A Big Department’s System.
IS THERE a man with blood so cold that the sight of a glistening fire-engine, with the discordant dang! clang! clang! of the alarm bell, as it rushes along the street at night, has not sent a thrill through his frame and an unusual shiver down his spinal column? If there is such a person he ought to be appointed hangman for life. His lack of emotion would insure a steady hand. No doubt a good many interesting questions arise in the mind of the average citizen as he watches a big fire and hears the puff, puff, puff, and sees the sparks fly from a score or more of engines in the neighborhood of the blaze. He wonders, perhaps, where all those engines come from, by what signals they were directed to this particular spot, and, the most important of all, what would be the result if a fire should break out in the district from which these engines came while they were away.
The citizen to whom these queries arise can rest assured that all contingencies are provided for by the ingenious arrangement of the different parts of the New York department.
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