The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-07
Banking Room.

The banking department will be two
fun stories high, measuring twenty
eight feet 70 the ceiling. II will be forty
feet in width. and extend the full length
OF the building. In the rear OF the
banking room proper the vaults arc 10
be located. and in the rear Of these
the directors room. There VIII be thu ee
Of these vaults-one for money, another
for the books OF the bank, and the third
for safe deposit purposes. On entering
the bank will be found, immediately On
the left. the ladies room, where every
convenience will be extended them TO
transact their business with the bank.
Adjoining this Will be the compart-
ments for the ladies' receiving and pay
ing tellers, and succeeding these the
rooms for the corresponding clerk and
stenOgrapher. Immediately to the right
Of the entrance will be the presidents
room, with that of the cashier edjoin-
ing. and following them the clerical
force, with individual booths for each
Official There will be marble com
ters with beveled plate glass and
bronze oXidiZed copper superstructu-e
The columns now on the floor Will re-
main, and a third will be added. These
columns are TO be made alike orna-
mental and useful, for around them ere
10 be ranged desks for the convenience
OF the customers Of the bank. The floors
outside OF the counters will be Of
marble, and the entire interior will be
ornamented with elaborate fresc0es.
When tho American National Bank
went into its present habitat on Four
tcenth Street a lease OF eight years was
entered into. but the removal 10 Its new
home was necessitated by the uneXpect-
edly rapid growth OF business and 70 the
equally unexpected opportunity to ac-
quire a building so admirably suited TO
It's necessities.
Making Money in Washington.
One OF the best known capitalists Of
Washington stood by the railing sur
rounding the excavation for the new
building Of the American Security and
Trust Company. Right here" said he,
sis a most remarkable illustration of the
growth Of the National Capital Look
back twenty-five years. and nobody
would have dreamed then that II would
be possible a quarter OF a century later
20 have such an institution as this is
going to be"
Are the opportunities today for max
ing money IN real estate as good as they
were then?' was asked
i believe they are, without doubt, -
came the unhesitating reply. OF course,
81 takes more money now than IL aid
then. because real estate values have
risen enormously, but relatively the
profits from real estate investments will
pIuLL4Et AZ we'll / ne reason - quite
patent. From year 70 year Washington
L. becoming more and more the favor
ite residence place for rich people OF re-
fined tastes who seek cultured environ
ments: Tor students who find nowhere
else In the United States all conditions
90 perfect for the pursuit Of their special
subjects; for investigators who ind In
the great Government Libraries and lab
oratOries the means 20 aid them IN their
labOTs. for The statisticians and al
others who concern themselves with the
study OF the science Of government
Nothing else explains the constant ac-
erection OF population, for Washington
will never, 7 believe and hope. be a man.
ufacturing city. II IS the Ideal winter
residence, and IN summer there are few
II any cities. more preferable.
Low Tax Rate
There are. however. cOnsiderati tom
less esthetic. Among all the large elite.
OF the country none can possibly be 3,
inviting either 10 the seeker OF a perma
nent home or 10 the mere investor, be
cause in none IS the rate OF taxation s,
sbsurdly low as here. Just think OF Il
Only $3.50 per 500 for all purposes. n,
county tax. no State tax, no income tax
no tax OF any kind except that 81 80
And let IL be remembered that IN THU
there is included sySEYthing that apper