Show linale Lin birss briny eap gold by ton A N d tn millions of precious metal being shipped to this country from europe IS HANDLED LIKE OLD JUNK JIM new naw york longshoremen find handling of millions Is all ad in days wor US U C holds fifth of worlds supply new yol k gold tons toils of it coil ang bere iero on every efy large passenger liner that plies piles tile atlantic Is handled by seamen Beani tind longshoremen us its bantly as if it were scrap iron on oil such buell ships as aa the olympic arrive millions of dollars worth u of the procious precious Illet fil such buell us its would have an old gall eoll stilling sailing the spanish but the henvy beavy steel bound boxes boses of ingots ingols or e coin oln stored away in the holds of the giant alim arauso among amons pus passengers tin aind A crew arev fur far less interest than the presence of nil internationally known actress or prize winning it was recently announced that tit alie united states bub treasury vaults nulls libie lure already held 1 in 11 1 gold g old one fifth of the worlds entire supply gold as freight goli gold Is classed ns its f might freight and it 11 certain rate per ton la Is paid for transporting it although title due to its value nue special consideration Is given ghen to its safety in each of these big ships Is a vault known tit in ship shift language as aa hid it ly Is n u big box bobor or chamber heavily lined with armor plate tool and located in one of the lower holds lu in such a position tint that it can be approached from but one direction fly by a passage opening from but ono one door or hatch there Is no saneo around the I 1 for a would be thief to work with I 1 a drill and indeed if lie he should get in ho he would probably find himself a oner delivered to tile the ship in a european port the purser carefully checks checka the number 0 of boxes of gold notes tile tha stated value of bf the contents sees to it that proper customs permits for shipment have been issued and in the name of the ship sigus the bills of lading under hla his personal eye it to la stowed stoned IQ in the where it la Is again checked the room Is locked and the ikels eya and combi combination of the door are retained in the pursers pur sera own care on of everal of tho the ships electric alarm devices add to its protection trundled to van on oil in ili N ne alio goll shipments receive first attention titter the passengers pris have been discharged di A spec special ill force of longshoremen under tile tha eye of a trusted boss Is led to the in company with a representative senta tive of tile the bank or hanks banks to which the gold Is assigned gried the boxes are checked out loaded on trucks a certain weight to each mail and trundled away to waiting vatis vans near the still ship sides the longshoremen who handle tile treasure make no fuss about it I 1 it t 14 1 till nil in ili a n work day of eight hours bours tind anil gold ur or pI gIron it Is tile the same to them once in the vans when the lie ship Is released of responsibility however there Is it a show of guards what would happen to the gold it if the still ship would meet with tin an accident and go down it would have to lie he with tile ship unless conditions were such quell that it could bo be removed after the lives of alt all on oil hoard board had been saved wits was the anwer answer of the lines like other freight it Is insured but not even treasure must bo be taken into consideration when lives art are fit at stake gold shipments which have gone go down are arc occupying tho the attention of scores of marine experts today numerous berous devices have been patented rind and many lives have been lost lit in attempts to salvage sunken treasure among hundreds of others it a rich reward w ird awaits tile man mall who can call salvage the treasure lost with the |