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Annual Report

PHILADELPHIA

1910

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ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

DIRECTOR OF THE

Department of Public Safety

AND OF THE

, CHIEF OF THE

ELECTRICAL BUREAU

FOR THE

YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1910

ISSUED BY THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, 1911

PHILADELPHIA

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ANNUAL REPORT

OP THE

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

FOR THE

YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31. 1910

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OFFICERS

OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

DECEMBER 31, 1910

Director
HENRY CLAY.

Assistant Director,
JAMES B. SHEEHAN,

Secretary^
THOMAS B. BLYNN.

Chief Clerk,
WALTEB S. HOPPEE.

Chiefs of Bureaus,
Police— JOHN B. TAYLOR, Superintendent.

TIMOTHY O'LEARY, Assistant Superintendent.
FntE— nJAMES C. BAXTER, Jr., Chief Engineer.
Electbical— JAS. F. McLAUGHLIN.
City Pbopebty— ALFRED S. EISENHOWER.
Building Inspection— EDWIN S. CLARK.
BomcB Inspection— JOHN M. LUKENS.
CoBBECTiON— WILLIAM A. PATTERSON.
Elkvatob Inspection- frank FEENEY.

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TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

HENRY CLAY, Director

Philadelpfiia, January, 1, 1911.

Hon. John E. Reybubn,

Mayor of the City, of Philadelphia.

Sib : — In accordance with the Act of Assembly, I have
the honor to herewith transmit a summary of the opera-
tions of the Department, of Public Safety, togeliier with
a report of the Chiefs of the several Bureaus embraced
therein, for the year ending December 31, 1910.

The year 1910 was important in achievements as shown
by the reports of the various Bureau Chiefs.

The efficient work executed by the Bureaus of Police
and Fire, the accomplishments in the improved system of
public lighting by the Electrical Bureau, and^ the close
attention to business by every Bureau in the Department
has made Philadelphia the best -lighted and, in all proba-
bility, the best protected City from crime, danger and

accident «f any Municipality in the world.

... •

Bureau of Police.

The report of Superintendent Taylor shows 82,017
arrests by the Bureau of Police, an increase of 1,183 over
1909. Of these arrests 80,322 were by the uniformed
police, and 1,695 by the detective service. There were
38,456 arrests for intoxication and disorderly conduct, an

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increase of 349. There were 4,242 robberies reported dur-
ing the year, of which 3,230 were by sneak thieves, 766
forcible entry, 162 highway robbery, 12 badger game, 73
flim-flam. The total value of property reported stolen was
$294,446.16 and the amount of said property recovered
was $145,555.04. The total value of property of all
kinds, lost and stolen, recovered fluring the year was
$654,472.16, of which $152,416.14 was recovered by the
detective service.

There were 11,809 houses reported temporarily vacant,
of which number 39 were entered and robbed of goods
valued at $15,514.77. Of this amount $4,597.08 was re-
covered, and 24 thieves were arrested, tea of whom were
convicted, six acquitted and eight are yet to be tried.

Of those convicted two received a sentence of Ifr years,
each, one 5 years and one 2 years and six months in the
Eastern Penitentiary, two 9 months and one 3 months in
the County Prison, and one was sent to the Huntingdon
Reformatory. *

There was no relaxation in the efforts to prevent unlaw-
ful gambling and to repress and prevent a public flaunting
of vice, as will be shown by the following table of arrests
during the last four years :

1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. Total*

Bawdy keepers 174 257 129 129 - 68^

Bawdy inmates 431 308 127 111 977

Gambling keepers.... 54 49 25 54 18^

Gambling 1,133 896 667 567 3,063

Street walkers.. 893 1,063 1,033 791 3,780

Policy 40 52 31 40 163

Burglary 139 237 125 102 603

Pickpockets 208 367 215 218 l,00a

Larceny 4,594 5,856 4,228 3,903 18,781

In connection with the arrests for what is known as the
social vice it is only fair to explain that the prosecution

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of these offenders has been accompanied by as little pub-
licity as possible, sensational raids being carefully avoided,
but the arrests being systematically and persistently made.
This, together with the system of detainers requiring dis-
orderly street walkers and other disorderly women to serve
their full terms in the House of Correction, has gradually
reduced the. number of violators of the social law, and
has had a beneficial effect in checking the soliciting on the
highways.

I desire also to call your attention to the arrests for
reported highway robbery. There were 162 highway rob-
beries reported during the year, and 251 arrests for that
offense, of which number 248 arrests were made by uni-
formed police on their beats ; showing a remarkable activ-
ity and attention to duty when it is considered how large
'a territory ' some of the patrolmen are required to cover.
The report on robberies of vacant houses showing only 39
entries and robberies out of 11,809 such buildings which
were vacant on an average of about 35 to 40 days during
the year is remarkable when it is considered that these
houses are scattered over an area of 129J square miles,
and that the limited police force of this City has to
patrol about 1,800 miles of streets and roads, and watch
about 365,000 buildings, of which over 330,000 are dwell-
ings. In this connection I desire to urge the absolute
necessity for an increase of the police force by at least
500 men. Even then, compared with the City of New
York, there would be a wide discrepancy as the following
figures will show :

Total police force of New York 9,964

Total police force of Philadelphia, including de-
tectives, janitrix, clerks, ^tc 3,612

The New York police force has about 255 detective ser-
geants, 180 of which are in Manhattan and 75 in

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Brooklyn. Of the New York police force there is in
Manhattan a force of 5,525, including 38 captains, 332
lieutenants, 295 sergeants, 4,738 patrolmen and 81 door-
men.

In Brooklyn there are 2,808, including 25 captains,
173 lieutenants,. 159 sergeants, 2,365 patrolmen and 65
doormen. There are also 19 inspectors and 25 surgeons
on the New York force.

In Philadelphia there is a total force of 3,612, includ-
ing 2 superintendents, 11 clerks, 5 fire marshals, 31 de-
tectives, 16 captains, 41 lieutenants, 110 street sergeants,
131 house sergeants, 64 patrol drivers, 64 patrol officers,
2,610 patrolmen, 248 sub-patrolmen, 68 City Hall watch-
men, 23 matrons, 59 janitors and 29 hostlers. But in-
cluding all rabove in the police force for purpose of
comparison with the police force of New York we have the
following fijgures :

Area Men per

City. Sq. Miles. Force. Sq. Mile.

Manhattan 22 5,525 251

Brooklyn 77 2,808 36

Philadelphia 129yg 3,612 28

Manhattan and

Brooklyn 9ft 8,333 84

Manhattan, Brook-
lyn, Bronx 139 9,090 65

Assistant Superintendent O'Leary's report of the opera-
tions of the detective service shows that the division
handled 2,049 complaints and made 1,707 arrests, and 667
special investigations. There were 3,072 persons missing,
of whom 2,709 were located. There were 501 horses re-
ported stolen, of which 485 were recovered. There were
44 automobiles reported stolen, of which. 42 were re-
covered. There were 17 motorcycles stolen and all were
recovered. The Bureau of Identification identified 504
prisoners. The Division recovered stolen property valued

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at $44,560.20, a large increase over 1909, owing to the
perfect system now operating between the Detective Di-
vision and pawnbrokers, who, by the aid of the new tele-
phone system, promptly report all suspicious cases of at-
tempt to pawn stolen goods.

There is a marked improvement in the discipline and
Appearance of the policemen in all ];)ranches of the service,
■due largely to physical exercises, drills and the require-
ment that all men shall be neat and well uniformed while
on duty. The Physical Instructor's report shows an
iiverage attendance of 145 with a total of 11,174. The
Drillmaster conducted 491 drills with a total attendance
•of 34,917.

Chief Surgeon Hubley E. Owen reports 1,439 ex-
aminations of police, 465 firemen, 31 guards for the
House of Correction, and 36 private watchmen. He also
made 4,112 visits to sick and injured patrolmen and fire-
men, ^n increase of 1,104 over 1909. He recommends
the purchase of an ambulance for the exclusive use of
the Department of Public* Safety, which I strongly in-
•dorse.

Among the events during the year which called for
active service by the police the most notable were the
trolley ear strike, which lasted from February 19th to
April 17th, the automobile races on October 8th, the an-
nual review and carnival of the police and firemen on
October 1st, and the world's championship base ball
games at Shibe Park. During the railroad strike the
entire force was on continuous duty and was frequently
•called on to suppress disorder. While no riot was per-
mitted to get beyond the control of the police, nor to
last more than a short period of time, it was necessary to
make 1,671 arrests. Too high praise cannot be accorded
the police for their splendid discipline, and alert and

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tireless attention to duty. Every attempt at riot was
promptly met and quickly suppressed with a notable free-
dom from fatalities, and a still more remarkable freedom
from destruction of property. The most flagrant offenders
were promptly arrested and convicted, and the disorderly
elements kept under complete control. Automobiles
played a prominent part in conveying patrolmen to the
various points of disorder and three automobile patrol
wagons which were put in use demonstrated their value
in the emergency, and have since given efficient service in
their patrol districts.

It is estimated that over 500,000 spectators surrounded
the course of the autoipobile races iii Fairmount Patk^
but so well was the course policed that not a single ac-
cident was reported.

There were 55,081 communications received and
answered during the year; an increase of 11,01j6.

Fire Marshal.

The report of Fire Marshal Lattimer shows that out
of 3,778 actual fires during the year there were two
arrests for arson. There were 238 inspections of places
where high explosives were stored, 300 inspections for
gasoline and benzine, 194 inspections of places where
dynamite was stored, 206 theatre and moving picture in-
spections, 158 moving picture licenses issued, 138 opera-
tors licensed. The total receipts from licenses were
$16,475.

The expenditures of the Bureau of Police amounted to
$4,015,065.31, of which $3,796,178.34 was for salaries.

Four patrolmen were killed in the line of duty during
the year. The EoU, of Honor consists of :

James O'Brien, Third District, died from bums re-

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ceived while extinguishing a fire in a dwelling, February
4tL

William "Weiss, Thirty-sixth District, died from in-
juries received by being struck by a chariot while rescuing
two children at a circus on February 5th.

George Bamett, Twenty-first District, shot by a man
he was arresting on suspicion of burglary, November 28th.

Morris Guiles, Eighth District, killed by a falling wall
. while aiding in the rescue of firemen at the Bodine street
fire, December 22nd.

Bureau of Fire.
The report of Chief Baxter shows that there were 804
box and 3,224 local alarms, or 44 less than in 1909.
The fire losses were :

On buildings $697,345 00

On contends 1,881,974 00

Total losses .,. 2,597,319 00

The insurance on the above was:

On buildings $21,968,825 00

On contents 19,522,526 00

* Total insurance 41,491,351 00

There were 3,778 actual fires, 68 less than in 1909,
but the losses were $423,471 in excess of those of 1909.
The high pressure system operated effectively at 30 fires.

There was an unusual fatality during the year. There
were 34 deaths, an increase of 19, and 220 accidents, an
increase of ,25. Of the deaths 13 were caused by falling
walls at the Bodine street fire, and one by being thrown
from a hose cart while on the way to a fire. This Roll
of Honor comprises the following:

D. Howard, hoseman, thrown from hose cart.

Bobert Stewart, hoseman, killed at Bodine street fire.

Charles W. Edelman, hoseman, killed at Bodine street fire.

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Gustav Wittig", foreman, killed at Bodine street fire,

Thomas Entwistle, assistant foreman, killed at Bodine street
fire.

John F. Kalberger, assistant foreman, killed at Bodine street
fire.

William S. McConnell, hoseman, killed at Bodine street fire.

Samuel W. Park, ladderman, killed at Bodine street fire.

William Bihlmire, ladderman, killed at Bodine street fire.

John Collins, ladderman, killed at Bodine street fire.

John F. Carroll, ladderman, killed at Bodine street fire.

George M. Matchinsky, ladderman, killed at Bodine street fire.

Thomas M. Pass, hoseman, killed at Bodine street fire.

Harry Bertolet, hoseman, killed at Bodine street fire.

The terrible catastrophe of December 21-22nd, at which
the above heroes lost their lives, cast a pall upon the com-
munity which was quickly followed by a generous re-
sponse to a call for aid for the Firemen's Pension Fund,
which was threatened with serious depletion. Over
$100,000 has been raised as a trust fund invested by
Drexel & Oo. under the immediate care and attention of
Mr. E. T. Stotesbury, of that firm, who himself generously
contributed the splendid sum of $26,000. This fund pro-
vides the pensions for the families of the deceased and.
subsequently goes to swell the capital of the Firemen's
Pension Fund.

The efficiency of the Fire Bureau was increased during
the year by the addition of a new water tower and a high
pressure hose cart. Work on the high pressure exten-
sion in the mill district was also nearly completed and
there is now a continuous system from Walnut street to
Allegheny avenue between Fifteenth street and the Dela-
ware river. A thoroughly equipped pumping station has
been installed adjoining the old Fairhill reservoir at Sixth
and Lehigh avenue, which basin has been put in complete
condition with a storage capacity of 5,000,000 gallons of
water. The reservoir is supplied from a 30-inch main

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on Sixth street, running from Lardner's Point Pumping
Station; and from a 36-incli main on Lehigh avenue^
which is supplied from the Queen Lane Pumping Station,
the combined capacity being not less than 250,000,000
gallons daily. This basin is in the heart of the mill dis-
trict and gives a storage supply able to cope with any
conflagration in the district. Prom previous records of
fires it can be safely said that the refilling of the basin
will not exceed 12 times per year, thus making the de-
mands on the distribution mains very slight. The
5,000,000 gallons alone will permit the 11 units in the
power station to operate nearly eight hours on a con-
flagration, delivering 12,500 gallons of water per minute-
without refilling the reservoir. Should a longer run have
to be made, two 18-inch supply pipes, leading into the
reservoir from the 30-inch and 36.-inch mains on Sixth
street and on Lehigh avenue, can pour water into the
reservoir much faster than all the pumps can draw it ,
out The supply from the reservoir fills the high pressure
system, there being ample head at the reservoir to fill
and keep the pressure on all mains from Walnut street
to Allegheny avenue, and at the same time this gravity
supply will relay any defect that may arise in the George's
Hill gravity supply, which fills the existing fire main
supply in the downtown district. With this new pump-
ing station at the Fairhill Reservoir any accident to the
pumping station at Delaware avenue and Race street could
be overcome as the entire high pressure system can be
worked from either station if necessary.

On December 31st, the active force of the Bureau con-
sisted of 968 men, of whom 956 were uniformed and 573
were hose and laddermen.

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The apparatus comprised:

55 steam fire engines.

54 combination hose wagons and chemical engines.
3 two-wheel carts.

1 four-wheel cart.

2 hose wagons for 3^4 inch hose.
14 Hayes hook and ladder trucks.

3 self-raising aerial trucks of 85 feet.

1 fire boat.

2 water towers.

4 Duval water towers for aerial trucks.
86 6-gallon extinguishers.

14 fuel wagons.

2 high-pressure nozzle wagons.

The reserve apparatus consisted of:

11 steam fire engines.

3 two-wheel carts.
2 four-wheel carts.

4 Hayes hook and ladder trucks.

The Chief renews his recommendation for additional
companies in all of which I heartily concur, as follows :
Engine Companies:

Broad and Ellsworth streets.
Twelfth and Spruce streets.
Fourth and Noble streets.
Eleventh and Thompson streets.
Fifty-fifth and Spruce streets.
Seventh and Susquehanna avenue.
Xensington avenue a;nd Tioga street.
Bustleton pike and Fulmer street.

Truck Companies:

Broad and Eace streets.
Thirteenth and Spring Garden streets.
Broad and Girard avenue.
Seventeenth and Montgomery avenue.
Third and Washln^on avcHiie.

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The Firemen's Pension Fund paid out during the year
$101,190.45. The assets on December 31st were
$400,105.21.

The Bureau of Fire Escapes issued 201 certificates dur-
ing the year.

Bureau of Correction.

The report of the Superintendent of the House of Cor-
rection shows a daily average of inmates of 949, as against
1,057 in 1909. Of this number 758 were males and 191
females. Four hundred and forty-one inmjtes were en-
gaged in productive and 508 in non-productive labor.
The total number of commitments during the year was
5,817, and the total number in the institution December
31, 1910, was 1,067. Of these commitments 2,286 were
for the first offense, and 824 for the second offense. There
were 100 for the tenth offense, 49 for the twentieth offense,
12 for the thirtieth offense, 13 for the fortieth, four for
the fiftieth, one for the sixtieth, one for the seventieth, one
each for the one hundred and fourth, one hundred and fifth
and one hundred and sixth offense. There were 4,039
commitments for vagrancy, 1,092 inebriates, 277 for
street walking and 398 at own request. There were 4,699
males and 1,118 females. Owing to the longer terms im-
posed on street walkers and disorderly characters there
was a slight. falling off of commitments for those offenses,
the detainer which I placed against all such commitments
requiring such inmates to serve the full term thereby
keeping them off the streets for a longer period of time.

The financial report shows receipts of $55,274.80^ a
decrease of $517.65 from the total of 1909. The ex-
penditures, however, were only $186,325.49, or less than
those of 1909 by $5,948.09, showing an improvement of
$5,430.34. Of the receipts $45,690.68 is credited to

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the sale of gas, $3,362 to the sale of coke, $2,263.26 for
coal tar, and $3,629 for quarry stone.

The Superintendent calls attention to the failure of
Councils to grant appropriations for extensions to the gas-
plant in the Tacony district, whereby it was impossible
to keep pace with the increasing demands for service in
that territory. He urges the necessity for a sufficient ap-
propriation to meet the growing demands for gas ex-
tensions which he maintains would be an investment which
would result in twofold returns.

In addition to actual receipts the Bureau should be
credited with ♦work performed for various City ^bureaus,
which, owing to the rigid economy required during the
year, would otherwise have been neglected. The value of
such labor estimated at 50 cents per day per inmate, and
material furnished the Bureau of Charities at the Muni- ,
cipal Hospital alone, was $2,169.74, that at the Byberry
Farm amounted to $1,039.65, and at the Anti-toxin stable
$741.50, making a total for the Bureau of Charities of
$3,950.89. The Department of Wharves, Docks and Fer-
ries was aided to the extent of $3,158.94. In addition to
the above, work was done on the highways and for char-
itable and church organizations which amounted in value
to over $5,500.

The report of the resident physician shows 19 deaths
during the year, 18 males and one female. In view of the
debilitated condition of the majority of the inlnates when
received this is a remarkable showing of the care and
attention given the inmates, as is also the fact that of 25
females and eight cocaine fiends received in the hospital all
were discharged in good condition. During the year, in
addition to the regular inspections by the grand juries,
the Institution was inspected by boards of other States and
counties who highly commended the management. The

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Directors of the Fayette County Poor Board stated that
the Philadelphia House of Correction is "the best ar-
ranged, the best organized and the best conducted it has
been our privilege to inspect," and Mr. J. C. Armstrong,
of the Perez Syndicate, New York, said "in my visits
at home and abroad I have never seen an institution of
this character that excels this one in its systematic hand-
ling, and its universal cleanliness, nor where the policy
of wise jeare for the comforts of its inmates seemed to be
commensurate with good discipline."

Electrical Bureau.

The report of Chief McLaughlin shows unabated prose-
cution of the work necessary to maintain the high
standard of excellence which marks the administration of
the Electrical Bureau. During the year there was com-
pleted in the central part of the City the most compre-
hensive ornamental and satisfactory scheme of street
lighting of any city in the world. No other city in the
country can approach the completeness and effectiveness
of the street lighting which has been introduced in this
City, and which will be greatly extended during 1911.
There are now in service on the streets of the City 13,285
electric arc lights maintained by the City, each diffusing
a light equal in strength to 2,000 candles; these in ad-
dition to the numerous private incandescent lights on
buildings and signs, which beautify and aid in the general
illumination of the highways. All told, these lights give
an illumination, approximately, of 34,506,000 candle
power nightly in addition to the light furnished by the in-
candescent 10 candle power lamps on the electric signs.

In Berlin there are 1,055 electric arc lamps; Brussels
has 210 (all extinguished at midnight) ; London has 400
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open arc lamps of 1,200 candle power each; Paris has
1,851, of which 1,461 are lighted by private companies
and the remainder by the City; Vienna has 1,155 arc
lamps of 1,700 candle power each. In London the cost of
maintenance of each arc light is $126.50 per year. In
Philadelphia the cost for 1911 will be $94.6S per light
per year, the total appropriation for 1911 amounting to
$1,238,923.15.

The City also enjoys free lighting as follows:

Eighty-six lamps by the Girard Estate.

One hundred and four arc lamps by the various com-
panies under ordinance of Councils. Three lamps by
the People's Traction Company and incandescent light-
ing in the police, patrol and fire houses,, equalling alto-
gether an outlay of $75,200.

Added to this should be the sum of $128,323.67 rentals
from the City ducts, wires, etc., making a grand total
of $203,523.67.

Notwithstanding the, increased number of lights the bid
for lighting for 1911 is practically lower than the con-
tract price for 1910, the reduction amounting to 5J per
cent.

During the year there was an increase of 986 arc
lamps, almost as many as the entire number in the cities
of Berlin or Vienna, twice as many as the entire number
in London, one half of the entire numbe^' in Paris and 50
per cent, more than London and Brussels combined.
• The salary requirements of the Bureau were
$113,734.50 and the receipts $128,323.67, showing a bal-
ance of $14,589.17.

Electrical inspections were made in 14 new school
houses by the request of the Board of Education ; licenses
were issued to 465 elevator operators who were required
to take a systematic examination. The Chief of the

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Bureau participated in the examination of 138 operators
in moving picture shows, 158 moving picture establish-
ments were inspected, new telephone boards were installed
in the Electrical Bureau operating room, equipped for
57 line and 15 trunk circuits; a complete Keystone tele-
phone service with pawn shops has been installed, and new
sixty-watt motor generators were installed in the Fourth,
Eighth, Ninth, Twelfth, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth
and Twenty-fifth District Station Houses.

Fines amounting to $2,520.97 were paid by the Phila-
delphia Electric Company for failure of lights to burn.

There were 440 poles and 28i^ miles of overhead wire
removed during the year. There are still maintained
78,690 poles of iron and wood and 19,033 miles of over-
head wire. There were 27,798 telephone messages trans-
mitted through the Central Switch Boards. The above
doe^ not include regular calls for trunk line connections,
which approximated about 3,000,000 in number. Over
the police boards there were transmitted 834,799 messages,
an increase of 72,224 over 1909. The Police Board is
operated continuously 365 days in the year, day and night,
and the Chief urges that the mistakes have been so rare
that they do not deserve mention.

Becommendations.

The Chief renews his recommendation for a complete
rehabilitation of the fire alarm equipment in City Hall^
there being no emergency equipment to take care of any
possible emergency that may arise.

For the installation of a repair shop, which would cost
only $5,000.

Direct connection of all fire houses with the Electrical
Bureau.

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The installation of a new system of elevators in the City
Hall.

The appointment of five inspectors of the 1862 fire
signal boxes.

The appointment of five additional inspectors of wiring
in moving picture shows and electric street signs.

The installation of at least 200 new, modem Electrical
Bureau type patrol boxes.

The rewiring of City Hall, which is necessary to give
satisfactory and increased service in the Hall.

In all of which I concur.

The Chief renews his recommendation of 1909 for the
appropriation of $500,000 for a new fire alarm plant as
follows:

New fire alarm plant $325,000

Placing fire houses on independent lines 25,000

200. fire bazea; . . «.....« 25y00a

200 remodeled boxes 5,250

200 patrol boxes 30,000

Wire cables, etc « . . . . 14,750

of which I approve.

Bureau of City Property.

The report of Chief Eisenhower shows marked activity
in the prosecution and completion of public works. Dur-
ing the year the following work was completed:

Erection of combination Police and Fire Houses at :

Tenth and Buttonwood streets $94,680 00

Belgrade and Clearfield streets 70,875 00

319-325 Race street 126,365 00

Erection of Police Stations at :

Willow Grove turnpike. 59,340 00

1207 Pine street 55,953 00

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Erection of Fire Houses :

Eighth and Jefferson streets |46,300 00

Germantown avenue and Bringhurst street. . 31,350 00

Additions to Fire Houses:
Truck No. 5, 752-4 S. Sixteenth street 30,298 00

Markets :
New cement pavement Second Street Market . . 2,235 37

Parks, Squares, eta.:

Improvement of park at Twenty-second and

Lehigh avenue 24,500 00

Improvement of Ross Park 4,500 00

Improvement of Prospect Park 6,425 00

Improvement of Seventeenth and Passyunk

avenue 1,375 00

Improvement of Eleventh and Tasker streets. 700 00
Improvement of playgrounds, Fifty-fifth and

Christian streets 3,100 00

Erecting lavatory, Fairhill Square 8,000 00

The work under way included $22,000 for gilding City
Hall tower ; $249,760 for completion of City Hall ; $650
for Disston Park; $17,850 for Stinger Park; $19,000
for Connell Park; $748,000 for League Island Park;
$26,350 for bath house at Montrose and Darien streets;
$28,050 for bath house, 732-4 Lombard street.

The following properties were purchased during the
year:

Summer street, east of Fifty-seventh street,

for bath house $4,S00 00 «

Paschall avenue, for approach to Gray's Ferry

bridge 15,000 00

752-4 S. Sixteenth street, for fire house.... 10,000 00

Twelfth and Oak lane, for fire house 12,500 00

The receipts of the Bureau were $68,359.36, of which
$33,304.08 were rentals^ and $23,710 from venders'

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licenses. The total warrants drawn amounted to
$1,^29,715.82. There was a balance merging of
$22^615.44 and a balance not merging, but carried for-
ward to 1911, of $831,999.39.

The bath houses were used by 1,245,321 men; 40,321
women; 4,444,444 boys, and 193,400 girls, a total of
5,923,486. There were 102,450 visitors to the City Hall.
The. Chief renews his recommendations for heated hatha
for winter use, and the construction of a Public Crema-
torium to take the place of the one recently destroyed*
Which I approve.

Bureau of Building Inspection.

The falling off in building operations which' affected
the country generally, extended to Philadelphia, so that
there was a falling off from the high record of 1909 of
$5,014,805, or 12 per cent. Notwithstanding this decrease^
however, in the building operations, the year 1910 was the
third highest in the history of the Bureau of Building
Inspection. During the year there was a falling off of
operations in New York Oity of 18 per cent. ; in Brooklyn
41 per cent. ; in San Francisco 19 per cent., and in St.
Louis, 17 per cent. In this City 8,592 permits, covering
16,383 building improvements, were issued, with an esti-
mated value of $37,866,565. Of this number permits were
issued for 9,143 dwellings to cost $21,527,440, of which
8,034 were two story dwellings costing $16,010,925, a
decrease in the number of 700 buildings and a decrease in
value of $700,305 as compared with 1909. There were
1,061 three story buildings valued at $5,239,265, an in-
crease of 44 in number and $266,765 in value. There
were 45 four story dwellings costing $275,400. All other
buildings numbered 713 and were valued at $9,314,225*

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Among the buildings for which permits were issued were
57 manufactories valued at $1,846,745; 33 tenement
[houses, $1,156,500; 8 schools, $1,114,390; 25 offices,
$598,025; 21 churches, $596,,6^§.;.2.05 g^r^ges, $494,185;
59 stores, $388,225 ; 20 places- of -amusement, $387,700;
137 stables, $365,060 ; 29 warehouse^; '$319,475 ; 2 apart-
ment houses, $312,000; ,4^, , ,^\w^Xt^^e . institutions,
$307,500; 8 railroad stations,- •$277,450; 11 Municipal
buildings, $252,185; 54 workshops,. $209,810; 6 power
houses, $122,800; 7 halls, $115,900; 4 hospitals, $96,200;
3* banks, $77,750; 5 club houses, $57,900; 1 bath house^
$15,000. The new buildings erected numbered 9,856,
representing an investment of $30,841,665. Of this num-
ber 60 were first class or fire proof; 15, second class ; 9,66?,
third class, and 112, fourth class. Of the 60 first class
buildings 28 were reinforced concrete, as were 23 first class
additions to other buildings. Permits were also issued for
3,649 alterations, costing $5,927,750, and 2,198 miscellan-
•eous operations costing $871,160. There were also erected
250 new fire escapes and 78 signs, for which permits were
required.

There were 1,068 buildings inspected for fire escapes^
of which 714 were ordered to comply with the law, in ad-
dition to 920 inspections for the Bureau of Tenement
House Inspection. The number of complaints received
and investigated was 1,219, of which number 940 were sus-
tained and 279 unfounded.

Thie Inspectors made 65,470 visits to buildings in course
of 'Construction.

The Forty-sixth Ward showed the greatest growth durr
ing the year, with operations amounting to $4,624,020, or
a little more than 1-9 of the value of all building oper*
ations in the City/ and • consisted almost exclusively of
dwelling operations. The Thirty-eighth Ward is second^
and the Forty-second Ward third.

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The six wards in the front rank in dwelling house con-
struction are as follows:

Ward. Dwellingg. Value.

Forty-sixth 1,288 $3,953,550

Forty-second * 927 2,651»810

Twenty-second - -. 678 2,427,480

Thirty-eighth 1,110 2,274,000

Thirty-fourth 849 1,841,425

Fortieth 670 1,533,850

The receipts of the Bureau amounted to $47,250.65 and
the expenditures were $59,670.99. This is a reduction in
receipts from 1909 of $2,700, and a saving in expenses of
$4,900.

Bureau of Elevator Inspection.

The report of Chief Feeney shows the need for, and
benefit of, the Bureau. There were 505 permits issued for
work on 563 elevators, the permits covering repairs to 174
freight and to 98 passenger elevators. Two hundred and-
fifty-two new freight and 39 new passenger elevators were
installed, at a total cost of over $400,000. This work re-
quired 1,800 inspections. There were also 13,000 periodi-
cal inspections, an increase of 1,335 over 1909. Certifi-
cates were issued for 2,944 elevators, an increase of 712
over 1909, and the greatest number ever issued in any
year. There were 550 applicants for elevator operators^
licenses, and 465 licenses were issued.

There were 38 elevators condemned and 25 accidents
were reported on. These accidents resulted in 14 deaths
and 16 injuries, of which 2 deaths and 2 injuries were on
passenger elevators. One half of these accidents were
caused by contributory negligence.

The following comparative table of elevator accidents
shows a decided advantage in favor of Philadelphia :

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Killed. Injured, TotaL

New York 56 58 114

Chicago 20 19 39

Philadelphia 14 16 30

•San Francisco 12 21 33

Boston 13 16 29

In Boston there are only f the number of elevators that
there are in Philadelphia, and there was only one less per-
son injured, while San Francisco, with less than one-half as
many elevators as Philadelphia and where there is no
oflScial inspection, there were 3 more injuries than in
Philadelphia.

The Chief estimates that there are about 2,000,000 pas-
sengers carried daily on the elevators in this Oity to safe-
guard whose lives it is not only important but highly
necessary to have thorough and unbiased inspection of the
delicate and high power machinery operating the cars, with
authority to enforce the laws and, therefore, prevent as
far as possible accidents and loss of life. Nor should the
inspection be limited to the ability of the Bureau to pay
its running expenses any more than should the conduct of
any other Department charged with the health and safety
of citizens. ^

In view of the marked tendency toward increase in the
size, speed and loads carried by modem elevators the Chief
urges the necessity for an efficient computer who shall pass
upon the carrying capacity of each car, and shall- compute
safe loads that will enable the Bureau to hold elevator
builders to the prescribed factors of safety.

At a salary of $2,000 per year such employee, he urgeSy
would more than earn his salary from the fees collected for
the certificates he would issue. The Chief also renews his
recommendation of an increase in the salaries of the In-
spectors from $1,000 to $1,500 per annum.

Notwithstanding the Bureau has been in operation only
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two years it is already practically self sustaining, the ex-
penditures being $33,997.25, and the receipts $32,097.89.

Bureau of Boiler Inspection.

In his report Chief Lukens calls attention to the ex-
plosion of a boiler at the Midvale Steel Works caused
by a cracked casting, and he, therefore, recommends the
entire elimination of cast iron in boilers carrying high
pressure. The tendency of boilers is now, he says, for
higher pressure and large units of power,^ which necessarily
calls for more rigid inspection, for metals of a higher
character, and more rigid testing of materials in order to
safely operate under new conditions.

He, therefore, renews his recommendations that the
Bureau of Boiler Inspection be given full authority to
inspect aU boilers in operation in Philadelphia without
regard to any inspection made by insurance companies.
He urges that such inspection in conjunction with the
inspections of the insurance companies would be a greater
protection than is at present afforded, as the Bureau would
then be able to keep all boilers up to a high standard.

There are 7,589 high pressure boilers in the City, of
which number 7,099 are in active operation. There were
305 new boilers installed, and the inspectors condemned 41
boilers and ordered repairs to 429.

Out of 733 applicants for engineers' licenses only 353
obtained the required average, and 380 were rejected.
Only six complaints were received of violations of the
Engineer's License Law, of which three were without
foundation. Two licenses were suspended for 60 days and
one revoked ; a good showing of general efficiency when it
is considered that there are 6,022 engineers holding
licenses.

With the exception of the smoke caused by locomotives

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the City is in a very fair condition throngh the enforce-
ment of the Smoke Ordinance. There were 1,580 in-
spections during the year, and where the law was being
violated prosecutions were made through the City Solicitor,
and in many cases the manufacturers installed expensive
smoke consumers, which abated the nuisance. The railroad
locomotives, however, are allowed, under the ordinance of
Oouncils, five minutes for the emission of 'smoke, and con-
siderable smoke was emitted,. especially at the round house,
where many locomotives are prepared for their runs. The
Pennsylvania Eailroad Company, however, has, at its own
expense, installed two inspectors at the round houses and
as a result there has been a vast improvement in conditions
at those points.

The Bureau was again self sustaining, the earnings ex-
ceeding the appropriations for maintenance.

Employment Agency Division.

The report of David T. Smith, Deputy in charge of the
Employment Agency Division, shows an increase of 11
licenses.

There are now 125 licenses, the receipts for which
amounted to $7,350, which leaves a net profit over the
cost of maintainance of the Division of about $4,000.

In closing this, my Fourth Annual Report as Director
of the Department of Public Safety, I herewith express
my appreciation of the, faithful and loyal support of
Assistant Director James B. Sheehan, that of Super-
♦intendent of Police John B. Taylor, and of the Assistant
Superintendent Timothy O'Leary in every effort which
has been put forth to obtain satisfactory results; of the
cheerful, conscientious and creditable performance of duty

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by my Secretary, Thomas B. Blymi, my Chief Olerk,
Walter S. Hopper, the entire Office Staff and the various
Bureau Chiefs. I desire to express to you my appreciation
of your continued confidence, and to thank you for the
many courtesies of which I have been the recipient at
your hands.

Respectfully submitted,

HENRY CLAY,

Director.

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ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

ELECTRICAL BUREAU

FOR THE

YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1910

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^^Thank God every morning when you get up
that you have something to do that day which
must be done, whether you like it or not. Being
forced to work, and forced to do your best, will
breed in you temperance and self-control, dili-
gence and strength of will, cheerfulness and
contentment, and a hundred virtues which the
idle never know."

—Electro-Craft, October, 1910.

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ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

ELECTRICAL BUREAU

FOR THE YEAR 1910

Philadelphia, February 2J^, 1911.

Heney Clay, Esq.,

Director, Department of Public Safety.

Deab Sib: — I beg leave to submit to you my report
covering the operations of this Bureau for the year 1910.

Appropriatians.

The amount of one million seven hundred and forty-
four thousand one hundred and thirty-two (1,744,182)
dollars and eighty-eight (88) cents was appropriated and
transferred to the Bureau during the year. One million
seven hundred and eight thousand three hundred and
fortjWhree (1,708,343) dollars and eighty-fbur (84)
cents were expended; one million two hundred and fifty-
one thousand four hundred and eighty-seven (1,251,487)
dollars and seventy-one (71) cents were paid to the
electric lighting companies for the illumination of the
highways by electric arc lamps, and for the use of cur-
rent in the various police, police patrol and fire stations
and other municipal buildings ; twenty-two thousand eight
hundred and thirty-two (22,832) dollars and thirty-three

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(33) cents were transferred to other Bureaus or Depart-
ments; eight thousand and seventy-one (8,071) dollars
and seventy-eight (78) cents were merged, and four
thousand eight hundred and eighty-four (4,884) dollars
and ninety-three (93) cents were carried over to the books
of 1911.

I desire to call your attention to the fact that one
million two hundred and fiftyH>ne thousand four hundred
and eighty-seven (1,251,487) dollars and seventy-one
(71) cents, is charged up to the lighting of the public
highways of the City, and for the use of current in the
various police, police patrol and fire stations and other
municipal buildings; twenty-two thousand eight hundred
and thirty-two (22,832) dollars and thirty-three (33)
cents were transferred to other Bureaus or Departments ;
eight thousand and seventy-one (8,071) dollars and
seventy-eieht (78) cents were merged, and four thousand
eight hundred and eighty-four (4,884) dollars and ninety-
three (93) cents were carried over to the books of 1911,
making a total of one million two hundred and eighty-
seven thousand two hundred and seventy-six (1,287,276)
dollars and seventy-five (75) cents, leaving a balance of
four hundred and fifty-six thousand eight hundred and
fifty-six (456,856) dollars and thirteen (13) cents that
was actually appropriated for the specific use of the Bureau
during the year.

Amount of Money Collected and Paid to the City
Treasurer, During the Year by this Bureau.

This Bureau dui*ing the year collected and paid to the
Receiver of Taxes to be deposited with the City Treasurer:
For taxes, license charges, etc., the sum of.. $128,323 67
The salary requirements of the Bureau for

1910 were 113,734 50

Leaving a balance over and above the salary

requirements of 14,589 17

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The financial statement of the Bureau as of December
31, 1910, follows, which shows that there was an un-
expended balance including the amount transferred to
other Bureaus or Departments during the year, namely,
twenty-two thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
(22,832) dollars and thirty-three (33) cents of thirty-
five thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine (35,789)
dollars and four (4) cents over and above the operating
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The above balanee of fourteen thousand five hundred
and eighty-nine (14,589) dollars and seventeen (17) centa
in the amount of money collected by this Bureau during
the year, over and above the salary requirements of the
Bureau for the year 1910, shows beyond question that this
Bureau,, as far as salary requirements are concerned, is
absolutely self-sustaining, and it could be made more so
with the passage of legislation, either by Act of Assembly
or Councilmanic action, that will give this Bureau con-
trol over such matters as should come under its supervision
and j^urisdiction, and such as other large cities in the
United States have.

