The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-05-14

senting a contrast that enhances the beauty
of the general effect The upper portion
of the front railing is sashed with old ca
tletral glass stained and unstained. The
castings Of the doors and windows, and
| the doors themselves leading from the
room have been painted and stained to ex-
actlv correspond with the coloring of the
red cherry furniture work executed by
Mr.. Pine, the painter, for which he GER
tainly deserves credit Any description,
even the most detailed, will not do justice
to the appearance presented by the inter-
ior of this room; it must be seen to be
really appreciated, and that its beauty of
harmonious colorlng, tasteful design and
elegant effect may be enjoyed. Within
| this room is the banks fire and burglar
proof vault. 1t rests upon solid masonry
built from the lowest foundation of the
building twelve feet below the floor of the
vault. 1t is fitted with Halls celebrated
burglar proof safe doors, fastened by
time lock- The vault is large enough for
the banks requirements for years to come,
A portion of it is to be occupied by 100
steel safe deposit boxes of various sizes to
be rented to private lessees for the storage
of their valuables These boxes are or
will be so arranged that one key will be
in the possession of the banks custodian
and another will be held by the rentor Of
the box, and the presence of the holders of
both keys will be necessary to open any
box and various other precautions will be
taken to ensure absolute safety to the bank
and the rentors of the boxes This will
inaugurate the system of safe deposit
boxes in Montana; nothing of the kind is
in the territory at present. The stone for
the building was quarried about 12 miles
from here across the Yellowstone, and
beyond Mission creek; 1t was hauled to
town and cut as required in the walls.
The brick came from Boughton & Harpcr's
kilns. The lumber was supplied by the
Montana Lumber company. The red
cherry fixtures came from the st. Paul
Furniture company. E. r. Bassford of
ST. Paul, drew the plans for the building,
and Mr.. Frank Howe took the contract
for its erection and personally superin-
tended the work. Mr.. Pine did the
painting of which we have spoken else
where. The building as a whole is Il
credit in the highest degree to all in any
way connected with its erection.
THE FIRST NATIONAL.
The idea of a First National Bank in
Livingston was conceived before the town
was laid out, or even its exact location
settled by the railroad company. AS early
as December 70, 1882, d. E. Fogarty,
the present cashierEof the bank, obtained
from the treasury department permission
for its organization. Afterward he made
several visits here to arrange for the or
ganization, and to prepare for opening the
bank, and when the red tape regulations
Of the government had been fully COM
Piled with, the First National Bank of
Livingston began business in Smith 81
Hagy's building on Park street, on the
18th day of July, 1855. It's history since
is well known to our regular readers. The
bank has prospered and though located
in the youngest town in the world that
has national bank, has come to be rec
ognized as one of tile solld institutions of
the country. It's present capital is $780,
900; the sum is to be doubled in Il short
time, and as the bank is backed by very
wealthy stockholders, its capital will be
increased to any extent that the business
Of the town and country will de-
mand. The officers Of the bank
are g. Livingston, Of st. Paul, president;
D. L. Fogarty cashier, and E. B. Weirick
assistant cashier. The stockholders are:
j. S. Boardn.an, New York; D. f. Fo-
garty, Livingston; Q. Livingston, ST. Paul; i
G. G. Beardsley and G. T. Scott, Fargo;
D. j. Kennedy. j q DonnelIy, F. D.
Pease, G. r. Cady and II. J. Wright, LIv-
ingston: r. u schurnleier and W. H.
Vanderburgh, st. PAUL. and Joseph
Smyscr Of York. Pennsylvania. They are
all solid men-some Of them possessing