Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-10

:, WITH me, and will show You whert
j. r6w rold.n And he got up from tbs
q N n his office on the bridge, where lie
n making ont his report of tho voyage
unpleted, and led the way.
Il -ysw. y he said, when we had reached the
"A a,plar holo in the upper deck that Is
n IN q as the after hatch, ''look down.
\ Iron door that stands half way open IL
4 iior Of the mailroom. Insidethe mail
& Nil another and smaller room with an
i n Ion door. The smaller room Is til,
t.tle room. These two rooms are as securi
: Ingenuity can make them. The sidci
and top of each are Of iron, and
1. doors are secured by patent, unpickabl,
liz Of which ] personally hold the ktyi
trinu voyage. The only way to get into
<bef Of thee rooms without picking the
lis would be to drill through the iron
his. And TO get into the specie room from
II mAIlroin would be todouble the task.
European consignors OF gold pack 1t ID
bxes, iron bound and protected with wac
ii seals which would break II the boxei
,,ire to be tampered with In the slightest
Ngree. Gold and other coin is sent from
70 port IL kegs, similarly bound and
|Aled Not a penny's worth OF coin ha.
5 II been lovs in steamship transit between
4 contineL.E Although the shipments
tgold are this year all one way, from Eu.
~ TO America, silver il constantly going
n America TO Europe as an article Of
tnercer
isn with the captain as my guide
I'D down into the bowels OF the ship
deck where the precious metals ars
When they were loaded, the boxI
HI brought over by the Fuerst BIZ.
III on this voyage were piled on the
Dor Of the specie room until it wHs
Powered. Then tarpaulin was spread
BE boxes, then this was covered with
~ then onother layer OF boxes was
down aid so on until the entire ship
vas slowed, OF course n careful
n was kept OF the number OF boxts
tAs amount Of coin contained in each.
|Asgest csrgo Of gold ever brought to
4 York from Europe came on the Nor
'1h Of tie same line as the Fuerst Bis
|Etand amounted TO 81 10000.
1sboxes in which gold is brought from
fPe are is inches long, 12 inches witt
'Dinches high, and each contains from
~ To $50, 900 worth OF coin. They had
brought out Of the specie room when
on the ship and lay on the door Of
mailroom near the open door carefully
bed by n ships officer and member
be crew. The passengers had most Of
b dsearked and departed after running
'kAntlst Of the customs officers before tie
enRorH s-rived from New York for tue
faus consignment. These messengers
- to be clerks, and they came on the
M trucks on which the gold was to
. -ght across the North river from Ho-
M this city. They were unhccompa,
Wards Of any sort unless the driy'
I'm trucks might be considered al
!. a certain sense. In one case thers
so clerks, but the extra man ap-
y be on hand as much for his own
w as for any more weighty reason.
sAnly did not appear TO be there in
"a bincrJase the safety OF the gold.
200 Is the first OF the permits for the
Of the gold had been secured b!
Z The clerks come one on the dock
whistle. Then from the hatleys,
dsd tLrong Of longshoremen thst
~ about him In their competition fol
sas an hour or two this individual Sc
Soseo men who hurried up the gang