The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-13

Advantages and Certainty.
The Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company kss Sc
cured contracts 30 place about 80 boxes IN the
business section of the city from The Mechanics
the Rainier hotel, though Third street IS The
general eastern limit An order fOg $40 hoxes IS
hesrs FLIED. bat ewing 10 q press Of orders viii
nos be executed for several weeks. The system
viii he IN operation IN SIX 70 eight weeks When
tie district named has been covered boxes viii
be placed In The casr and eoansy buildings. and
the system, viii be gradually extended - cove.
the whole CITY. T. T. RaAe-ssazs, the manager,
expects to hare Loo boxes in use here IN about
rear
Besides placing the auxiliary haxex, the COM
rsny VIII hare 90 rizce sczae Of rs earn spyas-
ances in The street boxes es the IRE department
II order 10 connect them with The Szsxllls-g SIS
ten. Tsass can be done II hall xa hcar- and
while IL Is being done rwo men VIII be stationed
xla-ra Of fire comes
IL proposed 10 p,xcs scEae ot these boxes IN
those sections OF the CITY whseh are ~ xnp2sisd
with stree. boxes, Of which there are several
For instance. shere Is no box nearer 10 that AZ
Third and Jackson xsreess sAs1 TIE one 81
ESeasn ard Lane streets, fho1gA TIE district
between those swo fnsnsx Is among the Ea0ss
dangerous n TIE esty. The company proposes
that number os sGxisixry boxes b. placed in
sneh districts, IL TIE ely desires 81 IN pasres
where the police o. any aZtA0fsred rE-sc2 exa
Sss II sAe-n- Ii Is claimed that sAss would BE .
measure ot ecaausny. rs each street. box costs
aAous Sa1s. and each auxiliary box would cost
s. month
The operation Of the system Is very simple
The haxes wiz he placed in TIE ts1lsdiEgs 81
caaTsusans intervals When psrSaa desires ID
gre 81 alarm al IRE. he viii 90 10 the nearest
box hrrak tie glass n SIS tsee AID pull down
TIE rsns behind it The machinery is sAGs s<s
II motion By which connection IS made with
the nearest xs-ses box and . oCagnez N tie aux
Hilary box announces within ave secacas Tia;
the connection has been matt The zse-saa " 10
gives The alarm then goes 10 5 street crossing
tsexssnase4. o. q card hanging erer sAs auxiliary
box &nss informs ihe are Sss1-szasai- Or is az
rival ei the location as the FIRE Il sAe ssszncc
;Azls - respond. fas connection Win shs street.
aox has rcs been made and e asarz ruxi be
rlzg in from the sIrsss box There IS O cs2-
trsyAree hy which two &sx--ns cxnzaf - sezss II
t-Uzz II. sane saresf box unasss The cAses ~
The Ere Department wishes 20 soGHs a general
alarm wAen he p.si.s the srree; asay himself
In regard &c sAe sdvaaizses ~ ;ass sFssela M
Robertson sad 80 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ~
p<szser. I'VE SCARE that Il vii sare shs are De-
ps-smeaz Efses2 minutes II reeSAszg . are
In San Francisco We Egure that Il szres sssea
Minutes sid TIA. sAre2ra il tAe Insurance
Companies Saved $<EAss4 ssss Yea. u sasses ~
water Alcsse- They Show thai taeT sav-ccazse IL
sor they ses5ars ave 10 ten eszss froza zAe rate
fer eve-y i've epxss placed N . aEsacing, ana
par sszck aAe rebate en- existing Y.ol.csts-
~Ta5x sys-=-a Is particularly rsss1e1 N Seattle
because INT buildings are larse. are szSAsr tAsn
nsaz2. n esiy oi sAls s4sss and have zzs-r sss
often intricate e<r-sdors- Zasse EExa54ry
aoxsz VII sise an alarm 80 quickly thai chem
sea1 engine car usually yszf es.s ere. and save
tie damage ssCsss ~ 1oos 81 uzssr-