Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-07-05

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LETTER FROM THE LARGEST sAFE MANUFACruRtN0
CONCERN IN THE WORLD

LETTER FROM rHE LARGEST sAFE MANUrAcruRiNa
CONCERN IN THE WORLD
OFFICE HERRING & co.
25i 252 BROADWAY, n Y,
May ID, tssg
The Fremont National Bunk, BIGtfirboro. w.,
6entieWeH We ship you today. via New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad. the vault con.
tracted Tor over year ago-a long time 10 you,
no doubt, but sou will find yolf bank richly paid
Tor the time consumed In building, for we have
from the first commencement taken extra pains
~ doing the work, and the vault that we now send
you Is one Of the very finest jobs both in strength
aud finish that our factory has ever turned out.
It's burgar-proOf qualities are fully equal to the
famous SdO,WO burglar proof vaults just built by
us for the Chemical National Bank Of New York
after which It IL modelled, and when all Ia place
viii make you one Of the finest equipments 10 be
found anywhere. and one Of which we ~ well
as your bank, may justly be very proud and s
we think, the strongest vault We have ever built.
Very truly yours. HERRING & GO.
This letter from the oldest safe manufac-
turing company in America, and the arg-
est in the world, has reference 10 the i'm
proved steel fire and burglar proof vault
which has been in process Of erection in
the Vermont National bank building for two
months past. IL is unquestionably one of
the strongest aud best burglar and fire proof
vaults ever built. The contract was made
and the work commenced year ago last
spring The dimensions Of the security
vault are length, 10 feet width and height,
eight feet each 1t is built entirely of steel
OF the thickness of the heaviest burglar
proof safes, on all sides top, bottom, and
ends, aud has two doors opening into it Sc
cured by an improved Sargent x Greenleaf
double time lock, besides four combination
locks arranged 50 as 10 require two, three
or four people 10 open them, as NAV be de
sired, These doors alone weigh more than
10 tons, and are marvels Of strength and
beauty. When open they show a magnif
cent day gate, guarding the entrance dur
in the day.
Opening this one enters the vault. and on
each side sees a tier of safe deposit boxes,
for public rental, which the bank has put
IN at the request of many of its patrons
Tor the storage of securities and vauables
These boxes have extra heavy steel fronts
with the best Of locks, both KEY and comb
nation, arranged in such "A manner that no
one but the party who uses them can open
them. Beyond these is wire partition
with sliding door and spring lock, opening
to where stand two steel bankers safes
weighing over - tons, and filling the entire
end Of the vault. These safes are also each
protected by I2hour time lock, and each
having double combination locks arranged
80 as to require two people to open either of
them
At the back Of the security vault is a
book vault for the use of the bank. Both
security and book vaults are made absolute
ly fire proof The vaults stand on solid
granite masonry encased in brick, and stand
in the room in such manner as 10 show
not only the top, but all sides and ends
They are also guarded by an electric burg
lar alarm so attached as h give all alarm at
several points outside the building at the
slightest attack
During the whole time that this work has
been in process Of manufacture it has been
inspected as often AS once in two or three
weeks by some Of the officers of the bank
50 that there is absolute assurance of the
work being exactly what it purports to be
The equipment is one which is a credit to
Brattleboro and a suitable complement t.
the character and standing Of one Of the
oldest and strongest banks ia Vermont