ARE YOUR NIGHTS WITHOUT ANXIETY AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION iS BETTER THAN VA POUND OF REFLEGITON 6 bool Gh P make your Vault, or Safe, what you in- V AY tend it should be, ‘“‘viz” Burglar Proof, invincible against Drill, Wedge, Ex- plosives, Electric Burning or any other method of burgiarious attack. You can accomplish this by using our Electric Protective System and Service; you only need a proper explanation of its working to enable you to recognize its merit and prove its value to you. Read what is said of it by men of the highest reputation in electrical science. Obtain the opinion of subscribers, who for years have been familiar with its practical workings, and you will then be able to appreciate the force of the following remarks from the president of one of our large financial institutions. EDWIN HOLMES wh ; FOUNDER OF THE “Tt has been the means of relieving my mind of a great deal of Hotmes ELECTRIC PROTECTIVE COMPANY anxiety, had I known its value in this respect alone, would have adopted it years ago.” Our Central Office System of Electrie Protection was introduced to, and adopted by the leading banks and jewelers twenty-five years ago, and, it has stood the test of competition and practical every day usage. From time to time valuable improvements have been made and adopted until its efficiency has reached the point where it is recognized as the standard of merit. It is in use by most of the banking institutions in this city, nearly the entire jewelry trade, besides a great majority of the business houses that deal in valuable goods. Many of our first subscribers are subscribers to-day, and we have never lost one on account of dissatisfaction with either the system or service; these facts are convincing evidence of its value to them, and it would prove equally valuable to you; why not give it atrial. The cost is trifling. WHAT IS THE HOLMES SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC PROTECTION ? T IS a method of completely surrounding a vault or safe with a contintous electrical ctirrent. The manner of protecting a bank vault depends upon its style of con- struction and other circumstances. An electric lined cabinet door and frame is always placed over the vault door, entirely concealing it from view when closed which also prevents any tampering or experimenting with the locks during the night. The illustrations show how our cabinet door appears on the door of a bank vault when open, and when closed. We further protect the sides, top and bottom of the vault by entirely lining the inside of the same with our electric linings, or if the vault is built out into the room and exposed on all sides, we often cover the outside with an elec- tric lined cabinet panel work, built or finished to correspond with the trim or furnishings of the room. In short we pro- tect the vault so as to make it impossible for a burglar to = gain access to it, and consequently protect not only the “securities within the vault but the vault itself, and also our own reputation for a System of Electric Protection that has never been broken through. Eighty-five per cent. of the Banks, Savings Banks and Trust Companies in New York City, over one half of the Banks and Trust Companies in Boston, a large percentage of those in Pittsburg and Philadelphia, together with many in various cities throughout the country, are protected against burglary by our System. It is encumbent upon bank officers to adopt all good means of protection for their securities, and it is an acknowledged fact that electricity is to-day the only absolute means of security against the attack of burglars. A bank president, in our : a9 hearing, said to his directors,—“Gentlemen it seems to be a good thing, and it is largely in use by Banking Institutions, and I con- sider that we owe it to our stockholders and to our depos- itors, to avail ourselves of all good means of protection, and then if the unexpected should happen, it cannot be said that we did not use all precautions.” PROTECTION FOR BANKS IN TOWNS AND VILLAGES. The same System of protection asapplied to City Banks in connection “with our Central Office System can be applied to banks in towns and villages, by placing the alarm apparatus in the police station or residence of one of the bank officers and if occasion requires, can be arranged as an emergency call for use during the day. HE safes of jewelers and others are protected by placing an electric lined cabinet over the safe or safes as shown in these illustrations thus entirely concealing the safe from view. These cabinets are built in various kinds of wood always conforming to the finish of the sur- roundings. From the vault or safe coverings an in- dividual wire for each customer is conducted to the instruments in our nearest central office. Signals are exchanged upon closing at night and upon opening in the morning, and after the vault or safe is once closed } for the night, it cannot be re-opened without causing a visit of our inspectors to know if the party re-opening has proper authority. . y Written instructions are furnished to us upon an / Instruction Card, which also contains not only the name, but the signature of all persons who have the authority to re-open and the same is kept on file at our office. In case of .an alarm at night, two men rapidly visit your premises, and in case of fire upon your premises or in your neighborhood, such parties, are notified, as you have directed upon the Instruction Card. Safe manufacturers admit that they cannot build a safe or vault that is proof against the attack of modern explosives.