The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-04-16

was cut through the entire ten inches.
The hole was approximately one inch
IN diameter and almost as straight as
II 1t had been drilled. No excess metal
was burned out, and had it been an
actual door it could have been opened
on It's own hinges as easily as il it
had been opened on combination and
quite as quickly.
The audience was amazed and real
lied at once that unless some other
metal was used a bank vault would
be at the mercy of such an attack.
Then a block of "Donsteel' was
attacked by exactly the same methods
and with the same tools as were used
on the other materials. The test was
run till the bank directors asked it
be stopped as it was making no head
way at all, not even against the sur
face. This was at the expiration of
fifteen or twenty minutes of con-tant
attack, but the bank directors then
had their own man, Mr. Adams, of
Crellin, very experienced burner,
attack the "Donsteel." He used his
own torch and his own gas and was
permitted to attack in his own way
and without any restrictions or hind
rance. He continued his attack till he
stopped of his own free will, being
satisfied that he could not harm the
"DOnsteel" in any way and could not
even injure the surface much less
burn hole through it.
1t is to be mentioned that the Mos
Ter Engineer secured gas locally and
used only common ordinary burning
tools and materials, the local burners
constantly watching the methods and
the gauges on the oxygen and acety-
lene tanks. The test was the fairest
that could be possibly run and proved
cOnclusively to the bank directors and
officers that there was only one torch
and drillproof metal that they could
possibly buy and that was "Donsteel."
They, therefore, placed an order
with The Mosler Safe Company for
vault door containing this material at
a greater cost than they would have
had to pay for the ordinary vault
materials, and the depositors and safe
deposit box renters Of the Garrett
National Bank can be assured that
their securities and funds will be pro-
tected by the strongest vault door not
only in Garrett county but in the
whole state Of Maryland.
In doing this, the Garrett National
Bank has aligned itself with such
institutions as are enumerated below,
which have already secured "Don-
STEEP for their vaults:
The Chemical National Bank, New
York City; The Bank of America,
New York City; The Park National
Bank, New York City; The Pennsyl-
vania Trust Co., Pittsburgh; Brother
hood Relief & Compensation Fund,
Harrisburg; The Philadelphia Saw
ings Fund Society, of Philadel-
phia; The Franklin Trust Co., Phila-
delphia; The Pennsylvania Co., Phila-
delphia; The Union Bank & Trust
Co., Huntington, and the Federal Re-
serve Bank, St. Louis.
You could be given a hundred such
names of Americas great financial
institutions who have made their de-
cision after the most exhaustive tests
by the greatest testing laboratories
and the best technical experts in tie
country and it is not only the Garrett
National Bank but the whole town of
Oakland that should be congratulated
on the decision Of the officers and
board Of directors of that institution.
Conditions governing the award of
the order were such as to insure the
vault work being a show job and
from the time of its installation there
will be a stream of visiting bankers
coming to town to inspect the install
lation. They will come not only from
Maryland but from Pennsylvania,
Virginia, West Virginia and from
Washington so that the installat' on
will becom matter of great local