Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-05
Prominent San Francisco Photo
grapher Enthusiastic in
His Praise.
CLEAN SCOOP OF THE WORLD.
Says This Paper Gave Most Comprc-
hcnsiyc Statements and Illustra-
lions of situation lie Has Seen.

Il THROUGHOUT AlIltflCdt lnoSl OF tHc PIC"
lures being printed Of the san Frans
cisco fire are the work Of Arthur {,
Pllsbury OF San Francisco. and the
young man seems destined to make a
comfortable fortune out OF six hours OF
incessant toll on the day OF the quake,
and fire. Instead OF getting panlcy, hc
got busy, and brought into play all the
rosourcefulness Of six years ~ news.
paper training TO get his story and
after getting II. he has done already
over 1000 worth OF business. and IS
the first young man TO rise in fortune
since the disaster. on goods produced IN
the stricken city.
Walter d. cole, n business partner
OF Mr. Pilsbury. Is IN Salt Lake TO-
day, on his way to Chicago With pie
lures OF the fre, and he tells something
of the way young pillshury got in'o
action on the morning OF the earth.
quake,
QUICKLY GOT BUSY.
He was a san Francisco boy, who
had long been head Of the Examiner
photographing stan, A month before
The fire. he decided working for himself
was better than working for wage.,
and ne opened q studio az 2ll Seconu
street. equipping It with q big panora
mic machine and q small p8noram,
machine. together With a large nun.
Der 0f smaller cameras. for commercial
work. Two days before the fire he
worked for long time getting 70
foot tlm showing every feature
"Dear Old Frisco" just as II was go
height of its glory before be- 81.
stroyed This flm was still Vi iel-
oped. and IN his big panormama cam-
era when the Are occurred, and he was
asleep In Berkeley.
Instantly on feeling the shock, he
arose and, forgetful of the damage to
his home, rushed to the ferry and
caught the first boat to san Francisco.
Hts Offices were on fire when he reached
them, but he entered, and snatched mp
a small panoramic comera, five by
seven kodak, and supply of films ana
with them took the big film on which
was printed the panorma OF the city as
| II was.
CHASE BEFORE THE FLAMES.
Then came the chase before the
flames, photograrhing them as they
spread onward towards the center OF
town. From the top Of the st, Fran
els hotel three films were secured of
the sea Of flames below, and then sud
denly the hotel itself was the center
OF the fire zone Pillsbury got away
with his films, but had to abandon
his camera, and by night time, when
he was so exhausted he could not work
any longer with his kodak. he made
IiphA al In
| dark room there, where through tho
night he set men TO work developing
| his films In the morning he opened
an Office IN Oakland. with pictures OF
the fire for sale. and increased his
printing and developing force to ~
men. His partners IN the business
were notified of his work. and they saw
at once the opportunities to be gained,
and pictures were sent out to all the
big American dailies, and to the week
" magazines. Then the lantern slide
proposition brought itself to their
attention by the offer OF $4,000 for
the American stereopticon rights on
the films, and this offere was refused.
THE QUEER EFFECTS.
Instead, the force OF men was still
further increased and 300 sets OF
material for them being rushed
through from Portland and Los An
geles, after the San Francisco supply
had been exhausted. Professional men
who were burned out, and penniless
on account of the fire, became the first
agents, and now these men are out In
every state of the Union In charge or
| a sterlopticon shows. picturing the burn
Ing city, and queer effect OF the quake
Mr.. Cole will go on east tonight, to
| attend to business connected with the
| publication of an illustrated history
| of the FIRE, for which some Of the best
writer's of San Francisco have fur
| nished the story to go with the pic
| lures.
PRAISE FOR THE NEWS"
| Mr.. Cole Is enthusiastic In his praise
OF the way the Deseret News has ham
| died the entire san Francisco situa-
| ton. "In the first place. he declared.
II have never seen newspaper illus
| trations as well printed. and as clear
| In detail as those printed OF this fire
| In the News Your pictures printed
| Friday after the fire were clean scoop
| OF the world, all right. and your Stan
| ford pictures are likewise exclusive,
| for right after your pictures were
| taken off those plates. we bought them,
| and had them copyrighted. and that
| shut of their use In newspapers. ex-
| cept those we were supplying. Imme-
| diately afterwards the ruins were
changed greatly by workingmen, and
| permission to enter the quad 20 get
| Interior views was refused by the uni
| .versity authorizes Altogether the
News has given the most compre-
| henslve statements and Illustrations OF
l tha situution I bava aeap On far"