Robert Layman / Staff Photo Although Chief Lovett is hopeful of the future for the Rutland City Fire Department, he is still facinated by the past and how it worked in the &quot;old days.&quot; An switch board displays old relics from the early 201th century of fire fighting in the city. From  left to right: A telegraph would trip a clock, so the fire fighters knew what time the call came in, and then a device would open the doors so the horses could run to their post. Finally, the telegraph would send a signal to  a box with digits displaying the digits which identified the location of the alarm.