Tesla Current Tubes

The Buffalo Express of April 21, favors the public with the following, which, to say the least, is interesting, if rather mixed and confused:— "It was stated here to night that Nikola Tesla had lately made further improvements in his method of transmitting electricity by fluid and had declared that he was more certain than ever that the current could be sent from Niagara Falls to New Orleans and Chicago and delivered there at less than it would cost to generate power on the spot by steam. The fluid he uses in the tubes costs scarcely more than water, and loses so little electricity in transit that the cost of transmission is little more than the cost of putting up the poles and tubes. It is asserted that the Niagara Falls Power Company, having at last obtained all the consents for the right of way from the Falls to Buffalo along the shore (the Grand Island route having been given up) will prepare at once to supply power for the trolley line between the two cities, and every one else along the route who will pay the price. What the price will be cannot be determined until the line for transmission has been actually completed and the loss of power in transit has been determined. If Mr. Tesla's predictions about his tubes are fulfilled, it is believed that the company will agree to the maximum price insisted upon in Buffalo." The tube method is also described as "a solution of some metallic salt contained in a metal tube surrounded by rubber."