THE MONTAUK MULTIPHASE CABLE.
The committee appointed to pass judgment on the exhibits at the third annual convention of the International Association of Fire and Police Telegraph Superintendents and Municipal Electricians held at Elmira, N. Y., on August 9, 10, 11—an account of which appeared in FIRE AND WATER of August 20 —was made up of the following members: Capt, Brophy, inspector of wires, Boston, Mass,; M. W. Mead, superintendent of the bureau of electricity, Pittsburgh, Pa.; George F. Macdonald, superintendent of the fire alarm, Ottawa, Oat.; F. C. Mason, superintendent of the police telegraph, borough of Brooklyn, N. Y.; and W. N. Thompson, superintendent of the fire alarm telegraph, Richmond, Va. These gentlemen, who are all professional expertscf national reputation.reported upon the multiphase cable of the Montauk Multiphase Cable Co., too Broadway, strictly, and the approval of that apparatus, which, by being combined (as it now is) with the Gamewell auxiliary fire alarm system, renders the latter automatic as well as manual, marks an important step forward, and a great advance in fire alarm protection. The report was as follows:
To the International Association of Fire and Police Telegraph Superintendents and Municipal Electricians: The undersigned, a committee instructed to report on the exhibit of the auxiliary fire alarm and the new cable of the Montauk Cable Company, as adapted to the system of the Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company, begs leave to report as follows: We find properly located ami connected up one lire alarm box, arranged so as to be operated from an auxiliary substation; also the proper arrangements and connections for automatically sending in an alarm of fire by means of multiphase cable a lusible wire being burned through or cross-connected by contact with a slight blaze or fire, such as a match might cause. Oiy the application of a very slight fire from a match, the multiphase cable was cross-connected, thus throwing on an additional current of electricity; the composite wire was melted, thus opening properly another line, relieving a light current which has previously been in operation. By these simple means the main box was pulled; the alarm struck or. a local gong attached to the circuit; a warning bell rang to Indicate that the line was in operation; and the instantaneous sounding of its alarm showed that all claims as to the meritsof the purpose and operations of the apparatus had been fulfilled. It is simple in action, and reliable as a fire alarm adjunct. The Montauk multiphase cable is practically a substltu e for a thermostat; and the cable, being run in out-of-the-way places or in dangerous localities in buildings where fire is liable to occur, really makes a continuous thermostat, ready at all times for action, in case of fire or dangerous heat at any point where the cable runs.
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