Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-09
THE TREASURE TRAIN
It Brings Its Cargo Safe to New
York.
EFFORTS IN BEHALF OF q. CLAY KING.
Mr.. Gladstone Speaks in the House
of Commons.
TWO GREAT RACES TODAY.
SAFE IN NEW YORK.

/ bArE NEW
Arrival Of the Treasure Tr.ia with ESQ.,
100000 on Board.
| New YORK, Aug. s.-The treasure train with
eco 900 600 in gold arrived at the Grand
Central depot at ii 80 am. today.
| As soon as the train had come to . standstiii
yard engine hooked on to the rear car and
ran it over to the west side of the yard at A8th
street, where eight big two-hofse
waiting to transfer the gold to the
subtreasury ut Wall and Nassau streets As
soon as the cars reached 10Th street the work Of
unloading was commenced. number Of postal
clerks were on hand. and rapidly carried out
the boxes containing the bullion and placed
! them in the waiting wagons
The amount far exceeds any previous ship
ment of gold across the continent. The train
left San Francisco on the evening Of August
and has been running on regular passenger
time, although it has had the right Of way all
along the route.
1t came over the Central Pacific road to o.
den, then over the Union Pacific to Omaha
and from that point to Chicago over the Bur-
hngton route. Then it was switched on the
Lake Shore and Michigan lines, and
from Buffalo east it has come over
the New York Central and Hudson River road.
1t attracted lots Of attention all along the line
and crowds would come out at the various stop
ping places and stare with curiosity at the out
bluc Oh inc cars WHICH cO0IolQcQ GucQ an
amount OF treasure.
THE TREASURE TRAIN.
The first car OF the train was an ordinary
Southern Pacific combination baggage and pos
tai car, followed by the Union Pacific baggage
car No. 1892, and the Union Pacific express
car No. 1919. The Burlington United States
post office car No. s33 came next and the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern fast mail car
"Frank Hatton." No. 50, brought up the rear
The bulk Of the gold was carried on the two
Union Pacific cars. which are built Of wrought
| and we're constructed especially for the purpose
Of transporting specie. The train was in charge Of
government officers, General Superintendent
James +. White Of the railway mail service be-
ing in command, with Lewis Troy. superin-
tendent of the western division Of the railway
mail service, and Superintendent Pepper Of the
eastern division Of the service - his assistants
Altogether there were ffty-one persons ON
the train. Of whom forty-hve were armed
guards Three or four guards with Winchesters
on the platform Whenever the train made
stop and warned away all intruders and cur
ious persons who wanted to get . closer view Of
the treasure cars.
oRDxRISo TIE TRANSFER.
The transfer Of the gold was ordered by Sec
Rotary Foster on account Of the large accumula-
ton Of specie at the San Francisco subtreasury.
The supply there exceeded all probable require
ments by more than $50 900 900, and the ex-
haustion of the supply in New York caused by
the increasing shipments Of gold to Europe
caused this transfer
Secretary Foster signed the transfer check
for s20, 900 900 about three weeks ago Every
effort was made to keep the prospective trans
fer secret on account Of the danger that might
somehow or other the fact leaked out
several days in o1vance Of the date
for leaving San Francisco. Az it happened,
however, nothing occurred ON the route which
would suggest the possibility Of any desperate
plot on the part Of robbers to hold mp the train
and get their clutches on the golden treasure.
The coin is packed in 500 small boxes, each
| containing $40 600 in FIVE and ten-dollar gold
pieces. Each box is a registered mail package
and the whole shipment is TO be delivered direct
to the subtreasury. The boxes are all locked up
In United States mail pouches. II required
ten days for the entire force at the San Fran
| cisco subtreasury to count this enormous
sum Of money and . when IL had all
been boxed and was ready for shipment
it was so bulky that it could not be placed
men, reinforced by mail agents, had to guard
it, the assistant treasurer himself sitting up all
night long and keeping watch over the
$40 900 900 pile.
ANorHEB SHIPMENT PRopABLk
1t is said that another shipment east Of
similar amount, and perhaps two more, will be
made from San Francisco before long,
| for they have ut least 10000, 900 In
specie out on the Pacific coast that thew
| can easily spare, and Assistant Treasurer
Ellis H. Roberts at the New York subtreasury
wants all the gold he can lay his hands on. He
and his assistants will be kept busy for the next
week or so counting the coin that has Just ar
rived from the west.
Assistant Treasurer Ellis H. Roberts, who
has charge Of the subtreasury in this city
where the train load Of gold will be safely
| stored away. said this morning: Last night
We had in the vaults s121 ,0O0, 900, Of which
| S43 900 900 was gold, so when the S20, 000.-
600 of gold which the train brings
is put in the vaults there viii be altogether
S1A1. 00O, 900 in the building. Although that 10
q large amount it ia by no means the largest
amount we have had here at one time, as within
the past three years there was at one time over
| S205 900 600 in the vaults I have no idea
when the next shipment will be made from