The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-05

, Of using the telegraph for the protectio
Of life and property.
Before this time cities were districte
and watch tower provided for each di:
trict and watchmen were on duty at a
hours. At the sight Of smoke or flame
or If told of a fire. he would strike upo
his bell the number Of his district. Thl
is the Way they do In Japan to-day. bu
the Japs are advancing along these line
and are already preparing to moderniz
this work.
In 1851 the city of Boston-loader in al
great enterprises as she is--took up tn
matter Of fire protection and voted $10,0
for the experiment. So with DR.. Chan
ming, resourcetUl in ideas and Mr.. Nose
G. Fartnar recognized as the most exper
electrical mechanic of that day-the Fir
Alarm Telegraph system 'as we now hav
it. was developed and made practical.
| Then came Gamewell, indom!table, per
sistent. born organizer, to whose abl
management is cue the fact ninety pc
cent of all municipal fire alarm busnes
OF the United States is done by that com
| pany. The names Of Claiming, Farne
and Gamewell stand high OH the roll o
municipal Fire Protection fame.
Fire, whils one of mans most usefu
agents, Is also his greatest enemy. So ap
palling is the annual destruction Of lite
ana property thaa the genius Of mankind
has been aroused to encompass its effect.
II is not enough to know that fire hat
broken out in o certain district; but the
building, aye, tho very room, the dangor-
Gus heat or incipient fame must be
known.
Great has been the struggle to arrive at
this result Devices upon device hav,
been originated until our Patent office @
came thermostatie Mecca for tho invcD
tors of such devices, Moie or less m ri :
torious have they all beon and somo av
maintained united commercial s'uts 8,
but the great bulk have gone like "Ships
that Pass in the Night"
A manual auxiliary fire alarm hat
would reliably give the desired results was
found, and gave rise to what Is known as
the Gamewell Auxiliary Fire Alarm Call
System This operated in connection with
tho street fire alarm have greatly oxtend-
Q and perfected the aroa of municipal fire
protection. Automatic devices there were,
but mono possessing that element of con-
ElnnnnS rQIlAhjlItV ru IN n
proper adv!soment Of actual danger OF fire.
1t was Chief Bonner OF. New York, who
said, Given advisement of a fire in the
first five minutes will put it out in tho
next fve," and now all this is possible,
and to-day as human being is equipped
with nerve center and nerves radiating
thcrefroW, wherein every part of she body
sensitive to touch, 50 any building can be
equipped with a similar nerve center and
radiating nerves, so sensitive to dangerous
heat or flame as to be ,ble to signal n
warning to common center without de-
lay, SO that the first minute will not have
elapsed before the warning Is given both
locally and centrally.
This Is accomplished by the Montauk
Mul'iphase Cable, the last great electrical
invention of tho 10Th century, and in many
respects, the greatest, because of its saw
In OF human life and protecting business
from serious Interruptions
In the construction of this cable a nat
ural law was nvailed Of and the tond-
tions are such that when dangerous heat
or incipient fame are in proximity there
to, tho action OF tho cable is immediate,
electrically sealing, thus closing the cir
cult, as telegraph operator would his key
for .sending tho signal to the desired
points. BY 1t, every building OF whutever
character and wherever located, may be
vitalized and have its own fire and police
protection. Suburban homes. suburban
factories all buildings in or beyond the
environment of the municipal fire depart
ment, by the use Of this Montauk Multi
phase Cable, are enabled to have their own
fire alarm system.
For this great boon we are indebted to
the persistenoy of a Gould: supported by |
corps of scientific experts for its complc-
tion. with this Montauk Multiphase
Cable installed In q building. there exists
no reason today why perfect fire protection !
should not be had. We all know full we'll |
that If we could know OF dangerous heat
or tho commencement of fire, 1t would
then be possible, In most all cases, to sur
press the same.
What greater blessing can be conferred |
by any product than that which saves life
and property. Welcome, then, the Multi
phase Cable, which being operated under
natural law Of the Creato-, may be con-
sdered one Of His highest and best gifts
I consider it II great honor, gentlemen,
during my torn as President of this Asso-l
citation, that 1t has fallen to my lot TO
bring before The many municipalities rep
resented In this Convention, this last and
greatest achievement of the electrical ago,
The Montauk Mutiphase Cable.
Gontlemen Of this Association of Munic-
lpal Electricians, upon you devolves the
work OF the future to your various munic-
lpalities. Inventive genius has put into
your hands the protection of life land
in no nobler work could you he
Sec to it thon, that each and all
Of you put forth your best efforts, not only
10 lift up this Association to the high
plane which is rightfully hers, but the
you represent receive tte
benefits that through the medium of this
Association may be conferred.
AS your President for the last year, I
eel deeply grateful for the kindly way in
which yon have aided and sustained me,
md in closing lot mesay to you that any
'ucco S which may have attended this AS.
'ociation during my term of President.
belongs to you. That my yoke has beon
,asy and my burden light, owe all to
you. thank you; thank you. "'-','
Governor Tunnell followed Mayor Fab
", with another welcome.
Following tho address the Brownson
,uar.ette rendered Elnorson's selection I
'On the Billows." q
In the abseEceof Judge Greon Of Brook. ,
yn, who was to have responded to the ad-
iress of welcome, Norman w. Green, of d
Pitts sburgh, delivered che response and g
thanked all for the generous hospitality
hown. "They say that electricity travels
1t the rate of lee 900 miles u second, but
he hospitality you have accorded US has 4
raveled to our souls at rate which has {
discounted electriciy's speed one +