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Electric
BOAT IS SUCCESS
5ttleship New 'Mexi o, After
Two Years' Trial; Pronounces
Innovation Practical.
When the U. I. battleship New
Mexico was placed in commission two
rs ago. ehristened the frst electri
ly propelled warrior in the world.
Stponent of the steam egia pe
dieted the time was not at bhad for
auth a change In turning the wheels
f ethe great ocean navigator. They
predicted all sorts of failures but a
report on the frst two years' active
se vice of the ship just mad public
by Command . Robin An. fleet
engineer of $. fleet of which
the New M .-eems to
have perma such pes
eigistie o d: -
The NO. has 4 e40 g d.
During thL s the.7ea Otte ehas e s
uetvive of p !1r .verV~k1Stta
Is encounte 4 3 a
eet actual ea'g eaten t 1le-.b h't
The report stOtr the* seti Vte ad
best yhighly* sa taf ctq ai
justify the .*udgtnbit, of thoe; r..
spensible for the instaillatio of eloc
tric machinery In thie vebl.
PREDIf'IONg st JVU LLED.
W. L. R. Emet- consulting en
gineer of the General Eloctric Com
pany and 'pioneer in eleetri. shop
p roulsion. his devoted years to the
problem. .As long ago as 1909, he
pointed out ,thiat electric ship propul
sion was feasible. economlc 1 'and
practical. Commander Roblison's re
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Phone West 2419 for Particulars.
F. L. CLARKE
Electrical Contractor and Dealer.
1242 Wisconsin Ave. N. W.
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usehergsre It revea'.s t astasiust
eeaomical vaqt.age of the iactrie
drive 4.a gemtbered alth yster ahlps1
equipped with Jitre.t eeaected tur
That electrie drive is Coasidrhd 'iy
the United stater dwernment as the
best means ) .rpule.S14 tday Is
uest evt4egced from for ft that
all new battle'aitet of the last two or
three gepras are sh-i el esaappeel.
The General ii- deli . .e iany i St w
engaged is 1-..,'-ling the .l.rrit ma
chinery for installation ia the battle
ships Maryland. West Vars:asa and
Califorsia.
murOsi ed sow aRuZco.
Commander Robinson's report -on
the New Mexico feitowst.
The New Mexieq hay been operating
for neatly a year. in company with
two sister ships, the Idaho and Mis
sissippi. which have hulls identical
with that of the New. ,Mexico. Dur
ing this time it has been possible to
get an accurate comparison of the
relative economy of the three ships
And also the relative maneuvering
qualities. In the latter respect. the
New Mexico is decidely superior, and
the remArkable part of it is that
pearly all of the maneuvering in re
Atricted waters has been done with
our turbo-senerator.
When this installation was first
posed. Its opponents maintained
, while a ship like the Jupiter
could be satisfactorily operated with
the screws on both sides of the shi6
running at exactly the same speed.
it would not be possible to get sat
isfactory operation with that' ar
rangement on a ship which had to
operate in formation. But exactly the
reverse' has proved to be true; it has
been found that more satisfactory
operation I. obtained when -using one
generator than when using two, and
it is customary, when in dangerous
waters where it is desired to take all
possible precautions. to use one gen
erator for driving the ship and to
keep the other turning over idle
If the ship is getting under Say
from an anchorage and has to turn,
as soon as the anchor is away the
signal is given for standard speed
ahead on one side and the same speed
astern on the other: with this ar
rangement the ship will turn abso
lutely on her heel without gaining
ground either sl'"ad or astern; with
.-r engines. where it is not pos
sible to reguwte usa speed so quickly
and accurately, the probability of get
ting speed on the ship in one direction
or the other is much greater. All the
predictions in regard to trouble oss
account of the condition that when
operating with one generator the
screws on both sides of the ship must
be run at the same speed (if run at
all) have proven to be groundless.
GREAT ECONOMY.
