St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-09-20
AN ELEGANT BLOCK.
The Citizens Bank BuiIdine-Moderu
and Complete.

folks expect to occupy the building
sometime in November. A general
description of the largest and finest
block in ST Johnsbury will undoubt-
edly interest our readers.
The block is 80 by 90 feet, and
is four stories high with a basement
a basement and a cellar. 1t is built
of pressed brick with granite and
terra Gotta trimmings. The outside
walls are about 20 inches thick and
the height of the block from Railroad
street is SO feet. 1t is the first block
in town to have a passenger ele-
vator. This elevator runs to the top
floor and power is supplied by a
water motor. The Atlas Elevator
Company will put in the lift" The
block is heated throughout by
steam, the contract for heating hav-
ing been awarded to A. B. Noyes &
Co. They will put in two Furman
boilers and radiators will be placed
in every room in the block. The
plumbing contract has been awarded
to Farnham & Albee and the build
ing will be thoroughly equipped with
closets, set bowls and bath tubs.
The block was wired for electric
lights by the eNorthern Electric Co. of
Concord.
There will be four roomy stores in
the basement, one ofwhich is already
rented. H. NJ. Scott & Co. have
rented the corner store for their meat
market. The other stores have not
been rented, but the last store in the
! basement is built for a railroad res
taurant and will soon be taken.
There are three large rooms on the
first floor, all of which are taken
! The Citizens bank will be located in
the corner and they will have as fine
a set Of banking rooms as can be
found in the state. The entrance to
the bank will be on the corner and
the frOntwil be occupied by big light
of plate glass. The School Furniture
Co. ofGrand Rapids, Mich, have the
contract for furnishing the banking
rooms, and these rooms will be fin
ished in mahogany. Swanton tile
will be laid for the flooring in that
portion of the main room used by
the public, and open freplaces are
placed in both the front 70 ON and
the directors room. Besides the
large room for banking there are
two commodious rooms in the rear
separated by folding doors, thus Civ
ing a room for the directors and a
private room for the patro rs of the
bank.
The store adjoining the banking
room is 20 by 90 feet with a large
office besides, and has been rented to
Wilson & King, the we'll known cloth
ing firm. The next store of about
the same size will be occupied by T.
c. Spencer, the jeweler.
Besides the elevator there are two
sets of stairways running through
the building. The second floor will
be devoted to Offices, and as there
are two Railways on this floor these
rooms will be very desirable for pro-
fessional men. Every office is lighted
directly from the street and some of
them are arranged in suites.
The third and fourth floors will be
devoted to tenements and there will
be three suites ofrooms on each floor.
With steam heat, an elevator, and the
rooms wired for electric lights, these
rooms will not be excelled for con-
venience in this town.
The big vault for the bank was
completed Monday and has attract
ed much attention. 1t was built by
those well-known safe makers, E. c.
Morris & Co., of Boston, and con-
tains every Improvement for safety
known to the trade. The vault was
shipped here in two freight cars and
weight of the outside door of the
vault is three tons, yet so nice
ly is it adjusted on its hinges that it
can be easily closed by one man. The
vault is built OF three layers of
chrome steel, each one-half inch
thick. The inside dimensions are
seven feet by ten and there is another
vault below the main one of the
same size. Three time locks of the
latest pattern protect the vault from
burglars and it would take a long
time to make any progress in drill
ing through the chrome steel walls
of the vault The vault is as fine a
piece of workmanship as was ever
turned out by this firm and is a
duplicate of one recently built for the
Elliott Bank Of Boston.
The Citizens bank block with the
lot will cost $4,000 and the bank
folks estimate that they will get an
annual rental ftom the property of
$4,000. Besides getting their own