Daily Republican., 1890-01-28
THIRD EDITION.
The City Divided Into slx Circuits -Thc
boundaries Of the Circuits aud no W
,hsy WIN work.

1hey WIN Wsrk.
When the city Of Wilmington VA a!
vldcd into two circuits, one on each 81 d,
OF Market street. and the Gamewell fire
alarm telegraph system was Introduced,
II was An important step In the right di
recs'op. 1t soon been,e>zfssiient, how.
ever, that tha &Seruit system wa q
irsught wiIm0A6Ker from tho fact tn al
the circuite had too much work 10 dc,
and II anything happened 10 q circuit 1t
threw all the alarm stations IA that q r.
cult out OF service and they had TO re-
main 40 until tho break was repaired.
sAIhere were 81 Ore alarm boxes besides
the engine house gongs aud indicators In
use, and the threatened danger to the
system became too great to DO longer
Ignored.
At the suggestion Of Superintendent
Aydon In bic last annual report, Council
has divided the line Into sIx circuits and
tha work has just been completed. The
Gamewe'l Fire Alarm Telegraph Com
parry has had tho contrac. for makiug
the change Of tire line into six circuits.
Tho repeater made necessary by the
change 10 beautiful piece OF mechanism
| covered by = hand some n'cklc- m oun ted
glass case. The Ganeweli Com "a ny las
assisted by Robert Kane, CHIEF liucman
OF The Baltimore fiie alarm system. With
| the new system are seven galvonomcters
ioi testing the circuits, fine new switch
board aud lightning arrester aud two
new battery siauds. When some paint
ing aud polishing now IN progress Is
completed, the room with Its valuable
contents will be handsome as we'll ~
an Important addition to the admins
trative department Of the city govern
mcnt.
Tho manner In which the system 10
divided into Elk circuits Ia ny follows:
No. circuit-Box 10, city hall; gong
and indicator In Washington engine
house; box 81 p, W. K Is. railroad sta.
ton; box Al. Warmers wharf; box 20,
Second ard Shipley; gong and Indicator
In Fame Hose engine house; box rs, Har-
Ian q Hollingsworth Company's yard;
box "a, Front and Justison; box 80,
Sxth and Tatn.li.
No. . circnit-Box "a, Fourth and
Madison; box b, Fifth aud Adams; box
I3, Eighth and Brooine; box 81. Second
aud hswlsy, sIlverbrook; box 81, Front
and scarles gong, indicator and tower
striker IN Weccaeoe engine house; box
80, Maryland avenue and Cedar stie
box 26, Maryland avenue and Linden
street; boz %, second aud jackson.
No. 3 circuit-Box z. IN front of
Masonic Temple; gong and Indicator In |
Friendship ongire house.; box 3, Tenth |
Washington; boz a. Middle Depot; box |
IS, Pennsylvania avenue and VanBurou
street; box 2s, Ninth and Madison.
No. circult-l,ox 81, Thirteenth and !
Ciaymont; box 10, Eievei ia Church;
box q, Tenth and WalpInong, indi-
Gator and tower stfike at Phenix engiue
house; gong 10 residence Of Chief En-
gineer McCracken, No. ISL Walnut
street; box 40, Fourteenth and Walnut;
box :, Twentieth and Market; box 10,
Thirteenth aud King.
No. 8 circuit-Box Is, Filth and
Ftench; indicator and gong In Delaware
truck house; box IA. Front aud Poplar;
indicator and gong In Reliance engine
house; box a., Head and Lobdell; box
IL. Third street and Railroad avcn ne;
gong 10 re,idepce OF First Assistant En-
gineer Kane, No. 4,8 spruce street; box
10, Sixth aud Spruce; box u, Seventh
street and Railroad avenue; gong IN resl-
dence OF second Assistant Engineer Hem
erickson, No. 520 East Seventh street.
No. d cIrcuit--The city hall tower
striker, the indicator IN the battery room
and private police call box in Mayor
iiarrington's Office, second story Of the
city hall.
This police box will take the place OF
ths No. 4, police call, on the fire alarm
car, which has never been found practi.
cable. 1t will strike IL consecutive blows
on The city hall sirlker, and will be used
only in the event OF grave emergency.
When sounded II will ind!cae that the
Mayor desires all the police force within
sound to proceed promptly 10 the city
hall.
These improvements. which cost about
500, eomprls. the hfst material addi-
lion to the lire alarm System since its
introduction. Tue system 10 now Ia tire.-
elias, condition and Will accommo cd alto
new boxes GU The various circuits and
last Tor years without any further alter
alton or enlargement.