Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
NEW TAKOMA BANK
!. MODEL STRUCTURE
Recognized as Admirably Ar
ranged and Amply Provided
p With Modern Equipment.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

BY EDWARD L. STONE.
some of the finest suburban bank.
] have ever seen," was the comment
heard many times during the opening
of the Takoma Park Bank on August
Is. A detailed description Of the new
structure at Carroll and Willow ave
nues reveals the reason for such en-
thusiasm. The new bank is really
q gem.
The building in general consists OF
q banking room on the ground floor
q mezzanine floor for the boardroom
and trust department, and basehent,
housing all the mechanical material.
The exterior is Italian Renaissance
resting on a granite base, with walls
Of Indiana limestone.
AS the customer enters the bank he
faces the wickets Of the banking
screen, 10 in number. Two commo'
dious check desks are found in the
center of the lobby. The room is
flooded with daylight through the main
windows Is feet high and half as wide.
To the right are the open offices of
the president and cashier, separated
from the lobby by low counters. A
private consulting room adjoins the
open offices. To the left of the en-
trance is the ladies' room. an alcove
attractively furnished and provided
with all banking materials. Adjoin-
ing is a dressing room, also complete
in its equipment.
Location of Main Vault.
The banks main vault and safe de-
post departments are on the left of
the lobby, entry to the latter being
made through an electrically controlled
.
post boxes of various sizes. There
are also coupon booths. payroll or con-
ference rooms, telephone facilities and
stairway to the basement vault, where
silver and bulky valuables may be
stored.
The clerical activities are concen-
trated in the working space behind the
banking screen. An area space ID
feet wide and 56 feet long has been
provided, with the latest equipment in
desks. filing cases and bookkeeping
machinery. The stenographers are
located in another room connected
with both the bookkeeping room and
the conference room. A handsome
stairway leads to the meZzanine.
The main vault on the first floor is
of massive concrete with the inner
steel vault, the door Of which alone
weighs IL tons. The vault on the in
side has an emergency unlocking de-
vice. telephone. fan, and an emergency
ventilation intake, all of which pro-
vide against serious consequences
should some one have the misfortune
to become locked in the vault.
Electric Riot Call Installed. =
The bank is also remarkably well
protected against daylight hold-ups by
an electric riot call built into the
structure and having Is releasing sta
tons at widely separated points
throughout the bank and from any
one of which a hoarse throated ~
inch gong on the outside or the Dulld-
ing can be started by the touch OF
button.
The finishing materials give the in
terror of the bank unusual beauty and
harmony. The new building cost
about SITS, 900 and the officers and Oil.
rectors have every reason to be proud
of the results of the expenditure, the
institution having made remarkable
strides in it's ten years existence.
The directors include DIR. Louis D.
Bliss. L. B. Burdett, James ii. camp
bell. H. H. Cobban, E. V. Crittenden,
William K. Hill, p. Blair Lee, +. }.
Miller. D. s. Platt, H. E. Rogers, Jo-
seph w. Shade and ]. /. Shaw. AS
previously noted in The Star, II. +:
Taft Is president, David Feldman and
E. Brooke Lee, vice presidents, and
w. Preston Gibson, vice president and
cashier.
Institute Committees Named.
President I. j. Roberts of Washing
ton Chapter. American Institute OF
Banking, has named the following
committe on membership for the pres
ent year: Chairman, A. E. HenZe,
w. B. Hibbs & Co.; secretary, Esther
r. Lau. Riggs National Bank; men,
bers, Mabel V. Royce, Washington
Loan & Trust Co.; Frank M. Perley,
American Security Trust Co.; Ed
win c. Steffe. Federal American Ma
tional Bank: 0. Lehman, Security Saw
ings & Commercial Bank; Robert q.
Whitton, First National Bank, Alex
andria, Va.
The staff of the institutes publica-
ton, known as Dollars and Sense, has
also been appointed by Mr.. Roberts. as
follows: Editor, Aubrey o. Dooley,
Commercial National Bank; assistant
editors, William NJ Rankin. Riggs Ma
tional Bank; Alice H. Wilton, First
National Bank Of Alexandria,; Aubrey
B. Carter, Federal Reserve Board;
business manager, William e. School,
ey, American Security & Trust CO.;
circulating manager. o. Lehman, Sc
curity Savings & Commercial Bank.
Heard i'm Financial District.
Frank E. Ghiselli. vice president of
the Merchants Bank & Trust Co.
starts on his annual vacation tomor-
row.
Ezra Gould, president Of the Wash
tngton Mechanics Savings Bank, has
returned from a short vacation on the
Atlantic Coast
Z. ]. McQuade, vice president OF
the Liberty National Bank, has re-
turned from a short business trip to
New York.
Roy L. Schriener. president Of the
Bank of Brightwood, has returned
from a motor trip in New York State.
Assistant Cashier c. j. Sincell is va
cationing at North Beach.
Robert L. Father of the American
Security & Trust Co. will attend the
National Advertisers Association con
vention, to be held in the Middle West
next month.
James F. Rand, president of the
Rand .Kardex Service Corporation, i:
a visitor in Washington.
NEW YORK GRAIN MARKET.