The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-11

is occupied by Conrad N. Jordan, the
other by Maurice L. Muhleman, one
of the most popular, painstaking and
thoroughly efficient Government en-
ployes in the country. The entire
executive work of the Sub-Treasury-
and it is vast and multitudinous in de-
tails transacted within these two
rooms.
The interior arrangement of the
Sub Treasury is peculiar to the date of
it's construction. The ceiling of the
main room rises in the form of dome
to the extreme height of the building,
and is supported by granite columns,
forming rotunda. Four galleries
afford means of communication be-
tween the rooms situated at either
angle of the building on the second
floor, from which can be obtained a
bird's-eye view of the clerks at work in
three departments on the floor below
the cashiers, receiving and paying.
These, situated on the maiI floor, are
separated by bank counters of wood
and partitions of iron, pierced here
and there by the familiar pigeonholes
of bank. In fact, the entire appear
ance of the main room of the Sub
Treasury suggests the arrangements of
C. large bank as they existed two score
years ago.
The departments of the Sub-Treas-
ury are the cashiers, receiving and
paving, which is divided into cash
paying and check paying coin, divided
into paying and receiving; minor coin,
bond, coupon, authorities, accounting
and experimenting. The names ofthese
in most instances amply describe IN a
general way the nature of the work
performed. The duties of the authori-
ties department, however, are Pc
culiar. In it are kept the lists of cor
porations having business relations
with the Government and the names OF
the officials of each who are authorized
to sign and receipt for checks. In the
accounting department are kept, IN
addition to the general accounts Of the
Sub Treasury, the account of the Post
Office Department, always maintained
separately, and the accounts OF the
disbursing officers of the United States
Army and Navy, etc.
At the present time the daily bal
ance in the Sub-Treasury averages
about $125, 100000. 1t runs, how
ever, at times as high as 1925, 900, 600,
a sum of money of which the ordinary
mind con form no conception. Nat
urally enough every safeguard is taken
for the protection of this immense
treasure. The casual observer of the
Sub Treasury building Knows full we'll
it's massive exterior. Its full strength,
however, is not apparent until after a
careful scrutiny of the interior. The
building itself was constructed for the
purposes of the Custom House IN 1882
and used as such until 1862.
Strong as it was originally it was, In
remodelling, made absolutely impreg-
nable. A board of United States army
officers were intrusted with the work,
and as it stands to-day it contains
many features of fortress. The walls
in the basement are eight feet thick
and arc built of solid granite blocks.
No part OF the walls anywhere are less
than four feet through. All the par
titions between the rooms are OF
masonry. The ceilings are concrete,
| oll the floors are of stone or metal and
the various doors are of steel plate.
The treasure is stored in five princi-
pal vaults, three of which hold the
greater proportion. These are the
gold vanlt, the note vault and the
vault in which is stored the silver dol
lars The first two are on the main or
rotunda floor, while the other is huge
cavern in the cellar of the building.
The vaults on the main floor are
bombproof and burglar proof and
PROOF against everything else short OF