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50 REPORTS ON AWARDS. 203. Valentine & Butler Safe and Lock Co., New York, N. Y., U. S. FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES. Report.—First-class work, well and strongly made. Provided with the usual protection against fire and burglary. 204. B. Haffner, Sr., Paris, France. SAFES AND JEWEL BOXES. Report.—A full and fine exhibit of fire and burglar proof safes, house or plate safes, and jewel boxes, with combination locks and a time or chronometer lock. These safes, of which there are many specimens of different sizes, are exceedingly well made and fitted. The same may be said of the locks. The burglar proof safes are composed of alternate plates of wrought and hard cast iron, and would offer great resistance to the drill. The fire proof safes have combination locks and are filled with a non-conducting composition. The jewel cases and cash boxes are well made and finished. The plate safe is a model of taste in design and finish. 205. Yale Lock Manufacturing Co., Stamford, Conn., U. S. TIME, SAFE-DEPOSIT, PRISON, DOOR, CLOSET, AND DRAWER LOCKS, POST-OFFICE BOX AND LOCKS, DOOR TRIMMINGS, AND HINGES. Report.—These are well-made, substantial goods; the better grades are very finely fin ished, and are well adapted to their intended purposes. The model post-office, together with the boxes and locks, are neat and tasteful in design, and a public convenience. The time locks are very fine specimens of workmanship, and possess every element of security and protection against being opened except at the stipulated time and by the proper person. The door knobs, handles, and trimmings are fine, well-made goods. 206. Beard & Brothers, St. Louis, Mo., U. S. BURGLAR AND FIRE PROOF SAFES (WITH SCREW DOOR). Report.—The construction of this door affords a security which the square door does not. The safes are constructed of alternate plates of welded chrome steel and iron in the usual manner. The workmanship throughout is of excellent character. These safes have circular doors; are made of welded (chrome) iron and steel; the doors are closed by a screw, and the fit ground. As the door is admitted to be the weakest point in any safe, this circular form, ground fit, and screwed fastenings may be regarded as an additional security in comparison with the square or rectangular, single or double doors, and the screw securing the door being double threaded, one thread one-sixteenth pitch finer than the other, gives a close fit without much risk of jamming. These safes are worthy of notice for their burglar-proof qualities. 207. Terwilliger & Co., New York, N. Y., U. S. FIRE AND BURGI.AR PROOF SAFES.—SPECIAL CLAIMS, BURGLAR PROOF SAFES, WELDED STEEL (THE OUTER PLATE OF STEEL), AND IRON REVOLVING BOLTS, DOORS TONGUED AND GROOVED AND PACKED WITH RUBBER OR FELT. THE FIRE PROOF SAFES FILLED WITH THE ORDINARY COMPOSITE FILLING. Report.—Well constructed, substantially made, and of superior finish. 208. J. Watson & Son, Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. BANKERS’, OFFICE, AND HOUSE SAFES; WELDED STEEL AND IRON, TONGUED AND GROOVED DOORS, AND REVOLVING BOLTS. FOR BURGLAR PROOF WORK. FOR FIRE PROOF SAFES FILLED WITH THE ORDINARY COMPOSITION. Report.—The safes in the exhibit are well made and finished.