Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-01-31
TELEGRAPH FIRE ALARM.
Contract Awarded tor Puttins Up Poles and
WIres-The Companies Asked to Re
main in Service

TELEGRAPH FIRE ALARM
Contract Awarded tor Putting Up Poles An,
WIres-The Companies Asked to Re
main In Service.
Last evening the special COMMITTEES on
the reorganization of the fire department
met for the purpose of letting the
contract for the erection of poles and
wires for the new electric liTc alarm
Jacob hatz, of this city, proposed for 1856
to build the line over the route which he
had previously prepared at the instance OF
the committee, using 3j-foot poles and also
4wire cross arms, No. Q galvanized wire
with glass and brackets he also agrees
to wait until August for his pay.
5. Il. Everts, o; Harrisburg, bid 10 erect
the line in accordance with advertisement
FOR proposals, for $50, using ten miles
best No. Q galvanized wire, about o!:e hun
dred and twenty chestnut poles about
thirty feet long each, with iusulators, &c.
After some discussion of the proposals,
MIR. Hatz was invited before the commit
tee, and upon his assurance that the ace
essary length of wire would be more than
ten miles : that the cross-arms mentioned
in his proposal would be needed. and that
he had been at considerable labor and loss
OF time in preparing route for the line at
the committees instance, the contract was
awarded to HAITI at $3.50. arl work will
be begun at once.
The route to be taken by the line will
be as follows. Points marked with =
indicate that RI alarm box will he place!
there
The Route.
Out Grant alley to Ann. to East King, =
to Shippen& and American house. 10 Lo-
Gust, to Frciburg&, Locust to Rocklaud and
Low down Low to Christian and tTeen, =:
up Christian to Church, German aud
Duke,% down Church TO Gonastoca, up
Beaver to German back on Beaver to
ConestogA, to Prince, out Prince u IIa.er.
up to South Queen,@ back to Prince, to
Andrew, up Andrew TO Beaver back on
Andrew to Reading railroad crossing, to
Miller's soap factory, up Filbert alley to
Poplar,* up Filbert alley to st. .iuscpli,
up St. Joseph to Strawberry, up Straw
berry to Vine and Mulberry up Straw
berry to West King and Charlotte. down
Manorto Dorwart, long run to High back
on run to Dorwart, up Dcrwart to Marietta
avenue.* up Marietta avenue to Orange
and NeviD. down Nevin to Chestnut. down
Chestnut to Mary down Chestnut to
Mulberry,% back on Chestnut to Mary, up
Mary to LEMON dewn Lemon to Null
berry, down Lemon to Markell up Mar
ket to Frederick down Frederick to
DuKe,& up Frederick to Christian, up
Christian to Washington house., back on
Christian to James, out James to Cherry
alley, up Cherry to Lcmon, then TO Ddke
and Lemon, back on Lemon t" New lIrl-
land pike and Shippen, mp Shippen to
Walnut, out Walnut to Plum, up Plum
n Fu1tnn E.,Itn;, tp An, a,l
nut, back OH Fulton to Shipper, up Shir-
pen to Chestnut III. Chestnut to Duke
and Empire house, down Chestnut to
Market down Market to Union house.
down Market to West King. down West
King to Water back Gn West King to
Centre square, over house top to station
house, one box at Dnkc and East KIM
The route, it will be sean, avoids as far
as practicable all the principal highways.
Mr.. Hatz in the erection of the line con
templates the use of the American Rapid
telegraph company's poles, Calder and
Baums sardner's. (about - poles), Reading
& Columbia railroad (aboi:t 90 po!cs} and
telephone exchange (about poles).
Fire Companies Asked Z, Remain III Ser
Vice.
The Committee having disposed "i the
matter of the telegraph alarm which
may now be said to be entirely under way,
contracts having leeu awarded as well for
the construction Of tho boxes as !nr the
buildin" Of the line--neXt to':', up the sub
ject of continuing the present department
temporarily. Mr.. Zecher and hi, col
leagues on the committee have been hard
at work, meeting almost nightly i,r
months past, but i! ha; been found n.
possible to get the new system into w',rk
ing order by the tim" designated in the
ordinance. Under the operation Of the bill
the call department is to 20 into service to-
morrow, February LIST. While much of
the apparatus is under way, Mr.. Cox being
at present engaged in building the hose
carts, the committee has not been able to
complete all the arrangements within the
brief time allowed By the provisions of
the ordinance, and accordingly the follaw-
ing resolution passed by the committee
was last night mailed to the president. "f
each fire company in the city.
"Rssolced, by the special committec on
the reorganization OF the fire department,
that the several companies at present com
posing the fire department b. requested
to remain in service until such time as the
committee shall be able TO get the new
system into working operation
COuc tdik WIS also N!luISGl III Is u
the purchase of horses for the new
department., but outside of Il few sug-
gestions by members Of tho committee no
action was taken. The chairman stated
that he expected to look to-day at pair
of heavy grays with 4 view Of securing
them for the new department. In view
of Chairman Zacher's experience in horse
lore, he will be given large discretion in
the matter of procuring the animals who
arc to serve i'll drawing the apparatus.
Under the new ordinance the chief Gu
gineer of the fire department will be
elected in joint convention of councils at
the stated meeting tomorrow evening, to
serve for 4 term of three years. at salary |
of 5000 per annum. Thus far the candi-
dates for the position have been So quiet |
that even Il list of their names cannot be |
given.
OBITUARY. |
Death of Catholic frics;.