The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-04
Len.cd for Tea ycnr.

| In this CRY. n o'tiS .
Lensed for Tcu Ycnr..
| already the bank and both railroad
nave agreed to lease such space -
necessary for the period of ten ycars
as yet no definite arrangements have
ocell mace with the Chamber OF Com
.isefce, put 1t Will be given the disposa1
iua,e quarters at moderate fig
urcs. Aside from the space which VII,
be occuPied by members % thn .yn,,i
cale, IT is estimated that from four -
h'e iioots VIII be rented 10 misccIlanc
ous tenants The new building ii is
said Will be at least TWENTY stor,as
hlgh and when Completed iEcl,1dinr
aIe cost or the property, VIII total 81.
100000 or more -
IN the temporary scheme only plans
~ .he banking rooms have yet been
mapped out. The lo. contain apnrox
iInately $500 square feet. and tho in
sue measurements OF the ground floor
~hlch VIII be occupied BY the ba0l.
VII sho" i,2u0 square feet Gt space
or about two and one half ,in,cs ,i,a
space 1t now occupies. Besides the on
frances. lobby, five elevators, cigar and
news stand, telegraph and telephone
boothS, the actual space In the banl.
ing rooms will pc sufficient TO accor,-
iliooate seventy-fve men; the prescn,
force of the First National, INCLUDING ..
officers, being forty. The wor,sin =
Iorce VIII be located in the centre Of
thc room with the elevators and news
stand on the west side The otficnrs
rooms VIII be ranged along the south
wall on Ninth Street, with the direc
LOTS room at the end of the corridor
ine room VIII be Twenty-Five feet IN
stories. The steel framing viii ha ca
arranged that a mezznipo 49,. Il -. !.
De added in the rear next to tho ,Jlcy
accommodating ifty or more clerlis
should occasion demand il in nfter
years. The bank is making provision
Tor many years to come ana is basinr
calculations on the fact tliat eight
years ago the deposits We're $4,000. 900
ana now are more than S7.Ooe,o 900
Wonderful Basement
The basement will be perhaps the
most interesting portion Of the now
building There will be located the
fire and burglar-proof vaults which
VIII DC the most modern obtaina b lie
and VIII cost more than $4,000 In tho
centre VIII be the main vault. twenty
TOUR by sixteen feet, inside nea SIRE
ment which besides sheltcripg no
banks funds Will have capacity or
900 safe deposit boxes of various
sizes Along the Main street wall viii
ierent sizes 10 accommodates from ono
10 TOUR persons, and two large com
mittee rooms on the Ninth street cor
ner. y lift runs from the main bank
Ing room to the door Of the. vault
Ihere are two entrances to that part
Of the basement in which the vau,t
is situated. and both will be closed
{ all times except TO those who actu-
ally have business down there
custodian Will be In charge or this
part OF the bank and will ilay, an or
fec at the main entrance
Across each corner of tho room mir
rors Will he placed 20 thai, witbou,
moving from his seat he Will he able Ia
see every one. Then too, the vault
VIII be several inches from The con
crete floor with electric lights under
1T so that there will be 10 chance of
any one digging, In from beneath. The
vault itself Will be equipped With tho
most modern time lockss Chen there
Is space OF eighteen by thirty feet
to he used for the storage Of silver and
other valuables that patrons or tho
bank may wish to safeguard while all
sent from the city On this sar,e i,oor. but
Isolated from the forbidden zone whore
precious worldly goods arc kent. is tho
kitchen and dining rooms Tor Gnu
ploycs and officers. Also there runs
from the alley in tho rear a. passag
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