One of the most important pieces of legislation that
should be passed is the licensing of electrical contractors
and making electrical inspections by this Bureau. A bill
was prepared covering this matter thoroughly and pre-
sented at the last session of the House of Representatives
at Harrisburg in 1909, but failed to pass. I sincerely
trust that this bill will be again presented to the Legis-
lature, now assembled, and passed. It will be very far*
reaching in its effects and greatly inure to the benefit of
every citizen of this municipality. Regulating the sub-
ject matter of the bill by "fees" for inepections, all the
salary requirements of the inspectors appointed under this
bill, if it should pass and be carried into effect, will not
' cost the City a single dollar, as licenses and inspection
fees will pay their salaries.

Rehabilitation of the Fire Alarm Equipment.

I desire to call your attention again to the absolute
necessity for the complete rehabilitation of the fire alarm
plant in this building, plans and specifications of which
have been drawn up by this Bureau. This is just as
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the municipality; in fact, in order to get the efficient
service that you justly demand of this Bureau it is
absolutely essential, in order to provide this service, to
have the most modem and efficient apparatus; this we
have not, but must have. I will reiterate what I said in
my previous reports in connection with this matter, and
urge you to seriously consider the complete modernizing
and rehabilitation of the most important part of this City's
fire alarm system. When you consider that approximately
seventy-five (75) per cent, of your police and fire alarm
wires are overhead, it is a serious condition of affairs for a
City like this to contemplate.

Eeoent storms have proved the fallacy of attempting to
maintain police and fire alarm wires, which cover the most
important service in connection with the City, ''Overhead,^'

Arrangements should be immediately made to provide
the necessary appropriation to gradually, and as rapidly
as possible, place this entire service underground. The
great value of this is shown by your police and fire alarm
service, covering the congested district of the City, taking
in hotels, apartment houses, theatres and hospitals; they
have all been placed underground, and during all sorts
of weather give us absolutely no trouble whatever. The
amount of money spent for maintenance, covering repairs,
etc., in connection with the overhead police and fire alarm
service referred to, if spent upon the installation of
underground service, would, in a very short time, place
your wires all underground.

I also desire to call your attention to the condition of
the telephone installation in connection with the fire
stations. This I also referred to in my last report, and
I cannot resist the temptation to refer to it again in view
of the importance of the situation in connection with this
matter. There are as many as eight (8) fire stations on

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one line. This is an extremely serious and dangerous eon»
dition of affairs^ and it is physically impossible at times
to call any particular station while the line is being used
by any other station or company.

Each and every fire house should be connected upon a
direct line with this Bureau,, so that they could be reached
at any and all times.

This means the installation of new cables in the various
parts of the City, and arrangements should be made im-
mediately to provide the necessary funds to complete the
installation as it should be.

In my report to you covering the operations of the
Bureau for the year 1909 I recommended that a loan of
five hundred thousand (500,000) dollars be made for the
purpose of completing a new fire alarm equipment; the
placing of all your fire houses on separate lines to the
Electrical Bureau; for new patrol boxes; new fire boxes,
otc, the loan to be divided as follows :

New fire alarm plant $325,000

Placing fire houses on separate and independent

lines 100,000

Two hundred fire boxes 25,000

Two hundred remodeled boxes 5,250

Two hundred patrol boxes 30,000

Wire, cable, etc., in connection with the in-
stallation of the above new plant 14,750

Making a total of $500,000

I know of nothing more essential than the installation
of this new plant, and I beg of you to seriously consider
this question. I have referred to this matter in every
report that I have made, and I only hope that we will not
need an object lesson to prove to City Councils the absolute
necessity of providing funds for this equipment.

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Rewiring of City Hall.

I again desire to call your attention to the fact that
notwithstanding repeated demands on the part of the
undersigned, no appropriation has been made for the re-
wiring and recabling of this building. I have referred to
this in every report that I have made, showing the absolute
necessity of providing funds for this purpose.

There are many rooms in this building where the cir-
cuits are overloaded, approximately twenty-five (25) to
forty (40) per cent ; the result being extremely bad light-
ing, which can only be remedied by rewiring.

The wiring throughout the building, covering especially
the telephone and signal services, is being very rapidly
modernized by the installation in the floors of enameled
steel conduits, several thousand feet having been installed
during the years 1908, 1909 and 1910.

Free Electric Light Service to the City.

I desire to call your attention to the following state-
ment, which is not only interesting but at the same time
exceedingly instructive, in that it shows just what the
City of Philadelphia receives through this Bureau abso«
lutely "free," during the year :

Furnished "Free" to the City.

Under ordinances of Councils, by the various
companies, 104 arc lamps, which, taken at
the cost of lighting, as per schedule, at
an average price of $100 per lamp per
annum $10,400 00

By the Girard Estate, 86 lamps at $100 each
per annum 8,600 00*

By the People's Traction Company, 3 lamps
at $100 each per annum 300 00

Making a total of $19,300 00

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Incandescent lighting furnished "free" to
police stations, patrol houses and fire
houses, as per ordinance of Councils $55,900 00

Making a total of $75,200 00

In addition to this the Electrical Bureau collected
during the year 1910:

For license charges, police signal and tele-
phone service, rental of ducts in City con-
duits, rental of wires in City cables, com-
mission on telephone calls, transmission
of fire alarms and fire assignments, etc. . . . $128,323 67

Making a grand total of $203,523 67

You will perceive that this is an extremely interesting
and at the same time instructive summary, showing clearly
to the citizens of this great City just what they are re-
ceiving in the way of gratuities from the public utilities
companies through this Bureau annually.

I referred to this matter in my previous report and I
believe it is interesting enough to republish, so that those
interested may know the amount of ^^free" lighting service
that the City obtains and the reason therefor.

Inspection of Pvhlic Schools.

The work in connection with the inspection of the
various schools has been carried on by this Bureau
seriously and effectively, and I believe is appreciated by
the Board of Public Education.

Inspections have been made of the Public Sdiool

House* diiring the course of their construction, and final

inspections, when the £xtures, telephones, bell and clock

services were completed, were made b-y this "Bureau during

the year as follows :

James Madison School, Green and New Market streets.
John Marshall School^ Sellers and Franklin streets.

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Hamilton School, Fifty-seventh and Spruce streets.

James Wilson School, Twelfth and Wharton streets.

William H. Hunter School, Maschcr and Dauphin streets.

Henry Burks School's additional wing, Third and Chris-
tian streets.

Thomas Durham School, Sixteenth and Lombard streets.

William Brantly Hanna School, Fifty-eighth and Media
streets.

Anthony Wayne School, Twenl^r-eighth and Morris
streets.

Thomas May Peirce School, Twenty-third and Cambria
streets.

John Barry School, Fifty-ninth and Race streets.

Grover Cleveland School, Nineteenth and Butler streets.

William Cramp School, Howard, and Ontario streets.

In addition to the above an inspection was made by
this Bureau of the exhaust fan motors in the Girls' High
School, Seventeenth and Spring Garden streets.

iJUy Hall Elevators.

I desire to call your attention to the eondition of the
elevators in this building, and I have no hesitancy in
stating that the physical condition of them is positively a
disgrace to the City of Philadelphia. It is a case of
constantly patching and making repairs to them. We are
doing our best in every way possible to keep them in a
condition of safety so that no accidents may occur. In
view of the small appropriation made to maintain these
elevators it is marvelous tTiat no accidents have occurred.

In view of the fact that these elevators were gradually
installed from a period prior to the year 1890 up until
1894, with the exception of the group of four in the north-
west corner of the building, which were only recently in-
stalled, and they are now caTrying on an average of
approximately 35,000 passengers dAily, and have been in
constant operation from twenty to twenty-five years,
"they do not owe the City a dollar," and it is time they
were replaced with modern and up-to-date apparatus.

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I cannot urge too earnestly the installation of new
elevators in this building, and the sooner it is done the
better.

There are nineteen (19) passenger, one (1) freight,
two (2) prisoner and one (1) tower elevator, making a
total of twenty-three (23) elevators in this building.

I earnestly hope that you will urge Councils to provide
money enough for the installation of a complete set of
new and up-to-date elevators.

Electrical Bureatt.

Kules and Kegulations Governing the Operation of City
Hall Elevators.

1. Elevator starters and operators must report for duty
promptly at the time assigned to them.

2. The operators must present a neat and clean appear-
ance while on duty.

3. Operators are at all times expected to be polite and
courteous to the public.

4. Operators must politely request all passengers to
face the door on entering, and ask them to call out the
floors at which they want to alight.

5. Under no circumstances will an operator using
intoxicating liquors be permitted to operate an elevator.
If found under the influence of liquor, he will be sum-
marily dismissed from the service.

6. Signals must be answered promptly, and the annun-
ciator board kept clear, so that when calls are made the
operator will know from what floor the person is calling.

7. Under no circumstances must an operator leave his
car unless excused.

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8. Unnecessary conversation with passengers and
starters is positively prohibited,

9, Under no circumstances will smoking be permitted
while on duty,

10. Reading of papers or books during the hours of
duty will not be permitted in any of the cars.

11. Elevator starters must take their positions in front
of the cars, and pay strict attention to the starting of
same.

12. Lounging about the comers or holding unnecessary
conversation with anyone will not be permitted.

13. Starters when loading and starting the cars must
call out the number of each car.

14. Operators must not start the cars, unless upon orders
from the starter.

15. Operators on arriving at the first floor must keep
their doors partly closed until the starter calls out their
number.

16. Elevator starters must see that the cars are kept
moving, and at no time shall all the elevators be at one
floor.

17. A strict compliance with the above rules will be
insisted upon and any infraction of same will be cause
for suspension

J. r. Mclaughlin,

Chief of Electrical Bureau.
Approved :

HENRY OLAY,

Director of Pvhlic Safety.

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Apprentices.

For the year 1910 provision was made in the appropria-
tion by City 'Councils for the appointment of ten (10).
apprentices in this Bureau. These young men have been
appointed, most of them being graduates from the Manual
Training Schools of this City.

The permanent retention of an apprentice force in this
Bureau will enable us in the very near future to build
up a strong technical force that will prove beyond ques-
tion of great value to the City in connection with the work
of this Bureau,

The young men are put through a regular course of
training covering each and every branch of the service.
Many of them are now performing excellent service, and
the intention is, after they have served from two to three
years, to have a "promotion" examination, thereby in-
suring true Civil Service among our own employees.

These young men receive $360 per year during the
course of instruction; one of them, Albert Mander, has
been doing such splendid work — in fact, has developed into
a skilled wireman that a recommendation was made by
the undersigned to you to promote this young man, which
was done ; he now receives $2.50 per day and is performing
the services of a skilled wireman.

Market Street Subway,

I again desire to call your attention to the Market
Street Subway, which I referred to in my last report, re-
garding the installation of an "emergency service for
lighting" to provide for any contingency that may arise.
This is a matter that should be taken up seriously and
without delay.

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The Erection and Maintenance of Electric Signs Over
Sidewalks and Highways of the City,

Under the ordinance of Councils approved April 12,
1909, which provides for the erection and maintenance of
electric signs over the highways of the City of Philadel-
phia, the Chief of this Bureau was authorized to issue
permits for the erection of the same. Since the passage
of this ordinance this Bureau has issued one thousand six
hundred and ninety-nine (1,699) permits for the erection
of electric signs of various designs throughout the City,
the illumination of the signs referred to being made
through the installation of thousands of electric lamps
of various voltages and candle power.

The proper and substantial construction and erection
of these signs is a matter of great importance to the safety
and convenience pf all citizens. This Bureau has made
a thorough inspection of all the electrical signs erected,
and where the design, the construction, or manner of erec-
tion of the signs referred to did not meet with the require-
ments of the Bureau, the permit for the erection of the
same was withheld until such tinje as the applicant com-
plied with the rules and regulations of the Bureau
governing the erection of electric signs, the artistic con-
struction of the signs and the safety of the general public
being at all times kept in view and insisted upon in a most
rigid manner before the issuing of the necessary permits
would be considered.

In view of the fact that there are so many of these
signs constantly being erected and the absolute necessity
for rigidly inspecting the same, it is absolutely essential
that we should have a number of inspectors to carry on this
work. Every sign should be thoroughly inspected and
reported upon before the current is turned on ; this, un-
fortunately, at the present time, is not the case, for the
reason that we have not men enough to cover the territory.

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ELEOTEICAL BUREAU.

Depabtment of Public Safety.

Henby Clay^ J. F. McLaughmn,

Director Chief of Bureau^

Rules and Regulations Governing the Construction and
Erection of Electric Signs.

Article I.
Permits.
Applications for the erection of electric signs must be
made to and filed with the Chief of the Electrical Bureau.
Plans covering the details of construction, method of at-
tachment, the number of lamps and the location must
accompany the application.

Article II.
Construction.

All signs must be made of sheet metal not less than No*
26 gauge, either galvanized, enameled or treated with at
least three coats of anti-corrosive paint or compound, or
of other approved non-combustible material. ISo part of
the sign shall be colored with material that will wash off
or become streaky or disfigured by the action of the
weather. This clause does not preclude the use of wood
in those parts of the sign which do not contain wiring or
sockets. Box letters or signs must be provided with drain-
age holes of a size equivalent of one-quarter inch hole for
each square foot of surface.

The sign must be supported on a metal frame and
secured to the building in a strong and substantial manner^
and must be sufficiently rigid to withstand wind strains.

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Signs projecting from the building or side walls must
be supported on iron brackets or from mast arms and be
securely stayed. Top lifts should be fastened to the wall
at least as high above the sign as the sign extends from the
wall. Proper side guys should be installe^.

Any sign now located shall be removed when unsafe
or when ordered to be removed by the Chief of the Elec-
trical Bureau.

Ladders when required must be made of iron, firmly .
secured to the framework of the sign.

Article III.
Wiring.

All wire must be double braided, rubber covered, and
placed either inside the letters or in approved metal con-
duit, and the material and method of installation must be
in accordance with the usual requirements.

Connections from signs to mains must be in approved
conduit. The current-carrying parts of sockets and
receptacles must be of copper.

Cutouts must be located in a convenient place and pro-
tected from the weather.

Article IV.

Switches and Flashers.
Time switches, flashers and similar appliances must be
of an approved design and enclosed in a steel box, or in a
cabinet lined with fire-resisting material. If a steel box
is used, the minimum thickness of the steel must be .128
of an inch (No. 8 R & S. gauge). If a wooden cabinet is
used, it must be lined with marble or slate at least thrpe-
eighths (f ) of an inch thick, or with steel not less than .128
of an inch thick. The box or cabinet must be so constructed

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that when the switch operates, the blade shall clear the door
by at least one (1) inch.

The flasher must be protected and controlled by a cut-
out and switch located in the mains at the flasher, and each
circuit wire from the flasher to the letters must be pro-
tected by a cutout. The circuit feeding the motor which
operates the flasher must be tapped off the main ahead
of the flasher cutout, and it must be protected by a cutout,
and controlled by a knife switch or indicating snap switch
located at the flasher.

Ajbticle V.
Connections.

Whenever possible, electric signs should be connected to
separate mains extending to the service, and when the
load exceeds 1,250 watts they must be so connected.

The maximum number of lamps which may be con-
nected to a two-wire circuit or a two-wire branch of a
three-wire circuit is as follows:

2 candle power sign lamps 53

4 candle power sign lamps 33

4 candle power standard lamps 28

8 candle power standard lamps 22

16 candle power standard lamps 12

Akticle VI.
Signs on Roofs.
The bottom of a sign erected on a roof shall not be
nearer than six (6) inches above the roof.

Akticle VII.
Projecting Signs.
!N"o sign or advertisement shall project beyond the curb
line. No portion of any sign projecting ^beyond the

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building line shall be less than nine (9) feet above the
surface of the sidewalk, nor less than fifteen (15) feet
if projecting from an alley wall. These restrictions shall
not be considered as applying to temporary banners
erected or suspended across streets securely fastened to
buildings, with the consent of the owners of such build-
ings, and after the issuance of a permit by the Chief
of the Electrical Bureau. The lowest part of these tem-
porary banners shall not be less than twenty-five (25)
feet above the surface of the street.

Article VIII.
Inspection.
An Inspector of the Electrical Bureau will examine
the sign after completion, and current shall not be turned
on until a "Certificate of Inspection" shall have been
given by the Chief of the Electrical Bureau to the person
or firm making the application for the permit.

J. F. McLaughlin,

Chief of Electrical Bureau,

Licensing Operators of Passenger Elevators. •

In pursuance of the ordinance of Councils approved
April 15, 1908, in which the undersigned was designated
as Chairman of the Examining Board for Licensing Op-
erators of Passenger Elevators there were five hundred and
forty-six (546) applicants, who were examined and passed
and became eligible to operate passenger elevators, and four
hundred and sixty-five (465) licenses were issued, on ac-
count of which four hundred and sixty-five (465) dol-
lars were collected and paid into the City Treasury.

The above examinations, together with the one thou-
sand nine hundred and ninety (1,990) previously re-

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ported, brings the total number of licensed operators in
the City up to two thousand four hundred and fifty-five
(2,455), the total amount paid into the City Treasury
on account of the sanie being two thousand four hundred
and fifty-five (2,455) dollars.

The examinations of these operators have been con-
ducted in a very thorough and practical manner by the
Board of Examiners, which consisted of the Chief of the
Electrical Bureau, the Chief of the Bureau of Building
Inspection, and the Chief of the Bureau of Boiler In-
spection, and the examinations referred to have taken con-
siderable time and have imposed additional duties on the
Board, they being compelled to give much overtime in
connection with the qualifying of these men, and the rigid
inspection to which they are subjected will beyond ques-
tion redound to the welfare and safety of the public at
large, who are constantly compelled to use elevators in all
parts of the City in attending to their various business en-
gagements.

Licensing Operators of Moving Picture Machines and

Buildings,

The Chief of this Bureau is a member of the Exam-
ining Board for examining and qualifying operators of
moving picture machines under the ordinance of Councils
of February 25, 1908.

There have been examined and licenses issued to one
hundred and thirty-five (135) applicants and one hun-
dred and fifty-eight (158) establishments during the year;
these, together with the four hundred and sixty-four (464)
operators previously licensed, bring the total number of
operators in the City of Philadelphia up to five hundred
and ninety-nine (599), and the one hundred and fifty-
eight establishments licensed during the year, together

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ndth the two hundred and four (204) places previously
licensed, bring the total number of places or establish-
ments licensed since the passage of the ordinance up to
three hundred and sixty-two (362) places. Up to the
close of 1910 there has been paid into the City Treasury
on thi^ account the sum of thirty-nine thousand one hun-
dred and ninety-five (39,195) dollars.

These licensed operators have been all thoroughly drilled
•as to their knowledge of the respective machines, and also
-as to their familiarity with the mechanism of the same, the
•questions propounded during the different examinations
l>eing constantly varied in order to prevent any collusion
between new applicants for licenses and others who have
successfully passed and been duly licensed.

ELECTRICAL BUREAU.

Department of Public Safety.

Henry Clay, J. F. McLaughlin,

Director. Chief of Bureau.

General Rules and Regulations XJoverning the Installation

of Wiring, Lighting and Apparatus for Picture

Show Parlors.

Article I.

' Plans and specifications covering the details of the in-
•stallation for electric wiring must be submitted to the
Chief of the Electrical Bureau for approval.

Article II.

AH wires must be run in approved conduits. No other
method, under any cireumstapces, will be approved.

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Abtiole III.

House lighting must be contTolIed from the booths
entrance and stage (a remote controlled switch is pre^
ferred).

Article IV.

There must be two separate and distinct services, where
practicable, feeding from separate street mains, one
service to be of sufficient capacity to supply current for
the entire equipment of the house, and the other service
must be of at least sufficient capacity to supply current
for all emergency lights.

Article V.

Emergency lights are exit lights, and all lights in:
entrances, lobbies, stairways, corridors and other portions^
of the house to which the public have access, and which
are normally kept lighted during the performance, together
with suffi<Sient number of lights to light the house.

Article VI.

Exit lights and all emergency lights must not have more
than one set of fuses between same and main distributing
fuse paijpl.

Article VII.

Picture machines must be of an approved type, and
placed in an enclosure or booth made of suitable fire-^
resisting material (detail drawing to be submitted for ap-
proval), thoroughly ventilated, and large enough for the
operator to walk freely on either side of or back of the
machine, at least eight (8) feet by eight (8) feet by
eight (8) feet.

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Article VIII.
All openings in the booth must be arranged so as to be
entirely closed by doors or shutters constructed of the same
fire-resisting material as the booth itself.

ArtioXtE IX.
Doors must be arranged as to be held closed by spring
hinges or equivalent approved devices.

AuTICLiB X.

Shutters must be arranged so as to be readily closed, and
when open only held by a light fuse link or with silk
thread.

Article XL

Machines must be operated by hand (motor driven will
not be permitted).

Article XII.
Wiring for picture machines must have a capacity of
. not less than IsTo. 6 B. & S. gauge, asbestos-covered wire.

Article XIII.

A switch controlling the current for the moving picture
machine must be located within the booth enclosing the
machine. All cutouts and switches must be located as
nearly as possible to one point, preferably near the entrance
to the building.

Article XIV.

Rheostats must be placed in the basement and mounted
on non-combustible, non-absorptive insulating bases, raised
to a height of at least twelve inches from the floor and
two feet from the wall, and must be enclosed with a sub-
stantial met^l guard having a mesh not larger than one
square inch. This guard to be kept at least one inch
from the outside frame of the rheostat.

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Article XV.

On alternating current circuits the following apparatus
is recommended for use : Fort Wayne Compensarc, Hall-
burg Economizer, General Electric Economy Arc, Powers
Induction Terminal, Roentgen Controller, Zerveller Con-
troller (latest type only), Mercury Arc Eectifier and
Motor Generator Set.

Abticlb XVI.

On direct current circuits the apparatus used in connec-
tion with the lamps should be, preferably, a motor gen-
erator set. If resistance is used, it should be of the grid
type.

Article XVII.

All moving picture machines to be connected on 220
volts, and where motor generator sets are used the phase
and voltage end of motor must conform with the general
rules and regulations of the Philadelphia Electric Com-
pany (Article 15, page 44, of this company's rules).

Article XVIII.

Drop cords will not be permitted, and the orchestra
lights or portable fixtures must be equipped with approved
reinforced cord, at least No. 14 gauge.

Article XIX.

Red exit lights must be provided over each doorway
leading to exit proper. Eear exits must have a light on
the outside as well as the inside. The outside lamp to be
clear glass.

Article XX.

Fan outlets must be installed on a circuit independent
of the lights.

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Article XXI.

Cartridge fuses, type A contact, or Edison plug fuses
must be used, and all fusea above ten (10) amperes must
be of cartridge type only, and under no circumstances
must fuses be bridged by wire or other materials.

Article XXII.

Call bell, signal wiring, telephone wiring, etc., must be
installed in the same manner as the electric light wiring.

Article XXIII.

An Inspector of the Electrical Bureau will examine the
installation upon completion, and current shall not be
turned on until a "Certificate of Approval" shall have been
issued by the Chief of the Electrical Bureau.

J. F. McLaughlin,

Chief, Electrical Bureau.

Bell Telephone Switchboards,

On the Bell Telephone Board in Room 612, City Hall,
there was inaugurated during the year a new and original
scheme for handling "emergency" calls coming from the
various Bell subscribers throughout the City.

An arrangement was made whereby six special trunk
circuits were set aside for nothing but incoming emergency
calls. A red light is used for a signal on each of these
trunk circuits in our Bell Board. There is a special
number (Spruce 20) assigned to these trunk circuits, and
this special number, together with the instructions how to.
use the same, was given great publicity both through the
Bell Telephone Directory and through the daily news-
papers.

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The scheme was put into active operation on October
25, 1910, since which time it has undoubtedly proved its
great usefulness.

In our Bell Board in Room 612, Oity Hall, there are
now working 427 line and 100 trunk circuits, being an
increase of 26 line circuits during the year.

Bell Telephone Police Board

On account of the great increase in business on our
Bell Police Telephone Board in Room 629, City Hall, it
was necessary to install an entirely new two-position Bell
Board in place of the one-position board originally placed
there.

This new board is of the very latest Dattern. It con-
sists of two positions, having 15 pairs of cords for each
position, and is so arranged that one position can be
used for sending out ^^general'^ messages, if necessary,
while the other is being used for the regular calls.

The board is equipped, for 100 line and 15 trunk
circuits with an ultimate capacity of 200 line and 40 trunk
circuits. Lamps are used for the signals on all line, trunk
and cord circuits. It, was installed by the Bell Telephone
Company under the direct supervision of this Bureau.
After the preliminary connections had been made the old
Board was disconnected at 12 o'clock P. M. on August
13 th, and the new board connected in its place.

With two positions and the increased number of cord
circuits we are now enabled to put two operators on th.e
board and to handle the business a great deal more satis-
factorily in rush times, which are due to strikes, murders,
etc., and other public disturbances.

There are now working in this board 57 line and 15
trunk circuits, being an increase of 2 line and 5 trunk
circuits during the year.

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Keystone telephone Switchboards.
In our Keystone Telephone Switchboard in Eoom 612,
Citj Hall, there are now working 327 line and 40 trunk
circuits. This is an increase of 11 line circuits during
Hie year.

Keystone Telephone Police Board.

In our Keystone Police Telephone Switchboard in
Room 629, City Hall, there are now working 61 line and
10 trunk circuits, an increase of 1 line circuit during the
jear.

Keystone PawnbroJcers' Board.

A most important acquisition to our Police Telephone
room was the installation of the Keystone Pawnbrokers'
Switchboard. To this board are connected individual cir-
cuits running to the offices of all pawnbrokers in the City,
and also circuits to the offices of the officials of the Depart-
ment of Public Safety, Bureau of Police, and Detective
Department.

The board is a two-position board with a total of 120
line circuits and: 5 special circuits. Lights are used for
signals on all line, special and cord circuits. In each
position there are 20 pairs of cords. The battery for this
board is mounted in a cabinet in Eoom 629. It consists
of 11 cells of 16 ampere hour capacity. It is charged
directly from the Keystone Telephone Company's Pace
Exchange.

The terminal and cross connecting frame for the Pawn-
brokers' Board is mounted on the wall in an offset in Eoom
629. It consists of two vertical strips with the necessary
punching and fanning strips.

This board was installed by the Keystone Telephone
Company, under the direct supervision of this Bureau.

The necessary negotiations for it were entered into the

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latter part of 1909, and on January 31, 1910, it was^
thrown into service with one hundred and three (103)
pawnbrokers connected thereto and five (5) special circuit^,
to the officials of the Department of Public Safety, Bureau
of Police, and Detective Department. Since that time
there have been two (2) pawnbrokers' circuits connected
and three (3) circuits disconnected, leavii;ig a t>atal of
one hundred and two (102) pawnbrokers' circuits and five
(5) special circuits now working in the board. When it
was installed it was so located that it would not be pos-
sible under any circumstances to make any outside ex-^
change connections therewith.

The great value of this equipment can be better appre-
ciated when we consider the fact that there have been
a large number of thieves captured solely by its aid.

A record of every call made on this board has been kept^
and the total number of such calls from January 31, 1910^
to and including December 31, 1910, amounted to ap-
proximately sixteen thousand five hundred (16,500).

This Pawnbroker Telephone System has been installed
in this building without the cost of a dollar to the City^
the pawnbrokers paying for the service.

Electrical Bureau Laboratory.

The work in the Electrical Bureau Laboratory during-
the year 1910 consisted, as it did in 1909, of making^
efficiency and life tests of both carbon and tungsten
filament incandescent lamps, calibrating direct current
voltmeters and ammeters, and making insulation, capacity,
and conductivity tests on all cable purchased by the
Bureau.

During the year we made tests on :

3,000 feet of 15 pair paper insulated cable.

5,000 feet of 10 pair paper insulated cable.

28,000 feet of 30 pair paper insulated cable.

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55,000 feet of 25 pair paper insuHted cable.

5,000 feet of 4 conductor rubber insulated cable.
10,000 feet of single conductor rubber insulated cable.
5,000 feet of 5 pair rubber insulated cable.
5,000 feet of flexible mast arm wire, rubber insulated.
25,000 feet of No. 14 gauge twisted pair wire, rubber

insulated.
50,000 feet of No. 18 gauge twisted pair wire, rubber
insulated.

This material was all of a very high quality, in accord-
ance with the high standard adopted in the Electrical
Bureau specifications.

Without the aid of our laboratory instruments it would
have been impossible for us to have kept a check on this,
important part of the supplies purchased by this Bureau.

Motor Generator and Dynamotor Sets.

During the year we installed a sixty (60) watt dyna-
motor set and eighteen (18) cells of storage battery in the
new Fourth Police District Station House on Race street
below Fourth street, and a sixty (60) watt motor generator
set, together with eighteen (18) cells of storage battery^
in each of the following buildings:

Eighth Police District Station House, Buttonwood street,
west of Tenth street.

Ninth Police District Station House, Twentieth and But-
tonwood streets.

Twelfth Police District Station House, Eighth street,
below Jefferson street.

Twenty-third Police District Station House, Nineteenth
and Oxford streets.

Twenfty-fourth Police District Station House, Belgrade
and Clearfield streets.

Thirty-fifth Police District Station House, York road and
Champlost street.

In each instance the Motor Generator set or the Dyna-
motor set, with the necessary equipment, was mounted in
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accordance, with the standard adopted by this Bui'eaii^
Each machine was placed on a substantial cement base in
the battery room, right over it was mounted the slate
panel board on brackets from the wall, and at the side on
the wall the shelf containing the storage battery was
located.

The standard slate panel board adopted, for this purpose
contains all the necessary apparatus for making the im-
provement complete, including retardation coil, lamp re-
sistances, double pole fused switches, overload and under-
load circuit breakers, etc.

In these installations the wiring was all run in iron
enameled conduits and all work was done in the best man-
ner possible, so that the completed apparatus makes a
complete, neat^ durable and efficient acquisition to the
Police Districts mentioned.

In the Police Districts referred to these machines have
replaced fifty-eight (58) cells of Leclanche, and two hun-
dred and eighty-six (286) cells of Gravity battery.

We have six (6) more of these motor generator sets on
hand; the work of installing them is now being carried
forward as rapidly as possible.

It is to be hoped that every police district in the City
will be equipped with Motor Generator and Dynamotor
sets by the latter part of this year, thus eliminating for-
ever the old bluestone battery method that has been in
vogue for years.

Shearing Registers and Central Office Sets,

During the year there were installed in the^ineteenth
Police District Station House, Pine street above Twelfth
street, and in the Twenty-first District Station House,
Woodland avenue west of Thirty-second street, new Cen-
tral Office Sets. These districts already had new Shearing
Hegisters.

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Both Shearing Eegisters and Central Office Sets were
placed in each of the following Police Station Houses :

Fourth Police District Station House, Bace street, below

Fourth street.
Eighth Police District Station House, Buttonwood street,

west of Tenth street.
N'inth Police District Station House, Twentieth and But-
tonwood streets.
Twelfth Police District Station House, Eighth street,

below Jefferson street.
Twenty-third Police District Station House, Nineteenth

and Oxford streets.
Twenty-fourth Police District Station House, Belgrade

and Clearfield streets.
Thirty-fifth Police District Station House, York road and

Champlost street.

These Central Office Sets consist of an oak finished tele-
phone staild, with the necessary switches, transmitter,
receiver, hook, and mounting for the Shearing Register
placed thereon.

These Central Office Sets were constructed in accordance
with the Electrical Bureau specifications and drawings and
with the Shearing Eegisters make a most complete ar-
rangement.

Fire Circuits Worked From City Hall Electric Lighting

Current,

Throughout the year, whenever possible, we have worked
twenty-three (23) of our fire circuits from current obtained
from the Electric Lighting Plant in City Hall. Owing to
the numerous grounds on the building lighting circuits
it is becoming more and more hazardous for us to do
this, consequently we are obliged to keep these fire circuits
working from the storage battery installation a greater part
of the time.

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old, and, as has been suggested before, should be entirelj
renewed as soon as possible, so that it will be free front
all grounds. This would make it a great deal safer for
use on fire circuits, as well as improving the conditions-
. for the general lighting of the building.

Electrical Bureau Exhibit at the Electrical Exhibition.

At the Electrical Exhibition which was held in the Eirst
Eegiment Armory, Broad and Callowhill streets, from-
February 24th to the 26th inclusive, this Bureau was-
represented by a very prominent exhibit.

We had there the very latest apparatus as developed
and used by this Bureau in connection with the Fire Alarm
and Police Patrol systems, including our new Central
Station Telephone Stand and Set with the Shearing Keg-
ister ; our new Combination Fire Water Main Telephone
and Fire Alarm Post; our new Patrol Boxes, new suc-
cessive non-interfering' fire box, Advance Signal Bell and
large gong as used in fire houses; new Motor Generator
and Storage Battery equipment for station houses along-
side of a battery rack containing the old gravity batteries,,
as a comparison, together with various other electrical
appliances.

Our booth was beautifully decorated with various
colored electric lights. Over the center were two sets of
crossed flags, the National and City colors, made up with
the proper colored incandescent lamps; between each set
of flags was a star outlined with red and white incan-
descent lamps, and under it the words ^'Philadelphia.
Electrical Bureau^ in white incandescent lamps.

This Bureau's exhibit attracted a great deal of attention;
and was universally considered to be one of the most at-
tractive and most interesting at the show.

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Washington ave.
Ellsworth street.
Federal street.
Wharton street.
Reed street.
Dickinson street.
Tasker street.
Morris street.
Moore street.
Mifflin street.
Passyunk avenue.
Snyder avenue.
Jackson street.
Wolf street.
Ritner street.
Porter street.
Shunk street.

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N on-interfering Two Party Telephone Circuit

During the year there was developed' by this Bureau a
new and original scheme for a two party telephone circuit
so arranged that when one party is using the 'phone the
other can in no way hear the conversation or interfere
therewith.

. It was primarily intended for use in Police Station
Houses, and an arrangement of this kind is now being in-
stalled in the Fourth District Police Station House on
Race street below Fourth street.

This two. party telephone scheme has been thoroughly
tried out in our laboratory, and has been found to fulfill
all the conditions imposed on it most satisfactorily.

Electrolytic Tests and Surveys.

During the year the effects of electrolysis on, the water
mains and cables in the City have been carefully watched
and numerous tests and surveys have been made. It can
be unreservedly asserted that at the present time there
is no other city in the United States, if any in the world,
that is more free from detrimental effects, due to this
cause, than is the City of Philadelpliia,

Ornanvental Lighting in the Central Section of the City.

This scheme of illumination has been extended this
year to Broad street, from Spruce street to Vine street and
around City Hall, with islands of safety at the following
intersections :

Broad and Spruce streets.

Broad and Locust streets.

Broad and Walnut streets.

Broad and Chestnut streets. .

Broad and Arch streets.

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Broad and Cherry streets.

Broad and Race streets.

Broad and Vine streets.

On Walnut street from Front street to the Schuylkill
river.

On Chestnut street from Front street to the Schuylkill
river.

On Market street from west of the City Hall to the
Schuylkill river.

On Arch street from Front street to Twenty-first street.

Prior to the installation of these lights it was suggested,
that as an investment proposition alone it' would be a
desirable thing for the City ; this has proven to be a fact,
as the increased assessments along the line of way have
been such as to cost the City practically nothing, and it
meets with the approval and commendation of not only the
citizens of this City but of other cities as well.

The argument was made, and very properly, by you
that it would prove one of the best means of police pro-
tection that you could have in connection with your
Department; this is undoubtedly true.

The extension referred to above increases this instal-
lation to four hundred and sixty (460) of these ornamental
lamp standards, each of which supports two (2)
2000 c. p. lamps, making a total of nine hundred and sixty
(960) lamps.

It is a matter of pride to know that this whole plan of
illumination was conceived, worked up and public ^enti'
ment created therefor by your Department, and great
credit is attached to the work done, not only by employees
of this Bureau, but the engineers of the Philadelphia
Electric Company as well.

The newspapers of Philadelphia acted as ti unit in

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Unique Auto Lamp Trimmer, used in connection with Ornamental

Lighting in Central Part of City.

Operating from Lower Seat.

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Front View, Operator at Upper Seat.

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advancing this great improvement, and they . deserve not
only the thanks of the administration, but of the entire
community as well.

Reduction in the Cost for the Lighting of the City High-
ways with Electric Arc Lamps,

A very interesting thing and at the same time a great
source of satisfaction is the reduction in the cost of City
lighting for the year 1911. The difference in the cost
for the lighting of the highways between the years 1910
and 1911, based on the contract price, is approximately
seventy-three thousand (73,000) dollars: this is a reduc-
tion- of over five and one-half (5^) per cent, in the cost
for the lighting of the City highways between the years
1910 and 1911, and is a considerable saving to the City.

Public Utility Companies,

The Public Utility Companies of this City, coming
under the supervision of this Bureau, have all paid their
taxes and license charges promptly, and there is the
greatest feeling of harmony, I am happy to say, existing
between this Bureau and all the companies.

General Lighting of the City.

It is safe to say, to-day, that the City of Philadelphia
is the best lighted city in the world. Conditions within
the last three years have improved wonderfully, all of
which is due principally to the great interest, and activity
displayed by the attaches of this Bureau, the one. object
in view in connection with the lighting of the highways
of this City being always the maintaining of the electric
lighting service at the highest point of efficiency. The
employees of this Bureau, as far as they can, are con-

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stantly inspecting the service, so that should any defective
or unsatisfactory condition arise in this connection, the
cause of the trouble is immediately ascertained and the
service is at once restored to its proper condition

It is very proper to say that all changes required for
the benefit of the service are always made at the expense
of the company, who cheerfully comply with every re-
quest made by the Bureau to better the lighting con-
ditions.

