Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-08
MOVING YELLOW METAL
Gathering The Coin from an ocean
Steam3L
A uu,,on In Gold transferred from =
Ferry on rruck.-t Ne" YORK
uarbor scene.

Almost 100000 In gold coin was
Transferred from Hobokcn to the OLE
ces Of different banking hous,sa cou-
pls OF dsys ago, and the nonohalani
manner ln which II was handled dur
ing the OPERATION was something %
make the average man's blood boil
The gold, all Of which wan 10 the form
Of juggling coius, got to Hoooken on
the steamship Normannia.
II had been shipped from Europe on
the orders u bankers In this country
and the bankers were anxious to have
IL In their tfilcts a. sosD a. possible
af,er the steamship had been made last
to her pier.
In order that all the aggravaing
contsmptuousnes with which ina
gold wac hasulcd may be known' u
must be stated that when put aboard
the Normannia on the otner siie-
Europe, MT Hob3ken--it was placed
IN that raft VI the vessel known as thc
mailing room.
A record was maze Of the marks aud
Dumb,rs on the packages OF gUlli bu'
theG that h dcne when n tale OF rage
10 shipped. The young man who had
charge OF the mailing room regatieu
tbs boxes, In which he could near
tue gold ciiukiug, With more Interest
than he would bundle OF fsgfi Of
coupe; he was human. Hut no was
much moro anxious about INC letter.
IN hie care, " outward nppoArauce'
went for anything, than he Nas aoVu'
the gold.
Wnen the Normannia had been tied
10 her pier the captain hurried ashore
eutered his vessel ut the Custom house
aud thon the bankers secured ptrmiu
to remove tue gold.
IL was bali an hour, perhaps. ATE
In. permits bad been secured tina
those who TRANSPORTED tue gold arr vet
at the pier Ia Hobokeu, alongside .
which lay the Normannia. Al TN
frst eabin Passengers had disappeared
some time before. Those who 70
msined had not come over IN the ms
cabin aud we're grouped at the iOrwaft
end Of tho pier, which was iuoloto
ffom the rest by rope which was he'll
TUT by u naughty person VINO Dc
tfayed the fact that he could not speaA
ANY English other than profanity no
behave decently every tlaie person
underworld 10 bob under tue rope.
The first vehicle which appeared OF
the dock TO carry away portion o.
the gold was common, ordinary
everyday truck, and a on, horse truc'
~ mat, IL was one Of the trucks he
longing 10 tue carman who carts bull
,onand coin for the bankers. Win thu
truck appeared n clerk for one OF tht
banking houses. lie had thu permit /,
remove the gold, anu when he ha'
pf.ssuted IL 10 one OF the customs ON
Gers on the pier the truck wEs drivcn
DOWN the pier aud backed up 10 th'
panRplauk nearest the shore end.
Then a steyedore blew n whistle
and IA crowd OF longshOremcn presHe'
around him. He selected number
than nj fandom anu marched then
nbonid the vessel. The driver OF tn
truck. with n hook In his hand, used u
handling cases Of merchandise, sat Oh
the eud of his truck whis,ling softly
and swinging his Limbs oarelessiy.
Three bankers cierkH--iwo had ap
peared In the monatime- stood Mt on
slide, pencil and paper In hand ready
10 make "A memorandum OF the boN1
az gold rs they should be placed on th'
tuck. An ofiicer from the vessel au,
a representative OF the carmen were II
the group with them, similarly
equipped. ..,.. A.,
slssyea rolled up, with bare breast an,
perspiration dripping from hlm
walked slowly down the gangplanl
with a box In his hands. The box wa
about fifteen inches long, foot higl
and ten Inches wide, anu seemed To o.
about ali the bTawny fellow coul'
cary, IL contained about 81, 900, an,
each time the longshoreman brought
foot down tho gold clinked.
He threw Il down on the end OF thu
truck, clearly glad TO get rid OF u
II, turned and went back on tbs shi
for more. In an hour ho had carrie
out six OF those boxes, and receive
o5 cents, the regular pay for longshoT'
men, ior his hours work.
There were three lots 10 20 on III
first truck. There was EluO,OOO f.
Spsyer A Co.. 100000 iUr J. and "
Sslivman and GiJ,OO0 for Il. Won Hot
mgn 4 90.
an. Iongshoremen carried 1t all GU
throwing the boxes down with an a
OF disgust, and the driver OF The tue
kent each lot separate. He pulled VI
boxes around ON his truck aA II the col
tents Of each one was worth Aboul6cenl
He vhanged his hook into them IN
savage way nj times, but was care
never TO touch the seat oi wax whlc
marked where the tops d bottoms
the b xes came togetn,r II the sea
were bgoken It wJ,l Ue supposed
oncs that the boxes had boen tAmpeF'
with.
AZ the boxes were placed on q
truck the clerks, the officer ~ m u
Normania and the cafmau's repr,hr
tAtlvs made memorandum o. q
number on each box. When all Ia