easily guarded against. His firm used an arrangement whereby it was quite impossible to have the accumulators joined up to the main circuit at the same time as the dynamos. It was exceedingly simple and convenient. It was a pity the sizes upon dynamos were not marked, as the smallness of the scale made accurate measurements difficult. The first thing that would occur to electrical engineers was that the Athena um dynamos appeared to be much too small for their work. He did not understand why such small machines were put in, and this impression was confirmed by the electrical data. Taking the revolutions as given, also the volts and the armatureturns, using Kapp's formula, then or, taking the leakage value as equal to 1:35 for this form of field, then the total flux per square inch = 20.7 This was not only much above usual practice, but was higher than what has hitherto been taken as the theoretical limit of magnetisation, and showed that the watts expended in obtaining this very intense field were much too high; in other words, that the magnetisation was obtained at too high a price. This would be seen when they considered that the force required for magnetisation had to be increased from 4-6, with an induction of 16 lines per square inch, to 77, with an induction equal to 17 lines per square inch. Modern practice showed that very few dynamos were now made with a greater magnetic flux than 10 lines per square inch (useful). He (Mr. M'Whirter) had occasion to design a dynamo for almost exactly similar output. Instead of having 78.5in. of cross-section in the magnet, he had found that to get good work it was necessary to put in section equal to 117 square inches, and this dynamo had a drum armature, whereas the Athenæum machines were Gramme wound. Coming to the armature of the Athenæum dynamos, he found them in much the same condition as the field magnets-namely, overloaded. The armature-turns were given as 248, and this multiplied by half the total current gave the load in ampere-turns: 248 × 77=1,900=ampere-turns. (To be continued.) CAMBRIDGE LIGHTING. At a recent meeting of the Town Council, the debate on electric lighting was resumed. not satisfactory for the purposes to which they were applied. If they were satisfactory, that was to say, in regard to yielding profits, then they had one substantial fact on they could proceed with their work in Cambridge. He did not know whether the committee would, even if they were advised by the Corporation, adopt precisely the same machines that were in use at the works at Newcastle, because there was undoubtedly a great deal of difference in the price of coal at Newcastle and Cambridge, and what would very well pay at Newcastle would necessarily pay in Cambridge. But they were shown a new form of turbine, which would effect very great economy. An experiment had been made upon the new machine, and the result went to show this: that it was more efficient than those in use at Newcastle, and it required 60 per cent. less fuel to do the same amount of work. Therefore, if they could make a profit at Newcastle, they could make a profit at Cambridge. They were not, as had been charged against the committee, taking upon themselves the duties of experts. No man sitting round those tables who was about to take up that question would say he was an expert; he would ask for certain facts, make enquiries what the outlay and revenue was likely to be, would see the different kinds of machinery in use, and the result would be that a man of business would be in a position to form a judgment as to whether he would or would not adopt a system. The committee and sub-committee had been doing something of that kind. It had been suggested that there was only one opinion amongst engineers with regard to that invention, and that opinion was adverse. He had with him one of the volumes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in August and October, 1888, when Mr. Parsons read a paper describing the turbines which are now in use at Newcastle. There was one chorus of praise from beginning to end. After reading extracts from the speeches of several men of eminence in favour of the scheme, Alderman Finch said if it was true that there was only one opinion upon that matter, they then knew from an authoritative source what that opinion was. He did not think he need go any further into the merits of the scheme. The sub-committee who went to Newcastle was composed of men who were very fairly representative of the Council. They were shown figures similar to those sent to the Board of Trade as to their capital, the balance-sheets and the monthly pay-sheets, and as the Council could not go and look at those documents for themselves, they asked them to say that they would believe those men of business, and study the statements that had been made. He contended that the paragraph in the report which had been criticised by an electrical journal had been abundantly verified, inasmuch as instead of there being a gain of 35 per cent. there was a gain of nearly 50 per cent. What they asked them to do was to authorise the committee to proceed on the lines of their report. If they agreed to that, they would be asked to appoint Prof. Garnet as electrical engineer on the terms which he addressed to the town clerk, and which the committee thought very reasonable, and then they would be asked, further, to authorise the Electric Lighting Committee to proceed up to a certain amount of expenditure. He then proposed" That the committee be authorised to proceed on the lines of their report." Councillor Scott seconded the motion. Councillor Dr. Porter said he felt very sorry that he found it necessary to move an amendment, and make some remarks upon