Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01
Peoples National Finally Adopts
Plans of an Elaborate
Improvement.
INCREASED OFFICE SPACE
Trust and Savings Adjunct to Have
capitalization of 100000
Finishing Magnificent.

the building at the corner or Eigh
teenth street and Second avenue, and
the scope of the same indicates much
greater Improvement than may be re
allied. The effect OF the remodeled In
terror will be one of the finest banks
in the west anywhere, and the most
complete in many respects In Illinois
not barring Chicago. The contract fol
the work of remodeling and refittins
the building has been given to the Mos
Ter Safe company, which. through E
Jackson Case, the directing engineer
of the. bank department of the com
pany. will do the entire work.
The new quarters are to be the equal
to the best, and the vault system is to
be the most complete burglar and fire
proof obtainable. The remodeled build
ing will house two banks, as a new
savings bank to be known as the PEG,
pies Trust & Savings bank. with CAPT.
tai of 100000, is to be organized in
conjunction with the present national
bank. The stockholders of the latter
bank are to be given preference in dis
posing of the stock of the new bank,
but to all intents and purposes the
banks will be entirely separate.
Increase I'm Floor Space.
The remodeled bank building will
have more than twice the floor space
of the present building. The 2O-foot
frontage on Second avenue formerly
occupied by the firm of NJ. & X, and
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rear will be included in the new quarters.
The national bank quarters will be on
the east side of the building and the
new savings bank will have its space
on the west side. fine lobby of
attractive proportions and the apart
ments of the officers of the two banks
will be located to the front. The four
new vaults will be built at the rear A
private consultation room is to be pro-
vided just of of and adjoining the desk
rooms of the officers.
The outside of the building will be
greatly beautified by veneer of white
Georgia marble extending as high as
the top of the first floor. A heavy
cornice will surmount this and furnish
what engineers and architects term an
"eye line" The entrance to the bank,
which is to be in the middle of the
frontage on Second avenue, and the en-
trance to the main building on Eigh-
teenth street will be f1anked by fluted
granite columns.
Fine Interior Finish.
The interior will be finished in the
best materials obtainable. The doors
are to be of heavy mahogany, all in
side wood fixtures are to be Of selected
African mahogany, and the
metal trimmings and signs of cast
fooled bronze. Especially selected and
high grade African and Italian marble
will be used for the bases. cornice and
other inside trimmings. The side wall
decorations will be painted on canvas
in hand oil and colors and set in plas-
tic ornamental mould casts. A marble
settee and check desk will be placed
in the main lobby. The floors of the
lobby and banks proper Will be of GER
annie tile, and in the officers quarters
and directors room there will be a
parquet flooring covered with Turkish
rugs. A special feature of the bank
will be retiring room for ladies and
a teller's window reserved for them.
The furniture will be of special design,
made from selected mahogany.
In the lighting system hidden con-
Quits will be installed, producing a
very unique effect, as no lights or fixt-
ures will be visible to the eye. They
are to be countersunk in the top of
the inside cornice and the receptacles
are to be lined with mirrors which will
reflect the light of the ceiling. from
where it will be detected and diffused
about the rooms, giving a daylight eff
feet.
To Have Four Vaults.
There are to be four separate vaults,
each burglar and fireproof in itself and
each assigned for different use. One
will be exclusively for cash and securi-
ties, one for books and general docu-
one for a general reserve, and
the other to be used for a safety de-
post and storage. They are all to be
located in the rear of the building.
The walls of the four vaults are to be
concrete reinforced with cross
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steel. Independent of this there will
be an interior lining of steel covered
with bronze plating. The doors to the
vault will be of six-inch steel and will
De fitted with special inter1ocking COM
1ination and time lock system of
opening. The fronts and trimmings
viii be of polished bronze and each
will have its own lighting system.
The improvements and additions
which have finally been unanimously
md enthusiastically adopted. by the
bank directors have long been the |
lream of Carl Hellpenstell, the popu-
ar bank official, who has been con- |
lected with the bank for the last Is |
7ears. He is now vice president and |
;ashier and has statewide acquaint- !
nee among bankers. Otto Huber is |
PRESIDENT and G. o. Huckstaedt is as
istant cashier.
Thte bank was organized In 1874 |