Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-24
THE CITY NATIONAL BANK.
Its Management, Increase OF business
Prosperity, Etc.

up a large building on the corner oi
Uou,ton aud Third streets, ana upol'
deligent inquiry the architect, MI NJ
r.. Sappuiiiet, was found. VINO has
charge of the work, and through MS
courtesy the plans and specifications
were shown to our reporter. ne
bnilding when flushed will be four
story brick surmouuted by a mansard
roof and Will cover the lot on the
northeast corner of Houston anu
Third streets. twenty five feet wide bA
ninety deep. The first story Will be
built of iron columns and plate glass
The iron work on the front and SIDE
will be of the latest design, ana
the plate-glass windows will bc hung
so they can be raised or lowered
and will extend the whole length OF
the south side of the building as well
AZ in the front, thus giving beautiiui
appearance Ms well as splendid ventil-
atiup, The transoms over the front
and side windows will all be filled
with fancy colored glass. which will
add TO the effect considerably. TIE
main entrance to the building will ht
Al the corner which will be a cut off
with a pprtico overhead supported by
! a heavy iron column The second aud
third stories will be built of st Louis
hydraulic compre sed brick laid In
black and white mortar and trimmed
with Milsap sandstone The Windows
will be arched and have large lights OF
| double strength Pi'tsburg glass. The
| fourth story will be niansard
ated in fancy patterns and via have
urnamented dormcr windows with
galvanized iron caps. The galvanized
iron corDice will tie very heavy aud
ornamental, and the roof will be sur
mounted with IA cast-iron crtsting ol
fancy pattern.
The exterior of the building will be
a model of the latest design in archI-
lecture aud will be a credit 10 our citi
rs well as the City National bank
To carry on their banking business,
and brief description of the interior
arrangement will not he aniss. There
will be AN elegant marble counter
across the front, connecting with "A pot
ished walnut cuun or extending the
entire length If the fir-t floor back Ia
the vault. The floor outside Thu,
counter will be laid in fancy
colored marble tile. The space
in front of the marble counter
behind which the paying and receiv-
lug tellers stand, Is ten by sixteen
feet, and the space along the side
counter IL five feet wide by thirty
eight feet long. Inside these counters
will be the main counting room,
which will be sevenl cen by thirty feet,
and cut of from this counting room
will be the cashiers department, six
by nine feet, which will be separated
from the main room by n wire railing
only. Next comes the vault, ii teen
by fifteen feet, built after the most iul-
proved methods tor fire and burglar
proof vaults There will be two thick.
nesses of brick wall thirteen inches
each, and AN air chamber of three
inches between; three arcnes over
top are filled Ia level with concrete,
making fiat surface around VIII ci
Will be fancy bracket plus
ter cornice. The vault door
will be furnished with Halls
celebrated combination time lock
aud tina ~ an inside lining through
out If iive-eighths of an inch of sleel,
making the vault independent of the
safes. which will be kept inside, and
which are of the latest burglar-proof
patterns, absolutely fire and burglar
proof. In the rear of The vault will be
presidents Office, 10 by IL feet. This
room VIII have an eleg ant mantel and
srate, ana all the Rooms will Lav.
riell pahneled wainscotiug around I'M.
SUES ana stucco cornice around IN.
c,hihSS ana ornamental crnter.pie
aiso Lew designs in gas aud water n Y,
lures Passing through the directors'
iuu'h we COME to the hall In the nortn
rue extending to the rear entrance
nls nan contains IA large STATIONARY
oioseI WIN glass sliding doors, station.
airy "aIh-stand, n tuel room, and Iwo
nv, w '.er-ci''sets tinl>h in black walnut
a Ia. rear door opens into
u lot 10 by % feet aramnd
winch neat iron fence will be bu,lt
am grass and trees viii beautifv tb,s
,noioHure Inside shutters viii ndnrn
,me windows of the fist floor nd th..
whore furniture of the bank viii hs
purehased anew and of the M AZ eln.
S ,'' ana newest designs, an ever
de,l.y "i,rdiDg convenience In M,
VII 1i a large banking business
"a. me entrance to the second storv
~ me north side Of The building nS
f.' n.u',oh street will be u space of 7xs
III, ieau,hg 10 stairway five fe,.I
n, '. inis stairway will have +.
,,'''' OF raised panm Is and ,
81, eA wa Sa'hui hand ratings on enrn I
.', ne nan w stairs will h. 8 fat
y. cu, anu 9u ieet long This floor will
a, W.. ~ INTO Offices, the two front
Ia p.'hH ohnectrd with fold,nu 4
r"h' ni' re tlices on thi. ill., Il
NJ me sou'h, nave large wlndoss =
,, neu WIN PANEL back and hay,
,'.ni, o"rhice around the ceili,y.
,n,i rom IA. stationary wish Il
4 ni"a,,. 'ne nal'S have water closets H.
nce'y mn he'd In walnut. Th.' la
~ ' .. so"ry u simply repetition o. h,
ave wn',. oelng elegantly finished =
=, ""'er ana gas throughout and
Drv vii, iD h ventilated. The fourth
n,i., &c We FURNISHED in one room
I y, lee, nigh suitable for a joJna
m ha m ne'ght OF this buiIdinv es,
,d Tui for IN the city, Il will be TN
M n.xt po,upancx about the LIST OF 81"
d nt,rae, anu VIII he an impo.inn 1
, and enr STRUCTURE. The build, be,
,ut sao ANY, OF the bank will cost of
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