New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-14
THE IIIBERNIA BANK.
Banking House Described.

Banking House Described.
The building heretofore designated No.
AZ Camp street, will not hcnceforth ned
number to distinguish it. 1t will be lown
hereafter as the Hibernia Bank, and i out.
ward embellishments will make it a,lace
of mark even among the several imove-
ments that are progressing in its neihbor-
hood. -tt- =
1t is somewhat remarkable instace of
what architectural skill can effect. few
weeks ago it was merely very Urinary
four-story brick store, as cOmmonpEe as
possible, in no way distinguishable firm the
hundreds of buildings, in the erecpn Of
which utility is the sole feature. No it is
an edifice with outward embellishmels and
interior arrangements in the highest egree
creditable to all commemorative bad of
directors, the architect and the build.
The lower part of the outer front lorna
mented with scroll work, arched in te cen
tire, the summit Of the arch beingorna-
mented with the emblems dear tOevery
Irish heart-the harp and shamrock. Each
end of the scroll work is surmOunte0with
a carved similitude of the genus lee por-
trayed in a state Of semi-angry risility,
leaving the beholder in a state of pl,sing
uncertainty, whether they are jokingDr in
earnest. The upper portion of the fmt is
coated with stucco plaster, in imitatn of
free stone, alternately Of delicate grenish
and brOnish tint.
In the interior the lower floor cnlrises
the public business hall, sixty-eiht feet
long by twenty-five feet in width, nth the
directors room in the rear, eightHn feet
square, and fitted up with combled ele-
gance and simplicity. In the centr Of the
public or business hall large skyliht rises
from the ceiling to the roof, sunounted
with two patent revolving ventilates. The
walls of this skylight are OrnameIed with
simplicity and good taste accorng with
the other parts Of the building. Tie venti-
latOrs introduce light and q fine crulatiOn
of air in the upper as well as in to lower
part of the building. The upper s,ries are
to be fitted up for offices, and the fst floor
consisting Of two large apartment will be
occupied, one by William j. Castll, ESQ.,,
the notary public, and the other b!Thomas
Gilmore, Esq, the well known lawer.
. The front doors, opening directl into the
banking room, are of fine close gained
black walnut, superbly finished. ach will
| contain single pane Of plate glas, about
six feet long and two feet wild These
doors were made by Messrs. W. j. Nc
! Cracker, and will, it is estimated cost for
| the wood work alone, not less thaIOne hun
| bred and fifty dollars each. Thee are six
doors, two to each Of the threepenings.
| The ornamental hardware for thtbuilding
was furnished by Messrs. kursheet & BEN
venu, on Camp street, above POyCas. The
| plate glass in these doors. will mt be less
| than half an inch thick. The coiice work
for the ceiling and sides of til, banking
room and other portions of the budding, as
! we'll as the circular and other ssh, were
manufactured at the extensive establish
| ment of Roberts & Co., on Gravr street
near the Charity Hospital. Tbs cOrnice
| work shows with fine effect, and close are
| the fittings, that it will be takenfor orna
mental stucco work. by any OneShO is moi
in the secret. A black walnut Mahogany
counter of the finest finish. will ri along the
whole length of the banking rooI. curvin.
in front to face the doors, the while lengtt
being seventy feet.
A great feature will be the immense safe
in the rear of the banking ROOM This safe
which is ten feet square in theinside, by
ten feet high has its vaults of sid chilled
IRON one and a half inches in thikness: il
addition to which is wall of cepnt, faced
by iron, in such manner as TIDE almos
impenetrable So that the safe; both fir,
and burglar proOf-that is, a buglar coult
hardly penetrate it, even had b week
unmolested leisure wherein to prfOrm tn
operation The interior door the safe
-, 10 IL.
strength. is secured by double dial com
bination lock, of Yates patent. Getting three
hundred and fifty dollars. Theestimatea
cost of the safe in toto is over fly Thousand
dollars.
One would think that safe lie the on
in question of such strength, and con
structed with such farsighted rterence t.
complete foiling of the burglarius fratel
nity, would be enough for ever purpose
But it is not all for the unfortunate as
pirant after sarog. should he pssibly, il
course of time, achieve an entrane through
the outer wall, will find himself the sterl
presence of an interior safe, equily strong
and equally constructed with a caOus disre
gard Of latrocinous longings. Thisnside safe
which is to contain all the cOvete motors Q
the foiled thief, will be four feet log by tire
feet deep, and six feet in height 1t will b
divided into two distinct commitments
each with its own door, secured bya burglar
defying combination lock, one ofhese con
partments being for the cashie and tn
other for the paying teller. Thiinner sat
will cost over three thousand dollars. 1t
evident that burglarious speculation o
the Hibernia Bank can hardly made t
pay.
The fitting up of the bank is from tn
designs and under the superintadence {
S. B. Haggart, Esq, architect, n 5 Con
mercial Place, the work being dne by MI
Tom O'Niel, the well known. buder. Thl
gentleman, whose name is synonymous wit
energy and enterprise, built, am0g other
the Pile Market and the Nationl Theatre
and is now erecting the Catholic Church
ST. JOsephs, on Common street near ella
borne, which, when finished, vii be til
second largest church edifice in tie cOuntr7
The Hiberpia Bank buildin will
finished and ready for business i1the cours
of the present month. The Bord of u
rectors is composed of well KNOW either
of New Orleans, with Patrick Twin, ESQ
for president, Hugh McCloskey Esq, vic
| president, and j. j. TarletOn, ES caShle