El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-24
Z Bic BANKS ONE
At TER THIS WEEK

This is "movIn. day" for the Texas
Bank and Trust company. also the
final day Of its existence as a finan-
cial institution. Monday morning. all
the officials. records and cash Of This
bank viii become a part Of the First
National
As soon as business closes today,
the funds. records and such furni-
ture as is 10 be moved, viii be taken
from the Texas Bank 10 the First
The officers Of the two institutions
believe that they viii have the NOV
ing completed so that Monday morn
ing everything viii be in ship shape"
at the hour Of opening at the First
National TIE only thing that may
not be absolutely completed viii be
the safety deposit vault. which is
being doubled in size When com
pleted. il viii be l5x50 feet in size.
one Of the largest in Texas.
Workmen have been busy for q
month past rcmodeling the interior Of
the First National for the consolida-
ton They will have their work so
nearly completed. II not entirely. by
for the general public from three TO
SIX, after the usual banking hours.
The public viii be welcomed all day
Monday but the bank is TO remain
open from three 10 six for the pur-
pose OF allowing an inspection by
those who cannot get around duriu.
business hours.
An the old private offices have
been torn out on the west side OF the
main lobby and the officers viii
rows. ten Of them having desks IN
this space. Ed. Gillette viii have an
office in the southeast corner OF the
building. in a newly constructed mar
bic enclo-urC where he viii give
general supervision 10 that portion
- ~
ure has been constructed in the main
lobby for an information or new
business" department This depart
ment was opened some time ago. but
the enclosure was Of wood. Il has now
been constructed OF marble to cor
respond with the rest OF the interior
finish. A similar enclosure has been
constructed in the northeast corner Of
the bank on the Oregon street side,
for collections
There has been a general over
hauling and Encouragement OF tellers'
windows. TO care for the increased
business. All windows have been en-
larged with double gratings. 50 that
a paying and a receiving teller can
stand at each window. Nine OF these
windows have been arranged, so thar
IS teilers can work at once. Ben1nu
each cage IS the book keeper for that
particular cage. The banks business
is done on the unit system and loose
leaf account books are used fnsteau
OF the old time ledgers. The book
keeper for each cage keeps the work
Up almost as fast as the tellers can
window for the head teller has
also been provided for in place OF
the old exchange window The head
teller viii handle payroll and other
large accounts exclusively. The
Mexican money window and the saw
nEs department cage remain where
they were There will be five tellers
for the savings department, as the
banks have 5000 savings
iepositors and 100000 in savings Z
deposits
The total deposits OF the First Ma
ional after the consolidation are be- I
.weeu s14.O00.000 and S15.000.00o. and I
he total resources Of the bank are
bout $4,000. 900.
Among other improvements made IN .
he bank is the cleaning Of the inter
OF walls. the rerinishing Of all the
woodwork and the installation Of ad-
itional lighting facilities. giving
18th direct and indirect lighting.
II Is not generally known, but the
ank operates its own printing plant
n the mezzanine floor. where its own
tationery. checks. etc are printed.