Qtirrr Mccti.Tilm of llm I'int Tlmn.l'leea
of This Kiml In llm Country.
The first tower clock actuated bv
electricity in the United States has just.
been put in successful operation in tho
new courthouse in this city, says a Los
Angeles letter in the Springlicld Re- I
publican. This pioneer time-piece,
that is commonly termed "the big
clock," might ho called in botanical
parlance a composite, for it U in reality
four clocks, as each diul In the tower is
supplied with it own wpnrato apparatus,
operated by wires from the main
battery.
