The Optical Magic Lantern Journal (March 1898)

42 Acetylene Gas Restrictions in Jersey City. WING to the disastrous explosion which occurred lately in an acetylene gas factory in Jersey City, U.S.A., the Board of Fire Commissioners of that city have framed regulations in connection with the making and storage of same. regulations are as follows :— That the manufacture of calcium carbide or | the liquefaction of acetylene be prohibited except under certain prescribed limitations to be designated by the Board. That it declines to permit the use of any acetylene geverator in the city except those devices be first submitted | [ | slide itself was not sharp—‘“ Wait for my These | to the Board for careful test, examination, and , approval of the Board. That after the careful : examination made into the methods of operation of the Bournonville gas regenerator, and finding the same to be operated on safe scientific principles, and in view of the small quantity of carbide treated by said device, and the careful storage and distribution of the same, that the embargo laid by the Board against the use of this machine be withdrawn, and its operation sanctioned, provided that the methods now em| ployed be not altered or made more dangerous, It is further provided that the use or storage of calcium carbide be confined to quantities of 5 lbs. each, which must be stored in heavy block tin vessels, and until ready for use hermetically sealed, and that no dwelling, factory, or other building be permitted to keep on storage a total quantity in excess of 25 lbs. in cans or vessels of 5 lbs. each. All parties desirous of storing (in this city) a quantity of calcium carbide or liquefied acetylene gas in excess of the limitations above defined to be allowed to do so only upon formal request to , the Board and special permission obtained therefrom. eS A Severe Rebuke. CERTAIN lecturer, who was giving a series of lectures in the provinces, had unfortunately contracted the . habit of finding fault with the 5) SC? lantern operator during the exhibi | tion. The operator being a capable SY man, and the lecturer no lanternist, naturally resented being told to ‘‘ Bea little quicker and focus that slide” when the . twee co ) Se 9 signal, please, and put that last slide on again. Time went on, but the same state of matters prevailed each evening; so as soon as the Janternist secured another situation, he at his last exhibition determined to “ pay out”’ the lecturer—his employer—prepared a special slide for the occasion. During the evening the usual fault finding took place, when in response to “ Will the operator, please .’—a burst of laughter came as if in answer from the audience. The lecturer, who stood at the side of the screen, could not understand matters at all at first, but he did as soon as he glanced at the screen, and saw the following slide :— The operator understands his business ; Let the lecturer attend to bis own. OBO<~ Prominent Men in the Lanterty World. No. XV.—_Mr. ALFRED H. SAUNDERS. Pony anlar 4 ‘ “2N his early life, Mr. Alfred H. Saunders was trained for decorative painting for churches, and he has been highly complimented for his abilities in this direction. His ) home was at a public-house kept by his father, from which he retired into private life when young Saunders was about 19 years of age. About this time the Good Templars saw the making of an influential member in young Saunders, and he joined the cause and soon became an active propagandist. Seeing the need for educating children in temperance truths, he, in 1883, purchased what he: then considered a good lantern, and set out to teach the young idea