the report of the committee. The first point he would like to refer to was the position of Dr. Fleming, who was one of the A comprehensive report from the Electric Lighting Committee was placed in the hands of members of the Council, giving the entire history of the work of the committee since their first meeting on November 15, 1889. The proceedings included Dr. Fleming's report, which was before the committee on the 11th December, 1889; the arrangements made by the committee as to the employ-highest authorities on electric engineering. Dr. Porter had read a ment and remuneration of Dr. Fleming; Dr. Fleming's reports of the 9th December, 1890, and 14th April last; and, lastly, the letters from Prof. Garnett to Mr. Finch, dated 14th April, 20th April, 25th April, 28th April, and 12th May last. These had reference to the system of electric lighting which has been carried out by Mr. Parsons in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and which Prof. Garnett believed to be well adapted to the requirements of Cambridge. The letters also gave the results of the tests applied to Mr. Parsons's radial generator, with a view to arriving at the coal consumption. The committee presented all these documents for the consideration of the Council, and again recommended the adoption of the report of the 1st of May last. Alderman Finch said the main question they had to consider that day was not whether the Council would adopt a system of electric lighting for public streets, because that question had been raised and distinctly decided on a former occasion, but what system they were prepared to proceed with? He would not ask the Council to definitely order the committee to adopt the system which was then under consideration, but he would put it in another shape, and ask them to authorise the committee to carry the scheme out. The committee came before the Council that day asking for authority. Surely it was high time, now that that question had been before the Council for so long a time, to take some definite steps. It was very desirable, as he said on Thursday last, that they should utilise the winter. If the winter was over before the electric light was established, they would not get that support from the customers which they would have if they had the light in the earlier part of the winter. He did not think he need bother the Council by going into the details of the question, because the documents which had been printed by order of the Council had been placed before the members of the Council. First of all, there was the report of the sub-committee who went to Newcastle; then they had the letters and the discussion raised by Dr. Fleming; the replies of Prof. Garnett and Mr. Parsons, and the subsequent letters of Prof. Garnett. The committee found that the works at Newcastle, where the turbine engines were in use, had been able to give a certain substantial result, and that business had been carried on at a profit. Therefore, even those engines, imperfect as they were, speaking in the light of present improvements, were copy of a letter forwarded to Dr. Fleming by the town clerk, which he said made it clear that Dr. Fleming had been appointed by the Council. He contended that the committee had no right to dismiss an officer appointed by the Council, and asked for Dr. Fleming to be reinstated as professional adviser to the Corporation. If the committee dismissed an engineer simply because he expressed opinions which did not coincide with their own, he did not see the use of an expert at all. He would like to make one or two remarks upon the report of the Electric Lighting Sub-Committee, which was adopted by the Electric Lighting Committee. The most important question for the Town Council to consider was, he thought, would the working be remunerative? Alderman Finch referred to the accounts kept at Newcastle, and mentioned the profits they might expect if that system was adopted. It seemed that the balance for the half-year was £843. Dr. Porter then referred to what he considered to be two most important omissions from the accounts-namely, interest on the capital expended and repairs and renewal of the machinery. If those items were allowed, the profits would be £65, and if they deducted a further sum for extra cost of coals they would have their profit of £843 converted into a loss of £400. He thought from that statement it was quite clear that the works at Newcastle afforded no satisfactory basis for them to work a similar system with any chance of making any profit whatsoever. He next quoted statements from the report of the sub-committee, with a view of showing that twice the amount of steam was required to work the turbine system that was necessary for working other systems with an ordinary engine, and read extracts from a letter from Messrs. Willans, objecting to misleading statements in the report as to the consumption of steam in the Parsons turbine and the Willans engine. It was stated in the report that in the new form of Parsons turbine, a saving of 35 per cent. would be effected, and Mr. Alderman Finch in his speech had advanced this saving to 50 per cent. Prof. Garnett's reports rested far too much, like that of the committee, on hypothesis. Why were not the experiments conducted on the new installation at Scotland Yard, and all hypothetical statements got rid of? He stated that an experiment conducted on the electric installation at Peterhouse, under the superintendence of the Demonstrator of the Engineering Laboratory, showed that the consumption of coal per unit generated was 8.5lb. He thought the only justification for the Town Council undertaking any system of electric lighting was to make a profit for the relief of the rates. If