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Show GASH WiS : OF II. S. CHECKED I Task Is So Heavy I hat Coins Are Counted by Weight and Machine WASHINGTON. I'Vb. 4. A coin- plelc count of the government's cnh jhas just been made for the fir.'-t tlmo In twelve years The total approx-imatcd approx-imatcd thirteen billion, five bunar d I million dollars and included all cash land securities held as reserves against, currency outstanding. The count was made by a Special committee of three., assisted by eight I accountants and by fifteen laborers 'who wertf us'il to move around bb heavy track of gold and silver. The I men delved into great faults in the i treasury bulldinp and took stock of I gold, silver and paper money and securities, se-curities, many of which bad not Beenj the light of day since shortly ufler 'William Howard Tatt was Inaugurated pr-sldent and a new treasurer of the LTnlted states appointed In 1900. The accountants in entering the vaults puHStd gi im-M.-iip'-'l KU.ml.s wli" das ind niglit "sit on the lid" to pre-ivenl pre-ivenl any possible attempts at an unau-j thorlBed raid on the treasury. The i vaults themselves are supposed to be burglar proof and are of massive con- ' :-.'! and steel construction. Tho . storage section arb kept under oal , and this was the first time that some lof them bad been opened In twelvi years for when John Burke became I treasurer alter President Wilson was 'first Inaugurated bo accepted thej ! count of cash in tlic storage section' which bad not been opened since the previous count In 1909 MACHINES KEEP T LLY. The accountants handled money of 'ji possible denomination from tho lowly copper to $10,000 bills. Many Of the bill?, particularly those of the large denominations. tuch as $1,000, .were in sheets of foi.r ach and bold :i reserve nnalnst currency of : uuill'-iJenimln." uuill'-iJenimln." tlonn In circulation Thous- ir.d dollar bills in circulation are few ind each bank in the country is kppt lupplicd by the treasury wrch a list ot atom with tiiir numbers ao that ft Derchance any ure extracted fro i treasury Illegally the holder will have xtremc difficulty In realbiing on them The count just finished WOS made necessary by the retirement of Jthn Burke air treasure and was completed In the recounting machines. LooSe -oins pi.ssed through these machines Instetitl of b inj; i uunled by hand a.s n-us necessary In the olden days Taper Ta-per currency was counted by the piece, but stored coins and currency were counted py the sjiit or package In c where the w'rapplnga were un- broken ami tin "'-il 'n each intact Thi main supply of the government's govern-ment's mortev Is stored In two laTge .lull . but there are a n.nnber of smallei jnes in the various divisions of The department as well as in the cash rooms v. here cash payments are made by the government obi NTED i;v W ! IGHl tlold coins stored in the vaults were cc. interi by weight. The gold Is kept ii sacks, sealed with the lieasurer's wax -eal and containing J5.000 each, weighing about in pounds and 7 OUpees. First one sack wfts Weighed and then the others were ...unlm t If both the seal the covering wore found intact tiiey were weigneu against the first or test sack and if thol result was the same were passed and counted. However, if a seal was brok-( on or the sack torn Or there was appreciable ap-preciable difference In weight the contents con-tents were counted by the piece. Standard silver dollars were counted In the same way us the gold coin.; They are stored In s;u ks containing 1.000 and weighing about fiO pound! Work on the silver coins was lessened ufi l lais aa hi by the go crnmeht's m lt-ing lt-ing 100,000,000 sliver dollars undor the- Plttman act for Fale to the British government to r-lle(. t lie silver famine fam-ine In India, duntu; the war. CURRENCY IN PA R -l S. k Paper money is stored In pa p r pack-l .igcs making a cube of about "tj inches! each way and containing -J.OOO notea I tun each package Is stamped tlie amount and the denomination of the notes Inclosed. A ax sea Is attached. Except where a broken seal or pack-ago pack-ago necessitated an actual count of the contents the paper In the vaults was counted by tho package. Sealed packages of paper money are accepted from tile bureau of engraving and printing as correct when the Wrappings are intact because the issue division of the treasury maintains an office In tin bureau and In rcatit counts all the paper rnone be , .: leaves the bureau Coins of smaller denominations quarters, dimes, nickels and coppers Btofed in sacks win- counted in the same manner OS the silver and gold by taking the weight of a test sack tor each denomination and weighing ttv other sacks against it. V'AUlTS SI villi VGAIN. Upon completion of the count the storage compartments of the vaults were sealed with the seal of the spec-'ial spec-'ial committee nnd a receipt was given to Mr. Burke, the retiring treas irei 'by Uuy K Allen his successor for the cash and securities of the government held In the treasury. When he signed the receipt the acting treasurer became be-came personally responsible for the ; safekeeping of all the cash and securities securi-ties In the building. The new treasurer was represented ion the special counting committee by i '. E Repp'ert, vault lerk of the cash division of the treasurer's office. C. i.V, MoGrpaty, cliief of the division of j loans and currency was chairman of tb committee, and with John Moon. , chief of the coupon surrender section 'of that division, represented the secretary secre-tary of the treasury- |
