The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . umbian Exposition the total capacity of the generatingplant is twenty-five thousand horse-power, utilized over an area of six hundred plant covers anarea of one hundredand twelve thousandsquare feet. Thereare in operation arclights, incandescentlights, power-motorsfor the operation ofthe machinery of ex-hibitors, a completetelephone servicecoupled to the Chicago^ exchange, a completepolice and fire alarmtelegraph system, tele-graph lines, the elec-tric fountains, the In-tramural ElevatedRailway, the electriclaunches, search lights, th
The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . umbian Exposition the total capacity of the generatingplant is twenty-five thousand horse-power, utilized over an area of six hundred plant covers anarea of one hundredand twelve thousandsquare feet. Thereare in operation arclights, incandescentlights, power-motorsfor the operation ofthe machinery of ex-hibitors, a completetelephone servicecoupled to the Chicago^ exchange, a completepolice and fire alarmtelegraph system, tele-graph lines, the elec-tric fountains, the In-tramural ElevatedRailway, the electriclaunches, search lights, the equipment of the battle-ship Illinois,and many classes of apparatus, some of which were given earlierin this article. The electric lighting at the last Paris Exposition was furnishedby 1,150 arc and 10,000 incandescent lamps, giving a total of about1,600,000 candle-power. The lighting at Chicago comprises about90,000 lights of 16 candle-power, or a total of 1,440,000 candle-power, and about 5,100 arc lamps, with a total of 10,000,000 candle- ^. COLUMBIAN FOUNTAIN—PEDESTAI,. / ELECTRICITY. 303 power—a grand total of about 11,400,000 candle-power. The total capacity of the electric plant is about 5,000 arcs of 2,000 candle-power each, and 120,000 incandescent lights of 16 candle-power. It is significant that while the lio^htinor alone at Paris called for the formation of a syndicate of nearly all the leading companies—over twenty in all—the lighting at Chicago, with the exception of about 500 horse-power, is furnished from the standard apparatus of four leading American firms. Already seventy-five motors, aggregating 1,300
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