they could not show clearly that they could make a profit, then it would be quite wrong for the Council to undertake a scheme which might involve the ratepayers in a great loss. He moved in substance that the report be amended, by referring the question of the efficiency of the Parsons turbine as a motor to Mr. Kennedy, M.I.C. E., and that Dr. Fleming be reappointed professional adviser to the Corporation. Councillor Vinter: May I ask the question whether Dr. Fleming was appointed by this Council? The Town Clerk: No, sir; he was not. Councillor Vinter: Then Dr. Porter's contention entirely falls to the ground. Councillor Dr. Porter then read a portion of the town clerk's letter to Dr. Fleming, which was as follows: "I have to inform you that the terms stated in your letter describing the scope of your duties in regard to the electric light in the town were approved by the Electric Lighting Committee, and upon their recommendation have been sanctioned by the Council, subject to a slight alteration in paragraph B." Councillor Vinter: That, surely, is no appointment by the Council. Alderman Cockerell seconded the amendment, mainly because he thought the matter required further consideration, and that they ought to receive further advice before they proceeded with any scheme. If they did as Alderman Finch asked them to do, they would be committing themselves irrevocably to that particular scheme. He thought the matter was one of such great importance to the town that they could not do better than have further advice before taking further proceedings in that matter. As to whether Dr. Fleming was appointed by the Council, he was surprised to hear the suggestion that he was not. He distinctly remembered the committee making a report to the Council, and the Council confirmed that report. If that was not an appointment by the Council he would like to know what was. Councillor Vinter differed with Alderman Cockerell, and said it was not a question for further consideration at all. It was a question of the disposal of the electric light for Cambridge by the Town Council, and if the recommendation of the committee was thrown out that morning, he thought they would have a very great deal of difficulty in finding a committee who would labour for the electric light as they had done for years past. First of all, he contended that Dr. Fleming himself had practically resigned-he never was appointed by the Council at all. After that they could not place any confidence in him as a practical man. Dr. Porter laid stress upon the balance-sheet prepared at Newcastle, from which he argued that there would be a loss if the system was adopted in Cambridge. But Dr. Porter might have looked a little further, and told the case fairly. Dr. Porter assumed that the price of the electric light in Cambridge was going to be the same as in Newcastle, whereas it was going to be 25 per cent. more, which made a difference of £1,200 per annum. He thought Dr. Porter ought not to have omitted such an important fact. The reasons Prof. Garnett expressed himself in favour of the scheme were, first, the small cost of the machinery, and then he went on into details about the buildings and the efficiency of the scheme. Now, if the cost of the machine be one-third less than that recommended by Dr. Fleming, and the efficiency was the same, it could not possibly be contended that they were advocating the cheapest thing simply because it was the cheapest. He was sure that every member of the committee was perfectly satisfied that that was the best scheme. There was only one member who differed as to the report, and he not upon the principle he thought it would be better in the hands of a company than in the hands of the Corporation. They had the unanimous report of the committee, and he hoped that they would support it. If the Council were going to undertake the work, they ought to do it at once. Their provisional order would run out next July, and they ought not to lose the chance of taking the matter up. He thought that past experience showed that if the Council had been wise in taking up the work of the water and gas companies and he went further, and said the tramways-they would be very much better off than they were. Councillor Burford expressed a hope that the amendment would be accepted. They had the ratepayers to study, and he maintained that they, as a corporate body, ought not to enter into any commercial speculation unless they could make it pay. They were in no particular hurry for the electric light; they could wait a little while. He thought it would be a great deal betterthere would be less expense and risk-if a company took the matter up. He did not know they had individuals who could carry out that matter better than they could in London. They did not find any corporation or vestry having taken the matter up in London, and he thought that with one exception public bodies were like London. If they went to Birmingham, they found the Council in a similar position to themselves. They found, after a great deal of discussion, it would be much wiser and less expense to the ratepayers if a private company took the matter up. He felt certain that the adoption of the electric light by the Council would mean increased rates. If they borrowed £30,000 or £40,000 it must mean an increase in the rates. He felt certain that if they promoted that scheme they would have increased rates, but if they threw the responsibility on an individual or company they could get what they asked for. It was too serious a matter to enter into that scheme hastily. They had had some splendid reports, but when Dr. Fleming probed the scheme he found it to be a failure. He said that Dr. Fleming ought not to have