Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-03-29
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
A Beautiful and Costly Brick
Edifce.

The above handsome cut is an exact
representation of the new First National
Bank Building in Colby. Its situation is
on the northwest corner of Franklin Av
enue and Fifth Street The building is
two stories high, the first story being in
the clear 164 feet high, and the second II
feet high Besides this there is fine
basement 10 feet high. 1t is built of
brick, and is 40 feet front on Franklin
Avenue by 80 feet deep. The brick and
brick work was furnished by Joseph
Brown, and both are of superior quality.
A. H. Barker was the contractor of the
building, and has made number one
building. The building is owned by the
First National Bank, and is called the
Warden Block, after James S. Warden,
one of our most energetic western rustl-
ing business men. The bank building
proper is the exact counterpart of the
First National Bank of Frankfort, Kan
sas. Its cost, when fully completed, will
be about $780, O0O,-the most of this large
amount of money has been expended in
giving work to mechanics and labOrers
of our own city during the past year.
Fhe building, although not yet fully COM
pleted, is already alive with busy Occu-
pants. The fronts of the ground floor
are of plate glass of large dimensions,
and the finest quality. The
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
occupies the southeast corner room, and
its interior is conveniently and beautiful
ly arranged The bank room is large,
with counters surmounted with silvered
wicker work, extending midway around
the room. In one corner is large fire
proof brick vault. containing large Die
bold patent time lock safe. Behind the
bank room is the cashiers room, and
farther in the rear Is the presid ents
70 ON. e. H. Martin is now president
Jam es s. Warden, vice-president, and E
A. Hall, cashier The bank transacts q
large and constantly increasing business,
its volume having doubled during the
past pear. making it necessary to increase
the working force in the bank The pol
icy of the bank is of the most liberal
character consistent with safe banking.
MIR. Fred Finnerty and w. G. Weld are
tellers and accountants.
S. C. BRTTToN,
i In loans and insurance, has his Office in
the rear of the bank.
A large double store room fronting on
Franklin Avenue and Fifth Street, flanks
the bank room on both sides. This will
i shortly be occupied.
II. c. SHIMP's
clothing and gents furnishing store oc
!. cupies one of the most beautiful store
| rooms in the block. Without exception
Shimp's clothing emporium is the finest
! in the west, and his stock is as large, gen
eral and well selected as any retail cloth
ing and gents furnishing establishment,
: in any large city. Mr. shrimp began bus
mess in colby just before christmas, and
already has established tine and lucra
tive business.
RAMSEY 4 RAMSEY,
: Hardware and implements, occupy an
! other of these fine st ore rooms, and, al
though strangers in our midst thres
weeks ago, are doing fine business.
There are also two other of these larg,
, store rooms, which are not yet completed
but are under lease on completion
SECOND sTCRY.
Il To the second story there are tw,
broad, easy. front stairways one leadin,
to the Offices over the bank building pro