Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 139, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1919 — STATE BANK TO HAVE AN ENTIRELY NEW BUILDING. [ARTICLE]

STATE BANK TO HAVE AN ENTIRELY NEW BUILDING.

The State Bank of Remington will move its office furniture, cash and employes next week into the north part of the Howard furniture store, where it w’ill continue to transact its regular business until its new home is completed. The Howard room still contains the old vault used by the Mclntire 'bank years ago, and later by the Harris bank, and is well adapted for the temporary home of the State Bank of Remington. Workmen will begin at once to demolish the old building vacated by this bank. The entire structure is to be torn down and a fine new and modern bank building erected on its site. The contract for the new structure is let to Mr. Moore, of Danville, 111., the contractor with whom Frank Timmons is associated. The new- building will be erected the full size of the lot? which is 63 feet, and the cut off comer as it now exists, will be done away with, thus giving a little more floor space for office room. The working part and offices will be located on the north side of the building, and entrance is arranged for the southwest corner. By this arrangement better lighting facilities are secured and will make it much 'better all around, it is thought. The front of the building is to be of Bedford stone, and the side of brick, with Bedford stone trimmings. The interior will be so arranged

that over the counters and work room the ceiling will be full two stories in height, while the directors’ room will be located upstairs, over the vault proper. The vault is to be built of immense thickness and so reinforced that it will be absolutely burglarproof. A big, new and absolutely burglar-proof steel door has been purchased at a price that should make it what is claimed for it as near as it is possible to make a steel door proof against. yegmen, which will be set in the vault, making this bank one of the safest institutions in the country. 1 The new building, when completed, will, without doubt, be equal to or superior to any buildings occupied by banks in the surrounding territory. The bank had made arrangements three years ago to have this done, but on account of war conditions had to give it up.—Remington Press.