The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-12

keep ahead of expectation was the plan ON
which the train was run.
On board the train the closest discipline
was maintained. "Grant" was the pass
word, and no one could enter one of the
| cars if he did not possess this countersign.
TIE men were divided into relays, bat all
were obliged to keep their revolvers
strapped on and their oarbines within
reach. Whenever the train slowed up or
stopped between or at stations all hands
| were on duty, and remained so until it was
under way again.
After a while the journey became q SORT
of nightmare in which the air brakes played
| the principal role, while all the time there
was the vague possibility OF wreck and ever
present sense of danger
A train had been held up the day before
starting at Fresno, on the Southern Cali
fornia road Newspaper men were wiring
ahead that the treasure train was coming
and crowds gathered at every considerable
stopping place.
HE'D BEEN HELD UP TWICE.
| Up in Wyoming, on the run from Lara
mic to Rollins, an engineer added to the
pleasantness by refusing to take out the
| train.
II have been held up twice." he said.
| "The third time means death. No thank
you"
Another engineer had to be found to take
| his place.
The only exciting incident OF the trip,
however, according to Supt Troy, was
| when the train was coming over the Sierra
| Nevadas. A section gang had torn up the
rails and sent man west to flag any train.
| This he did by putting a torpedo on the
track and taking his station further east.
When the torpedo went Off the guards
| jumped to their feet in expectation of
crash, and the first thing the flagman knew
a score OF rifles were pointed at him and
| score of voices demanded to know why he
had stopped the train.
For Gods sake, gentlemen" he cried,
| white as a sheet, don't shooti l am all
| riRhtw And the adventure ended in
nervous laugh.
81 tell you" said Mr.. Troy. ''our postal
clerks mean business and if any man or set
of men had tried to climb on board that
train they would have found a very I'M
| healthy business"
MADE UP LOST TIME.
From San Francisco to Ogden, Utah, the
guard lived on lunch which had been put
on board supplemented by coffee from the
kitchen of Capt, Whites car. After that
they felt that they could safely tackle the
| railroad restaur nts in relays of twenty
five. Save for one hot box and a minor &C
cident to a locomotive, the rest Of the trip
was uueventful. The train got az far as
four hours behind the schedule, but it made
this up and came in on time. The run was
made in Ill hours and 46 minutes, and at
| i0:44 yesterday morning Uncle Sans big
load of change had come to a stepdstill in
the arrival shed of the Grand Central sta
ton.
Hollow-eyed, begrimed and sleepy, the
faithful guards still had few hours more
of work before them. The train was backed
up into the yard and near the Forby-sIxth
street gate, where Third Vice President
Webb, Supt. Voorhees, and a COL
lection of reporters gathered to watch the
debarkation. Assistant Postmaster General
j. Lowrie Bell took charge of the final
transfer, and he had fifteen gaudy wagons
of the local mail transfer to help him in this
work.
And so, while the covetous onlookers
passed hot weather jokes about the mount
ain of fortunes which was so near and yet
so far, the Dexes were dumped on board
and the wagons truddled away, four in q
group, and two guards beside the driver on
each seat.
A great crowd collected in Pine street and
watched the unloading Of this enormous
treasure. Back and forth the solid bullion
trucks rolled, and still the wagons came
trundltng down. Gold | Gold What a
mountain of gold it takes to make 100000
600 Men who saw the sight began to
realize what these figures mean.
INTO THE VAULTS.
Through the counting rooms and down
AhSO WIG SAANOA Nhplbos WhcAO buo ISdk Dh&S
of white cart wheels and stove lids are piled
up like hay in barn and where S4O, 900, 900
of silver dollars and halves and quarters
enough to sink ship-await the Gabriel's
trump Of the treasury department the
heavy little Baskets were tumbled
The underground corridor was filed in
all its vacant spaces, empty vaults were
filled, and still the stream kept coming IL
was after 3 o'clock, when the last load was
carried in and the big doors were locked
"Two hours and forty-five minutes, cried
Assistant Treasurer Hyatt. II call that
quick work"
Although the gold comes duly certified
from the sub-treasury at San Francisco, it
will all have to be- counted again before it
is placed in the vaHlts OF the gold room
This will be work OF several days The
fastest work Of the kind was when the Bank
of America turned over S22, 000, 900 in ex-
change for gold certificates. The entire
counting staff of the sub-treasury was put
to work, and even then it took FIVE days to
count, vault and seal that amount
With $l40, 900, 900 in his New York pocket
you might think that Uncle Sam would be
easy in his mind. He is easier than he was,
and yet it is fact that he has more gold
certificates out, more promises to pay the
yellow coin on demand than he has metal
here with which to pay it. Bat Uncle Sam
has other pockets well STORED with coin,
and it would hardly pay to start run on
him