Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-11-22
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
INSTALLS SAFETY DEVICE
Burglar Alarm Equipment Will Make
Work of Yeggmen Failure Should
They Try Robbery.

Inc FIRST NatlOnal BANK mas JUS
purchased one of the latest burgla
alarm devices known and it is expected
to be installed between now and th
first of the coming year. The cost o
the equipment will be in excess o
ST. 200 P. F. Leach, southern repre-
sentative of The American Bank Pro
tective Company, Minneapolis, MINI.
was here last week and closed the dea
with the bank.
The system consists of automatic
time controls and triple alarm. The
alarms consit of three large gogs OF
bells, two of which are in side the
bank and one on the outside. The
gongs or bells have a 56-pound force
stroke at the rate of $50 strokes a
minute. The sound will be sufficient
to be heard anywhere within a radius
of half a mile to mile. When Mr..
Leach was seen by the Chronicle ed
itor and was asked how long the
gong would sound he replied: That
is the only weak point of our system.
If no person is able to get inside the
vault to stop the gongs-and they
can only be stopped by some person
from the inside of the vault-it will
only ring for forty-eight hours"
The entire power that operates the
is on the inside OF the
bank vault and it is so sensitive and
is connected with the walls of the
vault in such manner that the least
effort to tamper with the time lock,
any attempt to drill or blow open the
vault or in any manner meddle with,
the vault will set off the alarms. How
ever, that is not all the security the
system carries. There are three or
our secret wires running to different
business houses in town, one of which |
S to be the telephone office. The Sc
,et buttons for giving these distant
alarms are located at different points
bout the bank so that any yeggman
would not know when the alarm but
on was pressed The alarms are so
lrranged that any attempt to enter
he bank from the rear, the bottom or
ither side wiuld set them off just as
urely as if the attempt to enter the
'ault was made from the comDlna-
ion door.
When the system is fully installed a
ublic exhibition of its manner Of
working will be given. Any person
ver the county who may wish to
ee how this foiler of the yeggmen
forks will have a chance to do so, as
office will be given day or two
head of time to give all chance to
e present.
1t would be useless for any cracks
ian to attempt to sever the cables
lat connect the alarm for by so do /
lg they are sure to set it to work and
lie alarm will be given at once.
The First National Bank should be /
for this wise movement in
ot only securely safeguarding the
lsh in their hands belonging to the
lblic but in making it impossible for
~ yeggman to carry away the Sc
lrities, notes, government bonds and
her valuable papers, which are, in \
ct of much more Importance than 7
e cash because there is so much Z
ore of them and they are the real D
fe blood of the bank. Some per-
ms may wonder why any robber e
ould carry away papers and valu- u
les that he could not cash, but when
is remembered that such property s.
ould be the very strongest asset any :
bber could possible have with which y
help himself to lighter sentence g
a compromise, it will become c1earI
1y he would carry away such prop S,
ty, which is frequently done for the VI
rpose here mentioned.
This device will not oily protect al
: cash and other valuables, but it |Vs
II render much more secure the Sc
uables that individuals may have te
the various safety deposit Doxe, We
It several persons now have rented W
the bank. All in all it is not only
splendid thing for the bank but is tr'
o a good thing for any person who an
" has money or valuables entrusted Pr
the First National Bank, but to
persons who may be contemplat- -:
any such move. Broadly speaking Va
IS a valuable asset to the county r.
it so completely protects the valu- =
es of the people of the county, as or,
as the people will permit this an
eful and conservative business M an
ution to serve them in that way. do
he company furnishing this equlp- did
It has been in the business for 23 fro
RS and during that time not sing I,e
bank equipped with their device
been robbed. They have equipped ,
arge number of government de- no,
tories, several federal reserve an,
ks, numerous government and pri- Ger