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


NOT AN OLD DaDGE!
LILIES REPLY TO HERRING.
sILAs G. HEEnIxa, ESQ In yours Of June
Sd, hnd substantialiya rsiteraion Of your former
reply and attacks on my Safe, and which were
ansrered BY me fully In my ia,t.
You say that any of your Safes will stand two
to ten hours Of the hottest fires, and have done so.
deny that assertion distinctly, and will forfeit
$1,000 II one Of your ordinary safes will stand
ten hours test Of wood Gre, burned publicly, and
the books come out las you say with only bindings
started and leaves discolored.
Now, Mr.. Herring, you know, sir. land 80 do ID
that your new ''CHAnrioH' 'snfe, by reason # the
corrosive nature Of your new lliing, nUsrs oUr1HE
SHEET iEos in short time a. TO render tae Safe
nearly worthless--asin the case Of the Thomas
Collier safe, Porker Nail Agency, No. rs Pearl
street, New York, and many Others which could
name.
IL Safe when rusted through in many places,
scthst you osn insert common wood pencil
through the sheet iron panels, either fire or bur-
glsr proofS If ii is not, the number of your
..champions" that would be burned up in fiery
trial, or yield their contents to the hand Of bur
gar when tested, would number In this city by
hundreds.
You cay that you do make and sell Burglar
proof Safes when required and an extra price paid
for them, DC. Now Mr.. Herring is It not The case
that you ouiy make thick, heavy door, Will, the
res. Of the safe i made Of nothing than sheet
iron-as was y. Bronson's safe in Merchants Ex-
change, which have recently filed with one Of my
best Burglar proof safes, and proved by the fol-
lowing certificate;
'fDErRoIr, July 10, 1887.
"This ID 10 certify that my oficc was entered BY
burglars the night Of March so, and my safe, one
OF Herrng's patent, which vas recommended by
his agent to me AZ burglar proof, being inlAid with
hardened Ateel, was robbed Of about - 600, BY
CUTTING sEAnLy osE-HALF OF osE SIDE our, APPA-
RESrLr WITH AsAx, and the safe proved entirely
worthless as against thieves
"iours, dc, j. u. WILSON"
claim TO make the only real Burglar and Fire
proof Safe in the market. This is an ineontro-
veribie fact, and can be demonstrated to the sat
isfaciion Of any person who will take the trouble
to call At my Factory, or Mt my Agency, No. lse
Broadway, New York, and examine nd apply tests
for themselves. My Bank-yault, 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 Is to who makes the best
Burglar and Burglar and Fire Proof Safe com ned
definitely, unalterab!y and to the satitfaction Of
tho whole community, I now submit the following
proposition, viz The Mayors Of the Cities Of New
York and Troy shall select and agree upon seven
jurors, four to DO hrst-clAss mechanics and three
Of high scientific attachments, who hall have full
s..-n
sAall examine the construction Of our respective
Ssfss and Locks in and in slbres, test them by
IRE, one or more as they please, in strictly pri-
vate manner; test the Lurglar-rroof qualities ~
will best estabiih their merits or dement's exam
Inc the construction Of al! classes or degrees Of
burglar and fre-proof combined, and their annual
depreciation in value and decay; make out their
report in full, embracing every impogtAnt tscl Of
information Of interest TO the public, and decide
distinctly and unmistakably Who makes tho best
Burglar and combined Burglar snd Hirs-Psoo
Safe from which decision neither party shall con-
trovert or take any exception. Five thousand dol
lara shall be placed in the hands Of said Mayors,
$1,000 by each party 10 defray all expenses except
the Safss tested which each shall furnish - re-
qaired. and the balance, If any left, shall be
pended in publishing said report IN the pricipal
cities in the United States.
An investigation Of this character IL due To the
public th at they may not be deceived ~ to the
| utility Of the Safes they purchase, and to shield
them from the ruthless hand Of burglars and un-
scrupuleus 6hee.-Iron Safe Agents. This proposi-
ton il neither some sided nor nm Old dodgs." and
the public and wait your reply.
LhwuLrLLIr.
Troy, june 8, 1858.
A full assortment e
ElLLIR'D 0HILLED-IRON
Fire and BnFgl1f 1soof Safes and Locks srs con-
staatly Oh hand u the
IOWA sFATs A0HxcY,
MM =. 10 Main Street, Ksohuk, Iowa,
11fkdN0HAsT, LANE DuIL,
~ Sign IL ths BfoadAxe.