Coming Test of Extensive Alarm System Connected to Police Stations A system whereby "much of the activity of robbers and burglars can be-overcome efficiently in Shanghai will shortly be tried out by the Shanghai Municipal Police in conjunction with the firm which is sponsoring the system, the. Oriental Bleetric Protective System.
"While still in the preliminary stages, definite steps have been taken to install a test system in one of. the district. police stations, of the system. which is. similar' to the Holmes Electric Protective System {n.widespread use in America.
The local company has for its president, Mr. Stirling Fessenden, chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council; for secretary, Major C. P. Holcomb; for treasurer, Mr. A, Me-Duro and for general manager, Mr. W.-H. Tenney, Technical superintendent is Mr. Gustav Prokopenko, After the initial test from which there ig every reason to believe the greatest success will result, the system will be enforced in' the following way, A series of cleccal wires from the private house, office building or go-down where the protective installation is working, will join with a trunk wire leased from the telephone company. Should a robber enter, for example, one of the exchange shops which are constant scenes of dating attempts to make off with money, if the shop is equipped with the protective sys~ tem, the manager of the shop will simply press a button, out of sight of the robber. This button will communicate with the police station, in the district, notifying the police in charge by means of an instrument similar to the ticker used on stock exchanges. The instrument ticks off the address of the attack and a "flying" squad of police can immediately go to the scene of the trouble, Against All Emergencies Similarly in. private houses in-tailed at doors, windows, transomes, ley with the system an alarm automatically registered at the police station, and carrying the precautions even further, should servants tam= per with the communicating wires, broken' circuit is registered at the police station and an investigation can immediately. be made.
The value of the has been proven in all the cities of the world, during the: past Ueceade, is specially "shown and godowns.
tem it would no longer be possible for burglars to enter office dings ox shops and spend the clit there while they leisurely ollectod the valuables inspiring the robbery, This has been known in Shanghai -and the first indication of such avburglary having been com mitted haw on several occasions been scien when the manager of the shop put in an: appearance the following morning. Safes, show-windows and all similar objects containing valua-Dies can "be protected with the electrical system, According to: the local company, cost of the installation varies with the extent of the appliances use. An annual fee of Tls. 75 is inclusive in either office or private dwelling for maintenance. Initial cost stallation, depending on distance from nearest trunk wire and nue ber of safety appliances, ranges from Tis, 20 to Tls. 250, and it is thought that Shanghai will be quick to take up the protective idea which has been under discussion, for verne time and the need for' whic obvious.
Following the initial te cessful. in living up to the expecta tions of the firm sponsoring the system, the Municipal Police are prepared. to equip all of the 13 trict sthtjons with instruments to register the alarm.
Tuover their pay frequently is most inepnveniently delayed, "the policemen under the local Chinese administration cannot complain Taek of variety in the titles they can use on. their visiting cardo. several forms of each, they have [bean known as. policy: gendarmerie, constabulary and peace maintenance leorps, and -now, with still another administration, they have' been renamed the Police Department of the Shanghai Manicipal Government.
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