contained in a case 7 feet 6 inches high, 6 feet 5 inches long and 3 feet deep. There are six revolving plates, each 45 inches in diameter and inch thick and the stationary plates are 6 feet in length. The revolving plates are supported on a 2-inch steel shaft run by a 14 h. p. CrockerWheeler motor. The pole pieces are 2 feet 94 inches long and a spark 21 inches in length can be obtained.

The machine was ordered by the Battle Creek Sanitarium, of Battle Creek, Mich., and a new form of transformer has been made to reduce its effect, when necessary, in order that it may be used upon the weakest patients.

NEW ENGLAND NOTES.

THE MATHER ELECTRIC COMPANY of Manchester, Conn., report a large number of new contracts for work on hand. They are now operating their plant on full time and feel very much encouraged at the prospect of a larger business in the immediate future.

W. B. Southgate & Co. have opened an office at 146 Franklin street, Boston, and will act as general manufacturers' agents making a specialty of insulated wires. Mr. Southgate was for years with the Gould & Watson Co. and later with the Whitney Electrical Instrument Co., and has many friends in the electrical business.

MR. C. I. HILLS, well known to the electrical trade as a salesman of incandescent lamps, having been connected with the Perkins Electric Lamp Co. and the Waring Electric Lamp Co. for years, continues to meet with remarkable success in his new capacity as salesman for the Columbia Electric Co., of St. Louis. Mr. Hills's many friends in New England are all glad to hear of his success, and wish him the best of luck in his new venture.

THE W. S. HILL ELECTRIC CO., of Boston, report that their switch exhibit, which attracted so much attention at the recent convention in Washington, is equally admired in the office of their agents, the Elson and Brewer Engineering Co., at 141 Liberty street, New York. Business with this company continues good, and they are running their shop to its full capacity ten hours a day.

THE CAMPBELL ELECTRICAL SUPPLY Co. of Boston, are making a specialty of the "Century Insulating Tape," and are meeting with great success. The tape is specially woven, is extremely solid, firm and waterproof and will stand exposure to the atmosphere to a wonderful degree. It is put up in pound and half pound rolls, and in widths & inch, 1 inch and 2 inches, so that it may suit all purposes.

MR. F. LAROCHE, of the LaRoche Electrical Works of Philadelphia, was in Boston this week, and paid visits to Westboro and Quincy, Mass., where there are several of his well-known type of alternating dynamos at work. Mr. LaRoche was much gratified to find that these machines had given so much satisfaction, and that there are good prospects for many more being used in New England, for which territory the Campell Electrical Supply Co. of Boston are agents.

THE PETTINGELL-ANDREWS Co., of Boston, have increased their business so largely within the past year, that they are now forced to move into larger quarters, and after May 1st of this year will occupy a handsome store at 72 and 74 Federal street. They will take the whole first story and basement of this building and will have about twice as much space as heretofore. In these dull times it is quite refreshing to hear of a company doing so well that business demands larger premises, but we expect to see the PettingellAndrews Co. enjoying even a larger share of the patronage of the electrical trade than before.

MR. J. F. BUBERT, for several years in charge of the engineering and construction departments of Messrs. Claflin & Kimball, of Boston, has opened an office in the Hathaway Building, Boston, where he will continue the construction business in all its branches, having succeeded to that portion of Claflin & Kimball's business. Mr. Bubert has been connected with the Mather Electric Co. since 1884, and with Claflin & Kimball since 1889, and is well known to the electrical trade in the East as a proficient and care-taking electrical engineer.

MR. J. BRADFORD SARGENT, of Boston, New England agent for the Stirling water tube boiler, sends us the following very interesting test by Mr. George H. Barrus, the well known expert steam engineer of Boston, on a 250 h. p. Stirling boiler at Portland, Me.: Water evaporated per pound of coal, 10.54 pounds; equiv. evaporation per pound of coal from and at 212, 11.025 pounds; equiv. evaporation per pound of combustible from and at 212°, 12.061 pounds; moisture in steam while boiler was developing 380 h. p. or 52% above its rated capacity, 0.19%; Moisture in steam while boiler was working at its rated capacity, 0.06%. A number of these boilers are now in successful operation in New England, and the above test will go far to prove in an emphatic manner the claims made for them, and will materially assist in the introduction of many more in this territory.

