The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-07-08
WHO MAKE THE hest SAFES
NOT AN OLD DoD0E.


NOT AN OLD DoD0E.
LILIES REPLY TO HHxRrxo.
siLAs G. HEnRiss, Esq .--ssr: In yours Of June
Sd, find Substantially reiteratioh of your former
reply and attacks on my Safe, and which we're
ans~1ed BY me fully In my iaa
You say that any Of your Safes will stand two
ten hours Of the hottest 6rcs, and have done so.
deny that assertion distinctly, and will forfeit
$1,000 if\2ne Of your ordinary safes will stand a
ten hours test Of wood Gre burned publicly, and
the books come out las You say with only bindings
started and leaves diseolorcd.
Now, MIR. Herring, you know, sir, land 10 do II
that your new "CHAnPIoH" Safe, by reason ef the
corrosive nature Of your new filing, Rusn our The
saEsr Inos in 10 shor. time to render tae Safe
nearly worthless--as in the care Of the Thomas
Collier safe, Porker Nail Agency, No. 70 Pearl
street, New York, and many Others which could
name.
Is Safe when rusted through in nany places,
50 that you insert common wood pencil
through the sheet iron panels, either fire or bur
glar proofs II IL Is not, the number Of your
"Champions" that would be burned up in fiery
trial. or yield their contents to the hand of bur-
g,ar when tested, would number in this city BY
hundreds,
You say that You do make and cell Burglir-
preof Safes when required, and an extra price paid
for them, &c. Now Mr.. Herring is It not The case
that you ouly make thics, heavy door, whils the
rest Of the safe il made Of nothing than sheet
iron AS was +. Bronson safe in Merchants Ex-
change, which have recently filed with one Of my
best Burs proof safes, aud proved BY The fol-
loving certificate
tDKrnoir, July is, 1857.
"This is to certify that my office was en- tered by
burglars the night Of March 80, and my safe, one
of HerFing's patent, which recommended by
his agent 10 pe bursia proof being inlaid with
hardened steel, was robbed of about s. 900, by
CUTTING SEAnLY osEHatT OF oSE SIDE our, ArrA-
RkSrLf WITH ANA AK, and the safe proved entirely
worthless as against thieves
"iours, &C., J. d. Wnssx"
claim to make the only real Burglar and Fire
proof Safe in the market. This is an ineontro-
vertible fact, afd be dem onstrated to the sat
isfaction Of any person who will take the trosble
TO call at my Factory, or at my Agency, No. 1s9
broadway. New York, and examine nd apply tests
FOR themselves. My Bank-vanlt, or Firs-proof
Bank Safes, are, and always have proved, to be
perfectly reliable, and not dollar vas ever robbed
from them.
TO settle the question ~ to who makes the best
Burglar and Burglar and Fire PrcofSafs combined
definitely unslterab!y, and TO tho sattfaetion Of
the whole community, nov submit the following
proposition, viz: The Mayors Of the Cities Of Nov
York and Troy shall select and agree upon seven
jurors, four to be hrst-clsss mechanics and three
Of high scientific attainments, who thall have full
power to investigate and settle this question. They
shall examine the construction Of our respective
Safes and Locks, in use and in sbres, test them by
FIRE, one more as they phase, in strictly pri-
vatc manner test the burglar-proof qualitiss As
will best establish their merits or dement's
Inc the constructs OF all classes or degrees Of
hurglsr and Gre-proof combined, and thsir annual
depreciation in value and decay; make ont their
report in full, embracing every important item Of
Information, Of interest to the public, and decide
distinctly and unmiatakably Who makss the best
Burglar and combined Burglar and Pre- Proof
Safe, from which decision neither party shAli
trovcrt or take any exception. Five thousand dol
lars shall BE- placed in tho hands Of said Mayors,
$500 by each party 10 defray all sxpcsses except
the Safes tested, which each shall furnish q re-
QVAIC0t euA OssonNet ~ suy WV tH1At o. "a
pended in publishing sAid report in the pricipal
cities In the United States.
An Investigation Of this character Is dns 10 the
public that they may not be deceived - 70 the
utility Of the Safes they purchase, ara TO shield
them from the Ruthless hand Of burglars end an
ssrupulous Sheet-Iron Safe Agents. This PROPOSE
<isn 10 neither cope sided nor an Old dodes and
tho public and I wait your reply.
LEWIS MILE.
Troy, June ., 1855.
A full assortment Of
LlLLIR'S CuILLED-IRON
Fire and Bsrglar 49, safss and Looks are oOn-
sanity % haaa q the
\. IOWA sEAs1 A0sNcv,
"a 1o2 Main Street, Ksohuk, lows,
11IIINaHAST, LANE DuHL,
WI 6fam n a. Dronhaxa. .