The Somerset reporter., 1901-01-10
The Second National.

one worthy of more than passing note
by US. We have alluded to IL, hereto.
fore, and now give description little
more In detail.
There Is not better banking building
10 any country town In New Eng.
land, or one more convenient or having
better vaults, safes, safety deposit
boxes, etc., and appointments of any
kind or facilities for doing business than
has the Second National of Skowhegan
at this time. Expense has not been
spared n the essential qualities of safety
and high class and substantial workman.
ship, and to these have been added con-
venience and elegance In arrangement,
in finish, In appointments and furnish
ings.
We give dimensions of vaults aud
rooms "a follows: Public or reception
room, l4x26; banking room, 14x28; room
for use of customers, 7Kx716; directors
room, AXIS; toilet room, 5x10; hack cor.
ridor, 6xl0; main safety vault, 71ax7h !;
extra vault for storage purposes, 6x y
The floors on the ground fat are of hard
wood with the exception of the public
room which is of tile. The ceiling lie
of steel and IL feet high. The walls are
finely tinted and tastetully ornamented
with stucco work. The wood ork Is of
quartered oak, pannelled. The counter
Is model of convenience of pleasing
design and superior workmanship.
There are two open fireplaces on the
first floor, one In the public room and the
other in the directors room. The fur
niture is Of golden oak, quartered. The
rooms are all we'll lighted, well heated
and ventilated.
There are two nice suites of offices on
the second floor. One, of three rooms
with fire proof vault, is occupied by
Geo. W. Cover, Esq, county attorney,
and one, OF two rooms with fire proof
vault, is occupied by Col. L. II. Ander-
son, manager of Lakeside Worsted Mills.
Both rooms have hard wood fl ,ors, steel
ceiling, open fireplaces, are light and
airy and tastefully tinted, arranged and
furnished.
The building is heated throughout by
steam and lighted by electricity. Cash
Ter Fellows has for many years occupied
cramped quarters and been subjected to
many Inconvenience. He now appre-
clstes his new rooms and the furnish
ings, about which he has had much to
do and say as the work progressed.
The steel safety vaults, safety boxes,
etc., were manufactured and put In
place by Remington, Sherman Co.,
New York, and it cannot we'll DE excel-
ed for strength and beauty of finish.
n. Purinton & Co. of WAterville were
the contractors for the brick and wood
work, plastering, painting, glazing and
finishing throughout, exterior and en-.
terror, and his work speaks for itself.
r. ii. Townsend of this town has had
charge VI the joiner work and may well
be congratulated upon one of the best
pieces of work ever done upon business
building in town. Charles A. Ross put
up some excellent steel ceilings, H. C.
Aiken of Fairfield did some charming
decorative work in the banking rooms,
and Heald Brothers put in a system of
steam heating that works to a charm
The stone work was thoroughly done by
Noah Reed, and first-class plumbing
job by n. S. Steward & Co. The office
furniture was from the store of J. P. Oak.
The First National Bank and the
Skowhegan Savings Bank occupy excel
lent banking rooms, splendidly suited to
their needs with vaults, safe deposit
boxes Of the most approved kinds con-
structed but few years ago, and now,
that the Second National has recon-
structed its building, no town of its size
in New England, probably, has better
facilities for attending to the banking
needs Of its business men and the sur
rounding country, than has Skowhegan,
the shire town Of Somerset county.