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EXHIBIT OF THE "WESTERN ELECTRIC CO~fPANY.
The Hotel Fire Alarm and Room Call, exhibited by this company, is designed for the following purposes: When a call is received in the office by means of the annunciator, the clerk, by pressing one of the push buttons, can signif~ to the guest that the call has been received and will be attended to. Should the clerk desire to ascertain whether a guest is in his room, he can press on the proper button of the room call, and the guest, by pressing upon the button in his room, can signify that he is in. The room call can also be used to call the guests at any time desired ; when employed for that purpose, the bell being kept ringing until the guest announces that he is both awake and up, by signaling back to the annunciator, causing the bell in the office to ring and his drop to fall. In case of a fire, by moving a switch, a crank is set in motion and rollers upon the two ends, by pressing upon the push buttons successively, ring the bell in every room.
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