The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-12

COMMITTEES REPORT.
COMMITTEES TO be To and % soS on me
the Ere Proof Test OF Lilies Chilled Iron Safe aud
ssde1 sa% St sa per The chaenge Of
the morning OF the 22d utmo~the day desisnSted in
there found MessTs Evans & watson. with nv two U Of
en,ane eS o, D me s,Ee and make In said onaenge
July prepared for the test, and after waiting until
appear send Sale to be tested. the 6o@mistee
The said committee again repaired to the ground
(Twenyfrst and ATch sreetsl on the morning of the
with one Of Lilies Safes IS inches in width, with
S,lnoh walmssd & to have been made for the express
3l1a inches in width, with 6nch wallssold by said
Evans Watson TO stranger about two weeks ago
but ding a furnace in whicn to burn said Saies and
they also found here The said Evans Watson with
one OF their own safes, such as they make for
any person wishing 70 purchase, and one OF LILIES,
who retained possession of It tronl the time Of pur
chase to the time OF delivering the ground
of wells the respective makers usually make Lhem
ready for any te5' manner OF test, which commit
tee, mutually chosen. might agree upon.
The COMMITTEES making this report appointed by
said ana informed him that they were ready
to confer With any committee then sppontsd by him
cordance with the terms of his cha lenge His reply
miltee and that he would not submit 10 the dctaSlon
of any committee To how he should burn his safes,
was then appeal to by one of this committee TO
be jointly appointed. wneS he answered thst SIei'
meaning himself and the agent Mr.. sodler, will
gated to whether he thought the public would be
ped that DID not ss Gs for hs pao 0r
Failing TO effect any arrangement for test which
the Undersigned reported 70 the said Evans 8 Watson
that the ssIa SaSier ana ti,ie aoswLhstahdng SAD
their respective safes declined 70 submit any such
Mr. sadler TO the grounds for burning had been made
son safe bad been foHiy dealt Win Mr. Lille and
Mr.. Sadler admitted that they bored holes in the
Mr. saGleT's frena5 oform JOINT COMMITTEES % go
WATSON and select safe from each to be burned
under direction Of said committee.
s9dT FSs3ysy dee%sS VIII his i6s dulles q
WATSON had a. on ~ ~ aSt ~
OF Mr. SGder to submit TO the terms which he himself
had gathered to witness the trial Should not BE- GsSp
E ey preSt ases OF 70 ties test sa ~ an
brought on the grounds as above mentioned, and
superintend the burning thereof and 10 report the
eondiLon Of each safe after burning. AS such COM
That said Safes were placed at equal height from
oak wood placed equal around them, and fire
lighted to both at the same tmeO 80 A. M, and
be- until 80 p. NJ That at lO'l5 A NJ Lilile's safe
22O P. NJ, and BY P. M. the safes were cooled off,
found @ be totally destroyed: 80 " -
contents found TO be in as good state OF preserva
tOn when put In before the fre1nothIng scorched
had been loosely placed the pigeon holes ca out
es perfect as 1t went In. The water tubes. which
constituted the Sanborn Improvement In Evans a.
W Matson's safe, found to contain about two
thirds the water originally placed in them showing
thai the Sale would have stood twice much more
fire as IL had been subjected to,
The committee had nothing to do with the burning
I'm the furnace erected by NJ. O. Sadler aud Lille ex
cept as spectators They noticed that'o Of
the INEQUALITY in the size of the two Safes placed
therein by sadler and Lille (beng the first two ABOVE
intentionally 80 inches, and the other 3i1k), and
the furnace being Of the same width, about 81 nohes
Evans n WaisOns Safe was subjected 20 much more
that OF IIillieB Besides this,
| fire was made around Evans & Watson's Safe, and
kept up for threeQuarters of an hour before the fire
at that end of the furnace In which Lilies Safe
ffSigned1 ' II N. FITZGERALD,
N. 2l8 N. Third street,
JOHN G. X KERSHAW,
No. ll2 IS. Fourth street,
JOSEPH WOOD,