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Show Great Wealth Passes Corner Every Day lW monoy passes tho cornor of , IV! Ilrond nnd Wall streets. In Now York's financial district than any other oth-er slnglo point in tho world. According Accord-ing to an estlmato Just mado tho amount moving past this corner evory minute of tho working day is $000,000 or $00,000 for every tick of tho clock. This trcmendoua wealth Is tho dally contribution from Wall street to tho Btibtreusury of tho United States. Approximately Ap-proximately ono-tlilnl of it goes by in gold and currency. Tho precautions taken to guard this tremendous store of wealth aro nB little understood as thoy aro unob- truslvo. Messengers carrying millions pass this cornor ovory moment unob-J unob-J sorvod except by tho paid "shadows" A employed to guard tho monoy-bearers. W While nil this cash Is at largo tho old If 't modioli of safeguarding It Is no longor In evidence. Ever Blnco an express company bringing a shipment of $7,000,000 in gold to tho subtreasury forwarded it In wagons on which snt men armed with rifles tho old method has .gone out of voguo. Such a mob collected, attracted by tho sight of tho armed mon, that it was Impossible to unload un-load tho coin. As a roBult n new stylo of guarding tho treasure has been adopted. Fow people realize that when they pass tho subtreasury thoy aro passing a verltablo fortross. Such, however, Is tho caso. Gold and other forms of currency averaging $3G0,-000,000 $3G0,-000,000 aro doposltod behind doors which weigh 40,000 pounds each and cost $30,000. Within tho subtreasury Is an nrmnmont of 100 rlflos, with 12,000 rounds of cartridges; 100 revolvers, re-volvers, with 1,200 rounds, nnd, chief of nil, four gatllng gunB, with 20,000 rounds of ammunition. With this armament any attacking mob could bo ropulsed In a few moments. In addition addi-tion thero aro In tho chamber of wealth 1,500 bombs, with cunningly arranged pcopholes through which thoy can be dropped. A slnglo shot In Wall Btrcot would call out a company of protoctora and a fuslllado would summon a regiment. |