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Show SALT LAKER HAS In Fact. It Is Not a Scheme, hut a Reality, and It Works. HAS AN ELECTRICALLY; LIGHTED DOOR KNOB It Saves Great Deal of Annoyance Annoy-ance and Trouble in Getting in Home. Tt was on a day in December, 1005. Two gentlemen were crossing Second South street, between Main and West Temple. One was the general manager of a great corporation in Utah, and tho other was an electrician. They had been discussing the advisability of certain cer-tain electric work about a colliery. Both had come up from the ranks of the real workers. Crossing the street mentioned the rays of the sun so ranged that a door knob in the Salt Lako Hardware company com-pany was illuminated, and shincd with a light which made it the most conspicuous conspicu-ous object on the street. The general manager had a mechanical mechani-cal bent, of mind. An idea struck i him. If the sun can do J.his at midday, mid-day, whv cannot electricity do it at midnight'' Why not make the door knob upon the entrance to your home as pronounced at midnight as at midday, mid-day, wheu the polished brass or silver or gold, for there are many residences in Salt Lake City that have gold door knobs. Why not fix it so that when you have, been to a banquet and most men have so that when you arrive home you do not have lo awaken your wife, and particularly the neighbors, in order to break into your house 'J Patent Is Secured. The general manager suggested the idea to the electrician; the latter acquiesced. Result, a few experiments, several models made one a perfect one ami on 1hc Mth day of duly. lflUS. the United States of America issued i to llenrv Gordon Williams and John . Albert Spiker of Salt Lake Citv. Utah. I letters patent No. St2M fnr an elcc- trically illuminated door knob meehnu-ism. meehnu-ism. Tho application, however, had boen filed in' .Tnmiarv, lf)0(). . . On the same day the commissioner of patents also issued a patent to John W. Lind . of Boston. Mass.. for a device similar to that issued to the Salt Lakers. The latter purchased his right, and now own it. The application appli-cation of the Salt Lakers, however, had been tiled six months preceding that of the Boslonian, hence they had priority. ' The invention is not a novelty, but one that is of valuo to a "rent many people. Newspaper men. of all others, know the difKcultv experienced in locating' lo-cating' a number at night, particularly in Salt Lake. The illuminated door knob costs comparatively nothing lo light. A four candle power light is suflicient. -For many persons it is especiallv adapted. To doctors, in particular, par-ticular, 'it would be a great boon. To people who live in apartment houses whore the janitor insists in putting out the hall lights at midnight, it will be a great boon. But there are hundreds of uses to which it can be adapted. Groat Convenience. There are a great many men in Salt Lake who railroad. This illuminated door knob will facilitate the work of the call bov who visits their homes in the night to notify them of a call for a run. To men who turn a trick in telegraph offices, bakers and hundreds of others who have to arrive early, this illuminated door knob will be a great thing in that it will locate them j when the partv calling them calls. Ln addition, it is a protection against burglars. Men who prowl about at night and who attempt lo invade a homo or busiuess house with false keys will be deterred from makiug tho attempt at-tempt in view that the lighted door knob would expose them. Therefore this invention will be a great benefit to tho people. No effort thus far has been made to push the invention, but the probabilities probabili-ties are i hat a company will be formed. The patentees have had offers from a number of eastern houses to nianufac tare it upon a royalty, but. these offers have not been considered, they pro : j ferring to give Salt Lake people ano I Salt Lake workmen the first show. |