New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-08
London Shipment Totals
sSO.OOO.OO0, Exceeding
Others by 100000.
TREASURE TRAIN
TOOK NEW ROUTE
Seven Steel Cars. Under Forty
Guards. in Grand Central
After Devious Trip.

There was enough money and securi-
t.s living around the corner OF Lexing-
,on Avenue and Forty-sIXth Street last
risbt 10 put SIC in the pocket Of each
~ the 100000 men. women and chill
S..n in this city. Blu; il would prob
,Alv have been the hardest SIS to get
,bs, any man ever tried 20 acquire, had
tke attempt been made.
There wss about $4,000, 900 Of it, in
,ols and securities. shipped from Lon
A, 10 extend the credit Of King
c,oyees country here principally 20
nav fo- munitions Of war. Almost ex-
,.es;nr the Imaginative gold OF Treas
,,s Island" it lay in the yards Of the
Grand Central terminal all night Its
prs,ence kept some OF the officials Of
ns American Express Company and a
sua-d OF forty special agents awake
ur,il early this morning.
I, was the largest shipment Of gold
ever brourh. here from & foreign coun-
trv. being s3O.Oo0.OO0 in excess OF each
=, the two previous consignments Of
golj and collateral securities shipped
from England since the European war
began.
The treasure train Of seven steel ex-
press cars arrived from Halifax at 9
o'clock las, night. The train was
,bvn,ed on TO track 10, which runs into
N. sxpress company's station, and left
70 the mercy Of the forty guards.
s5s.5oo,OOO British Coin.
The g4.rds camped out for the night
on TIE station platform, and through
the train. Every man was armed and
wide awake. Robert E. NJ. Cowie, vice
president and general manager Of the
American Express Company, was on
hand when the train arrived. G. ".
Robe. manager Of the New England
department Of the company. was in
charge OF the guards en- route. Three
special government agents from the
Sub-Treasury met the train.
Mr. COwie said he and Mr.. Robie in
te:ded 10 sit up al night with the
gold. He did not explain why the
eompany's present plans differed from
those o. the 9th n shipments. They are
holding the gold at the station over
night, and brought it here from Hall
fax over a different route.
Mr. Cowie said he had not seen the
manifest Of the shipment and did not
know exactly how much was in the CON
signment While ne Sas inclined 70 be
lieve Ss0000,00 was q large estimate,
he said the actual coin weight IN Sold
in the cars vas far in excess OF that IN
the two previous shipments. The value
Of the consignment, as reported from
Portland, Ell route, was about SoO,-
100000, consisting Of ll.65O,OOO tngllsh
soveregns. equivalent 10 about $780,
100000, and s7,85O,00 in United States
coin. The value Of the bonds Is
N4.000O00.
The gold will be loaded on express
company trucks early this morning ana
taken 10 the Sub-Treasury, in Wall
Rt4NfAs = tA-dAlb bl4 Va i4iNAAANN+
will escort the treasure laden cars. Inc
English money viii 20 70 the Assay OF
fee, where the gold will be weighed
and its value accurately computed. The
securities will probably go directly TO
the banking house of J. 2. Morgan
Co. agents for the British government
In this country.
The money and bonds left Halifax
Monday, signed to J. p. Morgan &
Go. They had been brought 70 Canada on
the fast British cruiser Argyle. A an
ferent route from Portland 20 this city
vas followed. The train reached Port
land az s:51 o'clock a. m. Yesterday,
and was sent over the Worcester,
Nashua & Portland division Of the Bos-
ton & Maine. The other trains went by
way Of South Lawrence and Lowell 70
Worcester. A pilot train of locomotive
and three cars preceded the train from
Bangor 10 Worcester. where II was
taken of. The train came over the Bos-
ton & Albany and the New York, New
Haven 4 Hartford, by way of Spring
Held, from Worcester 70 this city. The
entire trip was made without Incl
dent" according TO the officials of the
express company.