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Show STEEL SAFES ON MOTOR CARS Fleet-Footed Bank Messenger With Satchel Gives Way to Up-tc- Date Conveyance. Boston Is In advance of every other rlty In tho country in tho extent to which her banking and financial Interests Inter-ests havo mado uso of tho motor car as a vehlclo for tho transportation of coin, currency, bullion nnd securities. A number of tho Boston banks havo adoptod motor cars as a conveyance for bank messengers and collectors on their rounds of visits to other banks nnd to business houses of all kinds. However, this Innovation marks tbo culmination of a grndual evolution. Tlmo was; and not so very long ngo, either, whon tho financial Mercury, satchol In hnnd, mndo all his trips afoot or on tho street cars, but this plan Is now almost obsoloto. Ono argument for a changa of mothod nroso from tho ensa with which certain robberies of bank messengers mes-sengers wero perpetrated In various largo cities, whon meBBongors wcro traversing congested thoroughfures unattended. Tho special bank cars do not vary greatly In outward nppearnnco from tho gonoral run of high class delivery cars such as aro used by Jowelors, florists, etc, In all tho principal cities. Their distinctive features nro disclosed dis-closed only by a peep into tho lntorlor. Each car Is, In effect, n portabla sate, tho body of tho car being lined with steel. Metal lattice work or cIobo screen mesh has tho preference, although al-though It Is declared that there is no reason why sheet steel of light weight should not bo employed. However, for all tnose motor cars aro fairly Impregnable tho bankers do not place solo dependency upon thoBO steel cages on wheels. Each car carries, car-ries, In addition to tho driver, one, two or three guards. |