IAi regard to the comparison of
economies the results have been very
favorable to the New Mexico. The
Idaho and Mississippi are fitted with
direct-connected turbines (one Is Par
ions and the other Curtis and have
geared cruising turbines: the Idaho
can use her cruising turbines at all
speeds up to about 17 knots and the
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electrical dealers are only to
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Uaperienee gained by a eomparison
of destroyere Stted with geared mais
turbnes sad these Stted with direet
conneted. main turbines and geared
cruising turbines indicates that the
eon y or the Idaho sad Mississippi
at cruising speed is about as goed
a it would be If tbly had geared main
turbines. A cemperises of the New
Mexico with these ships Is therefore
particularly interestlg at the lower
speeds.
The advocates of electric propulpion
have always claimed that it was au
perior to all other forms of propulsion
at cruising speeds, but even the most
enthusiastic of these have been sur
prised by the remarkable showing
made)
This is doubtless due to the fact
that no one made suffidient allowance
for the saving due to shutting down
one turbine generator sets and all
the auxiliaries that go with one of
the condunsing plants. At a aspeed of
10 knots the New Mexico uses about
16.7 per cent less oil than her sister
ships, or, putting it another way, her
sister ships use about 20 per cent
more than the New Mexico; at 13
knots the figures are 39.9 per cent or
42.7 per cent; at 16 knots the figures
are 32.3 per cent or 47.6 per cent; at
19 knots the figures are 23.6 per cent
or 40.1 per cent; at full power the
figures are 24.4 per cent or 32.2 per
cent. At 19 knots and also at full
power the New Mexico uses about .$70
pounds of oil per shaft horsepower.
and at 16 knots she only uses 1.1
pounds of oil per shaft horsepower
per hour. This is a remarkable uni
form economy. .
RELIABILITY OF MA(HilRY.
In regard to the reliability of the
machinery, the New Mexico has had
nothing but the most minor troubles
with her electric plant, and there have
been no navy repairs whatever; there
has been one serious accident to the
steam part of the machinery which
required work to be done by a navy
yard. but that was due entirely to a
mechanical defect.
Due to improper construction of
the main governor, one of the weights
became detached while the turbine
generator was running without load;
the turbine ran away and operated
the emergency governorwhich tripped
the throttle, but the latter did not
entirely close and the turbine ran at
over-speed sufficiently to stretch the
turbine wheels and the entire motor
had to be replaced.
The governor has been changed and
additional.oer-speed protection given
by arranging for the emergency gov
ernor to close the admission valves as
well as the main throttle. The ma
chinery has been in operation nearly
a year since repairs were completed
and no further trouble has developed.
In conclusion, it may be said that
the performance of th/ .ew Mexico
since commissioning has been en
tirely satisfactory in every way, and
that the expectations of those who
were responsible for its installation
have been more than realized.
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IDAHO FAST BECOMING ELECTRIC FAN WILL DRY
AN "ECRC STATE" VEGETABLES FOR WINTER
Franklin K. Lane in an article in Dehydrated vegetables and fruste
the June number of the National promise to tie popular this season ow
Geographic Magazine, writes of the ing to the scarcity and high price of
change that has come over Idaho: sugar. Small amounts of garden prod
"Seven years ago I visited the Mini- ucts can be dried before an electric
deka project in that State and found fan.
the people discontentAd. Today they Wash and dry the wooden racks.
are. I supose. among the happiest cover wire netting with clean, white
farmers and the most contented peo- cheese cloth. Wash, pare or scrape
pie in our country. Here I saw a and then cut the fruit or vegetables
town where there never has been a .
fire lighted and some houses without , n cross sections about one-eighth of
firplaces and without chimneys. No an inch in thickness. Spread the
fires were necessary. because at the 'slices in single layers on the cheese
dam above the town the water hai cloth. The racks for drying can be
been stored to irrigate the land and bought in any number desired, but
at the dam electric power was gen- three or four is the usual numbeP
orated for use as heat, light, and for used with an electric fan.
