The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-06-14
MOST MODERN VAULT.
Has Been Installed by Granite Saw
ings Bank.

Has Been Installed by Granite Saw
ings Bank.
The Granite Savings Bank n Trus
Co. has the most modern burg proc
vault equipment in the state of Yer
mont
| The equipment il radical in construc
ton. embodying all that is latest il
design, and able to defy not only tn,
attack from burglars, but the mos
modern Of all inventions, the oxy
acetylene torch. Few cities in New
England can boast of so formidable al
equipment
In the purchase of new burglar
proof equipment the aim is to Obtain
security against burglars and mobs.
The inventive powers and the con
structive skill of the safebuilder ane
burglar have been pitted against eaci
| other, like the makers of modern guns
and armor, with the inevitable result
of steady Improvement of construc
| ton
In banking, one of the principal es
| sentials Is that of security, and every
bank should do its best to provide
precaution against fire and burglary
As large amounts of cash are carried
| by our banks, it hehooves them to ex'
ercise every effort to guard the de
posits of its patrons. The officials OF
the Granite Savings Bank & Trust Co
realized their duty In this regard and
spent much time in looking up the
more modern method of dealing with
this phase of banking. As result OF
study and investigation they became
thoroughly impressed with the wis.
dom of securing an absolutely burglar,
fire and mob proof vault that is not
only WONDERFUL piece of mechanism,
but absolutely imperyious to entrance.
The fact il attested not only by ex-
pert mechanics but by insurance com
panies, whose business is to know
about such things.
Absolutely Impregnable.
The Mosler Safe company of Boston,
Mass, the largest builder of vaults in
the world having equipped the MAORI
ty of federal reserve banks through
out the United States, took the con
tract to install this vault and upon the
recommendation Of these reliable max
ers the Granite Savings Bank 4 Trust
Co. accepted their suggestions.
Once this vault Is locked, it ia the
boast of these manufacturers that it
viii defy all human attempts to reach
its contents until the maze of safety
devices are released by the time lock.
The vault has been designed to per.
init constant inspection Of every por-
ton. 1t stands upon its own founda
ton entirely free from the building.
The new vault has been designed to
withstand fire, burglars, flood, earth
quake and the oxy -acetylene torch,
and its construction is the very
strongest and best.
steel Cage an Obstacle.
The walls are Of the strongest kind
of concrete, reinforced by a steel rail
grille, set close on eeuters. The de-
sign OF the wall is monolithic, and the
combination presents the full strength
of both the steel and concrete. These !
walls are absolutely freproof, and
have high resistance to explosives,
and the use Of burglars appliances in
and in particular will protect |
the inner steel lining against such |
modern devices as the electric steel |
burning arc, thermite, powder ca
pable Of producing extreme heat, and
most of all of the oxy-acetylene cut
ter burner, Of which so much has been
written in recent popular and scientific
prints, and against which few, even Of
The most modern vaults are protected.
Directly behind the concrete walls,
md laying tightly against them is the
Steel Vault Lining
forming a complete structure in itself,
with walls on all sides, top and bot
.om.
These walls are formed of interlock-
ng plate and forged sections, so sci
arranged, related and bolted
ogether from the inside as TO form
he nearest possible approximation to
! perfectly solid structure; but SUI
,erior to solid as IL provides an
iement of slight hexibility, a very
necessary factor in the successful re-
istance 10 extreme shock.
The steel lining is TO" feet high,