The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-11-16


marble enclosure, about fous feet
in height, where are situated two
desks. one for J. S. Aisthorpe, presi-
dent. and the second for Hal K. Ais
Thorpe. cashier. Intensely demo
cratic as it permits of easy acces-
sibiiity to these two officia OF the
bank at a times without the for
mality OF exciusveness and the
barrier of private offices, the portals
lWeried individual assuming an Inn
portant, patronizing air and dc
mandinG a card. or the nature OF
the ealle"'s business before an in
terview can bo secured with the
men handling the reins of fnan-
cial institution. 1t is this keeping
in "close touch with the publ G
that will add greatly to the
ropu arity Of the pioneer of Calro's
financial institutions.
Adjoining the public quarters of
these two officials Is a room, or
rather compartment where a Gus
toner may consult in private with
eithe~ president or cashier This
office is constructed of glass and
p1rcllcd mahogany, with furnishings
in harmony with the dignity of the
institution. ThE room is we'll
ghted and ventilated
On either side of wide lobby orr
foyer extending north and south
ranges the two branches OF the es-
tablishment. On tho Washington
avenue, or west side, is conducted
he commercial or general banking
business OF the First Bank and
Trust Company divided into five de-
rartmonts, collections, th"cO tel err
winfows and tookkeepers, ARRANGED
in the order named On the right
or east side of tho lobby is conduct
ed the trust department of the in
stitution separated into four divis
IONS as follows; trust department,
"a ' tt@D tNHtii tIli' iltf u NNt tAAA'A uiih
real estate department.
Every department in the CONNER
oial banking and trust division has
its individual latticed steel cage en-
closing the departmental head with
front OF handsome ornamental
oxydized bronze grill and wicket sur
mounting top and base of white
Ita'ian marble trimmed at the floor
level with Verde antique Vermont
marble. Directly in the "ear of the
cages on both sides are located
desks where bookkecpcrs of both
branches Of the institution will per
torn the labor of accurately keep
ing records of all financial transac-
tionc.
In the center of the CcmnOdious
lcbly is ARRANGED lougitudinally
handsome mahogany desks for the
tho institut'cn. The floor OF the
lobby consists OF the same pattern
Of ceramic tile used in the vestibule
white the floor in the cages and II
the rear whore labor the clerks, IL
covered with dark brown battle
ship linoeum three-eighths inch
thick The wa Is of the bank have
been can nssed and painted deep
cream nearly approaching a very
i~ht tan. The ceiling has been
left in its original state this to be
late canvassed and painted
The indirect system o. lighting
has heen installed, eight laJ e in
verted bowls of fancy artistic pat
tern which contain three and four
60-Wat Tungsten electric lamps re-
iecting their rays on the ceiling
on to be dIffused and reflected
downward thus obviating eye strain
and the non-eXistence of shadows
and darkened corners These bowls
are suspended from the ceiling by
heavy chains
At the extreme north end OF the
lobby is massive iron grating
about seven feet in height in which
there are two large ornamental
gates at either end. This grating
separates the lobby from the mas
todcnic vaults which rise to the cell
inS,
1t is upon these great vaults that
interest and curiosity will center
and a detailed description will not
be amiss
The vaults were manufactured by
the Herrirg-Hall-Marv Company.
They weigh without the concrete
marble or ornamental trimmings.
approximately so tons The vaults
are divided into three divisions. the
safety deposit section. the money
vault and the book vault ranging
from left to right.
Passing through one of the big
gates one emerges into small cor
ridor which faces the vaults. The
a re htar