The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-03
MUNICIPAL.


ALARM BOXES.
The following communications from the act.
ing chief operator OF the police and flre alarm
telegraph explain the unavoidable mistake Ia
ringing the FIRE alarm on Tuesday night and d
lamentable condition Of affairs concerning the
security OF the station boxes against the wan
ton practices OF set Of malsfactors. some OIL
whom will probably par dearly for their smuse-
ment on New Years night.
OFFfcE or FtaE ALARM TELBeHApH. |
City Hall, New Orleans. January Q. 1878. !
Hon P. Mealey Administrator Of Police:
EraIn references TO the alarm Of FIRE turned
iirst titimo. / would respectfully state that On
said night, at $3.50 b. M. a turning came from
box tla which was promptly responded TO from
ala bos ~ sr ts d III
Ia this wise; Alter striking ave and one the
se sssa e y cSsd ss s re- al w @
bon 10 ssss from nss so ipspsdsy
snow Ct cost a s 5ssd: . q h s tsn
lar blows for 5il were struck.
At iq.o5, nine minutes afterwards, turnings
TheY were clear and distinct, and immediately
PresInet Station called on IN tie t police lines and
nss - he bells os a. ben he boa re
a--. ~ Al MA 80
.sfff ss sei ss failure q the clock
form lts functions was owing to local defect
entirely unlooked Tor and unprecedented.
Attached 70 the rachel in the clock IL piscs
Of string which projects through the face q the
number Of blows On tbs bells. which cannot be
done by means OF he dials, their numbers being
sehe anu I'll saaSssa In f he m aesp e
ef the unit dial. which strikes the last blow Oh
TIE plumber called ieT, Hence the failure 81 the
BIZ attached 70 any person in the ONCE for this
The IMPRESSION conveyed by the statements In
the papers fs erroneous.
very fespe EfpWASRp FLYNN.
Acting Chief Operator
The second communication is conceived In
the following words. The date Is January a.
1879:
SRI would respectfully report tina. at s.s5 p.
m. On the night oil the FIRST instant some person,
with g, partially broken key. opened boz So.
situated at No. ISIS sngine-house. Calllope
street and turned Il. u alarm q fire. The psr
was released By Chief Ensineer o H ""'0'
AT 1I:9s =. m. Of said date box 5l5. corner OF
and false alarm given therefrotn boz totally
Al isss eeloct this morning boz - at engine
open and 9 false alarm Of fire sent tberefrom.
AT 2;os O'CLOCK this morning box 6ls. corner Of
ppaupaine anu laospenaenee streets. was elso
therefrom.
These with the alarm from boz 10. make FIVE
ls) alarms during last night. the latter only
being necessary. All the broken boxes have
been brought to this Office for repairs. All the
alarms turned In last night and this morsing
have been promptly responded to from this
V'''s' 'ei' 's'pe0Hhbb'wAa EDWARD FLYNN.
Acting Chief Operator.
An examination OF the broken boxes shows
that they must have been broken With crow
bar or heavy stone. In one case, where the
door OF the box is made Of wr0ught-fron the
side OF the boz. which is OF caBt-frop. Ia broken
The Mayor and Administrator Mealey have
taken steps. to ferret out the perpetrators OF
this mischief
THE NEW APPARATUS,
The Council assembled yesterday morning In
qf the WHOLE tQ consider. the propo-
sition OF Mr.. Chandler. the agent for the ati-
t0mHste IRE alarm apparatus, which has already
been explained In the DEMoeRAT. The commit
tee agreed to adopt the new system. whiet will
ring the fire alarm direct from the station
boxes TO the tower bells. without any intereee-
sion at the main Office In the City Hall building
The expense will be 10000 for sixty.two automa-
tic station boxes. the fsmodellnQ OF the signal
circuits. new Ralvan0nisssr and other appa-
ratus.
THE FEW BuDaET-A COMPARISON BETWEEN m
AND THAT or 1878.
In order to convey properly the manner In
which the city administration proposes to run
the city government upon a cash basis during
the year 1879, we give below com paratiye state.
ment OF several items Of the budgets OF enpen.
ditures OF thie rear and Of 1878. al amended.