National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-08-02
DOLLARS Blythe TON.
THE NEW VAULT IN WHICH THE GOVERN.
MENT WILL STORE SILVER.
Six Thousand Tons Of Silver Money Now in
the Trcasury--lIundreds of Tons Added to
the stock Every Ycar-strcngth and Safety
of the New Vault.

Hopeless oil forcing into circulation tho
steadily increasing stock of standard sill
yer dollars Secretary Folgor Is compelled
20 mala additional nrovision for their
so,,Laaa,.. T., tho ..aa,n.. 1rnaor ,ha
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ACT oil rcd 20 1910 aoouS E'ooo'VVo silNor
dollars are coined every month, only to
be stored In vaults. During certain
montbs of tho vaar vybon businoss Ia most
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"''i'o' d" au'ou"U el"h w '"o '"V"V"'
coinage Will DO driven into circuiauon'
but as soon as settlements aro made by
business and commercial men, these dol
lar, ar, sxcbapgcd for ccrt;fcotes and nre
rot,rnoa to tha traasnry Thus tbn an
49, so,na,o Tor tho ys,, NAV ho said 10
find lodgment in the treasury vaults in.
stoad of finding circulation among the
pponlo. MANY of those who were the
aornoat advncates Of unlimited silver
coinago nr;or IN tho nass,oo Of the ACT Of
Is7s now favor a snsncnsion of further
co;nogo and h;II introducad bv Jndga
Eelley 10 nanding hoforc tho bouse for
.hia n,rnose but has hoep opietlv laid
away until Tho newt session Of oongross.
In tho moantimo Tho coinaye nroeoeds
and the trensnrer must provide for it,
snfetv All available storage room Is oo-
cunied or will bc hofore congress ayain
oopyenes AMI AZ tborefore beoomes an
imneratiye necessity To erect additional
vaitlts
The treas,rv pov holds In round mum.
bera 136 oOo i1oo silver dollars. While
This moncv H. snhiect tn tho order of the
tra,snrer os Tho jfni.ed States IL is NOT
as ia bclioved Inv many nersons held In
in tho yanits of tbe treasury denartment
ne Wosh,na.nn Tndaod a var, small
amount NJ this largo silvcr surnIns ia
octnaiIy ho,d hore for tho oxcollent raa-
son that sn,Iicient Recommendations has
not beratoforo cxisted The bulk of tho
silver ia stored Mt Nav York tho re-
mainder bciny distributed among the
larger ommsrc;aI cities of the country
oniy abont Al ono o0C bcinv actually held
al Tho ,roas,r,, danar,mnnt AZ Washino-
ton. Few norsonsl narhaps have any
concention Of the yastness Of the silver
now bnid NV tho limited states in the
form of standard silver dollars. The
fsoai affairs or the povernment have been
conducted on so m.vniacont n scale dur.
ina I'll s;nca ,ho wa az tho rohelIion
that tho nuhIic have como In consider the
60 " "a oon 900 ~ a. M am onn "a an
ord;narv matter of Governmental admins.
tration, and we are 80 familiar with the
more convenient forms of currency in our
personal affairs that we do not stop to
contemplate the bulk and weight of this
steadily increasing silver deposit which
finds Judgment in the treasury.
As previously stated, there is now held
by the treasury, 36,O00,000 silver dollar
pieces. This is large sum of money in
any form, but it is only when reduced to
pounds and tons that an intelligent idea
is obtained as TO its bulk and weight.
| When it is known that the weight of the
silver dollars now held by the govern
ment is ., 73S,960 pounds, and that this
enormous weight is being increased at
the rate of 1,7lS,6i0 pounds psr annum,
the public will better appreciate the
magnificent way in which the govern
ment manufactures money. The vast
quantity of silver which is troubling
treasury officials to properly take care of,
represents over 1860 tons of 1000 pounds
each, and If placed in the ordinary carts
used for transporting coal in large cities
would make procession fourteen miles
long, assigning one ton to each cart and
allowing fifteen feet Of space for the
movement of each vehicle. When, in
addition to this, it is stated that the
treasury Is receiving each month seventy,
SGD tons are being annually added To the
stock of silver on hand. tho bpIk and
weight. as well as the force and effect Of
the silver act of 1873 will he better mn.
derstood and appreciatod. The above
figures do not include the silver buIlion
and fractional silver coins held nv tho
| treasury. OF the latter there IL now on
hand $40 600 600 and of the form a,
"a. OOO. 600. the aggregate weight of which
ia 12I7 tons. Tins making tho tntal
weight of silver now in the treasury
6.OS6 tons.
TO proy,de adeouate storage for tb;s
immense stock of silver an additional
vault has been constructed in the base,
ment of the treasury department buiId,no
directly underneath the cnsh room TINT
vault Il Al feet A inches wide * reet
inches long. and 0 feet inches biub 1,
contains IL $40 cnbic feet of snace and
will hold 10000. 600 silver dollars. wbicl,
represents in buIk 100 tons The yaui,
is constructed with special reyord ~
strength and safety. The walls ceiIing
and floor ara Constructed of tbrc1
chilled iron and two steel plates riv,
eted topether. each of tho iron nlate,
being one.half inch In thickncss and
each of tho steel plates fye.sixteentbs n
one inch. Thus making tho mnraI case
which forms the dofenses of tine vault
over two inches in thickness. Tho foun.
dation of Tho vault rests upnn the earth
and the iron and steel fjnoriny ia Ioia
upon twelve inches of hydraulie cemen,
TO guard aaainst entrance by means or a
tunnel, The two doors bv which entranc1
il obtained ara massive, ali known ma,
terials being used in their CONSTRUCTION I,
make them safe against felonious assault
Each door is furnished with two locks
and these locks are 40 constructed as 4,
work separately or together Tho holt,
of each NAV be operated on tho same mr.
ON different Combinations. vet should an,
deranpement occur To one tho door ma
be released bv the other
II ia also claimed for these locks rbot
their bolts cannot be drawn br the use q
dynamite or other explosive. The inne,
door is also supplied with a time look q