The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-06-05

that point. But when that door is
closed l can direct current of cleo
tricity through its steel bars sufficient to
kill a man instantly. By the time it
was broken down our safe doors would
be closed and bolted, and then we
wouldn't care for any mob. What do
people deposit with us? Oh, well, it
would be difficult to say. We don't
ask what are the. contents of their
trunks. We do not take furniture. /
wish we did. would like to make ar
rangements so that, when family are
going abroad or out of town, they
should give us notice and we would I'M
dertake the packing ard transporting
to our vaults or warerooms of the COM
plete house contents. Then when the
family are coming back, they should let
us know and we would replace every
thing as we found it. Of course st
would be a great undertaking, but 1t is
only small increase of duty and re-
sponsibility after all. Perhaps it may
be interesting to you to know that the
findings on the desks, tables and floors
during nineteen years amounted to
nearly $4,000, 900, all through the care
..
ception of an inconsiderable amount of
bonds, coupons and money, as well as
diamond necklace and few watches,
the whole of this large amount has
been restored to its rightful owners"
''We receive for safe keeping" said
the Secretary of the Guarantee Com
pany. 'valuables of all descriptions,
such as coupons, registered and other
bonds, deeds, mortgages, coin, plate,
bullion, jewelry, clothing and other
personal effects, assuming all liabilities.
And l can assure you that our deposits
are of the most varied description. We
have most perfect system of identifi-
cation by which it is almost impossible
for any but the right owner to obtain
possession of the property intrusted to
our charge. We have first of all a
guarantee delivered to the owner and a
password known only to the owner or
such person or persons as he may
choose to tell it to-. Then we have as
complete a description as possible of
the owner and we require him to sign
his name.
"Here is an example in point. A
short while ago a lady came here and
asked for certain property. She pro-
duced the guarantee and gave the pass
word. | thought l recognized the face,
but still l did not feel altogether salts
fled in my mind about it. got our de-
scription book. and then put this singu-
lar question to her:
"'You are not so old now as you were
when you deposited this property; can
you explain this?' .
oh, yes she replied; it was my
mother; but she is sick in bed. so she
gave me the password and asked me TO
do her business for her.
"Of course that accounted for the
strong likeness which had struck me at
first. However, had to tell her that
unless she produced an order, correctly
and fully filled out by her mother, I
could not give her admission to the
vault"
In both of these companies build
ings watchmen patrol night and day,
fully armed, and the faithful perform
ance of the duties is insured by de-
tectors and electric time-clocks. In a
thousand and one unlooked-for and I'M
expected places alarms, police calls and
apparatus for severely Furnishing those
imprudent enough to lay their hands
where they should not be, are hidden.
Fire is combatted on the principle that
prevention is better than cure by a
method of heating by steam generated
by boilers under the street and isolated
from the main NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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