The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-03

and here the bank will be located Aside
from this the block contains three stores
located under the bank chamber, but al
most on level with the sidewalk; and in
the upper stories are 10l Office rooms.
Gray Kyune stone has been used in the
structure everywhere except in the first
story where pink Diamond Greek stone
was employed.
Every Improvement known 10 recent
science has been employed In the con-
struction of the building, and it stands to-
day as one OF the most perfect instances
OF architectural skin in the whole country
Besides employing the celebrated Omaha
architects Mendelssohn. Fisher and Lawrie
20 draw the plans, Mr.. Mccormick engaged
the well known Salt Lake builder, VIM.
Pinney 10 oversee all the operations, and
from the laying Of the first stone that
gentleman has kept sleepless yigils with
the contractors to see that not
the minutest item was sighted
or the least imperfection allowed
20 creep into the construction. MIR Pin
ney was practically given carte blanche in
everything, and as q result the great build
ing will be turned over to the owner as
nearly perfect piece OF architecture as
the hands of man could execute. To illus
trate the thoroughness and completeness
with which the construction has gone for
ward, Mr.. Pinney states that on the day
the first stone was laid, May 5, 1891. he
set stake IL the foundation and took his
levels from it. The other day he took his
bearings again and found that in the thir-
teen months il had been building, the great
edifice had settled less than 6 quarter Of an
inch.
TIE BANK CHAMBER
Of the Mccormick building is reached by a
low fight Of steps through the entrance on
Main street. The imposing vestibule, the
portico with its pillars Of Aberdeen gran
5te, its massive pedestalsof pink stone, its
i've ton Intel Of gray stone and its pol
ished marble stairs are not surpassed by
the ha1dsomest bank buildings OF New
York or Chicago. Indeed, they strongly
suggest the entrance to the National Park
bank in New York. The bank chamber is
. lofty room furnished in pure white, and
having SIS it's dimensions: depth, - feet:
width 451S feet; height IS feet. The floor is
ail Of mosaic marble from Chicago; the
ceiling is broken up with moulding and
panels OF plaster, aud is a work Of art in
itself, the style prevailing being that OF
the Renaissance. The bank counters. FIX
tures, desks and woodwork are all in
mahogany, polished to the highest degree
OF glossiness. The cashier, tellers, book
keepers exchange clerks, etc. are parti-
tioned eff into apartments and there are
private rooms on the right and left for the
convenience Of customers. Among the Of
Aces. located on the bankieg floor, are those
Of Territorial Treasurer Barnett, Mr. Han
aner. the ore buyer, and the Utah Loan
and Building association.
TIE VAULTS
OF the bank are probably the largest and
most complete yet erected in Salt Lake
They are puilt from the basement up
through the entire building, so that two
suites Of rooms or every floor are pro-
vided with vault space. The bank vaults
have two immense doors OF the all pat
tern facing the entrance to the room and
located in the rear end, The entire vault
space in the bank chamber Is q feet in
width, and this is divided into two apart
inents. the one or the south being the
money vault. entirely lined with 3-inch
steel. lis dimensions are feet 6 inches by
z feet. 1t contains four steel money chests,
and the weight Of the whole (Which need
less TO say Is burglar proof is 10 tons.