, 1881-05-01

Whtch the more modern banking-hOnses In
Agw York AID PhiIadelphia are built.
The main eatrance is directly opposite the
wide entrance from Dearborn street, nlltf Afl-
other entrance has also been secured through
the Portland Block leading out onto Wash
lll.tOh Street
vide, AMI twenty-sx feet high, ligl,;etl only
! by all immense skylight which is tifty-eieEll
feet long AMI sixteen feet wide. Iii tile mat
ter of light and ventilation this 0ffi.:e cltal-
!enses anything III le city, s1ni rs It 8 in the
rear portion uf the building it aynids the
!loi>t ;fld hustle incident to an office facing
Oh Streets.
The vaults, Of wl,ich there are three, are
built " s.,ld masonry from the foundations
Upward III thc most approved style. Tie
vault, aud built with all tile modern flllprovt.-
ments, aud thortuxll, lined inside With
steel. 1t is Of sufficient size to hold three
very. large safes. The north vault is very
sIlaeious, and In IT, will be kept tie books
structed eqial in size to bath the others cqtl!-
bIned. allu III il will be kept the old books
and papers wlll*h accumulate SO rapidly i'll i
bank doing So extensive business MS The
National Bank OF Illinuis.
The ottict-li1tinss We're designed by. the
architects Of the building. and are III llar-
tnony with the general finish Of the build l!g,
The counters arr Of cherry, finished in the
Tile inner apartments are oi 1hn finest Ten
Ne$sec marble.
Although this was one Of tile last Nation,
banks to start in tllis city, YET It's career has
h:til one of almost un.roken prosperity,
until to-day il has hut few equals i'll tile city,
All kinds Ut bIslut.,s Is represented. among
liit patrons of this institution. uni its blsi-
sless is So widely diversified lliat its repuia-
tha i general. amt 1t does not. rs is SD trt-
Quen1ly the case, cater TO any particular line
| nv
up by business arcounts Ut The city, aS for
conservative REASONS, q large country Dusi-
HESS has ntt l}een sought alter,
Tlie conSianiiy-nc1e:l@lilg direct tra'le BIZ
1Wttn Chicago aud Europe, exporting lis
we'll as importing, has compelled this bank
70 add 4 foreign exchange department where
drafts can be bought upon all tilt principal
cities ot EUROPE; letters OF credit arg ISSUED
u Travellers, and a general foreign business
is transacted.
Tile Directors of tlis bank comprise the
following well-knuwn and prominent citi-
zenS OF Chicago, who Aeed no introduction
to tile public:
): T. + CSsn, G4MSnrn }Ex:T Wxifrn cG2nTtTH G' pEcF
IL. \. H1Y!;AKD, FKEnEKICK MAuLA,
v. II. BRADLEY, GEu. L. ADAMS,
n y. klMEEiL, ERNST PNusslSG,
GEORGE SCISEtDEK-
The President. Tie fioll. George Schneider,
has a recurd in this city HIS banker Of which
any cue may we'll De proud. The Cashier.
Mr. ". 4. Hammond, has been will The
bank since 1t WAS Started, and Is we'll 4lal1-
tied for the u'sitlon which he occupies. ~
III conclusion, we WotitN say that tie Ma
tonal Btnk of Illinois Is d.s :rv.lg It al The
confidence reWtseu i'll 1t py the puult, s.jlu III
lis ncw aud cl.igunt qiiartcrS We wish lnen
the Prosperity sllvh careful catering TO- the
public wants ami perfect INTEGRITY. merits.
The officers Of tlle bank will be glad ut any
time tn meet anu show the new Offices to tue
business pntlic.
A4uuny the handsomely appointed Offices
in this uGilclng above the first iioor none are
more conveniently located or adapted to The
purpose Intended than those engaged by the
"oLD RELIABLE"
Massachusetts Mutual Life-lnsurance COM
pany Of Sprlngtirld, Mass., for tlleir Western
aEeilty. This suite o1 roOnls, comprsln.
two front and ole rear Office, Nus. ): i, and 5,
gives to this agency one VI the tlne,t
il s W.s o|fs Gs ssachaSv,ts IN 'ns c15y aus Sf
Life is u CONF oany IF tnir.y years stai!slsns,
and. having: OVER 81 UUJ UuJ OF business in This
city, is we'll aud fAt"raply known. Working
uudtr tie famous tull-luflcilure laws Ut
never ueen 4 failure Of iife-insurance
company, where safeguards by law ur:
thrown around the l,o!lcyI.ol1ers' Interests,
projecting them in u tu;i'lncr not furnished
by any other State in THE Lnlt'n}, lis safety
and crcutnble standing! is NJ once assured. |
r. Rouerls u1ld ~ Z. Poul,un Us General
Agents, AMI Percy r. ratner It's Financial |
Agent.
THE PENN MUTUAL LIFE-1Ss. COMPANY
uf Philadelphia viii! occupy the second story
frunt neNt to the Portland B!uyk. The Penn |
is tilrty-fOur years old and lAS 81 His Isl Ut
sulid assets. or S1,3c5 with which u pay |
every 81 ,0J0 Of liabilities. It's management !
is characttristlcaily conservative al,d eco |
nomcal. Its average dividend Tor the past !
h.L.
lss1 being I :steady advance over previous t
Years. II. S. Vail is the General Agent and |
is dung Il large line ,f Insurance business. |
and making considerable 1OAls IN real estate. |
THE NATIONAL L1FE-INsCl.aNCE COMPANY |
pf Montpellcr, Vt, John n. Hills General /
Agent, VII! occupy frunt rooms Oh the i(lh !
tloor. This is o'le ot the oldest and slauch
chartered by the Legislature of Vermont in |
1915. altd commenced business IN 1861 is
very conservative, M!i its expenses have al
ways been kept very low, giving I" its policy
loIders the tu! benefit Of its profits. is llier.~
fore purely mutual, and during lis exist !
:nce of over tnitty years has never contested
1 loss. The rallo If assets 70 liabilities is
rreater than any other Iiie-cUmpauy in the
THE VERMONT LIFE
Insurance Company occupies office No. %.
ruis Company, though comparatively new.
j. |
lulllg business both in the Industrial ami
Did lines. The bnSi illess the past year has
learly doubled. the interest received las been
more than sufficient 10 meet its death lossts,
:nd Il large dividend returned TO- tnr policy
Mldtrs. Mr.. W. 4. Sattley is.rAe Western
81.
RCsT L COOLIDGE, |
who ocdupy Rnouls 81, 3S, 50, and 40 III this
]lliu. .l.:s, are contractors, engineers. and the
builders of Il large proportion Ut tilt bridges
l11d irunwork done and to bc done on rail-
-uads and large buildings all over the coun- |
~ Among the late work Ut this tir,n is tile I
ro.lwurk anu large sheds uf the new North
western Railroad Depot. in this city, whici,
rt 4luNlOJ fret, and are as substantial III
as they are graceful and light III
appearance. Tie firm have just been award
d the contract for building! I'LL the bridges IN
he Northern Pacific ltairtad. inciudinE tile
rheumatic foundation for the grand Missouri
River bridge ut Bismarck; i'll tlct, they are
he builders Of nearly all the pneumatic
work in the country, us they are tht lending
md ff al irtp ,,ft |