Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-08-20
COMPLETE PLANS.
FOR REM0DELINC'
THE NATIONAL CITY.
BANKING HOUSE TO UNDERGO
y.g.ExTENsiyEE REPAIRS ;, IN N1llJn !,
ne THE INSTALLATION or A
lcLARor AND THOROUGHLY
w MoDERN NEW VAULT

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bank, have just completed plans for
the ,complete remodelng of the in.
terror OF their. banking house which
when finished win make 1t second
to no other financial institution in
Illinois. A large new vault is to be
installed. the corridor enlarge and
extended back to metal grill which
will be placed across in front Of the
vault, workroom constructed In the
rear OF the building next door, and
big directors room erected on the
second floor.
The exterior OF the building VIII
remain the same, and the interior
will be- finished In the same decora.
tive scheme as Is now used, mahog-
any. bronze and two tones marble.
The new vault will be erected
where the two large vaults now stand
and will extend clear across the rear
Of the room, with the exception OF q
small area Of few feet which will
be used as customers room. 1t
will be the type OF vault used by
many OF the banks in the larger cit
ies and has been designed by
Strauss & Sons, banking engineers
OF Chicago. 1t was adopted by large
banking institutions oNy after ex-
haustice tests had been made during
which the walls were subjected to
every possible kind of attack.
The walls will be of unusual thick
ness and win be constructed Of a
special concrete. with a greatly Inn
proved system Of steel reinforcing.
II Is the method of reinforcing which
makes this type of vault far super
Tor to that which is ordinarily used.
Even with the modern tools, which
yeggmen now employ, they would
find it very discouraging work to- try
to penetrate the walls for every de-
Vice has been used for protection
against their attacks. Even II some
progress was made, it would require
too long a time to penetrate the wall
and the intruder would not have time
to finish the work a
4 q In addition to the wall the con-
tents of the vault Will be protected
by steel inner lining. Everything
that human ingenuity can devise has
been used to make the wall proof
against any form of attack. .n,
Nitroglycerin and the oxy-acety-
lene torch were quickly adopted by
the burglar for his nefarious work.
These rendered the old type of vault
insecure and the vault engineers had
to make radical changes in their
methods OF construction. Needless
to say that they have been equal to
the task and that they have succeed
ed In building a vault which affords
real protection
Special Door and Time Lock.
The door of the new vault will be
of the circular form and will be so
constructed as to offer the greatest
possible resistance both against drill
ling, the oxy-acetylene torch and ex-
nosives
One layer of special alloy will be
used to resist drilling Another lay
er of special alloy will be used which
Is practically impervious to the gnaw-
ing OF the acetylene flame. Both Of
these metals are the result of count
less experiments and painstaking re-
search.
It will be water tight which forti-
fies 1t against the use of high explo-
sives 1t will be built by the Mosler
people of Hamilton, O.
The door will be locked by means
of four time locks and two strong
combination locks. 1t will be impos-
sible for anyone, even the bank Of
ficers themselves, to gain access to
the vault until the thermometers have
released the locking apparatus in the
morning
when locked the door will be held |
In place by twenty-four 3ss-inch bolts
which extend out from the center rad |
ically like the spokes of a great |
wheel.
Above the vault door large mar.
BILE clock will be placed in position.
\ Additional coupon rooms will be |
fitted up for the convenience of pa
irons OF the safe deposit department,
An attendant will be station near the
vault door to permit authorized per-
sons to have access to their safe de- |
post boxes.
Y An additional working room will
be fitted up in the adjoining building
on the east, which is now owned by
the National City bank This room
will house the bookkeeping, mailing
and other departments, and will add
considerably to the amount of space
available in the main room and will
enable the bank to care for the needs
of all sdepositors promptly and eff
ciently.
Above the. work room there will be
a large room for the board of direc-
tors, approximately 10 by rs feet in
~
Il Rb6 complete plans also include the
of modern ventilating
)y1tHns which win add greatly to the
6fHZ0r of depositors while they are
!1AMn8cting business at the bank. VA 4
7 AOttawa can well be proud of the
TACT that 1t is soon to have one of
-he best equipped banks in the state.
The National City bank is one of the
sify's oldest institutions and it is now
preparing for the future development
Of the community in which it expects
70 play an important part.
Saw Value Of FortIfcatfons.
John Ziska, a famous leader of the
Huocffo mn ~ in D,Lxp,;. ,...g.., A.. |