The San Francisco call., 1904-09-12
new QUARTERS
IN SKYSCRAPER
Union Savings Bank Now
Occupies Elegant Offices
i'll Modern. Building
CLUBS IND0RSE BONDS
Three improvement Organ
izatiOns Hold Big Rallies
During the Holiday Week
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
101S Broadway, Sept. IL.
The Union Savings Bank has taken
possession of the Offices in the sky
scraper" at Broadway and Thirteenth
street, and the institution now rejoices
in the most elegantly appointed place
Of business in this city. The building
was projected by William G. Henshaw,
president of the bank, and the plans
for the structure were prepared by
Architect Walter J. Matthews of Oak
land.
The new building is eleven stories in
height, by far the tallest structure in
this city. and is constructed of steel,
stone and brick, being absolutely fire.
proof throughout. The fire and bur-
glar proof vaults are of the most mod
ern construction.
The building occupies a ground space
Of 50Xl00 feet, and the banking room
on the ground floor is 70X37 feet in size.
All of the office furniture is of polished
hard wood. finished in FURNISHED brass
work
A special feature is the lunch room
for employees of the bank This is on
the meZzanine floor and is reached by
a staircase at one side of the vaults. 1t
is furnished entirely in mahogany, and
adjoining 1t are the kitchen and the
locker room, where each attache of the
bank has a separate locker for the
safekeeping Of his personal property.
The officers and directors of the
Union Savings Bank are: William c.
Henshaw. president; Charles 7. Ro-
dolph, vice president; A. E. II. Cramer,
cashier; board Of directors-William
@. Henshaw, Thomas Prather, Charles
T. Rodolph. c. f. Palmer, r. S. Far
reilly, Thomas Crellin, H. w. Meek,
Henry A Buffers. c. H. King, George Z.
Grant, Shelby F. Martin.
That the proposal to issue bonds for
the Improvement and adornment of
Oakland is an all absorbing topic of in
terest among public spirited citizens Of
the community has been proved by the
fact that although the past week has
been as a holiday period three bond
meetings have been held by local inn
prOvement organizations in widely sep
arated sections Of the city.
The Piedmont District Improvement
Club held its first bond rally last Tues
day evening. The meeting was well at
tended in spite of the fact that thou
sands from this city were absent in San
Francisco. The meeting was addressed
by Supervisor II. d. Rowe, Judge Z. n.
Gibson, p. NJ. Fisher and the Rev.
Miles B. Fisher.
On the same evening the Northwest
Oakland Improvement Club held a large
and enthusiastic bond meeting. The
speakers We're Councilman Elliott. Pro-
fessor L. d. Inskeep. Edwin Stearns
Charles Descormes, Edwin Sutherland
and P. HerbY. Both these organiza-
tions indorsed the proposed issue of i'm
provement bonds.
The Independence Square Improve
ment Club of East Oakland held an en-
thusiastic bond rally on Friday even-
ing, and after an animated discussion
of the proposed issue adopted resolu-
tions fully indorsing every item and
pledging the members of the club to
vote for the same and to use every eff
fort TO insure the success of the propo-
sition- This club will hold another bond
rally on Friday. September 16.
The Fruitvale Board of Trade has
had 5000 cards printed which briefly de-
scribe the advantages of Fruitvale as
residence district. Half these cards
have been distributed among the visit
ors at the Knights TemDlar conclaNe in
San Francisco.
The z. P. Vandercook Company has
just opened a large tract of land on
Piedmont Heights. The tract is stu
ated in an ideal residence district, be-
ing within a short distance of two lines
Of street cars.