The latter part of the year 1910 showed the comple-
tion in the central part of the City of the most compre-
hensive, and at the same time the most ornamental and
satisfactory, scheme of lighting of any city, not only in this
country, but in the world.

Much credit should be given to the officials and engineers
of the Philadelphia Electric Company for the hearty
support that they have given the undersigned in con-
nection with this splendid scheme of illumination.

1^0 other city in the United States, or even in Europe,
can approach the completeness and effectiveness of this
"Street Lighting System" which has been introduced in
this City, and which it is planned to greatly extend the
coming year.

There are now in service, nightly, throughout the City
of Philadelphia thirteen thousand two hundred and eighty-
five (13,285) City electric arc lamps, each shedding a
light equal in strength to 2,000 candles.

The new lights in the central part of the City have
attracted widespread attention throughout the entire
country. 'Not only do they beautify to a great extent the
streets upon which they have been erected, but they are
a protection as well to the citizens, shopkeepers and res-
idences. It is difficult to locate a dark corner in the
district covered by this installation, and as a result crime

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has been minimized to a large d(^ree. It is exceedingly
doubtful if a house-breaker or a hold-up man would dare
to take a chance with the glare of the newly installed
lights thrown in full force upon him.

For the year 1911 the appropriation for the electric
lighting of the City's highways will total $1,238,923.15.
This is a sum larger than#that appropriated or appor-
tioned by any other city in the world of the size of Phila-
delphia for electric lighting. It represents an outlay of
77.43 cents a year per capita based on a population of
1,600,000 persons, which amounts to about 2.1 mills per
light per night. The average cost for the maintenance
of the electric lights upon the highways of the City is
$94.63 per year each.

All told, the electric lights in this City give out light
€qual to approximately 34,506,000 candles nightly. In
addition to this there are thousands of lights in use on
electric signs, each of 10 candle power, which are being
constantly increased, and it is safe to say that there are
now in use on the highways of the City of Philadelphia
sufficient electric lamps to produce a light equal to about
35,000,000 candles nightly.

Compare Philadelphia's electric lighting facilities with
those of the five large cities in Europe — Paris, London,
Berlin, Brussels and Vienna.

Gaslight is the principal illuminating feature in the
large cities abroad, although they are rapidly recognizing
the superiority of the electric lighting system in the big
cities, and are adopting this more modern method. In
Berlin, there are in use 34,374 gas lamps. The gas
burners require a new mantle every seven days, and the
damage to lamps costs considerable a year to repair.
Last year it required 328,542 common gas mantles;
215,792 mantles for compressed gas lamps and 19,487
gas chimneys and globes were used during the year.

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There have been installed in Berlin 1,055 dectric arc
lamps.

Brussels has in service 6,911 gas and 210 electric are
lamps in the center of the city. They are all extinguished!
at midnight,

London has fifty-two (52) streets lighted by electricity
and six (6) streets lighted by^ high pressure gas; the re-
mainder of the streets are lighted by low-pressure gas.

The total number of electric lights in use is four hun-
dred (400) of the open-arc type, each of which costs
the municipality one hundred and twenty-six (126) dol-
lars and fifty (50) cents a year to maintain. In the
east end of London the electric arc lamps have 1,200-
candle power each.

Paris has one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one
(1,851) electric lights and fifty-six thousand eight hun-
dred and nineteen (56,819) gas lamps in service- Private
electric companies supply current for one thousand four
hundred and sixty-one (1,461) arc lamps and eighty-five
(85) incandescent electric lights. Municipal plants give-
electricity for three hundred and ninety (390) arc lamps.
The municipality depends, to a large extent, for lighting-
the principal streets on the glare of the lights from shop
windows. The Champ Elysees, considered the best lighted
street in Paris, and one of the best in Europe, is "lighted
up" nightly by two hundred and four (204) gas lantems^
and four hundred and eight (408) incandescent bur-
ners.

Vienna is lighted largely by gas. It has forty thou-
sand (40,000) gas lights on three thousand five hundred
(3,500) lamp posts. The candle power of the gas lamp&
varies from fourteen (14) in the small streets to one
hundred and ten (110) in the busy sections of the city»
Twenty thousand (20,000) gas lights burn all night.

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There are one thousand one hundred and fifty-five (1,155)
electric arc lamps in the principal streets of Vienna^
and each averages one thousand seven hundred (1,700)
candle power. The ground glass globe is in use there,
similar to those now in use on the newly installed lamps
in the center of this City.

All of which goes to show that Philadelphia is now^
as above 'stated, the best lighted city in the world, and
it is the intention of the undersigned to use every effort
to see that this position is always maintained.

Conduits Laid by Private Corporations.

The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania has
added to its system of underground conduits one hun-
dred and twenty-five thousand two hundred and fifty-three
(125,253) feet, aggregating three hundred and sixty thou-
sand nine hundred and fifty-seven (360,957) feet of duct
during the year.

The Keystone Telephone Company of Philadelphia
has added to its system of underground conduits eight
hundred and seventeen (817) feet, aggregating two thou-
sand and eighty-eight (2,088) feet of duct during the
year.

The Philadelphia Electric Company has added to its
system of underground conduits thirty-six thoiisand nine
hundred and sixteen (36,916) feet, aggregating two hun*
dred and sixteen thousand seven hundred and twenty-
five (216,725) feet of duct during the year.

The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company has added
to its system of underground conduits two thousand five
hundred and eleven (2,511) feet, aggregating nine thou-
sand six hundred and seventy-one (9,671) feet of duct
during the year.

The Pneumatic Transit Company has added to its sys-

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tern of underground conduits ninejteen thousand nine
liundred and eighty-four (19,984) feet, a^regating fifty-
four thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight (54,968)
feet during the year.

Recapitulation.

Feet of Feet of

Conduit. Duct.

The BeU Telephone Company of Pennsylvania. 125,253 360,957
The Keystone Telephone Company of Phila^

delphia 817 2,088

The Philadelphia Electric Company 36,916 216,725

The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company 2,511 9,671

The Pneumatic Transit Company , 19,984 54,968

185,481 644,409

Total Amount of Conduit and Duct Laid for Electrical
Purposes hy Electric Light, Telegraph, Telephone
and Electric Street Railway Companies.

Tinder the various ordinances of Councils the com-
panies using the highways for the placing of conduits
therein make returns of the quantity they laid ; these re-
turns, together with the amount owned by the City, show
that there has been placed:

Feet of Feet of

Conduit. Duct.

Underground 6,619,900 54,408,857

Of which the City owns 502,399 3,657,106

The amount laid in 1910 being 189,336 659,829

Conduits Laid and Owned hy the City,

There were three thousand eight hundred and fifty-five
{3,855) feet of conduits, aggr^ating fifteen thousand four
hundred and twenty (15,420) feet of duct laid by this
Bureau during the year, and seventeen (17) manholes con-
structed, as follows:

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389

223

Feet or
Duct.

1,556^^

894

235

222

889*

212

84&

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225

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900*

269
261
195

1,076

1,043^

781

286
213

1,144
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267
200

1,069'
801

345
69

1,378
275-

166

664

Manholes.

1 Broad street, below McKean street

1 Broad street and Snyder avenue

1 East side Broad street, at Snyder avenue...

1 Broad street, below Snyder avenue

1 Northeast cor. Broad and Jackson streets . .
1 East side Broad street, below Jackson street

1 Broad and Wolf streets

1 Broad street, below Wolf street

1 Broad and Ritner streets ♦

1 East side Broad street, below Ritner street . .

1 Broad and Porter streets

1 Broad street, below Porter street

1 Broad and Shunk streets

1 Broad street, below Shunk street

1 Broad street and Moyamensing- avenue

1 Broad and Oregon streets

1 West side Broad street, below Shunk street . .

17 3,855 15,420-

Junction Boxes Placed.

There were sixty-seven (67) large junction boxes and
eleven (11) small junction boxes placed in manholes dur-
ing the year, at the following locations :

No. of JunctlODi
Boxes.

Front and Market streets 1 larg« box

Broad and CAllowhill streets 1 large box

Fifteenth and Market streets 1 large box

Third and Market streets 1 large box.

Second street and Girard avenue 1 large box

Twenty-third and Walnut streets 1 large box

Broad street and Pennsylvania avenue 1 large box

Broad street and Fairmount avenue 1 large box

Broad street and Girard avenue 1 large box

Broad street and Columbia avenue 1 large box

Broad street and Lehigh avenue 1 large box

Germantown and Lehigh avenues 1 large box

Seventh street and Lehigh avenue 1 large box

Second street and Lehigh avenue 1 large box

Kensington and Lehigh avenues 1 large box

Eighth street, from Callowhill street to Lehigh

avenue 31 large boxe»

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Berks street, from Front street to Germantown

avenue 8 large boxes

Susquehanna avenue, from Broad street to Ger-

mantov^n avenue 7 large boxes

Kensington avenue, from York street to Lehigh

avenue 5 large boxes

Bace street, below Fourth street 1 large box

Seventh and Chestnut streets 1 small box

Bldge avenue and Sharswood street 1 small box

Bidge avenue and Jefferson street 1 small box

(jermantowrn avenue and Berks street 1 small box

Germantown avenue and Susquehanna avenue . . 1 small box

Seventh and Filbert streets 1 small box

Fifth and Poplar streets 1 small box

Second street and Girard avenue 1 small box

Twenty-seventh street and Columbia avenue .... 1 small box

Front street, below Pine street 1 small box

Frankford avenue and Buan street 1 small box

Total 78

Defective Cable Replaced.

During the year this Bureau replaced four thousand
four hundred and two (4,402) feet of defective cable, as
follows :

No. of
Feet.

Broad street, from Diamond street to Susquehanna avenue.. 600

Buan street, from Frankford avenue to Fifteenth District,

No. 4254 Paul street 380

Front street, from Pine street to manhole south of Pine

street 250

Market street, from Third to Fourth street 432

Fourth street, from Pine to Lombard street 343

Walnut street, from Sixth street to manhole east of Sixth

street 270

Cable pole. Front and Poplar streets 56

Cable pole. Twenty-second street and South College avenue. 48

Cable pole, Camac and Race streets 55

Cable pole, Cedar street and Lehigh avenue 45

Cable pole, Richmond street and Columbia avenue 100

Cable pole, Ridge and Allegheny avenues 140

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No. of
Feet.

Cable pole, Forty-ninth and Market streets 145

Cable pole, Ninth street and Columbia avenue. . ^ 125

Cable pole. Engine Company No. 36, Frankford avenue, be-
low Decatur street 95

Cable pole, at Thirteenth District, No. 4431 Main street,

Manayunk 200

Cable pole, at Twenty-seventh District, No. 6834 State road,

Tacony 168

Cable pole, at Thirtieth District, Front and Westmoreland

streets 330

Cable pole, at Seventeenth District, No. 1210 South Ti^'en-

tieth street 100

Cable pole, at Seventeenth District, No. 1210 South Twen-
tieth street 100

Clearfield street, from Frankford avenue to Trunk 10, Clear-
field street, below Frankford avenue 230

Federal Trust Company, northwest corner Broad and Fed-
eral streets 70

Hanayunk National Bank, Main and Levering streets 75

Patrol Box, Eighth and Kace streets 45

4,402

New water main boxes were erected at the following
locations :

Front street and Lehigh avenue.
Front street and Indi<ana avenue.
Front street and Allegheny avenue.
Front and Somerset streets.
Front and Huntingdon streets.
Front and Cumberland streets.

New combination water main and fire boxes were erec-
ted at the following locations:
Front and Dauphin streets.
Front and York streets.

New electric light poles were erected and coj^inected to
the underground as follows:

17 on south Broad street, between Passyunk avenue and
Moyamensing avenue.
1 at 623 Christian street.
1 at Broad and Mayfield streets.

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Broken fire box posts and shells were replaced as fol-
lows :

Seventeenth and Market streets.
Eighth and Kace streets.
Fourth and Market streets.
Frankford and Allegheny avenues.
Twelfth and Thompson streets.
Ridge avenue and Parrish streets.

Broken patrol box posts and shells were replaced as
follows :

Eighth and Eace streets.
Fourth and Market streets.
Nineteenth and Callowhill streets.
Reese and Dauphin streets.

Made the necessary connections for the changing of the
route of No. 1 alarm and No. 4 fire telephone circuit..

The following abandoned cable poles were stripped by
the Bureau during the year :

Twenty-third and South streets.

Old Twelfth District Station House at Tenth and Thompson
streets.

Old Thirty-fifth District Station House at Olney.

Old Nineteenth District Station House at Eighth and Lom-
bard streets. , *

Twentieth and Washington avenue.

The fire signal box at the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
League Island, was changed from the overhead to the
underground.

The police patrol box at the Philadelphia Navy Yard*,
League Island, was changed from the overhead to the
underground.

Rental of Ducts in City Conduits.

By authority vested in your Department under ordi-
nance of Councils of April 10, 1893, ducts which were

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not in use by the City in its conduits and conductors in
its cables were leased by the year, as follows :

No. of Feet
of Duct.

American Telegraph and Telephone Company 4,870

Pennsylvania Railroad Company 8,449

Philadelphia, Reading and Pottsville Telegraph Company 15,654

Postal Telegraph-Cable Company 43,010

IVestern Union Telegraph Company 9,660

Total 81,643

All the above at an annual rental of $7,200.

Rental of Conductors in City Oohles,

No. of Feel of
Conductor.

American District Telegraph Company 65,064

United Gas Improvement Company 843,518

Pneumatic Fire Alarm Telegraph Company 56,534

Pennsylvania Railroad Company 11,088

Total 967,204

All the above at an annual rental of $5,790.

Lighting of the City Highways hy Electric Arc Lamps
by the Philadelphia Electric Company,

Thirteen thousand two hundred and eighty-five (13,285)
electric arc lamps were located on the highways at the
•close of 1910, as follows :

No. of Lamps.

Paid for by appropriations of Councils 13,092

'Girard avenue bridge, maintained by People's Traction

Company 3

Maintained by electric companies (free to the City) .... 104

JFront street and Delaware avenue, between Vine and
South street piers, and miscellaneous, maintained
by Girard Estate (free to the City) 86

Grand total 13,285

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There are on underground wires:

Lamps.

City cables 856

Electric Light Company's cables 1,718

Girard Estate cables 86

Amounts Deducted from the Bills for the Lighting of
the Highways Owing to Defective Lamps.

There were nine thousand two hundred and twenty-two
(9,222) lamps reported not burning in various parts of
the City during the year. The following amounts were
deducted from the bills of the company having the con-
tract covering the lights referred to:

Month. No. of Lights. Amount.

January 2,265 $618 65

February 650 177 68

March 169 45 80

AprU 456 124 OO

May 471 128 71

June 360 98 90

July 322 88 62

August 475 129 89

September 930 254 29

October 729 1^8 76

November 1,395 382 i2

December 1^000 273 25

Totals 9,222 $2,520 97

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Number of Electric Lights, Poles, Arms, and Length of
Cable in the City's Underground Service.

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East side Broad street, from Market street to Mc-
Kean street

East side Broad street, from MeEean street to Moya-
mensing avenue '

West side Broad street, south to Moyamensing avenue

East side Broad street, north to Lehigh avenue

West side Broad street, north to Susquehanna avenue

West side Broad street, Lehigh avenue to German-
town avenue

Arch street, south side

Chestnut Street Pier

Walnut Street Bridge

Dickinson Square

Columbia avenue, Broad to Twenty- third street

Bidge avenue. Ninth to Twenty-third street

Lehigh avenue, north and south sides

Spring Garden street, south side

Green street, south side

Mount Vernon street, north side

Wallace street, south side

Fairmount avenue, south side

Diamond street, north side

Market street, north side ,

Locust street, south side

Christian street, north side

Federal street, south side

Second street, west side

Park avenue, north of Columbia avenue

Totals.

13
59
65
51

23
18
19
21

19
52.
35
44
23
18
18
22
42
56
16
59
56
54

856

18
59
65
51

23
18
19
21
8
19
52
35
•44
23
18
18
22
42
56
16
59
56
54
1

856

23,950

5,000
31,320
36,^0
29,810

14,220

9,960'

2,000-

5,000

8,000

10,000

27,150

H,20O

22,260

12,200

9,980

9,960

13.200

21,300

38,090

9,100

82,260

30,680

27,150

500

468,710

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Money Paid to the Receiver of Taxes During the Year.

One hundred and twenty-eight thousand three hun-
dred and twenty-three (128,323) dollars and sixty-seven
(67) cents were paid to the Receiver of Taxes to the
credit of this Bureau during the year 1910, as follows:

License charges $107,954 50

Police signal and telephone service 2,600 00

Rent of ducts in City conduits 7,200 00

Rent of wires in City cables 5,790 00

Commission on telephone calls 567 75

Transmission of iire alarm and fire assignments 500 00

Miscellaneous 3,711 42

Total $128,323 67

Poles and Wires Taken Down by the Bureau.

There were four hundred and forty (440) poles and
twenty-eight and a half (28^) miles of wire taken down
by this Bureau during the year.

Number of Poles, Mileage of Wire, etc.

The returns made by the various telegraph, telephone,
electric light, street and steam railway companies show
there were overhead on the highways of the City, exclusive
of those along railroad tracks, thirty-eight thousand eight
hundred and thirty (38,830) wooden poles, an increase
of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine (1,889)
■over 1909.

38,830 wooden poles, an increase of 1,889 over 1909.
'32,583 iron poles in use by electric passenger railway com-
panies, an increase of 66 over 1909.
5,839 City poles, wood, a decrease of 176 since 1909.
. 1,368 City poles, iron, a decrease of 221 since 1909.
70 Girard Estate poles, iron.

78,690

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5,331 miles of wire in aerial cable, an increase of 273 miles
since 1909.

6,451 miles of overhead telegraph and telephone wire, a de-
crease of 790 miles since 1909.

4,566 miles of electric light wire, an increase of 611 miles
since 1909.

1,922 miles of City wire, an increase of 58 miles since 1909.
763 miles of trolley companies' wire.

19,033 miles. A total increase of ,150 miles since 1909.

Number of Alarms of Fire During the Year,

Eight hundred and four (804) alarms of fire were
transmitted over the wires during the year, of ^hich seven
hundred and nineteen 719) were first alarms; thirty-
eight (38) second alarms; twelve (12) third alarms; four
(4) fourth alarms; two (2) fifth alarms; one (1) sixth
alarm; five (5) false alarms, and twenty-three (23) alarms
were pulled by malicious persons.

In connection with the receipt of the number of alarms
received during the year, in addition to the above eight
hundred and four (804) alarms there were received at
this office three thousand two hundred and twenty-four
(3,224) "local" alarms.

There were also received at this office, over the Pneu-
matic Fire Alarm Telegraph System, twenty-six (26)
alarms of fire, twenty-one (21) of which were false alarms.

Operations of the Municipal Telephone Exchange, Elec-
trical Bureau, City Hall.

Twenty-seven thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight
(27,798) messages were received and transmitted over
the two (2) telephone switchboards during 1910. 'Two
hundred and thirty (230) messages were for ambulance ser-
vice during the year.

The above does not include the regular calls for trunk

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line connections, there being approximately three mil-
lion (3,000,000) of such calls answered through this ex-
change during 1910.

Number of Messages Transmitted over the Police Tele-
phones.

During the year 1910 there were transmitted over
the police telephones of the Bureau eight hundred and
thirty-four thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine
(834,799) messages, an increase of seventy-two thousand
two hundred and twenty-four (72,224) messages over
1909..

In connection with the work being done in this police
telephone exchange, which is a very unique one, I speci-
fically desire to call your attention to the splendid work
done during the year in the general municipal telephone
exchange on the sixth floor of this building.

It is a great source of satisfaction for me to know that
all this important work is carried on day and night,
which means three hundred and sixty-five (365) days and
nights in the year, with so few mistakes and a minimum
number of complaints. I sometimes question whether the
great importance of the work done through both these ex-
changes is realized, not only by the Department but by
the members of Councils and the public in general. Recent
events, fresh in the memory of citizens, have proved be-
yond question that there is no system like it anywhere.

I desire to call your attention to the operators in both
of these exchanges, who, notwithstanding their arduous
duties, never raise a question when they are asked to work
any and all hours, always expressing a willingness to
perform any duty that may be imposed upon them any
hour of the day or night. •

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is now being prepared by the undersigned, on account of
the great interest displayed T)y the citizens and technical
journals and engineers who are familiar with this kind of
work, not only in this country but in many foreign coun-
tries.

The duties in these exchanges have increased to such
an extent, in connection with the work referred to, that I
will have to ask you to provide at least three (3) more
operators to meet the existing requirements.

Reinforcement of Electric Light Poles,

There were one hundred and thirty-eight (138) elec-
tric light poles reinforced by the Bureau during the year.
These poles were in a very dangerous condition owing to
their being badly corroded and rusted at the base. The
total cost of this work approximated one thousand seven
hundred and ninety-four (1,794) dollars. To have pur-
chased and erected new poles in these locations would have
cost the City five thousand seven hundred and twenty-
seven (5,727) dollars; therefore, it can be readily per-
ceived that the above improvement resulted in a saving to
the City of three thousand nine hundred and thirty-three
(3,933) dollars. The locations of the poles mentioned fol-
low:

Christian and Swanson streets.
Christian and Water streets.
Christian and Front streets.
Christian and Howard streets.
Christian and Passyunk avenue.
Christian and Seventh streets.
Christian and Ninth streets.
Christian and Tenth streets.
Christian and Warnock streets.
Christian and Eleventh streets.
Christian street, west of Eleventh street.
Christian and Twelfth streets.
Christian street, west of Twelfth street.

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Christian and Thirteenth streets.

Christian and Broad streets.

Christian and Fifteenth streets.

Christian and Sixteenth streets.

Christian and Seventeenth streets.

Christian street, west of Eighteenth street.

Christian and Nineteenth streets.

Christian street, west of Nineteenth street.

Christian and Twentieth streets. . .

Christian street, west of Twenty-first street.

Christian street, west of Twenty-second street.

Christian street, west of Twenty-third street.

Christian street, west of Twenty-fourth street.

Christian and Stillman streets.

Christian and Tajiey streets.

Federal street, west of Front street.

Federal street and Moyamensing avenue.

Federal and Fourth streets.

Federal street, west of Fifth street.

Federal and Marshall streets.

Federal and Seventh streets.

Federal street, west of Seventh street.

Federal and Eighth streets.

Federal and Ninth streets.

Federal and Alder streets.

Federal and Eleventh streets.

Federal street, west of Eeleventh street.

Federal street, west of Twelfth street.

Federal and Fifteenth streets.

Federal street, west of Fifteenth street.

Federal street, west of Seventeenth street.

Federal street, west of Eighteenth street.

Federal street, west of Nineteenth street.

Federal street, west of Twenty-fifth street.

Federal and Twenty-sixth streets.

Federal street, west of Twenty-sixth street.

South Broad street, east side.

South Broad street, south of Spruce street.

South Broad and Lombard streets.

South Broad and Webster streets.

South Broad street, south of McKean street.

South Broad street and Snyder avenue.

South Broad street, south of Snyder avenue.

South Broad and Jackson streets.

South Broad street and Passyunk avenue.

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South Broad street, south of Jackson street.

South Broad and Wolf streets.

South Broad street, south of Wolf street.

South Broad and Ritner streets.

South Broad street, south of Ritner street.

South Broad and Porter streets.

South Broad street, south of Porter street.

South Broad and Shunk streets.

South Bfoad street and 'Moyamensing avenue.

South Broad street, south of Shunk street, west side.

Spring Garden street, west of Eighth street.

Spring Garden street, west of Ninth street.

Spring Garden and Tenth streets.

Spring Garden and Twenty-fourth streets.

Ridge avenue and Ninth street.

Ridge avenue and Carlton street.

Ridge avenue and Wood street.

Ridge avenue and Callowhill street.

Ridge avenue and Hamilton street.

Ridge avenue and Buttonwood street.

Ridge avenue and Fifteenth street.

Ridge avenue and Nineteenth street.

New Electrical Bureau Type Fire Boxes Erected.

There were one hundred and ten (110) new Elec-
trical Bureau type fire boxes erected during the year at
the following locations :

^^^ Location. Cost.
2199 Friedberger- Aaron Mfg. Co., Eighteenth and Court-
land streets, private.

2493 Delaware and Snyder avenues $68 73:

2491 West side Juniper street, south of McKean street. . 27 0?

2489 Ontario and Witte streets 36 74

2487 Chelten avenue and Laurens street 45 96

2488 Second Street pike and Tabor road 37 79

2443 Ridge avenue and Dauphin street 9 71

2398 Twenty-ninth and Fletcher streets 9 64

2399 Coral and Adams street 8 52

2412 Twenty-fifth street and Montgomery avenue 56 02

2413 Twenty-eighth and Berks streets 40 60

2414 Edgemont and Somerset streets 40 23

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Box. Location. OoBt.

2415 "A" and Ontario streets |26 63

2416 Hancock and Westmoreland streets 49 51

2417 Fifth street and Allegheny avenue 11 20

2418 Front and Tioga streets 33 66

2419 Fifth and Luzerne streets 9 17

2421 Fifth and * Westmoreland streets IT 10

2422 Venango and "K" streets 48 25

2423 Seventy-second street and Haverf ord avenue 127 59

2425 Sixty-fourth street and Overbrook avenue 67 54

2426 Fifty-third street and Wynnefield avenue 101 13

2427 Fifty-fourth and Arch streets 51 99

2428 Fifty-sixth street and Wyalusing avenue 25 79

2429 Fifty-sixth and Master streets 35 31

2431 Fifty-ninth and Race streets 35 16

2432 Fifty-ninth street and Girard avenue 15 17

2433 Sixty-third street and Girard avenue 28 98

2434 Sixty-first and Arch streets 26 31

2435 Sixty-second and Media streets 26 20

2436 Cottman and Claridge streets 16 64

2437 Rising. Sun lane and Asylum pike 39 45

2438 Thirtieth and Wharton streets 18 87

2439 Twenty-fifth and Penrose Ferry road ? 36

2441 Magazine lane and Pennsylvania Railroad.. 127 33

2442 Twenty-sixth and Reed streets 20 34

2443 Twenty-sixth and Tasker streets 21 99

2445 Twenty-third street and Snyder avenue 112 81

2446 Nineteenth and Porter streets 9 71

2447 Twentieth and Wolf streets 21 14

2448 Thirtieth and Dickinson streets 43 45

2449 Twentj^-fourth and Morris streets 33 56

2451 Eighteenth and Butler streets 24 37

2452 Nineteenth street and Erie avenue 44 31

2453 Wayne avenue and Dennie street 32 27

2454 Thirty-second street and Midvale avenue 51 90

2455 Seventh and Shunk streets 25 46

2456 Seventh and Ritner streets 6 84

2457 Sixty-seventh and Elmwood avenue 85 53

2458 Sixty-first and Elmwood avenue 56 14

2459 Sixty-eighth street and Buist avenue 11 06

2461 Fifty-third street and Kingsessing avenue 68 51

2462 Sixty ^hird street and Gibson avenue 120 10

2463 Sixty-first street and Greenway avenue 53 06

2464 Fiftieth street and Warrington avenue 50 01

2465 Sixtieth street and Woodland avenue 62 62

2466 Linden street and Torresdale avenue 11 05

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-^:^^^ Location, Cost.

2467 Rhawn and Walker streets $87 00

2468 Meridan and Cottage streets 33 98

2469 Eleventh and Nedro streets 76 67

-2471 Fifteenth and Wingohoeking streets 78 86

2472 York road and Seventieth avenue •. 26 71

:2473 Sixth street and Hunting Park avenue 140 73

2474 Sixth and Cayuga streets 33 01

2475 Memphis and Tioga streets 83 15

^476 Frankford and Glenwood avenues 36 40

2477 Thompson and Lefevre streets 10 32

2478 Emerald and Tioga streets 32 60

'2479 Fifty-seventh street and Cedar avenue 53 58

2481 Fifty-seventh and Chestnut streets 10 26

2482 Thirty-fourth and Walnut streets 15 52

2483 Forty-sixth and Chestnut streets 10 53

2484 Sixteenth street and Oregon avenue . 56 04

2485 Eighth and Lombard streets 175 20

813 Fourth and Tasker streets 38 65

2159 Passyunk avenue and Tasker street 9 71

2284 Third and Federal streets 32 02

2359 Nixon street, northwest of Umbria street 10 70

2361 Lyceum avenue and Mitchell street 50 40

2362 Jamestown and Cresson streets 28 45

2363 Jamestown and Terrace streets 52 38

2364 Baynton and Herman streets '. . 45 94

2365 Rhawn street and Verree road 34 67

'2366 Germantown avenue and School lane 11 25

'2367 Archer and Bringhurst streets 61 66

2368 Anderson and Philellena streets 64 76

2369 Emlen and Sharpnack streets 62 18

2375 Gorgas and Anderson streets 96 48

2376 Willow Grove avenue and Huron street 17 15

2377 Dyer and Willow streets, Frankford 59 36

2378 Wayne and Maplewood avenues 54 01

2379 Germantown avenue and Graver's lane 13 94

2381 Arrott street and Frankford avenue 13 18

2382 Melrose and Margaret streets 40 59

2383 Bustleton pike and Faust street 42 41

2384 Orchard and Womrath streets « 41 62

2385 Memphis and Clearfield streets 29 03

2386 Frankford avenue and Clearfield street 8 52

2387 Memphis and Somerset streets 29 75

2388 Cedar and Ann streets 55 33

2389 Emerald and Wishart streets 34 53

2391 Jasper and Cambria streets 8 77

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Box^. Location. OosU

2392 Eighteenth street and Oregon avenue |67 78

2393 Twelfth and Shunk streets 87 18

2486 East Broad street, nocth of Porter street 17 90

2394 Broad street and Snyder avenue 32 80

2395 Forty-second and r Spruce streets 24 12

2396 Forty-third street and Chester avenue 18 76

2397 Sedgley avenue and Dauphin street 40 25

2343 Ridge avenue and Dauphin street 31 14

Total $4,694 17

During the year the following fire boxes were moved:

Box. Location. Cost.
224 From Eighth and Master streets to Tenth and

Thompson streets $65 17

1421 From Thirteenth and Chestnut streets to Thir-
teenth street, north of Chestnut street 44 45

Total $109 62

Auxiliary Fire Alarm Boxes Erected During the Year,

The following Auxiliary Fire Alarm Boxes were erected
and connected to the City circuits during the year :

Box. LiOcatlon. Cost..

2724 Hess Bright Manufacturing Company, Twenty-first

street and Fairmount avenue $33 26

2728 Fretz Kealty Company, Tenth and Diamond streets 13 56
2726 Tracey Apartment House, Thirty-sixth and Ludlow

streets 14 28

2725 WetheriU & Co., Twenty-second street and AHe-

gheny avenue 15 52

2729 H. W. Butterworth Sons & Co., York and Cedar

streets 15 52

2731 Haines, Jones & Cadbury, No. 1128-1144 Ridge

avenue 2 26

2732 Helme & Mcllhenny, No. 1339 Cherry street '. . 15 67

2734 Thompson's Spa, No. 712 Chestnut street 6 50

2676 Charles L. Klaud^r Co., Allegheny avenue and "B"

street 18 70

2736 Deaf and Dumb Asyhim, Mt. Airy 71 19

2737 Philadelphia Grain Elevator Co., foot of Cambria

street, Richmond 2 34

2738 No. 514-520 Luldow street 18 23:

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Location. Cost.

No. ol
Box.

2741 Scott A Williams, No. 2079 East Cumberland street |23 39

2744 J. W. Paxson Company, No. 1044 Beach street 44 09

2739 Pepper Estate Building, northwest corner Fifth

and Ludlow streets 16 23

2745 Harris Building, Nos. 718 and 724 Arch street 4 47

2735 Sheldrake & Company, Ninth and Tioga streets.. 11 42

Total $323 63

I desire to call your attention to the fact in connection
with the above installations that all the work performed by
the employees of this Bureau in the way of connecting up
these boxes to the City circuits is paid for by the Auxiliary
Fire Alarm Company, the City being put to no expense
whatever in the matter.

Bell Telephones.
During the year the following offices in City Hall were
•equipped with Bell telephones:

COBt

Arc Light Boom, No. 83, City Hall $0 59

Supreme Court, No. 452, City HaH 73 35

Board of Education offices, No. 696, City Hall 131 20

Dynamo Boom, Basement of City Hall 2 01

Judge Gummey, Room 430, City Hall 5 25

Prothonotary's Office, City Hall 44 78

Office of Judge Anderson, Room 540, City Hall 1 17

Reserve Roll Room, No. 630, City HaU 17 40

Chief Clerk City Commissioner's Office, City Hall 2 78

Bureau of Highways and Street Cleaning, Room - 334,

City Hall 2 38

Probation Officer, Room 725 City Hall . .' 98

Clerk of Orphans' Court, Room 413, City Hall 2 14

Office of Judge Orlady, Room 364, City Hall. 1 51

Total $285 54

Bell Telephones.
Bell telephones were installed at the following locations
during the year :

Cost,
ilesidence of Chief James C. Baxte", Jr., of the Bureau

of Fire, 918 New Market street $92 35

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82 13

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Office of Magn^strate Campbell, 2839 Kensington avenue %
Residence of Magistrate Campbell, 2537 £. Somerset l $116 53

street J

Residence of Common Councilman George J. Van-

Houten, 28 South Thirty-fourth street 65 38

Residence of Magistrate Hogg, 429 Reed street 78 6S

Residence of Record Clerk of Bureau of Police, 227

North Fifth street 23 4&

Office of Magistrate Morris, 2304 Ridge avenue -k

Residence of Magistrate Morris, 2831 Oxford street, j
Office of Magistrate Hogg, Callowhill street, east of

Sixth street 50 45

Office of Magistrate Harris, 3726 Market street

Residence of Magistrate Harris, 4204 Chestnut street 151 46-
Residence of Lineman John MacDonald of the Electri-
cal Bureau, 2633 North Chadwick s^treet 29 10

Patriotic Society of Philadelphia, Independence Hall.. 11 54

Councilman George H. Kelley's residence, 1633 South

Broad street 85 71

Motor Cycle Squad, Tenth and Thompson streets 4 26

Residence of Dr. Braumbaugh, 3324 Walnut street 50 15

Headquarters of State Constabulary, 1529 Walnut

street 8 57

Residence of Detective McFadden, 232 North Camac

street 28 29

Residence of Common Councilman Charles E. Connell,

4602 Kingsessing avenue 84 43

Mounted Squad Stables 3 41

City Stables, Tenth and Greenwich streets 110 20

Residence of Police Surgeon Owen, 406 South Sixteenth

street 94

Total $1,077 02

Cost.
Bell Telephones were connected on separate lines at

Captain Duncan's residence in Pairmount Park. . $203 25

Keystone Telephones.

During the year the following offices in City Hall were
equipped with ^^eystone telephones :

Cost.

Office of the Prothonotary, City Hall $260 25

Office of City Treasurer in City Hall 2 33

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Bureau of Highways and Street Cleaning, No. 334,

City Hall |2 38

Court Common Pleas No. 5, No. 652, City Hall 3 46

Total $268 42

Keystone Telephones.

Keystone telephones were installed at the following loca-
tions during the year :

Cost.

Residence of Captain of Detectives Souder, 3705 Lan-
caster avenue $31 31

Residence of Magistrate Campbell, 2537 East Somer-\

set street I 114 89

Office of Magistrate Campbell, 2839 Kensington ave j

Field Office of High Pressure Pumping Station, 2250

North Howard street 68 45

City Stables, Tenth and Greenwich streets 47 56

Total $262 21

Telephones Transferred During the Year.

The following telephones were transferred from one loca-
tion to another during 1910 :

Bell Telephones.

Cost.

From 1347 Toronto street to 227 North Fourth street. . $71 40
From Second Regiment Armory to 2110 North Broad

street 17 08

From Sixth Regiment Armory to Fifteenth and Arch

streets 23 04

From 23 North Juniper street to 25 North Juniper

street 1 25

From residence of ex-Captain of Detectives to Captain

of Detectives residence, No. 3507 Lancaster avenue. 63 35

From 872 North Fifth street to 329 North Sixth street. 46 67
From 1927 North Twenty-fifth street to 1425 North

Broad street 85 71

From 3516 "K" street to 1817 East Tioga street 18 96

From 3231 Powelton avenue to 3304 Baring street. ... 24 07

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Cost.

From Room 709, City Hall, to Room 712, City Hall |6 26

From 1845 North Twenty-fifth street to 1927 North

Twenty-fifth street 37 28

From 777 North Twenty-seventh street to 823 Leiand

street 61 72

From 4135 Westminster avenue to 4611 Cedar avenue. . 151 26
From 1725 Wood street to Tenth and Thompson

streets 3 00

Total $613 05

Keystone Telephones.

Cost.

From 3900 Woodland avenue to 5171 Columbia avenue. $71 46

From Room 709, City Hall, to Room 702, City Hall 37 56

From 1845 North Twenty-fifth street to 1927 North

Twenty-fifth street 4 73

Three telephones in the offices of the Board of Educa-
tion to various locations in same ofllces 13 1 20

Total $24^ 95

Telephone, Hand Sets Installed.

The following telephone instruments in City Hall were
•equipped with hand sets during the year :

Location.

:2 in Room 652, City Hall (Judge Martin)

2 in Room 404, City Hall (Chief Clerk Milligan)

2 in Room 408, City Hall (President of Select Coun-
cil)

2 in Room 648, City Hall (Judge Staake)

2 in Room 212, City Hall (Chief Clerk, Department of

Public Works) 9 49

'2 in Room 214, City Hall (Assistant Director of Pub-
lic Works) 9 49

2 in Room 578* City Hall (Assistant City Solicitor

Scott) 9 55

1 in Room 221, City Hall (Director Clay's office) 4 50

■2 in Room 577, City Hall (Chief Clerk to Sheriff) 6 50

$33

SI.

