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thoroughfares of Paris, the Commission distinctly refused to 

 bind itself in any particular way, but decided that in the 

 present condition of affairs, electricity, as represented by the 

 Jablochkoff candle, could not be considered as having 

 reached such a degree of perfection that it could supersede 

 1 gas ; that, nevertheless, the progress that had been effected 

 was sufficiently real and important to justify a continuance 

 of the experiments on a larger scale. The Commission 

 therefore considers that the Avenue de T Opera should con- 

 tinue to be lighted as before for one year, beginning on the 

 1 5th January, and that the Company might apply its system 

 in two new positions in the city of Paris, viz., the Place de la 

 Bastille &&& one of the wings of the central markets. (See the 

 journal LElectririte of the 5th and 20th January.) 



The illumination of the Avenue de r Opera and of the Place 

 du Thedtre-Francais allows but one candle to each lamp, and 

 there are in all forty-eight luminous points. On the Place de 

 r Opera there are only eight lamps, but two candles burn 

 together in each of them; the two triple lamps placed on 

 each side of the facade of the Opera-House have simple 

 candles only. These two lamps are supplied by two Alliance 

 machines, but those in the Place de r Opera are worked by a 

 Gramme dividing machine, and this requires for the electric 

 lighting of this part of Paris the employment of four machines, 

 each using from sixteen to eighteen horse-power. The Place 

 de la Bastille and the central market are each lighted by 

 sixteen lamps, 



In spite of the fierce hostility with which the gas com- 

 panies attacked the newspapers in these trials of electric 

 lighting, every civilized country is now turning its attention 

 to this subject. The cities of Stockholm, St. Petersburg, 

 Amsterdam, and San Francisco have already taken steps to 

 establish the electric light. The City of London is at present 

 engaged in realizing this application of electricity, and the 

 Thames Embankment is now lighted in this way. Even 

 America has made repeated attempts to reach an immediate 



