Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-04
The Western Expanded Metal
And Fire PROBING Company

The erection of the new Deseret News
building and the Annex" thereto have
given to the city and state two great
llre proof structures, Their capabilty
10 Withstand the visitation Of the fire
ilend comes Of course from the material
cut OF which they are built. Next to
their splendid brown stone walls comes
the expanded metal which has been
used throughout them both. Builders
and contractors have thorough YIN
spected the work and pronounced II the
best IN this section Of the Intermoun-
tain west
Expanded metal is but the beginning
OF iireproohng, a system that has at
tanned the highest degree OF perfection
during the past decade a system that
is guarantee against loss by the
iiames a system that means lower in
surance and safety to tenants and their
property While the layman does not
knoW, builders are aware Of che fact
that expanded metal Is but compo-
nent part about which the more plastic
materials are placed. When employed
In the construction Of floors roofs and
other like work. concrete is Jointly used.
The two materials are able to resist the
ravages Of fire under almost any and
every condition.
When expanded metal was first used
In connection with and part of a fire
PROBING system, 1t was as lathing
only In a short time however its
general worth became to be recognized
In broader, better field, AMI its fame
continued to spread until now, when
every manner of substantial building is
erected with It, covering modern bus-
ness blocks and Office buildings, hotels,
stores, theaters factories, depots, ware
houses and even big railway bridges.
So universal has II become that the
leading architects and engineers are
recommending It to the exclusion of
other materials. More than that, the
United states government mas fully
demonstrated its value, and Supervis-
ing Architect J. Knox Taylor Of the
treasury department specifies its use In |
the construction of Federal buildings |
throughout the country. Acting un-
der this custom he particularly names |
1t for use in the Salt Lake Federal |
building now in course of construction |
on East Temple and Market streets. |
Mor5 than that, he specifically states |
that II shall be the product Of the |
Western Expanded Metal & Fire Proof
Ing company, the big concern that has
done this class Of work on the Deseret
News block and annex"
a hundred or more of the great mod
ern structures OF the country could be
named that have been built out of ma
terial furnished by the Western EX-
panded Metal company but that is not
essential here II is sufficient for the
readers OF the News to know that
It's magnificent new home has been built
out OF materials and by methods that
win and have stood the strongest test
10 which they can possibly be put
Small wonder, then, that the system is
being investigated and praised by in !
terested parties from far and near. 49,
durability is questioned by none, Its
causes its efficiency TO
stand unchalenged All know that 1t
$ scientific; that is all who have in
those who do not know are
'apidly finding out here as they are
elsewhere, and concede that the expert
stage of the system has long
,ince past and that 1t has come to take
, permanent place in the architectural
Of the future. Its cost
when compared with the benefits to be
derived is very small, removing as II
oes that fear OF fire that always stalks
With more or less frequency before the
mind Of business men that their invest
nents may be swept away In an hour
" a visitation Of flame, 1t means Sc
urty and security means money and
money means contentment in such
asses. Certain II is that its use in the
lew buildings erected by the Deseret
Jews will result in very general EN-
loyment Of the material in other
docks, both public and private, Al
eady II is under consideration by
lumber Of prospective local builders OF
ew blocks. Its value and economy
re becoming more and more apparent
o them as well as to the public, and
ccording to information that comes
rom Mr.. Charles f. Porter local agent
he business Is going ahead by leaps
nd bounds in this section of the. west
$ well as over the country at large
he companys headquarters are at san
and Samuel w. Backus is :
resident and manager.