The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-07-02
" AO MAKE THE. hest sARES
NOT AN OLD D1DGEi

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NOT AN OLD DaDGEi
LILLIE's REPLY TO HERRIxo.
srLAs @. HxnKIsc, Esq--sir; In yours Of June
Sd, find substantiAlya rsiteraiion Of your former
IDLY and attacks on my Safe, and which were
soed BY me fully in my iam.
You say that any Of your Safes will stand two
10 ten hours Of the hotties, fires, and have done co.
deny that assertion distinctly, and win forfeit
$ieeo II one Of your ordinary safes viii stand .
ten hours test Of wood IRE, burned publicly, and
the books on, las you say) with only bindings
started and leaves discolored.
Now, Mr.. Herring, you know, cir, land so do IL
that your new CHAMPION Safe, by reason II the
corrosive nature Of your new 1llng, Rrsrs ourrnx
sHEEr Iron in 20 short time to render tne Safe
| nearly worthless--ak in the care Of the Thomas
Collier safe, PoFker Nail Agency, No. rs Pearl
street, New York, and many others which could
name.
Is Safe when russed through in many places,
| 90 that you can insert common wood pencil
through the sheet iron panels, either IRE or bur-
glar proof Ii 1t il not, the number Of your
.Cham pons" that would be burned up in 6ery
trial, yield their contents to the hand Of bur
giAr when tested, 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 them. Ac. Now MIR Herring is 1t not the case
that you oaly make thics. heavy door, whila the
rest Of the safe Is made Of hing mere than sheet
ison-as was 4. Bronson's saie IN Merchants tx
change, which have rece.ti,&-i ed with ons Of my
best Burglar prof safe, and proved BY tie fol-
lowing certiheate:
fpKraeIr, July is, 1857.
''This IL TO cgftsIy that MY cise was entered by
burglars the nishtof Marsh 20, and my safe, one
Ut Herrng,s patent, which recomme nded by
his agent to ie huy Lar proof, being inIad with
hardened steel, WAS sssbed pf abous 50 600, by
CUTTING sxAkLr c>EnstF or osh SIDE our, APrA-
GENTLY WIN AK, and the sale proved entirely
worthless as against thleySs.
Yours, 1c., J. b. WtLsex."
claim 10 make the only real burglar and Fire
proof Sale in the inaraet. This 10 an ineontro-
vertible fact, aud can be demonstrated to the sat
isfaction of any person Who will take the trouble
70 call ~ my fae,ory, at my Agency, No. $50
Broadway, New York, and examine and apply tests
for themselves. Ay Bsnk- vault, or Fire proof
Bank Safes, are, and always have proved, - be
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 unaiterah!y and to the satitfsc,ion Of
the whole community, now submit the following
proposition, viz The Mayors u the Cities Of New
York and Troy shall select and agree upon seven
jurors, four to be GrsteiAss mechanics and three
Of high scientific attachments, who shall have full
power TO investigate and settle this question. They
shall examine the construction Of our respective
Safes and Locks, ia and in stores, test than BY
FIRE, one or more they risase, in stristy pri-
vatr manners teat the lurslar-p proof qualities ~
viii best establish their merits demsrits; exam
burglar ard hre-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 dseds
distinctly and unmistakably who makss the beat
Burglar and combined Burglar and fiss-Proof
nDAle from which decision neither party shall con
tsoyert or take any exception. Five thousand dol
lars shall be placed in the hands Of said Mayors,
80 BY sash party to defsy all expenses except
The Safes tested, which each shall furnish -
qsirsd, and the balance II any left, shall - e.
psaded In publishing said report in the prieipal
sities In the United States.
Aatnycstigation Of this character 10 due 70 the
public that they may not BE- deceived ~ to the
utility Of the Safes they purchase, and to shield
thsn tom The rathisss hand Of burglars and I'M
e@upalous Sheot-Iron Safe Agents. This PROPOSE
ss:cr I: neither ~cr- .sd-d NOR an OH dodee," and
~ pablie and walt your reply.
LxwIs LILLE.
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1lae - - saiss sd I1sts are con-
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$500 toWA RAFu AonFCy,
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