The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-11-28


Bank vanlt, inths roar If this room,
is made Of immense solid blocks Of
limestone, and Is marvel ofimpreg-
inability. We venture the prediction
that no man who saw Il In process Of!
construction, or knows anything
about the character Of the safe with
In, will ever attempt TO pct money
out of it, except IN the regular way.
It would be rs hopeless task to eet
into that safe, through those walls,
with burglars tools as it would DO to
attempt to batter down the walls Of
AGibralter with a cats trif. In the
rear Of the Bank, same floor. is coy
directors room, some 15x2s, and
still in the rear Of this. q store room
tor rent, some 81 $50 On the acc.
ond floor over tho Bank. wc find four
elegant Offices, to be entered bv an
iron stairway, springing up from
Front street.
The store room OF Taylor. Blake
4 Go. for their retail drug, book and
stationary trade, il 36x liz feet in
the clear, fourteen feet high, sup
ported in the centre BY row Of cigh.
iron columns.and is byall odds the fin-
est store room in Iowa. Thencxt floor
above, Same size, and supported by
the same number Of columns, will be
entirely devoted to their rapidly ir-
creasing jobbing trade.
The third story Of this block fur
nishes the city with a great desider-
alum in the way Of Public Hall,
to he called Taylor 4 Blake's Hall
which for size, convenience and
beauty, will be equal to any found
in the West. It occupies the entire
third atory, and is ll3 %56 feet in
the clear, and will be capable Of seat
I ing twelve to fifteen hundred per
sons. 1t will be furnished with
chairs. now being manufactured by
Mccoy 4 Washburne Of this city,
and will have oil tho modern i'm
provements in tho way Of ticket Of.
Ace, stage, dressing and reception
rooms.
The fourth story Of this truly
magnificent building, will be cxclu-
fsively. occupied by T., B. 4 Co. As a
package room. And now having
! gone from basement to roof which
by the way is of French NIansard
style of architecture, covered with
slate, in novel and hcautifnl tasscl
atcd manner, we will conclude this
description ola building which is an
ornament to the city and credit to
the entcrprlsing gentlemen owning
lit, by giving the names OF tho archi.
stccts and contractors whose hard
knocks wrought this imposing strnc-
l.ture out Of the nnsightIy brick, NOR
i tar and wood.
/ Architect-C. A. Durham, Bur-.
.flington.
! The brick, 100000, were made BY
Chiffon + Foy, near the Cemetery.
i Stone work, foundation, bank
vault, 30. Cullen and Kendall.
/ Brick work james Cullen.
4 Carpenter work-Frank FidIer.
i Plastering T., B. 4 Co.-Nation
~ Co.
4 Plastering Hall Bonar 4 Co.
i Plastering bank and Offices Lewis
/ 4 Co.
4 Iron work, inclrding the hand
some front columns, &c, q splendid
job, this item alone costing s3.4O0,
! Drake, Spivey h Jones.
Finishing inside, including coun
tor, shelves, dc.,-W. b. Moore.
i Timing roof spouting Be-. Clark
4 Tuttle.
j, Painting % far a. DONE. G.
!. Booz.
I GlazingJ. G. BOOK and 5. n
I Worcester.
Cellar dug BY the city(ior par
| ticulars Of which, see any number d
last springs Mercury
Total cost up % tho present time,
Il Ard eetimaAad eest a. oepnto>a ~