Must Come Here

New Yorkers to Transmit Niagara Energy to the Metropolis Early Next Spring.

A BIG ELECTRICAL EXHIBITION.

At Which Motors Will Be Run By a Current Generated at the Power House of the Niagara Falls Power Company — A Mammoth Company Behind It

Niagara Falls power for New York! The idea may seem preposterous, but a movement is on foot in the metropolis to have motors run by a current generated at the power house of Niagara Falls Power Company at a big electrical exhibition to be given in New York in May of next year.

While the electrical displays at the World’s Fair, San Francisco, and Atlanta expositions have been on a scale of magnificence and pleasing to the general public, they were disappointing technically to electrical experts, says a New York dispatch. The various electrical industries of America have now combined to give New York an electrical exhibition next year to eclipse anything of the kind ever attempted in this or any other country.

A company has just been incorporated at Albany for the purpose of the exhibition. It is known as the National Electrical Exposition Company. The exhibition will be considered primarily under the auspices of the National Electric Light Association, an organization which embraces all the electric light interests of America, including the Edison, Westinghouse, General Electric and Brush systems.

The date chosen for the exhibition is May 4 to May 31, 1896, inclusive. The New York Industrial building (Grand Central Palace) has been secured. Harrison J. Smith, superintendent of the New York Illuminating Company (Edison), is president of the new exposition company. W. F. Weiss, vice-president of the New York Steam Company, is vice-president, and George F. Porter, secretary of the National Electric Light Association, is secretary and treasurer. The Executive Committee consists of C. O. Baker, Jr.; K. B. Corey, H. F. Lufkin, E. F. Peck and President Smith, ex-officio. At the offices of the company, No. 136 Liberty Street, Secretary Porter said Saturday:

“It is proposed to give a display of electrical and kindred achievements which will attract and satisfy not only the general public, but those who make electricity their study.

“One of the chief features of the exposition will be the running of motors by a current generated at Niagara Falls. I have consulted Professor Tesla on the subject, and he assures me it can be accomplished. That will be an achievement of which America can feel proud. The longest distance electricity for motor power has previously been carried is 27 miles. To bring the current from Niagara Falls to New York we will have to cover almost 500 miles.”