Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-02


used is from the celebrated works
of Anderson & Woods, Pittsburg
Pa. and is considered the best in the
country, especially when construct.
ed in the Halls safe, and is then al
most impregnable TO the most scien-
tihc devices. Halls patent concrete
for filling acts as 8 perfect non-con-
ductor of heat, while it admits OF
no dampness till exposed to flames,
and thus the moulding of papers
and corrosion of iron experienced
IN many safes is entirely avoided.
In the immense establishment of
this company are twelve depart
ments, each presided over BY its
genius, and when a safeis sent from
the factory to the warehouse, itmay
be relied upon to a certainty that
not the slightest imperfection in
material.or workmanship has been
allowed to pass the rigid inspections
and tests made in each of the seve-
raj departments, and finally by the
inspectOr-general.
The painting, artists apartment
and others necessary for systematic
ing the operations are models in
their way, and no expense is spared
TO provide the best of materials and
conveniences for each mechanic and
artizan. The dove-tal and tenon-
groove principle used in Halls safes
will Illustrate the severest efforts to
wedge them open, as the tighter the
wedge is driven the firmer the door
closes. The plates of which the
safe IS made are composed OF iron
and steel, alternately laid, the latter
being so highly tempered that the
sharpest driven drill yet invented is
unable to penetrate it.
The superiority claimed for HalPs
Safes can be fully sustained by
thorough examination into their
merits. One fact is worthy of men,
ton, that during the last twenty-six
years, there has never been a single
instance where one of Halls Bank
Safes were robbed by burglars, or q
single Fire-proof safe DESTROYED by
fire prior to the great Chicago fire,
in which great confagration 95 per
cent. ofall their safes that were sub
jected to the fire preserved their
contents.
We find in the Cincinnati Gazette
the following in reference to this
company.
The Halls Safe Company's Build
ings are in dimension as follows:
On Peal street, 29S feet, on Plum
street, 40; Central avenue, 10, and
Columbia street, 40; in all front
ing of 75S feet, covering nearly an
entire square. The buildings are of
a uniform height, four stories, and,
notwithstanding these extensive
Accommodations, they have been
found inadequate to meet all re-
quirements, and the company are
now putting up an addition that
will cover eighteen thousand szuare
feet, costing upward of $4,000
When completed they will put in a
quantity of new and improved hea-
Wy machinery, and by next spring
will have a mandatory larger than
any other two of the kind in the
world. The company at present en-
ploy four hundred and eighty-six
and are obliged to run
day and night to supply the great
demand for their safes since the Chi !
cago fire. Even previous to that |
they were unable to meet the demand |
and all summer long ran from nine
ty to one hundred and forty-ffve
thousand dollars behind their or
ders. Now they are fully two hun
bred and fifty thousand dollars be-
hind, and the amount increasing
every day. Their present capacity
IS twenty safes per day, and from
his fact, together with what has
been stated concerning their inabili-
y to fill all orders, some idea NAV
De taken of the great magnitude of
heir business. The Company have
branch houses in Chicago.
st. Louis, New Orleans, Louisville
Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and agencies
n all, the principal cities of the
Vest and South.
Among the noticeable events in
he history of the company was the
ale by Mr.. Cone of two safes, one
t the remarkable'price of S75, OOO.-
The first mentioned was construct
d for the Louisiana Safe Deposit
ompany of New Orleans. Its di-
tensions were 1Sb by 20 feet, and ten
set in height. Init were $500 box
;, upon each of which was a Hall
'ck. The $59, 900 safe was built for
ne Pittsburgh Safe Deposit Com
any, and in sizeiwas nearly as large
; the $75, 900 one.
We were just too late to see the
Ife built for the Iron City Nation
Bank, Of Pittsburg, as it was
lipped previous. 1t is considered
le fienest and best burglar-proof
lfe ever put together, and was
early five months in course of con-
ruction. But what we did see was
.use for establishment enough. 1t
no wonder that HALLS safes are
'usehold word throughout the
Myth and breadth of the continent.
hey are as well known in the East,
orth, and South as they are in the
est. The company deserves the
ccess they have so honestly earn
/. Continued prosperity to all =
with the company, say =
2. IN
u We are constantly under obi
tons TO Sam Collins, mail agent Y
tie Miss. Central Road, for late
w Orleans papers.