Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11

YNCLE SANS treasury building
at Washington covers two en-
tire city blocks. In this build
~ ing there are thirteen immense
vaults, and several smaller safe
vaults, in which are safely packed
away billions of dollars in gold, silver,
greenbacks and securities.
The vaults are wonderful in their
intricate construction. They are sur
rounded by thousands of highly
charged wires embedded in solid con-
crete, any one of which will give an
alarm instantly If touched by any per
son not intrusted with the secret COM
bination. Each vault is about twenty
Ave feet wide by thirty feet long, and
are built of reinforced concrete four
and half feet thick and strong in
proportion. The vaults are as nearly
burglar-proof as human ingenuity can
make them.
Doors Are Strong.
Electricity, applied by the most
modern method, protects the treasure
Each of the vaults Is completely sur
rounded by a network OF electric
wires placed two inches apart. The
doors of the vaults being sufficiently
strong to resist any attempt to enter
them, It is absolutely impossible for
anyone to gain entrance to this treas
ure house without giving an alarm
that will bring out instantly the cap
tain of the watch and his entire force
of guards, for the minute an electric
wire is cut or even touched the alarm
is sounded, and the guardians or Un-
Gle Sans treasure at once get busy.
The financial transactions or the
government are conducted on a scale
of such magnitude as to seem almost
incredible. For instance, during the
period of thirteen years from 1897 to
June 80. 1910, the accounts settled In
the office of the auditor for the treas
ury department aggregated the I'M
mense sum of SOS, 1S1 100000, an aver
age of nearly $5,250,000,0O0 a year
This vast sum embraces the income
snd expenditure Of the government
the issue. redemption and exchange OF
currency accounts of minis and assay
Offices. customs, internal revenue
atc II does not, however. INCLUDE
transactions relating TO the posta
sarvica the revenues Of which for the
aaca1 year ending June 80. 1909
amounted to secs, $50, SSS.07, and the
expenditures 1921 ,O04, 102.S9.
II is not generally known that the
rr,,ted States today holds the largest
stock of gold of any nation IN tne
.or,d The amount Of gold. In the
Irrited States is more than three times
"a large as that of Great britain II
,ro than equals that of Great 8ri
tain and France, Great Britain @no
Germany, or Great Britain anu nuSS''
combined.
Interesting Figures.
number OF interesting lacls nc
rs;ng the silver dollar were discov
ersd during the writer's investigation
~ this subject. For instance, l'ooO ne"
ot,,aard dollars will weigh exactly
- 90 rorpds II the countrys stock OF
5sA so4.71e silver dollars were loaueo
TITO freight cars of $4,000 POUNDS OF
tb;rtv toms capacity. 1t wouid require
~,ore than s55 cars to carry them.
70 tbose same silver dollars could be
laid fat. one on top of another they
would make monument $50 mlles
high. II placed end to end they would ID
neka q handsome necklace 1S'Soe
lies IN length Or they would MAKE
hsIt that woaid extend more than
hale way around the world
One thousand dollars In new soio
coins weighs s.ss pounds. oneie
SANS stock of gold, therefore, y