Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-07-25

some Time itbhas been inefficient and ~.
Board of Police Commissioner bas b,s,s
considering methods of putting il ~, 49,, :
thoroughly reliable basis. Four now
Gamewell'reporting boxes have arrived
and are being put in position and IN
envrei city is being equipped with !
metallic circuit.
When the 'Gaynor systsm was m, 4.
the original circuit was good enouu,,
but with,the stringing of tie trolley IA !
and electric light wires came trouble. |
'Ene .pooths. contain telephones and The
noises made by the elsetrlc wires ,usde 4
Articulation almost inaudibIe. The onlv
remedy was to change the circuit Ia =
metallic one. The Fourth district
which Is the. largest, was equipped with
q metallic circuit last year, and ali TIA
foreign currents were grounded and
with the grounding Of tie currents IN
noises vanished and telephonine wasI
made possible to and from the booths IL
the district. r.
To make the telephone booths ali nver
the city useful and reliable the metallio
circuit had to be extended 10 the other
three districts. This is being done n3v
under the direction Of Chief LIneinap
Frank Hyland, and when it is com /,
pleted the whole system will be much
better than 1t has been for some time.
Recently it was found necessary 10
increase the number Of police boxes.
and in view of the fact that telephonIng
had to be done over the police telegraph Z
lines under difficulties, dummy borGl
were put up. There are 10 "dumml
boxes in all, but they are Of so lii
value that no more of them will DO . y
up. These boxes are good enough II
quiet town, but for city as large As
important as Wilmington thu can Hs
be used to advantage on the ouisl,
where police business is not taxel Y
any great extent. The mechanisr
the dummy" boxes is on the ord St i,
telegraph instruments. There are
three calls possible from any oI
them. The signals are sergeant
port, patrolman's report and W S.
call. There are no means at all I'd + r.,
operator at the Central station taf
municate any information or
officer in the district TO comm ar + Z.
anything special to the central
This is very inconvenient. If II
man of district wishes to repoi &
thing he now has to hunt up pitt &
telephone, which is sometimes auiosa
an impossibility in the night. M
When these boxes were obtained tbcv|
were put up in all sections o. The city
but their Incompetence has now beer!
demonstrated and they will be RELOCATED
to the outskirts as rapidly as practicable.
In order to Edd to the usefulness Of
the system in the thiclSly populated part
Of the city the new telephone boxes
were ordered from the Gauewell q
New York. Where the ;{ha-rl !.
had but three callsAtf I3
haye six calls anda.,eel4t
also be provided with a c. ~
The calls from the new DO
fast wagon (where there is Al
necessity OF hurrying), slow way &
(where rush is not necessary, az E
lance, sergeant's report, patrplman'
port and telephone Ito Jet the opel n,
know that the officer at the box d N
to converse with him, or vice II.
The citizens key will be enifus,
the chief of police to q reliable Gil
living in the vicinity Of the box. The
of citizens keys will be similar to Il
use Of the fire alarm keys. The box q E
be opened by the keys, but they cant e
be removed from the box until an Oil w
arrives and releases them. These 4
zens' keys will be very valuable In &c
cases. Instead of having to go Ia seAi| x
of an officer in cases of trouble persC ,
can go to the box and communical
with the central station. s.
The new boxes are being located n
where they will do the most good
The unsightly booth at Tenth anc =
Orange streets has been renoVed it
Sixth avenue and Duncan street, ane *
one of the new boxes has been put W
at Eleventh and Orange stress aeg FL
box will adorn the intersection hgnih
street and New court, the firanpe p .g
Whitechapel; new teleHhoi '
be placed at Eighth audi MaS'f
and Fourth and Piibe i> f
"dummies" will be locate' L, vi VI
Rodney streets, Shallcrb gN
Broome street, and le-- M -
and Lincoln street.
Police boxes are nov &{
the city pretty well, ana hf( az
and sergeants will find IN ~ IN "
more convenient than heretov IA
The new boxes are like thosb in use ln43
Philadelphia, Baltimore and other large2 <
cities. A new system is being put up 81
Atlantic City, which is equipped with
the same style box and all improved 81
turned out by the GamewellyH
people. 1t will be given a thorough test
on August LIST, and the Police Board OF 4
this city has received an invitation 70 4
attend and witness the workings OF the
apparatus. The members have =
not as yet decided to go. XII
RoYELIST HAGG4RD DBFEArED.
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