The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-16
ELEGANT BANK QUARTERS.
lions savings Bank Fitted Up by the Bruins.
wick, Bake & COllender Co.

feople who thought the new lions Saw
lngs Bank and Trust Company building
mad attained its full height. were surprised
during the past week to see the mason.
aoulng another story-making the sixth
row OF windows from the ground. This
Will be the last, and as soon as the brick
work is completed, the elegant massive
roof will be pushed to a finish.
IL IS not yet known to certainty how
many various en- terprises will find a iodoe
ment within the immense walls ofthe new
building Many of the offices are rented
ana others are rapidly going. The bank
occupies the capaclous corner chamber.
anu Is now fully settled for business
thougn the big vault will not be done fo,.
some time yet. The interior finish of the
oank is the most striking seen
anywhere In the west. The wood work is
al! OF tne massive antique oak and eyerv
InlnS from the huge oaken doors and the
handsome window castings down TO the
once Boys besk is made OF the same dura-
ole material. Entering the doors, one can
not help being struck with their strenoth
anu masslVeness as well as the beauty of the
hardware finish, one of which is in conner
bronze. 10 thesright are the cashiers
quarters, a roomy section rallied off with an
OAK counter, the inscription .sCashier''
hanging on the wall with a copper chain.
On the lett is another section furnished
with large center desk and chair of oak
which Will be used as a ladies' waiting
room. Both this and the cashiers apart
ment nave handsome arch OF oak run nino
rom tne counters to the wall. In the
center OF the large room-which is covered
with varnishy colored tiling-is check
desk also of oak, for the use of patrons of
tne Dank. The tellers and bookkeepers are
separated from the front by tall oak and
glass counter or partition eight feet high.
the counters of the prevailing heavy OAK
resting on bases of Tennessee marble. snr'
mounted by brass foot rests. The dealing
plates at each window are also of marble
ana all the Wlckets are of antique bronze
while massive sign plates in antioue con
per indicate the windows of the varions
tellers, bookkeepers and collectors. The
DesI cracked glass is used in
the partitions There are ton
strong cages around the inner side
OF the partitions running from the cashier,s
department to the rear; the sliding doors
are Sel1.locklng, and when the teliers are
ON the inside OF their cages, they are as
lnvulnerable as an iron clad
In the rear is the big vault now in conrse
OF construction; it will be guarded hv
HAIRS burglar proof doors, and its inside
is s feet square; a huge 10
by IA safe stands outside the vault: near
tne vault large room will be partitioned
on ), for the use of the directors, and this
Will be handsomely fitted up and furnished,
a telephone box, I, feet high, with the
wall chambers deadened to prevent the
of the voice to the outside is
also a feature of the rear works. The
ceiling is almost work of art, and is sun
ported by six immense ron pillars. The
#noie building is heated by steam.
Al! the elegant furniture, castings, count
ers, including the doors, the heavy beveled |
ages, etc, are the work of the Bruns.
observation-disclosures company of Chicago.
u.s., represented by Mr. John Bunce'
General western agent, who resides in this
aty, and under whose direction the whole |
u the elaborate work has gone forward.
Mr. Bunce has also closed contract to
it up the Bank of Salt Lake in it's new
uarters.