Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-13
|hRMORED TRUCK FOIL TO
bandit PAYROLL GANGS
'Bulletproof Motor messengers Dis
81 placing Footmcn in Service of
- Banks and Public Utilities.
AUTO BANK IN PHILADELPHIA
Serving New York I1anks-Nobile
Pay-OR Observation-Disclosures Real
Service to Industrial Concerns.
60 Carry Body OF Quarterback Steel.


s,l.sFSporad!c cases of lives lost and pay
coils stolen In the ambush by bandits
faof armed. but. nevertheless. praCti-
Eealiy dcfensclcss. messengers IN a
number OF cities during reccn. weeks
have kindled a new interest in the
lead taken I'm New York. Boston, Chi
.psgo. Phil adelphia. Cincinnati and
cleveland by banks. public utilities
and other companies having constant
need TO transfe. money and other
Naluables. The lead they have taken
!Hcs in the direction OF greater Sc
curity and enhanced service, less loss
sot life and money. in the transporta-
/, stion OF large sums through the thor
, Pnghfarcs of congestcd cities.
4.fSeelng an opportunity TO render
real service to Industrial concerns.
merchants and others by making n
! specially OF Offering them safety and
Z and money, while protecting their
-ewn transactions by means OF the
same conveyance. more and more
Ehnks are purchasing armorcd motor
Serving New York hanks.
.sfTwo White trucks with armorcd
sbndies. transfer thousands OF dollars
Ipily for two bic banks in downtown
New York. One truck-a two-ton
.nnit-carries n body OF quarter-inch
ssteel In addition to tho driver. TWO
guards generally man the truck on
Its trips. The guards. heavily armed.
ride on the inside. The keys TO the
pnly door Gin the side of the body)
.are held in the branch banks or in
the possession of the guards riding
inside the truck In no case can the
driver open the door. In event of the
truck heinG fired upon. the steel
Strength to flat,en ordinary lead bull
lets. while from their protected po-
Ssition In the interior of the fortress"
the guards can return the fire Of
bandits through 'portholes" arranged
Tor such an emergency.
"Auto Hank" mt Philadelphia.
~ Day and night the auto bank"
owned by tho Quaker City Cab Com
-pany, of Philadelphia. answers calls.
It's chief responsibility is the safe
Scollection OF funds from theatcrs.
,tradesmen. fraternal orders. building
and loan companies and other organi-
cations which customarily receive
large sums OF money after the closing
hours OF banks.
%, a small rear platform makes it
possible To use the truck as pay
car. The truck is often used to carry
pay rolls TO outlying sections.
W. The body OF the auto bank" is of
bullet-proof steel. should the truck
be attacked, the cashier could, merely
by touching button, drop steel cur
tains over all windows. The windows
are further protected by s1ccl bars.
The door has a double combination
lock. Tampering with locks on
operation a standard burglar alarm
System. connected with a large gong
in the roof of the truck. If accident
Should befall the driver. the cashier
could cut off the gasoline supply and
stop, the truck by pressing button
inside the body.
Mobile Pny-OT system.
In Chicao tho surface lines carry
the pay envelopes Of their Thousands,
OF employees 10 car barns and other
widely scattered pay-off places in a
White truck. all windows in which
are protected by iron bars and an
alarm system. In some cases the
truck merely carries paymastcrs and
money from one car barn TO another
while in others II goes into the coun-
try 10 pay OF linemen. trackmcn and
workers engaged in special construc-
,tion. The Cincinnati tOhio) Traction
Company also depends upon n White
itwo-ton truck for the safe transfer
Of payroll money TO outiay!nS car
barns.
~ In the collection OF money from its
many telephone pay stations. the Bell
Telephone Company, ot Philadelphia
uses an armorcd truck. Other users
OF armored White trucks are the Fed
,eral reserve banks at Boston, Chi
cago and Cleveland. the Cleveland