Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-10
CHELSEA SAVINGS BANK OPENED
Handsome Granite Structure Wins Admiration of Critics Finely Appointed Modern Banking House Has Prominent Location and all Requirements For Bus mess.

| grill work. and ground and plate glass, enclosing working space 35x24 for the bank force. It is three sided. with the front on a slight curve. The bookkeeper,s window is at the front near the right end and the pay ing teller's window is on the Main street side. There are other windows in the front and other side to provide for the increasing needs of the busl- ness. In front of the counter public space 14 feet wide is provided. and Gown the sides the width is 10 feet. and the lobby, is fioored in gray Ten nessee marble. The main banking room, as we'll the lobby and vesti- bule is wainscotted in TaverneHi F1euri marble it's soft. exquisite tints ,'lmost matching the very pale buff R 1ich is the finish of the -moided and pareled- walls, alternating with pale green and gold trimmings In the elaborate leaf and dart mouldings the Greek design and ideals are seen car ried out in the interior decorations.
 In the two large panels at the west end of the banking room hang large goId-framed pictures of General Ed ward Harland president of the bank. and the late Lorenzo Blackstone, a former president
 Overhead light to the banking space is furnished by a leaded glass light and the floor of the space behind the counter is of cork-tile, nOiseless and
 
 counter at the rear is the fireproof and bLrglar-proof vault, 10x20. and eight feet high on inside measure. Its front is also Of the beautiful Tavernelli Fieuri marble and its steel doors are covered by mahogany doors. It has electric wires embodied in its concrete and steel construction which if dis turbed cause a large gong on the Cliff street side to ring for several hours. The teller's window is enclosed by a steel cage, with sliding door. Over the vault IS an 1Sinch dial clock which is connected with the general clock sys- tenn of the bank
 Treasurer's and Stenographer's Rooms. On the Main street side, and reached by passing along the counter. is the treasurers room, 10x19, and adjoining this is the stenographer's room, Sx12. Like all the rest of the woodwork in the building, both are beautifully fin- ished in rich mahogany In the treas urerS room are time saving and call appliances of every kind that he can be in instant touch with any point in the building at all times In this room Is also the master clock. which controls the electric system through out the building, every room having clock
 Back of the vault iron stairwavs lead both up and down stairs. The upper flight is to the nezzanine floor at the rear of the building. which is constructed as an open gallery IS feet wide It has a cork tile floor and at each end of the gallery is a big room, each 1Sx22. which can be used for gen eral purposes
 Freproof Storage.
 The flight downstairs leads 10 the fireproof storage. 19x11. which is To- cated in the rear corner at the Cliff street side It is in a part Of the basement completely separated from the rest of that floor by a transverse bulikhead. There is an electric switch board in this part of the basement. and at the Main street rear corner are the private toilets for the bank force. Steam and Electricity.
 Tn the section of the basement. which is reached by marble and bronze stairway from the lobby, is d committee room. 14x17, toilet. the heating system and main switchboard. coal and stora ge rooms. The heating is by steam from one 54-inch boiler. ard the lighting throughout is by cleo rricity. All radiators in the building are concealed, there is fan system for run by electricity which can be used in any part of the building.
 AS Years m shetuoket Street.
 For 45 years from 1864 the bank had been located in Shetucket street, where it's building was destroyed in the Shannon building fire in 1909, with other causes resulting in the change to Ihe new location being taken up and carried through. The architects were Cudworth & Woodwork. and the gen eral contract for the new building was taken by C. Morgan Williams. Work was started close to the first of Sep tember 1909. Sub-contractors were as follows: Stonework, Booth Bros, and Hurricane Island Granite Co. New York: reinforced concrete and steel work Eastern Concrete Construction Co., Boston; marble and tilework. BowlSer- T wohey Co. Boston; iron and bronze work, John Williams. Inc, New York, plumbing. A. J. Wholev of this city: heating. The Cleghorn Co, Eos ton wiring and electrical work. Pres tor Bros. this city: woodwork. Irving ' & Casson Boston
 Officers of Bank.
 l. The officers Of the bank are as fol-. l. Tc WIS. President. Edward Hiarland: vice presidents, Henry Fl. Gallup John C.. Averill. Charles l.. Chandler; directors; I.Winslow T. Williams Frank w Browning. Henry G. Peck. Willis Aus tin, Charles B. Chapman. Oliver L. Johnson. Archibald Mitchell, Grosvenor ! Ely. Frederick r. Sales: Secretary and ti'easurer, Charles B. ChapIDa n: assist iant trea'stirer Frank Hempsteads st- ] torney, Wallace $. AlIis.