The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-01
THE NEW BANK VAULT.
Safety from Fire, Burglars
and Mob.
THE SAFE Deposit BOXES.
Description of the New Vault to
be Built for the Union
National Rank.


The Union National Bank, the new
organization which is to succeed Walker
Brothers banking business = the full
particulars of which are given in an
other column-haye contracted with
the Halls Safe and Lock company, of
Cincinnati, for the construction of the
safe deposit and bank work which is to
go into the new building. Through the
courtesy of Messrs. Walker Brothers,
reporter of The HERALD was permitted
to examine the contract in question,
and to give the following particulars of
the proposed structure:
The work contemplated under the
contract is to be, when completed. one
of the largest and finest pieces of safety
deposit work west of the Mississippi
River, and, in fact, in point of security
and elegance of Workmanship and
finish, second to none in the United
States. A description of the work may
be of interest to our readers, and par
ticularly to those who have dealings
with the Messrs. Walker Brothers.
The vault is to be twenty feet ten
inches in length, by ten feet eight
inches wide, and eleven inches high.
The main feature being the portion des-
ignated as burglar and mob proof This
comprises the lining of the vault and
entrance thereto. The burglar
lining being composed of alter
nate layers of welded steel
and iron put together under
the Halls patent process, with Halls
| conical screw arbors, solid bent corners,
and telescope joints. Under this mode
of construction no two joints come op-
posite each other, the corners of the
work being solid, the entire body of
vault is so formed as to make one solid
and compact mass of metal To this
vault will be two immense entrances or
double door vault fronts. The outside
and inside doors to these entrances
making a combined thickness OF and
| "a inches of solid steel and iron. These
1 fronts, as also the body of vault, EN-
body all the features patented and
otherwise, used by the Halls Safe and
| Lock Co. in the construction of their
| celebrated BURGLAR proof work. The
doors are 10 be secured by massive bolt
/ WIN, W DuitS, ttnu tOIlTOLcu ny I1dllS
| best make of combination and Time
locks, an important feature being they
are so arranged that no pressure OF
strain can be brought to bear on the bolt
work while locked from the outside, and
when once locked and the Time lock set
on guard, no entrance can be effected
until the predetermined hour has ar
rived on which the. Time locklwas set,
thereby releasing the combination lock
and bolt work.
Outside of the burglar portion of the
vault is. to be eighteen inches of fire,
proof filing, making the security
against fire absolute. There will be an
outer metal facing composed OF panels
pilasters and cornice, all of massive pro.
portions.
Each set of doors will be furnished
with wicket gate or day door of hand.
some design and finish, for use during
business hours.
The capacity of this vault is $500 safe
deposit boxes, it being the idea OF
Messrs. Walker Brothers, to be able te
meet the demand the future is sure tC
cause. The intention is to begin
with 545 boxes of various size.
IN order to ascertain just what the
wants of their patrons will require
Other boxes will be added from time
to time. The ingenuity embodied
in the construction OF these safe deposit
boxes is simply wonderful. Each box i:
provided with key for the renter OF
the box, but each box is controlled by &
master key which is in the possession Of
the custodian of the vault. No one car
enter his or her box without the Gus
todian first applying the master key tc
the lock. The box or lock cannot be
opened by the master key, but only BY
the key in the hands of the renter of the
box BY simple, device no box can be
left unlocked as the door invariably flies
open until the lock-bolt is set to place
number plate on the door. Each box is
supplied with q Japanned tin box inside
which can be taken out by the renter
for the more convenience of handling
its contents.
The deposit boxes are to be
handsomely finished in silver
bronze. The interior of the vaulr
is to be painted pure white
All of the massive bolt work on thu
doors, the hinges, dials, handles, etc.
. will be highly polished and nickel plated
The finish and painting throughout i:
to be done in the highest style of art
The work being built'by the renowned
firm of Halls Safe & Lock Co., uude
the patents of its President, Mr. JOSEPH
L. Hall, will render it one of the mos
l complete and inpregnable bank ant
/. safe deposit vaults in the country.
The Halls Safe q Lock Co. are tn
1 most extensive builders of bank AM
|; safe deposit vault work in the world
l and have designed and constructed tn
J. leading safe deposit vaults in this coun
try, and have spared no pains, study 0
expense to give their patrons the benef
of their experience. A record of forty
o five years and not.an instance whereof
: one OF their burglar-proof safes ha
A failed to protect its contents from th
d attack of the burglar, is sufficient ev
s dence alone of the judiclous seIectio
# made by Messrs. Walker Brothers,