The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-05-07
7 TAXPAYERS
TAKE NOTICE
Your Representative In IN. q.
Council Making a Costly y
apartment.
$4,000 Forfeit to Chsr;,,

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MANGANESE STEEL MOB Lkn
BURGLAR PROOF SAFE. THgs
CONTEST TO PROVE THbT rns
CITY COUNCIL or SEATTLE
MADE a MISTAKE TO SAY Tsf
LEAST WHEN IT iMpLlsn
THAT TFE HERRING. Hall.
MARVIN SAFE rs sUpERfoa ~
TIE ELY NORRIS. m voTisoo
TO BUY THE FORMER SAFE
FOB THE USE or The CITY O.
FosFEIT ON DEPOSIT -.
Norris Safe A. Lork cerusey -
dep0alted with the President n =.
Seattle Clearing House ksseol.t,.s
the sum ~ Five Thousand ftf
noe 00l Dollars and VIII forfeii ~.
amount 10 any charity IN he 80.
N Seattle that Ills Honor. ne a..
or. may designate. n we fafl Ia -.
in q burEiarious manner. 10 thls -
the Herring Hall Marvin safe s
0ue-third the time in which -.
Fly Norris Compound Door Eass
can be- opened
We issue this challenge f,eoae..
we are not satisfied with the arsse-
~ the Finance Committed u ~
Council which attempted 10 paw
upon the merits of the safes h cor..
petition, and voted b. award IL.
contract at $4,000 more than -,
could have bought safes room.
mended by the Clearing House AZ.
rnciafi0n
IGNORANCE ADMITTED AZ.
HaHH q q
safes fhe Council Finance Commit.
tee asked the Clearing HOUSE Atss.
citation ~ Seattle a. recommend
Hafe 10 be- purchased hy the City
The Executive Committee II ~
Clearing House Association recon-.
mrndra two different makes a
Manganese safe. viz that made by
th. Fly Norris safe Comuany and
by flc Manganese Steel Safe Gen.
pang. these two makes being ased
BY nearly every hank IN ssatts.
They did not recommend the Her
ring Hall Marvin Safe The Clear.
Ing House Committee based fhsar
recommendation on their experiense
as bankers. and the FAC; that fhs
securities 10 be kept la the safes
belong largely 10 the members a
their Association. yet fhe counrll
Committee disrega rded aud ignored
their recommendation and voted 70
purchase practically an unknown
and unfried safe. only one n whleh
Is used by hank ~ Seattle. ara
that bank received II IN trade fw
their old safe and gave a little boot
some four or five years nge Thu
bank shows so much confidence =
iiR purchase that II has the szss
locked up IN n steel vault with an
electric burglar alarm around the
vault
TEST REFUsED-Ths action 4
the Council Committee was tzkez
despite the fact that we had sub
miste6. AT their suggestion a props-
eifion 20 the Finance rnmmiffea
for $4,000 %, that we would submit
our safe 10 a test with the Heryirg-
Hail Marvin safe. and forfeit the
1000 90 20 the city II Seattle II
we failed 20 open the latter safe b.
hurRlarinus methods IN one-fh'rt
the time that our safe could u
or even seriously damAget
Had this proposition been accert-
ed and wc had failed 90 make good
our claim ~ making the Sfr0nEext
safe IN the world. the City u s.
attic would have received ssepeeA
nearly enough 10 pay for the tre
safes 10 be bought. The City would
have secured iis safes practically
free IN that case. The taxpayst
would have saved nearly ss.0oaM
what motives actuafed the Con-
mittec IN refusing 70 accept this
proposition, we leave the taNpayers
TO determine. Az the City has
neglected this opportunity. We can
only put Il up 20 the Herring Hall
Marvin Safe Company. their agents
the Purcell Safe Company. 70 sub
NIT their safe 10 n test or admit ~
their failure that their safe Is not
as represented, IS not burglar proof
and IS far Inferior 10 ours.
IMMEDIATE TEST INVITED
They have safe In their store %
Seattle which they have had nsry
moons, which they represented vas
Of the same construction as those
the City Of Seattle. Let then
submit that safe any time within
the next two OF three weeks IN
test with any Ely-Ncr-
ris Compound Door Safe that they
may wish To select from our stock
or from any one of the hundreds q
hanks IN this territory which We
have s0ld. and we win agree 20 open
that Herring Hall Marvin safe n .
burgiarinus manner within wv
hours time or we win forfeit ne
recognized retail price " the seie
and also pay for their experts tire
and expenses making the attack o.
our safe A safe that VIII not keep
out burglars or experts for NOV
than two hours certainly connai 3
a burglar proef safe q
one that conservative OF hantA
could conscieniiously puf'
chase after these facts have ben
called 20 his attention
A committee OF four or five hAnk-
ers. 10 be appointed from the Tear
ing House Association ~ Seatflf' y
and have fun charge 81 the
test. Both safes 20 BE- turned oFu
TO the committee without reseffa..
lions or conditions attached, - 'an
the committee appointed viii hAr
fun charge and control ~ the tesL
The Herring Hall Marvin NY
Company 10 have their expert atiass
our safe and we viii have our expen
attack theirs
ALTERNATE PROPOSITIONS
We have sold 10 the First NaiianM
Bank of this city two kly-NeI.s
Compound Door Mangauese 80
Mob and Burglar Proof safes VI
ued al m-re than 100000. ana ~
on their merits. which are row
our store, ready 20 be deliNere" y.
that bank when Il moves inie NJ.
location The latter part OF w
month. We will deliver enc ~ w..
safes 20 the Herring Halt MaIsSs
Company. their agents the tais.
safe Company without cost 'd W.
are afraid Of n competitive test
that they can make "a hurgiariaess
tack on same. the safe io Dc supaa.s
ted To- n committee as speeh,,
above. 20 conduct such test w
tack. safe 90 be- delivered oN "
any place they or the commiitss w.
direct. FOR a six hour unconu's.
attack, I'm n huildng IN q NANh.~s.
the street or on q l0-acre ini' ~
Herring Hail Marvin safe eenlIaM
certainly cannot refuse gfesta'1s
when the safe Is put up eqnal's w
ally for a slN-hour attack. we VA