The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-30
BIG MOSES BUILDING
 WILL BE RAZED AS SITE
 FOR STEEL SKYSCRAPER

tional Bank as to the sort of building they proposed to build where the Moses building stands.
 It is said that the Gay-Teague Com pany will now build another modern steel hotel on their lot, which Is in the same block with the New Exchange Hotel It Is said that if the First Na- tional Bank had not decided to erect an office building, the Gay-Teague Com paRy would have erected such build ing, and now that since an office build Ing has been determined upon, the steel structure that is going up further down the street will be fashioned into the form of modern hotel
 Fine Home for Bank.
 Shortly after the signing and appro- val of the contracts yesterday after noon, President Baldwin of the First National Bank said:
 We have determined to erect mod ern steel office building on the site of the Noses building. The first floor of the building will be devoted to the business of the First National Bauk. There will be no other offices or busi- ness places on the first floor not oc- cupied by the bank. The structure will be modern and complete in every de- tail of equipment and construction The first floor will be constructed as one of the finest banking offices in the whole country
 Above the first floor the building will be devoted to offices. The first three stories will be of stone. Those above win be of brick and terra ycotta. The contracts have been awarded and signed. The work will begin at once. The First National Bank will move into the new building the first of next oe- tober."
 The firm of Carpenter, Blair & Gould of New York, which drew the plans for the new office building, and under whose supervision 1t will be construct ed. is one of the best known firms of architects in the country. They have had considerable experience in erecting office buildings and in this line of work they have the highest standing.
 In the Directors room of the present First National Bank Building last even- ing, Mir. Carpenter of the firm discussed the details of the new buildings as he pointed them out on a pencil drawing of the proposed building.
 Building is Described.
 The architecture of the new build- ing" said Mir. Carpenter, will be what is called the Modern Renaissance. It will be constructed of steel and con- crete and made fre-proof throughout. The front of the building will be of stone, brick and terra cotta with orna- mental iron trimmings.
 "The building will be one of the most modern and complete office buildings in the entire country. In every detail the most approved modern ideas of building and equipment will be adopted The first floor, which will be fitted out in marble, will probably be the finest Az dors of the other floors will also be fit- ted up In marble.
 -The building will be equipped with three modern electric elevators. It will be kept neat and in order, with the modern vacuum cleaning system. The plans call for this system, which is something new in the South. Every office will have a phone In short, ev- cry modern Improvement of a high class office building will be found in the new structure. When the build ing is completed it's highest point will be 15o feet from the sidewalk.
 .The company to which the contract for its erection has been awarded, the Wells Brothers Company, is one of the best known contracting firms in the en- tire country. Their reputation is of the highest It is their purpose to begin at once tearing down the Moses Building. Walter Smith, their rep is now in Montgomery and will superintend the beginning of this work"
 The First National Bank of Mont gomery, which has undertaken this en- terprise, is one of the strongest and richest banks in the South. It has 6 capital stock of s1,000,000. It's sur plus and profits amount to quarter of a million dollars
 Owned By Big Bank.
 The officers Of the bank are: A. M. Baldwin, President; M. P. LeGrand, Vice President; A. s. Woolfolk, Cash fer; H. T. Bartlett. Assistant Cash. fer; R. E. Seibels. Assistant Cashier; and c, E. Norton, Auditor.
 The Directors are J. l.. Hall, ). s. Wilcox, M. P. LeGrand, S. Roman, W. A. Gayle, A. M. Baldwin, c c. Abercrombie, R. F. Ligou and F. G. Caffey.
 The new building will occupy the ex- act site of the Moses building. The smaller office building in the rear of the present Moses building, and which is now being demolished, has no con- nection with the First National Bank building. It is a different enterprise, one of the separate new buildings which Is being erected to the great ness of the modern Montgomery.