La Junta tribune., 1908-10-10

Of banking. does not issue money.
and has branches everywhere In
France and at every important city in
the world, 1t has capital Of $780,
OO0. 900 francs and reserve Of 15O.-
000. .0o0-combined capital and reserve
of eS6,o0o,Oe0. Its deposits are Inn
mense- almost 1000, 100000 francs
interest at two per cent. II left one
veal. one and one-half from six month
to one year and one per cent from
three months to six months. 1t al
SO pays one per cent on open &C.
count.
| I was taken through the entire
building. which is four stories above
and four stories below the first
floor. The building is fine stone
building, of beautiful architectural
design without and of beauty and
convenience within--like u great pal
ace. Within the fixtures and furni-
ture are of the richest materials and
OF most elegant and artistic designs.
They are of mahogany. and other
| beautiful polished woods. marble and
artistic tiling. rich carpets. fine leath-
er and velvet plush. easy chairs and
sofas beautiful carving and statnary.
| A large central, circular court rises
to the top, up which ascend two
spiral stairways, at the same time
4 al, 81 fr,y,
site sides at the bottom. so that
one is used to ascend and the other
| to descend at the same time, with
out interfering with one another.
is free TO their customers and strang-
ers, where one may come and rest,
lounge, write and read, for in this
writing room are on file daily and
weekly papers and magazines, from
all parts of the world. The presi-
dents room is model of elegance
and the room where the board OF di-
| rectors meet Is quite equal. The
| business is most thoroughly classified
| | will not take time to mention all of
/ them, but there are the departments.
each distinct, of foreign collections,
domestic collections. deposits, with
drawal OF deposits, exchange. foreign
and domestic, change. foreign money,
letters of credit, paying letters OF
| credit, gold and silver money. etc.
| force of interpreters to whom are
| referred every letter in Il foreign Ian
guage. which is translated and sent
to the appropriate department pinned
to the original. There is large
restaurant where the force may go
and lunch and prepare their own
meals by the use Of electric heaters.
for which charge OF two cents per
week only IL made. A meal IL read.
and served II wanted. ! looked 1t
over and did not Sc but one or two
items as high as eight cents, some
being but one cent and two cents.
There are fine toilet rooms. with hot
and cold water. Five thousand per.
sons are employed in this one build
ing. There are fifteen hundred girls
and women employed, over four hun
dred typewriters and large num-
ber OF adding machines. The build
ing is absolutely fire proof. and yet
there is a corps OF thirty firemen,
fire alarms by the thousand. and hos
placed everywhere throughout the
building. The fire departmet is well
trained. have frequent drills. and are
constantly at their posts, with fire
chief to command the force. The
department Is connected. also, with
the city fire department. The four
stories under ground are largely oc-
cupied by their safe deposit boxes, OF
which they have $4,000. The build
ing Ii being extensively enlarged and
will be completed in short time,
when they will have 100000 safety
deposit boxes. Boxes as large as
| SxS inches are as low as $1.00 per
year, while box 18x18 inches Is only
IS 90 per year. could tell you
much more about this great bank.
Afterwards, few days, l thought
the bank. | went to draw small
sum of money, on letter of credit.
drawn on this bank. The porter
took me outside, into the outer court
or portal,up winding stairs. through
hall, and the waiting room, to
waiting room for this department,
where was invited to sit down.
After few minutes, was directed
to enter the office and pointed to a
certain desk. handed the man at
this desk my letter Of credit and my
signature book. He wrote on a