been dismissed. Dr. Fleming was a most con He scientious man, and too conscientious to allow the Corporation to be dragged into a thing which he thought would not pay. wanted the electric light-it was a splendid thing but he thought they ought not to spend the ratepayers' money when they would not receive benefit. He knew there was a strong feeling that it would be a good thing if the matter was in the hands of a company. Councillor E. C. Young thought they had already settled the question some time since that they intended to carry that work out. Were they discussing that morning whether they were to have the electric light or not? He understood they had already agreed to undertake the electric light, and the only point they had to consider was, which was the best method of carrying it into execution. On the advice of Dr. Fleming, a scheme was submitted to them which they thought would pay, both financially and as far as the lighting was concerned. To their surprise they discovered, as time went on, that instead of that being the case, the initial costs were so great that the committee must of necessity stay their hand. A sub-committee was appointed to consider whether some more excellent way might not be devised for executing what was the intention of the Council. The subcommittee visited Newcastle and Bradford, and came back with a report strongly advocating the adoption of Mr. Parsons's system. They had not dismissed Dr. Fleming; he said Dr. Fleming had practically withdrawn from the situation. When the matter was submitted to Dr. Fleming, he distinctly said he could not recommend the system of Mr. Parsons; and they, on the other hand, could not accept Dr. Fleming's scheme, because the costs were so great. The question was whether they should or not adopt the system of Mr. Parsons, which, in contradistinction to Dr. Fleming, they believed could be worked at a profit. He did not expect much protit for the first year or two; no one who started a new venture expected that; but when he looked at the fact that the light would be all over the town in 10 or 15 years' time, he thought that those who found the money for the undertaking would receive profit from it. In the case of the water and gas companies, the people all over the town were obliged to have water, and in many cases they were obliged to have gas, and the shareholders reaped the benefit; but if, on the other hand, the Corporation undertook the management of those concerns, the ratepayers would have received the benefit. That was the reason why he had always advocated that those concerns should be in the hands of the Corporation. Councillor Dr. Kenny observed that Councillor Young seemed to forget that the inhabitants of the town were under no obligation to have the electric light. Their experience had been very much enlarged in more than one direction since they first formed the idea of applying to the Local Government Board in reference to that matter. What had they there that day in that report? They had a record of the changes and experiences of the committee. It was not very long ago that a scheme was to have been carried out by Dr. Fleming. That was put to the test of experience by the opponents of the scheme and collapsed. Then the committee brought forward another scheme, which looked equally well upon paper. That was submitted to the onslaught of Dr. Fleming, and that again collapsed, and the consequence was Dr. Fleming collapsed also. He (Councillor Dr. Kenny) was contending that day that they were entitled even at that stage to consider whether or not it was desirable that the Corporation should undertake that work. Councillor Burford had told them that his increasing experience of the work of the Corporation had led him steadily to believe that it would be unwise for the Corporation to undertake extra duties. He confessed exactly the same. was in a position of doubt when he first came into the Council, but his increasing experience of the burdens on the shoulders of the Corporation led him to think that they were not a body sufficiently numerous, and had sufficient leisure to be able to take upon their shoulders an extremely important commercial undertaking. He felt that the more because that undertaking involved a capital expenditure of not less than £27,000. That might be a fleabite to some Corporations, but they were to take it upon their shoulders when they had a great sewage scheme which they could not possibly put off. For those reasons he hoped they would pause before it was too late, and resign that important undertaking to private enterprise. He Councillor Whibley said that with reference to the question which had been raised as to whether the scheme should be undertaken by a Corporation or a private company, he felt very strongly that it should be in the hands of the Corporation. Councillor Bond said that as electricity was comparatively a new science, and improvements took place every year, it was just possible that after the committee had been at work sometime, they would find a more excellent scheme than they had at present. He thought they were very much indebted to Dr. Porter for pointing out that they ought not to undertake works of that sort unless they would be remunerative. He (Councillor Bond) would rather say, unless the town were safe from losing money. If the committee were going to carry out that scheme, had they made up their minds that the town would not incur a loss? If they did not carry that report, of course the committee would resign. Where were they going to get another committee? He thought it would be better if a private company were allowed to carry the scheme out; but under the circumstances he had come to the conclusion that they would