New-York tribune., 1886-07-12
TELEPHONES For TIE POLICE.
ADVANTAGES OF The PROPOSED SYSTEM OVER THE
PRESENT ONE.

ADVANTAGES OF The PROPOSED SYSTEM OVER THE
PRESENT ONE.
Vice-President II. 5. HuidekOper, of the
Metropolitan Telephone and Telegraph Company was
seen In regard TO police telephone system proposeu
NV that company to the Board of Police, The propos
ZION ia TO establish telephone system which Will afford
healouarters dreot nanioston with all stations
and enable officer to communicate Win his ser
,oant or with headquarters without leaving his beat
Xhat the psny claims for the system Is given IN Mr.
HuiieKopers words:
I've want to give the city good telephone service
and give good possible without regard
10 expense. Such a system propose is now iu
operation in Valparaiso. and II has been
found to work satisfactorily there. The expense
will be great, and we don't anticipate
any profit IL 1t is continued IA service for five
years at the We have been going. We think the
sysJoin will be OF great advantage to the city and the
Police Department in giving protection to property by
allowing every citizen who has telephone nstant con-
nection Police Headquarters without going out OF
dools 1t will also enable the police TO make quick
prcpara.iOns mob any other trouble. The boxes
are to be complete police apparatus
Zach box will % high, broad and deep.
Whenever an officer is wanted while on his beat ne
knows by seeing red disc inside OF the box against
the glass door, which is the call from his station He
oan open ne DOORS each sde serving as shields
AID Talk with headquarters without leaving his beat
" put five boxes on every route ana cOnse-
auently under ordinary circumstances every oiloer
ought TO DO resohed IA very few minutes Ihen TOO,
Now It takes twenty si1 hours through the telegram
system To hnd lost child. We thin1 II will
take only thirty minutes by our system La cas-" OF ae
sdcnts all the officer Will have TO 40 Will be 10 step TO
his and call ambu Every precinct mas now
under the present law patrol wagon, and II police
man tough to dispose Of ele ehone fol
the patrol wagon put his IN and on cuty again
without his beat while under the present
TEN he might be on his route a hour"
General Superintendent W. Il. Eckert said: "When
the uero going on nNewYork suddenly woke up
have the best police force the country
and perhaps In the world but the poorest means o.
ponee communication. New-York is far be-
hind the world IN police Communication
The dial telegraph system Is played out II
. general alarm is given know that orders conld
out all over the country IN two II will
be infinitely quicker tnan exchange connection
the system Will be given entirely TO police matters An
ofcer al kngsbridge connect with any point In the
oily or 10 Brooklyn The telegraph system now used
requires expert to manage IT, hut any child
opis. The old system costs S3 600 year. oror
ours for $4,000 Ohcers Will not have TO their
beats IN rare cases and they their
sorgeants every thirty minutes"
The only teesr-p ph communication between police
stations through the Central ONCE The Metropolitan
Company proposes to establish thirty ye circuits and
connect all stations with headquarters 1t VIII also con.
meet 800 boxes with telephones win the police
stations, aud II the arrangement proves satisfactory
will be each Of the OIL patro posi-
she city