New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

stead of from above rs is generally done in all
f on naPhihs, behzine, varnish, straw fine fabrics
haa h G9eT 9lad TO oe Th appeared % under
the heads organize Yonr Own Fire HnHaTc
''The Weekly Underwater acknowledges that:
Its value has long been recognized by large
number of important concerns and Institutes, whch
among Which 4e the States
Building the Western Union Telegraph COMPANY;
ana the Toledo and Ohio Railroad companies the
an9s of tSePg Ra@y ana
The Railroad Car Journal" after describing
ception Of the rapidity and etcacy of It's effect on
the class of materials used as FIRE fighters and il
ress of the fire. and is startling III the relation OF
ume of flame. While of value in any place where
a, fire extinguisher is liable to be in demand on
part of the equipment OF Passeanser cars .s,o
thing New Indsr the sum describes IL as ori
inal, new and remarkably effective in the way OF
- The south Eastern Underwater, Of Atlanta:
in the Old World and here figures it out thar
they are ahead on the other side. 1t gives as an
less population than New-York. had double the
OF @ reS % IN the @ Tn eT1 3SS Of 1e Showing
is accounted for by the fact that there hremen
but G Of putting u It out p wi}h R o ihs eas possible
nGcd of 9 good handy fire extiGsuSheT and to
charge that 'Our homes are not properly protected
as can be- handled successfully by any one, young
or old, without mechanical aid. insta ntancouS in
to the person the most delicate fabrics and un-
that is good until used. We believe that the won.
dErfql discover RiifyTe is The very i essence OF
The Electrical Review, autkoritatively stated
novel exhibition was enjoyed by the three hundred
Convention when they landed from the boat ride
assstant manager Of the Monarch Fire Appliance
Company had prepared a grand confagrstion to
guisher Three wooden structures twelve feet high
wood. had been prepared. and these were saturated
with a mixture Of Litch and turPentine The in
Soon as the crov,d came Opposite the vacant lot
was applied To one of tn" structures: and in sec
ond. after five gallons of kerosene oil were thrown
upon It. great IRE was going; When the fire had
been allowed to burn ABOUT 1T tnEee minutes; a9ept
r tube was thrown on the flames. which i'm
were entirely extinct Just as the last fire was
PIT PIT ont cangins @[ Sonfs was heard ea ana e
gne. hook and ladder truck and assistant
down the hill toward the blaze some excitabIe
person had turned in fire alarm The firemen
scriptive of 1Iilfyre.' which made some of them
The rasTence TeaFe imes said recently: lilfyre
widely known the original dry powder compound
within the last year in introducing itself to tn.
as nd am iGfS oba hTe of ali
kinds At the Pan-American Exposition at Buf-
nzed that every building which contained any cleo
trGal apparatus was required 70 be equipped with
'kHfyre Guided by The experience Of the oniclaIss
of the Pan-American Exposition. the managers OF
the Charleston Exposition. which opened OF De
Cember |; have also arranged for the protection OF
their buildings by 'hilfyre.
The management OF the Charleston Exposition
gave the contract. only because OF the expe-
rence OF the Pan-American officials. but because.
besides receiving the highest award in its class
there, "Kilfyre" had captured highest awards at
the National Export Exposition. at Philadelphia.
and the Canadian Central Exposition Of 1901 To
this might be added the fact that Kilfyre is be
FOUND at all electrical eXpoSitions and conventions
The Street Railway Journal in its issue OF
November 3. 1900. instanced effective of the
compound: "One afternoon last month of the
iarge electric cars of the Third Avenue line, IN
Park Row Building, and the employees OF the road
tain Martin Cook who is a retired captain of the
CITY Giy Fire & but who Is nov now
Pnny pan, happened @ 70 be passing by: carving WITH
whole trouble and induced the foreman of the road
10 allow his men to try Kilfyre' as means or ex-
Kilfyre' was handed 20 one of the employees OF the
llhsushlnS the hre entirely ny using only small
amount of the compound. This emergency plainly /
water for ar electrical fire OF this kind the
had already used a quantity Of water from a
The United States Review Philadelphia) says:
that during the last five years other fire ex-
tnguisher has been so universally adopted as the
factured by the Monarch Fire Appliance Company
or New-York and this has happened entirely a
guisher. simplicity and the ease with which it
can be handled, on account OF its light weight.
and that 1t takes up valuable space" il points
out that Its chief merit ia that II contains acid
rlode" 1t says the powder is perfectly harmless
and will not even iniure any kind of clothes
anv kind OF cma tic conditions This vas a nofnt
that the Western Union Telegraph Company, a /
large purchaser took pains satisfactorily deter
mine. Before giving order this company had I
tubes collected from the extremes of the country.
view of testing the effect of heat cold ami moisture
ON the powder. In all cases its condition was /
it is almost needless TO refer. When properly di-
acters OF fire but is par'icEiarlv and 6osltivev
te tive in cases Of electrical fires. and fires
sulting from the ignition of gasolene berzine. or
and mills. Indeed for fires of this class il is in /
claim Of 'Enfyre rs a general extin-
suiSher is best att"Sted by the fact that. after /
careful, practical and difficult demon StratiOuS the
eNflnsuisher has been indorsed by chief Baxter OF
the NE chiefs OF number OF other bic cities and /
has been adopted by the United States Govern
Company. the Postal Telegraph Com
pany. the New-York Telephone Company. the /
ness firms and institutions. which include some
seventy odd electric light telephone and telegraph
companies throughout the country"
II the above expert evidence are added the fol-
lowing testimony Il will be a doubling Thomas"
whose mind resist the conviction that 'kIIfvre''
IS all that the company claims for 1t. Like the
patrons before cited these testimonials are merely
samples of the hundreds the company has received:
GAsOLENE FIRE
Chicago. H. March t. 1901
Monarch Fire Appliance company.
Gentlemen: on December %. 1900. we purchased
from the Chicago Fire Appliance Company. your
CONSERVATIVES at chicago. Twenty-Five "kilfyre''
North Pter Since that time We have had fires