THE BEACON VACUUM PUMP AND ELECTRICAL CO., of Boston, as their advertisement shows this week, are again leading the race in the incandescent lamp business with a reduced price list. They are now advertising their 16 c. p. lamps in barrel lots at 25 cents each, and expect to do a very large trade at this price. The Beacon lamp has recently met with much success, and they have been selling large quantities. In order to make more room for their increased trade, they have leased a floor in the building opposite their present premises, and will remove their machine shop to the new quarters. This will give them a much increased capacity for the manufacture of lamps, as they are at present somewhat crowded. The Beacon Company are evidently in the business to stay, and are determined to give their customers the very best price possible, and boldly advertise their price. It is only by their improved machinery and the fact that they intend doing a very large business that they are enabled to make this extremely low price.

THE WHITNEY ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT Co. recently closed their office at 146 Franklin street, Boston, and are now transacting all their business from their factory at Penacook, N. H., which is in charge of Dr. Hoyt, the inventor of the instruments. On a recent visit to Penacook the writer found the factory to be peculiarly adapted for this class of work, being a large building entirely isolated from any other buildings, with large spacious rooms, particularly well lighted. The factory is run by waterpower, and there is more than sufficient power to run the dynamos for testing and for charging storage batteries for the same purpose. The company has been recently re-organized and the following is a list of the officers; President, Hon. D. B. Varney; vice-president, F. T. Dunlap; secretary, O. B. Green; treasurer, David H. Young; electrician and general manager, A. H. Hoyt, M.D.; financial manager, E. R. Whitney; general selling agent, Henry F. Kellogg.

THE “TRIUMPH " IRON-CLAD DYNAMO.

RECOGNIZING a large demand for distinctively low-priced dynamos and motors that will do good work, the Triumph Electric Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has lately produced a machine of excellent design and workmanship, and capable of being sold at a very low price. The practical working of the machine has been exclusively considered and every point of mere beauty that would increase the cost has been omitted. That the result is far from unpleasing in appearance, however, may be seen by reference to the illustration showing the finished dynamo. The company's factory is equipped with modern machinery especially adapted to making these particular dynamos and motors, with the necessary accuracy to secure the best results. The designers and builders have had more than ten years' practical experience in the successful designing and building of electric lighting and power machinery and the knowledge so gained has enabled them to embody in the design of the Triumph machines many points of excellence found in others while avoiding certain common defects, in addition to several features of merit distinctively their own.

All Triumph dynamos and motors are provided with dust-, dirt, and moisture-proof covered commutators, and carbon brushes brought in contact with the commutator end on, and requiring no filing or attention whatever and the brush holders are fixed and immovable. The spider is made to fit the shaft by casting it on. The shaft is first prepared by having three longi. tudinal grooves cut equidistant and somewhat shorter than the hub of the spider, into which the metal flows in casting, and shrinks, holding it firmly against lateral or end wise movement. The spider is of bronze. The armature-core is built up if thin discs of soft charcoal iron, toothed on their outer circumference to receive the wire. The conductors are thus embedded in the iron, and protected thereby, and are in such close proximity to the pole-pieces as to leave air space sufficient only for clearance in rotation.

The discs used in these ammeters are slotted by a machine one at a time, so perfectly that when placed on the spider no filing or cutting is necessary to complete them. Mica insulation is used inside and out. The winding is simple, the connecting wires

a rectangular form of cast iron, each layer being saturated with a special insulating compound. When the winding is completed, the coil and form is placed in a steam-heated oven, and kept there until the last particle of moisture is driven out. The coil is then removed from the form, and, after a first covering of heavy fullerboard, is carefully wound with three layers of covering tape, each layer covered with shellac, and again put in the oven and baked until thoroughly hard and dry.

Constructed in this way, and so placed on the poles that no part is in contact with the iron, a burn-out is claimed to be impossible.

PARAGON REFLECTORS.

