West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-10

has yet been produced. The ma
terial manganese steel Is so hard
that no burglar could possibly drill
lit.
This cannot be said of any other
materials used In safe or vault con-
struction, for tests made upon them
under burglarious conditions show
that they can be drilled with COM
parative ease.
Reference above Is made 20 steel
drills, bat what Is more remarkable,
this manganese steel will resist the
diamond drill. while other metals,
hardened CHROME steel and chilled
iron, used In safe construction. can
be penetrated with the diamond
drills
Again, the hardness of chrome
steel and chilled iron used In safe
and vault construction has always
had the objection of brittleness, or
the ready breaking up Under action
of high explosives, which are the
burglars tools of today, but man.
ganese steel is not brittle. 1t is so
tough that 1t will resist, without
breaking or cracking, charges of
high explosives which would wreck
the largest of buildings.
In the design of the Manganese
Steel Safe, distinct advance has
been made, In that 1t Is constructed
of only NO pieces of metal, body
and door. The latter, which Is
circular, is ground into the former
to valve tight joint, precluding
the possibility of introducing any
liquid explosives. The body and
door are securely held together
when the safe Is locked by wedge
bolts, which makes the two .prac,
tically one. After years of expert
mentation, all other safe manusac-
tturers have been obliged to aban-
don the idea of making spindle
TOR the operation of the bolts and
locks which could not be removed,
and an entrance thus gained into
the safe. Automomatic locks were
resorted to which open the
safe whether the bank or the
burglar Is In possession of the
premises at the time set for open
ing. Tests made prove that these
automatic devices are unreliable,
and inkan actual bank robbery the
shock of the explosive tipped the
lock and opened the safe, The
difficulty OF the spindle In the Man.
ganese Steel Safe Las been entirely
overcome. BY the use of this ma.
terial, together with the application
of proper mechanical principles, the
spindle cannot be removed.
In the construction of the safe, 1t
Is necessary to grind the material
since no tool will machine it.
In presenting these statements
for the consideration of the bank
public, the company which manu-
features these safes furnishes proofs
In the shape of many tests which
have been made by experts and by
oauks.
What IS by far the most con-
convincing evidence of the. merits
of this safe occurred at the Ist
National Bank, Smithton, Penn,
on the night of Nov. 10, 1901.
Burglars entered this bank and
blew open two vault doors and en-.
deavored TO open the Hubbard Rod
man Ely Manganese Steel Safe
which was IN the vault, but were
completely frustrated.
Previous TO the Paris exposition
of 1890 the United States govern
ment made thorough investigation
Of all makes of safes. and deter,
mined that the ManganeseSteel Safe
was the only one that could be re
lied upon to protect its contents.
Therefore, they ordered one to be
sent 10 Paris, and while there they
used it for the storage of their
$I5o,c 90 gold quartz exhibit. The
company entered this safe for award
and challenged the entire safe mau-
ufacturing world to submit one OF
their make with the idea that the
safes should be taken outside of the
exposition grounds and tested com.
petitlvely. No one dared to accept
the challenge, and the Manganese
Steel Safe was awarded the gold
medal.
The United States government
used two of these Manganese Steel
Safes to protect its gold quartz aud
precious stones exhibit at the Pan.
American exhibit at Buffalo this
year. The company manufacturing