Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
A NEW BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
Private Fire Alarm System in Connec-
ton With City Department

A few months a go the city council
granted a franchise to the Los Angeles
Fire Alarm company, to install and
operate the Gamewell auxiliary fire
alarm in connection with the city SyS-
tenn.
The company has met with consider
able encoura cement from the business
men and owners of large buildings II;
the business district. having con-
tracted for and installed over one hun
dred and twenty private fire alarm
excellent proof of the confidence placed
in the valuable fire protection rendered
by this company.
The first buildings in Los Angeles to
be directly connected with the city fire
alarm system by the use of auxiliary
boxes was Coulter's dry goods store.
of fourteen boxes. The Broadway De-
partment Store, which has twenty-one
auxiliary boxes. and Coulter's were the
foremost to recognize the value of this
service as a protection to their Gus
toners and themselves. The Boston
Dry Goods company is another firm
whose management quickly showed
Their store is now fully equipped with
these boxes regardless of cost or re-
duction in insurance rates
The public which does so much shop
ping in these large establishments
mentioned can feel assured that these
firms are constantly looking for i'm
proponents which add to the protection
consequence they have now installed
the best fire alarm auxiliary in the
world on their premises, Should a fire
occur in any one of these crowded es-
Establishments there will be no panic, no
cry of fire, no changing, of fire bells, no
rush of employees to find the nearest
street box. For the alarm will be sent
instantly and noiselessly by an auNil-
iary box close at hand.
The company has nearly completed
the installation of a night watchman' S
clock and signal system with twenty
one auxiliary boxes for the Hauser
Packing company. This installation,
and machinery placed in the Hauser
Packing company's plant, is without
exception the finest in the United
States. No expense was considered too
complete and modern plant in every de-
tail. The auxiliary boxes are so ar
ranged as TO ring a gong II. the engine
house, in the managers office, and in
several other locations throughout the
different buildings. There are also two
registers which indicate the number
ty-one boxes, so that the engineer and
manager will know instantly which of
the boxes Is pulled.
The company is egHiIpping many
few of which are here mentioned:
The Angelus hotel.
The Chamber of Commerce.
The Los Angeles Trust building
Wilcox building.
Trenton hotel.
Mathie Brewing company
Hipilitro Sash and Screen company
The Los Angeles Examiner.
Wdddingham Co.
Berlin Dye Works.
Barber Asphalt company.
Parmeee d Dohrman.
The installations in the above build
ings will be completed as soon as the
necessary material arrives from the
eastern factories, for which rush or
ders We're placed some weeks ago.
1t must appear to the reader the inn
portance and necessity of such n sys-
tenn OF direct acting fire alarm com
munication. The Endorsement of the
firms mentioned should be a sufficient
indication of it's merits.
There is no question as to its super
iority over all other private means OF
fire alarm These boxes should be in
stalled in every public building. To
this end every citizen should lend his
that this system is an extension of the
city FIRE alarm and notifies the entire
fire department. of a FIRE, exactly the
same as If a street box was pulled by
hand. There can be no delay nor can
there be a mistake made in the location
from which the alarm was sent
The Fire Alarm company has issued
a small booklet giving much valuable
information on fre insurance as con-
nected with the use of auxiliary fire
alarm boxes This booklet and any
other Information about the system
office is located In suite b4S. Bradbury
building.