The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-20

without interruption until the. beginning of last year. The old building was then torn down to make room for the commo- dious structure which ornaments Com merce Street and into which the bank moved yesterday. tf
 The officers of the bank accord great credit to Frank Lockwood. the architect of the building. and who personally su- perintended it's construction. Mr. Lock-
 wood executed the elaborate finish of the interior. including the elegant ceiling, the grille doors, the marble and bronze coun- ter screens and the messine marble man. tel in the Directors room.
 The style of architecture of the building is the Renaissance. It occupies on Com
 merce' Street space. of 3 by 122 feet. The footing for the foundation rests upon bed of concrete 12 inches thick and feet broad The walls above the foot ing are 30 inches thick, gradually decreaN. ing in thickness until the top of the build ing is reached, 100 feet above the ground. where they are only Is inches thick, the entire work being laid in cement mortar. All floors and the roof are constructed of steel beams and terra cotta arches. with what is known as end construction Of -proofing. After the re-proofing was placed the work was covered with concrete ready for the finiI he'd marble floor
 All partitions and division walls of all kinds in the building are of hollow fire proof terra cotta. and these are finished
 with cemented plaster. The stairway from the basement to the roof is of orna-
 mental iron stairs with mahogany hand rails.
 The vault of the bank proper is protect
 ed by three doors, the outer door with
 thickness of eight inches. weighing six
 and one-half tons. This door moves with finger weight on ball bearings and crank hinges. The second door i, of brass for day protection. The third set of doors are three inches thick and when opened fit in pockets at each side of the vesti- bule All of the doors are bolted on the sides, at the top and at the bottom. the operating mechanism being of the finest character and workmanship. The vaults were designed and the work superintend- ed by J. M. Mossnian a vault expert of New York city. The main vault is equip ped with safety deposit boxes of various
 sizes. about two hundred boxes being
 now installed. leaving room fur about
 800 additional
 Between the basement vault and the
 security vault. which is directly above it. there Is an open space protected with iron bars. the purpose of this being to expose all of the outside of the money vault to view so as to prevent the possibility of any concealed work by cracksmen. At the rear of the vault are the wait ing rooms and stenographers' rooms and directors room.
 Above the first floor of the building the
 entire space is given to offices we'll light ed and ventilated and having sound proof partitions All halls and corridors are furnished with marble floors and base and from each floor, letters are mailed through Cutler mail chute which conveys all mall matter from any floor to the mail box on the first floor. The elevator for the building is the Otis standard electric elevator. It is fitted with an all metal cage and enclosed and | has the modern safety appliances.
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