be able to make it pay, and the town would not be involved in a loss. He did not feel disposed after the hard work the committee had done to oppose the motion. Alderman Finch pointed out that if he shared the anxiety shown by several members of the Council as to whether the undertaking would pay, he would not make the proposal he had done. He was confident that the scheme would be made to pay. With regard to Dr. Fleming, when he arrived at that conclusion which had been stated, there was not a single member of the committee prepared to go on with his scheme. He contended that Dr. Porter had formed his opinion on narrow premises, and concluded by stating that the committee believed that the scheme would pay its way. On the amendment being put to the meeting, 10 voted for it and 19 against. The motion was then agreed to. On the motion of Alderman Finch, seconded by Councillor Vinter, it was decided to appoint Prof. W. Garnett electrical engineer for carrying out the scheme. It was also decided: "That in the event of their report of 1st May being adopted by the Council, they be authorised to conclude contracts for the carrying out of the electric lighting of the town on the general lines of that report, it being understood that the total cost shall not exceed £26,500, and that the installation shall suffice for 5,000 lights of 16 c.p. or their equivalent.” COMPANIES' MEETINGS. CITY AND SOUTH LONDON RAILWAY. The adjourned general meeting of this Company, to consider the question of raising further capital, was held on Tuesday at Winchester House, Mr. G. C. Mott (chairman) presiding. A report of the proceedings which gave rise to this adjournment will be found in our issue for June 19. The Chairman said they would remember that at the meeting held on June 16 it was agreed that in the interval the Directors should have a conference with some of the larger shareholders of the Company to see whether any method could be devised for raising the additional capital in a better and more economical way than had been proposed. That conference had been held, and the matter had been very fully and carefully discussed; and in the result it was agreed by all of them, he thought, that the recommendation made to them by the Directors was the best and most economical way of raising the money. It was proposed to slightly modify the resolution, and this quite met the view of the Directors themselves-namely, that although they created £150,000 of preference shares, they should be authorised at the present moment to issue only 5,000 of themthat was £50,000. It had also been thought desirable that the preference shares should carry with them the ordinary voting power, the same as the ordinary shareholders had. He concluded by proposing: "That the resolution passed at the general meeting of the Company, held on August 12th, 1890, relating to the creation of the new capital authorised by the City and South London Railway Act, 1890, be, and the same is hereby, cancelled and annulled, except as to the creation or issue of 5,000 ordinary shares of £10 each, part of the total number of 20,000 shares authorised by the said resolution." This was simply cancelling what they did nearly a year ago in creating all the balance as ordinary capital. They must cancel this before they could create the preference shares. The motion was seconded by Mr. S. Hanbury, and carried unanimously. The Chairman then proposed the following resolution: "That £150,000 of the share capital, being the balance of the £200,000 authorised to be created by the City and South London Railway Act, 1890, be, and the same is hereby, created in 15,000 preference shares of £10 each, bearing interest at the rate of £5 per cent. per annum, and that the Directors be, and that they are hereby, authorised to issue 5,000 of such preference shares, in such amounts, at such times, and on such terms and conditions as they may think fit. The holders of the preference shares hereby created shall be entitled to vote on the same scale of voting as the holders of ordinary shares." Mr. Hanbury seconded the resolution. A Shareholder asked whether the interest was cumulative. The Chairman said that they could not make it cumulative under their Act. The shares were, in fact, ordinary shares, having a priority as regarded interest. They must remember that the amount of preference capital they created was very small in proportion to the ordinary capital-much smaller than in the case of any other railway company. The resolution was carried unanimously. COMPANIES' REPORTS. NATIONAL TELEPHONE COMPANY. The report of the Directors for the year ending April 30 states that there is a balance to the credit of net revenue account of £194,821. 8s. Id., after providing, among other charges, for the expenses of issuing new debenture stock, and the accrued interest thereon to April 30, 1891. Of this amount the sum of £62,973 has been absorbed by the payment of an interim dividend on the preference shares at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and on the ordinary shares at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the first six months of the year. The Directors propose to pay a further dividend on the preference shares at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and on the ordinary shares at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum for the last half of the year, which will absorb a further sum of £86,365. 19s., leaving a balance of £45,482. 9s. 1d. Out of this amount they propose, under article 113 of the articles of asso ciation, to transfer to reserve account £40,000, bringing up the amount of the reserve fund to £93,500. There will then remain £5,482. 