Total $91 66

An Extension Bell was installed at the Second Regi-

m.ent Armory, 2110 North Broad street $5 48

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New Electrical Bureau Type Wall Distribution Boxes and
Pipe Conduit Installed in City Hall.

The following rooms in City Hall were equipped with
New Type Electrical Bureau Distribution Boxes and pipe
conduit during the year, there being thirty-four (34)
boxes and 8,500 feet of iron pipe conduit installed:

Booms 140, 144, 146, 148, 413, 415, 417, 460, 453, 590,
592, 594, 629, 690, 692, 694, 696, 706A, 708, 715, 717,
750, 752, 760, 504, 506, 508, 510, 130, 133, 134, 136,
138, 143, all the above equipment at a cost of.... $829 66

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Patrol Boxes in Use.

District.

Old
style.

New
style.

Wall.

Private.

Total.

Plrst

Second

Third

Fourth _.

PIfth

Sixth „

aeventb ,^— „,^.

Eighth

Ninth

Tenth

Eleventh

Twelfth

Thirteenth

Pourteenth

Fifteenth

Sixteenth

Seventeenth

Eighteenth

Nineteenth

Twentieth

Twenty-flrst

Twenty-second

Twenty-third

Twenty-fourth

Twenty-flfth

Twenty-sixth

Twenty-seventh

Twenty-eighth

Twenty-ninth

Thirtieth

Thirty-flrst

Thirty-second

Thirty-third—

Thirty-fourth 1.

18
25
14
4
5

6
2

10
10
1
7

12
6
6
2
8

15
17
19
19
14
17
19
21
21
14
19
27

3
15
10
13
18
29
20
14

9
81
16

6
12
14
19
21
11

8
10

16
18
21
20
20
21
19
21
23
14
19
27
23
44
26
22
23
29
21
15
10

9
33
27

9
23
29
20
30
23
15
10
10
18

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Patrol Boxes in Use — Contiiraed.

District.

Old
style.

New
style.

WaU.

Pil¥ate.

Total.

Thirty-fifth

Thirty-sixth

Thirty-seventh—,

Thirty-eighth

Thirty-ninth

Totals.,

168

14
14
17
5
16

585

21
18
24
10
16

809

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Police Wall Patrol Boxes Erected,

' 'During the year the following police patrol wall boxes
were erected :

District. Location. Cost. •

Fourteenth District, Mt. Airy and Germantown avenues $36 15

Thirty-fifth District, Wyoming and Maple avenues. .... 267 46

Twenty-seventh District, Tulip and Levick streets 13 32

Sixteenth District, Forty-first street and Parkside ave-
nue 59 50

ThiTty-fifth District, Twentieth street and Limekiln

pike , 13 88

Thirty-fifth District, Seventh street and Green lane. . . 237 98

Thirty-fifth District, Sixth street and Olney avenue. ... 71 60

Thirty-fifth District, Second Street pike and Tabor road 23 56

Nineteenth District, Sixteenth and Naudain streets .... 67 44
Twenty-seventh District, in Chemical Engine House

No. 6 at Bustleton 107 35

Twenty-seventh District, Willets road, above Academy

road .* 503 20

Seventeenth District, Twenty-fifth and Morris streets. . 75 52
Seventeenth District, Nineteenth and Porter streets.. 14 66
Seventeenth District, Twenty-second and Snyder avenue 171 35
Seventeenth District, Twenty-eighth and Morris streets 114 64
Twenty-fourth District, Bridge Street Wharf, Brides-
burg 68 60

Twenty-fourth District, Amber and Silver streets.... 61 31

Fifteenth District, Harrison and Oakland streets 89 33

Thirty-second District, Sixty-second street and Gray's

avenue 80 17

"Twenty-third District, Sydenham street, north of

Master street 73 12

Total $2,150 14

Booth Patrol Boxes Replaced hy WaU Patrol Boxes.

Booth Patrol Boxes were replaced by Wall Patrol Boxes
at the following locations :

District. Location. Cost.

Twenty-first District, Forty-fourth and Sansom streets $87 31

Thirtieth District, Third and Cambria streets 25 03

^Seventeenth District, Twenty-fifth and Federal streets. 17 07

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District. Location. Cost.
.Thirty-first District, Uber street and Susquehanna, ave-
nue w. . * . V . . $13 30

Thirty-first District, Twenty-third and Huntingdon

streets 20 10

Fifteenth District, Orthodox and Oakland streets ^ 19 08

Twenty-seventh District, Asylum pike, in front of

Asylum gate ^ 18 15

Twenty-seventh District, Torresdale avenue and Ix)ng-

shore street 24 20

Thirty-fourth District, Sixteenth and Porter streets. . 17 6&
Twenty-fourth District, Kensington avenue and Tioga

street 86 65

Thirty-sixth District, Sixth and Clearfield streets 18 36

Thirty-sixth District, Fifth and Cayuga streets 22 04

Thirty-fifth District, Stenton avenue and Church lane. . 18 99

Thirty-seventh District, Eighth and MifElin streets.... 13 86

Fourteenth District, Green and Carpenter streets 19 76

Fourteenth District, Philadelphia and Beading R. R.

Depot, Chestnut Hill 350 39

Second District, Front and Christian streets 199 55

Total $971 55

Old Style Patrol Boxes Replaced hy New Electrical
Bureau Type Wall Patrol Boxes.

During the year the New Type of Electrical Bureau
Wall Patrol Boxes were erected at the following locations
in place of the old style patrol boxes :

District. Lc cation. Cost.

Third District, Delaware avenue and Chestnut street. . $193 97

Third District, Sixth and Chestnut streets 189 6^

Third District, Fifth and Walnut streets 161 54

Third District, Front and Walnut streets 161 54

Third District, Third street, opposite Dock street 163 34

Third District, Seventh and Walnut streets 161 54

Third District, Dock and Walnut streets 182 24

Third District, Independence Square 252 29

Fourth District, Delaware avenue and Arch street .... 232 73

Fourth District, Sixth and Arch streets 224 73

Fourth District, Chestnut Street Pier 175 81

Fourth District, Second and Arch streets 175 57

Fourth Districtj Fifth and Market streets 26 31

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District. Location. Cost.

Fourth District, Sixth and Market streets |79 60

Fourth District, Second and Market streets 26 36

Fourth District, Seventh and Market streets 26 41

Fourth District, Delaware avenue and Market streets. 26 41

Fifth District, Nineteenth and Chestnut streets 87 31

Fifth District, Ninth and Walnut streets 161 54

Fifth District, Twenty-first and Wamut streets 161 54

Sixth District, Eleventh and Arch streets 184 78

Sixth District, Eighth and Arch streets 30 29

Sixth District, Tenth and Arch streets 179 25

Sixth District, Thirteenth and Market streets 77 32

Sixth District, Eleventh and Market streets 19 61

Twentieth District, Twentieth and Arch streets 26 44

Twentieth District, Nineteenth and Market streets 72 52

Twentieth District, Twenty- third and Market streets. . 41 91

Twentieth District, Seventeenth and Market streets.. 34 74

Twentieth District, Twenty-first and Market streets.. 33 68

Fourth District, Third and Market streets 34 67

Fourth District, Fourth and Chestnut streets 35 76

Fifth District, Broad and Sansom streets • 29 52

Sixth District, Ninth and Market streets 31 35

Total $3,702 24

Changes in Locations of Patrol Boxes,

The following changes in the locations of patrol boxes
were made during the year :

Cost.

From Seventh and Spruce streets to Eighth and Lom-
bard streets $31 76

From Perth and Master streets to Tenth and Thomp-
son streets 11 54

From Darien and Poplar streets to another pole at

same location , 12 16

From Franklin street and Indiana avenue to 608 In-
diana avenue 8 25

From Lombard street, east of Twenty-fifth street, to in
front of car barn at Twenty-fifth and Lombard
streets 8 47

From Nineteenth and Passyunk avenue to Twentieth

street and Passyunk avenue 13 66

Total $85 84

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Cables were tested and connected as follows :

Eighth street, from Girard avenue to GenrLantown ave-
nue $138 00

Cables were transferred to new ducts on :
Trankford avenue, from Huntingdon to Somerset street $204 40

Electrical Mechanical Gongs were transferred from one
location to another at

United Gus Improvement Building, Eighth and Dia- '

mond street, from third to second floor $4 10

District Engineer's gong, from 2217 Race street to

2118 Summer street 35 66

Total $39 76

Electro Mechanical Gong was disconnected at the

Residence of Assistant Fire Marshal Upton, 46 West

Washington lane $6 13

During the year Protector Boards were installed in old
station houses as follows :

Thirtieth District, Front and Westmoreland streets. . $466 01
Seventeenth District, Twenty-first and Federal streets. 357 05

Total $823 06

Xew Police Stations were equipped during the year as
follows :

District. Iiooatlon. Cost.

Twelfth District, Eighth and Jefferson streets $106 17

Thirty-fifth District, Branchtown 1,174 03

Twenty-fourth District, Belgrade and Clearfield streets 421 54

Eighth District, Tenth and Buttonwood streets 275 58

Fourth District, Race street, east of Fourth street 800 89

Total ..*. $2,778 21

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100

New Fire Houses were equipped during the year as fol-
k)ws:

Engine Company No. 26, Tenth and Bnttonwood

streets $16 00

Engine Company No. 28, Belgrade and Clearfield

streets 17 50

Total $33 50

New Truck Houses were equipped at the following loca-
tions during the year:

Truck Company No. 8, Germanitown avenue and Bring-

hurst street $37 5&

The following new Patrol District was established :
Thirty-ninth District, 4212 Bidge avenue $520 00

The Ninth District Sub-station House at 1725 Wood

street was disconnected at a cost of $15 06

An advance signal bell was connected at the residence

of Dr. DaCosta, 2045 Walnut street, at a cost of. . $30 04

New Central Station OflSce Sets and Shearing Registers
were installed in the following Police District Station
Houses :

District. Location. Cost.

Twenty-first District, 3206 Woodland avenue $41 12

Nineteenth District, Pine street, west of Twelfth

street 42 06

Twenty-fourth District, Belgrade and Clearfield

streets 42 68

Twenty-third District^ Northwest corner Nineteenth

and Oxford streets 41 78

Ninth District, Twentieth and Buttonwood streets.... 41 75

Eighth District, 1012 Buttonwood street 41 60

Fourth District, north side of Race street, east of

Fourth street 43 02

Total .'. $294 01

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New Advance Signal Bells were installed in the follow-
ing Police Stations :

District. Location. Cost,

ripst District, 1923 Fitzwater street $21 40'

Second District, Second street, above Christian street. . 21 37

Third District, 321 Delancey street 21 37

Fourth District, Eace street, east of Fourth street. ... 21 50

Fifth District, 215 South Fifteenth street 21 39

Sixth District, 23B North Eleventh street 21 49*

Seventh District, 321 Fadrmount avenue 21 5T

Eighth District, 1012 Buttonwood street 21 45^

Ninth District, Twentieth and Buttonwood streets. ... 21 41

Tenth District, 1417 North Front street 21 49

Eleventh District, 615 East Girard avenue 21 37

Twelfth District, Eighth street, below Jefferson street. 20 90-

Thirteenth District, 4431 Main street, Manayunk . . . . 21 77

Fourteenth District, West Haines street, Germantown. 21 45

Fifteenth District, 4254 Paul street 21 5a

Sixteenth District, southwest corner Thirty-ninth

street and Lancaster avenue .* 21 37

Seventeenth District, 1210 South Twentieth street 21 51

Nineteenth District, Pine street, west of Twelfth street 21 50

Twentieth District, 253 North Fifteenth street 21 35

Twenty-second District, 2700 Park avenue 21 63^

Twenty-third District, northwest corner Nineteenth

and Oxford streets 21 45-

Twenty-fourth District, southwest corner Belgrade and

Clearfield streets 21 45

Twenty-fifth District, 1507 Moyamensing avenue 21 50"

Twenty-seventh District, 6834 State road, Tacony 21 47

Twenty-eighth District, 1900 North Twentieth street.. 21 3S

Twenty-ninth district, 603 North Sixty-first street. ... 21 35

Thirtieth District, 3300 North Front street 21 3?

Thirty-first District, Twenty-sixth and York streets. . 21 45

Thirty-second District, 6438 Woodland avenue 21 53

Thirty-third District, northwest corner Seventh and

Carpenter streets 21 50

Thirty-fourth District, northwest corner Fifteenth

street and Snyder avenue 2141

Thirty-fifth District, York road and Champlost street 20 47

Thirty-sixth District, 3967 Germantown avenue 21 45

Thirty^seventh District, Fourth street and Snyder ave-
nue 21 37

Thirty-eighth District, Thirty-seventh street and

Woodland avenue • 21 6S

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District. Location. Cost.

Thirty-ninth District, 4212 Ridge avenue $21 47

Fourteenth District, Sub., Chestnut Hill 21 45

Twenty-seventh District, Sub., Holmesburg 21 50

Twenty-fourth District, Sub., Bridesburg. * 21 50

Thirtieth District, Sub,, Koxborough 21 47

Twenty-first District, 3206 Woodland avenue 21 2t

Eighteenth District, northwest corner Fourth and

York streets 21 37

Twenty-sixth District, Trenton avenue and Dauphin

street 21 50

Total $921 05

Installations, Extensions and Changes Made in Connection
With the Electric Light Wiring in City Hall,

The number of incandescent and arc lamps in City Hall
at the end of the year 1910, together with the locations by
floors, is as follows :

. Incan-

T oV« Sa descent
Lamps, j^amps.

Basement 4 1,494

First floor 90 1,887

Second floor 33 2,314

Third floor ". 30 1,035

Fourth floor .•. 20 2,829

Pifth floor 32 950

Sixth floor 41 1,938

Seventh floor 24 1,130

Eighth and ninth floors 16 421

Tower 16

Clock face 548

Memorial lamp posts on City Hall pavement 800

Totals 306 15,346

Of the above lamps there were five hundred and forty-
four (544) new incandescent lamps added during the year
1910, increasing the total number from fourteen thousand
eight hundred and two (14,802) to fifteen thousand three
hundred and forty-six (15,346) incandescent lamps.
■ For the maintenance of the arc lamps during the year

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there has been used about fifteen thousand (15,000) car-
"bons, two hundred and twenty (220) dozen inner globes
«nd forty (40) outer globes, together with repairs and re-
newals of parts at a cost of five thousand eight hundred and
thirty-two (5,832) dollars.

Under the head of maintenance of the incandescent light-
ing system there has been three thousand nine hundred and
sixty-three (3,963) jobs taken care of, including new work
and repairs, such as renewing burnt out lamps, renewing
fuses, rewiring fixtures, replacing worn out cords, sockets,
etc., amounting in cost to eight thousand five hundred and
seventy-three (8,573) dollars and eighty-seven (87) cents.

The total number of burnt out lamps during the year
amounted to eight thousand six hundred and seventy-three
< 8,673).

There has been used during the year eight hundred and
twenty-six (826) 50 candle power gem lamps; three hun-
•dred and sixty-one (361) 100 candle power gem lamps, and
three hundred and sixfy-six (366) outer globes in the main-
tenance of the memorial lamp posts, at a total cost of six
liundred and fifty-seven (657) dollars and sixty-two (62)
•cents.

During the year 1910 the City Hall was illuminated a
nuinber of times, the decorations consisting of outlining
the building with incandescent lamps, erecting electrically
illuminated set pieces, and illuminating the statue of Wil-
liam Penn on top of the tower with searchlights.

In connection with the electric light plant of City Hall,
the records show that the daily average load during the
year 1907 was two thousand three hundred and seventy
(2,370) amperes. This has increased until in the year
1910 it has reached the average daily value of 3,320 am-
peres, which represents an increase of thirty-one per cent.
<31%).

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On dark days during the year the maximum load had^
reached the total of 6,100 amperes. This load is below the
normal electrical capacity of the plant, which is 1,000-
kilowatts, or 8,000 amperes, but the boiler plant has
been taxed at times to furnish the necessary power for it
in addition to the other services it supplies. This condition
of affairs exists on a cold, dark day, when in addition to-
having the maximum electric light load, we have a heavy
heating load, and also the regular elevator pump load. In
such a case the full capacity of the boiler plant is taxed,,
and if any breakdown occurs in the boiler plant, we are
obliged to call upon the Electric Light Emergency Service
to help us out while the repairs to the boilers are being
made.

Electrical Installations and Repairs Made to Police, Police
Patrol, Fire Stations, etc,

I desire to call your attention to tjie fact that in connec-^
tion with the electrical installations of the police, police
patrol, fire stations, etc., all the fixtures and panel boards
in connection with these buildings were designed by this
Bureau, and all the work in connection with the complete
installation of these stations was done by the employees of
this Bureau, and I do not hesitate to say that the work per-
formed by these men in connection with these most im-
portant installations is of the highest order.

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New Year's Illumination of City Hall.

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The electrical installation and equipment of the various
stations follows :

Name and Location of Station.

4*
2 OQ

Panel Boards.

J'ourth District Police Station and Pa-
trol Garage, Race street, below Fourth
street

1 124

205

fl-ie circuit \
.U- 8 circuit J

Eighth District Police Station and Pa-
trol Garage, Buttonwood street, west
of Tenth street

ll27

218

(1-20 circuit)
tl- 8 circuit i

Twelfth District Police Station and Pa-
trol Garage, Eighth street, below Jef-
ferson street

jioo

175
193

(1-14 circuit)
tl-10 circuit;

(1-18 circuit)
U-6 circuit;

4
4

Twenty-fourth District Police Station
and Patrol Garage, southwest corner
Belgrade and Clearfield streets—

No. 26 Fire fengine House, Buttonwood
street, west of Tenth street

43
33

89
.«7

1-10 circuit
1-10 circuit

No. 28 yire Engine House, Belgrade
street, south of Clearfield street 1

No. 2 Fire Truck House, Florist street,
below Fourth street

1-10 circuit

No. 5 Fire Truck House, Sixteenth
street, below Pitzwater street

1-10 circuit

:No. 8 Fire Truck House, 5231 German-
town avenue

141

1- ? circuit

BIgh Pressure Pumping Station,
Seventh street and Lehigh avenue

130

388

1-34 circuit

All the above stations and fire houses went into service
with the exception of the Fourth District Police Station,
Fire Truck Houses Nos. 2 and 5, and the High Pressure
Pumping Station, Seventh street and Lehigh avenue, in
which the fixture installation has not been completed.

The basement of the Third District Police Station was
rewired, and the wires encased in iron conduit.

The Thirty-fifth District Police Station, Garage and
Stable was completed in 1908 ; was lamped up and current
turned on May 3, 1910. Station went into service May 11,
1910.

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A new main service waa iewfelHed in the old Twelfth
District Police Sta^atet House, Tenth and Thompson
streets, now used by the Motor Cycle Squad. The toilet
room on the^ second floor and the basement were rewired,
and two (2) additional lights in the toilet, and six (6)
additional lights in the basement were installed, all new
work being done in iron conduit.

At the House of Correction, Holmesburg, two (2) lights
in the motor room, and four (4) lights over elevator doors
were installed.

This Bureau installed five (5) lights in the Immigra-
tion Station^ pier 80 South Wharves; also installed eight
(8) lights :n the oflices on the first floor of pier.

An 18-inch reflector 35 empere G. E. search light was
installea by this Bureau in the watch tower at the Eastern
Penitentiary.

X new service switch and automatic current breaker was
installed in the motor house of the bridge over Frankford
Creek at Bridge street. The controller was completely
overhauled and put in first-class condition. The apparatus
is now operating satisfactorily.

In addition to the above work repairs to all police sta-
tions, fire houses, bath houses, etc., have been promptly
mad'.'.

A regulai inspection of the electrical apparatus carried
by the various theatrical companies has been made each
Jl^nday during the year.

Special attention was paid to the inspection and testing
of the electrical installation of the new Nixon Theatre,
Eifty-second and Ludlow streets, and the new Liberty
Theatre, Columbia avenue, west of Broad street, in both
of which the electrical work was done under the supervision
of this Bureau.

This Bureau installed in the basement of the Girls' High
School, Seventeenth and Spring Garden streets, a 100 am-

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pere double throw switch to throw the A. C. to D. C. cur-
rent on lines on third floor laboratory switchboard. The
two (2) circuits were installed in the laboratory to feed
a small motor and receptacles for experimental work.
Three (3) circuits were run from the laboratory switch-
board and three (3) plugging receptables were installed in
class rooms on third floor. We ran a circuit to and installed
a three-gang plugging receptacle to furnish storage battery
current to floor sockets in laboratory receptacles marked
No. 1 — charging — Nos. 2 and 3 discharging.

Inve7itory.

Inventory of instruments and fixed property in use, and
stock of the City under the care of this Bureau :

498,544 feet of conduit. ♦

3,641,686 feet of duct.

96,972 feet of terra ootta duct in conduit.
1,510 manholes.
510 iron signal box posts.
377 iron patrol box posts.
63 iron water main box posts.
140 fire box posts and fire water main telephone boxes and

equipment.
185 miles of .telegraph and telephone cable underground.
5,297 miles of telegraph and telephone conductors under-
ground.
75 iron box telephones.

54 miles of electric light cable underground.
1,837 junction boxes.
1,867 miles of overhead wire,
5,839 wooden poles.
1,655 iron poles.
930 mast arms.
1,474 cells Callaud battery.
4,18X cella storage battery,
1400 X^elanche and dry batteries.

1,862 fire signal boxes, one hundred and seventeen (117) of
which are private, sixteen (16) on stages of theatres,
and one huttdlred and eighty-seven (187) auxiliarized
in private in«tituti<ms.

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145 keyJess doors on fire signal boxes.

110 bell magnets for fire signal circuits.

110 keys on fire signal circuits.

•906 police patrol signal and telephone boxes, of which five
hundred and twenty-five (535) are wall, and thirty-
two (32) are located in banks and other private in-
stitutions.

13 special Central Office telephone sets.
39 police signal and telephone office sets.

207 police booths.
1,198 telephones (City), including two hundred and five (205)

water main instruments and five (5) office sets.
645 telephones (Bell Com-pany), including eight (8) sets on

switchboard.
543 telephones (Keystone Company), including four ^4)

sets on switchboard.
126 alarm instruments located in engine houses, depots, etc.,

of which thirty (30) are private.
S8 bell magnets and keys, connected with fire signal and

telephone service.

14 banks of relays, ^ve (5) circuits to a bank.
2 four-dial manual transmitters.

1 automatic advance repeater.
1 fire alarm circuit switchboart, capacity fifty (50) cir-
cuits.

1 storage battery switchboard, capacity sixty (60) cir-
cuits.

6 inking registers, ten (10) circuits each.

1 rotary switch, capacity seventy-five (75) circuits.
' 1 telephone switchboard (Keystone Company), capacity
four hundred (400) circuits and forty (40) trunks.

1 telephone switchboard (Bell Company), capacity five
hundred (500) circuits and one hundred (100) trunks.

1 police telephone switchboard (Bell Company), capacity
eighty (80) circuits and fifteen (15) trunks.

1 police telephone switchboard (Keystone Company), ca-

pacity, eighty (80) circuits and twenty (20) trunks.

2 direct connected dynamos for charging storage battery.

Bell Telephone switchboard.
4 motor dynamos for telephone switchboard work.
1 switchboard for fire water main telephone service, ca-
pacity six (6) circuits.
850 automatic protectors.
"850 half ampere fuses in glass tubes.
S50 heat coils and carbon arresters.

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211 anvils for testing purposes.

1 combined protector and cross-connecting frame, capa-
city four thousand (4,000) wires.
52 police instruments.

52 relays on marble bases for police instruments.
1 laboratory cable testing set for measuring insulation^
capacity and conductor resistance, consisting of:
1 high sensibility galvanometer.
1 extra ballistic tube for use with same.

Special lamp and scale.
1 resistance box, 100,000 ohms.

1 Ayrton universal shunt.

Special .3 M. F. condenser with highly insulated!
infinity plug.

2 double pole double-throw switches, highly insul-

ated.
1 single pole d-ouble-throw switch, highly insulated..
1 special double pole double-throw switch.
1 short circuiting key on pillars.
1 Kemp's discharge key.

1 Wheatstone bridge 10 ratio coils, 2 each of 1-10-
100, 1,000-10,000.
1 portable insulation and capacity testing set.

1 portable telescope galvanometer.

2 fault finders.

1 bridge for locating faults on power circuits.

1 dial decade portable testing set.

1 A. C. voltmeter with card resistance for 20,000 volts.

1 No. 1 station photometer.

Standardizing apparatus for direct current anmieters
and voltmeters consisting of :

1 jMJtentionmeter.

1 reg^ulating rheostat.

1 wall D'Arsonval galvanometer.

1 volt box.

1 Weston standard cell.

1 standard resistance .1 ohm, capacity 15 amperes.

1 standard resistance .001, capacity 300 amperes.
1 complete set of Thompson's reflecting galvanometers.
1 Bunnel galvanometer and Wheatstone bridge.
1 Bradley galvanometer and rheostat.
1 Weston direct and alternating current voltmeter.
6 Weston direct current voltmeters.
1 Weston direct current milli voltmeter.

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4 Weston direct current ammeters.

2 Weston direct current milli aanmeters. ♦

1 Weston multiplier for direct current voltmeter.

2 Weston direct current voltammeters.

5 dynamos with a capacity of two hundred (200) K.W.

each.

7 engines and dynamos, one each on fire boat "Stuart,"
police boats "Ashbridge," "Stokley" and "King," and
three (3) ice boats with searchlights and all neces-
sary incandescent lamps, switches, etc.

4 550-volt — 57 H. P. armored motors for operation of
Gray's Ferry bridge, together with two (2) control-
lers, two (2) collector rings, two (2) marble .switch-
boards, each containing the necessary volt and am-
meters and automatic circuit breakers, and a 2 H. P.
direct coupled motor to operate an air whistle.

1 550-volt — 17 H. P. amw>red motor and controller to op-

erate drawbridge on Bridge street, crossing Frank-
ford creek.

2 direct current dynamotors for furnishing current to

Fifth District patrol and call bell equipment in the
station house.

2 A. C. motor generators for furnishing current to Twen-
tieth District patrol and call bell equipment.

1 A. C. motor generator for furnishing current to Twenty-
first District patrol and equipment.

1 D. C. dynamotor for furnishing current to Nineteenth
District equipment.

1 A. C. mot^r generator for furnishing current to' Eighth
District patrol and call bell equipment.

1 A. C. motor generator for furnishing current to Twelfth
District patrol and call bell equipment.

1 A. C. motor generator for furnishing current to Thirty-
fifth District patrol and call bell equipment.

1 A. C. motor generg,tor for furnishing current to Twenty-
fourth District patrol and call bell equipment.

1 A. C. motor generator for furnishing current to Ninth
District patrol and call bell equipment.

1 A. C. motor generator for furnishing current to Twenty-
third District patrol and call bell equipment.

1 D. C. dynamotor for furnishing current to Fourth Dis-
trict patrol and call bell equipment.
Hundreds of push buttons, calls, buzzers, etc.

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Estimated Cost of Instruments and Property of the City
in Use by the Electrical Bureau.

5,641,686 feet of creosoted wood duct in conduit $1,092,505 80

15,420 feet of terra cotta duct in conduit 9,252 00

96,972 feet of terra cotta duct conduit 5,769 83

1,510 manholes 105,700 00

510 iron signal box posts 8,160 00

377 iron signal box posts 6,182 80

62 water main box posts 1,016 80

140 fire box posts and fire water main tele-
phone boxes and equipment 5,810 00

75 iron box telephones 3,243 75

185 miles of telegraph and telephone cable in-
stalled 291,375 00

54 miles of electric light cable installed 78,300 00

39 Police signal and telephone office sets.... 9,750 00

60 miles of overhead No. 10 copper wire 3,615 00

1,837 junction boxes 20,666 25

1,867 miles of overhead wire 115,754 00

5,839 wooden poles 61,309 50

1,368 iron poles 41,040 00

930 mast arms 55,800 00

1,474 cells of Callaud battery 1,842 50

4,181 cells of storage battery 4,348 24

1,574 fire alarm signal boxes 196,750 00

145 keyless doors 5,800 00

110 kej'^s on line signal circuits 1,100 00

110 bell magnets for fire signal circuits 2,750 00

906 police patrol boxes 135,900 00

207 police patrol booths 38,295 00

Central Station apparatus 397 00

12 special telephone sets 534 00

.1,188 telephones 5,464 80

101 gongs 10,756 50

8.8 bell magnets and keys combined 2,024 00

50 bell magnets 1,000 Oa

14 banks of relays, 5 circuits to a bank 2,240 00

2 4-dial manual transmitters 9,750 00

1 automatic advance repeater )

1 fire alarm circuit switch board ) *

1 storage battery switchboard 15,100 00

6 inking registers 6,000 00

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1
1

850

211

1
4
2
1
2
15

6
1

40
1

306

40,000

rotary switch

switchboard for water main service

motor dynamo

automatic protectors ... 1

one-half (y^) ampere fuses in gflass tubes. .

heat coils and carbon arresters

anvils for testing purposes

cross connecting rack

police instruments

relays on marble bases

Bradley galvanometer and rheostat

Weston direct and alternating current volt-
meter

6 Weston direct current voltmeters

Weston direct current milli voltmeter ....

Weston direct current ammeters • . .

Weston direct milli ammeters

multiplier for direct current voltmeter. . . .

Weston direct current voltammeters

motor generators, including installing

and switchboards ,

dynamotors *

Telephone switchboards and equipment...

main distributing frame

Testing instruments and laboratory

typewriters

Elliott-Fisher billing machine

steel lockers

automobile

memorial lamp posts

Boundary tablets and seals for memorial

poles

Cable for memorial lamp posts

search light

search lights and covers

fan motors

incandescent arc lamps

incandescent lamps

375 H. P. boilers

50 H. P. engine and fan

well pump

1450

2,677

1,700

1,487

1,055

250

2,912

962

360

232

127

150

1,875

180

70,000

1,550

2,565

600

165

234

850 00

25,375

1,036

6,243

311

2,400 00

400

4,590

6,240

18,520

3,000 00

3,000

175

300 00

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4 boiler feed pumps |1,200 00

5 Ames engines and Westinghouse dynamos. . 50,000 00

1 house pump 1,500 00

1 house pump 2,000 00

1 switchboard * . . . 10,000 00

18 vertical hydraulic elevators 121,500 00

4 vertical hydraulic elevators 30,000 00

1 direct electric elevator 27,000 00

and cushion ' 30,750 00

3 hand-power elevator machines 1,000 00

1 pressure tank 718 00

5 pressure tanks 3,500 00

4 discharge tanks 1,200 00

5 elevator pumps 23,000 00

Emergency electric lighting circuit in City

Hall and equipment 10,000 00

Wiring in City Hall 50,000 00

Office furniture 1,000 00

Miscellaneous supplies 20,000 00

Total $2,932,738 27

Recommendations.

I would also respectfully request, as I did in my last re-
port, that provisions be made at as early a date as possible
for the complete rehabilitation of the fire alarm equipment
in this building. As I stated in my previous report, there
is no "Emergency Equipment" here of any kind to take
care of any possible "emergency" that may arise at any
moment. If the new plant should be installed the old
equipment that is here now could be "tied in" as an emer-
gency plant, so that the City would be amply protected at
all times.

I would also recommend that arrangements be made at
an early a date as possible, which I referred to in my last
report, for the installation of a "Eepair Shop," for the
purpose of making all necessary and essential repairs to
the various instruments that come under the supervision
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plant, and I earnestly request that you give it your serious
consideration.

I would alsoa-equest and earnestly recommend that all
the fire houses in the City be connected by direct lines to*
this Bureau. At the present time there are from two to
eight stations on one line, making it at times physically
impossible in cases of great emergency to get many of the
stations referred to ; this is a serious condition of affairs
and should be modernized without further delay.

I would also recommend that all City officials who are
connected with the administration of City affairs be con-
nected by telephone direct to this Bureau.

I again desire to call your attention to the great reve-
nues derived from the collection of premiums by the first in-
surance companies doing business in this City. This in-
come covers the collection of premiums written on fire in-
surance in connection with the various buildings and prop-
erties within the county line.

It occurred to the undersigned that, in view of the fact
that these companies depend for their profits principally
upon the keeping down or limiting the "fire hazard," which
fact is due to the great and extensive fire alarm equipment
of the City of Philadelphia, erected and maintained at
great expense entirely by the City, in order to help
maintain this system a certain percentage of every prem-
ium written in connection with fire insurance in this City
should be set aside for the purpose of helping to maintain
this entire equipment. This should be done either by legis-
lation or by some other means. Many of these companies,
I understand, are foreign corporations.

Revision of Salaries of the Electrical Bureau.

I desire to call your attentioon to the serious condition
of the Technical Staff of this Bureau.

Owing to the fact that the technical men of this Bureau

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are paid nothing more than laborers' wages, it is, of course^
natural that they should seek other avenues where their
services would be more appreciated, and where they will
receive compensation that their skilled services warrant.
Every graduate of technical institutions that this Bureau
has had as part of the force has resigned to take a place
with private corporations for the reasons above stated. The
last one, who was an extremely capable engineer, and wha
was broken into such an extent that he was thoroughly
familiar with the technical details of the work coming un-
der the supervision of this Bureau, resigned a short time
ago to take a place at $1,600 per year as teacher in the
Trades School of this City. He was on the pay roll of this
Biireau at $1,100 per year. The resignation of this engi-
neer leaves this Bureau with practically one man that can
be classed as a technical man. This Bureau needs today
badly at least three (3) skilled engineers, who should be
paid not less than from $1,600 to $2,000 per year each.
The demands upon this Bureau today for work of a highly
technical nature are becoming greater and greater, and im-
mediate arrangements should be made to provide a skilled
technical force.

Revision of Positions,

Permit me to call attention to the positions of manager,
first assistant manager, and second. assistant manager, the
titles of which are misnomers.

I recommend the position of manager be changed to that
of Superintendent of Underground Construction ; the posi-
tion of first assistant manager be changed to that of Super-
intendent of Arc Lighting, and the position of second as-
sistant manager be changed to that of Superintendent of
Installation of Instruments in Police and Fire Houses.
These are their duties, and the titles should be changed to
conlorm to the same.

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Installation of New Elevators.

I desire again to call your attention to the absolute neces-
sity of the installation of a new system of elevators in this
building. I have referred to this matter in a number of
reports I have made. There is nothing more essential than
transportation between the various floors of this building,
and the safety of the passengers who ride on these elevators,
than that to make immediate arrangements for the neces-
sary appropriation to carry this into effect.

Inspectors for Fire Alarm Boxes,

We have installed on the highways of this City covering
a territory approximately one hundred and twenty-nine
(129) square miles, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
two (1,862) fire signal boxes. Our method of inspection
today is most imperfect for the reason that with the lim-
ited inspection force at our disposal it requires approxi-
mately three (3) months to inspect the fire signal boxes
referred to. In order to maintain the efficiency of your fire
signal service it is absolutely essential that weekly inspec-
tions should be made of every fire signal box in the City
of Philadelphia.

I recommend that immediate arrangements be' made to
provide five (5) inspectors, whose duty it will be to keep
constant watch and inspection of these signal boxes, so that
we may know that every one of them is in proper condition
to be called upon to perform the service for which it was
installed. This cannot be done at the present time.

Inspectors for Picture Sliow Parlors and Theatres.

I also desire to call your attention to* the fact that re-
peated demands have been made for inspectors for picture
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two men to cover this important work, and I sincerely
liope that we will not need an object lesson before provision
is made for the inspectors referred to. We should have at
least five (5) more inspectors to constantly watch these
places and inspect also, in connection with picture show
parlors and tKeatres, the condition of electric signs that
are being constantly erected all over the City.

I take the liberty of quoting you an editorial published
in the Electrical Review and Western Electrician, issue of
February 25, 1911, under the heading, "Fire Hazard of
F]lectric Signs:"

Fire Hazard of Electric Signs,

"In erecting electric signs upon or adjacent to
buildings, care should be taken to see that no wood-
work or other inflammable material is sufficiently
near to the lamps to be unduly heated. Neglect of
this simple precaution will largely increase the risk
of fire from this source. Careful attention should also
be given to the proper support of large signs, espe-
cially where these are exposed to the wind, and it
should also be seen to that in case the sign should by
any means become loosened it would not fall upon the
street or upon adjacent buildings. Such a contin-
gency may easily arise from fire originated by other
sources. Switches should be placed in accessible posi-
tions, so that power may be cut off whenever desired,
not only by those in charge of the sign, but firemen
or others who may have occasion to go on the roof.

"The necessity for careful attention to these matters
by those responsible for the construction and those
interested commercially in electric signs is made all
the more urgent in view of the campaign which is
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possibly suppress the use of electric signs for adver-
tising purposes. In combating this movement the-
position of sign users should be impregnable, and this
will only be the case if they give proper regard to
those considerations which to the fire insurance com-
panies and to the City Fire Departments seem im-
portant."

Installation of Fire Alarm Signal Boxes and Patrol Boxes.

We are badly in need of at least two hundred (200) fire
signal boxes and two hundred (200) modern Electrical
Bureau type patrol boxes. There are at the present time
eighty-two (82) of the old-fashioned sheet-iron patrol
booths in different parts of the City that are falling to
pieces. It is the desire of the undersigned to remove these
booths and modernize by the installation of new patrol
boxes.

Rewiring of City Hall. *

I desire to call your attention again to the necessity of
providing the necessary funds to commence the rewiring of
City Hall. This is absolutely necessary on account of the
repeated demands for service in the various rooms in the
building.

Placing All Police and Fire Alarm Wires Underground.

Again I call your attention to the fact that approximately
seventy-five per cent. (75%) of our police and fire alarm
wires are overhead. This is serious condition of affairs.
Every storm that we have causes no end of trouble, and it
is extremely hard at times to nriaintain this most important
service. Arrangements should be made this year at least
to commence the placing of these wires underground.

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^ Boiler Plant in City Hall.

In view of the fact that it is necessary at times to cleans
and repair some of the boilers in the City Hall plant, it is-
absolutely essential that we should have an increase in the^
boiler capacity of this building to the extent of 300 H. P-
for the purpose of taking care of break downs.

