Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-12
FUN OPENING SAFES.
Some Inrilrui, showing How Troubles
Arise from Little Causes.

Some itrilrIi, shown. How Troubles
Arise from Little Causes.
''Thcre are many amusing incidents
connected with our business said n
safe manufactures ono day T. 2 Boston
reporter. ut is TO be expected that in
the Ordinary coursc of events rirculn-
stances VII arise when a safe viii have
To be opened b. M expert. Locks, like
any other piece of mechanism, are not
infallible. The best Of them are liable
to fail at Times through some slight de-
feet in manufacturing, anne as the
handspring If the most valuable watch
may give out unexpectedly.
mot long ago n firm wanted a man
to fix their safe. Ii was open, but they
could not shut the door far enough to
throw the bolts. The man went TO the
place and after q brief examination saw
a penny resting ON one If the bottom
flanges. Taking this Oft the door shut
and locked all right. | forget how
much it cost the firm to have the man
go to their place and pick up that little
coin, but it was enough to prevent its
being repeated, no doubt. A similar
vase happened recently. We were sent
for at about the close of business hours
to see what was the trouble with u of
our safes. The bolts would not throw
far enough to turn the lock. The re.
suit was the finding of a cloth button
from a lady's dress in the lower bolt
hole.
Some years ago we had delivered a
new set of vault doors for a bank about
two hundred miles away. Just before
they were ready To occupy their new
quarters We had q telegram to send a
mar at once. The bolts of the outer
door would not throw far enough to
lock il. onr man went, and this is
what he found: The bank officers had
fitted in II board for the tread Of the
vestibulc. but had omitted 10 bore holes
in il for the throw of the bolts. An
anger and ten minutes labor made
everything all right, but made that
piece of board a Father ~eXtravagant
luxury.
''Epicurean like. We have reserved
the best for the last. For fear that
this may reach the eyes Of the hero Of
the incident | will substitute for his
correct address that Of Calais, Ne. 1t
was not a thousand miles from there.
Tie letter read to come at once and
open a safe. as there were important
documents wanted for Immediate use.
With his kit Of tools n man took the
next train and arrived on the following
evening. II proved to be an old
fashioned safe with a large key lock.
There said the man, is the safe. Ths
lock has been working harder and
harder for weeks. until now ! an
locked out. am in a hurry TO have
it opened. Never mind the damage il
you will only break into it in short or
der
"Our expert took the key and tried
it, but it refused to work. He then
took a small wire and picked out half a
tlimbleful of dirt and lint from the
key, tried it again and a better working
lock was never seen. How much Is
your billG As this involved a trip to
and from Calais of about 600 miles, and
time and expense in proportion, he re-
piled $40. Taking a roll of bills from
his pocket he said: That is satisfactory
on conditions. Does any one in the
place know your business hereF The
reply was, No one All right, then;
get out by the next train and keep
mum, for ! would gladly pay 800
rather than have any of my friends
know that ] was fool enough TO GO 10
Boston for n man to pick the dirt out
of my KEY Boston Courier.