The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-02
AUXILIARY BOX TEST
1t Proved Satisfactory in Every
Respect.
THE DIAMOND STATE BREWERY
Is Fitted out wmh the noxrs. aud From
There tho Alarm was sent-Quick
Time Nv the District
Engines.


BILE TO both the Fire Department aud the
aamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company.
the new auxiliary system was given sue.
eessful test from Stoeckle's Brewery
yesterday afternoon. The. test demon:
strated the practability.or the system and
tho advantage over the old system OF
sending In an alarm OF fire. The test yes.
terday was tho frat public one made here.
It was thought j. w. Aydon. superinten.
dent OF the fire alarm system of the city.
that It was made and to him much is due
for the still better protection OF city
buildings from destruction by fire.
The auxiliary system Is very simple
but affective arrangement, The boxes
arc small ones and are covered with glass
Inside ls q small ring. When there Is n
fire the glass ls broken and the ring
pulled,
The box ls connected with the nearest
street box and when the ring is pulled the
alarm is sent In from that box, The Hav.
ing In time gained by being able to send
In an alarm at once. instead OF running
to the street box, hunting the key and
striking the alarm is whore the value OF
the system comes In. In such time the
saving OF N inuta may mean the saving
of hundreds of dollars from the fire. In
all cases where the system has baen tried
1t has been found OF the greatest service
and testimonials from oil over the ooun.
try have been received setting forth Its
advantages.
The boxes are seven In number and 10.
Gated In different parts OF the large plant.
Connection Is male with box No. 8. on the
outside of the building, and the key Of the
box is kept in the bravery. For this reason
the time saved In this particular case
would not be as great as that when box
is located several squares from the scene
OF the fire. as is the case In many OF the
large establishments OF the city.
The box In the sixth story of Stoeekle's
brewery was the one from which the
alarm was sert. Chief Engineer Walker
was the man who broke the glass and cent
in the alarm. doing thowork Just as would
an uninterestedperson wio had dlscOv.
cred fra.
Immediately upon striking tho alarm
the chief rushed down stairs and IND the
box on the corner opened In 55 seconds
after he had sent In the alarm. Thus was
demonstrated the saving of just that
much time under tho new system. In the
event of the hox being further located
from the building 1t is clear to see how
| much time could have boen saved In that
case.
Then there was unusual prom pt ness on
the part OF the district engines to arrive.
| Ono minute and twenty seven seoonda
afterward the Weccacoe carria go arrived
and Is seconds later the engine arrived.
| The WasblnPton's Chemical engine
made It's run 10 minutes and 20 seconds.
The Fame Hosa carriage. from Second
| and Shtpley streets. and the Friendship
carriage. from Tenth and Shipley streets,
| HtElN6u aJ Tue Same JltnB III minutes anu
| 45 secondu. The Friendship engine arrived
In minutes and the fame engine In 4
| minutes and 10 seconds. Owing to an ao.
| cldent the Delaware truck did not arrive
at Fifth and Adams streets.
Thus every engine In the district was on
the soenee In minutes and 10 seconds
from the time the alarm was sent In. This
time OF course was made under conditions
favorable to the firemen. The accident Ia
the truck was oil that occurred to mar the
pleasure of the test.
The test was made In the presence oI
Chief Justice Lore, members OF City Coun
Gil. Chief OF Police Dolan. all OF Whining
tons leading business mon beside many
business men from Philadelphia anl
Chester. They all spoke In the greatest
satisfaction of the auxiliary boxes and it
Is probable that In very short space of
time many OF the factories and other bust
ness houses CT the city will he fur
n!shed with them. Beside the great ad.
vantage of time the boxeB afford adtltlo n
al advantage. and that Is the matter oI
insurance. On ell buildings where the
boxes are located there has been reduo
tlon In rates and In soma cnses the reduc
tlon was considerable While the local
companies hava not vet announced thai
they Will make reduction in Insurance.
rates, yet they are considering tho matter
as the following letter received by Mr.
Aydon will show. 1t reads:
In evey city where the local board o
underwriters has power to act, as In Bal
tlmore, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee ei
ami San Francisco. the great value OF thi
auxiliary system to the insurance inter
ests has been recognized by q suitable ra
bate. Tho Wilmington rates. however
are controlled by the Wilmington com
pact. which is a committee OF the Eiddl
Department Tariff Association. The sub
lect Is now pending before this body wit
ths endorsement of the local agents i
Wilmington, and as the Middle Depart
ment Tariff Association has already actet
favoraoly In allowing rebates in tha US
of tue auxiliary system In Washington
thera Ia every reason to expect that |
Will be the same In referenoe to Whining
ton. Evidence ia constantly accumulai
Ing from all over the country as to tL
very great value OF this prompt aIarI
systen in reducing fire losses."
Here are few letters from our lead n.
business men who have tried the sy etc IN:
WILMINGTON. Del, July 25, 1895
J. ". Ay don. Superintendent Fire AlarI
Wilmington. Del
Dsar Sir: On Wednesday, July "a n fir,
was discovered In the stable OF Mr. Nc
Cnulley at Fifth and Searles streets on
square from our brewery The alarI
was given from our Gamawell auxllinr
box tho fire department responda
promptly ana did good service. | wi
frankly say that would not be withou
this system In my brewery.
Yours truly,
JoHN A. LENGLE,
Per Waldo Uhse.
WINuNGToS. Del. July IS. 1895