The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-09-19
BANK MAGAZINE
DESCRIBES first
BANK NEWHONE
Descriptive Account of New Quar-
tiers of Local Institutian Publish
ed in The Chicago Banker.

The September issue of The Chi
cago Banker contains a very inter
esting description OF the new home
of the First Bank & Trust Company.
The article. whish is published UNI
der the caption. "Cairos Bank Soon
to be in New Home" follows:
Friends OF J. 5. Aisthorpe, pres
ident of the First Bank and Trus,
Company of Cairo and chairman OF
the executive council of the Illinois
Bankers Association. are pleased to
learn OF the new home which the
bank will occupy about October
18th. Illinois bankers who were a.
the convention Of the Illinois Bank
/ ers in Cairo in October. 1910. re-
member of the First Bank and Trust
Company as being located on Ohio
Street overlooking the beautiful
Ohio river. The new location will
be farther up town, at the corner
of Eight Street and Washington
Avenue. The old location, which has
been used for torty-eight years.
While in good wholesale jobbing
section, was too far removed from
the best retail stores and offices.
The bank has taken a twenty
five year lease on the building own
Cd by the w 2 Halliday estate
The Halljday's are represented in
the directorate Of the bank by II. +.
Halliday, president of the HALLIDAY
Elevator Company, and by W. P.
Halliday, president of the Cairo City
Coal Company and first vice1presi-
dent OF the bank. The Hallidavs
are large stockholders in the bank
The new building win have front
age OF one hundred feet on botaI
streets, in a three-story. white en-
ameled front brick and steel office
building. The upper floors Will bel
used Ter offices. The equipment oil
the bank will be heavy bronze grin
with marble counters and watu+-
coating ana mahogany fixtures
throughout. The inverted system of
lighting will be used, as we'll as 2
private telephone system and man.
ether conveniences. The lobby ev-
tends through the center with ttn|
commercial banking department on
one side and with the savings. trust
land real estate departments on the
other A side entrance with access
to the ladies writing and safety de-
post rooms win be provided. Tnera
will also be abundant rooms for tho'
directors committee rooms and
locker rooms The banking room
will be absolutely fre-proof with
"a heavy concrete floor above it ami.
fre-proof doors to other departments
of the bank The vaults are all that
money can buy and are complete
and secure in every particular.
Ample tire-proof storage vaults,
so much needed in large banks, arc
provided. In short, the new build
ing OF the First Bank and Trust
Company Of Cairo will rank with
the most modern and best pquippe.j
banking houses in the state and
Mr. Aisthorpe's many friends mite
in congratulating him, He Will be
advanced TO the yice-presidency of
the Illinois Bankers Association
the Chicago convention this month
and his election to the presidency
will naturally follow the year later.
He is at present spending the sum
mer in Wisconsin
His son, II. r. Aisthorpe. is
cashier and secretary OF the bank,
and holds a secure and prominent
place in Cairo business circles. Up
on him macn of the active manage
ment Of the bank falls. With cap
ital OF S250000 and surplus of $50
000 and with an excellent group Of
officers and directors, the bank,
with long and honorable history
back Of it, is stepping out with its
lew banking home into a far wider
scope Of usefulness than it has
previously enjoyed Deposits at the
time Of the August 18th call were
$1.4S3.6g6, with loans and dis
counts Of $L05t,050 and total re
sources OF $L890,715. Correspon-
dents are the National Park of New
York, First National of Chicago and
the National Bank OF Commerce Of
st. Louis"