The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-12

safe engineers and the business success a.
their firms are az stake all the time and
these men are not taking any chances.
Every time n new explosive or new means
0fbFeaking through steel il discovered thu
safe makers 90 not wait for a practical
demonstration by hank wreckers but i'm
medlately set up the bOEv aud proceed TO
knock 10 down
Fur instance. the electric arc with IL
terrific heat gave them a bit ~ a scare
40 first. Of C0trsa no safe cracker had
us,d H.. and IL wasn't likely that anv
would for he couldn't carry the necessary
apparatus around With him. and II he tap
ped a service wire ~ the electric company
the amount Il current necessary would
pull down the gauges az the power house
and act "a a burglar alarm. but II was
Just as well 90 be on the safe side, 20 the
experts went Co work and after long ex-
perimenting devised an insulation that
was proof oven against the electric arc
and az the same time could not he drilled
Provided with this most elaborate Of all
machinery for safe breaking. a yegRman
could only psuetufe the outside plate IL
a vault aud then would have 20 stop hs,-
fore he had gone FAR from his starting
point
The wonderful heating power ~ thernit
was Investigated first m this country by
one ~ the big safe manufacturers almost
asrOou A. the announcement of it, dizCoy-
cry was made m Berlin eight vears ago.
Experiments with the newer Oxygen
acetylene gas fame too. have heen made
IN the lahorutori,a ~ tho safe ps ople and
the insulation II the vaults proved 10 be-
tho master II hNh therlI' and the new
gas
Realizing the necessity for more expert
know ledge ~ modern safes and safe build.
lng than they now pussezs n they arp "a
make any Iuroads upon the wealth guarded
in the more important banks and business
houses safe crackers for a long time have
b."u making every effort 10 get into the
factories whore these distractions to their
profession are made For this reason the
tutsced~nts ~ the most ordinary work
man boz the safe industry are looked into
only less carefully than ifhewere 20 become
an sWploye, ~ O bank. and even then
the work s iiztr. hutsd among ~ many
men than no one employees with the ex-
c"ptiun II IN" most trusted superintendent
knows more than one proc~sa IN con
up,t,on with the complicated task
Within matter ~ months a man ap-
plied ~ the president 81 one 81 the most
important safe building companies for
employment ls foreign agent He pra-
aantsd letters Of introduction from for
rign manufacturers and said that he was
experienced s~ salesman. The company
president lulkei ~ bis hands. and found
them llrg"nnd strong Ihev we're not cal
loIIs'd. but they did not look like the
hands - 70 salesman
The manufacturer was suspicious and
tried TI-a launching out into n lee
ture ~ inst rir' ion A. 10 the methods
II safe breakers be- went ~ the big safe
in his own Office and demonstrated how
soup was handled
The applicant Jumped up.
A. vez he said. i'-ee' And the
what YOU call soup goes into the crack
and you tan II So
Hp completed the lecture with his eyes
flashing The president ~ the safe
company watched him and said 10 him
-elf He knows too much bout that part
It tho BUSINESS The manufacturer
had no evidence that the man was other
than he claimed ~ 10" aud ~ said moth
ing. bat the stranger did not get the
job later It was found that AZ least
part ~ tho supposed letters of intro
duCtiOn were NOT genuine
Employee ~ value IN safe factories
are not turned ont into tho world pcnni-
less NJ the end ~ their period u greatest
Use II b not a rarity 20 find WOrkmen
well upward Il ~ years Of age still on the
payrolls along with younger and more
active men The Older vTorlfpen give
their experience 10 the Younger and incl
denially perhaps are kept ont II temp
tatiOn