The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-15
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French & Co. Put in one OF Halls Latest
Time Lock Safes.

Time Lock Safes.
The Hall Safe and Lock company of
Cincinnati, Ohio, are constructing for
sc, 900 pound steel burglar proof vault,
and placing the same in their building,
corner of Washington and Second sts.,
under the superintendency of their ex-
pert, Mr.. Jos. F. Morse.
The vault is one of the strongest
structures of its kind in the northwest,
with it walls composed of six plates of
Halls drill proof steel, grouped with
nine plates of bessimer steel, the whole
mass is secured into solid body by
welding cold rolling under pressure of
so tons to the square inch and by Halls
patent seven ply welded iron and crome
steel twisted arbors The inside dimen-
tions of the vault are in clear, 125 inches
deep, 60 inches wide and "a inches high.
The entrance to the structure will be
guarded by four massive steel doors, in
closed in vestibule and jams composed
of four plates of dull proof steel and
four plates of bessimer steel welded and
bolted together. The outer door of
about 5000 pounds weight is controlled
in opening and closing by massive gear
ing, enabling one man to easily manipu-
late it. The doors are fitted to cut the
finest paper in closing. The prominent
features of this outside door are its
ponderous halt frames 4x21a inch steel
bar carrying twenty 2 inch bolts for lock-
ing the door; also its timer and detach-
able handles. Passing through the first
door you encounter double door of like
construction, locked by twenty double
bolts of ~ inches in diameter. Inside
of this is nickel gate of beautiful de-
sign to serve as day door, closing au-
tomatically upon entering or leaving the
vault The entire structure is further
guarded against fire by heavy wall of
masonry. The foundation is carried to
solid rock and composed of heavy con-
crete work interlaid with bar scrap iron,
every few inches, absolutely preventing
undermining. The vault is guaranteed
absolutely burglar and fire proof from
every possible stand point. All the ex-
posed work is handsomely engraved,
silver plated and etched. Mr.. Morse in
forms us the work will be completed in
about two weeks. 1t will furnish the
community with long needed protec-
tion for valuables and savings. The cost
of the entire structure is about 81 800.
Duck Retrieving at Collins Landing.
Our special reporter at Collins Land
ing has sent us the following thrilling
incident of camp life at that favorite re-
sort. The other morning at 80 O'Clock
the campers at Collins Landing were
startled from sleep by the sound of a
fearful splashing in the waters of a small
lake near the camp. The campers i'm
mediately rushed from their tents, clad
in garments bordering on Adamic SIM
plicity and on arriving at the edge OF
the lake were simply spell-bound at the
sight which met their gaze. Mrs. Fill
loon was one of the party so ruthlessly
walked up and one can better imagine
than attempt to describe her feelings
when she saw her beloved husband
wildly rushing through the waters Of
the lake with outstretched arms, and
Ed Mills frantically grabbing for
Georges (a-hem) shirt tail, as if at
tempting to rescue him from some mad
determination. The cries and tears oi
Mrs. Filloon fell headlessly on the ears
of her husband, as she hopelessly
watched him go deeper and deeper into
the water. Just as her suspense was
about to ripen into despair George
stopped suddenly and cried, "Ida, Ida,
I've got it," and then George and Ed
came slowly to the shore, bearing ten
derly in their hands a little unfedged
duck that the supposed suicide wanted
to take in out of the wet.