The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-02
LUMLEY FIRE ALARM
is RIGHT ON THE JOB

In Just one minute and three quar-
ters from the time the blaze was start
ed In pile of rubbish nj the Pure
Food exhibition III The Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, the fire depart
ment arrived at the building, and in
half a minute more had eXtlnguishcd
the blaze Nothing could have been
more successful than the demonstration
given by the Lumley Electro. Thcrmos.
tatic Fire Alarm apparatus. That the
apparatus is all right WAS evident, and
a large audience witnessed the trial
with considerable interest.
Mr. Lumlcy FIRST explained the work
ings of his apparatus and then lighted
a fire in a pile of rubbish. A few of
the people present were disposed to
nervousness when the flames appeared,
but thrs was quickly allaycd with the
appearance Of the doughty hrehghtcr
with fire eXtinguisher and a lantern so
shortly after tho fire was started.
The apparatus is simple aud is ar
ranged not only TO furnish protection
in case of FIRE but also 10 regulate the
amount of heat in rooms and private
residences Fire Chief William H.
Charles II. Lumlcy, secretary and treas
urcr; Joseph Lippman, genera counsel,
and ID. G. Dart j. +. Marshall and G..
+. Bean, additional directors. 1t will
| thus be seen that the company is a local
one. The apparatus was invented here,
in fact. and is being exploited by To-
cal capital. That it does the business
| is shown by the rapidIty of the re-
sponse 10 the alarm Wednesday night,
/ when there was only small blaze TO
establish communications.
1t is hoped TO place the apparatus in
every private residence In the city and
in the rooms Of the different hotels,
I Some of the advantages of the appara-
tus are explained as follows; In the
first place, its use viii mean the saw
/ ing of thousands of dollars worth of
property and possibly the loss of lives.
on account of the rapid notification of
the fire department of Inclpicnt fires
the protection against fire is positive
and absolute; it controls and regulates
steam heat and makes it possible Ia
keep the temperature of rooms at any
desired degree, This is a distinct ad-
vantage in hothouses. hospitals. lncuba.
tors. Pullman ears. Offices. living rooms
and in fact any place where heat Is
used. The installation cost is small and
the apparatus can be adjusted TO any
required degree of temperature. IL is
pointed out by the cxploiicrs Of The
apparatus that sleeping in 'tskyscrap
err equipped with the steam will be
perfectly safe. because the fire depart
ncnt will be notified of the blaze and
directed To the place instantly. The
great advantage. also. Of the apparatu:
is the reliability of its action.
The company is only recently organ
ized and a successful future already ap
pears assured IL is pointed out tha
TO install the apparatus in some of tn,
larger cities Will require as many n;
! 900 900 Instruments. The inStallati ioI
of these at profit of only % cent
each would mean net proceeds amount
ing 10 S250000. When il is rcmcm
bercd that the installation in practic
ally all the cities Of the country i
only "A question of time, II can be seer
that the owners arc almost certain t.
achieve an excellent financial return a
tho results of their invention.