Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-12
STONE FRONT
BUILDING FOR
LAS VEGAS
Structure will Be Equipped With
Safety Deposit Vaults.
READY BY APRIL lST

New Building To Be Conslsuelsd BY
Byron 7. Mills on the SIZE n 10
Present Offices on B idse Street.
Byron T. Mills Of this city II plan.
ming to erect fine stone front build.
Ing on Bridge street with thirty.five
foot front, on the site now occupied
by the Mills Abstract company and
In 1t will be constructed an immense
steel safety deposit vault for the
use Of the general public. The pres
ent building will be moved back hf-
teen feet. raised from the grssnd and
entirely rem0deled To be used IN the
new building. Wide cement yalks
will lead back from the walk To the
stone steps at the entrance M the
safety deposit 0mces. i ssA
As soon as tho weather permits
work will be begun on the new Duild-
ing and steel safety deposit vault.
The steel vault which is II feet wide,
Z feet deep and 9 feet high, which
has been ordered and will be shipped
from st. Louis as soon as possible.
The walls Of the vault will b heavily
constructed Of drill proof steel, while
the doors are made Of Z inch solid
steel, also drill proof. estimated to
weigh between two and three tons
each, and the same are hung from the
center on heavy ball bearing crane
hinges instead Of traverse hinges on
the edge, on account Of their great
weight and for the purpose Of allow
ing the heavy compression bars to
force the door - close to the. door
jam as make the same air tight a.
well as liquid tight. The doors have
double row Of tongues and grooves
and all modern improvements includ-
ing time clock as guard against
the various methods used by burg.
lars in their attacks upon safe struc-
lures.
In connection with the vault there
will be constructed stone building,
in which win be partitioAed of two
or three consultation rooms which
Will contain chairs and a table tor
the use Of those who wish to talk
over business matters undisturbed and
examine in connection with others the
contents oi the.T deposit boxes, also
coupon rooms with table and chair
where the reAtets of the safety boxes
may take the same and make such use
OF the contents privately as they may
desire. Each coupon room being
supplied with two electric lights. one
above and the other under the table
the lower one being for the purpose
os lighting the floor SO that In case
any valuables Of any nature are acci'
dentally dropped the same may be
easily seen, and each room sill be
examined after the depositor has va.
Gated the same as double protec-
ton against losses Of this nature.
In front of the vault will be placed
a grating with sliding gate as =
protection to depositors Of the vault
while examining the contents OF their
boxes. The floors within the grating
and within the consultation and
coupon rooms will be of cement.
After the walls Of the vault have
been properly encased with cement
It is guaranteed by the Herring Hall
Marvin Safe CO. that the same VIII
be both burglar proof and fire proof
The deposit boxes Of the vault will
all be steel and have tin japanned
box. which, after the door has been
unlocked may be taken out to the
consultation or coupon room as tht
party may desire, each steel deposit
box having two individual keys FOL
the use Of the customer, which, how
ever. cannot unlock the door until
the master key, in the hands OF thu
attendant in charge has been Insert
ed. while on the other hand the mas
ter key is not for the purpose o.
unlocking the door but to throw Ger
tain bolts by which the individual
keys are allowed to act.
Each depositor in making applica
tion for box subscribes his signature
to a card on which q full descrip
t,on Is given Of the applicant as wei
AZ other information including pas
word necessary.
Mr. Mills has taken great pains II
this enterprise to have everything firs
class in every respect for the protec
ton and convenience Of the custom
ers.
The new building will be ready 10
occupancy apout the first Of April.
The deposit vaults will be . grea