Evening journal., 1899-09-06
BROPHY FOR PRESIDENT
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wires, lamps, switches, etc, should be
placed beyond the reach of ali persons,
whether owners, occupants, employees,
or others except those who have the
care and supervision of the same.
Last, but by no means least, comes
the fire and police signal service.
When a commercial telegraph |
wire fails, another, going in the same
or some other direction, is substituted
therefor, even though the distance
trayersed may be twice or thrice as
great as that traversed by the disabled
Circuit
"The police officer whose duty it is
to preserve the peace, guard our prop
lerty, hold in check the unruly, arrest
the criminal, protect the weak, care for
and succor the injured, in order to per-
form the duties imposed upon him
must have a signal system on which
he can place implicit reliance; if not
valuable lives may be lost or much
Unnecessary suffering endured, his own
life endangered or lost, and criminals
escape the heavy hand Of blind and
sometimes tardy justice Can anyone
for a moment contend that these two
important systems should not be con-
lstructed in the best possible manner,
and maintained in the highest state Of
efficiency? Should any, but the most
5 competent persons be placed in charge
thereof?
"The time has come when munich
lpalities must undertake the supervision
Of all classes of electrical construction;
many are already doing so. The su-
perintendents of fire and police signal
systems, particularly in medium and
smaller cities, should be qualified to
/ undertake such supervision, as, in most
e cases they will be called on to do
= so.
This system Of licensing proved a
e blessing in many ways; it insured the
: highest grade OF intelligence in the
= different grades Of work; it proved an
5 incentive to young men to attempt tc
reach the highest round in the ladder
h I know it to be a fact that many who
were only able to secure a rating thai
I entitled them to the lowest (5th) class
! license. worked and studied until steI
~ by step they reached the highest ol
close TO it.
y '"The work and influence of this or
IN
= England; men came from all parts o
the country either at their own o.
, their employers expense, presented
:, themselves for examination. and re
= ceived licenses If entitled to them
'e that were valued very highly. Tn
number that applied for a frst-clas
license was quite large, but the mum
Der that received them was somewha
ID limited.
r Last of all, the men who hav
=, pulls are active political workers, VIII
= give freely of their time for the bene1
N Of their party, concede have a perfec
lg right to do so; but this should not en-
a. title them to a position Of superintend
re ent Of fire and police telegraphs, or mu
, nicipal lighting plants, unless they pos
~ sess the necessary qualifications for tn
le positions.
It, Can anyone here for a moment de
4 fend the systematic attempts of con
: tractors, manufacturers and others t
introduce the cheap, iiimsy device
'n with which the markets are flooded O
@ the compounds that are used as a sui
stitute for the insulating coverings {
wires? / think not; but a wider c
more fruitful field for the makers an
venders Of the worst shams that eve
ne were imposed on a conhding publ
n does not exist than the electrical.
re 1.-The doors OF the jail should
a, opened wide and closed for long term
= on those who would make, sell or us
nc any device or material, to be placed
at an electric circuit knowing it to
se unsuitable or unsafe.
iei Il charge those of you that are eI
trusted with the supervision Of elel
ny trical construction, to make relentlei
20 war on material and devices who's
2 only recommendation is cheapness. an
.oo keep close watch on those who woul
make, sell or use them. To those
~ charge of fire and police telegraphs,
err would say, bear this motto in mind
all times. The best is none too goo
for the systems in your charge.
dr. NJ. w. Mode. of Pittsburg, spoke
length on Captain Brophy's paper, an
strongly urged that the delegates fro
b, the several cities represented impre
~ upon their fellow citizens the necessi'
10 OF the enactment OF a law by the var
IA GUS state Legislatures which viii COW
the points brought out by CAPITA
an Br0phy.
~ Mr. Meade was followed by N
- Pillsbury. of Minneapolis, Mimi, seer
. tary of the State Board Of ElectI
ne tricians, and one of the trainers Of Il
bill regulating the requiem snts
49,, electricians. which was passed at a r
Ri cent session Of the Minnesota Legisl
On ture. Mr. Pillsbury stated that in
int state the grade Of electricians was {
: vided into three classes, master ele
tricians, or those Who were contra
nIt tractors; journeymen, those who we
employed by said contractors, al
special electricians. He also favor
the passage Of an act requiring sta
81 electricians to undergo an examin