Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-27
oIITTINe OUT FIRES.
=. Wonderful Work Of the Ne"
'"' York Firemsn.
v,.bioery in Use and the Marvellous
he 9 .a, of Time-What Single
S,,o.e of Electricity Can Do
Quick Time Made,
,0fsslSG IN SIX SECONDS

r.,h,,.iastic people have gone 50 iar
r 81 .ay that the New York Fire De e
,mrn, is the hest in the world i on IL +
IT5'.'C.. n- in no other city in the clvlllz'
fo 20 ~. ~. !. a good Fire Department
~ WIZ '.','.sry. In no other American
n A'Sy',,Y,i,Irrable size are the OuiIu-
fI! u, -,rr,I on such excellent RiahS
j = '' ,r,,.rion by fires as in New 1orA.
Nm, Nm, else are they 30 irau OF -
4 U.s. :, compact or so pScAeu wiz
IN ", ll,. materials. Nowhere e'Ss
Ii''''', ..Hnrractor build an eight-lhch
p " ~ damaged bricks, run II up
aA . .'r,. high. and domieile han
N ''"'l Gmilies in each story
J Hv.." mnlpstatiOn from the
.'",I Nowhere else III amer,
Nv. whole villages packed With with
. wv. .,.,,. nj a single building, and that
{ I, wa" wa. made largely Of pine noorH'
i!u'"- T,nrs. >;>heS, and ceilings
It'''o y, wills that are Kept plutho
u" 'v. nine, AGAINST other houses
ply ~ ,I... !, il expected rs a matter
'.nr... rhat there Will De 'lree ., VI
, ,,.r.s every day, that once or WIZ WIZ.
u - u. ,arr,. will be big fire, ana that
VIZ time times in the course OF
" ,...rr The losses will mount up INTO
Z" :s,.;,4~ns. MI these advantages Vi
NJ, nIrtronOliS New York en-
=: n, un wonder, therefore, tn SN
f,r,nri,uarv precautions shoui1 Oe
49,. 80, t,r prrvemlng and eNtlnyulShlilS
NV" .,I hat the best machinery IOr
Il -. should be secured. lt WOuIu
~. ,s.....,hr nf ah,urdIty If, surround
4 S...I rnp,,. dangers, We were not
I y,j,d wlth everything that can w
H. protect Us against IOS~ "y mlr.
IN Oh. II,,.lil and expensive machinery
h ,.', however. would do Us little
-. il moi handled by competent
,,r.I "a, the New York fire ma
u" i. rr,. New York tiremcn are
- E.rrEr best work in the least
- lime. for dash, bravery, anu
=. ~, ,Yrlls il Is doubtful whether
x \.w York Fire Department l.
- anywhere in the world, Inc
.r.rr lime and again Commissioners
%,,...,.n, here from other large cities,
q, ,,rGi, country and in Europe, To
Il Iy r.r workings OF the department
- view To modelling their own
-. after the New York plan IL Suiil-
a ,yrj,.nce that our tirr brigade has
'uknIt- laurrlS.
'FrgrrIr Police Statiun-houScS, the ea-
&..,,,-lnIl.. arr. modelled after no par
~, liar rlau. some of them have quit
s<,,r,...'y for the purpose, and others are
MuIIdiugS that Tor many years were
Ar..ur dwellings. one of the down
~. .rwnp-huu>rS, close To the old
R,ruf'ir.. and in 4 busy street, may be-
ii ,r "a, a fair example of them all.
'N, rbrrr stories nigh, with basement,
II affords room enough for all the re-
al r.ul,ut~. hut with none 10 spare.
~. machinery is all on the first floor,
ii "a level with the street, Directly IN
Am of the big door stands the engine;
|sl,i,r further back and on the other
III OF I.r large room Is the hoNe-car-
- 10. technically known ~ 1.-THE ten
'.f Ia,rk there OF three horses are Kept
q vn for the engine, one tor the tender.
III the second story there are TWO rooms
NC officers rDuu IN front and the
&brrrIIury u the. rear, where the men
..N .,,p. The thrt story, all IN one
IN ,. Du.. ], the family ~Ittlng-rOom,
la 20. ln, men ,pvud their spare time.
III, Mi uu ON side i covered with
eR> $50. and rarh man has his locker.
N ,.r. Is discovered. Tor example, at
Ra!waN amt Fulton street. 10 may
|at lr seen hy policeman, or by "a
amman ON patrol duty or by some cIti-
la,rr l. "A tire alarm SIgual-hON at
[tk corner. and IN" policeman
[he "a key. 80 has the fireman; but
|ifflu ire : discovered by citizen and
Ilh Policeman l. not i'm sight ne goes 20
t.M luN. aud sees 10y the printed notice
A al. .h,d tu II where the key i kept.
Ih urng the key ne opens the door
|aDi pulls down the small brass handle
#lh tIv iu front Of him. Each signal
XM &, known by its number, and by
|pa my down the handle the number
- instantly ami automatically tele-
Nrphed 10 the headquarters of the de
Mlmeut, where operators are always
|on duty. suppose the number of the
tn tO be- -. Two strokes, with q short
~, ami then seven strokes more
>f told upon the bell in the operators
Rm. This does not send the signal
l,..fr-.,.. Ia,
headquarters. The operator, without
ID delay OF a second, reaches ID a little
8,uet in front Of him in which are
eral hundred tiny drawers. Open
ID the drawer marked No - he takes
~ small brass wheel, two nOtcheS on
n >idr, and seven on the other. He
"a THIS wheel into a socket made to
WHyr Il and opens the circuit. The
~, rel rrvolveS, and taps corresponding
~ the nOtcheS are automatically
- -raphed To every engine-hOuse in
~, the whole operation from the
that the Signal-bOX was opened
- ~ lr>> than 10 seconds. There is
raanre for mistake, for there are the
lies cut in brass, and the bell must
20 Just a. many taps rs they are
les This signal goes 10 every Gu
-lou>c IN the city, no matter
~ Tr Tue fire l.. Ii it is only q CHM
~ burning down in Greenwich.
-, the engines in the furthest cor
~ Harlem and MorriSania are
Anrb every time the handle in q
'..hnN / pulled. This signal, sent
nom headquarters, is sounded
~ lurre gOugS in each engine,
~ -. One gong, very large one
may be- heard for blocks, is close
4r engine. Another i directly over
II ""TNtN heads. The thiri is i'm the
g.hS-room, 70 awaken the men who
IA 'r IN "cI. And with the sending
US signal l. dunr some Ofthe most
".> aUIolualIv work in the world.
"''man have come nearer to max.
al electric battery thing than any
~ People. The electric current thai
= Shr INST stroke on the gong loos.
- o'S -2-pound weight that hang.
- "'Ee into the Celler in every en-,
mouse; The weight Jerks a Ions
anu me wiz releases the spring:
">'en The horses brides i'm TN,
; anu al the same time strikes tn,
"er The horses heads, le.tins
IA1eAlSent animals know tha
b are - wanted At the same instant
" 'ne same stroke of electricity
sOT NJ IN N the Sleeping-room is SCUM
ny lne side Of the gong in the en-
ION ION stands a smallclock. The elec
, Trent lets loose a tiny weight
In NV weight Straightens out a ligh
Inc "u',h holds fast the pendulum o
tsn, ~ anu oil course stops it at tn,
bg, r rIe alarm is received. This i
In T sb the fireman return from