Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-05-18
OF SOLID IRON AND STEEL.
walker Brothers. vaults Pat Up
for Time and Eternity.

So many illusions having been made
to the immense safety vaults now being
put in Walker Brothers bank, a reporter
decided to give a brief description of this
repository. The burglar and fre-prooi
vault is twenty-five feet long, twelve and
one-half feet wide and eleven feet high,
of solid iron and steel. The burglar-proof
vault itself is 18x9 feet and feet high,
and divided in the centre by burglar
proof partitions, which separate the rear
vault from the bank. safety deposit. The
partitions are 214 inches thick, consisting
of five plates of welded iron chrome
steel. All the corners are solid bent and
welded. so that no two joints come to-
gether, but overlap four inches.
This ponderous vault was shipped in
sections weighing 5000 pounds. They
are secured together by copical welded
iron and chrome steel bolts, which are
twisted in with large 2zfoot lever to
stay. The square of these bolts is broken
OF from the outside, and the inner end
OF the bolt, being all iron, is keyed and
upset into counter sink, so that, owing
to the popularity of this construction.
the bolt cannot be driven in, as it has a
thread cut the entire length, which pre-
vents its being pulled out by reason of
1t having more stripping strength than
the tensile strength of the metal, causing
the bolt to be broken off at the laws of
the burglars jack before it could be I'M
screwed, These ingenious fastenings in
the way of bolts are patented, and most
secure.
The vestibule is constructed the same
as the vault, being built in while the con-
struction is going on. The opening of the
doorway of the bank and safety deposit
vault is seven by four feet, so that two
men can easily enter side by side. The
outside doors of each vestibule from each
vault are five inches thick Of solid iron
and chrome steel, and are dovetailed
throughout to fit into corresponding
grooves in the jams. The doors are closed
into these dovetails and also into lemons
and grooves by traverse hinges and
levers, which throw the doors suuarelv
into place. Each outside door has twenty
bright steel bolts, shooting in all direc-
tons with but one turn Of the handle.
The same arrangement governs the in
side vault. The. doors lock up with
three. combination locks, requiring
three persons to- open them when
once closed. In addition to this
is connected Halls infallible time lock to
each set of doors. These ingenious locks
are so arranged that in case of an insur-
rection simple twist of one of these time
locks will necessitate the assistance of
and bankers in order to
open the doors. This may never happen
IN Utah, but in case it should the firm can
wire the company at Cincinnati and get |
the proper course TO adjust it again.
The weight of this iron house aggre.- |
gates l25,001 pounds, and the design and |
specifications, with all details, were pre-
pared here in Salt Lake by Mr.. John !
Greer, the special agent, who is superin
tending the construction. There will be |
500 safety deposit boxes in the safety de. I
post vault for the accommodation of |
overloaded pockets. The exterior of the
vault will be elegantly painted and dec !
orated to correspond with the polished
md glowing interior, so thai alb eyes can
view the outside with pleasure, while but
eW will ever be perraitted TO look inside
like unto our Temples.