New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-08-13
Bristol Meps
Police EQUIPMENT
INSTALLED SOON

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Bristol Department Brought Up
To Date
BIG CROWD ATTEND FIGHTS
Figured That $500 Fans Were Al
MuZzy Field - DeyOtiOns At st.
Joseph's-No Ball Game Tomor-
row.
With the installation Of the new
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS at police head
quarters on next Monday, the local
department will take it's place among
the first of the state insofar as
modern facilities and equipment are
concerned. The machine, which is
an electrical device patterned after
the modern typewriter. is designed to
receive messages from other police
stations without the aid of an oper-
ator. Messages may be transmitted
to other departments having the
same service by simply tipping the
message, copy of which appears on
a large roll of paper attached to the
machine. The keyboard, in addi-
ton to the various letters of the al
phatbet and numbers up to 10, has
keys used for carriage return. feed
line, letters and figures.
Six other machines have already
been installed In the state. New
Britain, New Haven, Hartford, Will
limantic, Manchester and Bristol are
included in the present loop and
Naugatuck, Danbury and Middle
town are to be added next week.
Representatives of the Southern New
Enfiland Telephone company. owners
of the machine. stated today that
early next year Ansonia and South
Norwalk will also be added and
other cities will be brought In just
as soon as such cities authorize the
necessary expenditure. 1t was also
stated that the system would be ex-
tended to include Massachusetts In
the event it proved successful in
Connecticut and in that event, cities
In the Bay State would be cut in
with the loop serving Connecticut
1t Is expected that within a year
approximately is cities in the state
will be equipped with the new serv-
ice.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, or tele-
type as it is also known, will receive
words at the rate Of 40 words a
minute. 1t also has similar trans
hitting capacity but the speed in
sending rests almost entirely with
the operator.
For the use Of this service, the
city of Bristol is to pay the South
ern New England Telephone COM
pany a rental of $50 month. The
rental charge Is based on the size
Of the city. Hartford for instance,
being obliged to pay s125 a month.
The machine remains the property of
the telephone company.
Telephone representatives yester-
day cited case Of the value Of the
machine. Last week, a message was
received via the teletype by the
Meriden department from the New
Haven police to the effect that
youth had escaped from Cheshire.
Within a minute after sending the
message, New Haven received
reply from Meriden that they had
the man in question locked up.
The machine was placed in opera
ton for short time yesterday
afternoon but some adjustments
were found necessary. 1t is expect
ed that the new service will be COM
pletely adjusted and in operation
some time Monday.
Mothers Club Picnic
The Mothers club OF the Baptist
church will hold picnic at Rock
we'll park on Tuesday afternoon
August 18th. A basket lunch will be
enjoyed.
Devotions this Evening
There will be devotions at 1880
o'clock this evening at St. Joseph's
church in honor of st. Anne.
To Play In Syracuse
There will be no baseball game at
Muzzy field tomorrow afternoon, the
New Departure team being schedul-
ed to appear in Syracuse. N. Y.
against the strong New Process Gear
outfit of that city. The next appear
ance of the local team at Muzzy field
will be Sunday, August 21st. when
they will be opposed by the Wright
Steel and Wire Co. team OF Worces-
ter, Mass.
Bristol Brass Outing
The annual outing and field day
of Bristol Brass Mutual Aid Associ-
alton was held at Lake Compounce
this afternoon. A barbecue dinner
was served on pavilion at o'clock
The afternoons program Of sports
included baseball game between
the married men and single men and
three games between department
teams; a watermelon race in the
water; diving and swimming con-
tests, sack race; fat mems race; so
yard dash and ball throwing contest
for women.
Compounce Commandery Picnic
The annual picnic Of Compounce
Commandery, Golden Cross. will be
held tomorrow at Lake Waramaug.
The trip to the lake will be made by