City of Seattle Records

California Electrical Works John I Sabin, President Andrew White, Vice-Pres. & Gen Mngr. Office and Works, 35 Market Street, San Francisco. Seattle July 26/89

To the Mayor and City Council on. Gentlemen, Would respectfully invite your attention to the merits of the Gamewill Fire Alarm Telegraph, which I would be please to explain to your Honorable Body at the convenience of your Committee on Fire Department. Am prepared to furnish estimates for a full Fire Alarm Telegraph System. Very Respectfully A C Grover, for California Electrical Works agents Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Co.

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by myself have brought the department to a condition that has inspired the confidence of the citizens who support it and the insurance companies who pay the losses and today the rates of insurance in Seattle is fifteen per cent cheaper than any city on the coast outside of San Francisco. And I have stated in a former report the insurance companies have payed back in rebate premiums to the citizens of this City over one hundred and eighty thousand dollars or enough to pay the expenses of the department for two years.

This has been the result of the confidence had in the department and was the happy condition of things up to within a few weeks of the present time when it became evident that there was a change going on within the department. The authority of company officers over the men was not being observed. Duties were neglected and disipline sadly ignored but in such a way that responsibility was divided and difficult