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Show feet and 9 foet high and is built on a foundation of solid masonry, and the weight of the vault and safe is , 55 tous. 1; The grill work around the entrance from the banking department is of the handsomest handsom-est design and is made of Bessemer steel. . The vault is divided into two departmentsthe depart-mentsthe bank vault and the safe deposit de-posit vault. These are separated by a steel partition. The door opening into the compartment where stands the safe is a solid one, ten inches thick, and weighs nearly nine tons. It opens and closes automatically and is operated by a time lock. The day gate at this entrance to the vault was manufactured especially for the Utah National and is without exception ex-ception the handsomest in the country. The vault is lined with steel, three inches thick and is absolutely burglar proof. The safe is of the very latest improved pattern. It was also manufactured by the Diebolt Lock and Safe company, and weighs seven tons. It has also an automatic opening and closing door, operated by a Yale tripple time moving clock. There are three compartments in the safe, for teller, cashier and president pres-ident respectively. They are supplied with anti-dynamite appliances and all the iatest improvements. Here all the money of the bank is kept. There is only one other safe like this one in the country and that is in the Chicago Na- 1ST INTHE WEST! Ik Utah National Bank Opens its Doors Under The Most Favorable Circumstances. DESOEIPTION OF THE BIG VAULT. Beautiful and Elaborate Fixtures A Ladies La-dies Department All English Oak and Japanese Copper. No bank in the land ever started out uder more favorable circumstances tan did the new Utah National bank Men it opened its doors for business Thursday last. The new financial institution has on Is directory men of the best financial landing in the territory. They are nowo. and have the confidence of the ple of Salt Lake and the surro.und-g surro.und-g towns. The banking house is fitted 'P in a style that is no where else palled in the west, and that cannot "excelled even in the large money e"ters of the east. The location, on lie southwest corner of Main and First 'Mb streets, is a central one, and no ,(,ter can be found in the city. The ers are men of sound financial indigence in-digence and long practical experience. experi-ence. ... . . . I lie bank presents a solid and pros-wous pros-wous appearance from the outside. Immense Im-mense plate glass windows give a wining view of the interior and show ,' be best advantage the costly and aiiorate fixtures and the strong vault '"'en towers over them in the rear. ,l?e interior of the Utah Rational bank is furnished !l a style that has never be- 1 been equalled in the west. It is II imished in English oak, the spun 'Is of which give it a peculiarly rich 'P.earance. Thev are something en-3'MW en-3'MW and before their use in this Ms had never been seen in Salt Lake, h .'pl'1 is tl,e D,ost perfect piano fin- fhe dark color of the furniture Sl'tens the elegance of the whole. ;'e"ooris laid in Venetian Mosaic. .J,311'1 the only one of the kind west . me Missouri river, and to bo appre-"'d. appre-"'d. it .must be seen, if th ra,iling around the compartments tellers, cashier and various ac-"ntants, ac-"ntants, is of Japanese copper, that "monizes perfectly -with the rich of the oak finish. Its quaint and '4ue designs add greatly to the whole -til a Around the base are panels of C. cni'ystaline glass. The win-i, win-i, Peiing into the various com-Dents com-Dents have also glass panels- and ,C0Pper work on them is wrought emost artistic and elaborate de- 4nvw Mature introduced by the National is the ladies depart-w depart-w Ao other bank in Salt Lake city :jr "'s- It is entirely private. The -io . a m this roora is somelllin" The curtains are of pale blue ai'nti 6 chair9 and sofa are hard wood ;r. W and elaborately carved and MhPltCrerd ia the daintiest dark t er- Ladies can here have com-;f com-;f kpr!Vacy for the transaction of t'i wsiness. great vault is, however, the ''"'"KKlorvof the Utah National. built bv the Diebolt Lock & inSfany and its equal ii not to ""'I'U estof Chicago. It is 14x23 tional bank. The entrance to the safe department and vault is guarded day and night. The safe deposit vault 13 reached through a private roora, opening out into the president and cashier's room. In the private roora are two small rooms, fitted up with desks, where the patrons of the bank can open their boxes in the most absolute privacy. It is known as the "Rookery Gate," with .bell attached, which rings every time the gate opens, and has hut one duplicate in the country, The safe deposit vault contains over r00 boxes, each furnished with two locks, aud neither the renter nor manager of the vault can open a box without both being present, the key to one of which is curried by the renter; the bank retaining the other key. The boxes rent for from $4 to $00 per annum. . . , . ., The directors' room is just in the rear of the baukiug room and is elegantly ele-gantly tilted up in antique oak, upholstered up-holstered in Spanish leather. The Utah National has over si.ty-live local stockholders, among whom arc the most prominent and financially solid men of the city. The directory comprises such well known met, as C. V. Lyman, Boyd Park, W. II. Lyon, M. R. Evans, .J. E. Jennings Louis Conn. Bolivar Roberts, A. B. Jones. J. T. Clasbey, Thomas Carter P. L. Williams. Will-iams. J. A. Groesbeck, A ,. W illiams, J. M. Stoutt, T. K. Williams, S. C. Ewing and Alex Rogers. The ofheers of the bank are financiers of experience. J M. Stoutt is president; C . V . Lyman, vice-president; Boyd Park, second vice-president; vice-president; and A. B.Jones, cashier. aa ' |
