The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday October 30, 1887 NEW FIRE ALARM. The New System Now in Effect—The Contract With the Telephone Company Ends—List of Boxes and Keys. The new Gamewell fire alarm system is completed and has been accepted by the city. The contract with the Telephone company for fire alarm service terminates to-morrow […]
The Dubuque Daily Times Wednesday October 19, 1887 THE CITY The Gamewell fire alarm boxes are all connected, and will be tested on Friday afternoon next. Under the new system it will require a six-hundred-pound stroke to ring the market house bell. (more…)
The Dubuque Daily Herald Tuesday October 11, 1887 (Excerpted from City Council Meeting Minutes October 10, 1887) CITY COUNCIL A Few Minor Officers Appointed—The City Rejects Bids for Street Work and Elects to do the Work by Day Labor. Council met last night at 7:45 in adjourned regular session. In the absence of Mayor Voelker, the […]
The Dubuque Herald Saturday June 11, 1887 FIRE ALARM The City Council Contract for the Gamewell System of Fire Alarm Boxes The Same to be Put in Complete with Twenty Boxes, Indicators, Etc, for $5,000. The City Ordinances to be Revised and Printed. The Gas Ordinance Called Up and Referred for Another Month. The […]