The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-07-03

LILIES REILLY TO HERRING.
siLAs c. HrnEIsc, Esq.--sir. In yours of June
Sd, ind subsiantialya reiteration Of your former
reply and attacks on my Safe, and which were
answered BY me fully in my ian
You say that any of your safes will stand two
to ten hours Of the hottest hres and have done so.
deny that assertion dis tinctly, and will forfeit
4ieo0 IL one of your ordinary safes will stand q
ten hours test Of wood FIRE, burned publicly, and
the books come out las you say with only bindings
started and leaves discolored.
Now, Mr.. Herring, you know. sir, land so do I }
that your new "cHAhpios" Safe, by reason Ct the
corrosive nature Of your new filing, ausn OUT rnx
SHEET IRON In so short time as to render tae Safe
nearly worthiess-as In the case Of the Thomas
Collier safe, Porker Nail Agency, No. ~ Pearl
street, New York, and many Others which could
name.
10 Safe when rusted through in many places,
so that you can insert common wood pencil
through The sheet iron panels, either FIRE or bur
glar proof IL IL is not, the namber Of your
"Cham pons" that would be burned up in fiery
trial, yield their contents to the hand Of bur-
gar when tested, would number In this city by
hundreds.
You say that Jou do make and sell Burglar
proof Safes when required, and an extra price paid
for them, &c. Now Mr.. Herring Is Il not the case
that you Gully make thick, heavy door, while the
rest Of tbs safe is made Of nothing than sheet
iton--As was Y. Bronson 3 safe in Merchants Ex-
change, which have recently ed with one Of my
best Burgar-rroof Safes and as proved BY the fol-
lowing certificate:
''DrrRoir, July is, 1857.
"Ihis is 10 certify that my ofLee was entered by
burglars tbs night Of March 49,. and my safe, one
81 Herring patent, which WAS recommended by
his agent TO NE rs burglar proof, being niaid with
hardened steel, was rpsb0u Of about 50 900, BY
CUTTING sEAHLY osE,HAIF oF uS SIDE our, APrA-
aENrLY VAN ANa&, aud the sAie proved entirely
worthless a. against thieses.
''iouFs, &c, j b. WILSON"
claim to make the only real burglar and Fire
proof Safe in the market. Ihis is an ineontro-
vertbc fact, ard can BE- demonstrated to the sat
isfacsion u any person Who will take the trouble
to call 81 my Factory, OF at my Agency, No. ls9
Broadway, New York, aud examine Ind apply tests
for themselves. My Bank vault, or Fire proof
Bank Safes, are, and always have proved, to be
perfectly reliable, and not dollar was ever robbed
from them.
To settle the question ~ to who makes the best
Burglar and Burglar and Fire ProofSafe combined
definitely, unalteraby, and to tho sAtitfaction Of
tho whole community, ! now submit the following
proposition, viz; The Mayors # the Cities Of New
York and Troy shall select and agree upon seven
jurors four to BIO frst.clAss mechanics and three
Of high scieniifc attachments, who hall have full
power to investigate and settle this question They
shall examine the construction Of our respective
Safes aud Locks, in and In sOrss, test them by
fre. one or more they please, in = strictly pri.
vate manner; test the burglar. proof Qualities AZ
will best establih til cir merits dement's exam
inc the construct ON OF all classes or degrees Of
burglar and Gre-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 unmista kably Who makes the best
Burglar and combined Burglar and fire-Proof
6Ala from which decision neither party shall con-
trovert or take any exception. Five thousand dol
Lara shall 10 placed in tho hands Of said Mayors,
500 by each party TO defray all expenses except
the Safes tested, which each shall furnish a. re-
quircd, and the balance IL any left, shaii DO ex-
pended in Publishing said report in the pricipal
cities in the United States.
An Investigation Of this character 10 due TO the
public that they may not b deceived TO the
utility Of the Safes they parchase, and TO shield
them from tbs ruthless haad Of burglars and I'M
scrupulous shsst-Iron Safe Agents. This PROPOSE
ton il neither Zone sided nor IN old doass,' md
the public and wait Jour reply.
LEwIs LILLE.
Troy, June ., iSJSs
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stantiy q hasda The
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