Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-20

! system has RAPIDLY spread Though only
| four years have elapsed since that irst raid
in the Twelfth street district the
| ratrol has been ai"D'cd in st
! Louis. Cincinnati. Mllwauaes. Detroit.
Bdimore, Washington and doz m
her citieI Mt long ago a delegation from
| Paris France. was here to make an investi-
| CATION of the system Boston has Just taken
it in. and New York is thinking about it
What is this TO ice patrol and telegraph
systan' II is n fire departm mt for thn cI
tin u'shme It Of crime 1t Is a device by
which the pr'sorvers of peace patrol,inG
their heatS are placHi within instant commu-
nIestion with tn .ir Super.nrs, and by which
the commanding off GERS are able to sen rv-
enforcementS quick y and with full know .
edge Of the work 10 he done and the number
Of men needed TO any part of the fed In
Chicago the system has re tchei its highest
development There are upon the stree.
corners in this city 4J0 sentry o.
signal boxs 10 which thousands uf
citizens and all officers have acc. -
The citizens key cannot be removed until
All flloer arrives 10 release It from the trar
l"ck, and as all keys given out are numbered
and registered at hea quar- ers there is an
cffcc i've check upon trlting Inside the
sentry bNN Is hA ubN OK Cbllld Illlll, Il lt'l-@
p lone and electric sigma. dial Only officers
have KEYS 10 this inner box. but y CItIT n
may send in an alarm by simpy pulling the
pro jrcting lever This DONE he has but n
few moments u wait. when his ears will lie
gl"dd"nrd 10y the clang, clang of the gong
vi h which the patrol wagon heraldS its
swift approach, A pal of the hook sum
mons wagon and turee officers, hut by
ho -. ha
summon all Of the twenty wagons
lrIonglng 70 the department, with
dozen men in each. should the
emergency require 20 many. The dia
saves much time and trouble, for BY setting
,he hand at III, proper number the patrol
man may simultaneously with the trans
mission Of the alarm Itself send information
US to the character Of the tro bic For
,imple drunk The horses drawing the wagon
are not urgei to brcakneck speed. While in
case % riot Off ers are picked up on the way
and Il posi- le haste made in reaching the
seen. { di order.
In each patrol Wa -on are handouts, come
a ongs, clubs. blankets, stretchers canvas,
ropes e;c, There is also a medicine chest,
and the officers in charge Of va IONS have
been So often and so carefully lcctured by
the department surgeon that they are now
excel mt practitioners IN emergency ems -
Tue>e wagons are Justly famous for their
convenience and spool They often travel
me in five minutes. an IN less than an
hour all he wagons in the city may lie
masSel at o point
II the telegraph and wagon system has
been found as useful i'll all cities whore en-
y DYED a. in Chicago, it has already beer a
greater hleSSin, to society than its 70 ID in
vent. rs ever dreamed Of In Chicago last
year the officers in charge OF station houses
received over the department telephones
| SO. 600 reports from pa,rolmsn on duty.
TIE patrol wagons answered. ~ "A arms a
week, and during the year Travelled 600
miles
But the system. admirable though it he, is
not yet complete, even in Chicago Had the
late Ha, market riot occurred in time of
usual quiet. when there were few reserve
officers at the station houses, many momants
must have passed iefore rr-enfnrccments in
effective numbers coulI reach the scene
Each ,fIicer patro ing heat l. req Iired to
report by eiephone every hall hour, but in
the case Of the Haymarket struggle this
", nd have been a half hour too late Ample
pr DIVISION has been made for instantaneous 4
Of intelligence from officers on ,
beat 10 their superiors at the station houses
I ut there Is no way in which the generals Of
the .ty army may quickly dispatch iustruc-
tions to their forces at cred far and wild.
On pickle; duty. This Is q serious defect
and, taking warning from the late turhu-
lence, Chicago will soon place large bills upon
ner station houses, ami on tnese bells signals .
W Il be struck IN great emerEenc rs, call +.
ing Patrolm n IRON their beats and
sending them in haste to hoa.-
quarters tn. sc bells will have a tone easily .
from the fire bells and ueI,; b.