THK Mi;K: OMAHA. SATIKDAV, MAY 1, 1M.".
The New United States National Bank Building is a Credit to Omaha
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BAHKIHG EIPRESSHIO
G1YEN FROM IHSIDE
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New Home of the United State
National Bank Express's Soli
darity in E-ery DeUil.
MUCH "EVERLASTING METAL"
No finer banking house exists than
the new building completed by the
Vnlted State National bank with a
frontage of Ho feet on Fa mam and
aeventy-aix feet on Sixteenth atreet.
3t waa opened formally by a recep
tion laat night.
Concrete, cement, granite, marble,
Ironse; and steel combine to produce
a structure of massive strength and
striking beauty.
Consider the bronze, the "everlast
ing metal." in the building. The
main entrance is through two sets of
very heavy bronze doors and en
trance to the main banking room ia
through one set of massive bronze
doors.
Th grill work of the taller' cares,
nam plate ami limp pedestals outside
the building- and the doors and grill work
of the savings department are all of this
natal.
Tavernell Clair marble, brought trom
Italy, Is used exclusively in the. mala
tanking room. The fourteen massive pll
' lara and the bank counters are of this
marble, while the wails and counter In
the saving department are of white Ver
mont marble.
flollattr ( Straetar. .
Pome Idea of th strength and solidity
of the building may be gained from these
fignres of materials used: Three thou
sand barrels of cement, 2,900 tons of sand,
3,300 tons of crush stone, 600 tons of Iron
snd steel, four carloads of Mains granite,
twenty carloads of Indiana limestone,
Itt.OOO common brick made in Omaha, 15..
000 Btroud's white sand lime brick for
facing and 90,000 square feet fireproof til
ing. The foundation walls, fbrty-two Inches
thick, are laid thirty feet under ground
a nd are of reinforced concrete. .
Beauty, elegance, richness, splendor
ar apparent everywhere on ths Interior.
The lobby of th main banking room la of
Tennessee marble laid In tiles. Ths rest
of the room H covered with a composi
tion cork of mosaic design.
Caen atone, imported from Francs, Is
used on the walls of the main room,
toned to blend with the marble.
On the south side of the main lobby
is a public watting room, president's pri
vate office and larg consultation room,
besides a. larga roomy space for offi
cers- desks. This part of the bank is
finished in old Kagiish oak and ths fur.
nitur is peotallT designed to mstch.
The east and worth sMrs r finished In
qusrter-awrd whit oak stslal to
match th thr.
Old KaSll.h Uk.
Th walls of the directors' room an
raneled In Imported old Cntllsh oak.
beautifully hsnd-csrved. The table In
this room Is fourteen feet long and four
feet wkle, made from a carefully se
leoted log la rder to have a perfectly
matched top. Ths pedestals are hsnd
carved out of solid plee of wood.
Fourteen chairs are carved to match the
table and ar loather-uphorstered.
Three check Vs in th main lobby
ar notable, being carved ut of solid
blocks of marble. Tops are of French
plat alas, three-quarters of an Inoh
thick, surmounted by handsome brona
elertroliers. Thsrs ar three solid marbl
settee, carved In th same design and
upholstered in leather..
ruraitirr used throughout th working
snaoe was especially Assigned for great
est banking efficiency.
I.l.ht FMstares Harsattals.
Artificial Illumination ts all by Indirect
lighting and the lighting fixtures were
specially designed to harmonti with th
architecture.
Two hundred of th latest Improved
flush switch with many, special con
trolling devloes wsr used to meet the
requirements of th bank. There ar
thirty special electric butters with two
tlcll annunoiators aad avral uniqu
speaking tub arrangements, besUet
thirty-Six telephones. .
Th bank I equipped with two electric
levators, tx sides two stairway
Th skylight which floods the building
with light run nearly the entire length
Of th building nnd Is deelgned or beau
tiful art metal K I sen, rich In color.
