Putnam patriot., 1930-08-21
Inspection NJ a de Through Flower Decorated Rooms. Singing and Orchestral
 Music
Cash and Securities Moved--Bsnk
 Funetionins This Morning

FunctioninR This Morning
 From three o'clock Wednesday af- ternoon until we'll after nine o'clock Wednesday night thousands of ad- miring guests of the Cargill Trust Company passed through the insti- tution's new banking home on Main street. Just how may visitors there were is not known as they were not tabulated. For six hours steady stream of people arrived and depart e1. Eight thousand wopld be a con- i servativc estimate of the number .s ho admired the fine interior and equipment of the new building. Above this number might be any, one's guess.
 it was most suspicious formal opening of the new banking house of the Trust Company |. D. Bughee. president. said thi' morning that the attendance was much larger than anticipated, He was eratified at tho attendance, deuoting as 1t does an interest in the institution, and was pleased at the unanimous expressions of admiration and appreciation. Ho said that the interest shown and the complimentary remarks overheard were most pleasing and gratifying to the otlieera. directors and employees of the bank.
 First Depositor
 Al nine o'clock this morning tho bank was opened for business. The first depositor was NJ. N. Cartier of Providence. MT. Cartier is former resident Of Putnam. He left this city over thirty-hve years ago and established a successful business in Providence He made special trip to Putnam this moraing to be the first depositor in the new quarters of the bank He left . substantial sum.
 At five o'clock this morning the cash and securities of the company were transferred without incident from the vault of the old institution Co the vault of the new bank. Four state : policemen from the Danielaon bar racks heavily armed, formed an es- cort as the valuable cargoes were loaded and unloaded from a large truck of Medbury & Trowbridge. . This morning the bank Is functioning in it's new quarters and routine busi- ness k being transacted as usual Before three o'clock Wednesday af- ternoon number of people congre- gated before the bronze front doors of : the new bank building. As soon as the doors were unlocked, at the stroke of three, they entered. From then until after nine o'clock at night peo- pie were coming and going. From tho concrete bottomed basement to the fiiozzanins floor, through the presi- Il al. deposit booths. in fact every nook and cranny of the new building was inspected with interest.
 Officers, directors and employees of the bank acted as welcoming com mittce.
 Surprised at Magniheence
 While descriptions of the new bank had been made public through the press and people were anticipating looking upon a well apportioned and finely equipped interior, surprise reg istored by many of the visitors, de- noted that they were not prepared to sec such a really magnificent interior. They looked intently at the modern istic sidewalks; they examined the travcrtine floor in the lobby to see fl it was really nOn-skid and were convinced; they examined the beanti- ful woodwork and the polished gran ite; they closely inspected the furni- turc, the bronze doors and trimmings: they were intensely interested in the huge vault and its massive door lt did not take close observer t0 real Ize that the building was being min- utely and closely inspected and that each individual, metaphorically, left his stamp of approval on even the smaller details such as the custom CTS writing desks and the special rooms for ladies and gentlemen set apart and finely appointed
 To add .e shs attractiveness of the scene four piece orchestra, port able organ, violin, bass viol and clar- inet, furnished music. The orchestra also furnished the accompaniment for Miss Sadie fellen, soprano of the WTIC br0adeasting station, Hartford. Her offerings were well received by the large gathering. The orchestra and soloist were ensc0nscd in the flower-banked directors room on the mezzanine floor, west end of the building.
 Beautiful Flowers
 ne NoWtfe were most btduttNi. Large baskets of vari-hued blos- soms were arranged in all parts of the building. These were gifts 10 express best wishes from the donors. Among those who sent these baskets of fresh blossoms were Mrs. John C Butler. Pomfret. Mrs George Me Ciellan, Woodstock; Mir. and Mrs. Martin Adleman; The Patriot Press; Brooklyn Savings Bank; Windham County National Bank, Danielson; Dillon Reid < Co.,, Boston; National Roekland Bank, Boston; Putnam Saw ines Bank; Observer Co.,; Williman- tic Savings Institution; Pieretti Bros, South Centerbrock, the contractors; A. Stanley Miller, Brooklyn, N. Y, architect; Hartford Connecticut Trust Company; John and Katherine Byrne; National Shawmnt Bank of Boston; employees of the B. D. Bugbee Corpo- ration; Lowell Needle Company; Citi- zens National Bank; Moosup Trust Company; Putnam & Company, Hart ford; Danielson Trust Co; Macy &