The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-15
CITY EMPLOYE
 WILL OPERATE
 A. ). I. ALARMS
Installation of Board Is Progress sing at Fire Headquarters Man Who Controls Board Will Be in Pay of City-Explana-
 tiOns of Commissioners

The city Is to assume the operation
 of the American District Telegraph 1 Protective system insofar it relates to the receiving and sending out of fire alarms. At least this is to be
 done temporarily, and an experi- l ment, according to Fire Commissioner Frank L. CogiH, in effort to test out the positive efficiency of the man l uaI system, appropriations for which upon an extesive scale were recently. i voted down by the taxpayers. l Information received by The Farmer l indicates that installation of the A. 1 D. T. Co.'e central alarm system, in 1 c1udfng tape receivers, bell announc-
 CTS and transnttters, is progressing in
 the signal room at Fire Headquarters I on Middle street.
 1 A reporter detailed to inquire the 1 circumstances attending the taking | over of this system called upon Chief 1 Engineer Edward Mooney, who refus- l ed in any way to comment upon the matter Asked to either affirm or l deny that such installation was in
 progress, he said that he understood I some new work was being done in the operating room the purpose of which 1 he had not been fully informed and 1 would have to refer the inquirer to 1 the Board of Commissioners. Asked if The Farmer would be per 1 mitted to inspect the apparatus, no 
 the chief, the reporter was taken to the third floor where beside huge cables containing the new under ground wires was new wa1-board containing a paper tape receiving in- strument bell alarm, and several 1 switches and fuse plugs such as are generally in use upon such fully equipped boards. In the center was a space with unattached wires protrud- ing. During the absence of the chief <1E@ @I71 l sistant answered a query, stating that it was understood bell-alarm trans hitter was to be placed there for the purpose of sending out aXui1iary we'll system he replied that it was 'HThe A. D. IT." A telephone trans hitter and receiver was at the bottom of the board
 Chief Mooney after a continued ser ies of questions, to which he refused to answer upon the ground that he was not as yet thoroughly acqua7nt- ed with the plans, finally told his in terIocutor that he was not responsible l for the installation of the new board and that it was being done at the or dens of the Board from whom all in formation on the subject would have to be obtained. This ended the 1n-I terview. 1
 Commissioner George Burns, said | that such change in the system ffsbe- |
 
 zanee of Wallace G. Taylor, president | of the board and referred inquiries to | him direct.
 A reporter later called upon MT. Taylor who said: %+I do not think that | such installation has been made, but ! if so such matters are in the hands | of the committee on fire alarms and | Commissioner Frank L. CogiH can give you full details
 When Commissioner Cogin was seen &oTT xf1aer ffoT,
 <tConarnissioner, The Farmer has learned that the A. D. T. system of auxiliary fire alarm IS being installed | at fire headquarters. have been re- fePred to you by President Taylor for information on this subject Is it | true that this is being done?"
 Yes we are going to try out it's | operation at fire headquarters in an ! effort to establish it's efficiency as a 1 means of greater dispatch in the | probably aware that heretofore this ! system has been on our main wires | and although this was in effect before | the present commission was in office, | it is in an attempt GO rid ourselves of this burden that the change is be- | ing made"
 1'Dol I understand that heretofore this private system has been connect ed with your street box system?" .FYes, through the Western Union of
  alarm has been turned in heretofore on this system it has been customary to have it transmitted to fire house and 9 still alarm sounded A chem ica1 responded and if necessary an alarm was sent in from the nearest box.
 That system had it's drawbacks and was not as efficient as it might be- there have been several errors and believe that with the responsibility directly at headquarters, delays and greater protection can be afforded.
 ''rThe new system contemp1ates the use of a recording tape at headquar- ters 8 receiver and transmftterA An alarm will come directly in from the factory or other building and in stead of a nu1nber-wheel being put in place and the alarm sent out over our wires from the A. D. T. office, our I own operator will refer to a, chart of the city boxes at hand and will place a number cog corresponding to the number of the nearest box to the To- cation of the fire and bell alarm for that box Will be sent out on our own system.
 This will entail the services of a man at headquarters. will it not com 'It wiII.'
 Will this man be enptoye Of the 4. D, T. Co?'' ttNos it will be man In the fire department
 'HT9len this system will in future work direct with the operating room 4t- fire hea adquarters, and will be sim liar to. the GameweH auxiliary system of boxeS?''
 -tNo, it will be separate, and will n addition give US a chance to dem ,nstrate what can be done with a manual system. We asked for an ap- y some time ago for an ex- n ensiHe manual system throughout the : Eepar rt1nent but in connection with the new building asked for, the appropria- L ion was voted down." 5 Questioned about the continuance of V he company's equipment in charge E f the Western Union office, Commis- O Iioner CogiI1 said that 1t would be C eft untouched and as check upon a