, 1875-11-27

AInrm and Police Telegraph oflcos and iuvrntl-
0atod. to somo o1tcnt tho lines.
Bupt. Chandler. OF tho Firc-Afazn, Depart
nacnt, ~As called befote the Coumittoc. aud
stated. In enswor to inquiries, that the wires Of
tho city lines Nero not in good condition, sud
did not think they conld be improved upon much
with tito nonoY At bis command. Tho system
WAS entirely wrong tho wifes ought to bo put
upon poles. nunnng tho wires oYor cllmnoys
Affected them most doc1dody, the smoke
fem Tho coal e.nsins tho Injury: 1lo
pnt acrors chimney tops, but lsd brackets for
the purpose OF putting them on tho atden Of tho
chmnefa. Tbero wore employed In tho office
flve operators .nd ono 81 bbatseryman, Tue chst
pur year. Tho go, 900 appropriated for ho1es
would be nullctent under tho prosout systen
but not II nolca uare used. A desultory talk Gu
sued Oil tho merits aud fomerits OF tho no~key
boz, tlve ct which sro now IN ltso. Tho present
wiycs had bcca IN uao tuelye years; tho !.fc OF \
MIRO MAS teu years. During tia building Hrasoo
1t Was Impossible 10 have the wires insulated.
ire-ni.sshAi Dcnnor waa interrogated. llo
said to know tlsse about to1tgraphy but had
touad fault on several oecastons with the wosk-
Ing Of tho boxes, and thought tho Committee
should soo thom. Thnro weln reresao gongs ou
Homo Of the circuits, and Ito had tried to recclvs
40 answer 10 signal for tiro ont and had faile l.
tIe bad fnAsncd that thore mas not battery porof
eaomgh fnr the purnoso. Ti1ore were mo,e box
en- On line than there ought 10 be. The uso of
reTesto gopgs WAS tn eco"ouafcat move. There
had been great RtysntaGo from putting on tue
two additional operators In tho Fise-Aarm office,
and he noticed that alarms were nloto prompt.
TiIero lad tcen delays Of ten TO ffteon minutes
At f!tos III cAscs whcso citfzons Ind neglected. to
give alarms. It vas also 1sitto often
the case that policemen who 1cre trav-
cling s1ubro milo ol territory At
night woull happen to bo a half mile away from
a flrc, and dangerous DELAYS In receiving mn
alarm resulted. uo had written conmunca-
tion To Police bupt. HsosoY on tho snbiects With
a Wow to having tho patroltnen make careful
report Of their Hhoranbous. and tho tine they
sent In alarn,a.
Then tue eluo-factorv fro cams In for discuss
sion. In answor to Aid. Ivan. Tho Atarahtl said
he could have saved Mr. WAhi'e propestY II lls
hsd received PROMPT alarm. In reply 10 A1d.
CoeE, ho said that lo had ruado report on that
bad recommended tho dIhchargs OF Bfowo,
Police Doa.d bad orderod othermiao.
tile young man having brought Testimony to
allow that he WAS not n*losp on tho morning the
gluc-factory was burncd. 1fo Was In favor u
tito po-keg boxes tboy weEo ,ctsap. and could
bo furnished =. $3.50 each. He would recon-
r1ot,d that thoy 70 pnt In tho Business district.
Thoro wss device for holding the koy in tho
old.styie boz, by means OF trap lock, which
Bupk Chandlor atatod could bs placed on the
prrssnt hoxos at smntl expense.
Tbs Comtnittoe decided to go around with tho
MArnhal md Telegraph Superintendent It 2
o'clock this afternoon, and examine sQule Of tho
boxes and tho lines. Thny viii. make their fa-
port to ths Couuoll Mondny night.