The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-23
THE GREAT SAFE TESTS.
AS A FIRE-PROOF.
LlLLIE'S CHIIAED IRON SAFE

AS A FIRE-PROOF.
LlLLIE'S CHIIAED IRON SAFE |
Tried In a Fiery Furnaee for Five uours.
and Comes Out without Even Scar,
still Ready for scr rIs Like Trial. or
THE EVANS & WATSON SAFE.
WITH THE BOSTON PATENT, MANNED FOR
LIFE BACK BROKEN, 5IpEs TWISTED,
OUTER WOOD CASE BADLY
CHARRED
LIFE IS. ENTIRELY owiNa .To- Tile
AND NOT To IT'S OWN
POWER.
MR.. CHARLES PARHAMs BTATEMENT.
reached the ground selected to burn the safes at
about A. M on the 9Th of November | found
burn two sales one of them already placed by Ssder 1
Evans s& w WATSON we're SeFs so
fused positively to put their safe tgot up with extra
INTO the iaTsaoe but hsised that the placing bs
willing to have committee to see that the test
Dased T enusy EXPOSED 70 heat In the furnace bat
Insisted that they must be burned IN the furnace AZ
safes we're burned. examined very ,minutely The the
breadth OF lilies safe was a Il inch, and the width
one inch greater only tha9 Evans q Watsons out
Inches, and about the same in Evans W9tson's,
Evans q WatsOn's safe in perfect order; no part
II disturbed in the least. Mr.. Lille charged with
mitted he bored a gmblet; ole throush the wooden
TTe back Was dad p6 c6smbe as Ssd beea repre-
sented, and found twas found the front and rear
rated them and that the makers mad bored any
allow be s am 10 pass +om one chsmber TO- the
o her, which proves that the hole was not injurious
then placed IN ihe furnace, on line with Lilies,
about two feet from the ground both lace up resting
aud finish ed aud the fire started about haltpast u
Tor tie iist half hour the draft was stronger on the
north side, and kndled first under Evans & Wat
drove the fire hardest under Lilies, and for the
Tke from Evans While hea
was intense under ~ lies 70 make axe up for the excess
alter o'clock the water was put upon the fire and
supposed both Safes must be destroyed, as the heat
About . A. M, the next morning the safes were
front, but not charred inside On further examination
Itound the wood case against which the cans rest
thirds gone and The moisture al out Of the outer
chamber. and the whole appearance Indicated that
the Safe must soon have snccumbed in that intense
Lilies safe was next opened, and the Bookcase
was found swelled with steam, and the wooden door
Of the case was chsrred or s6orcGed in the least and
had not The smell OF Ere o5 Th9 p ape nE not
cept small port on that were Mt the bottom the
thrown upon the safe to COO it, and which ran through
the edge Of the door the face being upwards, ald
inside the Safe caused by the water but no smoke
Sale at the lime and since, am fuliy sasi5ied the
same safe may b. put back into similar furnace and
stand the same test without injury.
CHARLES PARHAM, Mechanic, l7O4 SAMSON st.
CITIZENS REPORT.
We the undersigned citizens OF p Philadelphla and
vestigste and report the testing or Sales the 9th of
rspoTi:~That we We're severay on the ground, and and
saw the Safes in the fire. that we consider the test
one safe had any advantage over the other except
lilies SAFE the later art OF The sIme and d. upef me @
fire was well kndled had the same effect on the steam
We have ipaee at un examination of the two Safes
ney S ad By
the Evans & Watson safe. with the steam patent,
in very dilspidated staemthe outer or iron struc-
The wood case back of the water much charred;
8d i n % a maeS as
while Lilies safe 70 all appearances, would stand
&C caXEIEs PARHAM, No. i7of SAMSON street.
BTE4Eh ERL No. SU ss SsesP9s Ss S9CS street. street.
{. L. MAISER No. 484 Race street.
cERMsoN BnsRam no HoSse Sun'pef street.
II, A. BARTLETT No III N. Front str eet.
VIM. sIMPsoN, Twenty first and Fllbert streets
C. GAsCOYN. merchant. Nc. 81 NJ Third street.
THE GREAT BURGLAR SAFE TEST.
LILIES CHILLED IRON SAFE IMPEN ETRA.
BofH fcNTTRE5c WEbdE 6Nb 6RE6LTS non
sLETPGE sTe + = sBB0CeUMB5aIBUR&GLAR e,E ] : I I
oo4NsdETTMbh2ES NdT MSEF PARE n
The following certificates and statements speak for
We hereby certify that at Mr.. Sadlers request we
had prepared the best mercury-tempered aud the
we could make; that two of our best woTkmen, with
about our ions PRESSURE operated the safe
six hours that they succeeded to get little over hall
through The door, ana struck metal so hard as to
destroy the edge of the drill at once, and further
progress could be made. We are entirely satisfied
that no burglar can penetrate the safe with rilL
IN any time he sR 6sE RSye 70 TSFE 4 a. s
Exchange, below Chestnut street, Maohinists.
PHILADELPHIA Nov. u, 1867.
This may certify that for the purpose of testing
OF Lilies Burglar Proof Safes, first prepared good
number OF fine steel wedges, and drove Them, with
hammer and sledge. until DESTROYED the wedges. 4
next tried the Bledge with all my power for some
time upon the Safe with no success, and per-
fectly satisfied that neither the wedge the sledge
has any power TO open the Safe in any way the bur
VIM JONES, wheelwrlght, No. 2l29 FIlbert st.
The undersigned, being present. saw the opera
lion Of The drill and Of the wedging and sedglng OF
the Lille safe referred in the certificates OF
M6ssrs. Morehouse 81 Co. and William Jones, and
rom the quality Of the tools, the immense power APP
celVe that II would be possible TOR burglars to accom-
plish as much towards. entering the safe In any
time they have to operate, even IL not disturbed by
the noise from the siedge. CHARLES PARHAM.
THE RESULT
In review OF the above statements and certlh
Gales cine truth OF which is beyond cavll). the fol-
lowing facts are demonstrated beyond question:
two OF the Steam Patent safes one after the other
the composition walls both being equal and st be ht
second. Thet Lilies Safe is thoroughly hre.proof
third. That Iillie's Safe, as now made, is proof
practical implements in the hands OF burglars, and
the evidence of It's superiority all other burglar
to even operate on Lhlies place their IN
petition, the test having heen publicly ced for
long time, and Tree to all 10 operate upon IL, and
The object the fire proof test was not to show that