The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-18

Ft44 ALAPe TELAaRAPH.-The Com;
mittee on Fire Department OF the City
eUVneitmstiA the chamber otthe Second
Branch Yesterday afternoon to examine
the apparatus Of tue National Fire Alarm
Co, Several other systems Of fire alarm
telegraphing have been submitted to the
committee, but the National seems TO b.
the favorits, both on account OF ia sim
plicity and It's cheapuess. The gentlemen
representing the National explained its
workings yesterday to those who were
present, and exemplifed It's facilities,
accuracy and simplicity in manner
which impressed all with the belief that
it excels the other devices Cor the same
purpose,
The machinery is simple, and cannot,
with ordinary usage, get out oil repair.
Each signal box makes its own circuit,
independent OF any other box working
automatically with the ground, thereby
shortening the circuit and making II more
reliable in case Of necessity; apl, v the
wire h rblanor aseGtioh tsmbEcdy ~ can
still send correct signals from either side
of the break. The parties sending in the
alarm from the box rings all the gong and
large bells in the city. There are no
springs to adjust, and the apparatus is in
no way complicated. All il requires is
to bs placed IN position and kept wound
up,
The Committee hold another meeting
this afternoon, and will probably recon-
mend the purchase Of the National alarm.
The Company offers to put up twenty:
one signal boxes, four goHgs and six miles
ofwire for S5,250, several hundred dollars
lower than any Of the other propositions.
The EoRhiittee are ulIaniRouslJ iRlaVor
OF purchasing q fire alarm apparatus, and
II their recommendation is adopted by
Council . gong will be placed in each Of
thethrce engine houses, and In the house
Of the hook and ladder company. The
signal boxes will be distributed in the
different wards. The length Of tho wire
needed Is estimated ut six hundred
miles. II that Is mot sufficient, however,
each additional mile will cost 5000; and
u reduction Of 5000 will be made for each
mile less than the number estimated.
The want Of fire alarm telegraph in
this city has long been felt, and it is to be
hoped that the City Council will give the
matter the consideration it deserves.
Concerning tho utility Of System Of fire
alarm telegraphing, the Cincinnati IrGle
STSS sasvas Sa isw.h,oAeni. Il often
vital to large interests, for all ordinary
fires are more easily qucllcd at the start,
and always more difficult to manage after
acquiring Roadway. A device which
gives the alarm at widely separate points
at tito same time, and gives itSWlth ac-
Curacy, Is Of great value, relieving the
blind hunting Which follows tho alarm
given in the ordinary manner, and not
definitely located asiby this system.
"The employment Of electricity in the
transmission of intelligence by pre-
arranged signals, has been reduced to the
following simple proposition: Noonc Of
ordinary capacity need he told the second
time how 10 do It, anil the performance
Of IN net not more complicated than
sharpening pencil or lighting cigar,
will send message To all parts Of Il large
city IN u single moment. The signal Is
sounded and u response obtained in less
time than Ia required to write this sen.
tencc, aud the most surprising results oh.
tanned by the thorough system thus rami.
fed and established" ii l
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