The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-06-30
WHO MAKE rmE BaoF SAFES
NOT AN OLD D0DGE!

WHO MAKE rnE nasF sAFEsi
NOT AN OLD DnDoE!
LILLfE's REPLY 70 sSaxfx0.
ElEAsC Hsnnins, Esq --ssv. In yosrso of June
3D. Aad suhttantisllya reiteration Of your former
reply and attacks on my safe. end which were
ansvrk BY ~s .fsiiy III my ia.f,
You say that an. ~ your aies will standtw
to ten hours Of the fottest hres aud have done co..
deny That assertion distinctly, and will forfeit
1000 II one Of your ordinary safvs will stand .
N hours test Of wood ere, burned publicly, and
b books come out tss you say with only bindings
Started and ieaves discolorsd.
Now, Mr. Herring, you know, sir, land so do IL
that your new tlcnAxPios'' Safe, by reason Of The
esrroGvc nature Of your new 6llns, ausrs cur THE
sngET iros in 50 shou time ~ to render the Safe
nearly worthlsss--asin the case Of the Thomas
Collier safe, Porker Nail Agency, No. ~ Pearl
>fsst, Now York, end many Others which could
u,
Safe when rusted through in many place.,
% NAT you can insert . common wood pencil
throug the sheet iron panels. either nre or bur-
glar prooff II Il 10 not, the number Of your
"Champions" that would be burned up in . Asry
trial, or yield their contents to the hand Of bur
glar when tested. would number In this city BY
hundreds.
You say that you do make and sell Burglar
proof Safes when required, and extra price paid
for them, 10. Nov, Mr.. Herring is !. not The case
that you ouiy make thick, heavy door, while the
rest Of the safe Is made of othng than sheet
iron as was +. Bronson . safe in Merchants E1-
change, which have recently filed with one of my
best safer, and ms proved by the fol-
lowing certiGcstei
tpKTaoir, July IS, 1857.
"This Is TO certify that my Office Was entered by
burglar the night Of March 20, and my safe, one
Of Herring's patent, which MAS recommended BY
his agent 20 burg lar proof, being inlaid with
hardened steel, wss robbed Of about -, goo, by
CUTTING HEARLr oss-nALf of oss SIDE our, APr<
RESTLY wirn AhAx, and the safe proved entirely
worthless n against thieves.
"Yours, ko., J. u. WILSON"
claim to make the only real Burglar and Fire
proof Safe in the market. This ia an ineontro.
vertible fact, and can b. demonstrated to the sat
isfaction Of any person who will take the trouble
to call At my Factory, or At my Agency, No. ls9
Brosdway, New York, and examine = nd apply tests
Tor themselves. My Bank vault, or Fire-proof
Bank Safes, are, and always have proved, to BE-
perfectly reliable, aud not dollar was ever robbed
from them.
To settle the question as to no makes the best
Burglar and Burglar and Fire Proof Safe combined
definitely unalterabIy, and 70 the satisfaction OF
the whole community, now submit the following
proposition, viz: The Mayors Of the Cities Of New
York and Troy shall select and agree upon seven
jurors, four to DO frs,-clAss mechanics and three
Of high scientific attachments, who ihall have full
power to investigate and settle this question. They
| shall examine the construction Of our respective
Safes and Locks, in and 10 stores, tsat them BY
fire, one or more ss they please, in strictly pr-
vatc manner test the burgiar-proof qualities -
will best establish their merits or dement's; exam
inc the construction Of all CHASER or degrees Of
burglar and tirs-proof combined, and their annual
depreciation in value and decay make out their
repor, In full, embracing every importan, item Of
information, Of interest to the public, and decide
distinctly and unmist akabiy Who makes the best
Burglar aud eombiasd Bugiar and rirs- Proof
Safe, from which decision neither party shall COD
troyert or take any exception. Five thousand dol
lars shall be placed in the hands Of said Mayors
1880 by each party TO defray all expenses except
the Safes tested, which each shall furnish as re-
CURED, and the balance, If any left, thall be ex
pended ip publishing said report in the pricipa
cities in the United States.
An Investigation Of this character is due TO the
public that they may not be deceived NJ to the
utility Of the Safes they purchase, and to shield
them from the ruthlsss hand Of burglars and un-
sesupalous Shsst-Iron Safe agents. This PROPOSE
ither Zone aided nor oil dodge" and
80 I wait your reply.
LEWIS LILLE.