The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-06

her, and third alarm By twelve strokes and
tho box number. Now We viii send second
alarm 10y two twos, third alarm. by two threes,
ana so on. To call II special engine hy the old
codo required fourteen strokes 10 start with,
and sDecul hook mud ladder call began with
tyeiy live and seven strokes for these Tho
Simultaneous call or he Id three skies as
drawn all the forco from large district and
then either another lire breaks out in the dls-
trict. also roluiring q large force, or an 2ddi-
tinnal large force Ia required ut the original fire.
Tho theory is to summon from n box miles away
whateHer force, would naturally respond to a
where IL Is really needed. For instance sup
nosN big fire ragged nj Cannl street and had
drawn the whole downtown force and that
wns found not half enough. We then select,
say Tour, alarm box. nt Forty-socond street,
Tor Example, send IN an alarm as though the
and The number Of tho Canal street box, send
The entire force H down town. Sunpose even that
were not sufficient, or another great fire broke
out down town. we can merely select another
more distant centre. say up near HRrlom. send
IN he NTH alarm and tho two-nines, and hustle
al that force to Canal street. Thus we could,
With yory few calls. concentrate practically
at The same time tho now code Would auto ito
mntically distribute the iow ,uucalled engines
tho entire city would still be evenly though
thinly c2yered In case fires, broke out else
number Of the alarm; two twos II a second
on, then, follow It, with the two-nines,' then
sound the box selected in tho distant centre,
and wind up with the number Of the box
whore the new to.rco is wanted 1t is simple.
and takes little time"
In EiancinG over tho new code which is
bulky volume as compared with the old one.
1t is noticed that In the uptown districts
second or third alarm Of fire occasions much
called companies than down town. This. Chief
Bonner explained. was due to the compare
lively few companies in the saie upper dis
tricts. 10 call six or eight engines in Harlem
and TO cover this neccsstates Ill the shift
Ing, Take FOX instance, n third alarm fire
at r fth avenue and l2Sth street. To cover
the depleted districts. Engine Il comes from
IN East llath street; Engine AZ comes, from
Fulton avenue and l6Sth street to take the
place Engine Al vacated; Engine 1G leaves
house Mt East. EiEhty-tith street; Engine 2G
leaves West Thirty seventh street for Engino
23s house In West Fifty-eighth street; Truck
u moves from East Eighty seventh street 10
second truck occupies Truck 17's house at
1891 street and Third avenue.
Chief Bonner Is very we'll satisfied with the
new system and believes t immeas'9rnbly
its provision for automatically scattering en-
Eines no! In use over territory drained or re-
sources by u big fire. as being the means OF
eponsibiity from the shoulders Of Deputy
Chiefs with big fires on their hands. by the
old system a Deputy Chief who summons large
forces TO fire he has in charge is responsible
cover the territory he has drawn from. This
requires much worry on his part, and consid-
cradle thought and time, while he Is also re-
sponsible for the proper handling OF his fire.
him. and leaves him all his energies for the hot
work at hand.