The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-31
MANY FIRE ALARMS
Electrician Hasson to Test the New
System by T$~ning in Alarms From
All the Boxes.


System by 1S~ning in Alarms From
All the Boxes.
The fire alarm system of automati-
cally registering boxes installed on the
Gamewell system is now completed and
ready to turn over to the authorities.
final test viii be made tomorrow by
City Electrician HassOn who will visit
the sixty boxes scattered through the
town limits and possibly test each and
every one Of them by turning in an
alarm. This will be done in the same
manner that any citizen may do here
after, by turning the lever projecting
on the outside of the box to the right.
opening the door Of the box and pulling
down the handle exposed inside. The
directions are also on the outside of
each box in embossed metal lettering
The alarm will be promptly answered
by the blowing of the whistle presented
by the local Board of Underwriters and
installed at the Electric Light works
The number of blasts will designate the
district from which the alarm has been
turned in and towards which the fire
engines will be, by the time the whistle
has sounded its last blast, galloping at
full speed.
Tomorrow the fire engines will stay
alarm, but the whistle will answer the
test calls and may be expected at fire.
quent intervals throughout the day
The new whistle, which is shrill enough
to be heard to the suburban limit, is
automatic in action and will in future
join the chorus of down town time
tellers at noon.
The police system is practically COM
plete, needing only some finishing
touches before handing over. They
keys to the various boxes which cannot
be opened without unlocking will be
placed in the hands of well known Cti-
zens, several to each box, and the list
will then be published and possibly
pasted upon the boxes. In these boxes
which need unlocking before an alarm
can be turned in the key cannot be
Withdrawn from the lock until the pO-
lice wagon or an officer arrives to
gather necessary details and restore
the key with a master key of his own.
The location of the fire alarm boxes
and their numbers are as follows:
T. Corner King and Fort
49, Queen and Fort
a. Bethel and Merchant
10 Nuuanu and Queen.
l6 Nuuanu and King.
L. Nuuanu and Hotel
2l Fort and Hotel.
%. Alakea and Hotel.
"a Alakea and Merchant.
%. Punchbowl and King.
26. PunchbOWl and Queen.
81 South and Queen.
81. Fort and Allen
32. Foot of Fort street
a. Foot of Alakea street
30. Alakea and HalekauNila.
36. Richards and queen.
81. Punchbowl and Allen.
Al. Alakea and Beretania
AZ. Nuuanu and Beretania.
43. Smith and Pauahi.
45. Beretania and River.
46. Maunakea and King.
A. King and River.
81. lWilei Road, opposite entrance to
StOckade.
50. Iwilei road, opposite Oahu Jail.
So. Beretania/ and King.
"a. Liliha and King
So. Insane Asylum Road, line with
School street
81. King Street 90 feet Eva Of
Pumping Station.
81. Vineyard and River.
62. Vineyard street and Nuuanu Ave
63. Vineyard and Fort.
GA. Vineyard and Punchbowl.
So. Beretania and PunchbOWl.
81. Alapai and Beretania.
II. Liliha and School,
r. Liliha and Judd.
%. Pauoa and Nuuanu Avenue.
a. Nuuanu and School
75 Fort and School.
76 Emma and School
81. Alapai and King
S2 Victoria and King.
! 49, KapiOlani and Beretania.
| S4 Kapiolani and Green.
| So. Pensacola and Lunalilo.
| Sc Pensacola and Beretania.
/ 81 PiikOi and King.
| 81. Thurston Av. OPP. Magazine.
/ 92 Pensacola and Wilder Avenue,
! 49, Lunalilo OPP, Kewalo.
| "a. Keeaumoku and Wilder Avenue.
| 95 KewalO and Heulu.
| &c. Makiki and DOminis
| 81 College and DOminis
| 1913. Makilli and LunalilO
/ l24 &eeaumOku and kinau.
/ l25 KeeaumOku and King.
! 1876. PunahOu, opp. Bingham
! l27. Punahou and King,
! 1872. Waikiki Road and Kalia Road
1874. Kalia Road OPP, W. r. Castle
! Place.
| 1856. Waikiki Road, opp. Moana Hotel.
| 1856. Waikiki Road, opp, Race Track
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