In wtrrnr the building three utiles of
steel conduit tubes nnd over eight mile made by VMor H. fn Id well
of rubber-covered wire and cable were ! the bank
sd. j "The harmony of design and color ami
Rest Room for Wowten. " dignity of the proportions of ihe
A rest room for women Is provided and .banking room are Ideal. To the architect
aaf for holding th bank's cash, twelvw
ate! chest for th bank's securities) and
other valuable iawr. and I.Ottt safety
deposit boxes for rentsj to the public.
That the building meets the highest
hopes snd Ideals of the hank officials it
indicated by the following statement
president of
la beautifully furnished. In the men's
part of the building a shower bath, fin
ished In while tile, has been installed.
A woaderful ventilating system .draws
air from the outskio, through two sheets
of water, thus removing dust and dirt
and putting the proper amount of mois
ture into It. In winter the sir will b
heated by passing through heat colls
regulated by thermostat. Foul air Is
forced out of the building by fans.
The wondeiful ault, than whlrh'ther
I no mors up-to-date en anywhere In
th world, has been described he for.
Reinforced ooncrcte forms its body and
It is lined with three layers of the most
Impenetrable steel that sclenc has pro
duced, each an inch in thickness. The
first layer Is open hearth steel, the
next I chrome steel, and the third of
open hearth steel. All three at bolted
and screwed together, making the vault
absolutely burglar snd mob-proof. Ths
door Is twenty-seven Inches thick snd
eight feet In diameter.
K.i.b.4 Safes Within.
. The Interior of this vault contains,
among other things, eight manganese
alone Is du the entire credit for the
huilillng, the bsnlilng room, and all the
designing throughout the Interior. In
cluding the general a. home of tone and
decoration. llow wonderfully well he
hue aucceedeil hus been confirmed to us
on several occasion by distinguished vis
itors who ar well known critics of arch
Iteclute. It was Mr llenninter'a Idea
that the Inside of the banking room
should reflect the exterior In such a
way that Whoever entered the hull, ling
would leave with the one thotiKtit bank
ing Impressed upon hla mind."
HO GASH IN SIGHT
FOR EXTENSIONS
Missouri Facifio Officials Spend the
Night in Omaha and Look Over
the Belt Line.
REMAIN IN THEIR PRIVATE CARS
WHEAT AND CORN MOVE
UP HALF A CENT IN OMAHA
Reports of a heavy rtport demand for
w1cat resulted In an advance of one-half
cent per bushel on all kinds of grain ex
cept oats, which were unchanged to one
fourth up. Omaha receipts were:
Wheat, thirty-one csrs: com, fifty:
osts, thirteen, th prices rsnglng around
$1.65 to II. M for wheat: 72 to 7 rants for
coi n, and $0 to 82Vi cents for osts,
A party of Missouri t'aciflc railway
officials, most of them from head
Quarters at St. Louis and headed by
Alexander Robinson, recently ap
pointed first vice president, on a
train made up of private cars, arrived
In Omaha shortly 'after 8 o'clock
Thursday night and remained until 7
o'clock yesterday morning, when,
leaving the Webster street station,
they went south, continuing their
tuur of Inspection of the lines of the
system.
The Missouri Pacific officials went
over the Crete and Auburn branches
and to St. Joseph. Enroute to
Omaha Thursday night, they spent
some time in South Omaha and along
the Belt Line. Reluming, they made
another Inspection of the Belt Line,
and at TUIaton slopped long enough
to go over the yards.
That the Missouri Pacific doe not In
tend to do much In the way of undertak
InR new work this year Is apparent from
the assertion of Vice President tlnhertlnn,
-ho contends that the last fiscal year
closed with the rosd having but $74,00 put
easy In the surplus. !"sld Vic President
Kobe rt son: j
Money f r Kilrailsia ,
"It requires an expenditure of K.rtfO.OM
to keep up our system and another W.SOO.- j
W to meet obligation, so that yo i can
oee that with hut M.OlO in the ai'rplua
fund for the yrsr there la Utile hops of
carrying on very much new work or make
extensions.".
As to the viaducts that have been a
rifle official preferred W remain oa their
train, none of them coming up town dur
ing the erenlng. They explained that the
work of th day had been Very trying
and that Ihey were tired and needed rest.
