Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-29
OLYMPIA NATIONAL
TO OPEN NEW HOME
OFFICIALS INVITE EVERYBODY
TO INSPECT NEW BANK BUILD
ING SATURDAY.

Issuing a general invitation tc
everybody in the city and county to
visit and inspect their new home
officers and directors of the Olympia
National bank will formally open
their new building at Fifth and Main
streets with an informal reception
Saturday afternoon and evening, and
will open for business in the new 10.
cation Monday morning.
The doors of the new bank building
will be thrown open to visitors at !
o'clock Saturday afternoon and from
then on until late in the evening the
bank officials will keep "open house.
Attorney P. M. Troy is president OF
the institution, Hugh Ross vice-pres-
ident, Frank M. Kenney cashier, F.
P. Mckinney and H. E. Van Arsdale
assistant cashiers, and George Ora
ham and Peter G. Schmidt directors.
Appearance Is Striking.
The new building, located on one
Of the city's prominent corners, is a
structure of striking appearance,
built of Wilkeson stone in the Roman
Corinthian style Of architecture. 1t
represents a total investment, in
cluding real estate, Of $4,000. The
bank occupies the first floor, while on
the second are the law Offices Of Troy
& Sturdevant and Prosecuting Attor-
ney Geo. F. Yantis, the Pacific Coast
Investment company and the White
Cross Dental Parlors. The entire
building will be thrown open to Wis
itors Saturday and appropriate souve-
Mrs will be distributed by the bank.
In interior arrangement and equip
ment everything has been planned
from the standpoint Of utility. and
numerous conveniences are provided.
Passing into the building through the
main entrance on Main street. the
general impression of the interior II
most pleasant to the eye with the
ivory tone of the walls and ceiling
blending into the deep red Of the
mahogany furniture and the mottled
white Of the imported marble Of the
counters and wainscoting.
At the right of the entrance Is the
patrons room. where writing tables
and material and chairs are provided.
and on down the right side are three
more writing stands on the marble
window lodges. while that side Of the
building is left clear for the passage
of customers to the rear exit on Fifth
street. On the left Of the Main street
entrance is the cashiers private Of
1ice, which will also be used as direct
ors' room, then, at the open marble
counter, the cashiers ONCE and desk.
Here one innovation is to be noted
the cashiers desk, specially built. fits
under the counter. permitting that
onicial to conveniently greet every
customer az he enters.
Five Cages" ON Left.
On the left of the room are the i've
"cages" of the assistant cashiers and
tellers, the first being occupied by
F.. p. Mckinney and the second by
H. e. Van Arsdale. Adjoining these
on the rear is the stenographer's
room, and then the safe deposit Sec
ton with q coupon booth adjoining
ON the right. and the big bank vault
on the left. Both the safe deposit
section and the vault are of the latest
design, burglar-proof and hreproof
and equipped with time locks.
Along the north wall in the rear OF
the cages" are to be noted first the
sound-proof room for the adding ma
chimes and then, further to the rear.
individual lockers for the employees
and lavatory. Inter-communicating
telephones are provided for each de-
partment, while two trunk lines serve
the bank.
Many conveniences, appreciated
only by a banker or bank employe
are provided in each of the "cages."
For instance, they are SO arranged
that practically all of the banks
bookkeeping will be done there, the
Olympia National being the only bank
In the county which posts its ledgers
by machines. In each "cage," too
is q burglar alarm, concealed under
the counter, while numerous conven'
fences which will facilitate the hand
ling Of the banks business are pro
vided.
Lighted by New System.
The building is lighted Throughout
with the newest of electric lightini
systems, the semi-indirect, and Il
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