The American Reflector and Lighting Co., of 80 Jackson street, Chicago, Ill., have issued a 32-page illustrated catalogue describing their "Paragon" reflectors for electric, gas and oil lighting. These reflectors are adapted to general uses, utilizing all the light and distributing it where it is wanted. They are made in a great variety of forms, depending upon the position in which they are to be used; also upon the area and shape of space to be lighted, the object being to have each reflector to give the best possible results, all things considered. They are well made on scientific principles and in a great variety of styles.

THE WHITE ADJUSTABLE LAMP HOLDER.

Messrs. O. C. White & Co., of Worcester, Mass., have issued a catalogue descriptive of their adjustable holders for incandescent lamps. The device consists of a combination of tubes and joints modeled after the principle of the human arm, with a ball and socket joint at the shoulder, a swivel joint at the elbow, and a wrist joint, which can bring the lamp into any position within its sweep. Each joint of the mechanism has an elastic pressure which is enough to hold a heavy lamp and shade firmly, and still will yield to a moderate force when it is desired to change its position. Both the upper and lower arm can be made longer or shorter at will, by simply sliding through the swivel joint. All the working parts are of metal, made interchangeable; insulating bushings protect the conducting cords, and ample provision is made for any possible wear by prolonged use.

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THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CO., Eau Claire, Wis., will move their Chicago offices to large and more convenient quarters on the thirteenth floor of the Old Colony" building, on April 15th next. Messrs. Horne & Martin, their General Sales Agents, have just closed a contract with the Leland Hotel, Chicago, for the furnishing of two of the improved type National bi-polar incandescent dynamos.

MEMPHIS, Mo.-A contract has been closed with the Franklin Electric Co., of Kansas City, Mo., for an incandescent electric lighting plant including new steam plant and Edison incandescent dynamo and construction.

CUTTER'S MAST-ARM PULLEY.

THE extensive and continued use throughout the country of lamp supporting pulleys has shown that a simple and reliable safety pulley fills a most decided need. But while this form serves the purpose nicely wherever the lamps are hung from suspension wires, there has been a growing demand for a similar device to be used in connection with the mast-arms which are coming into more general favor. The result is shown in the accompanying illustration, being a modified form of the Cutter lamp-supporting pulley and retaining the same simple and automatic action.

The new form has already been given rigid tests in various parts of the country, with most satisfactory results. It has a clamp which not only supports the pulley but also serves as a headpiece for the end of the arm, so that the bracing can be done from this point. All

THE IMPROVED "CHICAGO" TROLLEY CLAMP.

The accompanying illustration shows an improved form of the "Chicago" trolley clamp, now being introduced by the inventors, Messrs. J. S. Gustin & Co., Chicago. While the clamp itself has been in use, especially on some of the Chicago trolley roads, for some time, giving excellent satisfaction, the inventors have lately made several desirable changes in the design, one of which consists in so modifying the shape and dimensions of the tongues, as to expose the under surface of the trolley wire to contact with the wheel throughout the entire length of the clamp, thus avoiding the injurious arcing of the trolley wheel when passing hangers. Another improvement consists in doing away with the off-set in

parts are well made and japanned, the supporting hook-knob being of malleable iron. This new pulley seems to be a practical device and the maker, George Cutter, of Chicago, expects a large sale.

THE GRAHAM "ELECTRIC" TRUCK.

THE accompanying illustration shows a street railway truck especially adapted to electric roads, manufactured by the Graham Equipment Company, of 258 Washington street, Boston and 741 Drexel building, Philadelphia. Its design, as will be seen, is very simple. It has a strong brake gear with few parts, and will, it is claimed, carry the car body without oscillation of any kind, as the reciprocal arrangements of straight leaf springs cushioned on spirals neutralizes the "teetering" motion.

