New Britain herald., 1921-07-25
PLAINVILLE TRUST
 TO BUILD ADDITION
Directors Vote to Double Present
 Working Space
SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT

Prime Mover'' in Recent Nrar;no
 Revelations-Baseban Results Over The Week-end-Other Items of Interest.
 The Plainville Trust company has awarded a contract to William IT Allen and Co. of New Britain for tho construction of an addition to the present home of the bank which will l more than double its present workinp space. The contract calls for an ex
 pendlture of about $2O,00O. The con
 tract Tor plumbing and heating was awarded to John Simpson. loca,
 plumo per- Atmospheric heating will he the system installed and will incJuda the old as we'll as the new portion of 1 the bank. Spring and Buckley of New | Britain has the contract for lighting and w. P. Crabtree of the same citv
 is the architect
 The contract for the building was | awarded at a full session of the exc
 cutive committee and board of dt-
 rectors. The bids of the various con- l tractors were discussed but all of them
 were higher than expected. Allen >and Co. were low and as they built the
 present building, which is satis-
 factory, the contract was voted to them.
 For the past year there has been a
 oeslre TOT an increase in working and ioopy space due to the enlarge busi-
 ness which the bank has been doing. In regular business hours the lobby was unable to accommodate the busi ness comfortably and the clerks were also hindered by lack of sufficient working space. The addition will do away with this
 The new portion of the bank will be a4 py 36 feet and will extend west ana south. The main lobby will run east and west with the paving teller. | rece1Vlng teller, bookkeeping window, l etc. included within the stretch. The south 1oby vii run to safety deposft vaults. There will be a new fire proof and burglar proof vault installed at a cost of several thousands of dollars. The door to the vault vii be 14 inches or chrome steel while the entire inside of the vault will bo lined with the same steel 1 1-2 inches thick. The steel is said to be safe against all kinds of attacks burglar tools includ- ing the new flame torch.
 The safe deposit vaults will be in- stalled after demand from many people, especially those from near rbv towns and cities who would like to keep their valuables there. The de- mand will now be granted There will also be coupon booths in the new section designed especially for the
 business patrons of the bank. The directors will have their meeting room in the rear of the bank, as cus- tomary in other institutions of this kind. The office of A. A. Mcleod. treasurer will be located on the left side of the new lobby near the safe
 deposit department. This will fill a. much needed improvement in the line of special conferences necessary in
 business with the treasurer which the present layout did not afford. Ground will probably be broken for
 work this week and the completion of the contract is expected probably bys late October. The hardest portion
 will be the installation of the massive vault which will require several tons of concrete for construction. The Mozler Safe company has been awarded the contract for the new vault
 The bank is enjoying prosperity It was founded on January G., 1909, when A. A. Mcleod came to town
 and started in at it's head. few years of success followed under the name of the First National bank but it was seen that there was much busi-
 ness which a trust company could handle in town and the charter of the national institution was surrendered in favor of one from the state. Since then the volume of business increased
 by leaps and bounds until today the assets of the bank reach the $1,OOO,- 900 mark. The capital stock is $50,-