Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1920 — STEEL BANK VAULT ARRIVES [ARTICLE]

STEEL BANK VAULT ARRIVES

For F. & M. National Bank —Big Box Weighs 15 Tons. The big steel safety deposit vault lor the Farmers & Merchants National bank was unloaded Wednes<day and hauled to the bank building with a traction engine. It is .composed of three layers of steel .and is 1% inches thick, the inner layer being composed of a supposedtoibe impregnable non-burning metal —that is, a metal impregnable to acety.line gas fire with which so many small country bank vaults have been entered by burglars of late. The huge> box weighs 15 tons. .vault, except at the door, of course, is surrounded by some two feet of solid concrete. The opening has two steel doors, each three inches in thickness, so it would take .quite a long time under the best of conditions for cracksmen to gain an entrance thereto. The outside door .also has a time lock, of course. This vault is for private safety deposit boxes alone, and another and separate vault adjoining this is provided for the bank’s use proper.