It has but sixteen bolts, and no rivets, hot or cold, to rust or rattle loose. Its pedestal jaws fit down over the axle box and prevent the car from surging forward on the springs when the brakes are applied. The truss rods extend continuously from one

The Electric Appliance Co., Chicago, are beginning the usual spring campaign with the "Swinging Ball" lightning arrester and are meeting with their usual success. In fact the Swinging Ball Lightning Arrester has held the field for so many years that it does not now require any very aggressive work to call forth a large demand for this desirable specialty. As is well known the Swinging Ball Lightning Arrester is particularly well adapted for a line arrester and is almost exclusively used in this way. The manufacturers promise something new this season in a station arrester built upon an equally effective principle.

AN EASTER OFFERING.

GLASS pens have heretofore been considered something of a luxury even by the most affluent of our citizens; but by the action of the Law Battery Co., 85 John street, New York, these are now placed within the reach of all who can afford a few pennies for postage, provided they quickly make known their wishes. The pen which this company so freely offers will prove a boon to many who have suffered in times past because of the weariness of writing, while the young idea of the household may take its first lessons in the art, even if only by tracing the letters which form a striking advertisement in the interior of the holder.

NEW YORK NOTES.

MR. G. H. ALMON, formerly of 136 Liberty street, selling agent for the Belknap Motor Co., has sold to the Bishop Gutta Percha Company of this city two 11 k. w. dynamos and a 10 h. p. motor.

MR. LOUIS O. BREWSTER, 136 Liberty street, has become New York manager of the selling agency of the Belknap Motor Co. and the L. P. & D. Transmitter Co. He is associated with Mr. G. H. Almon, who has assumed charge of the Boston office.

THE METROPOLITAN TRACTION Co. will, it is said, soon adopt a conduit system for one of its roads in New York City, and the Twenty-Third Street is mentioned. It is also stated that the Siemens-Halske system as used at Buda-Pest may be given a trial.

THE AMERICAN MFG. & ENG. Co., jobbers and manufacturers, consulting and electrical experts, have opened offices at 143 Liberty street (the Central Building), where they will be glad to hear from the profession and trade. Mr. W. M. Miner is the electrician and general manager.

THE BISHOP GUTTA PERCHA Co., 420-6 East Twenty-fifth street, has issued a very neat and handy little pamphlet of "Tables, Rules and Information" for architects and electrical engineers. It includes the rules of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters, and rules for wiring on the basis of 55 watt 16 c. p. lamps, etc.

THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY have perfected their woven wire dynamo brushes for all of the machines they manufacture with the exception, of course, of the arc dynamo. The brushes are made of fine wire gauze, which is first wound into rolls, and then shaped into brush form under heavy pressure. It is said that they are smooth, give excellent contact, run cool and do not fray.

THE DIRECT U. S. CABLE CO. (LTD.) circulates a neat little slip in which it quotes the following from one of the New York dailies:-"The Direct Cable Company achieved another victory over its competitors yesterday in transmitting to the United Press its announcement of the result of the Oxford-Cambridge boat race on the Thames. Ten seconds after the dispatch was filed in London it was signaled to the United Press office in this city, thus anticipating the announcement by other lines from three to ten minutes."

WESTERN NOTES.

THE iron roof over the dye house for Geo. C. Hetzel & Co., at Chester, Pa., will be furnished by The East Berlin Iron Bridge Co., of East Berlin, Conn.

THE METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC COMPANY are getting in a stock of porcelain floor tubing of all sizes, to meet the requirements of the Board of Underwriters.

THE MANHATTAN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO. have found it necessary to remove to more commodious quarters, and are now on the ground floor of 32 Cortlandt street, New York City.

MR. JNO. L. MARTIN, of Horne & Martin, Chicago, who suffered the loss of his left arm on March 22nd, is reported as doing nicely, and it is hoped that he will soon be able to attend to business.

THE HOME TELEPHONE COMPANY, Bloomington, Ill., has been incorporated, the capital stock being $30,000. The incorporators are Jas. B. Taylor, Owen Scott, A. B. Hoblet, F. M. Funk, H. C. Demotte and B. M. Kuhn.

THE METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC COMPANY note that the dynamo and motor makers are using P. & B. armature varnish with satisfactory results; the larger companies buying in barrel lots. The company carry a full stock of the P. & B. specialties.

