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English: Caption: "Telegraphic Department, Fire Alarm Headquarters, Washington, D.C., 1902."

Identifier: cu31924022817674 (find matches)
Title: Telephones and telegraphs: 1902 : (and Municipal electric fire alarm and police patrol systems)
Year: 1902
Authors: United States. Bureau of the Census Steuart, William Mott, 1861- Martin, Thomas Commerford, 1856-1924 Abbott, Arthur Vaughan, 1854- Mayer, William
Subjects: Telephone Telegraph Fire alarms
Publisher: Washington : Govt. Print. Off.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ract; and in 9 the fire alarm andpolice patrol systems were operated in conjunction andwere reported in combination. In regard to the policepatrol service, 4 of the 38 cities hiiving a population of100,000 or over—Louisville, Ky., New Orleans, La.,Scranton, Pa., and Toledo, Ohio—had no electric sys-tems; 1 failed to report employees and wages, and 3 wereoperated by local telephone companies on contract. Thesystems for 9 cities, as already noted, were operated inconjunction with fire alarm services and were reportedin combination therewith. That the services are already of some magnitude isindicated by the fact that the 55 systems included in thistable show a total of 84 salaried officials and clerks,with total salaries of $139,477 per annum, and 818 wage-earners, with total wages of $804,065 per annum. Table 7 is a detailed statement summarizing for eachstate all of the information with regard to constructionalequipment of fire alarm systems, and also the numberof alarms received.
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1, Automatic repeater: l, automatic line tester; 3, multiple pen register; 4, manual dial transmitter.

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