The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-16
WORKING HARD FOR
 PHONE RESUMPTION
Hope to Restore Service
 Within Ten Days
INCIDENTS OF FIRE
Total of f05 Bremen Were Engaged in Fighting Flames-Mile and Half of Hose Brought
 Into Acquisition

With the Installation of a temporary ieng distance telephone switch board by the Southern Bell Telephone company at 172o Second avenue. telephone com munications between Birmingham and the outer cities has been resumed, and peo- pie desiring. the service can secure it this morning at the above address.
 The work of replacing the wires and other equipment of the telephone ex- change which was destroyed by the fire Sunday morning, Is being rushed night and day. and every effort Is being made to repalr the damage and resume the service as quickly as possible.
 D. F. Turnbul district manager for the company, stated last night that, while he saw no reason to change the esti- mate Of 10 days given as the time for the new switchboard and other equipment to be installed and the general service resumed, yet the hope was given by those in actual charge of the work that the service may be ready by the end of the week. He stated that neither men, money nor material was being spared to bring about that end, and that every place
 
 and day ill the effort to resume service.
 Manager Turnbull last night reiterateo the statement that all of the telephone operators would be paid their regular sal aries during the suspension of service. He said that the impression had gone abroad that the operators had been thrown out of employment and stated that this was a mistake as all would be retained reg ularly on the payrolls of the company.
 Some Features of the Fire
 There are many little details connected with a big fire which the general pub lie never learns about. and which would undoubtedly prove of interest to many compiled from the Bell-Molton building fire Sunday morning:
 Buildings occupied space of 175 feet by 100 feet.
 General construction was of brick and steel.
 The Motion building contained wooden partition walls.
 Neither building was equipped with a sprinkler system or other means of fight ing fire.
 The cause of the fire is unknown. al- though it is known to have started in the east side of the second story of the Motion building.
 The fire was stopped after it had spread to the Bell building,
 The fire was first discovered by Mer- chants Police Pete Turney, who heard the glass falling. The first alarm of fire was given ir at 1920 o'clock Sunday morning by Bo> III, being pulled at Second avenue ana Brown.
 The fire had good headway from the second floor up when the fire depart ment received the alarm.
 Steamers 1. 2, 3, 4 and and Webb triple combination wagon No. Il with a Thomas engine furnished extra pres sure for the firemen.
 Fifteen hydrants were used from which water was taken. All of them were eight inch double hydrants and were situated 200 feet apart
 The water pressure at the hydrants was 95 pounds.
 Six hydrant streams and 12 engine streams were thrown on the fire. The largest number of streams at any one time used was IS.
 The size of the nozzles used were 1s and IA inches.
 The street in front of the burned buildings, Second avenue. is so feet wide.
 Seven thousand nine hundred feet of cotton rubber lined hose were used. Three lengths of 50 feet each burst during the fire.
 One Eastman ladder nozzle and one Glazier deck pipe were used to throw the water to the top of the buildings
 The water pressure was sufficient to furnish both steamers and hydrant streams.
 The system of water supply was gravity.
 The number of fremen. including the chief, In service was 105.
 The number of feet of ladders used