The morning times., 1895-07-07
Eight Hundred TliIIions
In Uncle Sans Cash Box
No Intricate Mechanism for the Protection of the
Money, but Yet 1t Is Impossible for the Enter
prising Burglar to Make Haul.

With eight hundred millions in his safe,
IL is 10 wonder that Uncle sam has to
keep a Yigilant watch lest someone pick
his huge tTouser-pocket.- Such a sum OF
wealth almost suTpasses the understand
ing OF the average mind, and when we
TeCollect that one man cannot count q
million in seven months, some idea OF the
magnitude OF the labor which counts the
money several times in the course OF
manufacture, can be obtained.
Unlike the Bank OF England, our vaults
in the basement Of the Treasury have no
wonderful mechanism by which they are
protected. The English bank has an in
tucate system of signals and electric
arrangements, and even were a robber 10
penetrate into the vast depth OF stone
which guards the treasure, the act OF
stealing would cause the whole thing to
be submerged into a large vat OF water
IN our treasury the protection has Moth
ing OF this wonderful mechanical genius,
but the stenguh OF the building and OF the
steel vaults, together with the watchful
eye OF ever-present guards, keeps every
thing under strict surveillance and safe
from robbery.
MAN WHO DRIVES MILLIONS
Some time ago it was asserted that the
little sentry boxes which were erected
10 the corner Of the White House grounds
were for protection Of guards to the Presi-
dent, but the truth is that it is for he
watchmau who is constantly guarding the
Treasury, night aud day.
over at the Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing, where the money is made, steel
vault with a time lock prevents any pos
Eibility Of entrance after certain hour
10 the day Then, all during the night
watChman sits in front OF the door, while
Others patrol the building When the
money is transported TO the Treasury, it
Is placed in large wagon whose sides are
OF steel plates and four armed men ride on
the step behind.
To WashinCtonians il is a familiar sight
20 see the solid dark sides Of the wagon
numbering along, dra wn by pair of massive
bays aud driven 10y son OF the Emerald
Isle. who has been at the work for ten
years.
The man has carried on an average of
sixteen million week during these ten
years, which leaves TO his credit a sum OF
$50, J 20 900 600 which have been carried
by one man. In al this time no one has
ever made any attempt 10 touch the wagon
10 which the money was hauled
On reaching the Treasury the money
is placed in the vaults, which are built OF
stone and then a huge steel safe erected
within that work. The weight OF the coin
silver is about 600 900 tons, and it is
safely locked in with a time lock, which
is closed each day at in the afternoon and
does not open until the next morning at
IL The huge door of the solid steel is
no heavy that it requires a good d-sized ma
chine each Gay 10 roll IL into place
SAFE AGAINST ATTACK
Then there is another apartment which
is closed by the time lock, and a third,
leading to the vault, which has barred
grating in front. Guards watch the build
ing during the whole night from the outside,
ana within set OF men are always
walking the gloomy rounds of the dark
corridors Were there the least attempt
at an attack the whole police force of the
oity would be on the spot in ten minutes.
Granting that q man could penetrate the
iron doors which give entrance to the
building, he would have also TO elude the
numerous scntries all about the building,
where, in the silence OF night, the fall OF
q pin can be heard. Were he 10 overcome
all guards, he would find that he had an