Oldest Suit on the
Court Records is
Brought to a Close
An Injunction secured twenty years asc
forbidding the Prospect Hill Cemetery as
sociation from using a strip of ground
adjoining property at Thirty-second and
Psrker streets for remetery purposes has
just been dissolved by District .ludae
B ars. Jen I -owe. first mayor of
long talked of on the west aid of the CnD. Nathan Utevens and Martin It.
city at points where the Kelt t.lne crosses
the Omaha streets. Vice President Itob
ertson asserted:
"Work that has been started will b
continued and completed, but nothing new
will b undertaken until business la bet
ter and w have more money In sight."
Mr. Rnbartson places git the hlsmi for
the poor business conditions upon hostile
legislation, both state and national, con
tending that as a result of such rtsla
tten rats. both freight and passenger,
hav been forced down to a point wh-re
there Is no longer any net revenue n th
conduct of a railroad.
Although invited la th Hotel Fonte
nells, th guests of Assistant Qwtwirat
Freight Agent Malcolm, th Missouri Ps-
rrultt were plaintiffs In the suit, which
is th oldest case In the district mint in
which proceedings are still pending
Danger of pollution of wells In th
neighborhood, which wss the origins!
grounds for the Injunction, no longer ex
ists, according to Judge Hears, because
city water la now used exclusively there.
For this reason the cemetery association
won Its long-continued fight to extend lis
burial grounds.
Itecords show that this case - upled
tiu. sttentlnn of the district curt In- I"'.
s. ', 1900. '07. 'OR, '12, 'it and US.
Kent room nulclc wUh B-e Want Ad
can be reniedqtiirkly and cheaply by a
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!The Elevatori
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In the New United States
National Bank Building?
INSTALLED BY
The Execution of
the Interior Painting and
Finishing of the New
U.S.BankBldg.
Done By
Henry Lehmann
&Sons
130S Farnam Street
Practical Painters and Decorators
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Copper Tin Work and
Ventilation on the U S.
Bank Bldg. done by.
JORNSON
SHEET METAL
V0RICS
218 North IGlti atreet
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Structural Iron and Steel Work
on the New U. S Bank Bldg.
was Furnished by
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j Paxton & Vicrlmg Iron Works j
Manufacturers of ,
Structural and Ornamental
Iron and Steel
0.aw tniYfabrS. 17& St fr-U. P. Ry.
C J. VTCRUXG, IW LC'JIS'VOLIXG, Sec& Tru.
A. J. YIEJUT;G,,Vertv4.l!r. F. R. VHRUEG, Aii't Mgr
OMAHA
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Tbss ar th automatic wask
button slsva tor bow coaxing lnt
general use. W hav last r.
cwlvsd an ordsr (or tbr front th
United States government oa
Vox Pittsburgh. Fa., oa to
Xfa-aworto, Xan., and on tr
Atlanta, Oa.
This Is ths safest aad most
eoaomlcal type of slsvator tor
oa ia modrat-ls bull dint-wooes
away with, th xpns f Ji
operator.
They make all kinds of alarm.
tors wad dumb waiter for all
purposes. Send fo Information to
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j Kimball Bros. !
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Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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Office: Rom 5, 1505 Howard
Street, OMAHA
Furnished the
Crushed Stone,
Washed Sand,
and Portland
Cement
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Building
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Omaha
St. Louis
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Of Course We Furnished
THE GLASS for the New
U. S. BANK BUILDING
We Gladly Furnish Estimates
Midland Glass & Paint Co.
llth &nd Howard Streets, OMAHA
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Lighting Fixtures in
the U. S. National
Bank Building were
all furnished by
Burgess
Granden Company
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Howard
St.
National
Roofing
Company
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Wrecking
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ESTABLISllD IN 1878 j
Gravel Roofing on TLii
Building . Furnished by
National Roofing Co.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA
Branch: Sioux City, Iowa
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Wrecked Tkis Oli
Buildiaf QUICK,
CLEAN and
RESPONSIBLE.
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21st & Paul Streets j
Bargains in
practically new
articles in "For
Sale oolumn: read
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