The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-02-13
was taken up by another safe, appa.
emily complete in itself.

OF the large safes, and each small safe
is separate and complete in itself, with
its own separate com bination. If a
burglar manages to reach the inside of
one of the large safes he still has an
other safe to open before he can get
the most valuable goods"
"But what an immense labor it must
be to put all these goods in the safes
every night and take them out again
every morning." the reporter sug-
gested.
Not as much as you might think"
Mr.. Jeweler replied. 81 will show
you how it is done. Look at this show
case. You see the articles do not lie
on the bottom of the case, but on little
shallow velvet-lined trays. Those trays
are made to fit the showcase, three of
them being just the width of the case.
The compartments in the safes are
madeto accommodate the trays, each
compartment holding two tiers of six
trays each. So before closing we have
only to slide the trays into the safes,
and everything is secured"
"That is very convenient" the re-
porter acknowledged, land it seems to
be very secure"
''Ah, but that is only the first step
toward securityn' the jeweler ex-
claimed. 1--WE do not put all our money
on one card. You have seen that the
safes are as strong as they can be made.
That is all that steel can do for us.
Now we call in electricity to stand
guard. Each safe is connected by sep
arate wires with the Burglar Alarm
Company. If an explosion or any other
jar should move one of them a six
teenth of an inch out of its place,
bell would ring in the headquarters of
that company, and within ninety Sec
onds two policemen would be here. If
anybody should turn the combina-
tion knob hairs breadth that would
have the same effect. / used to have
the wires run into my sleeping-room,
but l found that two or three times
year there would be some trouble with
crossing wires, and l would tie called
out in a hurry in the middle of the
night, and it gave me too much worry.
So had the wires connected with the
Burglar Alarm Company, and now
when go home do not give the goods
another thought"
Mr.. Jeweler here closed the safe
doors and turned the little knob that
locks them.
"We can lock or unlock them hun
dred times day." he continued, 'but
when we once lock them for the night
they are not opened again till next
morning. When l set the ombination
for the night, just before going home,
give an electric signal to the burglar
ALARM people, and that instant the
alarm is set. If l should forget any
thing, and should open the safe my
self after giving TIE signal, there
would be two po licemen here in min
ute and half, exactly the same as
though burglar were at work. Now
do you suppose can 60 home with an
easy mind?"
Perfectly" the reporter assented
'your goods are certainly safe"
But that is only the second step to-
ward security" Mr.. Jeweler said. 'Let
me show you the third"
He closed the folding doors of the
walnut cabinet.
"Tap one of those panels with your
fingers, please" he said
The sound that followed was muffled
and heavy, entirely unlike the sound
made by tapping thin wooden panel
''These slight cabinets are not as de-
fenseless as they look" the jeweler
continued. "Those panels are made of
pasteboard, and other parts of the cab
inets, although of wood on the outside,
have paste board within"
''And why pasteboard?" the reporter
asked.
Because pasteboard is better non
conductor than wood. The panel you
tapped is made of three thicknesses of
pasteboard and two thicknesses of tin
foil. First there is the outer pasteboard
panel, which is stained and grained to
initiate walnut; then layer of tin
foil; then second sheet of paste board;
then second layer of tin foil; and
finally third sheet of pasteboard,
which forms the back of the panel.
The first sheet of tin foil is connected
with the positive pole of an electric
battery; the second sheet of tin foil is
connected with the negative pole of a
battery. With the sheet of paste
board between them the metallic
sheet do not touch, and there is no cir
cult But let burglar begin to oper-
ate upon the cabinet, and run a knife
or gimlet or anything else through
the panel, and the metallic tool, touch
ing both sheets of tin foil, instantly
the circuit, bell rings in
the burglar alarm Office, and two po-
licemen come, as before"
us that all?'' the reporter asked
mo. not quite" Mr. Jeweler smil-
ingly replied. Besides these little ap-
pliances we have faithful watchman
in the store all night. Part of his
work is to press little electric button
every half hour from the time we lock
Ihe front door at night till we open it
IN the morning. Thereby he tells the
burgular alarm people that he is awake
and on duty. If he let's sixty seconds
beyond the half hour pass without
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