The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-18

Montezuma, about twenty miles from
Vienna, Its destination. How to trans
port II over these remaining miles Of
hill and dale at once became the popu.
lar conundrum.
A contractor was found, however who
for and in consideration Of the sum Of
one hundred and fifty dollars, agreed to
undertake the job, and week since,
after infinite labor, 1t was gotten on four
wheels and--drawn by 10 mules-moved
out of Montezuma In good order.
Some two or three miles out the safe
got tired of riding, and sat down to rest.
Since that time 1t has remained In the
public road, the vehicles passing having
to take to the woods. In spite of re-
peated efforts, no human power has sue
ceeded In budging 1t an inch. The con-
cern still occupies the road, looking In
the distance, like a dlsmounted photo
graph gallery.
Agreeable to the popular will, three
Commissioners were appointed, it seems
to take charge of the affair; these Com
missioners have issued a circular, dated
Headquarters of the Dooly County
Safe" in which reward of one hun
dred dollars is offered for any plan sug-
gested by which the concern can be
moved to its Dissipation at small
cost.
Your correspondent visited the scene
day or two since, and was received with
much courtesy by the chairman of the
committee, whom he found asleep in
side. Was shown the various plans
which had been SO far submitted, together
with the answers and objections which
had been attached and filed preparatory
to report. A copy of these answers is
hereby submitted; perhaps some one
else can come to the rescue:
NJ. LEvELHEAD. EsQ.-PLAN NO. 1.
Build railroad from the safe to
Vienna"
This proposition, while practical, is
not, we think, advisable; it would add
about two hundred thousand dollars to
the original cost, and make the safe
worth more than the county the safe is
the for county, not the county for the safe
[Signedl COMMISSIONERS.
S. G. wATERHOUsE - PLAN NO. 2.
"Dig canal and float her out"
This idea is a good one, but nothing
smaller than q river steamer will float
her. Besides, 1t is uphill all the way,
and it is about as easy to run the safe up
as the water.
[Signed] COMMISSIONERS.
TRIP LIGHTLY, ESQ.--PLAN NO 3.
I" Make summer resort of it, and ap-
ply the revenue derived towards the pur-
chase of another safe."
[Signed] COMMISSIONERS.
II. RoUNDTREE 7. T. THOMAS = (sINIUL-
TANEoUsLY RECEIvED)-PLANs
NO. 4. AND 5.
Move Vienna up to the safe.''
The Commissioners thought of this
plan, which would necessitate but small
outlay, but the fatal objection is that the
Court House of Dooly would then be
over in Macon county this would be an
unequal distribution of Court Houses,
and might provoke criticism.
[Signed1 COMMISSIONERS.
e. BRILLIANT, ESQ.--PLAN NO. 6.
&C Rig up balloon containing 80 900
square feet of silk, get Matt. Thornton,
of Atlanta, to supply the gas, and with
a block and tackle float it off,"
The Commissioners never thought of
this before and don't think much of it
now; still the plan has some good
points. The chief objection seems to be
the lack of the amount of silk and how
far up the safe will go when it starts
There is also an uncertainty how far
down it will come when it descends; if
anything happens, it seems to us that a
safe of this description falling couple
of miles would make a mountain of
every valley in China, and shoot the
islands of Polyponesia into eternity. We
are not of the narrow-minded class who
believe that the Z" Chinese must p
We don't think a safe plan.
[Signedl COMMISSIONERS.
P. NosEGAY, EsQ.-PLAN NO. Z.
"Fit up the concern with boiler and
smoke stack, and run it as a road
wagon"
We don't think that the plan will
work; the machine wouldn't hold steam
enough to move it; besides, q burglar
could at any time afterward come down
the smoke-stack and steal the archives.
[Signedl COMMISSIONERS.
These are all the returns received up
to date. In the meantime the Commits
sioners live in the safe and pass the time
playing old sledge or going fishing in
the neighboring creeks. 1t is now be-
lieved that an effort will be made at the
next meeting of the Legislature to