New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-16
BANKERS TRUSTS HOME
Safety and Elegance the Charac.
teriStiCs of Its Offices.

The Bankers Trust Company, which has
erected at Wall and Nassau streets the
highest banking building in the world. tow
ering $40 feet above the street level, ex-
poets TO move its books and securities into
its quarters in that structure from its pres
ent offices, at No. Wall street. on Satur-
day and TO begin business In the new
roundings on Monday. The new banking
offices are so nearly ready for occupancy.
although a good many finishing touches are
still necessary. that they we're opened for
inspection yesterday.
The trust company will occupy In all
three floors Of the building proper and two
of the four easements. On the ground floor
reached by steps from Wall street. II a
large ROOM finished I'm marble, which viii
be used in part for the bond business Of
the institution. From this room access Is
gained TO the second floor by marble
stairway and also by three elevators IN
stalled for the company's use alone ON
tie second floor are the tellers' WINDOW
the trust departments and other branches
of the business, ands along the Nassau
street side, on a platform, are the desks Of
the officers. Beyond these desks. at the
corner OF Wall and Nassau streets, Is
small room partitioned of by marble pill
lars. which IL called Mr.. Davison's room.
Chiselled on the south wall OF this room Is
the following tribute to the chairman OF
the executive committee, II. p. DAVIDSON OF
]. P. Morgan & Co.:
The directors OF the Bankers Trust
Company here record their appreciation ot
the services OF Henry Pomeroy Dawson ~
the organization and upbuilding OF tns
company and the erection OF It's permanent
home.
On the third floor are the quarters OF q
large proportion Of the clerical force. and
on the north end Is the board room, nm
ished in Circassian walnut. with table Of
the same wood long enough TO permit or
the placing OF thirty-eight chairs around II.
The rugs in this room and its anteroom are
Of great size and are hand made.
The first basement floor Is occupied by
the companys safe deposit vault, the main
door OF which weighs thirty-nine tons: and
other vaults are installed in the next lower
floor The company will move none Of it,
present furniture into the new offices, for
full equipment Of new desks and ONCE
fittings has been installed all Of the oabi-
nets and similar articles being Of steel. In.
deed, throughout the building. the imam.
msble material represents the irrsducibis
minimum.
The building has eleven public elevators
those giving express service moving IN an
inclosed space UP to the sixteenth moor.
which increas SEES the rentable Office space
The elevators have side doors. so that "
one car shall be blocked another may corns
UP beside II and take of its passengers.
The thrty-frst floor. which Mr.. Morgan
is to occupy, is far from ready for tenancy
Paper still covers the teakwood floor ana
the electric light fixtures have not been
put in. Above this floor rises the pyramid
the seven floors OF which are to be used
as storage vaults for the papers and books
of tenants of the building. There are
forty-seven OF these vaults, each contain
ing combination safes, and on each OF the
floors is q sprinkling system, as an addi-
tional protection against fire.