THE BUCKEYE ELECTRIC Co., 401-404 Cuyahoga Building, Cleveland, O., has just issued two neat little circulars, one referring to its electric railway incandescent lamps which are anchored at the side; and the other to its special coiled filament lamp for decorative, steamship and kindred lighting where a short lamp is needed. This special lamp is but 44 inches long, while the standard average type is 5%1⁄2 inches.

THE STROWGER AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE EXCHANGE of Chicago has ordered one hundred No. 1 Standard magneto telephones from the Western Telephone Construction Co., of Chicago, to replace the battery telephones of the Exchange at La Porte, Ind.

LINCOLN & Co., Chicago, have opened offices at 934-935 Monadnock Block, and will act as manufacturers' agents for high-class electrical goods. They have secured the agency for several important specialties and Mr. Lincoln's extensive acquaintance among the trade, coupled with low prices for first-class goods, should secure them a liberal share of the business.

THE CENTRAL ELECTRIC COMPANY are in receipt of the following communication from one of the leading electric light companies in the country: "We are obliged to you for your calendar for 1894. We were on the point of writing for one, because it was the most sensible and complete one we had last year, and we hoped you were printing one of the same style for this year." The Central calendar is certainly a complete electrical calendar, and any one in the trade who has not received one, should request the Central Electric Company to forward one at once.

FISHER & PORTER, 1025 Monadnock Block, Chicago, report that they see evidence of a good business in the immediate future. They are equipping with machinery, for W. H. Roessle, of Pittsburgh, a gold mine at Tellico Plains, Tenn., and have supplied Kotine, a new material for painting iron structures, for the new Lincoln Park bridge, recently erected by the Pittsburgh Bridge Co. They have the contract to supply two 75 h. p. M. A. Green engines for the Leland Hotel in Chicago, and have several contracts of a similar nature ready to be closed.

THE ELECTRIC APPLIANCE COMPANY are just placing upon the market something which is entirely and absolutely new. This means that it is not an improved form of something else that has been on the market but is in itself an entirely new production; something that has never been used and probably never thought of before. It is the Allen soldering stick; a soldering flux in solid stick form to take the place of resin, acids and soldering salts. It is put up in candles one inch in diameter and six inches long and is applied by simply rubbing on the joint when heated. It is a wonderful time-saver and is said to be actually cheaper in first cost than soldering salts or acids, and not in any way to corrode the joint or affect the insulation. The Appliance Company are furnishing small sample sticks free on application.

MONTREAL NOTES.

MR. J. E. WILSON, of the Pettingell-Andrews Co., of Boston, who was a recent visitor to Montreal, reported business good and the outlook bright.

MR. H. F. KELLOGG, general selling agent of the Whitney Electrical Instrument Co., was in the city last week. Mr. Kellogg finds a growing sale in Canada for the Whitney instruments which are giving universal satisfaction.

MR. JOHN FORMAN, of Montreal, has entered into business as importer and dealer in electrical supplies and has taken a commodious store at 650 Craig street in that city. Mr. Forman is well known to the Canadian trade and starts business under favorable auspices, having secured the Canadian agencies for Messrs. Crompton & Co., the Edison and Swan United Co. and several other well known English concerns. United States manufacturers who desire to introduce their goods in Canada are invited to correspond with him.

THE BELL TELEPHONE Co., of Canada, have commenced suit against the Montreal Street Railway Co. to recover over $27,000 damages, the cost of putting common return wires on their telephone system in Montreal, up to the date of entering the action. The Bell Telephone Co. state that the introduction of the trolley system of electric traction by the Montreal Street Railway Co., has necessitated the installation of the return wires and the abandonment by them of the use of the ground as a return. They claim that, having rightfully enjoyed the use of the ground for this purpose from the time of the establishment of their telephone system in Montreal, the Street Railway Co. should therefore reimburse them for the expense of making the change. Heretofore, the suits brought by telephone companies against electric railway companies have been for injunctions to prevent the introduction of the single trolley system, and this is believed to be the first time-at least in Canada-that recourse has been had to an action for compensation for the cost of altering the telephone system to overcome the interference of the trolley system.

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