cooking. The women churned with l Place the electric fan about a foot
electricity and the sewing machines from the end of the rack and turn on
were run with electricity. I suppose I the current. Leave current on until
they had a sort of paddling machine the food looks withered and feels dry.
for the naughty children that they The length of time varies according
ran by electricity. It was an elec- 1to the water content of the food, but
tric city. Idaho is a rich State and the average time is about ten hours.
it is growing rapidly." The most important point in regard
ST RE PTSto drying vegetables and large fruits
GLASGOW STORE [UTIN~gtbe
An electrically fitted kitchen in a it ute rea
hch all the uul stirring opera- ing of r ee
tions in the kitchen are done electri- corn should be plunged in boiling
cally has been installed by the store water for three minutes or long
firm of Treron Ltd.. Glasgow, Scot- inough to set the milk, then cut from
land. to serve its restaurant. cob and place on clean cheese cloth
Vegetables are washed. china and In dryer, turn on current and keep
cutlery cleaned and sterilized and all fan going continuously until kernels
the food cooked electrically. It is are dry.
the most sanitary and scientifically At a rate of 10 cents per unit (kilo
equipped kitchen in Scotlandi. The Watt hour) the fan can be run from
restaurant is decorated in Fre ich mo- twenty-five to forty hours for one
tifs and all the ware used ia of the dime
theous Wedgeowood pottery.. f
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6. 148Eyt.
o Make
EMICITY NOW
FARM_NECESSITY
Onoe Luxury, Motors Inresase
Production and Prove Real
Labor Saving Device.
'A good water supply, a complete
sewage disposal plant and efective
heating and lighting systems consti
tute the four prime utilities of the
farm home, declares Farmers' Bull.
tin No. $41. issued by the Department
of Agriculture. To secure these ends
in great pneasure thought and plan
ning are necessary.
Electricity on the farm is not a lua
ury, but a necessity and it pays. It
pays to have buildings and crops safe.
It pays to have drudgery done by an
electric motor and it pays to have the
farm home bright and cheerful. de
clares the Society for Electtical De
velopment. New York.
MUST OUSERVE .ADOR.
The present time is one to consider
every means of conserving farm labor
Farm work may never be easy, but
it can be made much 'asier and more
profitable by the use of electricity.
Counting up the hours spent in hand
milking, cream separating. churning,
washing, sweeping, pumping water
and other farm chores, there is an
amazing total of wasted time and
effort.
The average farm woman works a
few minutes more than thirteen
hours out of the twenty-four during
the summer and her daily average
for the year is eleven hours and eight
een minutes. Half of the women on
the farms are at work at 5 a. m.
Briefly, here are some of the duties
of the farm woman who has noelec
tric light or power at her disposal:
On a farm where lamps are-used,
cleaning the burner's and trimming
the wicks is a disagreeable job that
takes an hour of work a day. Elec
tricity offers a much better light and
an immediate reduction in the fire
insurance rate.
Next to electric light and its safety
value is the great promise or freedom
from water troubles. In the farm
house a good water supply is an abso
lute necessity, saving time in the
kitche and the milkhouse. Without
runnink water in the barn the cows
and horses must be driven t , the
brook twice daily, taking tw, hours
of high-priced labor. or sixty hours a
month. Water is one of the -oast im
portant things that the electri- plant
brings to' the farm home and 'o the
barn.
MOTORS HELP ON FARM.
On the farm where there are cows
to be milked it is a discouraging
struggle to get th.'m milked. The
men cannot always be spared from
other work to do it. Of every hun
Is-of Ma+
Offered in a Great
The purpose. of this sale i
autiful Electric Shop and tc
>use is prepared at all times
MODERATE PRICES.
Our showing of Lamps is
tive ever assembled by a star
sat your fancy may be-who
egant lamp or a large state
signers, it will be found here.
