The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-09
SILVER FACTS.
The Mints Burdened with Standard
Dollars.

Inc MInIS BuFueneu with standard
Dollars.
The standard silver dollar. saws a
Washington letter, for which the dear
people are supposed to be crying for, keep
on piling up in the hands of the govern
ment. Those hands are now filled to
OVERLOOKING and still the dollars come
rolling in from the minis at the rate of
100000 month. A year ago the treas
ury officials held conference and agree
ed that since congress would not stop
the flood they must provide new re-
ceptacie for it. They talked about It a
good deal and finally agreed that Il "
would spend $4,000 or 40,G0O-pera; d
$50, 00V-in constructing il the trea1 "
T&Ilt for the accommodation of lii 3e
troublesome coins, which would exec I'd
IN size and security any strong room n
the world. It was to hold when con-
pleted, $4,000, 600 of these shiny, NINA
ture cart Wheels and to be fire-proof and
burglar-proof SO far as is possible n
those uncertain days. The contract rs
given to well-known Boston va 1t
builder. lie has inst finished his wo /,
and is already receiving the c0n1plin1e It's
Of the department.. The vault III IN
which he has expended so much times id
Iaaor Is q model Of strength and safe Y.
1t IS i'll the 6Ub-basement Of the treag "
department, at the northern end, dire t.
Iy under the cash room, the marble VIZ Is
and floors and gallaries of which arc ne
admiration Of every tourist as he Loo Ks
down uponthe bald heads of the CASH rs
and tellers and their piles of gold nd
silver and greenbacks. The vault i a
smaller edition of the cash room. tits 80 |
feet inches long, 81 feet 1 inches WI lie |
and feet l inch high. It's cubic capac ~
is 1880 feet, SO that the desire of the |
treasury officials that it may be the b ?
gest money vault in the world has been |
fulfilled. Thirty millions Of stands I'd |
silver dollars in leather pouches can De
stored away with great ease, and it ca Il,
with little crowding, be made to hCld |
fifty millions It will, of course, hole a
proportiOnatelyl larger amount offracticn-
al silver coin. The vault is surround ID
by walls of solid masonry, bound togeth-
er in the most skillful fashion. The
walls are uniformly five feet thick. Along
either Of the two longer sides runs a row
of seven compartments. Down the
middle, between the rows, runs an aisle
four feet wide. These compartments
are separated from each other by stro, g
partitions Of heavy iron lattice wol <.
Each Of these fourteen cells will hold
comfortably from 10000 to 3,5O0CG0
standard dollars. The general appear
ance of the vault is that of very strong
dungeon, divided into strongly fenced
cells The vault has an inner and outer
door, both cunningly constructed of :
thick steel of the finest temper, and pro-
vided with every modern device for the
protection of capital from those who
would break through and steal These
doors are splendid specimens of the best {
workmanship. Each door has two COM t
bination locks of the latest pattern. Each !
is locked on different combination, the {
q
man, so that the door can be opened only /
by the joint action of the different Off $
cials. In addition, the outer door has /
time lock, fortified with contrivance !
for the prevention of attempts to blow it i
off or run its chronometer down, togeth-
or with an electric attachment by viii h
aa official possessing the secret can opz n
it should it run down accidentally or re-
fuse &c run down mechanically. At tie
outer door sits guard day and night
throughout every "a hours, changed
every eight hours from the sixty always t
on cnty at the treasury departme t. /
Every 1--WE minute he IS visited by tie 7
patrol, whose beat brings him within :
lew feet of the vaule. The captain Of e
guard or one of the TWO Ieutenants. " o
change watches every eight hours, IL y \
also 5w0op down upon him any none It. u
So you see our standard silver dol; = c
will be well watched. The treasury a. i
paTtment holds now Sl69. 0C0. 600 SLY er =
COIN and bullion-$135 81, $50, 0G0 is in stsn- RI
dard silver dollars, "A, 1855, 600 in bulliCa, t.
and SEQ SOC, coo IN fractional curren, y. Z.
This silver weighs 5000 tons. 1t is st r. )
ed at present In the vaults, minis a ID {,
throughout the count v.
which have an aggregate capacity of =
20a cubic feet. In New York there is -
storee $4,000, 600, in Philadelphia So :
zoo, 900, in San Francisco $59, 200, 0O0. IN Il
New Orleans 500, 0Co, coo, and so on. 4
The following from one of our cat Ie .
kings shows the right feeling. We quote Bpl
rom the letter in the Pine LEVEL Tim ): -
= have decided, on account of tie +
Try weather and hard times, to 2; ye =
each pauper in the county three mont is te