Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1885 — Every House Burglar Proof. [ARTICLE]

Every House Burglar Proof.

Among the latest nses to which electricity is applied with remarkable success is in burglar alarms, through means of an invisible matting. Every opening in a large building can have an invisible mat, which upon the least touch will start a bell ringing that will not stop until the occupant awakes and turns it off. If desired the gas can be turned on - simultaneously with - the alarm, thtfa lullv exposing' the burglar. The matting is placed under the carpet, and, by. means of a wire attached, sends off the alarm. The very servants in the house do not know ( where the mats are situated, and cannot cut the connecting wires. Any sized mat can be had to fit any opening, or they can be placed near a safe or any place where valuables are kept. Placed under the table or desk, an almo3t,imperceptible pressure of the foot calls the servant or attendant, the waiter in the kitchen, the butler, and coachman, respectively, from the pantry and stable. No sneak-thief can enter a building without starting an alarm immediately. A: man coming home late at night steps on the mat; the, gas is lit instantly down, stairs and up-stairs. He goes to his sowl -room., presses a mat there and the gas down stairs goes out, leaving that in his room Kt. The surface of the carpet is not made uneven, nor.does it wear the carpet in the least. The system has met with wonderful success, and many large dwellings on Fifth avenue supplied with it are as difficult to enter undetected as blowing up a safe when the cashier is present. At the dinner table the lady of the house calls a servant by a pressure of the foot, without sounding a gong. It takes only a few hours to equip any building. The plants costs from $250 to SSOO.