, 1875-08-29
What the Stats Savings Institution
il Constructing Inside It's
Present Building.
An Unsurpassed Place Of Security
for All Kind OF Va!uabies.
Vaults and Locks Which Can
Eternally Defy Flame and
Rogues.


Our representative looked In 1T ths Stats
Ss wings Institution awhile yesterday, Thert
was the usual hum Of business in it's lively IN
terror; the usual line OF Saturday deposito.r
add1ng to ther already comfortable balaac~a.
But newer matter Of interest than all this was
found in observing the progress OF work urou
the imposing Safe Depository vaults, nov nearly
conf ietsd in connection With the Bank
These vaults will be the most subsrauti.1, u
t1active, and secure receptscles for everything
in the line OF valusbles which have ever been
built The managers Of the State Savings Insti-
tuition have been ab}e 10 command all the e1per
nence which has come from Safe Depository con-
sttuction in the past. They have been able I'd
avau themselves OF all the advantages and ID
avoid all the Defects attendant apon ths making
Of such depository, and the result il that they
will have = series Of vaults utterly imprexnsble
age;rat fire and Villains.
l. 4-foot foundation OF solid unasonrv will sup
port walls and ceilings correspondingly Immense
On thus foundation, and lining the sides and tops
Of the vaults, IRE ateruate layers Of iron and
steel fully inches in tbickuess-
4 NEW FEATURE
Of security is introduced in tho ehspe Of long
and huge bars Of railroad iron which, placed close
~ side by side run up the walls next to the steal
lining. aud bend clear across the top. Thla gives
strength which can defy any sort OF disaster. II
all tho buildings SURROUNDING Court House square
we're to be heaped On these iron-r1bbed vaults,
the latter could not be crushed in. Outside this
corrugated armor is auosher WALL built Of Co
mented brick 10 = thickness OF 1G inches. When
it il remembered that al Of this enormous 1uass
OF masonry, steel, aud iron Ia erected within The
massive interior Of the Stale Savings Institution
Building. itself fire-proof structure, our read-
ets will understand how pre-eminently secure
the new Depository will b.
THE DOORS
to these vaults are over three tons in weight,
and are inches thick, Of solid welded steel
These are doubla,-that ia. two doors to esch
entrauce,-au are fashioued with all tae pstleoce
and eEn which the bsst tatent OF the country IN
thls line Of business could lavish upon then.
Thev will be fastened with ccmulete lndepend-
ent combustion locks Thes are undoubtedly
among the very strongest vault doors ever con-
structed.
THE NoRrH VAULT
will hare ready Tor occupancy in q few days 2o0e
boxes, aud both OF these vaults will contalu>
altogether, about 5000 bo1es. These will vary
in size ~ fotloxs: " inches square; ~
inches by 8; 8H inches square; 8l4 inches by
u; Il inchea by 16; and Is inches b3 "a.
They ais all a. inches deco. This range OF
sizes will give every deposition boz suited In
extent to h.a desires TIE boxes have secure
independent locks to each OF them, and tho de-
pos.tor alone. or such person AZ he may choose,
will ha7e the key or combination to his box,
q large FAr1ik equally 88CuFG. Ii AIS0 Otsltu1laR
just behind those We have described This Will
be for the
Of silver-ware, paintings, and other goods OF
larger bulk than are usually placed in tho LOCK-
bo1ea.
Altogether, it will be seen that the new Uepos-
irorY, like everything else in any way identified
with the State Savings Institution, ID TO be ttno
example Of thorongnnebs. and rellablEty.
The vanlts we're vleited yesterday y largo
number OF leading bankers, members Of the
press, and prominent merchants The curiosity
to see every Improvement in the construction OF
bank-vaults is most laudable Qua. and we arc
glad to know that expectancy in this particular
case was moro than satisfied
THE VERDICT
Of all who have seen the uew Depository IS thst
tire must burn vastly hotter than it did ut Caca-
go's historic blaze; that burglars must become
1ong-iived and accomplished.
ever to make 50 im;'ra4siou On the osltslde OF
the8a vnults and DOORS For hama or thieves
ever to get instde Ii N utter, hopeloaa lnpoaa4-
b.lity.
L. D. Cleveland is snnerintending the compile
lion II tho work, and tho vault building Id being
done By Delbold, Norrla i To-, Of Canton. ..
The State Savings institution with lta long
aud uurivaled record, its calmness aud unqua'1-
fed judgment in the face OF panics, its high hss
Of officials, and ita euporb management. 10 oou-
feesadIy tho chlef OF Western savings banks.
It is now, in addition. to be known Al oae OF tho
most completely appointed safe Depoaieo1iad In
Lhe norld