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Show IOGDEN STATE BANK PLANS I TO DOUBLE BANKING SPACE BY ENLARGEMENT IN 1922 Will Remodel Southern Part of Building, Arrang-; ing Three Floors; Safety Deposit, Trust Department, De-partment, Savings Division and Bookkeeping Room in New Section I j Floor space of the Ogden State bank will bp practically doubled by Improve l nionts to bo runde this year These alterations and extensions include omplete utilization of the west Bide - of the Reed hotel main floor together I wjjth n portion of the basement The Z banking house will bp extended to In-Jj In-Jj "hide the south part ot the building S now occupied by a store This addition will be raised to the S pre.-en: bnnkinc; house level the hase-1 hase-1 nienl space below bein utilized for j Jj the safety deposit section and a niez 5 zaulne floor built above, giving three floors In this section In designing this Improvement, the architects have arranged to have n X large archway cut in the way thai now C separates the banking house and store, I I this to conform in architecture and 1 decorative treatment to the present lobby. The lobby will be extended I through this archway for a consider-' able distance, giving additional space 00 each side of the trust department I and for the collection and exchange : department The savings department will occupy the space at the south end J I of the lobby, this division of the bank V having enlarged space ujidei the plan. The bookkeeping department on the I mezzanine floor will be reached through the new addition SAFETY DEPOSIT UNIT The new safety deposit vault, m the ' basement, reached through a grilled entrance at the south end of the lobby, will triple tho safety deposit capacity of the bank. The new vault will be connected with the safety appliances wt the present banking vault. in hiding hid-ing the concealed burglar alarm BJ v ' fem. An additional room will be provided in the southwestern end of the build ing for consultations, this being entered en-tered through the trust department Through the changes that are being made the bank will have enlarged lob by space, the trust department section, sec-tion, enlarged savings department, additional ad-ditional quarters for the collection and exchange department, a complete safety safe-ty deposit unit with vault and coupon booths, a bookkeeping room that Is a separata unit of the building, more space for tellers' cages and added Toom for the general bank offi ef UNDER ONE MANAGEMENT For thirty two years, the Ogden State bank has been under one continuous con-tinuous management, headod b H C Bigelow, president and director Through nearly the period of a gener ation, as time is generully counted, there has been only one great change In the banking house that has been Its expansion and growth Somewhat, over $5,000,000 is the 4-ual amount of deposits in ibis large T-iMliution which baa a position as lithe largest bank In Ogden from Btand- !point of either deposits or total re-1 re-1 mrces. The December HI statemenl showed ;;-onie other points reflecting the Ihtrength of the Ogdrn State bank It :3iud resources of 16,468,110 as of that IMate. The liability side was being :nade up of $100,000 in capital stock, 252,729 In surplus and undivided prof v and 55 105.391 in deposits of banks, individuals, raving and time perilfleatM, 01 this the savings , amounted to over two million dollars DIRECTOR6 ARE LEADERS Directors of the Ogden State bank I Jtro among the most public Bplritel jfnen of Ogden and the Intermountaln west. When matteis pertaining to general welfare nave been called up for discussion, the heads of this financial finan-cial institution have fostered a patriotic patri-otic spirit Closely associated with the farming and livestock industries of the western states, the bankers of the ipden State have devoted mm h attention to solving the questions confronting con-fronting these hut they have been equall Instrumental In solving problems prob-lems of Industrial lines, .1 M. BrOWE Ing, '.Ice president of the OgdeU Stat bank, is not only known to the world as an Inventor but is one of these in dustrial-nnanclal tenders a. P Bige-low. Bige-low. cashier of the bank, has taken an active part in refinancing the Amalgamated Amal-gamated Sugar conlpany and other large Institutions of Industrial character. char-acter. E. L Van Meter, assistant cashier, has been one of the men to help solve the livestock raiser's prob lems D. E Davis Is assistant cashier Directors nre H. C. Bigelow, J. M Browning, G L Becker, E. L Van Meter, J N Spargo, o a. ParnUey, J. K Spiers. H M. Rowe and A. P. Higelow. President H. c. Bigelow, head of the bank for many years, builder and owner own-er of the Reed hotel and leader in ag-gricultural ag-gricultural and livestock pursuits, Is one of Ogden s greater construction ist-s; not only from the standpoint of personal activity but troin that of as sistance given to those building the community 00 |