Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-02

g. Williams, Joseph Ashwell, Daniel T. Shea, William N. Thompson, Christo- pher Barry, Patrick J. Rafferty, John Gleason, Allen s. Barbour, John D. Palmer, Charles Lutts, James D'Atri, 1 Daniel Maher, J Andrew Rossnsark, John A. Walz Hans Rasmussen, Mi chael Cornell.
 Measurers-F. E. Beckwith,. Frank H. Smith, William H. Martin, Charles 0. Murphy. G. Y. Francis, William H.
 Haywards-C. H. Talcott, William
 Inspector of Charcoal-George Lin ton.
 Weighers- A. Morgan, Arthur H. Brewer, John H. Powelson, NJ E. Francis, Elmer R. Pierson, William A. Somers, Timothy Gallivan, Timothy C. Coughlin.
 Alderman Mclaughlin reported on a petition referred to the police commis- sioners for a new light at Henderson's lane and recommended moving a bug light from corner of Fourteenth street and Boswell avenue to a pole near Henderson's lane and an arc light placed on the corner of Fourteenth street and Boswell avenue The mo- ton was passed and the clerk in structed to inform the electrical de- | pertinent.
 Police Signal System Dangerous. Presentin ga report for the police commissioners on the police signal system, Alderman Mclaughlin stated that repairs to this system had always been made by the fire department and the police department had never paid it's share, which he did not consider a fair arrangement
 The commissioners report was read by Clerk Moore as follows To His Honor the Mayor and the Honorable Court of Common Colln- cil:
 The attention of the police commis- l sioneTs having been called to the dan gerous and unreliable condition of the | police signal system, an investigation
 was made, and we herewith make the | following report:
 1 The first pair of wires traced left 1 the courthouse as a twisted pair to the 1 top of a pole on Union street, from l whence they continued up Union | street and Broadway and terminated | at the police box on the corner of l Washington and SaChem streets These l wires occupy the top zane on said l poles, along with the fire alarm wires 1 said wires are within two or three feet l of numerous other wires, both electric 1 light and telephone. The above men 1 tioned electric light wires, We under | stand, carry from 500 to 2,S00 volts. ] This pair of police wires is in very 1 poor condition; the insulation Is worn 1 off for probably half the distance, and ] the wires have been broken and re- l paired every few hundred feet with | what looks to be, in many cases, ordi- nary baled hay wire.
 l The glass insulatoTs on many of the poles are missing, and the wires are 1 tied to the bare arm with ordinary cord, making, in bad weather, an ex- l cellent ground. In some cases where ! one insulator is missing both wires are tied to the remaining one.
 Arriving at the box. we found con- l ditions much worse than on the poles. | and will state right here that all the l boxes are in the same condition The electric light wires are attached to the boxes by means of a pair of rubber covered hooks, which we un- ] derstand is an old and dangerous l method. They enter the boxes through 1 a pair of tubes. These tubes were 1 broken in many places and the insu- | latlon entirely worn off the wires. This state of affairs, we are led to be- lieve. is very dangerous. as these wires | are within few inches of the tele-
 phone wires leading into the same box.
 The second pair of wires led to the
 box on Thames square by way of Church and West Main streets. On | Church street the top arm or zane was, in many places, almost entirely routed
 away
 On West Main street the wires are
 on the same poles with the high ten
 sion wires carrying more than 2S00
 volts. These wires occupy in some places the top gana. and in other | places the second zane. This we sup pose, was done to relieve the slackness of the wires. The insulation was en-
 tirely worn off in many places.
 The third pair of wires, 'eading to
 Franklin square, were probably in the 1 best condition, although they are with
 out any insulation, as is the case with
 the Greenevill5 wires, where We found the same patchwork and slackness in
 the wires
 Tn some places the wire saes quite
 few feet, and during a storm would
 be apt to come in contact with wires
 carrying a higher voltage.
 1 This system has been in use fol 1 nearly 30 years and has always given 1 more or less trouble and today is not reliable or safe.
 We are informed by former police 1 commissioner that during his term ol
 office it cost on an average about S15
 a month to keep it in repair, and he
 said that money spent on repairs al