What has been done by this Bureau during the year
1910 — in fact, ever since I have had the honor to be its-
Chief — has been due to the earnest support that you have
given me at all times, and, believe me, it is appreciated
more than you can imagine, and it is just such support
given to heads of Departments and Bureaus that gives thent
encouragement and spurs them on to greater effort.

Permit me to extend my thanks to His Honor the Mayor
for the splendid manner in which he has carefully consid-
ered matters coming under the supervision of this Bureau ;.
his support has been all that could be desired.

I also desire to extend my thanks to the members of Se-
lect and Common Councils, and to the Presidents of both
branches. It is a source of great satisfaction to me to know
that there is such a splendid feeling of harmony existing
between this Bureau and every member of the legislative^
branch of the City Government, and it will be the earnest
effort of the undersigned to see that this feeling is always
maintained. I very much appreciate the many visits to
me during the year by members of both branches of Coun-
cils and the Presidents of the same at my office, and I be-
lieve they have been interested in the work that has been
done and is now under way.

In conclusion, let me beg of you to earnestly forward all
the recommendations that I have made, and I again desire
to extend to you my thanks for the able manner in which
you have supported me in every humble effort that I have
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Bureau. You can rest assured that always the best that is
in me shall be given, not only to maintain, but to increase
the efficiency of your administration through this Bureau.
I cannot close my report without an expression of thanks
to the subordinates of the Bureau for the very hearty and
splendid manner in which they have supported me in my
work ; believe me, sir, it has been at times hard, but when
you are supported and surrounded by enthusiastic em-
ployees, who are constantly seeing things done, and are
always willing to look forward to better things in connec-
tion with the work of the Bureau, it inspires one to greater
effort. The esprit de corps still continues in this Bureau,
and the splendid feeling shown by the employees is ad-
mirable,

Eespectf uUy submitted,

J. F. McLaughlin,

Chief of Bureau.

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THIS BUREAU

FROM APRIL 1, 1907 TO DECEMBER 31, 1910.

Under date of October 13, 1910, 1 received a communica-
tion from you, requesting me to furnish you with a con-
densed list of the accomplishments of this Bureau from
April 1, 1907, to December 31, 1910, which I take the
liberty of making part of my report.

Accomplishments of the Electrical Bureau During the Ad-

ministration of the Honorable John E. Reyhurn,

Mayor, to December 81^ 1910.

When the undersigned took charge of this Bureau, it was
found that a number of telegraph companies had not been
paying their taxes and license charges for approximately
twenty-four (24) years, being indebted to the City to the
amount of $97,351.50. Arrangements were immediately
made to proceed to collect this money from these compa-
nies ; after many negotiations, a settlement was arrived at
between all the companies and the City which was satis-
factory to the City, and "the settlement was authorized by
Select and Common Councils, the money being collected
and turned over to the Receiver of Taxes.

Reorganization of the Bureau.

The entire Bureau from the "labor roll" up has been
completely reorganized and placed upon a strictly business
basis. The office hours are from 8 o'^clock A. M. until 4
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private corporations, is applied to every branch of the busi-
ness done by this Bureau, and you will find among all the
€mployees a cheerfulness and willingness to comply with
^very request that is made them in the prosecution of the
business. I feel that we have proven beyond question that
£i public office can be operated on a strictly business basis.

Municipal Telephone Exchange.

It was also found that this Bureau had one of the most
^antiquated systems of telephone exchanges that could
■scarcely be found in ^ country town. Realizing the import-
:ance of a modern and up-to-date Municipal Exchange, the
undersigned proceeded to negotiate with the Bell and Key-
stone Telephone Companies for the installation of what is
today byond question the most modern municipal telephone
•exchange in the world. The plans and specifications for
this exchange were laid down by this Bureau and installed
under the supervision of the same by the Bell and Key-
•stone Telephone Companies without any cost whatever to
the City of Philadelphia. The cost of installing this
Municipal Exchange was approximatelv $80,000, divided
hetween both telephone companies. It has been visited by
thousand of people from various parts of the country and
many experts familiar with this class of work, and, I be-
lieve, has been adopted by several American municipalities
and some foreign cities. It consis'ts of one (1) 4,000 wire
main terminal and protector frame of absolute fireproof
construction; two (2) of the most modern telephone switch-
lx)ards, both Bell and Keystone. The Bell board has a
<;apacity of five hundred (500) lines, and one hundred
(100) special trunk lines, running from the Municipal Ex-
change in this building to the Bell Telephone Company's
Exchange, for the purpose of taking care of outside calls.
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lines, with fifty (50) special trunk lines, running from
this exchange to the Keystone Telephone Company's Ex-.
change, for the purpose of taking care of outside calls.

There has also been installed in the same room a com-
plete storage battery plant, which distributes the necessary
current for the complete operation of the system throughout
the City, together with relay racks, modern and up-to-date
intermediate distributing frames, and a large number of
repeating coils. The City of Philadelphia has every reason
to be proud of, as we of the Electrical Bureau are, of this
modern scheme of intercommunication.

A Police Telephone Exchange.

It was also found that telegraphic communications were
T3eing made through the Department of Public Safety, cov-
ering the Detective Bureau, Police Department and Police
Stations by the most unique, and still at the same time the
Tuost antique method of telegraph that has ever come under
the notice of the undersigned, viz. : the old system of "dial
telegraph," which was as §low as molasses in the winter
time. Arrangements were immediately proceeded with to
remove this scheme of communicating and to substitute
therefor what is recognized throughout the country and
/abroad as the most modern and the most original method
•of communicating important messages through your Police
Department that has been installed and operated in any
city in the world. It consists of the introduction of what
is "technically" called "Simultaneous Telephony." In-
stalled in every police district is a police telephone system,
•each operator taking his messages down from the Central
Ofiice and transcribing the same on typewriters, keeping
triplicate copies of each and every message that is sent.
One message can be sent to a separate district, or a number
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To illustrate how perfect and valuable this system is, dur-
ing the year 1909 there were transmitted over these lines
seven hundred and sixty-two thousand five hundred and
seventy-five (762,575) messages, triplicate copies of every
one of them being kept, the messages averaging all the way
from ten (10) to two hundred and fifty (250) words with-
out a solitary mistake being made. This system is operated
through a separate and distinct exchange in this building,
called the "Police Telephone Exchange," operated by sworn
operators. This system was also installed in the building
here in room 629 without any cost whatever to the City of
Philadelphia, after much negotiation with both telephone
companies. The introduction of this system into the police
district has, beyond question, raise(i the standard of efii-
ciency of the house sergeants, many of whom today are ex-
pert typewriters. In this room are located what is techni-
cally termed a two (2) position common battery, lamp signal
Bell Telephone switchboard, having a capacity of one hun-
dred (100) lines, and fifteen (15) special trunks. A two
(2) position common battery, lamp and drop signal Key-
stone switchboard, on the Keystone system having a capac-
ity of eighty (80) lines and ten (10) special trunks.

In connection with this a two party telephone system
has also been designed and developed, whereby no one can
interfere on the line in case a conversation is being carried
on, making it physically imppssible to hear any conversa-
tion that may take place between both ends of the line.
This, I believe, is the only system of absolute secret com-
munication that has been devised, and will be of incalcu-
able value in police districts.

The police telephone room is used exclusively for "police
business" and nothing else.

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Pawnbrokers' 'Phones.

There has also been installed in this room a system that
the City of Philadelphia originated, and which has proven
one of the most valuable things that has been done during
this administration ; I refer to the system by which every
pawnbroker in the City of Philadelphia is connected
directly by private line with the police telephone room, at
no expense to the City — all the expense of the installation,
maintenance, rental, etc., being born by the pawnbrokers.
The exchange system has a capacity of one hundred and
twenty (120) lines. To illustrate the great value of this
system and what it has been — on the third day after it was
completed and put in operation there was $16,000 worth
of valuables recovered by the Detective Bureau by being
notified by one of the pawnbrokers that there were sus-
picious characters in his office, he having immediately noti-
fied the Detective Bureau, who proceeded to his office and
made a very important capture ; this has occurred a great
number of times since the installation of the Pawnbrokers'^
System, which was completed and "cut into service" on
January 31, 1910.

Electrical Bureau Ijoboratory.

There was installed in the year 1908 a thoroughly
equipped and up-to-date Electrical Testing Laboratory in
room 634, City Hall. In this laboratory are the most accu-
rate instruments for making all kinds of electrical tests
and measurements. This laboratory has proved of incalcu-
lable value and assistance, not only to this Bureau and the
various Departments in the City, but to the students of the
colleges in this vicinity and of the Manual Training, Trade
and High Schools.

To illustrate the value of this laboratory. The first test.
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made in this laboratory by this Bureatc of a large amotint
of material that was tmder contract, it was foimd that the
sanae was not up to the requirements, the result of which
was that the material was rejected, and the allowance in-
sisted upon by the undersigned to be made to the City of
Philadelphia was enough to pay for the entire cost of the
installation of this laboratory. Tests of every description
are constantly being made and accurate records kept on file.

Electrolytic Surveys.
During 1907 and J908 another very important thing was
taken up by this Bureau that has proved of great value. I
refer to a long series of tests in connection with ^^electroly-
sis" in connection with the water mains throughout the en-
tire City, every inch of water main in the City of Phila-
delphia being thoroughly tested, and where found necessary
were protected by modern methods, and I question whether
there is a city anywhere that is more free from electrolytic
action, owing to leaking currents, than the City of Phila-
'delphia. Tests, are constantly being made and accurate
records being kept of every one of them. Much assistance
was given to the undersigned by the Chief of the Bureau
of Water in connection with this most important matter.
These tests were made at the request of Director of Public
Safety Henry Clay, Esq., upon a request made to him by
the Director of Public Works shortly after the undersigned
was sworn into office.

Oenerating Current for Police Stations hy Motor Genera-
tors and Dynamotors,
Upon investigation it was found that the various police
districts were using for the maintenance of their system of
communication the old. method of blue stone batteries,
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maintain, entailing much work upon the house sergeants.
This Bureau proceeded to design a more modern scheme
of furnishing the necessary current for operation in con-
nection with the police districts, the result of which was
the designing of the dynamotors that are used in the direct
•current districts of the City, and motor generator sets that
are used in the alternating current districts of the City.
This apparatus occupies a space of about two feet square,
-and the old-fashioned method of blue stone batteries re-
quired a large room. This modern apparatus is now in-
stalled in the Fifth Police District, Eighth Police District,
Twelfth Police District, N^ineteenth Police. District, Twen-
tieth Police District, Twenty-first Police District, Twenty-
fourth Police District, and Thirty-fifth Police District, and
in the latter part of 1911 it is expected that every police
district in the City of Philadelphia will be equipped with
this modern apparatus. Each system is in ^^duplicate,'*
making it physically impossible for the service at any time
♦to be interfered with, and the introduction of the same
heing comparatively inexpensive, it costing but approxi-
mately $50 for each district

Lectures.

In 1908 and 1909 there was inagurated a course of Prac-
tical Instructions and Lectures to the School Boys, which
has proved of great value, many of the students from the
Manual Training, Trades and High Schools being in at-
tendance at no expense whatever to them. This is suscepti-
ble of great development, and, plans are now being laid by
the undersigned to enlarge and make more thorough these
practical talks. The course proved so valuable and inter-
esting as to attract the attention of the honorable members
of both Cpmmon and Select Councils, who were good
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of ten (10) apprentieesr, who were- appeiB**^ »n& are now
under instructions, doing practical work in the various
branches coming under the supervision of this Bureau.

Method of Keeping Accounts.

There has also been introduced a most complete system
of not only keeping accounts, but a^ record covering the in-
stallation of every electric arc light in the City of Phila-
delphia; also a card index record of all employees of the
Bureau, and of the various electrical services, both over-
head and underground, including cables, etc., so that at a
moment's notice any information desired can be obtained
through this great index system.

In combination with this the Bureau has installed a
modern and up-to-date system of accounting, using double
(Butry bookkeeping throughout, and the job slip system be-
ing kept, which includes a record of everything done by
the employees, no matter how trifling, the same being en-
tered up, the time required to do the job, the amount of
material required and the cost of the same, and the name of
the employee who did the work.

A monthly balance sheet is furnished regularly to His
Honor the Mayor, the Director of Public Safety, and the
Finance Committee of Councils, showing the conditions of
the various items covered by the appropriation made to this-
Bureau, and I believe this is the only Bureau in the City
that makes such a statement. The result of a monthly bal-
ance sheet like this being furnished to the parties referred
to shows twelve times a year the exact condition of the
finances of the Bureau. The value of this method of ac-
counting that we have in this Bureau, is- diown from the
fact that this Bureau in striking its last balance sheet of
the year on December 31st always turns back a surplus
©ver and above the cost of the operations of the Bureau for
the year.

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Balance Sheet as of December SI, 1910.

After paying all bills for the purchase of supplies,
labor, etc., this Bureau has turned back into the

City Treasury the sum of $35,789 04

and (Department of Supplies) 2,085 52

making a surplus of $37,874 56

above all the requirements for the year 1910.* We coiq-
mence the new year without owing a dollar.

Salary Requirements.

The salary requirements of the Bureau for the year

1910 are $113,734 50

we have earned 128,323 67

this is $14,589 17

above the requirements of the Bureau for all salaries. It
shows that so far as the salary requirements of this
Bureau are concerned we are self-sustaining.

High Pressure Signal System.

There has also been designed by this Bureau a Combina-
tion High Pressure Fire Water Main Telephone and Fire
Box, which is now being installed as rapidly as possible.
This consists of a system of telephonic communication be-
tween any one of these boxes and City Hall and the High
Pressure Pumping Station at Seventh street and Lehigh
avenue that is now nearing completion. There are now
one hundred and forty (140) of these signal boxes being
erected, making it possible for the Chief Engineer, Assist-
ant Engineers, or any member of the Fire or Police Depart-
ment 'to talk from one of these signal stations on the curb
line to any part of the City.

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Designing the New Scheme of Illumination for the High
Pressure Pumping Station at Seventh Street and Lehigh
Avenue.

There has also been designed by this Bureau in connec-
tion with the High Pressure Pumping Station a very
unique scheme of illumination, plans and specifications of
which have been made by this Bureau. The fixtures in
connection with this scheme of illumination will be in-
* stalled by the latter part of this year. I desire to call your
attention to the fact that all the electrical work in connec-
tion with this building was done by employees of this
Bureau, and will bear the closest inspection that can be
made.

Electrical Method of Control of the Apparatus at the High
Pressure Pumping Station, Seventh Street and Lehigh
Avenue.

There has been installed in this building a very unique
and at the same time a very interesting scheme of control-
ling the apparatus from one central point, each unit being
controlled by electrically operated motor valves,- the same
being as near automatic as it is possible to make. This
entire equipment has been installed under the supervision
of this Bureau.

Fire Signal Boxes.

We have remodeled 100 of the old style fire signal boxes
at a cost of $28.75 each, as against the cost of $125 each
for new ones, which shows a saving of $96.25 on each box^
making a total saving to the City on this account of $9,625.
This development commenced in April, 1908, and it alsa
included the complete redesigning and modernizing of what
is technically called "the Electrical Bureau Type Patrol
Box ^nd the Electrical Bureau Type Fire Signal Box."

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It is found that there is approximately three thoue^and
(3,000) cells of storage battery in this building for thta
purpose of operating the fire signal circuits throughout the
City. Recognizing the fact that this was cumbersome and
must be modernized, a plan has been arranged and worked .
out, so that the fire signal system is now being operated
from the electrical current generated in the ^ower plant in
this building instead of the storage battery. Arrangements,
are now being made to complete this system, which will
eliminate the cost of the maintenance of the three thousand
(3,000) cells of storage battery referred to.

Memorial Lamps.

I desire to call your attention to one of the most interest-
ing and at the same time one of the most valuable, and, I
believe, one of the most pleasing accomplishments to the
citizens of this great City that has been completed by this
Bureau. I tefer to the designing and the erection of the
Memorial Lamp Posts, which were placed in position dur-
ing Founders' Week, in October, 1908, around City Hall,
where the complete history of our City prior to the con-
solidation can be found memorialized by a full and com-
plete description on bronze tablets.

I desire to say in connection with the erection of these
Memorial Lamps that the original thought was immedi-
ately approved by yourself. The suggestion of erecting
twenty-eight (28) Memorial Lamp Poles around City Hall,,
each emblematic of one of the original twenty-eight (28)
districts surrounding the original City of Philadelphia,,
followed a plan which the Founders' Week Committee had
of erecting a court of honor in plaster. Knowing your own
ideas against any temporary improvement, this thought
was given to you through Henry Clay, Esq., Director De-
partment of Public Safety, and your directions to me were
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The carrying of your thought into final arrangements
was immediately made by this Bureau, and the erection of
those beautiful lamp standards, so pleasing to the eye, and
so sentimental in character, is due absolutely to you in in-
dorsing what will be forever a feature of the City of Phila-
delphia.

Knowing your interest in the successful Founders' Week,
and watching your constant efforts to make it an unpar-
alleled success in every particular, and knowing also that
you gave the privilege of bringing to a close the ceremonies
incident to the 225th anniversary of the founding of the
City to the Knights Templar of Pennsylvania, I had caused
to be made with your permission a Knight's Templar de-
sign, showing the cross and crown in colored lights. At 11
o'clock on the last day of the celebration, when the Knights
Templar, in conjunction with yourself and other distin-
guished visitors, stood in the rain at the north entrance to
the City Hall and formally brought to a close the week's
celebration by extinguishing all the lights on the City Hall,
there appeared in view this set piece, forming in itself a
fitting climax to the celebration of which you were the
actual head and most interested worker.

In connection with the thought of erecting twenty-eight
(28) lamps I had also caused to be designed a large bronze
tablet, which was erected on the wall of the corridor outside
of the Mayor's office, which bore the boundaries of the origi-
nal City of Philadelphia as laid out by William Penn, viz. :
From Vine to South streets, and between the two rivers.
On this tablet should appear by all means the names of the
officials of the City under that date, 1908.

This tablet is a memorial to the old City as laid out by
William Penn, and the twenty-eight lamp posts are memor-
ials to the twenty-eight (28) districts which were consoli-
dated with the original City under date of 1854.

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I desire to say further, in connection with the erection
of these lamp standards, that one of the most pleasing
things in connection therewith was the christening of these
poles by school children from the various schools of the
City. This thought was suggested to the undersigned by
ULr, William J. Milligan, Chief Clerk Select Council, and
it appealed to me so strongly that arrangements were im-
mediately made with the Board of Public Education for
the purpose of arranging the school children from the
various sections of the City, represented by the townships
:and boroughs referred to, to christen the respective poles,
the ceremonies of which were not only very impressive,
but extremely instructive as well. They are now here as a
lasting monument and are much admired by and have
proven extremely instructive to visitors.

The illumination of Select and Common Councils' cham-
bers and the Finance Committee's room was designed and
•completed by this Bureau.

This Bureau also, under ordinance of Councils of April
15, 1908, examines all applicants throughout the City for
the operation of passenger elevators.

Moving Picture Show Parlors,

This Bureau also, under ordinance of Councils of Feb-
Tuary 25, 1908, examines all operators of moving picture
machines in connection with the operation of moving pic-
ture show parlors.

This Bureau has also assumed charge of the inspection
of moving picture show parlors, and all places of public
amusement, including theatres, etc.

This Bureau has also control of all the electrical installa-
tions under contract by the municipal departments, such
AS public school ^uildings, public libraries, electrically oper-
ated drawbridges, municipal hospital, etc.

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I would respectfully call your attention to the illumina-
tion of the William Penn High School for Girls, all of
which was supervised by this Bureau.

Electrical Installations in Police Stations.

The making of plans and specifications for the electric-
lighting of the various police and fire stations, bathhouses
and other City buildings are made by this Bureau. They
were formerly done by contract ; all the work is now done
by this Bureau, who make the complete installations. The
list of buildings in which we have erected and installed in-^
stallations of this character follows :

Ninth District Police Station and Gararge.

Twenty-third District Police Station and Garage.

Twenty-first District Police Station and Garage.

Thirty-fifth District Police Station and Garage. '

Thirty-sixth District Police Station and Garage.

Twenty-fourth District Police Station and Garage and Stable..

Eighth District Police Station and Garage.

Fourth District Police Station and Garage.

Twelfth District Police Station.

Engine Company No. 31 Fire House.

Engine Company No. 44 Fire House and Storage House.

Engine Company No. 55 Fire House.

Engine Company No. 26 Fire House.

Engine Company No. 28 Fire House.

Engine Company No. 32 Fire House.

Truck No. 8

Truck No. 2.

Truck No. 5.

Bathhouse, Twelfth and Reed streets.

Bathhouse, Front and Thompson streets.

Bathhouse, Montrose and Darien streets. .

Van Stables, Eleventh and Wharton streets.

New Traffic Squad Stable, Eleventh and Wharton streets.

High Pressure Pumping .Station, Seventh street and Lehigh avenue^

Lighting of the Pergolas on the Parkway.

Lighting of Walnut Lane Bridge.

Lighting of Forty-second Street Bridge.

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Lighting of the City Highways.

I desire to call your attention to the modem illumination
of the highways in the central section of the City of Phila-
delphia. There has been erected during this administra--
tion one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine (1,869)
electric arc lights.

The new system of illumination covered by the erection
of the ornamental standards on Market street, Chestnut
street, Walnut street. Arch street and Broad street includes-
nine hundred and fifteen (915) electric arc lamps.

The installation of this scheme of illumination has be-
yond question comf)letely transformed- the center of the
City of Philadelphia, and it is absolutely safe to say, with-
out fear of contradiction, that we have the most modern and
best lighted city in the world.

When you consider the vast territory that the great City
of Philadelphia covers, and the number of lamps that we
have on the highways, based upon a population of 1,600,000
persons, the cost of lighting is not great, as it averages but
eighty-one (81) cents per capita per year per light, and but
two and 2/10 (2.2) mills per capita per light per night.

Much has been said by the press and others in connection
with this scheme of illumination, all of which has been ex-
tremely favorable, and I know of nothing that has been
done during this administration that reflects so much credit
upon it as the introduction of this splendid scheme of illu-
mination which has been carefully and scientifically worked
out in every detail.

Southern Boulevard Lighting*

Plans and specificp-tions have been completed for the
proposed illumination of the new Southern Boulevard and
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^^Series Tungsten System" of lighting. This differs radi-
cally from the scheme of illumination above referred to, as
instead of using electric arc lights, incandescent lamps of
high candle power are to be used mounted upon ornamental
standards.

Illuminating the Grounds of the Philadelphia Hospital for
Contagious Diseases.

There is now being installed in the grounds of the Phila-
delphia Hospital for Contagious Diseases, at Second and
Luzerne streets, at the request of Dr. Joseph S. N^eff, Direc-
tor of the Department of Public Health and Charities, a
modern scheme of illumination, plans of which have been
laid down by this Bureau and the work done by its em-
ployees. It is expected to have this completed by the end
of the year. Series Tungsten lighting will be used through-
out.

Independence Square,

Plans and specifications have also been completed for the
erection, at the request of his Honor the Mayor, of fifty-
six (56) ornamental lamp standards surrounding Inde-
pendence Hall and in Independence Park, memorializing
each and every signer of the Declaration of Independence.
The model of this standard will be completed within the
next few days. Had it not been for litigation now pending
this whole scheme of illumination in connection with Inde-
pendence Hall would have been opened up on New Year's
Eve, but under the circumstances it will have to be delayed.

Rehahilitation of the Fire Alarm Equipment.

Plans and specifications have been prepared for the com-
pl'te rehabilitation of the fire alarm equipment in City
Hall, commonly called Central Office, which is the point

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oi distribution in this building. These plans cover the
installation of the most modem apparatus for handling fire
alarm signals, and also the construction of a room that is
absolutely fireproof in every particular, in which this equip-
ment will be maintained. It also means the removal from
this Bureau of 3,300 cells^f storage battery that have been
used for years to handle your fire alarm equipment.

Police and Fire Alarm Wires to he Placed Underground,

In view of the fact that approximately seventy-five per
cent. (75%) of the important police and fire alarm wires
are overhead, plans are well under way preparing for the
laying of underground ducts and cables for the purpose of
placing these very important services underground. This
will minimize many of our troubles due to elemental dis-
turbances and other causes. There should be no time lost
in connection with this work.

Police Patrol and Fire Signal Boxes.
The City of Philadelphia has had erected throughout the
various parts of the City sheet-iron booths in connection
with the police patrol signal boxes on the highways, many
of which have fallen to pieces. There have been one hun-
dred and nineteen (119) of these old-fashioned booths re-
moved and replaced by new Electrical Bureau type patrol
boxes. There are also twenty-nine (29) of these new patrol
boxes in course of erection, making a total of one hundred
hnd forty-eight (148) new Electrical Bureau type patrol
boxes now upon the highways.

Electrical Equipment for Police Stations.
A new police patrol telephone stand to be used by the
House Sergeants in the various districts has been designed
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and received, and three (3) of which are already in opera-
tion, and the balance will be erected by the latter part of
December of this year.

The old chemical registers that have been used for so
long a time are being rapidly replaced by a new Electrical
Bureau type shearing register which makes a permanent
record by cutting into the paper tape instead of transmit-
ting the same as heretofore under the old chemical registers,
by which an hour after the call had been made no record
appeared. This new register operates in connection with
the new patrol box, and register^ the call permanently that
the patrolman makes from the patrol box in his district.
The importance of this can be plainly seen

A system of intercommunicating telephones in place of
speaking tubes are being installed in the various police dis-
tricts, which is very desirable.

There has also been installed one hundred and fifty-nine
{159) new Electrical Bureau type fire signal boxes, and
forty (40) more are now being installed as rapidly as possi-
ble, making a total of one hundred and ninety-nine (199)
new Electrical Bureau type fire signal boxes.

There has also been one hundred of the old antiquated
type fire signal boxes remodeled to correspond with the new
Electrical Bureau type, the same having been installed and
:are now in operation.

New Police Station Equipment.
There have been erected in a number of Police Districts
what are commonly called modern "Protector Boards," dis-
placing the old equipment. They have been installed and
connected up with new instruments in the following sta-
tions :

Fourth District Station House.
Eighth District Station House.
Ninth District Station House.

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Twelfth District Station House.

Nineteenth District Station House.

Twenty-first District Station House.

Twenty-third District Station House.

Twenty-fourth District Station House.

Twenty-sixth District Station House.

Thirty-fifth District Station House.

Thirty-seventh District Station House.

Engine Company No. 26.

Engine Company No. 28.

Engine Company No, 31.

Engine Company No. 32.

Truck No. 2.

Truck No. 8. ,

South Broad Street Pole Line.
Investigation made by the undersigned in connection
with the City's Police and Fire Alarm line of poles on the
east side of Broad street, from Moyamensing avenue to
League Island gate (Government avenue) showed the same
to be in a dilapidated and disgraceful condition. Realizing
the fact that this Bureau had no money at its disposal to
rebuild the same and to modernize the equipment by plac-
ing it underground, which would cost approximately
$14,500, I proceeded to open negotiations with both the
Bell and Keystone Telephone Companies, who have modern
ducts and cables along the line on both the east and west
sides of Broad street to League Island gate. I finally suc-
ceeded in having both companies turn over to this Bureau
the necessary cables and conduits at no expense whatever
to the City, thereby saving the City of Philadelphia
$14,500. The old pole line has been removed and the ser-
vice is now underground in a modern and up-to-date
manner as above referred to.

Money Collected,
During this Administration this Bureau has collected
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dred and thirty thousand three hundred and thirty
(430,330) dollars and sixteen (16) cents for taxes, li-
cense charges, etc.

In addition to the above the rental of wires in the City
cables has been increased by Ordinance of Councils of Oc-
tober 31, 1908, from ten (10) to thirty (30) dollars per
mile.

Electric Signs.

This Bureau has issued one thousand six hundred and
ninety-nine (1,699) permits for the erection of electric
signs in various parts of the City, keeping correct records
as to the number of lamps, candle power of the same, and
the design of the signs. There are now burning on these
signs approximately one hundred and fifty thousand
(150,000) lights, brilliantly illuminating the highways
in many parts of the City without any cost whatever to the
municipality.

Free Lighting.

In addition to the above, the City of Philadelphia re-
ceives, at no expense whatever to it, one hundred and nine-
ty-three (193) electric arc lamps, and the "free" lighting of
the various police stations, patrol stations and fire houses,
in the "free territory," as required by ordinance of Coun-
cils, which, reduced to dollars and cents, means a saving to
the City of Philadelphia through this Bureau of seventy-
six thousand one hundred and sixty-five (76,165) dollars
per year.

Laying of Ducts and Construction of Manholes Along the
Northeast Boulevard.

Terra cotta ducts have been purchased and are now on
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Northeast Boulevard, anticipating the lighting of this
boulevard and the connecting up of the police and fire alarm
services.

Removal of Poles and Wires.

There has been removed by the Western Union -Tele-
graph Company, after much negotiation between the com-
pany and this Bureau, their pole line on North Tenth
street, from Market to Sansom street, that was erected by
the company during the Centennial Exhibition held in this
City in the year 1876. These poles and wires were not only
a menace to the general public, but extremely unsightly;
they are now removed and the line along this thorough-
fare has been placed underground.

Arrangements have been made with the Western Union
Telegraph Company for the removal of the pole line on
Sansom street, from Sixth to Sixteenth street. The wires
and cables that have been maintained on these poles will
all be removed and placed underground, at the expense of
the Western Union Telegraph Company, by the latter part
of this year.

Purchase of Cables, etc.

It was found that there was but practically one bidder
who submitted bids for the cable and wire requirements of
this Bureau in the annual schedule. Being familiar with
the prices of these materials, the bids submitted the first
year of my occupancy as Chief of this Bureau led me to
believe that a combination in prices existed, and the bids
were throv^rn out, and, at my request. Councils passed a reso-
lution under date of February 11, 1908, authorizing me
to go into the open market and purchase the requirements
of the Bureau. Plans and specifications were made by this
Bureau covering these requirements, bids were taken, and
a large number were submitted — in fact, the largest num-
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ber of bids covering the reguirements of this kind that were
ever submitted. The result was a saving of approximately
thirty thousand (30,000) dollars on the requirements of
this Bureau below the regular schedule prices.

Cable Shaft.
Upon investigation, the undersigned found that the very
important wires and cables covering the police and fire
:alarm and other City services were mounted on structures
made of timber in the cable shaft in the northeast corner of
City Hall, coming from the underground services to the
T)asement, and from the basement to the timbers referred
to. This construction was condemned by the Board of Fire
Underwriters and others as an extremely hazardous condi-
tion of affairs in connection with these services. Arrange-
ments were immediately made by the Bureau to modernize
these very important services, the result being the installa-
tion and construction of what is termed the most modern
cable shaft of any municipal building in the world.
Every cable performing the various services connected
with the City Government is now mounted on steel hangers,
all the timber being eliminated, and the services from these
cables being distributed from floor to floor in this building,
making it physically impossible for the services to be ever
interfered with by fire or otherwise.

Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company.
It was also found that a company, called the Auxiliary
Fire Alarm Company, had been connecting up their ser-
vices to the fire alarm circuits of the City of Philadelphia,
under an ordinance of Councils dated June 3, 1904, for
the purpose of attaching their instruments and sending
:alarms of fire from their subscribers to the City's central
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at the expense of the City of Philadelphia. A report of
this condition was made to Henry Clay, Esq., Director of
the Department of Public Safety, and recommendation
made to Councils for the passage of an ordinance whereby
the City of Philadelphia would participate in the profits
of the business done by this company. This ordinance was
passed by Councils and approved by his Honor, the Mayor,
on the fifteenth day of November, 1909, and the one passed
on June 3, 1904, was repealed. The City now partici-
pates in the profits of this company to the extent of several
thousand dollars yearljr.

Recabling of City Hall.
Arrangements have also been made for the recabling of
Oity Hall and modernizing the wiring equipment in every
way. This is also extremely essential, for the reason that
many of the circuits in this building are greatly over-
loaded.

Incandescent Current Used in City Buildings.
Under a Commission appointed by his Honor the Mayor
for the purpose of determining the cost of incandescent
current furnished to City buildings every year, and of
which the Chief of this Bureau is a member, a meeting
^as held of the entire Commission, consisting of three per-
sons, last February, the result of which was that the price
of current to be used in City buildings was reduced from
7^ cents per kilowatt hour to 6 cents per kilowatt hour,
which means a saving to the City of Philadelphia of sev-
■eral thousands of dollars per year.

Removal of Wires.
During the year 1910 there was removed by the em-
ployees of this Bureau approximately fifty (50) miles of
overhead wire and cables that were illegally erected.

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In addition to this, the City removed one hundred and
twenty-five (125) miles of wire, which was the property of
the City.

There has also been removed by the various companies
coming under the supervision of this Bureau two thousand
(2,000) miles of wire and twenty-six hundred (2,600)
miles of wires in cables from overhead and the same placed
underground.

Another very important accomplishment of this Bureau
was the installing of your police and fire services under-
ground covering the congested district, viz. : the district
covering the principal hotels, theatres, hospitals, etc., which
had been formerly overhead.

Emergency Calls.

It was found that the question of making "emergency''
calls for police and fire purposes, etc., over the wires of the
telephone companies was a serious one, the undersigned
taking the stand that any citizen "had the right to make an
emergency call" for these particular purposes without any
cost whatever. After much negotiation with the Bell Tele-
phone Company, their officers took a broad and liberal view
of the situation after my explanation of the matter,
and decided to set aside a number of special trunk
lines between their exchanges and the Municipal Ex-
change in this building for the express purpose of handling
"emergency "calls that would not be interfered with in the
prosecution of their regular business. It it is now possible
for citizens to jnake an "emergency" call for police, fire or
ambulance service without any delay or cost to them by
simply calling "Spruce 20," as indicated in the catalogue
of the Bell Telephone Company. The value of this
agreement can be seen when you realize that it reaches
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scribers, who have the right to use the telephones for the
purpose of making "emergency" calls at any time without
cost.

Elevator Licenses.

This Bureau has examined and passed upon two thou-
sand seven hundred and forty-four (2,744) applicants for
licenses to operate passenger elevators. Those successfully
passing the examination are so certified to the Director of
the Department of Public Safety, who issues licenses to
them, the amount of money turned into the City Treasury
on this account to date being $2,317. Chief Clark, of the
Bureau of Building Inspection, and Chief Lukens, of the
Bureau of Boiler Inspection, are members of this Ex-
amining Board.

Moving Picture Parlors.

This Bureau also examines and passes upon all applica-
tions for licenses for the operation of moving picture ma-
chines. We have examined up to date five hundred and
ninety-four (594) operators, the total amount of money
turned into the City Treasury on account of the licensing
of these picture show parlors and operators being thirty-
seven thousand three hundred and thirty-five (37,335)
dollars. Fire Marshal Lattimer is a member of this Ex-
amining Board. The part taken by this Bureau in con-
nection with the examination above referred to is an im-
portant one.

Termin/il or Distribution Boxes Installed in City Hall.

There has been installed in the various rooms of this
building a new method of distribution of the various wires
covering the calling, electric light and telephone services.
This consists of a very unique terminal or distribution

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box which was especially designed by this Bureau. From
these distribution boxes are distributed the various wires of
the services referred to.

Steel Tvhing.

There has also been installed, to operate in conjunction
with the distribution boxes referred to, 18,000 feet of steel
tubing, which has been imbedded in the floors and walls of
the various rooms of this building, thus bringing the equip-
ment up to modern engineering methods.

Installation of Modern and Up-to-date Elevators.

Plans and specifications have also been made for the
installation of a modern and up-to-date system of elevators
in City Hall, which is absolutely essential.

Founders' WeeJc.

The part this Bureau took in connection with the work
during Founders' Week I will not comment upon, as it
speaks for itself.

Illumination of William Penn Statue.

One very interesting and successful experiment that was
made by this Bureau during New Year's Eve of 1907 was
the illumination of the William Penn Statue on the top of
this building, which has been favorably commented upon
by not only the citizens of this great City, but by engineers
and experts all over the world.

A permanent plan has been laid down for illuminating
this statue every night of the week. It only remains for the
proper appropriation to be made to carry this most inter-
esting scheme of illumination into effect.

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New Scheme of Illumination for Carroll Parle, at Fifty-
eightTi Street and Girard Avenue.

A new scheme of illumination, technically called the
"Series Tungsten System/' has been planned by this
Bureau in connection with the illumination of Carroll
Park, at Fifty-eighth street and Girard avenue. There will
be installed twenty (20) ornamental poles, each twelve feet
high ; on top of each will be a 16-inch white globe, covering
a 40-watt Series Tungsten lamp. This will give a beautiful
effect in the park.

Arrangements will be completed by the latter part of
this year for a duplication of this system in Durham Park,
and also in the park at Twentyrsecond and Lehigh avenue.
This scheme of illumination of the public parks is a very
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List of Bell Telephones.

Select Council.

President's residence, 1537 South Fifth street 2

Chief Clerk's office, 404 City Hall 1

Chief Clerk's residence, 2138 Fitzwater street 1

Clerk's office, 406 City Hall 1

Stenographer's office, 411 City Hall 1

Eesidenoe of Chairman of Electrical Committee, 1930 North

Franklin street 2

Residence of Chairman of Sub-Finance Committee, 3315 North

Park avenue

itesidence of Edw. Buchholz, 1937 North Sixth street

Committee room, 508 City Hall

Residence of Mr. Ransley, 1120 South Tenth street

President's office, 408 City Hall

Residence of Morris Rosenberg, 716 North Franklin street...
Residence of Henry R. Shoch, 1503 North Sixteenth street....
Residence of Sergeant-at-Arms, 1426 Arch street

Common Council.

President, 490 City Hall

Chief Clerk, 492 City Hall

Chief Clerk's residence, 1841 North Eleventh street

Residence of Clerk to Highway Committee, 4135 Westminster

avenue

Residence of Clerk to Finance Committee, 2139 South Fifteenth

street

Residence of Sergeant-at-Arm>3, 2010 Pine street

Clerks, 495 City Hall

Chairman Finance Committee, 590 City Hall

Residence of J. R. C. McAllister, 410 Dickinson street

Residence of Dr. Morton, 1453 North Tenth street

Highway and Survey Committee, 497 City Hall

Committee room, 592 City Hall

Residence of Dwight D. Fuller, M. D., 208 North Thirty-fourth

street

Residence of William E. Finley, 2005 South Fourth street

Residence of Geo. Van Houten, 28 South Thirty-fourth street. . .

