Daily Republican., 1890-06-19
A PERFECT SUCCESS.
THE 0AMEWELL COMPANY's
ELECTRICAL EXHIBIT
At the City Hali-A System Of Police
Telegraph Boxes ~ Near Perfec-
tIon ~ II 10 Possible to
Make an Apparatus
Of This Kind.

The Gamewell Police Telegraph that
Is now on exhibition at tho City Hall Is
one OF the most ingenious and skilliul
arrangements that can be devised for in
creasiDg the efficiency OF the police force,
and seeing that the Ofacsrs are ct ali
times on their rounds, attending to their
duties. The entire arrangement, which
At frat seems very complicated, IL 50
simple that 1t could be operated by q
child, and everything connected with It
is as perfect - the fnest clock work.
1t consists Of series Of boxss or booths
located In different parts of the city, each
Of which contains . number OF calls,
connected with the central station, and
also telephone.
The booths are each surmounted by q
lamp. the support OF which has concealed
semaphore signals, which are displayed
during the day when an officer 10 needed
OF the chief wishes TO communicate with
him. At night this signal b supple-
nented with . fash Hight, which con-
tinues to dash until tile officer answers
the call. This arrangement enables the
chief or the officer In charge ct the CEN
| tral station to communicate with any
| officer In the city at any time during the
day or night by merely touching q key,
1t will also show whether tho oficers are
| on their beats attending to their duties
or not, 40 each one will be required to
report at certain times, and these reports
will be automatically registered 10 they
are received. Tho arrangement for call
ing the patrol wagon or ambulance 10
alko perfect In every respect
The patrol system not only connects
with the central office, but also with the
stable where the patrol wagon and horses
| liant Ia al L. -A~xN
the register shows the number Of tic box
from which 1t came, and also whether OF
not the wagon is wanted 10 hurry. II
there 10 no hurry tho register will not
only show the number of the box, bu,
also the letter 8, while II there 10 need oi
haste there will not be any letter dis.
played. While the gong 10 ringing {
paper tape is passing through the rollers
on which 10 Inscribed the day of the
month and the hour at which the call
was made. At the same time the call Ii
communicated to the central station, and
an apparatus there registers the cali, the
time II was made, and also whether the
patrol or ambulance was wanted In Q
hurry or not.
Another advantage of this system, 1,
the fsct tast by requiring each officer to
report ut certain bOxes at specified
l
a. tho central station, Is able to see At .
glance II he 10 attending to his duty. The
reports are automatically registered In
the office. aud II ono should be sent in .,
time when no one happened 70 be II
the office. the tape would show when I
was sent, and also the box It was cen
from. With each box there are citizens
keys, which while they do not open tn
boxes, enable the holder to SIND . cal
for officers. The telephone, with which
each box 10 Supplied. enables the chief o.
ssrgeants to comm unicate verbally with
an officer, no matter what part Of tho
city he might be. All the Instruments
on exhibition are made OF the best ma
terial, and on the most approved princi-
Piles Of electrical science.
The Gamewell system is already In
operation here on the Ere alarm tele-
graph, and there are many who think
that as the work already done by this
company has proved SO satisfactory, they
should be awarded tho contract for this
improvement. This system OF police
and patrol telegraph is In operation in q
number of cities, snd In every place
where 1t has been introduced It has
given the greatest satisfaction. Letters
have been received by Superintendent
Aydon from prominent electricians all
over the United States recommending
this system In the strongest terms. Mr..
Aydon also has lettsrs from . number of
cities whore the Gamewell system ID IN
use, all of which state that It 10 satisfac-
tory In every respect When the system
10 put In operation In this city 1t will in-
crease the efficiency Of the police force
and make 1t better than 1t has been.