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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



be of a golden tone. The architect is Mr. 

 Prank A. Wright of New York. 



Such is the general shade througliout. 

 A glimpse in the interior will reveal a 

 dome of gnstaveno tiling supported by 

 slender columns of moulded face brick. 

 The interior walls, the counter railings, 

 as well as the stairway construction to 

 galleries at either end of the building, will 

 be of this same moulded brick. 



A further examination of the interior 

 will show a large, modern and superbly 

 built burglar, fire and water proof vault 

 with a circular door, and this vault will 

 be of manganese steel. It will be fitted 

 with safe deposit boxes of the most ap- 

 proved pattern. In the rear will be a 

 compartment separated by a grill door for 

 the company itself. The base of this 

 great vault will be in the basement, the 

 plan being to use the lower part for the 

 storage of packages, silver and trunks, 

 and a special compartment for fur 

 storage. 



This vault is the last word in vault con- 

 struction. It is the result of long years 

 of study, by the firm of Mosler & Co. 

 It is not only burglar, and fire proof, but 

 water proof as well so that renters of safe 

 deposit boxes can feel assured of security 

 from theft and fire and also water damage 

 to valuable documents. 



The interior plan provides open space 

 for the officers accessible to customers, 

 with reception room under the front gal- 

 lery for conferences and a further space 

 in the gallery above to be used as a writ- 

 ing room ; in the center under the dome 

 the tellers' cage and behind these, desks 

 for the bookkeepers and the clerical force. 



A grill door entrance opens into a large 

 vestibule with coupon booths for the use 

 of the renters of the safe deposit boxes. 

 To the right of the grill door, will be a 

 writing room for the use of women pa- 

 trons. The rear gallery will be enclosed 

 for directors' meetings with casement 

 windows overlooking the general office. 



The building will be entirely of brick, 

 cement and terra cotta, and will be abso- 

 lutely fire proof. There will be no wood 

 used in its construction excepting as will 

 be necessary for window frames and 

 doors. The floors will be of polished 

 cement in a tone to harmonize with the 

 soft, restful color scheme. 



The directors should feel confident that 



with this new building and the services 

 ofifered by the company that their deposits 

 and customers will be afforded banking 

 facilities equal to any offered them by 

 companies in New York or elsewhere. 



The building is nearing completion 

 and will be ready for occupancy some- 

 time during November. 



More Dining Cars Ordered. 



An additional battery of four dining- 

 cars has been ordered for the New Haven 

 road. The cars are to be built by the 

 Pullman Company, and are to be all steel. 

 The New Haven now has 15 dining cars 

 in its service and the patronage has 

 been so great that two cars have been 

 needed on some of the trains. 



According to statistics of the New 

 Haven's dining-car service, the 15 cars 

 now in service have furnished more than 

 42,000 meals a month. The daily aver- 

 age has been above 1,350, or more than 

 90 per day on each car. — The Daily Ad- 

 vocate. 



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There are several reasons why we are 

 delighted to republish this item from a 

 local daily. First, perhaps because it 

 appeals to one's pride as a Connecticutian. 

 Here is a railroad that can furnish food 

 without robbing the people and without 

 racking their stomachs and still make the 

 service successful. For one dollar and 

 twenty-five cents this New York, New 

 Haven and Hartford Railroad Company 

 supplies a first-class table d'hote meal 

 that is fully equal in tastiness and satis- 

 fying qualities to that obtained at a de 

 luxe dinner at a New York Hotel making 

 a speciality of a table d'hote at the same 

 price- So far as the editor has observed 

 in his somewhat extensive tours through 

 the western and southern states this is 

 the only road that gives good table serv- 

 ice at a reasonable price. On most of the 

 western and southern roads the service is 

 a la carte. No one would object to that, 

 indeed, occasionally a fellow traveler is 

 found who says he prefers a la carte but 

 such people are rare. A railroad train is 

 the one place on earth where one is forced 

 to take plenty of time to eat a meal. It 

 is a regular banquet at which one kills as 

 much time as possible because there is 

 not much to do and the scenery is more 

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