The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-07-05
" ESQ MAKE TaaE MksT SAFES
NOT AN OLD DaD0E!
LILIES REPLY TO HRRaINo.

LILIES REPLY TO HRRRIN0.
sILAs c. HKaRiss. Esq Sir: In yours of June
3d. ind substantiallya reiteration Of your former
reply and attacks on my Safe, and which were
anipered BY nas fully in my dat.
fou say that any Of your safes will stand two
to ten hours Of the hottea 6rcs and have done 30.
deny that ertion dis tinctly, and will forfeit
$1,000 II one Of your ordinary safes will stand y
ten hours test Of wood fire, burned publicly, and
the books come out as you say with only bindings
started and leaves discoiored.
Now, Mr.. Herring, you know, sir. land so do IL
that your new CHAMPION" Safe, by reason Il the
corrosive nature Of your filing, ausrs OUT the
NHxEr rRos In so short time as to render ae safe
nearly worthiess-asi IN the csse Of the Thomas
Collier safe, Porker Nail Agency, No. rs Pearl
street, New York, and many others which could
VA Safe when rusted through in many places,
so that you oan insert common wood pencil
through the sheet iron panels, either fre or bur-
glar proof! If II is not, the number Of your
..champio that would be burned up in fiery
trial, yield their contents TO the hand of bur-
gar when testcd, 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 thsm, &c. Nav, Mr.. Herring is 1t not the case
that you culy make thcx, heavy door, whils the
rest OF the safe Is made Of nothing than sheet
iron-as was Y. Bronsons safe in Merehants' Ex-
change, which have recently filled with one Of my
best Burglar proof Safes, and proved by the fol-
1 IN
aDErholr, July rs, 1887.
''This is to certify that my oiee Was entered by
burglars tho nightof March 80, and my safe, one
of Herrings patent, which recommended by
his agent TO ne as burg lar proof, being iniad with
hardened steel, was robbed of shout $3 ,0t0. by
CUTTING kEARLf osk-HAIf or oss SIDE our, APPA-
RENrLr WITH ASAx, and the safe proved entirely
worthless ~ against thieves.
"Yours, &C., J. b. WILses."
| l eisips to make the only real Burglar and fire
| proof Safe in The market. This is nn ineontro-
vcrtibe fact, and can be demonstrated to the sat
isfaetion 81 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
for themselves. Ny Bank-vaol;, Or Fire-proof
Bank Safes, are, and always have proved, to be
perfectly reliable, and not dollar ever robbed
! from thon.
4 To rstile the question ~ to who makes the best
Burglar and Burglar and Fire Proof Safe combined
definitely, unalterab!y, and to the satiifaoion 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 70 be 6rst-clAss mechanics and three
Of high scientific attachments, who hall have full
power to investigate and settle this question. They
shall exam inc the construction Of our respective
Safes and Locks, in use Snd in sprss, test them by
Ore, one as they please, in = strictly pri
va.e manner test the burglar proof qualities ~
will best cs,sbli b tb.ir merits or dement's exam
inc the construction Of nj classes or degrees Of
burglar and hre-procf con bines, and their annual
depreciation In value and decay; make out theil
report in full, embracing every important item d
information, Of interest TO the public, and dscid.
distinctly and unmist aksbly who makes the bcs
Burglar and combined Burglar and Fire Prool
Safe, from which decision. neither party shall
trovert OF take any exception. Five thousand dol
lara shall be placed in the hands Of said Mayors
$500 by each party to defray all expenses excep
the Safes tested, which each shall furnish - re
quired, and the balance, If any left, shall be ex
pended in publishing said report ia the pricipa
cities in the United States.
An investigation Of this character is due to tn
public that they may not be deceived ~ to til
utility Of the Safes they purchase, and to shiel,
them from the ruthless hand Of burglars and I'M
serupulous Shoet-Iron Safe Agents. This prspoai
tion 10 neither Zone sidcd Dor an old dodes, Aan,
the public and wsas your reply. r.
!. LKWIs LILLE.
Troy, Jane 8. 1855.
4 full assoftmsnt Of
II LlILxgB CHILLED-IR0N
yirs and Be18las Psoof SAFES and Locks are con
atAntly o. hand 1t the
IOWA sSAs8 A0sNcy,
~ IT. Mafn Street. Ksokuk, Iowa,
W0HAGT, LANE DUKL,
gI &U " ~ 1raaAAxs.