The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-07-10
WHO MAKE THE BEST SAFES!
NOT AN OLD DODGE,

LILIES REPLY TO HERRING.
sILAs u Il ERKiEc, Esq. --Siri In yours Of June
Sd, hnd substantiailyn retcrAtion Of your former
reply and attacks on my Safe, and which were
ansSered ey me fully I. nay lat
You say that any Of your safes will stand Two
10 Ten hours Of the hottest fres and have done 90.
dcnythat assertion dis tinctly, and will forfeit
$1,000 II one Of your ordinary safes viii stand .
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 80 do l j
that your new "CHAnriox' Safe, by reason Il the
corrosive nature Of your new filing, ausrs OUT THE
sHEEr IKos in 90 short time az to render se Safe
nearly worthlcss--as In the case Of the Thomas
Collier safe, Porker Nail Agency, No. rs Pearl
street, New York, and many others which cou Id
name.
IL Safe when rusted through in many places,
50 that you insert a common wood pencil
through the sheet iron panels, either FIRE or bur
glar prooff If il is not, the number Of your
"Champions" that would be burned up In . fiery
trial, or yield their contents the hand of bur
glar when tested, would number In this city by
hundreds
fou say that you do make and cell Burglar
preof Safes when required, and n extra price paid
tor them, &c. Now Mr.. Herring is It not tbe case
that You ouiy make a'tAiek, heavy door, while the
rest OF the safe Ia made Of sihng more than sheet
iron -as was /. Bronson's safe in Merehants' Ex-
change, whichA hAye recently filed with one Of my
best Burglar proof safes, and proved by the fol
lowiny car.tBe.ta.
"psYssrr, July IS, 1857.
"Ihis is 10 certify that my Office was en- tered by
burglars the night of March 30. and IN yafe one
OK Herrings patent, which saE recommended by
MS agent TO nfe as burglar proof being aid wi ID
hardened steel, wns robbed Of about a.. 600, by
CUTTING NEARLY osE-HALF or asx sIDE our, APpA-
GENTLY WITH AEAx and the safe prossd entirely
worthless as against thieves.
!" lours, Sc, j. b. WILSON"
clain to make the only real Burglar and Fire
proof Safe IN the market. This Is an insontro-
vertible fact, AID be demonstrated to the sat
isfaetion Of any person who will take the trouble
TO call ut my Factory, or at my Agency, No. lss
broadway, New York, and examinc . nd apply tests
for themselves. My Bank vault, Or Fire proof
Bank Safes, are, and always hsve proved, 70 be
perfectly reliable, and not dollar was ever robbed
from thsni.
To settle the question - to who makes the bes,
Burglar and Burglar and Fire ProofSsfe combined
definitely, unaiterab!y, and to the satitfsetion Of
the whole community, now submit the following
proposition, viz The Mayors Of the Cities Of Now
York and Troy shall select and agree upon seven
jurors, four 70 be 6rt-clAss mechanics and three
OF high scientific attainmeats, vho shall havo full
power to investigate and settle this question. They
q fu te AZ
Safes and Locks, in and in storss, test them BY
ffc, one or more as they please, - strictly pri-
vatc manner test the burglar roof qualities A.
will best establish th dr merits or dement's exam
Inc the construction Of all classes or degrees Of
burglar and 6re-proof combined and their annual
depreciation in value and decay; make out their
rspor. In full, embracing every important item Of
Information, Of interest to TIL. public, and decide
distinctly and enthusiastically who makes ~ best
Burglar aud combined Burglar and Fire Proof
Safe, from which decision neither party shall con
trovsrt or take any exception. Five thousand dol
lars shall be placed In the hands Of said Mayors,
$500 BY each party TO defray all expenses except
the Safes tested, which each shall furnish a re-
qnired, and tho balance, II any left, shall BE- sx
pended in publishing said repor. in the pricipal
cities IN Inc Lnited states,
An investigation Of this character 10 due 10 the
public th At they may not be deceived as to the
utility of the Safes they purchase, snd to shield
them from the ruthless hand Of burglars and nm
scrupaious Shees-1ron Safe Agents. This PROPOSE
tion 10 neither Como sided nor an Old dodge" and
the public and wait your reply.
LEWIS LILLE.
Trey, June &, 1858.
full assortment Of M
LiILIE's cHILLEfAIR8N 4
Fire and Bsfslar Proof sas4 and Locke =. con
sstAatiy ~ hAsdis the
IOWA sfAFn AosNcr, ii
No. iss Aain Street, KsOkuk, Iowa,
-EILANGHAsT, LANE DUEL,
jsa2dtf aU. o1 ths Bsoadaxs.