Make it a Point to C
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Home LU
/red women en far.. thisr'-sa of e
tem 'help with the mUkimg. whie
mave. -isae of them trim and oll
kerosene lamps ad all but four do
the famlly washing.
The women foed the poultry so the t
farm and usually the cere is shelled t
seek day as they feed it. This is a I
mean job. but with a motor to drive
the sheller, a week's supply of eern I
can be shelled in t&. time than a t
day's supply shelled in any other way. I
tn short, work en the farn is not dust
raising erops. There is a never-eand
ing round of chores to be done that
take time and laber. The modern a
farmer knows that he can me longer
rely on hired help at all times, but
that he must put more trust in ma
chinery operated by electric power.
A second survey of the situation of
the farm woman has just been made
under the direction of Miss Florence
M. Ward for the Department of Agri
culture Ia her report which Secre
tary Meredith has approved. Miss
Ward points out that aide from the
justice and principle ,fnvolved. it is
faulty econo nice to overburden the
women workers when help on thu
farm Is so hard to get.
"At a time like thi." she says.
'when the dearth of farm labor is a
limiting factor in production. It is a
doubtful business policy for farmers
to use increased income to buy more
land instead of using part of it in
raising standards of living." '
MAKES FLEC[RICTY DO
ALL HIS FARM CHORES
Forehanded farmers all over the
country are lighting their homes and
barns with an electric power and
light outfit. Electric water systems.
washing machines. cream separators
and other appliances are run by a
power and light plant, saving timet
and much work, not only for the
farmer but for the farmer's wife.
"It seems to me." remarked Willis
Cornell, of Baldwinsville. N. Y.. "that
a farmer's main purpose in getting
a light and power plant ought to be
power, plenty of power. Any man
knows what excess power in a motor
car means on hills, but that isn't
half as important as ample power In
a farm plant. You can go up a hill
on second, but your farm work goes
down hill unless you have enough
power to run machinery. So when
you think bf electricity, don't think
of light and stop there. Of course.
the light is mighty handy, but it is
the extra powerful' outfit that saves
time and money.
"With Its extra capacity engine
and ample generator, the outfit I
have on my farm is an economy be
cause it will do all the big and little
chores around the place. If you have
a gas or kerosene engine you know
what a valve-in-head motor does to
give more power, and how important
it is to have an oiling system that
works for sure. With my power and,
light outfit I have an engine that
runs smoothly. when I want It to
run and develop power aplenty to
rificen
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to offer quality merchandia
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the largest and most represer
in 'Washington. No matti
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all Monday and See
lay of Lamps-Note
and We Will Leave
Good Judgment.
~ctric Bill at
ppliance Company
~ric Shoj
ielenhnne M. 955
fe Easy
e ergte all the meahmery 've al
ays had to te by band.
"Nobody knows jst how a batery
works, but it a battery takes armseat
os fast. It stalls onits feed. a kind
of electrical ladlsestiOs. I U3FiO. sad
ti pretty upoadve dysppa wbom
rou have to buy a sew battery. 5S
think the ethod of regulating the
barge is great. I aboeMd say I know
t is. becsase my battery is standing
Ip In Aso shape. For all around
servlce ad slampleky this divaSt
omected type that I have surpasse
lay outfit of its kind."
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HOME SEWING
OPPORTUNITY
New Homa Electric
Sewing Machines
Res larly sold for $80
$5750
Rib and C eta %. W.
SPECIAL
A Complete Set of Fituree
With Bulbs
$59.00
This price does not in
clude hanging.
In this special sale we
are offering a full set of
fixtures for the parlor, liv
ing room, dining room, bed
room, bath, hall, porch and
kitchen.
You will find them artistic,
neat, and of the latest pat
terns.
ZARIN BROS.
*The Stere That Saves You
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Main .ter
717 12th St. N. W.
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