9s. 1d. to be carried forward to next year. The extension of the Company's business during the last year has been so large that notwithstanding the heavy reduction of rates which the Directors thought it wise to make in the provinces, in view of the expiration of some of the Company's most important patents, the gross revenue, which last year stood at £411,114. 14s. id., reached £418,560. 78. 8d. on April 30, 1891, and is still steadily increasing. The number of exchange and private line subscribers over the whole of the Company's system, including the South of England district, which last year was 29,257, was on April 30, 1891, 35,440, an increase of 6,183 subscribers during the year, and the number of subscribers is still increasing. The Directors are still acting upon the conviction that it is of vital importance to continue the policy of developing and improving the Company's system, and of giving greater facilities to the public. The accrued rental for the year ending April 30, 1890, was £363,704. 17s. 5d. For the present year it is £422,378. 6s. 2d. The working expenses for the year ending April 30, 1890, amounted to £148,457. 08. 9d., being 407 per cent. on the accrued rental, whilst the working expenses of this year amount to £184,056. 92. 6d., being at the rate of 43.5 per cent. on the accrued rental. The Directors have taken over the business of the South of England Telephone Company, Limited, which is now merged in this Company. On the amalgamation, in July, 1889, of the three principal companies, it was thought desirable that the customary annual retirement of onethird of the Directors should not take place at the end of the first year, in order that the numerous arrangements rendered necessary by the amalgamation and reorganisation of the Company might not be interfered with. These having been now completed, and two of the provincial companies-the Northern and South of England Telephone Companies having been absorbed, the Directors think they ought all, at this meeting, to place their offices at the disposal of the shareholders, and submit themselves for their approval. They, therefore, now all retire, and being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. The auditors, Messrs. Welton, Jones, and Co., retire, and are eligible for re-election. NEW COMPANIES REGISTERED. Babcock and Wilcox, Limited. Registered by Hollams, Sons, Coward, and Hawksley, Mincing lane, E. C., with a capital of £240,000 in 10,000 preference shares of £10 each and 14,000 ordinary shares of £10 each. Object to acquire the undertaking heretofore carried on in London, Glasgow, and elsewhere, other than in the United States of America and the Island of Cuba, by the Babcock and Wilcox Company of New York, in accordance with an agreement expressed to be made between the Babcock and Wilcox Company of New York of the one part and the Company of the other part, and to carry on business as manufacturers of water-tube steam boilers, and generally the business of engineers and manufacturers of machinery of every description. The first subscribers are: C. A. Knight, 114, Newgate-street, E. C. Shares. 1 1 1 1 1 1 W. Shaw, Upper Highlever-road, North Kensington.. Bournemouth Lighting Company.-With a capital of £50,000 in shares of £5 each, the Bournemouth and District Electric Supply Company, Limited, has been formed to undertake the supply of electric light and power in Bournemouth, and for that purpose to take over the central station, business, and undertaking, under provisional orders, of the Brush Electrical Engineering Company in Bournemouth. The arrangements under which the Company is to acquire the undertaking and property provide for the payment of £17,275, at the option of the Company, either wholly in cash or in shares, or partly in cash and partly in shares. A minimum dividend, at the rate of per cent. per annum, upon the paid-up capital is guaranteed by the Brush Company for the first three years. Gloucester Electricity Supply Company, Limited.—Registered by Sydney Morse, 4, Fenchurch-avenue, E.C., with a capital of £100 in £1 shares. Object: to carry on business as electrical engineers, electricians, etc. Middlesbrough Electricity Supply Company, Limited.— Registered by Sydney Morse, 4, Fenchurch-avenue, E. C., with a capital of £100 in £1 shares. Object: to carry on generally the business of electrical and mechanical engineers, etc. Queen Anne's-mansions Lighting and Heating Company, Limited. This Company has been formed, with a share capital of £60,000 in 3,000 four and a half per cent. cumulative preference shares of £10 each and 3,000 ordinary shares of £10 each, for the purpose of taking over and working a contract for the heating and supplying electric light and hydraulic power to Queen Anne'smansions and other houses and buildings in the neighbourhood, and for the distribution and purification of the water supply thereto, together with a lease of the basement of the premises. Rochdale Electricity Supply Company, Limited. Registered by Sydney Morse, 4, Fenchurch-avenue, E.C., with a capital of £100 in £1 shares. The objects of this Company are sufficiently indicated by the title. Stoke-on-Trent Electricity Supply Company, Limited.— Registered by Sydney Morse, 4, Fenchurch-avenue, E.C., with a capital of £100 in £1 shares. Object: to carry on the business of an electrical engineer in all its branches. CITY NOTES. Brazilian Submarine Telegraph Company.—The receipts for last week were £5,653. Eastern Extension Telegraph Company.-The Company has declared an interim dividend for the quarter ended March 31 last of 2s. 6d. per share, payable on the 15th inst. Bell's Asbestos Company.