Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-08-19
BURRILL BANK
MOVED INTO NEW QUARTERS
MONDAY.
EVERY CONVENIENCE FOR BANKING
INEss-DEsCRIPT1oN OF BUILD
ING AND SPLENDID VAULTS.

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ING AND SPLENDID VAULTS.
| The Burrill national bank opened the
doors Of its handsome new quarters OF
Main street Monday. The change from
the old location on State street to the new
building was made without any interrupt
tion of business. Many visitors have been
welcomed at the bank during the past few
days.
| The Burrill national bank now has
banking rooms and facilities OF which it
may lwell be proud. The Main street
building has been transformed into a
modern building, with improved banking
| facilities, both in matter Of convenience
and for security.
The front Of the building is OF plate
glass and slate. The entrance is at the
left, under portico supporte.. by a large
corner pillar. A door with bronze grill
covering q plate glass panel gives access to
a marble tiled vestibule, from which
another door. with deep plate glass panel,
opens directly into the lobby or rotunda
OF the bank.
HOTUNDA AND BANklNG-ROOM.
The ,rotuDda is .9x21 feet, and the floor
is Of white marble tile. Along the full
length Of the rotunda, on the right side,
extend the counter and grill which sepa-
rates it from the banking-room. There
are four windows in the counter. The
woodwork of.the counter and throughout
the building is red birch, mahogany finish,
and the walls are tinted in buff. The grill
work OF the counter is of bronze, finished
bright.
From the rotunda a door at the front
opens to the presidents room in the BIZ,
bay window and commanding full sweep
OF the banking-room back to the big
vault. The banking room is fitted with
all the conveniences OF an up-to date
bank.
THE VAULTS.
Back of the room is the immense new
vault, the acme of the vault builders art
both as to beauty and as to protection
against burglars and fire. 1t was built by
the Mosler Safe Co.
The inside dimensions of the vault are
7hx9 feet, and 7h feet high. The walls
are of Bessemer steel, concrete and rail-
road iron, in all eighteen inches thick.
1t has double doors. The inner door is OF
steel, two inches thick, and the outer
door is five and one-quarter inches thick,
also of steel, in layers Of hardened steel OF
different qualities, proof against drills and
explosives.
The inside door, when closed, is secured
by twenty steel bolts u inchesin diameter.
On the outer door there are twenty two
inch steel bolts, operated by burglar
proof arbor, and controlled by two four
wheel Yale bank combination locks, and
lock having three distinct seventy-two
hour movements, either of which will
release the bolts!at the desired time. All
the bolts and locks en- both doors are
covered by heavy plate glass.
Attached to the inner door jambs is
day gate, hung on granite rollers, closing
and locking itself. In the vault are fifty
safe-deposit boxes, and steel closets. Be-
hind steel grill at the right is the safe
for coin and securities.
In the basement, directly inside this
vault, is the storage vault fitted with fire.
proof vault doors, with combination lock
on outer door and fat key lock on inside
folding doors.
CONvENIENCEs FOR PATRONS.
From the rotunda a corridor leads back
to the rear of the building. At the left
are two consulting or coupon rooms, and
n tho OF he rfrht 10
the directors room, with handsome
pressed brick fireplace, with toilet room
and lavatory.
At the left in The rear is the ladies'
room, furnished in mahogany, and with
lavatory and toilet room. This room is
| for the convenience of women patrons Of
| the bank. The doors to all inner rooms Of
the bank have panels of crinkled glass.
The building is heated by hot water and
lighted by electricity.
| THE BURRILL BANK.
| The Burrill national bank was incor-
porated in 1887, and was the first national
bank established in Ellsworth. 1t was the
outgrowth OF the private banking busi-
ness OF Charles Z. Burrill, established in
1873. The capital stock is $4,000. With
the opening Of the bank in its new quar-
ters Monday, savings department was
esta blished. The Hancock county saw
ings bank, which formerly occupied the
4 same rooms as the national bank, will re-
main in the building on State street. Col
Burrill's private Office will also remain il
the State street building.
The directors OF the Burrill bank are
Charles c. Burrill, o. W. Foss, S. j. Nor
rison and F. c. Burrill. The late C. r
Foster was also a director, and thu
vacancy on the board has not been filled
Charles c. Burrill is president; James E
Parsons, cashier; Edward F. Small, assist
ant cashier; L. B. Belts, clerk.
MOUTH OF THE RIVER.
AIhort Tounav md wife of Roston ops