The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-01-10
Orleans Trust Co. to Have
Modern Bank Building
Continued from page II

information desk. The lobby for the
customers will be extremely large,
covering space 40 feet deep and Is
feet wide. The floor will be of the
finest tile work. In the rear will be a
working space 16 feet wide and 32
feet deep. The vaults, measuring s
feet by IL feet, will be concrete rein
forced by steel bars and electrically
protected. The doors to the vault
room are operated by electricity from
the working room and closed after
the customer has entered. The lights
are governed in the same way There
will be large cage in the working
room with three windows. The bust
ness counter will reach from the
Treasurer's office to the safety deposit
vaults.
This will be something entirely
new here. The front room in the
vault will be for the use of custom
! ers and box owners and connected
with this will be a coupon booth and
customers. room for their convent
ence. This will be known as the
Safety Deposit Department. Back
Of this room is a separate room for
posting and listing machines. Lead
ing out of the customers lobby is u
/ ladies waiting room and toilet
In the rear of the building will be
a mans lavatory and a telephone
booth. On the right of these will be
the directors room. There will bo
a small lobby, continuation of the
main one leading to the directors
room and the ladies' room. The
trcasurcr's room is directly at the
right of the vcstibule or main street.
Stairs lead from the rear of the
customers lobby to the basement of
the building. Leading out of the
working room will be another stair
way for the bank employees going
into the cellar where there is a room
for storing of bank supplies. There
will also be storage vault in the
basement for the purpose of keep
ing valuable articles for customers
or for the bank. The cellar will
have Il concrete floor. The bank will
have a spacious boiler room to &C
comodate large sized boiler and the
ash hoist will he located near the
boiler. This ash lift will lead
to the sidewalk on Gov
entry street. The sidewalk doors win
be absolutely water-tight. There will
also be janitors room and room in
the cellar. Another storage room is
to be built directly under the direc
tors room for which no use has as
yet been designated.
The store space on the first floor
will be 81 feet by % feet. The floors
will be of the finest hard wood. The
store carries with it a basement of The
same size. The store will be lighted
by a plate glass window 8 feet in
width and by two smaller windows on
the side of the building. These two
windows will be back of the hallway
leading to the second floor. {:
The hallway leading to the stairs
going to the second floor will be four
feet wide and will run back 16 feet
There will be small vestibule before
the stairs start. 1t has been planned
to have several Offices on the second
floor with one large one in the rear
which it is limited will be occupied by
the Passumpsic Telephone Company
as working room. 1t will cover a :
space % feet by 80. There will be
room next to this one which could
we'll be used for battery room. This
is % by 10. There is also a large
office in the front of the building
which would bcssuitable for the man
ayers office. There is one other good =:
sized Office and another smaller one
which could be used as private Of
fee for a lawyer or in fact any one.
The hall space on the second floor
is 81 feet by feet. There is sky
light in the center.
The roof of the building will be
gravel pitching toward the center and
drained toward the sewer.
Henry A. Mears of Boston. one of
the best architects in New England
has drawn up the plans for the !
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