El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-14
FURNISHINGS OF
BANK THE BEST
Mural Decorations, Fine
Marble, Great Vaults Sup
piled by Remington Co.

The entire interior for the First Ma
uonal bank room was designed by the
Remington company of Los Angeles,
architects and designers specializing
in bank equipment
This firm is recognized as one Of
the foremost in the country and its
work in these rooms sUstains its rep
utation for the highest class Of design
ing.
The massive safe deposit vault with
a great IS ton circular door is located
In the basement, together with special
rooms for the customers Of the bank.
The circular vault door is of man
ganese steel and is the only one west
Of New York. Manganese steel is the
only steel that the temper cannot be
withdrawn from by burglar methods
On account of the high cost Of man
ganese, it has been generally used only
for snail cash Safes but the First
National bank desired to purchase the
best vault protection possible for its
funds and consequently has the dis
tinctiOn of being the first bank in the
west to install a manganese vault door.
The vault work was manufactured
by the AIosler Safe Co., of Hamilton,
ohio In addition to the safe deposit
vault, there are separate cash, book
ming and officers vaults, all complete
TO the smallest detail.
Every part of the banks equipment
was especially designed and the ma
terials carefully selected, matched and
inspected at the various factories, with
me result that the assembled work is
IN perfect harmony.
The ventilation system art glass.
rugs desks and mechanical devices re-
CURED Tor conducting the banks bust
ness were all carefully worked out.
The counter work is Of Tavernelle
marble and statuary bronze. Specially
designed cages have been arranged
for each teller. All Of the bronze work
vas made by Gorham Co., Of New
York. The marble was imported from
France and is the richest in color and
granting that has ever been seen here.
The lighting is the indirect or diffused
system, which throws a soft glow over
the interior without a glare and beau
tifully brings out the rich French gray
and gold decoration
The interior furnishing and wood
work Of the bank is Of circassian wal
nut. the paneling of the officers and
directors room being N crotch venir.
-Four mural decorations are being
painted by Edward HOlslag, Of Chi
cagO. an eminent artist whose work
IS in the Congressional library at
Washington and many other proni-
nent buildings. Unfortunately the
four panels viii not he completed in
time for the banks opening
Mr.. HOlslag made a special trip to
Fl PaSO to secure local color and study
the historical subjects of early FL
Paso, which will be the subjects used
in the paintings.
An indian enCampment on the Rio
Grande, an overland wagon train, Ell
PasO in the early days and a roundup
scene are the subjects which the art
Isl is now engaged in putting on can
vas.
Experts who nave Inspected the
work and several eastern bankers have
stated that the equipment in the new
bank compares favorably with the
largest and finest banking rooms in
the east.
Earle Remington, of the Remington
company arrived in III PasO from New
York yesterday and stated that in his
opinion it surpassed any of the banks
which his firm had equipped in Texas
and the southwest. and. while there
were edifices which we're larger and
possibly erected at a greater expense.
there were few if any, that surpassed
IL in the combination Of utility and
beauty of design.