Milford chronicle., 1889-10-11
STORED In A SAFE PLACE.
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS AND THE
THINGS PLACED IN THEM.

old Love Letters Tied with Bits Of Blue
Ribbon Coin and Stamp Collectors
Among the Patrons-Queer Freaks Of
odd Characters Details OF tho system.
The Safe Deposit company is feature Of
metropolitan life that has not even a partial
counterpart in small communities 1t had
its origin in the popular demand for absolute
security such as even the stiifest and most
conservative banks cannot always offer.
Drawing patronage from every class Of in
diviiuals, its income is guaranteed 10y every
line OF industry, and the solid institutions Of
the country are assured Of dividends as long
as thrifty merchants, manufacturers, shop
keepers and artisans are found who cultivate
thrifty habits.
For safety they as nearly approximate
uhe. :!sei. aansoa indicate ss anything mum
dane can. The public has not been slow to
realize this.
The drawers, vaults ard storage rooms in
the safe deposit vaults are utilized for every
conceivable purpose For an annual consul
Grafton, which may be rs low as s. or as
high as $3.50, one becomes the absolute pro
prietor Of place in which 20 put away valu-
ableS, where moth and rust does not corrupt
and where thicves do not break through and
steal
ALL KINDS or PERSONS.
The character of people who fit in and out
Of the vaults where treasures that would
awaken the envy Of Montezuma are hid, is
as varied as can be conceived, and the nature
Of their business is as divergent as their cir
eumstarces are different and their ideas Of
values vary
The business man, 10 whom running ac-
counts and check book are a convenience, is
the greatest patron of banks; not 50 with the
safe deposit customer. He may be, and often
Is, the proud poSsessor Of q bank account, but
not necessarily Indeed, there are doubtless
those who rent apartments in the safe deposit
vaults, who, SO far from being able to draw
money from banks at viii, often have to
hustle to raise the s. annual rent.
Coin collectors rent the boxes; stamp
crauks are among the customers, and II the
interior Of every drawer could be exposed TO
view tomorrow many u package Of faded
letters. held together with blaze ribbons tied
In little love nots, would undoubtedly muteiy
testify 70 romRnces too tender TO trust from
under lock and key. How many Of them
are read, reread, folded up again with a sigh
aud again pushed in their gloomy rcccsses,
not forgotten by their owner ms he crowds
You into the busy streets and sees the busy
world hustle by in hausom cabs and cable
carsl All! who can say: how manyi
DANES OF high degree and young ladies
with liberal allowances who have had their
bread tuttered for them all their lives, hire
tho boxes and their incominss and outsoings
give the place an air Of refinement that is in
splring,
As tho safe deposit grows older and its ad-
vantagtS become more manifest another class
OF customers may he expected 70 maJeriaiiso
and they viii be bore 10 the business
Hangers on % the fay enI OF commerce will
doubtless in time. hire boxes for the sole
reason Of gaining "a quasi standing In the
vaults that they may be seen there 10y the
well IN Do h1iSilesS world Tao ,laaa, ,eaase
capitsl is his mother Wit and his place Of
business the club, will no; be slow To catch en-
70 the !uct that s. paid t1r a safe deposit is
nn excellent outlay, auj he will 50 invest,
proyidel, of course, he can raise the tiver.
THE SYSTEM.
Tho sy stem is simple enough, hut the eau
ton cXcerciSel 10 protect customers 50 hedS-
ell about that instead of the danger Of loss
heiug reduced 60 "a minimum il is absolutely
erajicatod
The renter Of box is given a key to /: and
another key to the same box is held by the
company. These are the only two made, and
II they are lost the services Of a locksmith
must De called in and the lock broken.
The doors 10 the vaults are massive iron
concerns which are secured by time locks snd
even the officers OF the company cannot OBJ
tain admission outside Of hours Suppose,
however, that they could, and, by stretch
OF tho imagination, beyond the horizon Of the
possible, suppose an Inside combination were
formed 20 rob the dopositors, it could not be
done, for the rcaso; that not an officer Of the
company knows which boxes contain valua-
bles and which 90 not. \ drawer that rents
for - a year has a capacity 10 hold $4,000
an government bonds Of the denomination OF
Sl,OoO each; one that rents for Sl50 year
might contain papers Of no value whatever
except TO the owner,
The depositor cannot enter the outside door
except by means OF a password and ilentif-
cation. The name is of no use 70 the COM
pany aud they try 10 forget it as soon as
man has rented his box, as they do not care 70
know whose valuables are consigned 10 their
keeping.
Many Of the drawers that had not been let
were taken ont and shown the reporter and
their system OF double locks explained, and
then the utility Of two keys first presented
itself
Cut of from the vault where the smaller
drawers arc, one above the other, sunk into
the walls Of solid rock, and running along
the corridor nearly the entire leugth Of the
building, are the coupon rooms, little secluded
hooks, not unliko the stalls in an oyster
saloon, where the delightful pastime Of clip
ping can be indulged in safely and without
Intrusion.
The reportorial mind received here ami in
up stair vaults an impression Of the s0iidity
and security OF tho place, but il was not till
the underground vaults and storage rooms
were visitei that its impregnability was
fully realized. Here stock OF valuables, box
Cd, wrapped and in trunks were TO be seen,
and the thorough ventilation 70 prevent mold
or mildew was not the least interesting
feature.
il is impossible for any one TO learn what
particular dopositor may have in his box,
but nevertheless tho safe deposit is not bad
place 10 so % study human nature, for there,
Is eisawhere, eccentricities Of character viii
come 10 the surface st. Louis Republic