New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-25
OBITUARY..
sUAS c. HERRING.

S1os g Herring. the well-known safe rnanu-
factrrer del suddenly Thur-day eN'tlhs' ~ 49,,
In plainacll y j., In the seyeny-esh'h S..' =" =, ht
Mr. Herring was born IN Bro"A'e.' No ,.i. .,,,,
.sventeeoil year lac went 10 Albany clhPP'' "''"
a suit OF clothes ana having ic" e'n'5 ~ Az
a,- tbo sr,rery store Of his uncle. lottery ana
,ba,ve nalse took The place o. tiir grocery ''''"
wears later and with his uncle y''n- Terms t,.
ass,.tapt until the formers death re" "' ''
,atrbi, Win Richard Cough anl The euierpF'-r ''
-, :. .,oc...d Al that time Governor Ihr'op APP
Intel b, l,a,inaste OF the 5th l'-iment oi A''li''
NJ the state lniitil. and later Nj h'iiht I''
.oloneley 80 The -lmo regiment Ah'hl,nlhs N' "'
meas Interest iu Albany in l~3i Mr. II Filn- came ~
mi, civ and with SIR. Greene opc"ed " N"o'' '"' &
cery st.r, at No. o. Froni-si. Ia Tue -"
borbo,l we're T. d. Morgan then recently H."
uar; fort and .. y. Sherman, at t"'l "'' ". |
firm OF Mcc omb * sherman. AMI "i Ni-"'I '.''.
the -tca, fire of SO ate ont the lower part g" '' ~
4bc frr, which had been very pro l"f'us III 'o'''"
with man, others suffered .oI-it from the e'",'''
m ,rsnr.,n,r companies were unable 10 meet INV
l,sscs and Herring * Greece were inii'i"'| I"''"
R.coverin- themselves in husinc~a "'t" '.iI" i''
4, vosoulr two years after when tc crisis oil 10 "
carried them OF their feet But Nh Herring roma ''
road 70 fortune three years later when he met ny "'F
don't T,os wilder VINO had bio ui7u he idea "l "'hI
master f paris ms "a ouconductii- lining for safes l'
safos in . tten were merely ro' c s;, Vlth Wo'u'h
,inng and Tho intention az hr-i cArii,1 only i''' "
,oorcn, fii. circles Wilder, however, challenged ''
est I'M ! = D 10
The r,f chests were submitted 10 crucial '''' 'y
Gre and ,,~ consumed The " Sa.3nInder, a7 N'c'~
safe was clIl.d preserved intact the pip'r' PN''"
sithinu Mr. Herring. greatly p..''ed with the cN-
perment ue-oi .tcd With Wilder ami became MS '-'""
Three year, later lc bou-ht the s'ic fsht l" ''''
ture the Wilder safe ny paying the inventor fh'' VI
i cent pound. one man was cu-a-cd To maxi '''
locks for the first factory at Water AMI De F''s'rf-'''
81 the prices Of the safes ranging from $40 to 500
After an elaborate series OF experiments Nh Herring
odded improvements to his safe. To sho" H- @"P'I'
or,ty he challenged an the safe manufacturers OF TIC
country for tc,, of their respective slfes Two N'"
York firms and Philadelphia firm accepted the c"'l
ienge AMI the test was made in ar," brick ilIH4rr
a. the foot of Wlst The for 'iirs W ere n IT,
yuauy hours. hIt only the Ni.lt' si,ir l,.1r" s,to
contents This victory gave TIE "7lttl.t!il.r S,Ii
n wide reputation. Horace Gr'sl.! wiint@',t '.t
n largo piclrc made. Mr.. Greeley anl james '''t'"'
Bennett appearing in The foreground ny hrfia- con-
sidercd az great Arc OF 1915 The first ana most -n
aial test of the ~a.auiiud. b.. ~ iN' lii''il' 800.
valuable books and securities. II "A* 4" 'n.,n
cold nisht, and the water ii2" -"'n ",,rn y'r,
the sac aft.rit ,cll int ruiu., ana ell ~lll' -
az tbet"n The safe was opened several days forward
when il had become cool IT, o".ioal, W.It ih,".'
Mr. Herring was obliged touo'c h> Manuit-l"FE
few years later TO lai-e ."' t. " i,,,,r Ic
moved again to The present Site ~ NlhlF1l' 'n'
IIudson-st # j. building n'r .i ''' ,,,
hall an ao". MI Herring "'i'"' ]" ~ ~ r, ." ,
fftv mcu. TODAY the nrm cml 'F- 600 i"f @'"',
safes of rcn ,,, 9-o9as;; ,rr N. min. pai
a larse sua rA@'c.Hlua c."n'T wh9 La
made the discovery that li.fI.- @ s aHr'lf r'i .h
the manti1c, di' oi I.''..i . , ,,,,,ct,, ~
t =, ,Il "iu E,,oi tast scar tn, .aic va.
furopcau -atInlsei> Tod test Dos ire. h. i was '"' .
cepted Mr. ncrriug % MN! slo.om "a. drawer anI
The best cAauics and the nnc,t t'. iaii'a y" "a
in four years Mr Herring had paid 'lupJ Toy il't'