The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
CITY WILL BE WELL GUARDED
 ON CABLE JOB
Commissioners Cogill and Miller Secure Sworn Sam ples of All Cable Pur-
 chased
These Kept in Record in Case Contract Is Not Fol lowed < Work Is Pro gressing Rapidly.

Secured through the foresight of Fire Commissioner Frank Cogill and
 Police Commfssiener C. D. S.. Miller,
 who form the joint committee of the
 Police and Fire boards in charge. of putting underground the city's police and fire signal systems, about fifty one foot samples of the underground
 cables purchased by the city arrived today and were carefully opened and tabulated at the office of Clerk Hall
 of the fire department. The securing of these samples is something new. in the history of
 American cities and is piece of fore
 thought for which the c9nrl1is4 onets ne purchased by the city-about St2sooo worth-is now recorded in a sworn sample tabulated and certified by the
 In case any. of the cable proves de- fective, or not up to contract, or fails to give satisfaction, these sa n1ples win be Gnvaluable evidence for the city
 and will be the means of assuring the city that every inch of its new under ground cable system will be strictly -''up to contract In addition. the which furnished the cable, is under bonds for the full amount Of the con tract for period of Tve years, dur ing which they are held by ar iron. clad guarantee which the samples will be used to enforce, if necessary.
 The best part of it all is that Com missioners CogiIl and Miller forced the
 wire trust'' to furnish these samples.
 swear to them. and peck them without a cent Of expense to Bddgeport, after the contract had been signed. At cur rent rates of the cable in duesfion,
 the samples alone are worth $50 there
 being two sone-foot samples Of each
 variety Of cable, all carefully packed and tabulated.
 The undereround cable purchased by rrp~5 ft.rsfnn Miller Is absolutely the best in the world, that money can buy At the same time
 the city secured a low rate for such features about the cable are of espe- cial design for the local department.
 Instead of being lsheathed in thSser- dfnary lead, the cable has covering 3-65ths of an inch thicker than of- ainary. and with the lead is included two per cent of tin This makes a splendid waterproof covering much ordinary lead-sheathed cable covering Tn fact, the wire men of the telephone company, who are laying the cable that 1t Is far and away the best lead ed cable they ever handled The inside of the cables is equally
 we'll constructed. Each wtre--and some of the cables carry over 50 of thern-ts protected by heavy sheath ing of 90 per cent. Para rubber Be- tween the wires is a solid mass Of ute, treated CO a -WaI6TprOOl1nS pro- cess and the whole interior of the ca ble presents a solid. air-tight. water
 tight mass that ought to be good for decades without giving the slightest trouble, even under the most adverse condition. The city has purchased 40 reels of cable, each reel weighing one ton and a half, or 50 tons of cable all told.
 The new cable will be carried to all fire and pOEce baxes and every pre- caution taken throughout the entire system to keep water out of the pipes water being the bane of any under ground cable system. In eases where the new cable is led to private boxes, the owners of such private boxes will
 stand the cost.
 The fire department is using three fourths and the police departnent one fourth of. the city's new under ground conduit system. A large proportion
 of the cable Is already in place and
 the rest of 1t is being laid as rapidly as possible. all of the cable, having arrived in the city and been stationed at the points where needed The work
 of laying it is progressing rapdly.