--The Directors have declared an interim dividend of 2s. 6d. per share, free of income tax, for the half-year ended June 30, being at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. City and South London Railway. The receipts for the week ending 27th inst. were £697, against £721 for the preceding week." The total receipts for the four weeks ending June 27 were £3,054. Western and Brazilian Telegraph Company. The receipts for the week ended June 26, after deducting 17 per cent. of the gross receipts payable to the London Platino-Brazilian Telegraph Company, were £3,833. St. James's Electric Lighting Company.-An interim dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum has been declared on the ordinary shares for the half-year ending June 30th. The transfer books will be closed from July 1st to July 10th, both days inclusive. Young v. The American Telephone Company. On the application of two of the defendants in this case (the American Telephone Company and Mr. Mason, the president of the Company) Mr. Justice Kekewich last week stayed all further proceedings in the action on the ground that they were frivolous and vexatious, and that the matter had been disposed of in two previous actions. PROVISIONAL PATENTS, 1891. JUNE 22. 10612. Electrical transformers for rotary-phase currents. Siemens Bros. and Co., Limited, 28, Southampton-buildings, London. (Siemens and Halske, Germany.) 10613. Glow lamps for rotary-phase currents. Siemens Bros. and Co., Limited, 28, Southampton-buildings, London. (Siemens and Halske, Germany.) JUNE 23. 10636. Improvements in electric telegraph printing. Marshall Arthur Wier, Fairview, Kingston-on-Thames. 10664. Improvements in or connected with the insulation of electrical conductors. Herbert Tom Harris, 433, Strand, London. 10697. An improved method of and apparatus for protecting dynamo-electric generators and other apparatus from the effects of lightning. Henry Harris Lake, 45, Southampton-buildings, London. (The Thomson-Houston International Electric Company, United States.) (Complete specification.) 10703. Improvements in the manufacture of the arms or attachments of telegraph poles for carrying insulators. Howard Cochrane Jobson, 7, Staple-inn, London. 10704. Electric directing apparatus for use in cabs, carriages, on boats, railway trains, and the like. Arthur Douglass, 13, Southampton-street, Pentonville Hill, London. JUNE 24. or 10729. Dynamo or electromotor ring armature construction. Gilbert Betteley Lückhoff and Emil Henri Hungerbühler, 214, Whitehorse-road, Croydon, London. 10762. Improvements in call boxes or like electrical communicators. George Thomas Cashmore, 6, Livery-street, Birmingham. 10778. Improvements in electric arrangements and apparatus for locking railway signal and point levers, also applicable for other purposes. John Audley Frederick Aspinall and Henry Albert Hoy, 45, Southampton-buildings, London. 10787. Improvements in materials for insulating electric conducting wires, and for carbons and incandescent filaments for electric lighting. Gustave Adolphe Cannot, 35, Southampton-buildings, London. JUNE 25. 10822. A compound preparation to be used as a substitute for guttapercha and similar products for insulating and waterproofing purposes. Charles Napier Jackson, 64, Hanley-road, Hornsey Rise, London. 10821. Improvements in firing guns by electricity. Balch, 17, Queen's-road, Chelsea, London. 10832. Improvements in electrical transformers. William Woodhouse and Rawson United, Limited, 88, Queen Victoria-street, London. (Ernest Preschlin, Germany.) 10838. Improvements relating to the lighting of trains by electricity. William Brew, 4, South-street, Finsbury, London. 10839. Improvements relating to dynamo-electric machines, and to electromotors. William Brew, 4, South-street, Finsbury, London. 10843. Improvements in apparatus for regulating_electric currents. Jules Ferrand, 46, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London. 10860. Improvements in means or mechanism for regulating the lighting intensity of electric lamps. Robert James Spreadbury, 37, Chancery-lane, London. JUNE 26. 10877. Improvements in or connected with means of connecting ropes or cords, and hauling electric or other cables. Arthur Annesley Voysey, 15, Water-street, Liverpool. 10887. An apparatus for lighting by electricity large numbers of gas burners simultaneously and cheaply, as compared with existing methods. James Walker and Joseph Hampshire, 2, Union-street, Dewsbury. 10894. Electrometers. Charles Vernon Boys, 11, Alexandersquare, London. 10932. Improvements in apparatus for repairing commutators of dynamos Arthur Bernard Gill, Shirley House, The Avenue, Grove Park, Lee. 10933. Improvements in commutators of dynamo-electric machines. Arthur Bernard Gill, Shirley House, The Avenue, Grove Park, Lee. 10934. Improvements in dynamo-electric machinery, and in the regulation thereof. John Augustine Kingdon and Arthur Bernard Gill, 29, Marlborough-hill, London. JUNE 27. 10939. Improvements in conductors for electric lighting, electric bell circuits, and like purposes. Henry Alexander Mavor, William Arthur Coulson, and Sam Mavor, 62, St. Vincentstreet, Glasgow. 10969. Dynamo-electric machines. side Bank, Sheffield. William Aldred, 5, Bright NOTES. Dr. Louis Duncan, of Johns Hopkins University, has sailed from America for England. were presented by Prof. Knott on "The Electric Resistance of Cobalt at High Temperature" and "The Thermo-electric Position of Cobalt and Bismuth." Parliamentary Powers.-Petitions have been presented in the committee stage against the London County Royalty and Science.-Prince George of Greece Council (General Powers) Bill by the Greenwich District visited Edison's laboratory last week. Board of Works, the London Electric Supply Corporation, Carlsbad.