Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-12-19

backed out of, and why did MIR. Pianiz
t,oice. to tNewriter offer TO buy a second
hand Oorliss safe, il he could get it at a
stated hgure2 Why did Mr.. Plautz make
two efforts to buy other safes if he is cor
rectly reported to have said, in a late letter
written previously, that he intended to hold
Mr.. Gary good for a contract Cary never
could fill and which was given up and an
nulled Is months ago at least? Will Mr..
Planiz or Mr.. Cary please explain? There is
certainly no excuse why banker should put
forth letter discrediling a chall, nge which
opfsed his eyes and sdred Rim money be-
cause the safe maker had attempted to de-
ceive him, had entertained the banker and
his wife for week.
How about this Messrs. Durbin?
However, this challenge TO the Gary Co.
will show whether that company has built
for the Durbin bank, at Mcclure, o., a bur
slar proof safe good for half their guaran-
tee or not.
The National Safe Co., of Cleveland, has
Systematically ba ked ont of all offers to
test their claims with the Corliss safe. In
order to show their faith, we, the UNDER
signed, will offer to open any one of the
National screw door safes inside of four
hours witch are now IN the Penfield Avenue
Savings bank, of Lorain, the First National,
OF Fremont. or the safe to be delivered to
the Lorain County Banking Co, of Elyria,
y. Ihe veult this company is building, al
SO Is not fire-proof in the building it is in.
In Other words 1t is a mere shell of one
quarter inch steel, with filling OF coal ash
eS dil@ cement. fire which woald consume
the Hotel Andwur, at Elyria, would allow
the side walls to fall in ON this red hot one
quaster inch plate of the Lorain County
baak, which being red hot weuld then open
up and crack, allowing the heat to attack
the safe proper and destroy its contents.
The vault door of this vault is but ~ inches
thick and can be destroyed 51rglarously in
a very short time. The safe is not secure
for even portion of modern burglars
time-if the owners think so they may ac-
cept this proposition.
Last winter the Corliss Safe Co. made an
attempt to sell CoIlIss safe to the Mer-
chants National bank, of Defiance, o.. after
its Hall safe burglary. Part of the offer OF
the Corliss company was to pay $500 for the
burglarized Hall safe in the bank. The Hall
company fought this proposal by an offer to
virtually give new safe to the bank for the
cd one, plus the price of the time lock-a
matter of 800. 1t appeared that the bulk
of the stock holders were in favor of Cor.
liss, but a Mr.. Harley carried the deciding
vote and he concluded that new safe as
free. gift was the thing to get, even if it was
not burglar proof for hours. Other direo-
WI ShOdSh duu we are
ed have severed their connection with this
bank.
The Corliss Co.'S pror osition was to put it,
safe up against any other safe, and to guar
antee to open any other safe in hours. Fl.
nally, after the Hening- Hall Marvin and Ma
tional, Detroit. and all other companies rep
resented, had backed out of this Corlis'
proposition, counter proposition was pu
in, supplemented by false statement by a
so-called electrician, who gave his name al
Grab of Toledo, that they could open a Cor
lies safe. At that time Mr.. Corliss was Prest
of the Co. and he thought that when ht
claimed to have the fastest horse," and of
fered to race him, that this should decide tht
question of the best horse, i. e, safe. Ant
he kept in stock Corliss safe, subject Il
ance at any time. The proposition was
contract, by which the Defiance bank agreed
to buy the Corliss safe if it came out victor
ious, or if no contest was had. After somt
6 or weeks the Defiance bank declined t
accept the Corliss proposition, so the Corlis
Co. Withdrew its proposal and sold the saf
else. dere, Part of the Hall proposal wa
/ that il would not go into any contest witt
the C'rliss Co., but would put it would pu
its own safe up alone for test. Mr.. Cor
liss, the Pres, had repeatedly refused to al
TACK another makers safe unless the Con
lisS l0dS beside 1t, so that the relative merit
could be decided. The Hall company know
ing Mr.. Corliss would not attack their saf
alone, nor put his safe up alone, crayle
out of this test, as they have hundreds 0
others, by Offering conditions Mr.. Corlis
had repeatedly declined to consider. |
was the last quiver of the Hening- all. Mar
win company, before they became practical
ly bankrupt, as they now are. But employ
ees Of the Corliss company have in the pa:
year put in repeated challenges to the Me-
!, chants National bank, of Defiance, offetin
, to open their free gift" Hall safe in fou