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Show IT IN NAHI.V NKKIIKII. An Important Miller For the City Cotnn-11 to Couaider. A matter which is to eoino before tho council tonight U the proposition of the Gayoor Electric company of Lmu.sville. Ky., to place a police alarm aystem In Salt Lake. This is sonietliing which, according to Marshal Young, Is sadly needed. Tho elllcicnoy of the police department, the marshal believes, would be greatly enhanced by tho employment em-ployment of a patrol system obviating the delay antl confusion now experienced experi-enced in relying on telephone. Horace Moore, tho local agent of the company, ha been working wilh the council for sintie time anil expert tonight to see the thing go through. Mr. Moore, explained ex-plained lo ti reporter today tho workings work-ings of tho system, The principal Instruments are this register, tapper antl box, 1 ho forming beihg an indicator of the want of Ihe signaller. There are seven keys In each box connecting with this register. These keys nre termed npceiul calls and by pressing one the tdlieo is in- formed that tho patrol wagon Is needed. I No. 'i give Intelligence of a riot and ! enables the captain to govern tho size j of tho iquad lo be sent. Thn third key ! calls for the ambulance, thi being employed em-ployed iu cases of injuries sustained by parties. The orllccr aro expected lo report ut certain Interval, und by pushing (he fourth key it is shown that the man is ready for duly. Tho fifth is a test key lo be. used in ascertaining the condition of Ihe circuit. The telephone is called by means of Ihe sixth key. There is a telephone box in each patrol box and tint use of the key mentioned throws the lell telephone on Iho circuit. Tho last key establishes a telegraph circuit. Ity ti code of siguals mutually undcrslond the ollieer ami operators may communicate commu-nicate in a more secret form. '1 he lel- ; cgruph, teletdione and tct keys loay not be employed at tirst. bill anollo-r eric of throe calls may be put in in their stead a Ihe wants of Ihe local department de-partment limy d.r -et. The other four are slaplr cabs aud will be permanent. I The kev lit either patrol or lire alarm box, thus obviating thn in'cesily of car-; rvingmore than one. 'l l o box aro o arranged that a citi.en' alarm may ! also be turned in but llii aebeme per-i per-i mils the outsider In (urn in a police alarm alone. He is not accorded an opportunity of tinkering wilh the mechanism, a small door in Ihe cenler alone opening to his key and dieloing a handle bv pulling which iho alarm is Hounded! There i but one keyhole necessary, ihe policeman' eoliipiebeii. ite system appearing Kt the application applica-tion of Ihe key of tho latter to this same keyhole. ' Heretofore policemen have la-en obliged lo rely ou telephone alone lo make calls for assistance. An instant' work on tho box aintwer much betler j and i much more readily understood j ilhau that of lite or ten miniiie in ihe old w av. Iu the vicinity of every box ( I resident are upplied with key. In 1 ,rjise. of burglary or any other crime th j : citizen ba bill 'logo to the box and will j no longer he obliged totrafedthe rnlire ilislanee to the ulion or Dearth for ! aeveral minute for a telephone, i All this i the oi k of the register. I The t..pper i a large gong hieh by 1 tinging simultaneously wilh the work-! work-! lug of the register notilic the ojx-ralor ' slioiibl In- lie outside the office, n to ! the irx-.nion of the box by it iiumtier. 'Tic alt enables the drher of the w.-igoo lo ar set oral eeondat a lime ; when iiioineiiis.tre valuable. An auto- .tatie m .rker wh ' h mar pot in at ai.v time, will indicate the year, month, j (J iv. hour, uiitiu'e and cciid of cari . alaiiu. lies indialor. previoony. tie. ken of, work ia cvnuoon with the gong. i |