-On Thursday, last week, the town of and the Westminster Electric Supply Corporation. Carlsbad was lighted by electricity for the first time. Mica.-An extensive deposit of mica, so largely used for insulating purposes, has been discovered at Mario, North Carolina. Water Power in California.-In a few months Yreka, California, will be lighted by electricity obtained from water power. Silent Engine.-Why was the gas engine used in a certain testing institution not a hundred miles from Charing Cross, called a "silent" gas engine? Balloon Struck. The balloon recently imported to the Chicago Exhibition was struck by lightning on Monday, and the two aeronauts were severely injured. Electric Drilling. An Edison electric drill has recently demonstrated its utility by drilling a 2in. hole through 20ft. of solid granite in four hours. Bootle. The Finance Committee of the Bootle Town Council thinks that they ought to have the electric light as soon as possible. They have two boilers but no engines. Exhibition at Paris.-The exposition which opens in the Palais d'Industrie on the 23rd of this month at Paris promises to have some interesting electrical exhibits. Electric Carriage.-Chas. Reitz, of Indianapolis, has built an electric carriage driven by a motor and 30 cells, which will be shortly on the streets. The outfit weighs 500lb., and runs 8 to 10 hours. Institution Laboratories.-The Belgian Société des Electriciens have in contemplation the establishment of an electrical laboratory similar to that of the Société Internationale des Electriciens at Paris. The Telautograph.-The writing telegraph was tested on June 21st over 1,030 miles of ordinary telegraph line, and a number of messages were sent (by an expert of their own) successfully over this distance. Morley. At the meeting of the Morley Town Council, on Monday, it was resolved that the Council would be prepared to receive estimates as to the cost of establishing and carrying on a supply of electric light within the borough. Railway Dynamos Struck. Four of the dynamos at the power-house of the electric street railway at Richmond, Virginia, were recently struck by lightning and the armatures destroyed. Several cars were also struck, but no one was injured. York. The new municipal buildings in York, just opened, are lighted throughout with gas, but electric light wires have been laid through the whole building, so that the electric light can be introduced as soon as an installation is provided in the city. Development of Telegraphy.-An interesting paper was read before the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers by Mr. D. H. Keeley, of Ottawa, on "Developments in Telegraphy-Wires Multiplexed and Interchangeable," published in pamphlet form. Royal Society of Edinburgh. At the meeting of the Scottish Royal Society, on Monday, communications Rhyl Pavilion.-A splendid new pavilion is being erected at Rhyl, to be completed by Aug. 15th. At the meeting of the directors, on Saturday, the question of electric lighting the new pavilion and the whole of the pier was discussed, and tenders are invited for carrying out the same. Eastbourne.-The town clerk of Eastbourne has submitted the recommendation passed at the last meeting of the Eastbourne Town Council as to the lighting of the borough by oil or electricity, that the borough surveyor make enquiries from other boroughs upon the matter, and report fully thereon. Water Power in Australia.-The proposal to utilise the River Yarra, at Warrandyte, near Melbourne, for generating electricity, has, it is said, taken definite form. A water license has been granted to Alcock and Co. for 15 years, and a company, according to the Australasian Manufacturer, is to be floated in London. Burton Electric Heater. The electric car heater invented by Dr. Burton is found by Lieutenant Dana Greene, who is their consulting electrician, to take a normal current of three amperes from the line, and the cost is given at 2d. a day per car. The John Scott legacy medal has been awarded to the inventor. The World's Fair. -The finances of the Columbian World's Fair, at Chicago, are in a favourable condition, ten million dollars having been subscribed. The work of preparing the grounds of 600 acres extent is virtually completed, except the dredging of the lagoon. The contracts for many of the main buildings have been awarded. The City of London Company.-Next week will probably see the formation of the new large company for the lighting of London, to take over the plant and contracts of the City of London (Pioneer) Electric Lighting Company. The latter shares will be taken over at a very considerable premium, and a good field of success is open for the large company. the Rochester Town Council on July 1, the town clerk laid Rochdale. At the meeting of the Gas Committee of before the meeting a notice of the intention of the Rochdale Electricity Supply Company, Limited, to apply to the Board of Trade for a provisional order (to be confirmed by Parliament in the ensuing session) to supply electricity in the borough. Taunton Exhibition. It was suggested at the Electrical Trades Section of the Chamber of Commerce that the Taunton Exhibition would better suit the convenience of exhibitors if held later. Mr. Massingham did not think it possible to alter the date, and as opinions were equally divided, it was finally resolved to give cordial support to the exhibition. Demagnetisation of Watches.-Mr. J. S. Matheson, of Leith, owing to the number of watches spoilt at the Edinburgh Exhibition, has recently patented a process for thoroughly demagnetising watches so affected. We were of opinion that the system of gradually diminishing alternating magnetisations for this purpose was sufficiently practical and open to all. |