George H. Kelly's residence, 1633 South Broad street

Residence of Charles E. Connell, 4602 Kingsessing avenue

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Mayor s Office.

Uesidence of Mayor, Nineteenth and Spring Garden streets. » . . 3

•Secretary, 204 City Hall 1

•Chief Clerk, 205 City Hall 1

Eesidence of Chief Clerk, 2053 North Thirteenth street 2

Residence of Statistician, 600 North Sixty- third street 1

€lerks, 203 City Hall 1

Residence of Messenger, 1403 North Mervine street 1

"Clerks, 204 City Hall 1

Residence of Secretary, 117 South Thirty-fourth street 1

"Statistician, 203 City Hall 1

Department of Wharves, Docks and Ferries.

Acting Director, Room 555, Bourse 1

Hooms 552, 553, 554, 590, Bourse 4

Tine Street Wharf 1

Department of Public Safety.

Residence of Director, 918 North Fifth street 2

Assistant Director, 215 City Hall 1

Residence of Assistant Director, 831 North Fifth street 2

"Secretary, 219 City Hall 2

Residence of Secretary, 5115 Knox street 2

Ttetectives, 507 City Hall

Photographer, 734 City Hall

Photographer, 731 City Hall

Residence of Veterinary Surgeon, 3020 Chestnut street

Philadelphia Ball Park, Fifteenth and Huntingdon streets ....

"Shibe Park, Twenty-first and Lehigh avenue

^fessenger to Director, 217 City Hall

Morris Refuge, 1242 Lombard street

Residence of Secretary, Assistant to Superintendent of Police,

4669 Franklin street

Headquarters of State Constabulary, 1529 Walnut street

Bureau of Police.

Residence of Superintendent, 3853 Poplar street 2

Superintendent, 227 City Hall 1

Audience room, 227 City Hall ^ 1

Residence of Assistant Superintendent, 121 North Lambert

street 2

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Fire Marshal, 362 City Hall 1

Fire Marshal, 388 City Hall 1

Reserves roll room, 670 City Hall 1

City stable^, Tenth and Greenwich streets 1

Mounted men of van stables. Eleventh and Wharton streets... 1

Residence of Fire Marshal, 3949 Baltimore avenue 1

Chief Clerk, 213 City Hall 1

Residence of Clerk to Superintendent, 811* North Beech wood

street 1

Police Captains, 629 City Hall 1

Residence of Captain of Police, 2431 Carpenter street 1

Police Surgeon, 950 City Hall 1

Residence of Police Surgeon, 406 South Sixteenth street 5

Lieutenant of Reserves, 631 City Hall 1

Residence of Lieutenant of Reserves, 4113 Cambridge street... 1

Residence of Chief Clerk, 1845 North Twenty-fifth street 1

Detective Bureau, 528 City Hall 1

Detective Bureau, 536 City Hall 1

Detective Bureau, 539 City Hall 1

Matron's rooms, 635 City Hall 1

Reserve roll room, 632 City Hall 1

City Hall Guards, 342 City Hall 1

Supply room, 327 City Hall 1

Supply room, 321 City Hall 1

Motor Cycle Squad, 120 City Hall 1

Cell room, 643 City Hall 1

Central Station hearing room, 625 City Hall 1

Van stables. Eleventh and Wharton streets 1

Residence of Captain of Detectives, 3422 Walnut street 1

Assistant Superintendent of Police, 217 City Hall 1

Residence of Record Clerk, 227 North Fifth street 1

Residence of Detective McFadden, 232 North Camac street. ... 1

Police stations.

First District Police Station, Twentieth and Fitzwater streets . . 1
Second District Police Station, Second and Christian streets... 1
Third District Police Station, Fourth and Delancey streets. ... 1

Fourth District Police Station, 219 North Fifth street 1

Fifth District Policy Station, Fifteenth and Locust streets.... 1
Sixth District Police Station, southeast corner Eleventh and

Winter streets 1

Seventh District Police Station, Third and Fairmount avenue. . 2
Eighth District Police Station, Tenth and Buttonwood streets. . 1
Ninth District Police Station, Twentieth and Buttonwood streets 1

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Tenth District Police Station, 1417 North Front street

Eleventh District Police Station, 615 East Girard avenue

Twelfth District Police Sta/tion, Eighth and Jefferson streets. .
Thirteenth District Police Station, 4431 Main street, Manayunk
Thirteenth District Police Sub-station, 471 Leverington street,

Roxborough

Fourteenth District Police Station, Main apd Haines streets,

Germantown ,

Fourteenth District Police Sub-station, Twenty-seventh and

Highland avenue, Chestnut Hill

Fifteenth District Police Station, Paul and Ruan streets

Sixteenth District Police Station, Thirty-ninth and Lancaster

avenue

Seventeenth District Police Station, 1210 South Twentieth

street ,

Seventeenth District Police Sub-station, Twenty-eighth and

Ritner streets

Eighteenth District Police Station, Fourth and York streets . , .
Nineteenth District Police Station, Twelfth and Pine streets . .
Twentieth District Police Station, Fifteenth street, below Vine

street

Twenty-first District Police Station, 3206 Woodland avenue. . , .
Twenty-second District Police Station, northwest corner Park

and Lehigh avenues *

Twenty-third District Police Station, northwest corner Nine-

; teenth and Oxford streets

Twenty-fourth District Police Station, southwest corner Bel-
grade and Clearfield streets

Twenty-fourth District Police Sub-station, 4750 Richmond

I street

Twenty-fifth District Police Station, 1507 Moyamensing avenue .
Twenty-sixth District Police Station, southwest corner Trenton

avenue and Dauphin street

Twenty-seventh District Police Station, 6834 State road

Twenty-seventh District Police Sub-station, Holmesburg

Twenty-eighth District Police Station, northwest corner Twen-
tieth and Berl^^ streets

Twenty-n,inth District Police Station, Sixty-first and Thompson

I streets . •

Thirtieth. District Police Station, Front and Westmoreland

, streets

Thirty-first District Police Station, Twenty-sixth and York

streets ^

Thirty-second District Police Station, ^xty-fifth and Woodland

avenue

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Thirty-thir^ District Police Station, northwest corner Seventh

and Carpenter streets 1

Thirty-fourth District Police Station, Fifteenth and Snyder ave-
nue 1

Thirty-fifth District Police Station, York road and Champlost

street 1

Thirty-sixth District Police Station, 3967 Germantown avenue. . 1
Thirty-seventh District Police Station, Fourth and Snyder ave-
nue 1

Thirty-eighth District Police Station, Thirty-seventh and Wood-
land avenue 1

Thirty-ninth District Police Station, 4212 Ridge avenue 1

Delaware Harbor Police Station, Race street wharf 1

Delaware Harbor Police Station, Washington avenue wharf .... 1

Delaware Harbor Police Station, Hanover street wharf 1

Schuylkill Harbor Police Station, Walnut street wharf 1

Motor Cycle Squad 1

Bureau of Fire.

Residence of Superintendent of Repair Shop, 1535 Morris street. 1
High Pressure, foreman's residence, 3227 North Nineteenth

street 1

High Pressure, engineer's residences 3221 Cresson street 1

High Pressure, engineer's residence, 3232 Cresson street 1

High Pressure Pumping Station, Delaware avenue and Race

street 1

Fire Headquarters, 1326 Race street 1

Fire Headquarters, 1328 Race street 2

High Pressure Pumping Station, Seventh street and Lehigh

avenue » 1

High Pressure Fire Service System, Engineer's office, 2246 North

Howard street 1

Residence of Chief Baxter, 918 New Market street 2

Electrical Bureau.

Chief's office, 610 City Hall 1

Residence of Chief, 1742 Diamond street ' 2

Manager's office, 616 City Hall

Residence of Manager, 1534 North Eighth street

Assistant Manager, 616 City Hall

Residence of Assistant Manager, 1825 North Croskey street. . . .

Second Assistant Manager, 620 City Hall

Residence of Second Assistant Manager, 4412 Sansom street...

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Electrical Engineer, 616 City Hall 1

Kesidence of Chief Inspector of Electric Lighting, 5320 Market

street 1

Besidence of Chief Operator, 1730 Girard avenue 1

Stenographers, 616 City Hall 1

Inspectors, 826A City Hall 1

Eire Operator, 626 City Hall 1

Police Operator, 626 City Hall 1

Telephone room, City Hall 2

Store room, 720 City Hall 1

Store house, 1517 Filbert street 1

Assistant Inspector of Electric Lighting, 1743 South Seventeenth

street 1

Besidence of Acting Chief Line Inspector, 2633 North Chadwick

street 1

Dynamo room. City Hall * 1

Police Telephone Operators, 629 City Hall 1

Assistant Inspector of Electric Lighting, 85 City Hall 1

Operating room, 612 City Hall 2

Operating room, 629 City Hall 3

Laboratory, 634 City Hall 1

Besidence of Index Clerk, 872 North Fifth street 1

Arc light room, 85 City Hall 1

Besidence of Draughtsman, 1902 North Eleventh street 1

Bureau of City Property.

Chief's office, 111 City Hall 1

Besidence of Chief, 1725 North Seventeenth street 1

Besidence of Superintendent of City Haill, 1515 Brown street. . . 2

Chief Clerk, 113 City Hall 1

City Hall Superintendent, 113 City Hall .• 1

Master Decorator, 68 City Hall 1

City Forester, 119 City Hall 1

Architect, 740A City Hall 1

Plumbing Department, 16 City Hall 1

Clock Tower, 799 City Hall 1

Besidence of Assistant Architect, 2618 Montgomery avenue 1

Office, 115 City Hall 1

Bufeau of Building Inspection.

Besidence of Chief, 1612 North Tenth street 1

Office, 317 City Hall 1

Office, 319 City Hall , 1

Office, 321 City Hall 1

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Bureau of Elevator Inspection.

Residence of Chief, 2336 South Fifteenth street 1

Office, 304 City Hall' 1

Office, 306 City Hall 1

Office, 308 City Hall 1

Bureau of Boiler Inspection.

Chief, 303 City Hall 1

Clerk, 301 City Hall '. 1

Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

IVomeii's Branch, 36 South Eighteenth street 1

Tennsylvania Branch, 1627 Chestnut street 1

Patriotic Society of Philadelphia.
Independence Hall 1

Department of Public Works.

Director's office, 218 City Hall 1

Residence of Director, 6711 Frankford avenue 2

Assistant Director's office, 214 City Hall 1

Residence of Assistant Director, 3652 Frankford avenue 1

'Chief Clerk, 212 City Hall 1

Official Photographer, 730 City Hall 1

City Ice Boats.

752 South Tvrenty-third street 1

Holmesburg Correction wharf 1

Bureau of Highways.

"Chief's office, 230 City Hall 1

Residence of Chief, 1927 North Twenty-fifth street 2

Residence of Assistant Chief, 324 Richmond street 2

Residence of Chief Clerk, 3310 North Fifteenth street 1

ISighway Supervisors, 736 City Hall 1

Residence of General Inspector, 1529 South Fourth street 1

Bureau of Surveys.

.318 City Hall 1

412 City Hall 1

420 City Hall ." 1

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610 City Hall

532 City Hall

767 City Hall

Under Walnut Street Bridge

Hesi^dence of Chief, 4900 Penn street, Frankford

Eesidence of Assistant Chief Engineer, 5349 Wayne avenue. . .

Principal Assistant, 416 City Hall

Assistant Engineer, Sewers, 418 City Hall

Residence of Superintendent of Bridges, 3920 Girard avenue . .

Office of Superintendent of Bridges, 532 City Hall

■Grade Crossing Division, Broad and Huntingdon streets 2

Department of Supplies.

310 City Hall 1

312 City Hall , 2

Residence of Assistant Director, 912 North Forty-eighth street. 1

Department of Health and Charities,

582 City Hall 2

58^ City Hall 1

Holmesburg 1

Eesidence of Superintendent House of Correction, Holmesburg. 1
Residence of Assistant Resident Physician Philadelphia Hos-
pital, 3231 Povs^elton avenue 1

Residence of Director, 1814 South Forty-seventh street 1

Residence of Chief Clerk to Director, 1966 North Thirty^first

street : 1

Solicitor, 578 City Hall ...; ; 1

Residence of First Assistant, Laboratory Hygiene, 252 North

Twelfth street 1

Department, 584 City Hall 2

Residence of Chief Clerk, 2645 North Thirty-third street 1

Administration Building New Municipal Hospital, Second and

Luzerne streets' 1

Residence of Chief Bureau Ten^jment House Inspection, 1347
Toronto street 1

Bureau of Health.

Chief Medical Inspector, 713 City Hall 1

Residence of Chief Medical Inspector, 1539 Columbia avenue ... 2
Residence of Diagnostician and Consultant, 1411 Jefferson street 1

Milk Inspector, 513 City Hall 1

Chief Disinfector, 582 City Hall .- 1

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Chief Inspector af House Drainage, 613 City Hall 1

Health Officer, 615 City Hall 1

Nuisance Inspector, 617 City Hall 1

Meat Inspector, 711 City Hall 1

Tenement House Inspection, 727 City Hall i

Registrar, 517 City Hall 1

Bacteriological Departmentj 715 City Hall 1

Bacteriological Department, 716 City Hall 1

Bacteriological Department, 708 City Hall 1

Clerks, 714 City Hall 1

Clerks, 716 City Hall 1

Chief, 710 City Hall 1

Chief Clerk, 712 City Hall 1

Civil Service Commission.

Residence of President, 1631 Walnut street , 2

Secretary's office, 876A City Hall 3

Board room, 875 City Hall < Z

Examining room, 976 City Hall 1

Board of Public Education.

292 City Hall 2

294 City Hall 1

297 City Hall 1

390 City Hall 1

392 City Hall 1

394 City Hall 1

690 City Hall 1

694 City Hall 1

699 City Hall , 1

740 City Hall 1

742 City Hall : 1

742 City Hall '. ; 1

746 City Hall 1

Residence of S<icretary, 3302 North Seventeenth street 1

Superintendent, private, 695 City Hall 1

316 City Hall 1

696 City Hall 4

Residence of Dr. Brumbaugh 1

City Controller's Office.

148 City Hall 1 1

Residence of Controller, 4205 Chester avenue 2

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City Solicitors Office.

476 City Hall 1

486 City Hall 1

482 City Hall 1

474 City Hall • 1

466 City Hall 1

464 City Hall 1

463 City Hall *t

462 City Hall 1

488 City Hall 1

Assistant City Solicitor, 1403 Filbert street 1

Residence of Assistant City Solicitor, 1334 Spruce street 1

Department of Receiver of Taxes.

104 City Hall 1

110 City Hall 1

Collector of Delinquent Taxes, 112 City Hall 1

114 City Hall 1

Water rents, 196 City Hall 1

Registration Commission.

650 City Hall 1

Revision of Taxes.

Search Department, 177 City Hall 1

Eeal Estate Assessors, 181 City Hall 1

Mercardile Appraisers.

178A City Hall 1

171 City Hall 4

City Treasurer,

143 City Hall 2

Recorder of Deeds.

152 City Hall 1

154 City Hall 1

764 City Hall 1

162A City Hall 1

164 City Hall 1

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City Commissioners.

130 City Hall 3

E€sidence, 620 South Tenth street 1

Chief Clerk, City Hall 1

Sherifs Office.

467 City Hall 2

471 City Hall

475 City Hall

477 City Hall

481 City Hall

Execution Clerk, 481 City Hall

577 City Hall

Bureau of Street Cleaning.

334 City Hall \ 1

Coroner s Office.

•604 City Hall 2

608 City Hall 1

Eesidence of Coroner, 618 East Girard avenue 1

Residence of Deputy Coroner, 777 North Twenty-seventh street. 1

Residence of Deputy Coroner, 3231 Norris street ^.r^ 1

Eesidence of Coroner's Detective, 2020 West Venango street ... 1

Residence of Coroner's Detective, 1212 Moore street 1

The Morgue, 1307 Wood street 1

Residence of Deputy Coroner, 6343 Race street 1

Residence of Coroner's Physician, 805 South Twelfth street. ... 1

JResidence of Chief Clerk, 3630 Unruh street 1

liesidence of Deputy Coroner, 1809 Reed street 1

District Attorney's Office.

660 City Hall 1

662 City Hall 2

664 City Hall 2

666 City Hall 6

675 City Hall 1

Residence of Assistant District Attorney, 1710 South Fifteenth

street 1

!Residence of Assistant District Attorney, 756 South Tenth

street 1

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Go©gle

159

Pcurk Commission,

127 City Hall 4

English Building, Fairmount Park 1

Horticultural Hall, Fairmount Park 1

Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park 1

Commissioner's office, Belmont, Fairmount Park 2

•Guard House, Sedgley, Fairmount Park 2

Guard House, Belmont, Fairmount Park 1

■Guard House, Woodford, Fairmount Park 1

Captain of Guards, Ohio Building, Fairmount Park 1

Courts of Philadelphia,

231 City Hall 1

240 City Hall 1

.248 City Hall 1

252 City Hall 1

258 City Hall 1

267 City Hall ; 1

452 City Hall, Supreme Court 1

540 City Hall, Judge Anderson 1

Prothonotary's office, City Hall 2

765 City Hall, Probation Officers 1

364 City Hall, Judge Orlady 1

277 City Hall 2

280 City Han 1

357 City Hall 1

359 City Hall 1

361 City Hail 1

362A City Hall 1

363 City Hall 1

365 City Hall 1

435 City Hall 1

442 City Hall , 1

446 City Hall 1

461 ^ity Hall 1

58i City Hall ^ . 1

644 City Hall 1

«48 City Hall 1

652 City Hall 1

«57 City Hall 1

Eesidence of Judge Magill, northeast corner Tenth street and

Oak lane 3

Residence of Judge Bregy, 2033 North Broad street. 1

Besidenoe of Magistrate Scott, 1442 North Lawrence. :fitreet. ; . 2

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Residence of Magistrate Gallagher, 155 North Twenty-first

street 2

Office of Magistrate Gallagher, 1331 Arch street 1

Office of Magistrate Carey, 125 South Seventh street 1

Office of Magistrate Call, 1128 Girard avenue 1

Court of Common Pleas No. 5, 658 City Hall j, 1

Court of Common Pleas No. 5, 644 City Hall. 1

Court of Quarter Sessions No. 1, retiring room, 453 City Hall. . 1

Court of Judge Magill, 335 City Hall 1

Office of Magistrate McCleary, 23 North Juniper street 1

Residence of Magistrate Carey, 323 Pine street 1

Office of Magistrate Scott, 332 West Girard avenue 1

Residence of Magistrate Hughes, 2125 South Ninth street 1

Quarter Sessions, 453 City Hall .^ 1

Quarter Sessions, 659 City Hall 1

Quarter Sessions, 676 City Hall. 1

Quarter Sessions, 677 City Hall 1

Quarter Sessions, 682 City Hall 1

Quarter Sessions, 681 City Hall 1

Office of Magistrate Campbell, 2839 Kensington avenue 1

Residence of Magistx^te Campbell, 2537 East Somerset street.. 1

Probation Officer, 765 City Hall jl

Residence of Magistrate Hogg, 429 Reed street 1

Residence of Magistrate Morris, 2831 Oxford street 1

Office of Magistrate Morris, 23 04 Ridge avenue 1

Office of Magistrate Hogg, Callowbill street, east of Fifth strefet 1

Office of Magistrate Harris, 3726 Market street 1

Residence of Magistrate Harris, 4204 Chestnut street • . . . . 1

Orphans' Court Cleric.

413 City Hall 1

427 City Hall 1

428 City Hall 1

434 City Hall 2

Office of Clerk, 413 City Hall 1

430 City Hall, Judge Gummey 1

Supreme Court.

a84 City Hall 2

456 City Hall. * 1

458 City HaU 1

Superior Courts

a64 City Hall 1

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Armories,

Brigade Headquarters, 542 City Hall

First Regiment Armory, Broad and Callowhill streets

Second Regiment Armory, Broad and Susquehanna avenue . . .

Third Regiment Armory, Broad and Wharton streets

Sixth Regiment Armory, Twentieth and Montgomery avenue.

City Troop, Twenty-third and Ludlow streets ,...,.

State F«ncibles, Broad and Race streets.

Second City Troop, Twenty-third and Chestnut streets 2

Law Library.

'GOO City. Hall 1

Oil Inspectors.
311 City Hall 1

Stations Connected Direct to Central Office.

City of Philadelphia, Osmond tract, Byberry 1

Henry Clay, 217 City Hall 1

Children's Hospital, 207 South Twenty-second street 1

Fred Douglass Hospital, 1612 Lombard street 1

Howard Hospital, Infirmary for Incurables, Broad and Cath-
arine streets • 2

Jewish Hospital, York and Tabor roads 1

Jefferson Maternity Hospital, Washington square, south of

Locust street 1

Jefferson Medical Hospital, 1020 Sansom street 1

Kensington Hospital, 136 Diamond street 1

Mayor Reyburn, 204 City Hall 1

Dr. Neff, 586 City Hall 1

Orthopaedic Hospital, Seventeenth and Summer streets 1

Presbyterian Hospital, Thirty-ninth and Filbert streets. . 1

Samuel P. Rotan, 666 City Hall 1

Rush Hospital, Thirty-third and Lancaster avenue 1

St. Agnes Hospital, Broad and Mifflin streets 1

St. Joseph's Hospital, Seventeenth street and Girard avenue ... 2

St. Christopher's Hospital, Lawrence and Huntingdon streets. 1

St. Mary's Hospital, Frankford avenue and Palmer street 2

Women's College Hospital, Twenty-first street and North Col-
lege avenue 1

West Philadelphia Hospital for Women, 4035 Parrish street ... 2

Women's Southern Homoeopathic Hospital, 724 Spruce street ... 3

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West Philadelphia Homoeopathic Hospital and Dispensary, 1234
North Fifty-fourth street $

Women's Homoeopathic Hospital, Twentieth street and Susque-
hanna avenue

Episcopal Hospital, Front street and Lehigh avenue «...

Polyclinic Hospital, 1818 Lombard street

Frankford Hospital, Frankford avenue and Wakeling street. . . .

Samaritan Hospital, Broad and Ontario streets

Germantown Hospital, Penn and Chew streets

Children's Homoeopathic Hospital, Franklin and Thompson
streets

Mt. Sinai Hospital, 1429 South Fifth street

Free hy Ordinance,

Receiver of Taxes, 102 City Hall

Bureau of City Property, 115 City Hall

City Commissioners, 130 City Hall

City Treasurer, 143 City Hall

City Controller, 146 City Hall

Recorder of Deeds, 154 City Hall

Board of Revision of Taxes, 180 City Hall

Mayor's private office, 206 City Hall

Department of Public Works, 212 City Hall

Director of Public Safety, private, 221 City Hall

Superintendent of Police, 227 City Hall

Bureau of Highways, 232 City Hall

Bureau of Highways (Superintendent of Bridges), 238 City

Hall

Court of Common Pleas No. 1, 246 City Hall

Court of Common Pleas No. 2, 254 City Hall

Prothonotary Common Pleas, 266 City Hall

Court of Common Pleas No. 3, 271 City Hall

Bureau of Boiler Inspection, 301 City Hall

Director of Supplies, 310 City Hall

Bureau of Building Inspection, 313 City Hall

Bureau of Gas, 332 City Hall

Bureau of Lighting, 334 City Hall

Bureau of Street Cleaning, 336 City Hall

President of Common Council (Rostrum), 400 City Hall

President of Select Council, 402 City Hall

Clerks, Select Council, 406 City Hall

Bureau of Surveys, 412 City Hall

Orphans' Court, 417 City Hall

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Court of Common Pleas No. 4, 444 City Hall

Supreme Court, 454 City Hall

City Solicitor's office, 478 City Hall

Clerks, Sheriff's office, 485 City Hall

Clerks, Common Council, 494 City Hall

Councils' Finance Committee, 496 City Hall

Captain of Detectives, 531 City Hall

Department of Health and Charities, 584 uity Hall 1

Coroner?s Clerks, 602 City Hall 1

Bureau of Health, 716 City Hall t

Court of Conmion Pleas No. 5, 644 City Hall 1

District Attorney's clerks, 666 City Hall 1

Court of Quarter- Sessions, 685 City Hall 1

Board of Education, Superintendent, 694 City Hall. 1

Bureau of Water, Chief, 793 City HaII 1

Civil Service, 875 City Hall ' 1

Philadelphia Yacht Club (courtesy), Essington, Pa... 1

Electrical Bureau, Chestnut Hill, Police Station 1

E. W. Pat ton (courtesy). Thirty-second and Chestnut streets. . 1
Assistant Manag-er Electrical Bureau (courtesy), 1825 North
Croskey street ■. . 1

Forty-six free by ordinance and three by courtesy.
Bureau of Surveys.

Pirst District, 1701 Snyder avenue.

Second District, southeast corner Broad and Morris -streets..

Fifth District, 521 West Venan^ street.

Sixth District, 441 West Norris street.

Seventh District, 1500 Montgomery avenue.

Eighth District, 4444 Main street, Manayunk.

Ninth District, School lane and Germantown avenue.

Tenth District, 4534 Frankford avenue.

Eleventh District, 4039 Lancaster avenue.

Twelfth District, 108 South Fortieth street.

Thirteenth District, 1525 Indiana avenue.

Fourteenth District, 8031 Frankford avenue.

Bureau of Highways.
First District, 3900 Woodland avenue.
Second District, 1304 Reed street.
Fourth District, 1034 West Girard avenue.
Fifth District, 423 West Lehigh avenue.

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Sixth District, 8031 Fraxikiord avenue.

Seventh District, 4253 Ridge avenue.

Eighth District, 5613 Germantown avenue (202 Eaymond Bldg).

Ninth District, 447 Mint Arcade Building (Commissioner).

Bureau of Water.

Third Purveyor's District, Beach street and Susquehanna avenue.

Wentz Farm Reservoir, Second street pike and Comly street.

Lehigh Reservoir, Sixth and Somerset streets.

Oak Lane Reservoir, Fifth street and Medary avenue. *

Fourth Purveyor's District, Twenty-sixth and Master streets.

East Park Reservoir, Thirty-third street and Montgomery avenue.

Storehouse, Thirty-third and Thompson streets.

Corinthian Reservoir, Tw^enty-second and Parrish streets.

Spring Garden Street, Upper, Thirty-third and Thompson streets*

Mr. Fuller, 788 City Hall.

Bricklayers' shanty. Thirty-third and Thompson streets.

Storehouse, Thirty-third and Thompson streets.

Belmont Station, West River Drive and Columbia Bridge.

Belmont High Service Station, Georges Hill.

Fairmount Station, Callowhill Street Bridge, Schuylkill.

Draughting room, 796 City Hall.

Draughting room, 795 City Hall.

Chiefs office, 794 City Hall.

Mr. Lloyd, 792 City Hall.

Lardner's Point Pumping Station, Delaw^are avenue and Bobbins

street.
Torresdale Filters, State road and Pennypack street. •
Torresdale Filters, Court No. 1.

Torresdale Pumping Station, State road and Pennypack street.
Belmont Filters, Belmont avenue and Ford road.
Queen Lane Reservoir, Thirty-third and Abbotsford avenue.
Queen Lane Pumping Station, East River Drive and School lane.
Sixth Purveyor's District, Tow^n Hall, Germantowrn.
Chestnut Hill Pumping Station, Graver's Lane Station, P. and R.

Railway.
Mt. Airy Pumping Station, Allen's lane and Mower street.
Wm. Whitby's residence, 127 East Upsal street, Germantown.
Mr. Fuller's residence, 3419 Hamilton street.
Mr. McCrudden, 566 City Hall.
Mr. Johnson, 190 City Hall.
Telephone room, 793 City Hall.
Paymaster, 784 City Hall.'
Mr. Bryan, 786 City Hall.

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:Mr. Sperice, 790A City Hall.

Seventh Purveyor's District, Thirtieth and South streets.

^r. Young's residence, 682 North ^Thirty-third street.

l^Ir. G. Whitby, 702 City Hall.

Mr. Whitby, 702A City Hall.

:Mr. McNeal, 704 City Hall.

Mr. Mustin, 704 City Hall.

Mr, Logan, 701 City Hall.

Pirst Purveyor's District, Twelfth and Wharton streets.

Second Purveyor's District, 918 Cherry street.

Repair shop. Twelfth and Reed streets.

Roxborough Pumping Station, Shawmont Station.

Lower Roxborough Reservoir, Dearnley street, below Ridge avenue.

Fifth Purveyor's District, 530 Leverington avenue, Roxborough.

TJpper Roxborough Reservoir, Port Royal avenue, below Ridge

avenue.
Roxborough High Service Station, Shawmont avenue and Eve

street.
^Ir. Charles Lowrie, Purveyor, 2433 North Sixth street.
Spring Garden Testing Station, Fairmount Park, eastern end

Girard Avenue Bridge.

List of KEYSToisrE Telephones '

Select Council.

Residence of President, 1537 South Fifth street 2

Assistant Clerk, 406 City Hall - . 1

Stenographer, 411 City Hall 1

Electrical and School Committee, 508 City Hall 1

Chairman School Committee, 1937 North Sixth street 1

Residence of Henry Shoch, 1503 North Sixteenth street 1

Common Council.

President, 490 City Hall 1

Chief Clerk, 492 City Hall 1

Assistant Clerk, 494 City Hall. 1

Sergeant-at-Arms, 495 City Hall 1

Finance Committee, 496 City Hall 1

Finance Committee, 590 City Hall » 1

Residence of Clerk of Finance Committee, 2159 South Fifteenth

street , 1

Residence of Clerk of Finance Committee, 4135 Westminster

avenue ^ « 2

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Chairman of Finance Committee, 410 DickiBSon street 1

Higfhway Committee, 488 City Hall 1

Office of E. B. Gleason, 2033 Chestnut street. ....*. ^

Conmiittee room, 592 City Hall 1.

Mayor.

Mayor, 206 City Hall 1

Mayor's residence. Nineteenth and Spring Garden streets 1.

Mayor's Secretary, 204 City Hall 1

Clerks, 205 City Hall 1.

Residence of Mayor's Secretary, 117 South Thirty-fourth street. 1.
Mayor's Statistician, 203 City Hall 1.

Department of Public Safety.

Besidenoe of Director, 918 North J^'ifth street 2"

Assistant Director, 215 City Hall , L

Director, 217 City Hall 1

Residence of Assistant Director, 831 North Fifth street 1

Secretary, 217 City Hall 1

Residence of Secretary, 5115 Knox street 1

Photographer, 734 City Hall 1

Detectives, 507 City Hall 1

Chief Clerk, 215 City Hall 1

Messenger to Director, 217 City Hall 1

Veterinary Surgeon, 3020 Chestnut street 1

Assistant Veterinary Surgeon, 3516 "K" street 1

Bureau of Police.

Supply room, 321 City Hall 1

Audience room, 227 City Hall 1

Residence of Assistant Superintendent, 121 North Lambert

street 2

Assistant Superintendent, 215 City Hall '• . . . 1

Fire Marshal, 362 City Hall 1

Fire Marshal, 388 City Hall 1

Residence of Fire Marshal, 3949 Baltimore avenue 2

Fire Marshal's driver, 1319 South Forty-sixth street 1

Assistant Fire Marshal, 228 South Fortieth street 1

Assistant Fire Marshal, 2732 North Hicks street 1

Assistant Fire Marshal, 225 Camac street 1

Assistant Fire Marshal, 3126 North Fifteenth street 1

Chief Clerk's residence, 1845 North Twenty-fifth street 1

Xhief Clerk, 225 City Hall ^ 1

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Clerks, 213 City Hall 1

Chief Surgeon, 950 City Hall 1

Captain of Detectives, 531 City Hall Z

Lieutenant of Reserves, 631 City Hall 1

Detectives, 529 City Hall 2"

Detectives, 533 City Hall 1

Detectives, 539 City Hall 1

Reserves' roll room, 630 City Hall ^. 1

Cell room, 643 City Hall 1

Central Station, 621 City Hall 1

Captain's room, 629 City Hall 1

Van stables. Eleventh and Wharton streets 1

504 City Hall 1

Traffic Squad, court yard, City Hall 1

Stables, Tenth and Greenwich streets 1

Residence of Captain of Detectives, 3507 Lancaster avenue.... 1
First District Police Station, Twentieth and Fitzwater .streets . 1
Second District Police Station, Second and Christian streets .... 1
Third District Police Station, Fourth and Delancey streets .... 1

Fourth District Police Station, 219 North Fifth street 1

Fifth District Police Station, Fifteenth and Locust street® 1

Sixth District Police Station, southeast corner Eleventh and

Winter streets 1

Seventh District Police Station, Third and Fairmount avenue. . 1
Eighth District Police Station, Tenth and Buttonwood streets . . 1
Ninth District Police Station, Twentieth . and Buttonwood

streets 1

Tenth District Police Station, 1417 North Front street 1

Eleventh District Police Station, 615 East Girard avenue. ..... 1:

Twelfth District Police Station, Eighth and Jefferson streets. . 1
Thirteenth District Police Station, 4431 Main street, Manayunk 1
Thirteenth District Police Sub-station, 471 Leverington street. 1
Fourteenth District Police Station, Main and Haines streets . . 1
Fourteenth District Police Sub-station, Twenty-seventh street

and Higfiland avenue 1

Fifteenth District Police Station, Paul and Ruan streets 1

Sixteenth District Police Station, Thirty-ninth street and Lan-
caster avenue t

Seventeenth District Police Station, 1210 South Twentieth

street 1

Seventeenth District Police Sub-station, Twenty-eighth and

Ritner streets 1

Eighteenth District Police Station, Fourth and York streets. . . 1
Nineteenth District Police Station, Twelfth and Pine streets ... 1

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Twentieth District Police Station, Fifteenth street, below Vine
street

Twenty-first District Police Station, Woodland avenue, west of
Market street

Twenty-second District Police Station, northwest corner of Park
and Lehigh avenues i*

Twenty-third District Police Station, northwest corner of Nine-
teenth and Oxford streets :

Twenty-fourth District Police Station, southwest corner Bel-
grade and Clearfield streets

Twenty-fourth District Police Sub-station, 4750 Richmond street

Twenty-fifth District Police Station, 1507 Moyamensing avenue

Twenty-sixth District Police Station, southwest corner Trenton
avenue and Dauphin street

Twenty-seventh District Police Station, 6834 State road

Twenty-seventh District Police Sub-station, Holmesburg

Twenty-Eighth District Police Station, northwest corner Twen-
tieth and Berks streets

Twenty-ninth District Police Station, Sixty-first and Thompson
streets

Thirtieth District police Station, Front and Westmoreland
streets

Thirty-first District Police Station, Twenty-sixth and York
streets

Thirty-second District Police Station, Sixty-fifth street and
Woodland avenue

Thirty-third District Police Station, northwest corner Seventh
and Carpenter streets

Thirty-fourth District Police Station, Fifteenth street and
Snyder avenue

Thirty-fifth District Police Station, York road and Champlost
street

Thirty-sixth District Police Station, 3965 laermantown avenue. .

Thirty-seventh District Police Station, Fourth street and Sny-
der avenue « , .

Thirty-eighth District Police Station, Thirty-seventh street and
Woodland avenue . . ►

Thirty-ninth District Police Station, 4212 Ridge avenue

Delaware Harbor Police Station, Race street wharf >.

Motor Cycle Squad, Tenth and Thompson streets

Delaware Harbor Police Station, Washington avenue wharf ... 2

Delaware Harbor Police Station, Hanover street wharf 2

Schuylkill Harbor Police Station, Walnut street wharf t

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Bureau of Fire.

Chief's residence, 918 New Market street 1

Assistant Chief's residence, 119 North Woodstock street 1

Assistant Chief, 2110 Market street 1

Assistant Engineer's residence, 4907 North Sixth street 1

Assistant Engineer, southeast corner Sixth and Locust streets. 1

Fire Headquarters, 1326 Kace street 4

Puniping Statioil, Delaware avenue and Race street , 1

Fire Boat Stuart, Race street wharf, Delaware 1

Chemical Engine No. 6, Bustleton 1

Engine Company No. 9, Main and Carpenter streets, German-
town , 1

Engine Company No. 14, 4516 Frankford avenue 1

Engine Company No. 19, 29-31, East Chelten avenue, German-

towrl , , , ^. 1

Engine Company No. 28, Clearfield and Belgrade streets 1

Engine Company No. 30, 3546 Germantown avenue 1

Engine Company No. 31, 2712 Norti Second street 1

Engine Company No. 33, Richmond street, above Kirkbride

street, Bridesburg 1

Engine Company No. 36, Main street, between Decatur and

Hartel streets 1

Engine Company No. 37, Twenty-seventh street and Highland

avenue. Chestnut Hill *, 1

Engine Company No. 38, Longshore street and State road 1

Engine Company No. 42, Front and Westmoreland streets... 1

Engine Company No, 44, 3420 Haverford avenue 1

Engine Company No. 48, Seventh street, above Carpenter street 1
Engine Company No. 50, northwest corner Park avenue and

Cambria street « 1

Engine Company No. 51, York road and Champlost street.... 1

Engine Company No. 52, Jackson and Vankirk streets 1

Engine Company No. 53, Fourth street and Snyder avenue ... 1
Engine Company No. 54, Sixty- third street and Lancaster ave-
nue 1

Engine Company No. 55, Marshall street and Erie s^venue .... 1
Truck Company No. 8, Seymour street and Germantown ave-
nue, Germantown 1

Truck Company No. 10, Clearfield street, below Frankford ave-
nue t

Truck Company No. 13, Fiftieth street and Baltimore 'avenue. 1

Truck Company No. 14, 2936 Ridge avenue 1

Chemical Engine No. 7, Eighty-second street and Tinicum ave-
nue 1

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IJesidence of Acting District Engineer Summers, 1101 Foulk-

rod street 1

Office, High Pressure System, 2250 North Howard street 1

Electrical Bureau.

