The same year Tesla's company achieved its greatest accomplishment to date, after lighting up the Chicago venue hosting the World's Columbian Exposition entirely with alternating current, an honor that Tesla procured after outbidding General Electric by 1 million dollars.

同年， 特斯拉公司取得了迄今为止最伟大的成就，完全用交流电点亮了举办世界哥伦布博览会的芝加哥场馆，这是特斯拉在比通用电气高出 100 万美元的出价后获得的荣誉。