The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-23

T.. him | true and stesafast friend. F hs !: the relations of life. He is now residing herA having m9fted for the second tiMe q nogt exceIlent aud charming lady froM Mew York City, and is spending his later He has a beautiful home and to his friends the latch string always hangs on the outside. No one deserves the eeod things of life more than he and in their Ss sSss sSS sHa st o s tsst may hs his fow the years yet to come The Birmingham Trust and savings
 Bank. The Birmingham Trust and Savings Company has just completed magnin- cent Ionic edifce for the home or the bank, which Is q most imposing strue. it is a model of comfort and convenient arrangement The front of the building has four Georgia marble pillars, each twenty-five feet high and three feet m diameter. The entrance Is through M heavy bronze doors, into a marrow iobby, where the wainscoating. as elsewhere tu the building, is of gray Tennessee mar ble. the floors being of the same ma. tertal. The ceiling is thirty-hve rec. ornamental glass daylight. which fur. nishes all tho light needed in the great banking rooms below, was recently shown through the massive establishment obiigins cashier. MT. Tom O. Smith. and l was dazed at the muhificence of all the surroundings. The vault has three de- partments, one for cash. the other for books and the other for safety deposits child can turn them on their hinges. so delicate is their mechanism. The vault is twelve feet inside, twenty-two feet long. and eleven feet. high. Its bottom ia nP vt mi laced. upon which Is twelve Inches of concrete. followed again by one and one half Inches of Crome and Bss ,mer steel The The sides and top arg are made of ,,s,s SrSms inches thick Each door is timc-locked twcnty-two times with as many bolts. In the safety herort vault there are 1875 boxes and In the money vault there are special cash chests made of burglar proof Crome steel. all at a cost Of over $100. .000 built exclusively for bank pur- poses. not thing being omitted in the detail of a great and growing business that only in a few years morf room will have to be sought by the companG Ill which to transact its business. Thsfe are directors rooms. paving rooms ana The officers of this most gigantic or r'nization are Arthur w. Smith, Pres ident; Tom O. Smith Cashier: w. II. ."4niv. Secretary and Assistant Cash CT. I ne DlfecIOfS are JaUleS BpWFDH. Js sh. Caldwell. s. l.. Earle, w. II. kettig, Alex I. l.onuon ". T. Noctaington. James Spence. R. A. Terrell. James T. Wood ward.
 The last statement at close Of business December 10th. 1901. was as follows:
 Resources.
 Loans and discounts. F.S52527 0O Oyerd-afts. 66s g bonds. ........ Sl.7sa 70 Real estate. furni-
 ture and fixtures. 1o3,boo II Due from banks and
 bankers. ....... &23,llo 5.
 Cash in yault...... 3o2olI 5s
 ------- 1.125. 1y7 S5
 
 so.S6s, SIS 03
 Liabilities.
 canjtal stock ..s 800 900 0o Surplus. ........,..... 75.oo0 Oo I-ndj vided profits .......... 66,04o 50 Dividends uncaled for...... aS7 0) Certified checks. s.....$ $50 % Due to banks and
 and bankers .. .. 220,9l4 66
 Individual deposits. 1,S00,600 T
 
 S96G;.67s 0, This splendid building attracts the att