Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-18
MONEY N TRANSIT Is
How Millions Are i Moved ' II. Safety
From City to City.
STRONG ROOMS IN BIG BANKS a. x
rh. Modern Manganese stesl Vault,
With It's Electric Skin, Gan Dsfy fhs
Most Daring and Clever Burglar
Equipped With the Fineat Tools.

Equipped With the Finest Tools.
Millions and bilious in real cash,
gold and bills. are vague things TO
most of. us. aud few people bare any
idea where this immensely wealthy ma
ton keeps its real money OF how it u
guarded on its travels.
It is with the greatest reluctance that
It's owners or trustees ever move II;
they prefer to exchange The checks.
| notes, drafts or securities that repre-
! sent il. But there are tines when the
real money must go. and then It's jour
ney is very interesting thing.
Every bank and trust company is re
uuircd by the banking laws to keep
, certain amount of money ON hand. the
amount being in proportion to the size
of the institution. and in addition the
current business of the house requires
that SO many millions more be availa'
Bile for use ut the paying tcller's win,
! dow. To safeguard these large sums
; is the business Of safe and vaslt build
ip- experts. and so far advanced Is
tllIs science that it is practically I'M.
possible for the best equipped crooks
to extract 81 from any hi. bank vault.
Bank robbinS these days is practiced
on small country banks or is achieved
by dishonest bankers.
The manganese steel vault. with i's
electric skin is the last word in liro'
tectiun. The vault designer selects q
spot in the institution. IN any place
| from the cellar 10 the roof. where the
vault can he isolated and cannot he
reached easily by tunncicrs. aud there
the hig steel house is built. Its walls
are 80 thick that they viii resist fire
earthquake and heavy explosives. and
! thc whole is protected 10y an electric
skin. This is usually Of Il soft foil OF
alloy. and If even pin IS thrust
through it at any point Il short circuit
| is male and alarm bells Let ringing III
the building. in police headquarters. III
tic Offices Of private protective aScli
aics, and in The homes o: certain OIL
GERS 'or'thc hank The bnrglar, With 3
.liircl. hat wVuId burn hole through
tie ..iccI IN fcw' minute; or tools thai
wouId cit uri a. door in an hou:. has
not u. chance. cren after he has tim
uclcd 10 The vault and nyGrcotUe tbs
! walr!mrn.
Messenger; are never employ ed ii
! t.arryiii. vcr: large amounts Of money
II +; Il faTiliur sight in The financial
district il New. York cts To sec two
; sturdy ru:lI!. Eicu. each lOldinS to the
handle ri :, heavy lcat!cr bag. With
| onc nr more guards walking behind
I:.i ihr chances arc nii'tty-niuc in u
iiul.rirc: iHat The bag contains MI
G.urr San fcw llIpl's"uds ut most
thou: Il there E!;:Y he millions in bends
! ar u.:.rT ,:rc!ritrS
Wl"n millions in cash ;rc taken FROM
II" cult; Il picked corir' Of guarded
..I"rE.; i:c,:; il nu in steel casks Ot
;iir !:.ii,i I.!!D|u AZ r:..'rcSS strong
i.ux"S ,II Tics" arc PIN ii in wagons
IN w.;;"i IN carrying Dmpartmcnts
40 ..l'.;i,;" rf steel :;crrrus Each was'
~! rs: lis .;"i rr guards. usually Two
"li tie r"";ii siui. one dri Ing, one lock
~! il, "iiii he E;umy AID one "idin:
az. ~ rear
FIR rraI,:.ii from city IL city the biz
lm.i;.: rr:iiG% iir #ySirl:i Of the Ma.
, linnal Gil: Eauk Of Sew York. which
il ,hr Ilr:,.SI handler Of ;"aI money in
AIS ,niin:rr. not even excepting the
Jai'a! States :uiEt. They Utilize the
T..rrs.; COMPANIES. Each biz company
iaS *.mHl iar:.t. amounts of money in
uir!:ii:: is employees. AMI in clIbo:at.
80 %y.:"niS fur irIciii" s!nicn parcels:
;.yrry professional tliicr would rather
steal from Il police rapi:'.n than steal
from III express cOEi!.aME. as all OF
them are allied together 10 form a
ncrrc;. network through which thieves
and pIun'cr can scnrccl! hope to eS
tlp".
'i'Ilr niun"r J.; checked. out VI The
v:,ilI; irtu In. h'ndS If express com
IaGy employees. y!i" r"rI 1t to their
express cars in the rHiirond yards. and
il travels 10 its destination in as sim
pic and uuustcntHliUlIS u manner as
if il were so lnany crates If eggs. The
express company employees never
know what IS in The sIrnng boxes =
they merely knew thai they have so
many of thcm in given numbers to re
cnirc and to deliver. AMI that is all
there is 70 il.
An addilinIial Safeguard! is the very
weight OF any given quantity OF gold
and tie serial numbering rf large bills.
These latter are kept in TIE same pack.
cts in which they leave the banks II
possible. and the groups Of numbers
make them rs individual and as easily
itentifable as one mau from another.
If a thief extracted a million in So. |
600 bills he could not cash single one
OF them Washington Star.