Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-03

the zaiad Of sun reporfer who en-.
tered the place few days ago No.
that he coate Lapl ssed operating Ia that
held; bus on docking about the reoT1 he
could see no sign Of . safe or any or =
strong recepsxels-not even such . =
tie iron box Is Mr. Russell sage ~4s
recently expected to produce A.sos.-
go from
What do you do with your goods 81
1T nighs?" the reporter asked the pro-
prietor
You'll fnd 1t easier 10 get them in
the daytime" Mr. Jeweler smilirgly
responded
But you have some system Of secnr~
ing them Tel lie what it is fer the
information Of the pahisc--if il Is not q
secret"
There is 10 secret about it" the
jeweler replied do You see those
three cabioets. these black walnut
cabinets, against the east wallg We
put everything in those Al night"
.lou trust 10 black walnut cup
board al these cases Of gold and
diamonds. do you, valued at-at about
how mnchs"
"It you take the entire lot," Mr.
Jeweller laughed, you can have il for
$3.50. cod hut come behind the counter
with me and let me show You the eaei-
nets"
The jeweler led the way 10 the mid
die OF the east side OF the room, be.
tween eases fnll Of diamonds and costly
stones on the enc hand and upright
cases iuii 81 silver teapois and trays
and sugar bowls on the other hand
Here" la said. when the cabinets
were reached. rs where we keep every
thing ~ night. except susa large arsi-
cles as would not 60 II n oar bUsi-
ness it is not tbs biz tAiagS. bat the
little ones that are valuable"
They were ordinary looking wellut
cabinets. each perhaps sevea feet high
and i've fee, wide. aad each with fGid-
Ing e3ors, IA upper aaa lower panel
in each door A boy might break
them al open with . hammer in enc
minute.
But Sir. Jewcler threw open one o.
the pairs az folding doC.s ana disclosed
inside an immense sale tn-t seemed to
say: Come On, now, Il you're q burg
lar; let's see what you e..a do" 1t Was
one of the polished steel :s-., with ire
mcnaous resistance wrlttaa 81 over IT.
These are called burglar proof
safes" said the jewcle-; "eGt | need
not tell you that no safe IS burglar
proof Nothing has been or ean be
made that cannot be broken. amt al
expert burglar can open ANY safe in
the world. However. | think these
are as nearly burglar proof as any
safe il New York. IL il merely
question of time with burglar. and
these safes are warranted 20 resist any
attack, except with explosives, for
twelve hours. There IS not ladeh dan
ger from gunpowder or dynamite in
such an expo.ed place. and 10 operate
with tools successfa fully requires twelve
hours"
AS he spoke he opened the safe doors.
Three-fourths of the interior was d.
vidcd into shelves, all Of the same
height and breadth. The other fourth
was taken up by another safe, appar-
emily complete in itself.
There Is whore we keep orr most
valuable goods, the diamonds and other
very costly articles" tho ieweler con-
tinued, tapping the ss1.l inner safe.
There il one of these inside OF each
OF the large safes, and each small safe
is separate and complete in itself, with
its own separate com bination- II a
burglar MANAGES to reach the inside OF
one of the large safes he still has an
other safe TO open before ne can get
the most valuable goods"
"But what an immense labor it must
be to put all these goods in the safes
every night aud take them out aEai~
every morning." the reporter sue-
gcsted.
Not as much as you might think"
Nr Jeweler replied. II viii show
you how it is done. Look at this show
case. You see the articles do not lie
OH the bottom of the case. but on little
shallow velvet-lined trays Those trays
arc made to fit the showcase. three of
them being Just the width OF the case.
The compartments in the safes are
made to accommodate the trays. each
compartment holding two tiers OF six
trays each. So before Gle. NJ we have
only to slide the trays into the safes.
and everything is secured"
THAT is very convenient" the re-
porter acknowledged. land il seems to
be very secure"
''Ah, bat that is only the first step
toward sccnrityr' the jswelcr cx-
ciailned. I'VE do not put al our money
l. t~x.4 44ar4
safes are as strong rs they can be s-aade.
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 CT any ot.ier
| lar should move one OF them a six
teenth OF an inch out of its place. q
bell would ring ia the headquarters Of
that company. and within ninety sec
onds two policemen would be here. Ii
anybody should turn the ecmbina-
ton knob hairs breadth that would
have the same effect used - have
the wires run into ms sleeping-reorn.
| but found that two or three times a
| year tkcre would be some trouble with
crossing wires. ard ! would he called
out in hurry IN the middle of the
night aad IL gave me too much worry.
| So had the wires connected with the
| Burglar Alarm Company. and nos
when 90 home do not give the goods
| another thought"
Mr. Jeweler here closed the ssfc
doors and turned the little knob thai
locks them.