Manager, 616 City Hall

Besidence of Assistant Manager, 1825 North Croskey street. . . .

Second Assistant Manager, 620 City Hall

Electrical Engineer, 616 City Hall.

Stenographers, 616 City Hall

Inspectors, 826A City Hall

Draughtsman, 618 City Hall

Fire Operators, 626 City Hall

Police Operators, 626 City Hall

Telephone room, City Hall '. 2

Police telephone operating room, 629 City Hall 1

Two sets for emergency service in Police or Fire Stations 2

Telephone room, 612 City Hall 2

Police operating room, 629 City Hall 3

Xinemen*s room, 826B City Hall •

Foreman of Wiremen, 85 City Hall

Dynamo room. City Hall

Lamp room, 83 City Hall , *

Battery room, 926 City Hall . .'

Chief Engineer, 81 City Hall

FJlevator operators, 16 City Hall

Elevator repairs, 62A City Hall

Store house, 1517 Filbert street

Store house, 713 Filbert street

W^tern Union Telegraph Co., Broad and Chestnut streets...
Postal Telegraph-Cable Co., Juniper and Chestnut streets

Bureau of City Property.

Assistant Superintendent of City Hall, 113 City Hall

Architect, 825 City Hall

113 City Hall

Toremen of Biggers, 743 City Hall

Foreman of Laborers, 348 City Hall

Tlumbing shop, 17 City Hall

Paint Shop, 68 City Hall

Carpenter's room, 51A City Hall

East pump room, 23 City Hall

"West pump room, 69 City Hall

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Heceiving shop, 151A City Hall 1

Store room, 128 City Hall 1

•Clock tower, 799 City Hall ' 1

Clock face. City Hall 1

Top of tower. City Hall 1

Independence Hall, Fifth, Sixth and Chestnut streets 7

•City Forester, 117 City Hall 1

-Chief, 111 City Hall 1

Office, 115 City Hall 1

Bureau of Building Inspection,

-Chief, 319 City Hall 1

Residence of Chief, 1612 North Tenth street 1

Office, 315 City Hall 1

Office, 317 City Hall 1

Office, 321 City Hall 1

Elevator Inspection.

Residence of Chief, 2336 South Fifteenth street 1

304 City Hall 1

306 City Hall 1

308 City Hall 1

Bureau of Lighting.

Office, 334 City Hall 1

Bureau of Gas.

Office, 332 City Hall 1

Bureau of Boiler Inspection.

'Chief's residence, 3709 York road 1

Ohief's office, 303 City Hall 1

Department of Public WorTcs.

Director, 214 City Hall 1 .

Director's residence, 6711 Frankford avenue 1

Chief Clerk, 212 City Hall 1

Photographer, 730 City Hall , 1

Ice Boats.

•Chestnut street pier, Delaware 1

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Department of Wharves, Docks and Ferries.

Boom 552, Bourse Building* : 1

Boom 553, Bourse Building 1

Boom 554, Bourse Building* 1

Boom 555, Bourse Building* 1

Boom 590, Bourse Building* 1

Bureau of Highways and Street Cleaning,

Chief, 230 City Hall 1

Office, 234 City Hall , 1

Boom 334, City Hall 1

Gray's Ferry Bridge, Schuylkill river 1

Office (S. C), 338 City Hall. . .' 1

Foreman of Bridges, Residence, 5171 Columbia avenue 1

Board of Highway Supervisors,
Chief Draughtsman, 738 City Hall 1

Bureau of Surveys.

318 City Hall 1

410 City Hall 1

534 City Hall \ 1

510 City Hall 1

767 City Hall 1

First Survey District, 1701 Snyder avenue 1

Second Survey District, southeast corner Broad and Morris

streets 1

Third Survey District, 1215 Filbert street 1

Fourth Survey District, 724 Spring Garden street 1

Fifth Survey District, 521 West Venango street 1

Sixth Survey District, 441 West Norris street 1

Seventh Survey District, 1500 Montgomery avenue 1

Eighth Survey District, 4444 Main street, Manayunk 1

Ninth Survey District, Germantown avenue and School lane .... 1

Tenth Survey District, 4534 Frankford avehue 1

Eleventh Survey District, 4039 Lancaster avenue 1

Twelfth Survey District, 108 South Fortieth street 1

Thirteenth Survey District, 1525 Indiana avenue 1

Grade Crossing Division, Broad and Huntingdon streets 2

Principal Assistant, 416 City Hall j 1

Assistant Engineer of Sewers, 418 City Hall 1

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710 City Hall . . .

793 City Hall

710A City Hall

794 City Hall

702A City Hall

788 City Hall

792 City Hall

Complaint Clerk, 704 City Hall.

Water rents, 566 City Hall

Water rents, 568 City Hall

173

Bureau of Water,

Department of Supplies.

310 City Hall 2

312 City Hall 2

Residence of Assistant Director, 921 North Forty-eighth street. 1

Department of Health and Charities.

578 City Hall 1

582 City Hall 2

Residence of Assistant Director, 1814 South Seventeenth street. 1

Bureau of Health.

395A City Hall 1

3p7 City Hall 1

395 City Hall 2

517 City Hall 1

513 City Hall 1

712 City Hall 1

716 City Hall 4

613 City Hall 1

617 City Hall .• 1

7\08 City Hall 1

714 City Hall 1

715 City Hall 1

711 City Hall 1

727 City Hall 1

Board of Civil Service. *

875 City Hall 1

876 B City Hall , 1

875 City Hall 1

876A City Hall 2

976 City Hall ,. 1

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Board of Public Education.

294 City Hall , 2

290 City Hall *. 1

390 City Hall 1

392 City Hall 1

394 City Hall . . .* 1

694 City Hall 2

699 City Hall 1

690 City Hall 1

742 City Hall 3

746 City Hall 2

Dr. Brumbaugh, 695 City Hall 1

City Controller.

148 City Hall 1

City Solicitor.

476 City Hall 1

466 City Hall 1

462 City Hall 1

486 City Hall 1

474 City Hall 1

482 City Hall 1

464 City Hall 1

488 City Hall 1

Receiver of Taxes.

110 City Hall 1

108 City Hall 1

TV^ater rents, 196 City Hall t 1

Delinquent taxes, 112 City Hall 1

Registration Commission.

•650 City Hall 1

Board of Revision of Taxes.

Search Department, 177 City Hall 2

Eeal Estate Assessors, 181 City Hall 1

:178A City Hall 1

Mercantile Appraisers.

171 City Hall 3

167 City Hall 1

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City Treasurer.

143 City Hall 1

Recorder of Deeds.
Deputy Recorder, 154 City Hall 1

162 City Hall 1

City Commissioners.

130 City Hall 1

Ofice of the Sheriff.

467 City Hall 1

475 City Hall 1

471 City Hall 1

477 City Hall 1

475 City Hall 1

477 City Hall 1

Execution Clerk, 481 City Hall. . . : 1

Office of the Coroner.

Residence of Coroner, 618 East Girard avenue 1

•Office, 604 City Hall 2

'606 City Hall 1

The Morgue, Wood street, above Thirteenth street 2

Deputy Coroner's residence, 1064 Germantown avenue 1

Deputy Coroner's residence, 925 Wolf street 1

District Attorney.

'666 City Hall 1

662 City Hall 1

664 City Hall 1

'607 Mutual Life Building 1

ParJc Commissioners.

127 City Hall 3

Guard House, Red Bridge *...., , 1

<Juard House, Rittenhouse street 1

IVissahickon Hall, Fairmount Park ...;..... I

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Courts of Philadelphia,

»58 City Hall 1

240 City Hall 1

242 City Hall 1

244 City Hall 1

267 City Hall 1

268 City Hall 1

280 City Hall 1

363 City Hall 1

3«5 City Hall 1

359 City Hall 1

361 City Hall 1

a62A City Hall 1

461 City Hall 1

565 City Hall 1

681 City Hall 1

657 City Hall 1

652 City Hall 1

ComHK)!! Pleas No. 5, 644 City Hall , 1

Judge Barrett's residence, 315 South Seventeenth street 1

Ofiice of Magistrate Carey, 127 South Seventh street 1

OiSee of Magistrate Call, 1128 Girard avenue 1

Judge Martin, private, 651 City Hall 1

Prothonotary's room, 264 City Hall 2

Court of Quarter Sessions.

685 City Hall , 1

676 City Hall 1

677 €ity Hall 1

681 City Hall 1

Office of Magistrate Campbell, 2839 Kensington avenue 1

Residence of Magistrate Campbell, 2537 East Somerset street. . 1

Supreme Court.

456 City Hall .* 1

Lam/ Library,

$00 City Hall 1

Oil Inspector.

ail City Hall ' 1

Free Libraries.

Wideoer Library^ Girard avenue and Bn>ad street. • 1

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Reporter $ Room.
740A City Hall 1

Hospitals.

St. Luke's, 4414 North Broad street

Samaritan, Broad and Ontario streets

Women's, Twentieth street and Susquehanna avenue

St. Joseph's, Seventeenth street and Girard avenue

German, Corinthian and Girard avenues

Hahneman, Fifteenth and Race streets

Medico-Chirurgical, Eighteenth and Cherry streets

Episcopal, Front street and Lehigh avenue

Children'% Twenty-second and Walnut streets

Philadelphia, Thirty-fourth and South streets

Presbyterian, Thirty-ninth and Filbert streets

University, Thirty-fourth and Spruce streets

Pennsylvania, Eighth and Spruce streets

Methodist, Broad and Wolf streets

St. Agnes', Broad and Mifflin streets

Jewish, York and Tabor roads

Stations Paid For by the Electrical Bureau, Connected
Direct to Central Office.

Presbyterian Hospital, Thirty-ninth and Filbert streets

St. Mary's Hospital, Frankf ord avenue and Palmer street

Jefferson Hospital, 1020 Sansom street

Howard Hospital, Broad and Catherine streets

West Philadelphia Hospital for Women, 4035 Parrish street. . .

8t. Agnes' Hospital, Broad and Mifflin streets

University Hospital, Thirty-fourth and Spruce streets

St. Christopher's Hospital, Lawrence and Huntingdon streets. .

Fred. Douglass Hospital, 1512 Lombard street

Polyclinic Hospital, 1818 Lombard street

St. Joseph's Hospital, Seventeenth street and Girard avenue . . .

Medico-Chirurgical Hospital, Eighteenth and Cherry streets...

Women's College Hospital, Twenty-second street and North Col-
lege avenue '

Jefferson Maternity Hospital, Seventh street, south of Locust
street

Episcopal Hospital, Front street and Lehigh avenue

Women's Hospital, Twentieth street and Susquehanna avenue.

Kensington Hospital, 136 Diamond street

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Children's Homoeopathic Hospital, Franklin and .Thompson

streets * 1

Samaritan Hospital, Broad and Ontario streets 1

St. Luke's Hospital, Broad and Wingohoeking streets 1

Free Telephones Connected With the Electrical Bureau^

President of Select Council, 408 City Hall

Chief Clerk of Select Council, 404 City Hall

Rostrum of Common Council, 400 City Hall

Mayor's retiring room, 204 City Hall

Director of Public Safety, 217 City Hall

Superintendent of Police, 227 City Hall

Chief of the Bureau of Fire, 918 New Market street

Insurance Patrol No. 1, 516 Arch street T

Insurance Patrol No. 2, Fifth and Hackley streets

Chemical Engine No. 5, Fox Chase

Engine Company No. 1, 1837 South street

Engine Company No. 2, southwest corner Warnock and Berks
streets

Engine Company No. 3, 117 Queen street

Engine Company No. 4, 1528 Sansom street ^

Engine Company No. 5, southeast corner Thirty-seventh and
Ludlow streets

Engine Company No. 6, Montgomery avenue, below Girard ave-
nue

Engine Company No. 7, Frankford avenue and Ruan street. . .

Engine Company No. 8, northeast corner Second and Quarry
streets

Engine Company No. 10, 808 Morris street

Engine Company No. 11, southwest comer Alder and South
streets

Engine Company No. 12, Main and Centre streets, Manayunk.

Engine Company No. 13, Parrish street, west of Fifteenth
street

Engine Company No. 15, Howard street and Columbia avenue.

Engine Company No. 16, Forty-fourth street, below Girard
avenue

Engine Company No. 17, 253 North Fifteenth street

Engine Company No. 18, southeast corner Uber and Callow-
hill streets

Engine Company No. 20, northwest corner Tenth and Hunter
streets

Engine Company No. 21, 826 New Market street

Engine Company No. 22, 214 Pine street

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Engine Company No. 23, Seventh street, above Xorris street. . 1

Engrine Company No. 24, Twentieth and Fedei*al streets 1

Engine Company No. 25, 1915-17 Adams street 1

Engine Company No. 26, Tenth and Buttonwood streets 1

Engine Company No. 27, 2202 Columbia avenue 1

Engine Company No. 29, 1225 North Fourth street 1

Engine Company No. 32, southeast corner Sixth and Locust

streets- 1

Engine Company No. 34, 1313 North Twenty-seventh street. . . 1
Engine Company No. 35, Ridge avenue, above Midvale avenue. 1
Engine Company No. 39, Leverington avenue, west of Ridge

avenue, Roxborough I

Engine Company No. 40, Sixty-fifth street and Woodland ave-
nue 1

Engine Company No. 41, Sixty-first and Thompson streets.... 1

Engine Company No. 43, 2110 Market street 1

Engine Company No. 45, northeast corner Twenty-sixth and

York streets , 1

Engine Company No. 46, southeast corner Otsego and Reed

streets 1

Engine Company No. 47, 3135 Gray's Ferry* road 1

Engine Company No. 49, Snyder avenue, west of Fifteenth

street 1

Truck Company No. 1, 2132 Fairmount avenue 1

Truck Company No. 2, Branch street, below Fourth street.... 1

Truck Company No. 3, 2003 North Second street 1

Truck Company No. 4, 319 Delanoey street 1

Truck Company No. 5, Sixteenth street, below Fitzwater street 1
Truck Company No. 6, northeast corner Haverford avenue and

Preston street 1

Truck Company No. 11, Twelfth street, below Wharton street. 1

Chief of the Electrical Bureau, 610 City Hall 1

Assistant Manager of the Electrical Bureau, 616 City Hall.... 1

Bureau of City Property, 115 City Hall 1

Bureau of Building Inspection, 313 City Hall 1

Bureau of Boiler Inspection, 301 City Hall L

Chief Clerk of the Department of Public Works. 212 City Hall. . 1
Superintendent of Bridges, Highway Bureau, 238 City Hall. ... 1

Bureau of Surveys, 416 City Hall 1

Department of Health and Charities, 586 City Hall 1

Bureau of Health, 712 City Hall 1

Board of Public Education, 292 City Hall : 1

City Controller, 146 City Hall 1

City Solicitor, 476 City Hall 1

Receiver of Taxes, 102 City Hall 1

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Board of Revision of Th,xes, 180 City Hall. . .

City Treasurer, 143 City Hall

Recorder of Deeds, 154 City Hall

City Commissioners, 130 City Hall

Sheriff's office, 485 City Hall

Coroner's office, 604 City Hall

District Attorney, 666 City Hall

Judge McMichael, 277 City Hall

Common Pleas No. 2, 258 City Hall

Common Pleas No. 1, 244 City Hall

Prothonotary, Common Pleas, 266 City Hall.

Judge Willson, 442 Ciiy Hall

CoDMnon Pleas No. 5, 658 City Hall

Court of Quarter Sessions, 682 City Hall . . .

Orphans' Court, 415 City Hall

Supreme Court, 456 City Hall

Inventory of Electrical Apparatus in the Various
Police Districts Covered by Your Department.

In connection with the Electrical Bureau installations in
your police and fire stations, a complete inventory fol-
lows :

First District.

1 100 ohm advance sig^nal bell and lightning arrest or cutout.
1 police patrol chemical register.

1 patrol stand, with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.

2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.

1 front and back contact key.

1 two contact ground test key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout and key.

r pony relay and light.

1 P. D. Bell 'phone to Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

1 P. D. Keystone 'phone to Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

1 generator, with 1.000 ohm ringers to call stable 'phone.

1 1,000 ohm exitension bell on 'phone line to Fifth and Nineteenth

Districts. •
1 protector board with :

16 plush protectors.

16 bottle fuses. I

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8 sneak fuses and carbon brick lightning arrestprs.
8 two point ground switches.
1 ten push button plate, with buttons connected as follows :
1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.
1 to the Street Sergeant, to a buzzer.
1 to the third floor cok)red men's bedroom, to a bell.
1 to the Matron, to a buzzer.
1 to the cell room, to a buzzer.
1 to the second story front bedroom, to a bell.
1 to the second story sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the third floor bedroom, to a bell.

2 buttons not in service.

■ 1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeant, to a

buzzer.
1 push button from the Matron to the House Sergeant, to a

buzzer.
1 four lever switch arranged to ring all bells and buzzers at one

time.
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter,

connected to Keystone 'phone.

Batteries,
"21 bluestone cells on patrol talk wire.
16 bluestone cells on patrol box wire.

6 bluestone cells on police instrument local.

4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on house bells.

9 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on extra battery.

Second District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.

1 police patrol chemical register..

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.
^ small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.
1 front and back contact key.
1 two contact ground test key.
1 lightning arrestor cutout and key.
1 pony relay and light.
1 stable wire connected to stand.

No. 1 signal.

No. 13 signal.

W. B. G. fuses on all wires.

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1 Bell P. I), 'phone to Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter^

connected to Keystone 'phone.

2 push buttons :

1 to front bedroom, to a bell.

1 to back bedroom, to a bell.

1 generator with 1,000 ohm ringers.

Batteries.
14 blues tone cells on patrol box wire.
21 bluest one cells on patrol talk wire.
5 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on house bells.

Third District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.
1 police patrol chemical register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.

2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.

1 front and back contact key.

1 two contact ground test key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout and key.

1 pony relay and light.

1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board..

1 Bell P. D. !phone to Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter,.

connected to Keystone 'phone.
12 push buttons :

1 to Truck No. 4. to a bell.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the bedroom, to a bell.

1 to bedroom, to a bell.

1 to patrol house, to a bell.

1 to Lieutenant, to a buzzer.

1 to Street Sergeant, to a buzzer.

1 to the Matron, to a buzzer.

1 to the roll room, to a buzzer.

2 push buttons not in use.

1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeant*
1 push button from the Matron to the House Sergeant.

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Batteries,

18 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.
18 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.
8 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Fourth District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Shearing police patrol register with relay.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and seven

two point lever switches.
1 lightning arrestor cutout and key.
1 pony relay and lamp.
1 'phone line to stable on stand.
1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringer.

1 Bell P. D. 'phone to Eiectrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1. Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter^

connected to Keystone 'phone.
1 protector board with :
32 plush protectors.
32 bottle fuses.
16 carbon brick lightning arrestors and sneak fuse bases^

8 two point lever switches for ground tests.

1 single pole, single throw knife blade switch to opett
ground wire.
1 60 watt motor generator to furnish current to jmtrol service,

storage battery, annunciators and house bell equipment.
1 Slate switch board panel with five double pole fused switches^

mounted thereon, with necessary impedence and overload

protectors.
18 cells B. T. type storage battery.
9 push buttons:

1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.

1 to the Sergeants, to a buzzer.

1 to the cell room, to a buzzer.

1 to the Matron, to a buzzer.

1 to the second story back, to a buzzer,

1 to the front room, to a bell.

1 to the back bedroom, to a bell.

1 to the patrol house, to two bells.

1 not in service.

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Fifth District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrester cutout.

1 police patrol chemical register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.
1 lightning arrestor cutout and key.
1 pony relay and light.

1 'phone line on stand to First and Nineteenth Districts,
1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringer.
1 Bell P. D. 'phone to Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter,

connected to Keystone 'phone.
9 push buttons:

1 to the Lieutenant, to a bell. '

1 to the Sergeant, to a buzzer.

1 to the Matron, to a buzzer.

1 to the men's room, to a buzzer.

1 to the second story back bedroom, to a bell.

1 to the third story front bedroom, to a bell.

1 to the third story middle bedroom, to a bell.

1 to the third story back bedroom, to a bell.

1 to the fourth floor, to a bell.

1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeant's room.

2 dynamotors, 40 watt.

3 double throw, double pole, 5 ampere knife blade switches.
2 single throw, double pole, 5 ampere knife blade switches.

10 W. B. G. fuse blocks and fuses.

Sixth District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.
1 chemical police patrol register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and can-

non switch.

2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact switch.

1 front and back contact switch.
1 two contact ground test key.
1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.
1 pony relay and light.

1 four lever switch for connecting stand to Eighth and Twen-
tieth Districts.

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1 two leveT switch to connect 'phone in Matron^s room to stand*
1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringer.
1 ten push button plate :

1 to the back room, second floor, to a bell.

1 to the back room, third floor, to a bell.

1 to the cell room, to a bell.

1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.

1 to the Sergeant, to a buzzer.

1 to the Matron, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, second floor, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, third floor, to a buzzer.

2 push buttons not in service.

1 four lever switcin wired to ring all bells and buzzers.
1 push button on patrol stand, to a bell in the patrol house.
1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeant.
1 push button from the Matron to the House Sergeant.
1 % set telephone in the Matron's room.
1 P. D. Bell *phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 P. D. Keystone *phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Electric double head *phone .and breast transmitter,
connected to Keystone 'phone.

Batteries.

24 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.
17 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.

6 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

6 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on extra battery.

Seventh District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.
1 chemical police patrol register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.

2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.

1 front and back contact key.

1 two contact ground test- key;.

1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.

1 pony relay and light.

1 'phone line to the Eighth District.

1 generator and 1,000 (Asa ringer.

1 P. D. Bell 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

1 P. D. Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

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1 Western Electric double head *phone and breast transmitter,

connected to Keystone 'phone.
1 extension Bell *phone to the Lieutenant.
•6 push button plate:

1 to the patrol house.

1 to the Matron, to a buzzer.

1 to the second story front room, to a bell.

3 not connected.
1 push button from the front door to the roll room, to a bell.
1 lightning arrestor cutout on Nos. 14, 26, 3, 11 and 9 signal.

Batteries.

4 Leclanche cells, Gronda type, on house bells.
"16 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.
16 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.

Eighth District,

.1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.

1 shearing register and relay.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and

seven two point lever switches.
1 lightning arrestor cutout and key.
1 pony relay and light.
1 four lever switch.

'Phone wires to Seventh, Sixth and Twentieth Districts.
1 protector board with 28 plush protectors, 28 bottle fuses, 14

carbon brick lightning arrestors and sneak fuse bases, 6

two point lever switches for ground test.
1 60 watt motor generator to furnish current to patrol service,

storage battery, annunciator and house bell equipment.
1 slate switchboard panel with five double pole fused switches

mounted thereon with necessary impedence and overload

protectors.
3.8 cells B. T. type storage battery.
1 generator and JL,000 ohm ringer.

1 P. D. Bell 'plume to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 P. D. Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and transmitter, con-
nected to the Keystone 'phone.
r9 push buttons :

1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.
1 to the Sergeants, to a buzzer.
1 to the Matron, to a bell.

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1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the second story back room, to a bell.

1 to the third story front room, to a bell.

1 to the store room, to a buzzer.

1 to the third story middle room, to a bell.

1 to the third story back room, to a bell.

Ninth District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.

.1 chemical police register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.
1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.
1 pony relay and lamp.

1 'phone wire to Ninth Sub-station in stand.
1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringer.
18 plush protectors and bottle fuses on both sides of the patrol
box wires and the patrol talk wire.
1 P. D. Bell 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 P. D. Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter,
connected with the Keystone 'phone with plug attachment.
1 P. D. Bell 'phone, pay station.
6 push buttons:

1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.
1 to the Sergeants, to a bell.
1 to the sitting room, to a bell.
1 to the bedroom, second floor, to a bell.
1 to the bedroom, second floor, to a bell.
1 to the cell room, to a bell.
1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeants, to
a buzzer.

Batteries,
17 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.
31 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.

4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.
14 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the extra battery. *

Tenth District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.
1 chemical police patrol register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four
lever switch.

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2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.
1 front and back contact key.
1 two contact ground test key,
1 lightning arrester, cutout and key,
1 pony relay and light.
1 'phone wire to patrol house on stand.
1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringer.

1 P. D. Bell *phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 P. D. Keystone *phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Electric double head *phone and breast transmitter,
connected to Keystone 'phone.
Lightning arrestor cutouts on Nos. 3, 5, 9, 11, 14, 17 and 26
signals.
12 push buttons:

1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.
1 to the Sergeant, to a buzzer.
1 to the Sergeant No. 2, to a buzzer.
1 to the Matron, to a buzzer.
1 to the Sergeants' sitting room, to a buzzer.
1 to the cell room.

1 to the second story back bedroom, to a bell.
1 to the second story front bedroom, to a bell.
1 to the third story front bedroom, to a bell.
1 to the third story back bedroom, to a bell.
1 to the third story sitting room, to a buzzer.
1 to the cellar, to a buzzer.
1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeants, to

a buzzer.
1 push button from the Matron to the House Sergeants, to a
buzzer.

Batteries.

5 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

8 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the extra battery.
20 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire^ ,

15 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire. I

Eleventh District. [

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.

1 chemical police patrol register. ' i

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four |

lever switch. I

2 small galvanometers. I

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i single contact key.

1 front and back contact key.

1 two contact ground test key.

1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.

1 pony relay and light.

1 'phone line to stable on stand.

1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringer.

Lightning arrestor cutouts on Nos. 3, 7 and 20 signals.
Loop on No. 5 signal arranged so it can be cut out with
W. B. G. fuses.
1 P. D. Bell 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 P. D. Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter,

connected to Keystone 'phone.
10 push button plate:

1 to the Lieutenant, to a Buzzer.

1 to the second story bedroom, to a bell.

1 to the east second story bedroom, to a bell.

1 to the second story sitting room, to a bell.

1 to the front second story bedroom, to a bell.

1 to the third story sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the west second story bedroom, to a bell.

1 to the cellar. •

2 not connected.

1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeant.

Batteries,
5 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.
18 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.
18 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.
1 double pole, 15 ampere switch, to cut out fire signal wire,
for purpose of test.

Twelfth District,

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.

1 shearing patrol register and relay.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.
1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.
1 pony relay and light.

1 'phone line to the patrol house connected to stand.
1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringer.
1 P. D. Bell 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

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1 p. D. Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Elect rict double head 'phone and breast transmitter,

connected to Keystone 'phone with plug attachment.
1 protector board with:
28 plush protectors.
28 bottle fuses.

14 carbon brick lightning arrestors and sneak fuse bases,
* 4 two point groun^ test lever switches.
1 60 watt motor generator to furnish current to patrol service,
storage battery, annunciators and house bell equipment,
1 slate switchboard panel with five double pole fused switches
mounted thereon with necessary impedence and overload
protectors.
18 cells B. T. type storage battery.
9 push buttons:

1 to the Lieutenant, io a buzzer.

1 to the Sergeant, to a bell.

1 to the second floor, to a bell.

1 to the third floor, to a bell.

1 to the Special Officers, to a buzzer.

1 to the basement.

1 to the cell room, to a buzzer.

1 to the roll*room, to a bell.

1 to the sitting room, to a bell.

Thirteenth District. v

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.
1 chemical police patrol register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four;

lever switch.

2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.

1 front and back contact key.

1 tvv^o contact ground test key.

1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key. ^

1 pony relay and buzzer.

1 'phone line to Sub-station and St. Timothy's Hospital on

stand.
1 'phone line to stable on stand.
1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringer.
1 1,000 ohm extension bell.

1 P. D. Bell 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 P. D. Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

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1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter,

connected to Keystone 'phone.
1 lightning arrestor cutout on No. 27 signal.
4 push buttons:

1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.

1 to the Sergeant, to a buzzer.

1 to the Matron, to a buzzer.

1 to the bedroom, to a bell.

Batteries,
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.
12 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the extra battery.
18 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.
16 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.

Thirteenth District SuhStation.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.
1 P. D. Bell 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 P. D. Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board..
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter,

connected to Keystone 'phone.
1 Kellog 'phone to the Thirteenth District, Main Station.

3 push buttons:

1 to the Sergeants, to a buzzer.
1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.
1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

Batteries.

4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Fourteenth District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.

2 chemical police patrol registers.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.
4 small galvanometers.

2 single contact keys.

2 front and back contact keys.

2 two contact ground test keys.

2 lightning arrestors, cutouts and keys,

1 pony relay and light.

1 'phone line to Fourteenth District Sub-station

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1 'phone line to Thirty-fifth District.
1 *phone line to stable.

Telephone jacks on Fourteenth District Sub-station, Thirty-
fifth District, and stable wires to connect them to the
patrol stand *phone.
1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Bell Exchange.
1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter,

connected to Keystone 'phone.
1 protector board with 48 plush protectors, 48 bottle fuses, 24
sneak fuses and carbon brick lightning arrestors, and
seven two point ground test switches.
1 double pole baby knife blade switch to open ground line.
1 double pole baby knife blade switch to cut off No. 2 signal

north.
1 single blade, double throw baby knife blade switch to cut out

police wire north.
1 eight push button plate :

1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.
1 to the Sergeants, to a buzzer.
1 to the patrol house, to a bell
1 to the pool room, to a buzzer.
1 to the Matron, to a buzzer.
1 to the second-story front, to a bell.
1 to the third story front, to a bell.
1 to the third story front, to a bell. '

1 to the cellar, to a bell.
1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeant, to
a buzzer.

Batteries.
6 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on' the house bells.
27 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.
18 bluestone cells on 1 patrol box wire.
20 bluestone cells on 1 patrol box wire.

Fourteenth District Sub-Station, Chestnut Hill,

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.
1 P. D. Bell 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 P. D. Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter,

connected to Keystone 'phone.
.1 P. D. Bell 'phone to the Bell Exchange.

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1 Kellog 'phone to the Fourteenth Bistrict.

Cutout lightning arrestors on Nos. 2 signal and 4 alarm wires.
W. B. G. fuses on both sides of Nos. 2 signal and 4 alarm
wires. Telephone to the Fourteenth Bistrict and police
instrument wire.
4 push buttons : - '

1 to the Sergeant, to a buzzer.
1 to the Sergeant, to a buzzer.
1 to the front bedroom, to a bell.
1 to the back bedroom, to a bell.

Batteries,
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Fifteenth^ District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell, carbon brick lightning arrestor,

cutout and fuse.
1 chemical police and patrol register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.

2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.

1 front and back contact key.

1 two contact ground test key.

1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.

1 pony relay and two lights.

1 'phone wire to stable connected to stand.

2 double pole, double throw knife blade switches, to transpose

Birector Stearns' and House of Correction Bell 'phone
wires.
1 protector board with 54 plush protectors, 54 bottle fuses, 27
sneak fuses, carbon brick lightning protectors, 33 two
point ground test switches, 1 double pole single throw
knife blade switch.
1 P. B. Bell 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 P. B. Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board*
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter,.

connected to Keystone 'phone.
1 twelve push button plate:

1 to the Lieutenant, to a bell.
1 to the Sergeants, to a buzzer.
1 to the cell room, to a buzzer.
1 to the hallway, to a bell.

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1 to the bedroom, to a bell.
1 to the patrol house, wagon, to a bell.
1 to the patrol house, bedroom, to a bell.
5 not in service.
1 push button from the Lieutenant, to a buzzer, in the Houstt
Sergeant's room.

Batteries.

6 Leclanche cells, Gonda tj-pe, on the house bells.
11 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the extra battery.
20 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.
20 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.

Sixteenth District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.
1 chemical police patrol register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.

2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.

1 front and back contact key.
1 two contact ground test key.
1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.
1 pony relay and light.

1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter,
connected to the Keystone 'phone.
Lightning arrestor cutouts on No. 6 fire 'phone. Xo. 4 signal,
Xo. 6 signal, Xo. 10 signal, Xo. 2 alarm, Xo. 275 talk
wire, Presbyterian Hospital 'phone wire, West Philadel-
phia Survey.
4 double pole knife blade switches, to cut off loops on wires

running west.
1 'phone line to stable connected to stand.
1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringers.
1 eight push button plate :

1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.

1 to the Sergeant, to a buzzer.

1 to the cellar, to a buzzer.

1 to the cell room, to a bell.

1 to the second floor dormitory, to a bell.

1 to the third floor dormitory, to a bell.

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1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.
1 to the patrol house, to a bell.

1 extra push button on the patrol stand, to the bell in the

patrol house.

Batteries.

4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.
16 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the extra battery.
18 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.
20 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.

2 double pole, 15 ampere knife blade switches, to cut out loops

on fire signal wires for purposes of test.

Seventeenth District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.

1 chemical police patrol register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.
1 protector board with 28 plush protectory, 28 bottle fuses, 14

sneak fuses and carbon brick lightning arrestors.
1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.
1 pony relay and light.
1 extra four lever switch.
1 'phone line on stand to patrol stable.
1 'phone line on stand to Sub-station,

1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter,

connected to the Keystone 'phone.
€ push buttons :

1 to the Lieutenant, to a. buzzer.

1 to the Sergeants, to a buzzer.

1 to the Matron, to a buzzer.

1 to the dormitory, to a bell, second floor.

1 to the dormitory, second floor, to a bell. ,

1 to the cellar, to a bell. ^ ^

1 push button from the Lieutenant to the house sergeant.

Batteries.

4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.
14 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.
20 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.

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Eighteenth District,

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrester cutout.
1 chemical patrol register.

1 patrol stand, transmitter, receiver, *phone hook and four

lever svvritch.

2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.

1 front and back contact key.
1 two contact ground test key.
1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.
1 pony relay and light.

Lightning arrestor cutouts on Nos. 20, 17, 7 and 11 signals.
1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Boards
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter,.

connected with Keystone 'phone with plug attachment.
6 push buttons:

1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.

1 to the Sergeant, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a bell.

1 to the Matron's room, to a buzzer.

1 to the bedroom, to a bell.

1 to the patrol house, to a bell.
1 push button from the Matron to the House Sergeant.

Batteries.
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.
18 bluestone cells on patrol box wire.
18 bluestone cells on patrol talk wire.

Nineteenth District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout,

1 shearing police patrol register.

1 police stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.
1 police patrol main line relay.
1 slate switchboard panel with 5 fused switches and necessary

resistances, impedence coils and overload protectors to

operate patrol service and house bells.
1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.
1 pony relay and light.
1 'phone line on stand to First and Fifth Districts.

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1 'phone line on stand to stable.
1 generator and 1,000 oh^ ringers.
1 1,000 ohm extension bell.

1 protector board with 32 plush protectors, 32 bottle fuses,
16 sneak fuses with carbon brick lightning arrestors and
Ave two point ground test switches.
10 push buttons mounted on a wooden plate:
1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.
1 to the third story front room, to a bell.
1 to the third story back room, to a bell.
1 to the third story middle room, to a bell.
1 to the second story front room, to a buzzer,
1 to the Sergeants' room, to a buzzer.
1 to the basement, to a bell.
1 to the cell room, to a bell.
1 to the sitting room, to a bell.
1 to the Matron, to a buzzer.
1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeant, to

a buzzer.
1 push button from the Matron's room to House Sergeant.
1 P. D. Bell 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 P. D. Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board*
1 Western Electric double head 'phone with breast transmitter,

with plug attachment.
1 60 watt dynomoter for furnishing current to police patrol,,
police line locals and house bell equipment.

Batteries.
18 cells B. T. type storage battery on entire service.

Tiventieth District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.

1 chemical police patrol register.

1 police stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.
1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.
1 pony relay and light.
1 'phone line on stand to Sixth and Eighth Districts, and to

the patrol house.
1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringer.

1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board*
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter.

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7 push buttons:

1 to the Lieutenant, to a bell. .

1 to the Sergeant, to a bell.

1 to the Matron, to a bell.

1 to the second story front room, to a bell.

1 to the third story front room, to a bell.

1 to the cell room, to a; buzzer.

1 to the patrol house, to a bell.

1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeant, to

a buzzer.

2 motor generators, 60 watts.

3 double pole, double throw, 5 ampere, knife blade switches.
2 single throw, double pole, 5 ampere, knife blade switches.

10 W. B. G. fuse blocks and fuses.

Twenty-first District,

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.

1 shearing police register.

1 main line patrol relay. ,

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and seven
two point lever switches.

1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.

1 pony relay and lamp.

1 'phone line to stable and Thirty-eighth District.

1 1,000 ohm generator.

1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

1 Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter,
with plug attachment.

1 pi;otector board with 32 plush protectors, 32 bottle fuses, 16
sneak fuses and carbon brick arrestors.

5 two point ground switches.

1 double pole, double throw switch to cut out Woodland ave-
nue loop on police wire.

1 double pole, double throw switch to cut out Woodland ave-
nue loop on No. 6 joker.

1 double throw switch to cut out Woodland avenue loop on No.
2 alarm.

3 lightning cutout arrestors on patrol line.

1 60 watt motor generator to furnish current to patrol service,
storage battery and annunciators, and house bell equip-
ment.

1 slate switchboard panel with five double pole fused switches

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mounted thereon, with necessary impedence coil, resist-
ances and overload protectors for use in connection with
motor generator and storage battery in patrol and house
equipment.
18 cells B. T. type storage battery on patrol and house bells.
1 push .button, patrol stand to garage.
1 push button, front door to House Sergeant.
1 twelve point push button plate :

1 Lieutenant, sitting room.

1 Lieutenant, bedroom.

1 Street Sergeant No. 1.

1 Street Sergeant No. 2.

1 Matron

1 men's sitting room.

1 men's cell room.

1 women'te cell room.

1 drill room.

1 garage.

1 front dormitory.

1 back dormitory.

And return to annunciator in House Sergeant's room.

1 from Lieutenant.

1 from Matron.

1 from men's cell.

1 from women's cell.

Tiventy-second District,

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and carbon brick lightning ar-

restor, cutout with mica fuse.
1 chemical police patrol register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, *phone hook and four

lever switch,

2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key,

1 front and back contact key.

