The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-28
NEW BANK ROOMS
 ID OPEN SATURDAY
Jefferson County Bank Will
 Occupy New Quarters
TO BE NO CEREMONIES
Visitors Will Be Shown Over Quarters Change Will Be Made Friday Aft ernoon and Night, Enslen
 Announces

The new banking rooms of the -Jeffer-
 son County Savings bank will be for
 mally opened next Saturday Announce-
 ment to this effect was made yesterday by Eugene F. Enslen, president of that
 bank Announcements will be mailed to-
 day by the bank to its friends in this city and elsewhere.
 It was stated yesterday by Mr. Enslen
 that the removal of the bank from the
 old quarters on the southeast corner of
 Second avenue and Twenty-first street to the new rooms will be accomplished
 between 2 o'clock Friday afternoon and
 the opening of the bank the following
 morning. Large forces will be at work all night to get everything in good shape
 for the opening of the bank for business
 Saturday morning. The bank will be
 kept open all day until late Saturday night for inspection by the friends of the
 bank and all others interested. Up until
 this time no formalities have been ar ranged. It is expected that the officials will simply show visitors over the bank and that the opening will be marked with
 that simplicity that the officials have
 tried to carry out in the construction and decorations of the building.
 The banking room is in area probably
 larger than any bank in the south. It is lighted so thoroughly by huge windows
 on the easterneside that it is said there
 will be no necessity for artificial illu- imitation. The windows afford sufficient fresh air at all times while in every de- tai the comfort of the employees and the | pnnNaniAnnA nf hn ..ft tln | Is cared for.
 The lighting scheme of the banking rooms is unique. In the ceiling there are suspended no electric fixtures but the grill work shielding the tellers and other officials from the patrons in the lobby | is surmounted by an entirely original system of lighting. The floor is of white block tile while behind the grill there I has been laid cork tile for the employees Alabama marble is used for the parti- I tions and the side walls. The bank has l provided on the mezzanine floor an ob- servation platform where ladies or others | may view the interior operations of a
 large financial institution. On the meg
 zanine floor is also provided large
 area for the auditors bookkeepers and | other clerical forces The entire lobby | floor is for tellers, collection clerks.
 passbooks discount officers and the like. Extensive offices have been provided for the executive officers with the fur
 nishings in circassion walnut and Hondu- ras mahogany. The bank officials have
 also the usual elaborate vaults safes and
 storage rooms that are necessary in this
 day and time for large banks. The direc-
 tors rooms, the committee rooms and
 the trust department are equipped in the
 most elegant fashion. The furniture is
 all metal and the place is absolutely fire | proof.
 The bank has an entrance from Sec I ond avenue through immense bronze
 doors that fold into the walls. while
 from the lobby there are three entrances. l One attractive detail Is the plate glass I window in the north end of the lobby. | through which passerby may catch a glimpse of the tremendous vaults that are provided.
 1 With the opening of the banking rooms | the practical completion of the Jefferson l County bank skyscraper Is in sight Only few details remain to be completed and
 the newest skyscraper in the south will have been finished.