| Show S g I OF SOLD IRON AM STEEL Walker Brothers Vaults Put Up for Time and Eternity So many allusions having been made to the immense safety vaults now being put in Walker Brothers bank aI ptr decided to give abriefdescription of this repository The burglar and fireproof vault is twentyfive feet long twelve and onehalf feet wide and eleven feet high of solid iron and steel The burglarproof vault itself is lax feet and 8 feet high and divided Jn the centre by burglarproof burglar-proof partitions which separate the rear vault from the banksafety deposit The partitions are 2 inches thick consisting of five plates of welded iron traI chrome steel All the corners are solid bent and L I welded so that no two joints come together to-gether but overlap four inches This ponderous vault was shipped in L sections weighing 5000 pounds The are secured together by conical welded I iron and chrome steel bolts which are twisted in with a large Hoot lever to stay TJife square of these bolts is broken I off from tile outside and the inner end II I of the bolt being all iron is keyed and I upset intd i counter sink so that owing I to the peculiarity of thTs construction I the bolt cannot be driven bol drven in as it has a L thread cut tho entire length which prevents pre-vents its being pulled out by reason oi f it having more stripping strength than the tensile strength of the metal causing the bolt to be broken off at the jaws of tI I the burglars jack before it could be unscrewed un-screwed These ingenious fastenings ii 1 secure the way o bolts are patented and most h The vestibule is constructed the ame I as the vault being built in while the construction con-struction going on The opening of the doorway of the bank and safety deposit vault is seven by four feet so that two men can easily enter side by side The outide doors of each vestibule from each vault aro live inches thick 6f solid iron and chromev steel and are dovetailed throughout to fit into corresponding grooves in the jams The doors arclosec into these dovetails and also into tennons and grooves by traverse hinges and levers which throw thp doors squarely into place Each outside door has twenty bright steel bolts shooting in all dirc tions with but one turn of the handle The same arrangement gftverivs the inside in-side vault The doors lock up with three combination Jocks requiring three persons to apon them wlien once closecl In addition to this is connected Halls infallible time lock to each set of doors These ingenious locks are so arranged that in case of an insurrection insur-rection a simple twist of one of these time looks will necessitate the assistance of manufacturers and bankers in order to open the doors This may never happen in Utah but in case it should tho firm can wire the company ut Cincinnati and get the proper course adjust it again The weight of f this iron house aggror gattjs 10OQ pounds and the design and specifications with all details were prepared pre-pared hero in Salt Lake by IMr John Greer the special agent who is superin tending the construction There will be GOO safety deposit boxes in the safety deposit de-posit vault for the accommodation of overloaded pockets The exterior of the vault will be elegantly painted and decorated dec-orated to correspond with the polislwx and glowing interior so thntajl l eyea can view the outside with pjeasure wfiile hu t few will ever be permitted to look inside like unto our Tomples |