1 two contact ground test key.

1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.

1 pony relay and lamp.

1 four lever switch.

1 'phone line to stable on stand.

1 'phone line to Thirty-ninth District Police Station on stand.

1 'phone line to Lieutenant on* stand.

1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringer.

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1 1,000 ohm extension bell.

1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Boards
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter.
1 protector board with 50 plush protectors, 50 bottle fuses, 24
sneak fuses and carbon brick protectors.
17 two point lever switches for ground tests.
1 double pole switch to open ground wire.
1 double pole switch to cut out No. 16 signal north.
10 push button plate :

1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.

1 to the cell room, to a buzzer.

1 to the cellar,- to a bell.

1 to the Sergeants, to a buzzer.

1 to the Sergeants' sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the bedroom, third floor, to a bell. '

1 to the bedroom, third floor, to a bell.

1 to the bedroom, second floor, to a bell.

1 to the sitting room, second floor, to a buzzer.

1 not connected.

Batteries.
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.
15 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the extra battery.

19 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.

20 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.

Twenty-third District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.

1 police patrol chemical register.

1 police stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.
1 protector board with 24 plush protectors, 24 bottle fuses, 12

carbon brick arrestor s and sneak coils.
4 two point ground switches.

3 lightning arrestor cutouts on patrol box wire.
1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.
1 pony relay and light.
1 'phone line to stable on stand.
1 generator with 1,000 ohm ringer.

.1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the *31ectrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter.

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"8 push buttons:

1 to the Lieutenant's bedroom, to a buzzer.

1 to the Lieutenant's sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the bedroom, to a bell.

1 to the Sergeants, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the cell room, to a buzzer.

1 to the cellar, to a buzzer.
1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeant, to
a buzzer.

Batteries,

6 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.
20 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.
20 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.

T IV enty- fourth District.

1 shearing register.

1 police stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and seven
two point lever switches.

1 'phone line on stand to Bridesburg Sub-station.

1 'phone line to stable on standi

1 pony relay and light.

1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

1 AVestern Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter.

1 protector board w^ith 36 plush protectors, 36 bottle fuses, 16
sneak fuses and ground protectors.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell on police wire.

1 60 watt generator to furnish current to patrol service stor-
age batteries and annunciators and house bell equipment.

1 slate switchboard panel with 5 double pole fused switches
with necessary impedence coil, resistance and overload
protector for use in connection with motor generator and
storage battery in patrol and house equipment.

1 push button to the bedroom, to a bell.

1 push button to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.

1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeant, to
a buzzer.
18 cells B. T. type storage battery.

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Twenty-fourth District Sul>Station, Bridesburg.

1 police instrument, relay and lightning arrester cutout.
1 Bell P. Dt 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter.

Lightning arrestor cutouts on Nos. 7 and 20 signals.

W. B. G. fuses on Xo. 380 talk wire.
1 push button . in the roll room to a bell in the back room,

second floor.
1 push button in the roll room to a bell in the first floor hall.

Batteries,
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Twenty-fifth District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.
1 chemical police patrol register.

1 police stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.

2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.

1 front and back contact key.
1 two contact ground test key.
1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.
1 pony relay and light.

1 'phone line to the Thirty-seventh District on stand.
1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringer.

1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter.
Lightning arrestors and cutouts on Nos. 13 and 15 signal
wires.
1 seven push button brass plate :

1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.

1 to the Lieutenant's room^ to a buzzer.

1 to the Sergeant's room, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the roll room, to a buzzer.

1 to the colored men's room, to a buzzer.

1 to the bedroom, to a bell.

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Batteries.

4 Leclanche cell§, Gonda type, on the house bells.
18 Leolanche cells, Gonda type, on the extra battery.
11 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.
20 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.

Twenty-sixth District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrester cutout.
■ 1 chemical police patrol register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.

2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.

1 front and back contact key.
1 two contact ground test key.
1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.
1 pony relay and light.
1 'phone line to patrol house on stand.
1 generator and ^ 1,000 ohm ringer.
Old style fuses, hard rubber back and under screws and
washers.
1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter.
10 push buttons:

1 to the Lieutenant, to a bell.

1 to the Matron, to a buzzer.

1 to the Sergeant, to a bell.

1 to the cellar, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a bell.

1 to No. 1 bedroom, to a bell.

1 to No. 2 bedroom, to a bell.

1 to the patrol house, to a bell.

2 not connected.

1 four drop annunciator ringing from

1 Dauphin street door.

2 Trenton avenue door.

3 Matron's room. .

4 Sergeant's room.

1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeant, to
a buzzer.

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Batteries.

5 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

7 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the extra battery.
18 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.
18 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.

Twenty-seventh District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cntont.
1 chemical police jMitrol register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.

2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.

1 front and back contact key.

1 two contact ground test key.

1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.

1 pony relay and light.

1 'phone line to patrol house on stand.

1 four lever switch.

1 'phone line to Holmesburg Sub-station and Engine No. 36 on
stand.

1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter.
Protectors on Director Stearns' Bell and Keystone 'phone

line.
Water Bureau wire and House of Correction wire.

1 baby knife blade switch on police line to cut out line beyond
station.

1 single pole knife blade switch to cut out all above this sta-
tion on Xo. 9 fire 'phone.

1 single pole baby knife blade switch to cut out all above this

station on Xo. 20 signal.

2 double pole, double throw, 15 ampere knife blade switches to

Director Stearns' Bell 'phone wire and the House of Cor-
rection 'phone wire.
1 protector board with 28 plush protectors, 27 bottle fuses and
13 sneak fuses, carbon brick protectors.
12 two point single lever STvitches and 1 single pole baby knife

blade switch to open ground wire in it.
6 push buttons:

1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.
1 to the Sergeants, to a bell.

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1 to the IJedroom, to a bell.
1 to the bedroom, to a bell.
1 to the bedroom, to a bell.
1 not connected.
1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeant, to
a buzzer.

Batteries.
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.
16 bluest one cells on the patrol box wire.
22 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.

Twenty-seventh District Svh'Station, Holnieshurg.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.
1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Boards
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter.
Lightning arrestor cutouts on No. 20 signal, No. 9 joker and
'phone to Twenty-seventh District and Engine Company
No. 36.
1 Kellog 'phone to Engine Company No. 36 and to the Twenty-
seventh District Main Station.
12 plush protectors, 3 not in service.
15 bottle fuses, 4 not in service.
4 push button plates:

1 to the bedroom, to a bell.
3 not connected.

Batteries,
3 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Twenty-eighth District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrester cutout.
1 chemical police patrol register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.

2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.

1 front and back contact key.

1 two point contact ground test key.

1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.

1 pony relay and lamp.

1 'phone wire to stable on patrol stand.

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1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringer.

1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

1 Western Electric double h6ad 'phone and breast transmitter,

with plug attachment.
1 lightning arrestor cutout on No. 5 signal.
10 plush protectors.
1 bottle fuse.

6 single lever ground test switches.
5 push buttons:

1 to the Matron, to a buzzer.

1 to the bedroom, to a bell.

1 to the cellar, to a buzzer.

1 to the Sergeant, to a bell.
1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeant, to
a buzzer.

Batteries.

4 dry cells on house bells.
21 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.
.20 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.

Twenty-ninth District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.

1 chemical police patrol register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch. *
"2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.
1 front and back contact key.
1 two contact ground test key.
1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.
1 pony relay and light.
1 'phone line on stand to patrol house.
1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringer.

Porcelain base mica fuses on Nos. 6 and 10 signals, No. 2

alarm box and talk wire.
1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter.
-5 push buttons:

1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.
1 to the Sergeants, to a buzzer.

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1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

1 to the mounted men's stable, to a buzzer.

Batteries,

4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.
11 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the extra battery.

19 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.
27 bluestone cells on the pa^ol talk wire.

Thirtieth District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.

1 chemical police patrol register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.
1 lightning arrestor, key and cutout.
1 pony relay and light.
1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringer.
1 'phone line to stable on stand.

1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Electric double head 'phone apd breast transmitter.

5 push buttons.

1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.
1 to the Sergeants, to a buzzer.
1 to the Matron, to a buzzer.
1 to the front bedroom, to a bell.
1 to the back bedroom, to a bell.
1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer;
1 to the cell room, to a buzzer.
1 to the cellar, to a bell.
1 push button from the cell room to the House Sergeant, to a

bell.
1 push button from the Matron to the House Sergeant, to a

bell.
1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeant, to

a buzzer.
1 protector board with 32 plush protectors, 32 bottle fuses, 16
carbon brick lightning protectors and sneak fuse bases,
and four two point lever switches for ground test.

Batteries.
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.
22 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.

20 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.

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Thirty-first District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrester cutout. •
1 chemical police patrol register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and

cannon switch.

2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.

1 front and back contact key. *

1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.

1 pony relay and light.

1 'phone line on stand to patrol house.

1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringer.

1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

1 Keystone P. D: 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board,

1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter^

with plug attachment.
1 ten push button plate : ^

1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.

1 to the Sergeants, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer. ^

1 to the Matron, to a buzzer.

1 to the second floor bedroom, /to a bell.

1 to the third floor bedroom, to a bell.

1 to the cell room, to a bell.

3 not connected.
1 push button to the patrol house, to a bell.
1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeant, to-

a buzzer.
1 push button from the Sergeants to the House Sergeant, to

a buzzer.
1 push button from the Matron to the House Sergeant, to a
buzzer.

Batteries.
5 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.
14 bluestone cells on the police patrol box wire.
20 bluestone cells on the police patrol talk wire.

3 double pole, 15 ampere switches to cut out loops on fire

service wires, for purpose of test.

Thirty-second District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.
1 chemical police patrol register.

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1 patrol stand, with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.

2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.

1 front and back contact key.
1 two contact ground test key.
1 lightning arrestor, key and cutout.
1 pony relay and light.
1 *phone line to stable on stand.
1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringer.
1 single pole switch to open police line.
1 Bell P. B. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter.
Carbon brick lightning arrestor cutouts with mica fuses on
both sides No. 4 signal, Philadelphia Yacht Club 'phone.
No. 6 joker and No. 345 talk wire, and one side of No. 2
alarm.
1 push button and return buzzer to Engine Company No. 40.
8 push buttons:

1 to the Lieutenant's bedroom, to a buzzer.
1 to the Lieutenant's sitting room, to a bell.
1 to the patrol house, to a bell.
1 to the front bedroom, to a bell.
1 to the back bedroom, to a bell.
1 to the Sergeant No. 1, to a bell.
1 to the Sergeant No. 2, to a bell.
1 to the Hostler's room, to a bell.
1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeant, to a

buzzer.
1 push button from the House Sergeant to the front hall, to a
bell.

Batteries,
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.
10 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the extra battery.
18 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.
18 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.

Thirty'third District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.
1 chemical police patrol register.

1 patrol stand, with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four
lever switch.

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2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.
1 front and back contact key.
1 two contact ground test key.
1 pony relay and light.
1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.
1 'phone line to stable oh stand.
1 generator with 1,000 ohm ringer.

1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Keystone P. B. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board*
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter,
with plug attachment.
11 push buttons:

1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.

1 to the second floor locker room, to a buzzer.

1 to the Street Sergeant's room, to a buzzer.

1 to the cell room, to a buzzer.

1 to the third floor locker room, to a buzzer.

1 to the third floor dormitory, to a bell.

1 to the recreation room, to a buzzer.

1 to the second floor dormitory, to a bell.

1 to the Matron, to a bell.

1 to the cellar, to a buzzer.

Batteries.

4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

8 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the extra battery.
14 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.
21 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.

Thirty-fourth District,

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.
1 chemical police patrol register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.

2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.

1 front and back contact key.

1 two contact ground test key.

1 lightning^arrestor, cutout and key.

1 pony relay and light.

1 stable wire on stand.

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1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringer.

1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter.

1 ten push button plate:

1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.
1 to the Sergeants, to a buzzer.
1 to the Matron, to a buzzer.
1 to the cell room, to a buzzer.
1 to the third story front room, to a buzzer.
1 to the third story back room, to a bell.
1 to the second story front room, to a bell.
1 to Engine Company No. 49, to a buzzer.
1 to the cellar, to a buzzer.
1 to the cellar, to a buzzer.
1 push button to the patrol house, to a bell.
1 push button from the Matron to the House Sergeant, to a

buzzer.
1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeant, to

a buzzer.
1 push button from the front door to the House Sergeant, to
a buzzer.

Batteries.
5 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.
17 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.
20 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.

Thirty-fifth District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.

1 chemical police patrol register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.
1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.
1 pony relay and light.

1 'phone line on stand to the Fourteenth District.
1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringer.
1 protector board with S8 plush protectors, 28 bottle fuses, 14

carbon brick lightning arrestors and sneak fuse bases, 4 two

point ground test lever switches.
1 60 watt motor generator to furnish current to patrol service,.

storage batteries, annunciators and house bell equipment.
1 slate switchboard panel with five double pole fused switches

mounted thereon with necessary impedence coil, resistance

and overload protectors.

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18 cells B. T. type storage battery.
5 push buttons :

1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.
1 to the Sergeants, to a buzzer.
1 to the bedroom, to a bell.
1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer,
i to the stable, to a bell.

Thirty-sixth District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.

1 chemical police patrol register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.
1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.
1 'phone line on stand to the Thirtieth District.
1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter,

with plug attachment.
1 pony relay and lamp.
1 1,000 ohm generator.
1 protector board containing 22 plush protectors, 22 bottle fuses,

li sneak fuses and carbon brick protectors.
4 two point ground switches.
1 double pole, double throw switch to cut out Nos. 16 signal

north.
1 single pole, double throw switch on police line to cut out

York road loop.
1 12 point push button plate :

1 Lieutenant's sitting room.'

1 Lieutenant's bedroom.

1 Sergeants' bedroom.

1 Sergeants' sitting room.

1 Matron's sitting room.

1 Matron's bedroom.

1 men's sitting room.

1 men's cell. room.

1 women's cell room.

1 drill room.

1 garage.

1 dormitory.
Keturn on annunciator to House Sergeant:

From Lieutenant.

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From Sergeant.

From Matron.

From men's cell room.

Batteries.

"20 blnestone cells on patrol box wire.
"20 bluestone cells on patrol talk wire.
5 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on house bells.

Thirty-seventh District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.
1 chemical police patrol register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.

2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.

1 front and back contact key.

1 two contact ground test key.

1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.

1 'phone line on stand to the Twenty-fifth District.

1 four lever switch.

1 'phone line on stand to Engine Company Xo. 53.

1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.

1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter,

with plug attachment.
1 pony relay and lamp.
7 Western Electric intercommunicating sets of 'phones:

1 to the House Sergeant's room.

1 to the Lieutenant's room.

1 in the men's cell room.

1 in the drill room.

1 in the women's cell room.

1 in the Matron's room.

1 in the patrol stable.
14 25 ohm buzzers, connected as impedence coils on the inter-
communicating system. "
1 protector board, with 20 plush protectors, 20 bottle fuses, 10
sneak fuses, carbon brick ground protectors and four sin-
gle lever, two paint switches, for ground tests.
1 12 push button plate :

1 to the Lieutenant, to a bell.

1 to the Lieutenant, to a huzze^.

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1 to the Sergeants, to a buzzer.
1 to the Sergeants* bedroom, to a buzzer.
1 to the Matron, to a buzzer.
1 to the dormitory, to a bell.
1 to the dormitory, to a bell.
1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.
1 to the cellar, to a buzzer.
1 to the drill room, to a bell.
1 to the basement, to a buzzer.
* 1 to the patrol house, to a buzzer.

Batteries,

4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.
20 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.
20 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.
10 dry cells on the intercommunicating 'phone talk wire.

8 dry cells on the interconamunicating *phone bell wire.

Thirty-eighth District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.
1 chemical police patrol register.

1 patrol stand with transmitter, receiver, 'phone hook and four

lever switch.

2 small galvanometers.
1 single contact key.

1 front and back contact key.

1 two contact ground test key.

1 lightning arrestor, cutout and key.

1 pony relay and light.

1 'phone line to patrol house on stand.

1 generator and 1,000 ohm ringer.

Lightning arrestor cutouts on No. 6 joker, No. 2 alarm,.

police wire and fire talk wire.
Two lever switches on No. 6 joker. No.. 2 alarm, police wire
and fire talk wire, to cut off loops west on Woodland ave-
nue.
1 Bell P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter.
8 push buttons :

1 to the Lieutenant, to a buzzer.
1 to the roll room, to a bell.
1 to the cell roanr, -to a buzzer.

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1 to the sitting room, to a bell.
1 to the colored men*s bedroom, to a bell.
1 to the front bedroom, to a bell.
1 to the middle bedroom, to a bell.
1 to the back bedroom, to a bell.
1 push button from the Lieutenant to the House Sergeant, to a
buzzer.

Batteries.

5 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.
19 bluestone cells on the police patrol wire.
24 bluestone cells on the police patrol talk wire.

Thirty-ninth District.

1 100 ohm advance signal bell and lightning arrestor cutout.
1 protector board, with 44 plush protectors, 44 bottle fuses, 22
carbon brick lightning arrestors and sneak fuses, 10 two
point lever switches for ground test, 1 single pole baby
knife blade block switch to open ground wires, one (1)
single pole baby knife blade switch to cut out No. 27 single
north.
1 wall Kellogg 'phone to Twenty-second District Police Station,
1 P. D. Bell 'phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board.
1 P. D. Keystone *phone to the Electrical Bureau, Police Board*
1 Western Electric double head 'phone and breast transmitter.
5 push buttons:

1 to the stable, to a bell.
1 to the bedroom, to a buzzer.
1 to the J)edroom, to a bell.
1 to the Sergeants, to a buzzer.
1 to the Sergeants, to a buzzer.

Batteries.

20 bluestone cells on the patrol box wire.
20 bluestone cells on the patrol talk wire.
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 1 and Chemical No. 3.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.
1 4^2 inch umbrella joker bell.
1 s<ingle contact key.
1 lightning arrestor cutout.

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1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.
4 push buttons:

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the District Engineer, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.
1 brass floor push button rings the bell in the bunk room.

Batteries.
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company Xo, 2 and Chemical Xo. ^.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 414 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 4 push button plate:

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

1 not in service.

1 brass floor push button, to ring the bell in the bunk room.

2 single pole baby knife blade switches on Xo. 14 signal.
1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

Batteries.
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company Xo. S.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.
1 41/2 inch umbrella joker bell.
1 single contact key.
1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

2 push buttons*:

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.
1 to the bunk room, to a bell.
The rigging to release the horses rings both bells.

Batteries.
4 dry cells to ring house bells.

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Engine Company No. Jf.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 414 inch umbrella joker bell. ♦

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

2 push buttons:

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.
1 to the bunk room, to a bell.
The rigging to release the horses rings the bell in the bunk
room.

Batteries,
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No, 5.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 414 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 push button to the Foreman, to a, buzzer.

1 push button to a bell in the bunk room.

Batteries,
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No, 6.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 4l^ inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout, etc.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

Engine Company No.' 7.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 414 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

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1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.
5 push buttons:

1 to the Foreman,to a buzzer.

1 to the District Engineer, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the loft, to a buzzer.
Brass floor push button rings all buzzers.

Batteries,
4 dry cells on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 8.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 41/2 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

4 push buttons :

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

1 to the Foreman's room, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 not in service.
1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

The rigging rings the bell in the bunk room.

Batteries,
6 dry cells on the house bells.

Engine Company No, 9 and Auxiliary Truck A.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

14% inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone,

5 push buttons :

1 to the Foreman of Engine Company, to a buzzer.

1 to the Foreman of Truck Company, to a buzzer.

1' to the bunk room, to a bell.

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1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.
1 to the third floor, to a bell.
The rigging works all bells and buzzers.

Batteries.
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, to ring the house bells.

Engine Company No. 10.

1 15 inch electro mechanical ^ong.

1 4^2 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout. .

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station *phone.

2 push buttons:

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.
^ 1 to the bunk room, to a belj.

Batteries,
4 dry cells on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 11.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 41/2 inch umbrella joker ball.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall *phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 4 push button plate:

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the loft, to a bell.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

Batteries.
4 dry cells on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 12.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.
1 4V2 inch umbrella joker bell.
1 single contact key.

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1 lightning arrester cutout.

1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

3 push buttons:

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.
Brass floor push button to ring the bell in the bunk room.

Batteries,
3 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, to ritig the house bells.

Engine Company No. IS.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 4^2 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall *phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station *phone.

1 5 push button plate :

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.
1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.
* 1 to the bunk room, to a bell.
1 to the third story, to a bell.
1 not connected. *

Brass floor push button rings the bell in the bunk room, and
an extra bell in the loft.

2 plush protectors on Superintendent John M. Sparks* house

'phone wire.

Batteries.
4 Xeclanche cells, Gonda type, to ring the house bells.

Engine Company No. Uf, and Truck No. 15.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

14% inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

1 push button to the bunk room, to a bell.

Batteries.

2 dry cells.

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Engine Company No. 15.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 4l^ inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 KeysrtoBe iraH 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

Engine Company No. 16.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.
1 4V^ inch umbrella joker bell.
1 single contact key.
1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall *phone to the Electrical Bureau.

2 push buttons;

1 to the Foreman, to a buazer.
1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

Batteries.
4 dry cells on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 17.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.
14% inch umbrella joker bell.
1 single contact key.
1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone P. D. *phone to the Electrical Bureau.

2 push buttons:

1 to the bedroom, second story, to a bell.
1 to the bedroom, third story, to a bell.

Batteries,
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 18.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.
1 414 inch umbrellfe- Joker bell.
1 single contact key.
1 lightning arrestor cutout.

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1 Keystone wall *phone to the Electrical Bureau.
4 push buttons:

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

1 to the third floor, to a buzzer.
1 brass floor push button rings the bell in the bunk room.

Batteries,
6 Leclanche ceils, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 19.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 41/2 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall *phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station *phone.

1 push button to a bell in the bunk room.

1 brass floor push button rings the bell in the bunk room.

Batteries,
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 20.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.
1 41/2 inch umbrella joker bell.
1 single contact key.
1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall *phone to the Electrical Bureau.
1 push button to a buzzer on the second floor, and a buzzer on
^ the third floor.

The riggings ring the buzzers.

Batteries,
3 dry cells ring the buzzers.

Engine Company No. 21.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.
1 4^2 inch umbrella joker bell.

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1 single contact key.
1 lightning arrester cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.
1 P. D. Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.
1 floor pu«h button to bell in the bunk room, and a bell in the
Foreman's room.

Batteries,
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 22.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

14% inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 4 push button plate:

1 to the yard, to a bell.

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

1 to the loft', to a buzzer.
1 Keystone P. D. 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

Batteries,
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

^Engine Company No. 23.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 4V^ inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

4 push buttons.

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

1 to the sitting room* to a buzzer.

1 to the third floor, to a buzzer.

Batteries,
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

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Engine Company No^ 2i,

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.
1 41/2 inch umbrella joker bell.
li aingle^ contact key.
1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

2 push buttons:

1 to the, ^^oreBoan, to a bell.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

Batteries,
4 dry cells on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 25.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 414 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall *phone to the Electrical Bureau.

3 push buttons :

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.
1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.
1 to the bunk room, to a bell.
1 brass floor pn«|i button rin^s the bell in the bunk room.

Batteries.

4 dry cells on the ]|,ouse bells.

Engine Company No. 26.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 4V2 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact^ key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall *phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Kellogg wall *phone to the Eighth District.

Engine Company No. 27.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.
14% inch umbrella joker bell.
1 single contact, k«y.

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1 lightning arrester cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Burdau.

2 push buttons:

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.
1 to the District Engineer, to a buzzer.
Brass floor push button rings the bell in the bunk room.

Batteries,
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 28.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 41/2 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Burtau.

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

3 push buttons:

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.
1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.
1 to the bedroom, to a bell.

Batteries.

4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 29, Truck No. 7 and Chemical.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

2 4^2 inch umbrella joker bells.
1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

3 push buttons:

1 to the District Engineer, to a bell.
1 to the bunk room, to a bell.
1 floor push button rings the bell in the bunk room.

Batteries.

4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

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Engine Ctympany No. SO.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 4V^ inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

5 push buttons:

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

1 to the District Engineer, to a bell.

1 to the third floor, to a bell.

1 not connected.

Batteries.
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, qtl the house bells.

Engine Company No. SI.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

14% inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

Engine Company No. S2 and Chemical No. 1.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

2 4*4 inch umbrella joker bells.
1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 P. D. Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

3 push buttons:

1 to the District Engineer, to a buzzer.
1 to the bunk room, to a bell.
1 to the loft, to a buzzer.
Brass floor push button rings all bells.

Batteries,

4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

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Engine Company No. 33.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 41/2 inch umbrella joker bell. *

i single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

Engine Company No, 8^.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 4^2 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

3 push buttons:

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.
1 to the bunk room, to a bell.
1 to the sitting room, to a bell.

Batteries.

4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 36.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 4V^ inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

2 push buttons :

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.
1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

Batteries,
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 36.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.
1 41/^ inch umbrella joker bell.

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1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrester -cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

2 plush protectors.

1 Kellogg wall 'phone to the Twenty-seventh District, and the

Twenty-seventh District Sub-station.

2 double pole knife blade switches on the alarm wire to cut off

loop running to the Water Company.

3 push buttons:

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.
1 to the bunk room, to a bell.
1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

Batteries.
5 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 87.

1 15 inch electro jnechanieal gong.

1 414 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

2 push buttons :

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.
1 to the bunk room, to a bell.
The rigging works the bell in the bunk room.

Batteries.
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 88.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 41/2 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

3 push buttons:

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

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1 to the bunk room, to a bell.
1 to the Bitting room, to a buzzer.
A floor push button rings the bell in the bunk room.

Batteries,
4 dry cells on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 39.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong. •

1 4% inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

i lightning arrestor cutout.

1 P. D. Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

2 push buttons:

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.
1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

Batteries,
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No, JfO.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 414 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

4 ^ush buttons :

1 to the Thirty-second District, to a buzzer.

1 to the Foreman, to a bell.

2 push buttons to the bunk room, to a bell. ^

1 push button from the Thirty-second District, to a buzzer.
Brass floor push button rings all bells.

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Batteries,
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No. Jfl.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.
1 4% inch umbrella joker bell.
1 single contact key.

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1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau*

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

Engine Company No. J^2.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 41/2 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau*

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

Engine Company No. J^S, Truck No. 9 and Water Tower^

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

2 4l^ inch umbrella joker bells.
1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 P. D. Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

3 push buttons:

1 to the Assistant Chief, to a buzzer.

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to ring bell in Assistant Chief's room; a bell in the-

Foreman's room; a bell in the bunk room, and a bell

in the third story.
Also worked by the electric light switch.

Batteries,

4 dry cells on the house bells.

Engine ConHpany No. Jflf.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 414 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 floor push button, operating:

Buzzer to Foreman.

Bell to dormitory.

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Buzzer to loft.

Buzzer to sitting room.

Bell to outbuilding.

Batteries, ^

4 Leclanehe cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No. Jf5.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 4*4 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

6 push buttons:

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a belL-

Batteries,
4 Leclanehe cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No. Jf6.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 41/^ inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone well 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 brass floor push button, to a bell in the bunk room.

Batteries,

2 dry cells on bell to bunk room.

Engine Company No. 1^7.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 414 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 P. D. Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 private 'phone to Harrison Brothers.

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2 push buttons:

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.
1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

Batteries.
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 1^8.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 414 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

3 push buttons:

1 to Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

Batteries,

4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No. J^9.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 414 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 P. D. Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

3 push buttons:

1 to the Foreman, to a blizzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

Batteries.
3 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 50 and Truck No. 12.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.
14% inch umbrella joker bell.
1 single contact key.
1 lightning arrestor cutout.

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1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.
5 push buttons:

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

1 to the Foreman of Engine Company, to a buzzer.

1 to the Foreman of Truck Company, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the third floor, to a bell.
1 floor push button rings all the bells and buzzers.

Batteries,
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 51.
1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.
1 414 inch umbrella joker bell.
1 single contact key.
1 lightning arrestor key and cutout.
1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.
1 Bell wall pay station 'phone,
4 push buttons.

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the third floor, to a bell.
1 brass floor push* button rings all bells and buzzers.

Batteries.
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Engine Company No. 52.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 4V^ inch umbrella joker bell,

1 lightning arrestor key and cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Blectrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

4 push buttons:

1 to the Foreman's room, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

1 to the loft, to a buzzer.

Batteries.
4 dry cells on the house bells.

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Engine Company Xo. 53,

1 15 LDch electro mechanical goii^.< _

1 41^ LDch umbrella joker belL

1 sin^e contact key.

1 lightning- arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bnrean.

1 KeU<^ wall 'phone to the Thirty-seTcnth District Police Station.

1 4 posh button plate:

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting^ room, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a belL

1 to the hay loft, to a buzzer.

Batteries.
4 Leclanche <?ells^ Gonda type, on the house bellsL

Engine Comffiny Xo. -54-

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong-.

1 4»2 inch umbrella joker belL

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Klectrical Bureau.

1 4 push button plate:

1 to the Foreman, to a belL

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a belL

1 to the hay loft, to a buzzer.

Batteries.
4 drr cells on the house -bells;.

EnK^ine Corn puny Xo. oo.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 4 '2 inch umbrella joker belL

1 sing-le ct^ntact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout-

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station "phone.

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1 floor push operating :

Buzzer to Foreman.
Bell to dormitory.
Buzzer to sitting room.
Bell to loft.

Truck No. 1.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 414 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 4 push button plate :

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

1 to the hay loft, to a buzzer.

Batteries.
4 dry cells on the house bells.

Truclc No. 2.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong:

14% inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 P. D. Keystone 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

4 push buttons :

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the third floor, to a buzzer.

Batteries.
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Truck No. S.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

14% inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

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Truck No. 4.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

14% inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone ta the Electrical Bureau.

5 push buttons :

1 to the District Engineer, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the tMrd floor, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

1 push button from the Third Police District, to a bell.

Batteries.
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Truclc No. 5.

1 15 inch electro mechan&al gong.

1 414 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

3 push buttons :

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the bedroom, to a bell.

Batteries.
3 dry cells on the house bells.

Truck No. 6.

1 15 inch electro mechanieal gong.

1 41/2 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

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3 push buttons:

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the District Engineer, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

Batteries.
3 Leclanche cells; Gonda type, on the hoiise' bells.

Truck No. 8.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong;

1 414 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall* *phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

4 push buttons :

1 to the District EJngineer's room, to a buzzer.

1 to the Foreman, to a. buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

Batteries.
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Truck No. 10.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 414 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.-

1 Keystone wall.'phoUe to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

3 push buttons :

1 to the ;Forfehia^n» to a buzzeTr.
1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.
1 to the bunk room, to a beH.
Floor push button rings bell in the biink room.

Batteries.

4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

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Truck No. 11.^

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 414 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

4 push buttons :

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell, and to a bell and buzzer, in
the cellar.

1 to the third floor, to a buzzer.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

Batteries,
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Truck No. IS.

1 15 inch electro mechanical gong.

1 414 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau./

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

4 push buttons:

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the bed room, to a bell.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

1 to the third floor, to a buzzer,
1 4 lever switch rings all bells and buzzers.

Batteries,
4 Leclanche cells, Gonda type, on the house bells.

Chemical Engine Company No, B.

1 4^^ inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

1 cutout lightning arrestor of No. 20 sigpial.

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2 push buttons:

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

Batteries,
4 dry cells on the house bells.

Chemical Engine Company No, 6.

1 414 inch umbrella joker bell.

1 single contact key.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

1 Bell wall pay station 'phone.

1 Kellog wall 'phone to the Twenty-seventh Police District

Sub-station.
3 push buttons:

1 to the Foreman, to a buzzer.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

Batteries,
3 dry cells on the house bells.

Chemical Engine Company No. 7.

1 8 inch electro mechanical gong.

14% inch umbrella joker bell.

1 lightning arrestor cutout.

1 Keystone wall 'phone to the Electrical Bureau.

4 push buttons :

1 to the Foreman, to a bell.

1 to the bunk room, to a bell.

1 to the loft, to a bell.

1 to the sitting room, to a buzzer.

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June

July

August

September

October

November

December

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2,914
3,282
4,100
4,016
4,285
4,020
4,469
4,851
4,209
3,907
3,601
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6,256

7,795

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6,969

6,682

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Summary of Operations of the Fire Alarm Telegraph
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November

December

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556

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585

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586

758

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265

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598

761

168

266

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496

618

765

156

272

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628

767

167

277

397

518

687

769

171

288

898

514

646

772

116

284

412

515

649

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175

292

418

516

656

779

176

294

417

519

657

781

179

297

418

521

658

785

188

299

419

528

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187

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794

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1599

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2856

2685

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1456

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1458

1664

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1909.

Wards.

Underground.

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First _-

Second

Third

Fourth

Fifth -■

Sixth

Seventh .

Eighth

Ninth -

Tenth

Eleventh

Twelfth

Thirteenth

Fourteenth

Fifteenth

Sixteenth

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Eighteenth

Nineteenth...

Twentieth

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Twenty-second .

Twenty-third

Twenty-fourth

Twenty-flfth ^

Twenty-sixth—

Twenty-seventh ,.

188
188
164
158

66
lU

82
102

84
128
140
144
186
218
156
144
318
478
381
310
419
835
374
200
276
242 -.

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12
35
46
14
16

15
49
184

190

253

145

314

828

189

196
221
190
162
256
829
801
431
476
287
148
148
166
244
886
176
169
819
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439
310
419
835
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Wards.

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Twenty-ninth

Thirtieth

Thirty-first

Thirty-second

Thirty-third

Thirty-fourth

Thirty-fifth

Thirty-sixth

Thirty-seventh-

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Thirty-ninth

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Forty-third

Forty-lourth

Forty-fifth

Forty-sixth

Forty-seventh

Gray's Ferry Bridge

CaUowhUl Street Bridge

Market Street Bridge

Chestnut Street Bridge

Wahiut Street Bridge

Girard Avenue Bridge

South Street Bridge

Falls of Schuylkill Bridge

Penrose Ferry Bridge

287
77
245
361
284
203
891
815
296
196
277
229
238
306
172
173
164
166
227
231

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180

351

206

817

298

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172

177

164

166

227

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IValnut Lane Bridge

Porty-sccotid Street Bridge

Chestnut Street Pier

Arch Street Pier. -

Bace Street Pier

2
8

19
17

8
4

19
8

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10,518

856

1,718

13,082

GIRARD ESTATE LIGHTS.
Tront street, from Vine to South street-
Delaware ave . from Vine to South street

88
24

24
38
24

Tiers and miscellaneous

Total Girard Estate lights

PRISE LIGHTS.
Oheltenham Elec. Light and Power Co..
Diamond Electric Company

Germantown Electric Light Company

"Manufacturers' Electric Company

Northern Electric Light and Power Co

Powelton Electric ComoanF _ -

1
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6
10

24
10
10
10

5
16
10

Southern Electric Light and Power Co —
Suburban Electric Company _

"West End Electric Company

Kensington Electric Company.. - —

Peoples' Trac. Co. (Girard ave. Bridge).

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101

107

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American IMstrict Telegraph Company

6.68

4.08

165.90

176.56

American Telegraph and Telephone Co

442.12

4.50

. 446.62

Atlantic Refining Company

4.60

9.60

1.00

16.00

Auxiliary Fire Alarm Co. of Philad'a.

1.66

.94

.51

8.01

Bell Telephone Company _

1,291.27

2,030.88

3,322.16

Girard Point Storage Company

5.00

Harrison Brothers & Company

2.50

2.00

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4.56

Holmesburg, Taconv and Frankford
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60 65

Holmes Electric Protective Company-

25.30

26.80

Keystone Telephone Comply

67.50

705.16

163.00

935.66

New York News Bureau

12.60
3.68

97.50
43.90

4.30

.81

114.40

Pennsylvania Railroad Company

48.34

Philadelphia Electric Company

484.30

4,130.50

4,564.80

Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company

688.30

638. ?0

Philadelphia, Reading and Pottsville
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.2(7

7.60

.18

8.05

Philadelphia Local Telegraph Co

12.69

43.91

210.47

267.07

Pneumatic Plre Alarm Telegraph Co_-

.13

20.00

21.32

Postal Telegraph Cable Company — *

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148.48

192.92

336.80

Roxborough» Chestnut HiU and Nor-
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50.20

Southwestern Street Railway Co.,

25.25

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25.?5

United Gasj Trnprovem^t Company —

•^5.25

3.50

18.76

Western Union Telegraph Company —

20.20

1,745.51

106.80

1,872.61

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588.17

9,435.40

2,926.57

12,960.14

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American Telegraph and Telephone
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BeU Telephone Company

Edison Electric Light Company

Girard Estate

Holmes Electric Protective Company

Keystone Telephone Company

New York News Bureau

Pennsylvania Railroad Company

Philadelphia Electric Company

Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co

Philadelphia, Reading and PottsviUe
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4,747.00
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187.07
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663.50
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Pneumatic Tire Alarm Telegraph Co.
Postal Telegraph Cable Company-
Western Union Telegraph Company-
City

53.27

326.12

89,639.06

17.10

128.78

8.36

21.13

500.90

2,717.44

4,602.62

4,747.00

348,170.17

187.07

16.06

325.12

89,639.06

17.10

123.78

663.50

1,026.89

8.36

21.13

600.90

2,717.44

4,555.89

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460,772.68

452,709.47

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Summary of Underground Conduits,

American Telegraph and Telephone Company.

Bell Telephone Company

Olrard Estate

Keystone Telephone Company

Pennsylvania Railroad Company

Philadelphia, Reading and Pottsville Tele-
graph Company

Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company

Philadelphia Electric Company

Pneumatic Transit Company

City

. Total - -

2,792,706

30,179

1,563,516

423

1,301

1,260,118

535,709

99,184

502,044

,940,884
,004,961
163,957
,915,388
8,210

3,471

,898,964

688,865

304,715

3,655,686

20,

867.59

2,084.27

31.05

2,256.70

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.65

3,958.14

130.46

57.71

692.36

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