Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-10

The Council Committees on Fire met
last night, and in addition to discus
sing several plans for the betterment
of the service, in which no action was
taken, passed bills to the amount of
S1,S45, and heard the report of Fire
Chief Robert D. Cline, which was as
follows:
July s,-11;2o 2, m; % Twelfth street;
Beuters cause, unknown: loss, 1922 insur-
July s~if p. NJ, 22s9 Main street., owner.
William Meyers; cause, fireworks; loss, ";
July 4S7:S p. m. 3 Jacob street. owner,
Mrs. Larkins; loss, $50; insurance, $1,000;
July So a. M. Forty-sseyventh and Eon
streets; owner James Nicholas; cause,
from paper balloon; no loss.
July 10-11 :35 a. m. alley d and South
Eoff street; owner, Mrs Nesbitt; cause "a ge9
defective fiue: loss none: insurance, 81, ~.
cause rubbish; no loss.
July 11-6:f5 p. M, Thirtyseventh street;
fire on river bank: no loss.
July 11-3 p. M, Thirty eighth street; fire
on river bank; no loss.
July 12-l0;2o ?. M ll2o Main dh street, street;
on floor: no loss; insurance, $1,000.
July 14-1:2o a m. 100 Main street; own 1el
July 1a-7:i7 p. m. 1904 Wood street;
owIier George CruT5acker loss S25; no
July 20-4:1o p. M, Main street; rubbish
in rear of Alexander's shoe store.
Water streets; Wire and Steel Company;
loss, $40: no insurance.
Ju5y 5;io p s M 26 Twenty gdsoIIna
stove; loss, 81; insurance S1,50O
July 25-4:55 NJ Iwenty7 15t.y az ana
tie; no loss; insurance, $16000.
August 3-2:15 p. M. 1926 Market street;
owner. Mr.. Jones: cause, gasoline stove;
August 3-7:45 D. m. 1119 Market street;
owner, P. Welty; no loss; insurance, $lo
August e-National pike: owner, C. Rud-
Ter: cause. unknown; loss s.; no insur-
ance.
owner, Mr.. Frazer; cause, lamp explosion;
no loss or insurance.
August S-11:15 a. M, lis Wood street r
$50: insurance 1890
August 9-2:12 D. M creek bank on Eoff
s' August Fpo i785 's 40 IpsS
street: owner James Emblem; cause, de-
fective flue; loss none; no insurance ,,r
August 17-S:37 p. M, alley IL owner, MT.
Parker: unknown cause; loss $50; In
AUGUST 1850 a. M, Jacob street; own
or Mrs. R. Y. Ankle; no loss; insurance,
SiAsG August 2s-12h8 p. M, 1112 Lind. street;
J. A. Ritz: sparks from chimney; loss, N'
August 25N5:25 D. m, 1884 Market street;
G. 0. Smith; defective fiue; no loss or IN
August 2S-7:40 D. M. McCulloch street;
George Windowbar; unknown cause; loss
So no insurance. e.1
street: rubbish heap fire: no loss;
September 3-6 D. M. McCulloch and flI-
teenth streets; Central glass works; loss
rs sep 1iierrl SER 6so5 p. M 2637 Market
street: unknown cause; loss, $4o insur-
September $3.50 a. M, ss1 Market street;
Peter Greer cause. SCOT in chimney; loss
none: insurance 5000. ,,
September 15-11:4a p. m, Thirty-elghth
and Eoff streets: Henry Dannenberg; no
loss. insurance, 800 $40 ,,c..,,,
September 16-S p. m, 1O4S McCulloch
street: Mrs Eighenherg; lamp explosion;
no loss: insurance. $1,000.
September 1910 p. m, 1421-1423 Main
street: George Smith, owner; gasoline eX-
p'osion: loss $500: insurance $4,000
September 3o--9:40 a. M, $50 allev 16; Jos.
Burkhart; cause, furnace; loss SO
The committee also received a written
report from ]. c. Dunaway, who rep
resented Wheeling at the meeting of
municipal electricians held in Whining
ton, Delaware The report says:
assessed slsi' Valuation of real and personal
property of $50090000. The fire department
consists of nine companies. They have
eight engines. two chemicals one hook and
ladder truck five hose carts and three
wagons. The fire department is volunteer,
and each company owns its own house
and apparatus, and the city pays each
company stipulated sum each year for
extinguishing fires. They have only one
man in some Of the houses, and never more
than three, and depend on call men, of
which there are about eight hundred. The
cost 10 the city is $4,000 year. They have
the Gamewell fire alarm system (more
than 80 per cent. of all municipal fire alarm
systems are the GamewelD, and ii is kept
up and owned by, the city. There are g.
miles of wire. They use the storage bat
terry. The experimental stage of the stor-
of the storage over the gravity or blue
store battery for fire alarm has been fully
demonstrated during the last few years;
use as compared with the gravity battery,
which we use, the most important is that
of economy. You are familiar with the
outlay of zinc copper and blue stone. and
also what expense and with the Indifferent
results which are obtained from the use of
THE best we can do with the gravity
battery is $3.50 per cell, and our battery
consists of 100 cells. One cell of storage is
equal to two of battery. or two and a
quarter volts at 2 amp. so at fifty cells,
2h volts . amps. equals 197,100 amps per
year, at cost of ten cents for 100 amp.
would make cost of SOL year. to com
pare with at least $3.50 which it now costs
us TO maintain the battery which we now
use and as there is no formation of creep
ing salts with the consequent dirt and
filth. and as the elements of the storage
cell are not consumed, the first cost is
the only cost for about five years, and
then at cost of $50 the battery can
be made as good as new. The electromo-
ter force and internal resistance are al
ways constant. which condition can never
exist III the gravity battery, where the
consumption of material is necessary to
the generation of current.
II found in the business districts of the
larger cities, the keyless door on the fire
alarm boxes The first door is provided
with handle with which the door can
be opened and the hook pulled. The turn
ing Of the handle sets in motion a rapidly
working hammer, which sounds on a gong
,on the inside of the door a continuous
alarm, thus calling the attention of pass
ers-by and the police, and thereby render