Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28
DOORS OPEN
ON TUESDAY
First National Bank Ready.
to Transact Business.
FreeIand's New Financial
Institution ExceIIentIy Pre-
pared to Cater to the Re-
uuirements of Its Patrons.

QutTomenIS OF lis dlTOHS.
The First National bank OF Freeland
will open its doors for business on Tues
day morning, April /, at o'clock. For
the present the business will be carried
on in Sachs building on Front street,
one door below Centre, where comfort
able quarters have been secured.
The fixtures of the bank are now
being placed in position, and, while not
ella aborate, are neat and substantial, and
patrons will find all the accommoda-
tions necessary for the transaction Of
their business.
On Wednesday evening there was in
stalled in the banking room safe
which is worthy of some notice, mas
much as it is s"the irst of its kind to
come to this part of tho state.
1t was manufactured by the Hibbard-
Rodman-Ely Safe Company, Of New
York city, and is made from Manganese
steel. 1t is guaranteed to be proof
against any explosive or any drill now
in existence. Neither fire nor dynamite
can injure either the exterior or in
terror.
The safe is remarkable from the fact
that it consists OF but Two parts-the
safe proper and the door. Both pieces
of steel are as they came from the mold
and fit together in the beveled opening
with a nicely that is marvellous.
When closed the door is held by six
three-inch wsdgebolts. Two separate
combinations regulate these bolts, and
further protection is given by triple
clockwork movement which, when
either one or all three time-pieces are
set, prevent the opening OF the safe by
rendering the combinations useless until
the arrival of the hour designated on the
clocks, which, OF course, are inside the
door and cannot be tampered with.
When the bank closes at night these
clocks may be set to run down at 80
o'clock next morning, or twenty, forty
or sixty hours later. During that period
the contents OF the safe are as secure
from those who may know the combina-
tions of the locks as they are from
burglars.
The interior is divided into two main
ompaitments-one of which contains
three sui: b:.divisions to accommodate the
different moneys which the law requires
the bank to carry in stock. This is
guarded by another intricate lock made
by the famous Yale Company.
The other compartment is located 10
the upper part Of the safe and will con-
tain the money used In the ordinary
routine business.
This safe required twenty-eight days
work on the part of several men, and
was constructed in the company's shops
at Perth Amboy, N. j.
Mr.. Hbbard, the head of the irm
which manufactures these safes, holds
over 500 patents which were granted to
him by the government on this style of
a money-box.
The firm has standing offer of S1O,-
900 to any person who will open one of
their Manganese-steel safes within forty
hours, after the time pieces and lock
ordinations have been set
Another smaller and less expensive
safe, also burglar and fire-proof has
been ordered and will be used for the
keeping of the banks books and papers.
The stockholders of the bank have
exercised great care In selecting for
their officers men who have the coniid-
ence and good will of the public at large,
and the patrons of the institution can
feel secure that the business will receive
from the officials all the attention which
their duties call for.
The president is Amandus Oswald and
the vice president is George c. Christian,
who, with the following, constitute the
board of directors: DIR. S. S. Hess, A.
Goeppert, B. f. Davis, j. j. McMena-
min, Thomas L. Edmunds, Peter Tim
ony, John Rugan and James e. Griffith.
The cashier, who is already In charge,
and is supervising the fitting up OF the
bank quarters, is f. M. Everett. Until
recently he was cashier for the Mt.
Carmel Banking Company, which he
resigned to accept his present position.
Mr.. Everett will be assisted by Walter
Davis, at present deputy postmaster,
who has been appointed teller. Mrs.
William j. Butz will serve as book.
keeper.
The bank will be open daily from to
8 o'lock, and on Wednesday evenings
from to Z o'clock. Two per cent in
terest will be paid on savings deposits.