Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-01-25
THE BRATTLEBORO TRUST co.
pointed Quarters in Which It viii open
for Business Tomorrow.

The Convenient, Attractive and Well-Ap-
pointed Quarters in Which It viii open
for Business Tomorrow.
The Bratteboro Trust company will
open for business tomorrow morning at
o'clock. Its banking rooms are prac-
tcally complete, few minor details only
remaining for the workmen to finish.
When fully In order the customers of this
new institution will find il located in
quarters which represent and embody
all the latest ideas in the way of bank
ing equipment, security and convenience
The entire floor space is 20 feet wide
by 62 feet in depth. In front, for general
public use. is a lobby y feet in DEPTH
with "a desk room for the president and
treasurer on the north side, eight feet
in width and separated from the lobby
by low rail.
The banking room proper is q feet
long by 10 feet wide. In the rear is the
vault which has "A total length outside
Of Il feet, 10 inches. Back Of the vault
is a customers and directors room Of
ample size. entrance to which is from a
passageway leading past the banking
room and vault. The foundation Of the
vault is built Of masonry from the
ground up through the basement to the
level Of the main floor. The securities
vault is eight feet square inside and ~
feet high, and is built, inside the mason
ry, of d series OF heavy steel plates.
The door and vestibule weigh 16 tons
The outer door is nine inches thick and
is built of six layers of steel plates Of
the most approved manufacture These
plates are secured by "A two and one-half
inch steel bolts. When closed the door
is fastened by double combination and
Yale three-movement time lock. The
inner door is three inches thick is built
of four layers of steel plates secured by
p two and one-fourth inch steel bolts,
and is fastened by a double combination
lock. The cash room of the vault which
contains the safe deposit boxes, is pro-
tected by day gate of steel bars. At
the rear separated and protected by an
other day gate, are two steel safes for
the funds and securities of the bank.
Back Of the securities vault is a book
vault six feet by eight feet in size. In
the basement is a fireproof storage vault
10 by S feet The vault was built by
the Herring Hall-Marvin Safe company
of New York. the largest makers Of
safes and vaults in the world, and the
material and construction are guaranteed
I TO be the best that can be produced.
/ The vault is so constructed as to be
I open 10 observation on all four sides.
The fittings Of the banking rooms are
/ Of quartered panelled oak in light an
| tque finish and they present a very
/ handsome appearance. The windows and
/ panels at the front and side above the
counters are protected by steel grill
/ work and heavy plate glass. Cabinets
/ which occupy the entire space under the
/ counters provide abundant room for the
| storage Of papers and supplies and other
/ similar uses. The teller's window is di-
| rectly in front of the main entrance
/ The window for the savings bank de-
/ partment is at the side. This woodwork
was put in by the Rochester Show Case
/ company, who are leading expert manu-
/ facturers in the line OF interior fittings
/ OF this class.
The latest electrical appliances for
/ alarm and protection purposes have been
/ installed both in the banking room and
! in the vault. steel ceiling and cornice
/ give a substantial and attractive effect
/ overhead and the walls have been laid
/ by Mr.. Borden with inderwall in an
! agreeable shade Of olive green. The gen.
/ eral interior effect is substantial digni-
/ fed and harmonious, beftting the uses
/ of "A bank.
/ The Brattleboro Trust company begins
{ business under auspices which seem al
/ together favorable. The plans of the Off
. GERS have been made with a view to Sc
curing the interest and cooperative
/ goodwill of "a wide clientage, and a very
/ considerable number of accounts have
/ already been promised. The purpose of
! the company will be to conduct its busi-
ness on enterprising but conservative
/ lines, reaching out for business in new
I directions so as to meet all community
needs, and making itself a useful and
necessary factor in the financial life Of
| Brattleboro and the surrounding country
; The general plans Of the company have
! already been described at length in these
| columns. In an advertisement printed
| on our first page today its proposed lines
/ OF work are summarized and the full
list of officers is given
FOr the convenience of workmen en-
ployed in shops and factories, and of
| business men who have late deposits TO
make, the trust company will be open
Saturday evenings from 73O TO 9 O'Clock.