The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-06-28
WHO MAKE THE BEST SAFES!
NOT AN OLD DODGE,

WHO MAX r THE BEST SAFES!
NOT AN OLD DODGE,
LlLLIR's REPLY 70 HHRRING.
slLAs G. HssRixs, Esq--s In yours Of June
I'd, ind substsutialyA reiteration Of your former
reply and attacks on my Safe, and which were
answered BY me fully In my lar.
You say that any CT your Safes will stand two
- Tn hours Of the hottest tre,, and have done 10.
deny that assertion dis tinctly, and will forfeit
1l00o II one Of your ordinary rates will stand .
hours test OF wood FIRE, burned publicly, and
books come out las you say with only bindings
|5tarted aud leaves discolored.
Now, Mr.. Herring, you know, sir, land 10 do 1 !
that your new "CuAarIoH" Safe, by reason Of the
corrosive nature Of your new filing, susrs our rHr
SHEET iaos in 50 short time - 70 render tae Safe
psarly worthlefs--n In the case Of tho Thomas
llisr safe, Porksr Nail Agency, No. rs Pearl
II, New York, and many Others which could
Afe when rusted through in many places,
20 thai you can insert . common wood pencil
through the sheet iron panels, either Are or bur
gisr proofs 1t It Is not, the number Of your
champion" that would be burned up In . nery
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 IN extra price paid
for them, &c. Now, MIR. Herring Is 1t not the case
that you ouly make q thick, heavy door, while the
rest Of the safe is made Of nothng more than sheet
iron -as was Y. Bronson = safe In Merchants Ex.
change, which have recently filled with one Of my
best Bargsrproof safes, and as proved by the fol-
lowing certificate:
"DErnoir, July Is, 1857.
"Ths 10 to certify that my Office was entered by
burglars the night OF March 80, and my safe, one
Of Herrings patent, which was recommended BY
his agent &C me ~ being iniaid with
hardened steel, WAS robbed Of about - 600, BY
CUTTING NEARLY oss-HALp OF ONE SIDE oUr, ARA
HksTLY WITH An Az, aud the safe proved entirely
worthless ~ against thieves.
"Yours, 40, j b. WILSON"
claim to make the only real Burglar and Fire
proof Safe In the market. This il an ineontro-
vertible fact, and be demonstrated to the sat
isfacston OF any person who will take the trouble
to call at my Factory, or at my Agency, No. lss
Broadway, New York, and examine nd apply tests
Tor themselves. My Bank vault, or Fire proof
Bank Safes, are, and always have proved, 70 "
perfectly reliable and not dollar was ever robbed
from them.
To settle the question as to who makes the best
Burglar and Burglar and Fire Proof safe combined
definitely, YIN ilterab!y and TO the satitfaction 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 10 be 6rst-clAss mechanics and three
Of high scientific attainmsnt, who shall have full
power to investigate and settle this question Thsy
shAll examine the construction of our respective
Safes and Locks, in and in stores test them by
fire, one or more as they please, in strictly pri-
vats manner; test the burgiar-proof qualities a.
will bes. establish their merits or dement's exam
inc the construction Of all classes or degrees Of
burglar and frs-proof combined, and their annual
depreciation in value and decay; make out their
report In full, embracing every important item Of
information, Of interest TO the public, and decide
distinctly and unmistaksbly who makes the beet
Burglar and combined Burglar and Fire Proof
Safe, from which decision neither party .hAll con.
trovert or take any exception. Five thousand dol
lars shall be placed in the hands 81 sAid Mayors,
800 BY each party to defray all expenses except
the Safes tested which each shall furnish o. re-
CURED, and the balance IL any left, shall be ex-
pended in publishing said report in the pricipai
cities in the United States,
An Investigation Of this character 10 due to the
public that they may no, be deceived as to the
utility Of the Safes they purchase, and to shield
them from the ruthless hand Of burglars and un-
scrupulons Shset-Iron Safe Agents. This PROPOSE
ton III zone sided nor an oil dodge" and
the Haik your reply.
LEWIS LILLE.
LILIES CHILLEp-iRoN
Fire and Burglar Proof Safes and Locks arc con
stantly on hand .. the
IOWA STATE AGENCY,
No. 1913 Main Street, Keokuk Iowa,
Y TILLlNGHAST, LANE 4 BuEL.
1e12du Sign Of the Broadsxe.
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