The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-08
News Items From Adjacent Towns
FAIRFIELD

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 With the satisfactory. service pro
 vided by the present system of sending
 put alarms of fire the probable accept ances Of a new alarm system by, the town is bound to give general satisfac- ton. The alarm system here produced
 with a. cost in the neighborhood of Is2,0o0 will most likely be the one adopt 1 ed:
 Ies The system will cover stratheld,
 Fairfield and Southport, all on one circuit, which means; that later boxes
 may be added without the expense of . additionar wire, and also that as the system will now be installed, all alarm
 trict.
 It is proposed to sound the signals in 1 the following manner. Yst At sStratfield the Signal will sound from a 1000 lb. fire beIl;s at Fairfield, from fire whistle to be placed on the Fairfield
 Rubber Works; at Southport, from the
 1900 lb. bell in 1.-the Congregational I ichalrch.. 1zSs3
 I In addition in each engine. house. will
 be placed a gong and a. punch. regis I ter.5 a-sss o%sss.9s.. ,se5 sssl ' s; r The signal number will therefore be
 received in three Eways; in each dis 1 trict it will sound on the be1Ieo whis- tie, it; will>sound on the gong, and be
 punched out on a paper tape.
 There will bes two ways of sending l in an alarm. In each district will be I Iplaced a notwithstanding street box, Git lis now proposed to. locate one on each
 engine housel and in the Telephone 2 Exchange will be placed non-inter-
 fering master box. To send an alarm by telephone, call the Exchange by taking the receiver off the hook, sandf tell the operator, This is a fire calls$ send alarm for
 district ;24ss' sethis number will be & ex- turns to. the master box, places No. 24
 wheel in position and pulls the lever; I the master box then automatically
 sounds No, A on the bell at Stratheld, on the whistle at Fairfield and on the 2 gongs and punch registers in the en- } gine houses at stratfeid, Fairfield and l1 1'Southport The number is repeated four times; also the signal may be Isent rom any street box and the sig ,FE nal fs s6i1fided in the same way. T 1-The apraratlis at will probably be < installed is what is known as non-in- -1 terferffl g, Y which means that should a
 street box ail d master box be pulled sf at: bout the same Instant, one is au- j, tpmatically cut out'' so that the sig } nal can not be confused by the two ,. iboxes sending g at. the. same time. sssr The street boxes ares to be regular City size such aas you are familiar
 with 4in Bridgeport, having the key I protected by a glass. The glass is
 
 a is Heoessaryszis tog esputls thAs 31uoax g gtc . 1send; an alarm. AS explained above ii 1, y, inc sfgnaIais being sent from the mas : fter box or from another street box z lstheaI1oo ok. .maX Joe pulled repeatedly but T the signal can not. be sent, and on 8ths other hand, should the. street box be 2 pulled first, the master box or any :. other box can not be operated. The system will Joe capable of being 2 enlarged by adding boxes or any oth- f7i z carding any part of the first 1nstalla; : ton.
 5E It is proposed to have the signal } numbers so arranged that within six i seconds after the hook is pulled the ? firesfnay be located either in Stratfeld I Fairfield or Southport I
 Stratfeldse will have, numbers from
 h3 to 19. Fairfield from 21 to 39.s South port. from Al to- 59.,. Therefore if the
 box on the Fairfield engine house :, were numb hered k24,s the first two blows . of the signal would indicate Fairfield . :. and the next four would designate the ,I engine house, and thus the location [ Of. the fire would be known in 20 sec londs after the hook was pulled. Il Each box. has a signal key, for send : ing recall signal, no school or any other call, a repeating call cut out ; test switch, and ground connections zI All Handles or other parts are thor [ oughfy insulated so that no dangerous shock will be given persons should the 2 fire alarm wires get crossed with cleo } trfc light or trolley wires; should a , ewire break during a storm or at any time the bells and whistle will give +one
 blow, yesfEowirg that the system is aout Iof order ssThe system watches it. self, aandsvifs7 tae wire can not be re- ' -1paired at oncess the system may. be
 l-operated through playground until the 5 wire ais repaired. z ,j Standard Time will be sounded al
 some hour during the day. which will , Ea1se. serve as a test for the appar- atuS.f ssfs3 iSs.%. sef4SEs
 st The departFn ents of Fairfield, South lporta and. StratdeId have given much f time and thought to<the Installation 5ot sfa fire alarm system which can be de-
 pended upon to give protection in case i, fof fire to the citizens and it is hoped the taxpayers will act with them. in this most important matter The com I1nittee having the matter. in charge is ? composed of S. C. Bradley, G. C.. John son, Henry Moore, G. W. Anderson. and : Edward Flanagan for Fairfield Hook and Ladder CO: J. D.. Dwyer, pr. c.
 EE.E- Hyde. Thomas Carey and Edward stf Russell for Southport Fire Depart ss Worthey and Leander Redberg for 7 Fairfield Fire Department.
 Miss Grace Wfsner' of this town, 5. is spending few days with friends lin Brooka1yn, N. Y.
 -.E Miss Bessie Tucker has returned I to her home with friends in Hartford.
 MT. and Mrs. James Davis are en- I Itertainfng friends from Wilton, Mass. Il Six men. were injured in a fire which l l destroyed the J Sol1oI leather factory II -V- !.