Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-07-15
FIRE COMMISSIONERS.
The Georgetown Tel graph Extension.
Contract Awarded to GsmsweII a. Co
Another Blew ct Home Enterprise.

| According to adjournment, a nesting OF the
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Board OF Fro Commissioners was held AZ thelr
rooms on Saturday night for the purpose Of
deciding the Ions. pending question of the
| .,.,I oT an. contract n, ,bs s,,sns,o, AZ ~
| a"H'u " wv St ~ 'n , eAsoaaiY" VI sue
hfe alarm teeBthph 70 beotBetoNh' Mt
HOloy represented his company, and Mr. Slower
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Matuinb INV o'"'"'' W 'h'"'1 " W. W 'hi'
eisYgs .,,,,,,, -, ...d and Al, N.n..,,
in support Of his resolution, made a lengthy and
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nv .,nNio Snssiian ~ tbis nsifS aou}r.o,9 ~
u 900 was not Of much lmportancS, except as il
opsrsIobi only tSc beSinnlnE Of an end Sot "s,
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~ .nSasSs,iIpns inv bsa ISDornd o,,si,
s,aI9si ,1,yraSoos,lcn. Rlsb vn,id 1890 shn
natt ~ ,han "'''" "'u'' ''''" 'io
o'1 rhe tpci that tho hoard .nor . mil and
a. lne iagt tnat NY ugg1Inu, a,toI Iull anu
thorough eS1 AN alton o. s Ihe eompeuns boxes,
rnsnJ IN aJgriion m tbe ttouv ~, ~ a,I
ertvS " h9 ,Ssir Ing hOarI ~ 10
nv " ~ Di a,sS nj NJ. mSau t'
tans ~ tjns' S,cisI sSoSinS ihat ,,.i
Nv" cSangsS vn1lJ bays 10 bs msds n Ihs NsS
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~ ss ~ o0'o' - 0ou'' w W 'nu Pres
bsSs warn r.t,,,o, hal, o.,
uRs.BSSifaIiY TsISrrsT in ~ po.sd ~ ~
rnm,ni Ssirnsyy. ,Stb ~. ,saasst 'bst az -
ME- a. yonr boar5 a cnntTSst ~ 1,a a. I'M
Mes,Fs, gSmeWeiI 4 % for e1IspIinS thslP
Systsm of Are aIsTm teiSg,anh Ia Gisors atom :"
'Tbo RoarJ of Firo gommlsaIoDSrs rs,odorssl
~ fnrmSS actIop and again Decentralization tbSt
he contract be AWARDED 10 the WaSbipSt1n
comnanY with ouIy one ,iI.,en,lnS vn,s W"
Then Inc Hoard 81 P1Siio WoIss rofsrred tho
.,insp ,Sho TasSi,,,,. ~, ~,
~ SIs ~ oH5, VINO S"'eu au'hory
n the RnarI ~ PublI. WorLs hal mn, ,io.ir.d
that AZ, LANA .he,ib ~ , ~ ~ ~
,,n,,ld have yIysgp n an, 1n ~. Ne, VnsS s,
pSny' They were eyidentiV INSTRUMENTATION in the
repSTt Of Mr IIIuss and sSIJs,pps ~ M n
hlS Teport Tbsy Ensv ina n IonH nat Ia Ia
1aRreesble 10 nd wishes of mis- boaSI " and
hence they took that courk 10 reiIsys them.
selves OF the Tesponsibiiitv n reisctin,, tse "a
mort of Inc man theV had aSnsaisd ~ ~ SgStns,
IA We mad inst toid them I'M We Sished ham
10 give tho contract 10 Hollsy' and i oannot be'
iieSe that II ever entered tSsiT head ibSt "
would 70 baek On our yotSs evsn thougb No
fnIght an our frI,nd1 s' ~ ''h" W.
The conslstency Of the msmbers vbo had
twice nv Vote Trcom mended ths wssbJpstor
COMPANY and were now oppoSln1 Il was sevsSeiY
cTitlcised. and an appoI ma1o ~ enconrass
home enterprise. Another matter connected
rs 10 soRsiJeT n ths nj thsI XII, Ns,S Wy, "
company have not in their deaiIngs beretaEnrs
with this civ aeted stTetiv hnnoss6le ~ M IL
Su, hdss y Sy Less than two years sgp our
boxesof Tho eFanE natsnt. n Ia sacb ny, one ~
which IA worth one fouTtb n tbe mnnny Eyory
magnet Is 50 detective that NOT a signal has aver
been received Al either one Of ibs boISs. AMI
When ~ rsmind tham y, a. m I Uys, nI
we Get Is that We ouISt 10 ma hSys boSSbt tbsir
higher. priced boxes, Now, these boass were
bought when they supposed they had Inc entlre
monopoly OF this busipess and hence tbev cared
but little whether they gave Us salIsfloiion ~
not
They claimed to have built the lines here
SlriElnaliy, until they found out that We have a
elaim hsnast the party who dld do the work for
noh,IulniImento o. the oriEinal contract, and then
shSy SaLu va VA Ahotber ht.n, they, uameMell
q ~, hau nothinB 70 90 Win u. The dealings
~ mat o9mpanyi whoever u may 30, with our
GUY mas oeen very unsatlstaotory nom hrst to
last Lhey nave had the best Of Us In every
uansaou9hI ana the sooner We drop them the
petter, ~ nave SHOWN good deal OF seal In
this matter and taken a warm and earnest part
IN the uiscusslon o. tue subject II Is only be-
tause psSo let " ny uuty 70 protect the In
oI, eS o ~ 1ng S nha % aq an az, o. justice to
wi W. Noithy Ahd nterpriing oitliens. Every
llSslUeI ~ this poaiu knous mat the New YORK
Tyunpshy hasg IeIn 9 70 give Us any lniOrma-
uon as 70 theft prices Tor any OF their more eA.
penslve Instruments, unless We tirst bind our.
selves 70 deal exclusively with them. A company
THUS ungenerous should not DO patrOnlIod under
any Glreu i I .,
IN regard e the price he said that before tho
washington box was put on the market Game
we'll 20. had charged t15O for their box, and
erected lines AZ thelr own prlcei sold their gonEs
70 corporations Tor ESQ, and To individuals for
ssS: Amer stating That the washington Com.
pnny were prepared TO contract for aud furnish
all tinds Of APPARATUS anil material used In arc
alarm telegraph, MT MoDeyltt concluded as iOl.
lows
II the Washington company have saved us
nNeen hundred or two thousand dollars on this
small lob, and are willing to aid US 10 the same
proportion In any future Improvement we may
Wish 10 make, the people whom We represent