The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-06-23
W190 AAKE TIaE DasT SAFES.
NOT AN OLD D0D0Ri
LILLls's Reply 70 HsnsrNo.

W190 Make TnE Dasr SAFES.
NOT AN OLD D0DoRi
LILLrs's REPLY 70 HslaIN0.
GsLAs Q. Hsasiss, Esq - sr.- 10 yours Of Juns
End Substantially rti'era;inn o, four former
|ssply and attacks on my safe. ana which we're
ansversd by me fa,ss in my iast.
You say thatany OF your Safes will stand e
to ton hours Of tho bottcst Ares, and have done y
deny that assertion distinctly, and will forfeit
$1,000 II one OF your osaAnnEy sales win stao111p
ten hours lost Of wos armed puhllsly l6d
started and leaves = -
Nov, Mr. lies ~. cir. land 70 do -
that your new sscG2ESSon Bafe, BY reason Il the
corrosive nature Of your new Glling, Rusfs OUT fus
aHrsr InoN In short time q 10 render ae Safe
nearly worthlcss--ss In the case Of the Thomas
Collier safe, Porker Nail Agency, No. 70 Pearl
street, New York, and many others which could
name.
L. . Safe when rusted through In many places,
50 that you oan insert . common wood pencil
through the sheet iron panels, sithsr IRE or bur
glar proofy II 1t IL not, the nunber Of your
"champqG hat would be burned up In . aery
trial, or - sheir contents to the hand OF bur-
gar when tested, would number in this city by
hundreds.
You say that you do make and sell Burglar
prsof Safes when required, and IN extra price paid
Tor them, DC. Now Mr.. Herring Is u not tho case
nat you ouiy make . thick, heavy door, while the
rest Of tho safe is made Of nothing more than sheet
tron ,rsa o. a.. u.
changs, which have recently filed with one Of my
ID, urslar-prOof Safes, y proved BY the fol.
low certificate;
"Dnraolr, July IL, 1857.
"Ths il to certify that my once was entered by
burglars the night = March 80, and my safe, one
Of HerfinG6 pNAnIE which wss recommends by
his agent Is me Z Iurslar- proof, being inIaid vi
hardened steel, w0 robbed Of about - 900,
cUrpISa HsARLY oHn-HALY or oHs sips our, All
aExrLr WITH Al Az, and tho safo proved entirely
worthless - against thieves.
"Iours, &c., J. b. Wilson"
claim to make the only real Burglar and Fire
proof Safe In the market. This 10 an ineontro-
vsrtible fact, and Se demo nstratsd to tho sat
sfnction Of any person who win take the trouble
to call At my Factory, or at my Agency, No. lsv
Broadway, New York, and examine nd apply tests
Tor themselves. Ny BAnk-vault, OF Fire-prooi
Bank Safes, arc, and always have proveds 10 b
perfectly reliable, and not dollar was ever robbed
from them.
To settle the question ~ to who makes the bss,
Burglar and Burglar and Fire Proof safe conn ined
definitely, unaltcraby, and 70 tho satitfaction Of
the whole community, now submit tho fsiiowina
proposition, viz The Mayors Of the Cities II Ne
York and Troy shall select aad agree $500
jurors, four TO be hrst-ciAss mechanics =
Of high scientific attachments, who shall havt Nh
power to investigate and settle this qusstiou They
shaii examine the construction Of ossx npspsctive
Safes and Looks, in ute and in storcs, til them BY
ire, one or more ~ they please, In strictly pri
vate manner; test the burglar-procf qualities ~
win best establish their merit. or dement's exam,
Inc the construction Of all classes or degrees ol
burglar and hre-proof combined, and their anndal
depreciation in value and decay; mako gu. thei,
report 10 full. smbracin neey in|stant item OF
information, Of intsrs and decide
distinctly and unmistal uy makes the bes,
Burglar and eonsinsa Buglar and rirs- Proc,
Safe. from ~hi1nn lDhsr party shall con
.rovsr. or ..As Il Nv. .hoa..ad dol.
lar. shall b - aid mayor.
ponds In rabli
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