The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-31
WILL ILUMINE THE CITY.
THE OLD DOMINION CIGARETTE
SEARCH LIGHTS
To Be Turned on in Salt Lake City,
Saturday EveninS-A Grand Band
Concert of Thirty Pieces on the
Opening Night.

The citizens of Salt Lake city and
the inhabitants of the country for
miles around will be treated to the
rare privileges of witnessing the fin
est display of electrical illumination
ever given in this country Saturday
evening, April 6, and all the following
week. Mr.. William Turk, the genial
manager Of the Old Dominion Cigar
cite people, who, with their character
istic spirit of business enterprise, have
erected on the roof of the Templelon
hotel, corner of Main and South Tenn
pie streets, a marvel of mechanical
genius and that most wonderful in
vention of electrical ingenuity, the
search light, which will cast its power
full rays of dazzling light over all points
of interest in the city and surround
ing country, entertaining and delight
ing thousands of people. Mr.. Turk
will have the rays of light turned to
any point where a half dozen or more
people wish it; they to notify him by
writing to the Templeton hotel. The
lights are nearly completed and are
attached to two heavy oaken plat
forms, each five feet square, and the
aggregate weight of both illuminators
is about $500 pounds. Each drum sets
upon circular base and is secured to
the platform by Pinch bolts Upon
this is a swinging base, which rests
upon ball bearings, so that each light
is given perfect freedom of motion. |
The front lensof each is divided into
strips of three inches in width. Were |
it not for this provision the heat from
the powerful generators would ex-
pand the thick front of the lenses to !
such an extent that it would be i'm
possible to utilize them. The light
is shot from the lens with
the precision with which a rifle bullet
from a rifle goes to its mark. a
marked popularity of the light emit
ted from tine reflector is that for
distance of ten miles the shaft re-
mains unbroken, then for the space of
miles apparently there is darkness.
The shaft again resumes, to be broken
again by night and darkness, and an
other interval, and so on until the
huge ray has apparently projected
against earth or sky in exactly the
identical shaft and size of the original
lens The light, as it is seen on its
mission through space, is of such
brilliancy that a person to stand d.
rectly in front of the lens and attempt
to gaze into the interior of the mech
anism, he would be struck instantly
blind On the opening night, Satur-
day, April 6, there will be grano
band concert by D6AHdllSi OGiiN' -
thirty pieces, Of which the following is
the programme:
Programme:
!. March. Old Dominion Cigarette c cInra
2 Overture-Poet and Peasant. :Suppe |
& Waltzes-Les Sybarites.. .tahrpacn |
!. Cornet Polka-Silver Streams
Mi. A. B. zimmerman.
T. Niger in the Barnyard.
Niger in the acknowledgements
awakening of the mornIDlrds sing
ing cocks Growing, singing in the corn
field: fun in the barnyard; chlckens,
ducks, horses, mules are heard; pees
buzzing, COWS and calves IN the me az
ow: steamboats, coming around the |
bend; there is a niger IN the barn-
yard; a shot is heard; Niger Is done
gone forever.
7. Grand Illumination by the Old Domin-
ion Search Lights. Throwing Rays
on different surrounding towns.
g. Clarionet Solo-Somnambula AIR va
rie................-...-.. L norilton |
9. Observation-Disclosures .........:.. Sullivan |
10. Whirling the Old Dominion Search
Lights Through the sky. focusing the
beam of light into different shapes,
showing the strength of the light at
a distance of 500 feet.
Flute and French Horn Duet;
Nessrs P. A. Bendixen and P.
Christensen.
r. Overture-William Tell. Kosslnl |
49, Idyll-Pure as Snow. 49,: .........L ange |
a. March-Ma nhattan Beach. .Sousa
Chris Christensen, Conductor.
II Smoke Old Dominion. .....---..--..
..............Th The Latest Cigarette
No doubt Main street will be packed
for blocks, as Mr.. Turk says that in
cities where he has had the search |
lights on exhibition the streets were
crowded with thousands Of people
who were thoroughly entertained and
astonished by its wonderful perform
ances.
Special excursion trains will be run
from all surrounding towns via the
Union Pacific and Denver & Rio
Grande Western.