Show GENERAL LOCAL NEWS chamber of commerce meeting celd held last evening erem 0 THE ite the but rack la in jew til arters rib uj gal the allour the dobbs fight right stopped Stop Dei CHAMBER OF COMMERCE the erection or of a large Bail baulding ding urged by colonel harrey harvey the chamber of commerce met in special 1 session last evening with I 1 president aps bps arza dent nelson in the chair secretary mcwilliams read the minutes and after a slight correction was made they were approved tho The secretary read a communication from the citizens of galveston eslo nd texas stating that on the and instant a jubilee would be held in that city in honor of the passage of I 1 a law granting a deep water bar ar war for that sea port and inviting the chamber and ita its members to attend it was moved and carried that t the he president communicate the acceptance of taj invitation and that be he b be a authorized to employ a representative in case no member cared to attend benj and arm him with the statistics orlie city of ogdena greatness the matter of newspaper advertising was taken up but laid over for one week co colonel lonel W 11 II harvey waa was called upon tor for his views on the best beat way vi ay to proceed to business he ile stated that the only way to have a particularly successful chamber wag was to erect a large bail building ding to be used as a mining and real estate each exchange ange and general commercial center ue he suggested as an excellent site the center of block 25 23 the building to be two stories high with a large rotunda in the middle where daily public meetings might be held and agdens commercial importance be mada known to the world he ile thought it would be a big ihirg for the man who erected the desired building mr ridgely reported as a member ol 01 one of the committees appointed to collect the does dues progress in the work and urged upon he the committee to make a full report at the next meeting I 1 the gentleman also reported that the committee on statistics bad had made arrangements with a capable man to look the matter up and ina in a short time the work would be completed the secretary stated that lay day would be the regular monthly meeting and all members would be expected to be present the chamber then adjourned until I 1 next tuesday evening at TUE THE my SEW CASK BINK elegant quarters fitted ip up by the ak oden ogden state bank the first suit of rooms to be finished in that magnificent structure th the 0 reed hotel has been fitted up tor for the me of the ogden state bank the progress of ogdene commercial I 1 importance r ape r tance is well exemplified by t the b 0 elegant legant quarters of the state bank the removal from the broom hotel botel has been contemplated for some time but owing to un forseen difficulties the workmen were unable to get the rooms finished and the counters and furnishings in until yesterday when the transfer was completed and t the he bank opened up about boon noon reale ready to me meet e t it its patrons in in a new as the outside doors have not been finished yet but will be put in place in a day or two the material used in their construction will be spanish cedar polished and in keeping with the other furniture after swinging open the doors one of the neatest banking rooms in the territory is presented to view the long counter stretching the entire length of he ilia main room and the beautiful pattern of the tile floor lending a pleasing effect to the eye around the entire room is a mahogany wainscoting and on the north aide side two desks for the convenience of patrons where they can write checks and make ll 11 op p deposits but 0 the main fa feature t ar a and the one the observer is immediately struck with 1 is the handsome counter the couri counter terin ia made of red mahogany oiled and polLe polished hed so beautifully that every very grain of the wood can be seen and nd surmounted by a rail of polished steel and glass the base is 18 exquisitely carved in ia figures and the faces thereon are a perfect study in the expression depicted upon the coulten ances of wood on the right of the entrance lathe is tho presidents room fitted band hand some desks and office fixtures then follow the receiving and paying tellers cages exchange collection and bookkeepers desks and thodi the directors room at the extreme east end the cages are covered in with steel bars and straps traps and at the frontale front fron tare are minia miniature tur bow windows with polished mexican onyx receiving plates these plates are a feature in themselves and are the first and richest ever put ia in a utah bank the directors room has not been tini finished shed yet but will correspond with the thereat rest of the rooms the vault is of stone and brick built into the walls wills when the structure waa was commenced and perfectly burglar proof to make it doubly secure a large double time safe has been placed inside and the heavy securities are placed therein A pet of safety deposit boxes will be put in shortly and time delmita received or the citizens may rent a box bot by tho the year or month the floor ia Is beautiful in design desiga the tiles were burned in ohio expressly for this room not the least in fact one of the most moat important improvements of the bank backis Is the superior light received from four beautiful ful plate glass windows making the best beat lighted room in the cit city the building will b be heated by i team steam when completed but until then A a stove has to be b used I 1 0 the citizens electric light company has the contract tor for the electric lighting and sir air priestly pays says the connections will be made at once thus is one of the finest banking houses in the west thrown open to t the he public and one more link forged in ogdene greatness all improve menta ments bring importance the officers of the ogden state bank batik are 11 0 B gelow president john A boyle hobe price vice president and A P bigelow assistant cashier |