The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-06-26
WHO MAKE Taen1EsT SAFEST
NOT An OLD DnDoEl

NOT An OLD DhU0kl
LILLrx's nrPLr 10 HnaRiNa.
sfLAs G. HaaMxs, Esq--Sir: In yours of juno
ID, And substantialiya rsiternson Of your former
reply and attacks on ,ny Safe. ard which were
eass~st BY me fully IN my iai
-
v You say that any OF your safes will stand two
70 ten hours she hottest nre,, and hare done 30.
i deny that assertion distinctly and will forfeit
$1,000 II one Of your ordinary safes will stand .
ten hours test Of wood aEe, burned puhlcly, and
the books come out as you say with only bindings
started and leaves dscolored.
Nov, Mr.. Herring, you know, cir, (snd 80 10 H.
that your new "cHAxPIos" Safe, BY esson Il the
corrosive nature Of your new nlins, nusfs OUT rhs
snExT IRoN In % short time ~ 10 render % Safe
nearly worthlsss-ni In tho case Of the Thomas
Collier safe, Porker Nail Agency, No. 10 Pearl
name.
Il Safe when rusted through In many places,
so that you oan insert . common wood pencil
throa Oh the sheet iron panels, either IRE bur-
glar proof2 II It is not, the number Of your
"Champons" that would be burned up In hsry
trial, or yield their contents to the hand Of bur-
gar whom tested, would number in this city by
hundreds.
You say that you do make and sell Burglar
proof Safes whom required, and an extra price paid
for Thorn, 10. Now, Mr.. Herring is It not The case
that you Gully make thiex, heavy door, while the
rest Of the safe Is made Of than shee,
iron--as was y. Bronson safe in Merchants Ex.
change, which have recently filed with one Of my
best Burglar proof safes, and proved by the fol
lowing certificate;
"DxInorr, July Is, 1887.
"This 10 70 certify that my Office WAS IN tered b,
burslArs the night Of March 80, and my safe, on,
| Of ueryinR's patent, which was recomu,ended ~
his agent 10 me - being iniaid viii
hardened steel Was rubbed Of about 5000, y
| CUTTING HnARLy osa-HALy or oxE siDx our, APPA
aEsrLv WIS Ana and the safe proved entirsl,
worthless ~ sgainst thieves.
"fours, &c., j. b. WiLsex."
! claim to make the only resl Burglar and Fir
proof Safe in tho market. This 10 an ipsontro
vertible fact. and be demo nstrstsd to the sat
isfaction Of any person who will take thr tronbi
to call at my Factory. or ut my Agency, No. IS,
Broadway, New York. and examine nd apply test
for themselves. My Bank vault. or Firs-proo
Bank Safes, are, and always have proved, to b
perfectly reliable and not dollar was ever robbie,
from them,
! To settle the question a. 70 who makes the bea
Burglar and Burglar and Fire Proof safe combine,
definitely, unsitsrAb!y, and 10 the satitfAotion o
tho wAols community, now submit tho following
proposition, via The Mayors # the Cities Of Ne,
York and Troy shall select and agree upon ssvsl
Jurors, four TO DO Gst-clAss mechanics and tire
Of high scientific Attachments, who thall have full
power to investigate and settle this question. The
shall examine the construction Of our RESPECTIVE
Safes and Looks, in and In storcs, test them b.
FIRE, or more ~ they please, In = strictly pri
waite manner; test the bargisr-proof qualities Q
will best establish thcir merits dement's exam
inc the construction Of all clssscs or degrees .
burglar and FIRE proof combined, and their annua
depreciation in value and decay, make out thsi
report In full, embracing every important item o
information, Of interest TO the public, and Aecid
distinctly and unmiatskably who makes the bcs
Burglar and combined Burglar and Firs-Proo
Sale, from which decision neither party shall con
trovert or take any exception. Five thousand dol
lars shall be placed in the hands Of said Mayor
$4,000 BY each party to defray all expenses exoep
the Safes tested, which each shall furnish r.
CURED, and the balance, II any left, shall be 81
pended in publishing said report In the pricips
cities in the United States.
An Investigation Of this character 10 due to til
public that they may not be deceived TO tn
utility Of the Safes they purchase, and TO shiel
them from the ruthless hand Of burglars and III
smupulous Ehest-Iron Safe Agents. This proros
tien y aeilAss "ouc sided nor an OH dodge" ~
the - ~ Issls your reply.
LEWIS LILLE.
Troy, june 8, 1858. ;
A full assortment Of
LILIES cHfLLED-IKoN
Fire and Burglar Proof Safes and Locks ara 90,
stantly oA hand At the
IOWA STATE AGENCY,
No. 1873 Main Street, Keokuk, Iowa,
TILLINGHAST, LANE 1 BuEL,
je22dtf Sign Of the Broadsxe.
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