The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-17
TRIBUNE LOSES
LINOTYPE PLANT
Fire Puts Papers Entire Bat.
terry of TypesettIng Ma
.chineS Out of Commission.
LOSS WILL REACH $40, 900
TELEGRAM ALSO LOSES HEAD
TYPE AND MATERIAL.

tI-s broke out in the Tribune building
-, : % . el9ck yesterday morning. and be-
$500 worth Of machinery and stock had
Dseh destroyed Eight ffnCtvDe machines
fs 10 an 5esgIegate value Of S304G4. were to-
ttSsi9 ussttOyeu. Other figures applied bv
Ine management include s35G1 fvne and
Sup2Iies managed; Loco, driving and other
machinery, S2.Gl0 paper. and s COO dam
age oohe 70 the Job department by water.
me building is located on West Temple
sLeSt between First and Second South
streets, ana Is owned by p. Il L.annan.
Inc Hnotype-rOom suffered most from
J - iIalllSs, ElgEt MergenthaleE machines
curing the fight against the flames leaked
through the ceiling from the third floor
,TneIe me Hnotype-room is located. to the
printing office was ruined TyDe used bv
sHe IribHne and Evening Telegram was
asssLItoyea,s Despite this setback, neither
euluonr as The Herald's and other plants
nave been placed at their disposal
me type Tor the Telegram yesterday
vas set IN The Herald's composing room.
Lne paper was printed, as usual on the
ITlbEne.S press. Beginning tomorrow the
papers viii be printed on the Republicans
machines The DeseTet News, as well as
The Herald, offered the use Of its plant
yesterday 10 the Telegram.
Insurance Will Not Cover Loss.
The insurance on the stoeI, destro,a5 e
A1LHU- OF this sum S13 900 was carried an
me linotype machines =. H I.aDna0 fis-
5 5Igs tne ioss on the bullying at s. coo The
o~HdilS IS insured for $4,000. The TeIe-
gram loss, as figured by MANAGER f I
SeEFlt or the Tribune, will not exceed
MOO Il consists of headtype and some
material stored in the rooms Quilted bV he
fire. " 'is
orders have been wired to the Mergen-
thaleT company of New York BIZ the Trib-
une for eight new machines to take the
place OF those DESTROYED. Answer was re
celNed that machines en- route to other
RaRtIs would De diverted and sent to the
tribune Manager Sefrit expects these To
arrive within two weeks, and. allowing
another week to install them. he believes
that the Tribune Will have ain its denarf-
ments IN operation within a month Mr.
SeIrlt SAID the Tribune and Telegram were
appfeclaJNe or the kindness shown them
by The Herald, other Salt Lake dailies and
lob printing offices. *'ReDFesentaf iVes If
me HeFald we're here shortly after the
fire had broken out with offers of assist
anCe, We are grateful he said.
Inc employees of the Tribune had gone
home with the exception Of ". II. Per
klnS, linotype machiuist. and the ianf-
tor Mr. Perkins was passing through the
hnotype-room. when he saw flames burst
ing forth in the motOT-r0Om. JanitOr Ben
lauln -Mldsley discovered the fire about
the same time. Both men turned i'm an
alarm and the fire department with Chief
G. T. Vail in charge, reached the building
IN a record breaking run. A few minutes
later five leads of hose were directed IlDOu
the flames. which BIZ this time had spread
throughout the luOtype-rOom. The build
ing seemed doomed to destruction a the
Tails. ceiling and floor Of this department
taken from the front of the building into
the burning room, while others were scat
tered to all sides Of the structure.
Heat Was Intense.
The heat was terrific, warping the drfv-
ing wheels and other parts of the big
tyPesettinS machines and melting the
metal used for n0iding- type On the sec
oud floor the fire burned through the
doors, making the hall q furnace The
ceilings on the second floor were stripped
M ? ~ mo #Fre.T -4n-
posed These caught fire rapidly The
flames spread so quickly that the firemen
mad difficulty in keeping the fire within
the one room. By effectual and strenuous
work this was accomplished.
The business office on the first floor and
the offices and editorial rooms on the sec
ond floor We're not damaged. These Uere
scenes Of usual activity during the dav
The rear rooms on the second floor, in
Guiding the telegraph library and art
rooms, were slightly damaged by water
leaking from the third floor. The stereo-
tYping-roOms on the third floor were not
cached by the flames. The press in the
basement also escaped damage. These two
departments were operating yesterday,
and viii be used regularly.
Cause of Fire.
The cause of the fire is uncertain. al
though it is Thought static electricity in
dCced bY the friction Of belts might have
started a flame in the mOtoT-rOOm An
other probable cause is defective wiring
causing a short circuit on the electric
Equipment from station 2 and head0uar-
tiers responded to the alarms sent in. Can
tain William Z. CahOOn of the headquar-
tiers fiTefighters was overcome by smoke
while forcing an entrance into the limo
type-rOOm- He was confined 10 his bed
at the station yesterday but during the
afternoon recovered sufficiently to get uD
and walk around As the floors or the
mechanical department were saturated
with gasoline and oil the fire made rapid
Roadway Work OF repairing tie damaged
portions Of the building. rewriting the va
riOus departments. clearing away the de-
bEis and putting the building into shape
for the resumption Of work was started