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Show Big Gold Shipment Transferred Safely Twenty-f!v,9 Motor Cart Used In Carting Cart-ing $19,534,200 to New York Subtreasury Now York, Aug. 11. Ono million fifty thousand ounces of United States gold coin, valued at $19,534,200 consigned In England to J. P. Morgan Mor-gan & Co., and brought across the Atlantic by a Drltlsh warship reached' reach-ed' tho end of its long voyago today nt tho United States subtreasury hero after It had been carried In twenty-five twenty-five motor trucks thrco miles through the streets under heavy police guard. Tho utmost secrecy marked, tho, shipment ot 'tho gold and a lot ot American securities from England to Halifax and by rail to Now York. Tho Morgan firm declined to mako any statement regarding tho vnluo or character of securities which accompanied accom-panied tho gold It was rumored Mn Wall Btrect that tho gold and securities securi-ties totaled betweon $30,000,000 and $50,000,000. It wns gonerally stated that tho securities were chiefly 'American 'Am-erican railroad bonds and preferred shares of American, railroad stocks. ," Tho shipment was mndo In 700 boxes. box-es. A squad ot mounted police rode bosido tho trucks on tho trip from tho railroad station to tho subtreasury, subtreas-ury, a uniformed policeman sat besldo each chauffeur and four nrmed guards sat on top ot tho boxes on each truck. Crowds lined tho streets as tho trucks passed nnd a throng watched tho unloading nt tho subtreasury. |
