New Britain herald., 1921-08-10
GOLD BOTHERS NOT
 THE AMERICAN Gl)R
A Pretty Actress Gets More
 Attention

New York, Aug. 1a-Gold, tons of It, coming here on every large pas senger liner that plies the Atlantic IS handled by seamen and longshore- men as nonchalantly as if it were scrap iron.
 on such ships as the Olympic. ar- rive million of dollars worth of +be precious metal = shipments such as would have swamped an old ga1leon sailing the Spanish main. But inc heavy, steel-bound boxes of insots or coin stored away in the holds of the giant liners arouse among passengers and crew far less interest than inc presence of an internationally known actress or prize-winning Pomeranian.
 It was recently announced that the U. $. sub-treasury vaults here already hold $1.50O, 100000 in gold, one-ffth of the worlds entire supply
 Gold is classified as freight and a certain rate per ton is paid for trans porting 1t, although due to its value. special consideration is given to it's safety. On each of these big ships is vault-known in ship language as the strong room. It is a big box or chamber, heavily lined with arrnor plate steel located in one of the lower holds in such a position that it can be approached from but one direc- ton, by passage opening from but one door or hatch.
 There is no space around the strong room for a would-be thief to work With a drill, and indeed, if he should get in he would probably find him self a prisoner
 Delivered to the ship in European port the purser carefully checks the number of boxes, notes the stated value of the contents sees to it that proper customs permits for ship ment have been issued and in the name of the ship signs the bills of ladlng. Under his personal eye it is slowed in the strong room where it is again. checked>eThe room is locked and the keys and combination of the door are retained in the purser's own care. On several of the ships, electric alarm devices add to the protection.
 On arrival in New York the gold shipments receive first attention after the passengers have been discharged special force of longshoren1en, un- der the eye of a trusted boss is led to the strong room in company with representative of the bank or banks to which the gold .- assigned. The boxes are checked out, loaded on trucks, a certain weight to each man, and trundled away to waiting vans near the ship sides
 The longshoremen who handle the treasure make no fuss about it-it is all in work day of eight hours and gold or pigiron it is the same to 1 them. However. once in the vans, when the ship is released of respon- sibility, there is a show of guards
 What would happen to the gold if the ship should meet with an acci- dent and go down: Ut would have to go with the ship. unless conditions were such that it could be removed | after the lives of all on board had |! been saved,' is the answer of the lines Like other freight it is insured, and l not even treasure must be taken into consideration when lives are at 1 stake
 Gold shipments which have gone down are occupying the attention of 1 scores of marine experts today Mum | erous devices have been patented and | many lives have been lost in attemnts to salvage sunken treasure. Among of others a rich reward awaits the man who can salvage tho trea asure lost with the Lusitania
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