1931-07-20 — Page 10

THE CHINA. MAIL

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT.

MONDAY, JULY 20, 1931.

Artistic Workmanship.

The Malkin Roman Mosaics

IN

The Banking Hall

THE

Art Tile Dados

ON

The Main Staircases

AND

The Terra330.

ON

The Staircases & Lavatories

OF

THE NATIONAL CITY BANK.

were supplied, and

The Italian Marble

and Bronze Capitals.

were fixed by

C. E. WARREN & CO., LTD.

TILE AND TERRAZZO SPECIALISTS

MONUMENTALISTS.

Head Office, National City Bank of New York, 55, Wall Street, New York.

Wm. C. JACK & Co., Ltd.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS

for all clannen of

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION AND REPAIR WORK..

Electrical Installation work undertaken and carried out by our own staff of Electricians under the direction of qualified Electrical Engineers.

We maintain a specially trained staff of Electricians to deal with Electrical repair work of every description and can effect your repairs at a moment's notice.

HEAD OFFICE AND SHOWROOMS

12, Des Voeur Road Central,

Telephone 20358,

M. GORDON S. RENTSCHLER, President of the National City Bank of New York. In addition to his National City activities, Mr. Rentachler is chairman of the board of Houver. Owens Rentsch- ler & Co., and a director of Niles Dement-Pond; United Aircraft & Transport Corporation; and Gen- eral Machinery Corporation.

MR. CHARLES E. MITCHELL, Chairman of the Board of Direc tors of the National City Bank of New York, The National City Company and the City Bank Farmers Trust Company."

Head Office, City Bank Farmers Trust Company, City Bank Farmers Trust Building, 22, William Street, New York.

OTIS

ELEVATOR COMPANY'S

LIFTS

ARE INSTALLED

IN

This Building,

SOLE AGENTS:-

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

THE

NATIONAL CITY BANK

THE LATEST DESIGN

ALL STONE BUILDING

IN

HONG KONG.

Was Built Entirely by

KIEN ON & CO.

BUILDING CONTRACTORS.

48, Stanley Street.

Telephone 20244.

(Continued from Page-1.)

The Terrazzo on the staircases: and lavatories was also supplied

The Heating Installation is a by them, while, they were respon- law Presaire Hot Water Accelerat

sible for the fixing of the Italian

ed System and consists of two marble and bronze capitals suppll-

ed by Racul Biazzi whose local)

units, one for heating the whole agents are now Messrs. Reiss Mas building and the other for airing scy & Co...

and drying the Vaults and Stores

Mesars. Wm. C. Jack & Co., Ltd., in the Basement. These installa- the well known local electrical en- gineers were responsible for the

tions are inter-connected and may electrical wiring of the whole pre- be operated in conjunction or in mises, while the Mesara, Jardine En- dependently as required. Radiators gineering Corporation, Ltd., instal- of the latest design are installed en led the "Merryweather" fire extin all floors..

Heat is generated in the Bollera

by "Ray Oil Burners of the Semi

guishers.

Up-to-Date Vaults,

National City

The vaults under the banking hell Automatic Type on the most are perhaps the most solid.con modern lines. Messrs. Reiss, Massey structed in Hong Kong. To glyo &Co. are Sole Agents for the W. B greater headroom the supports. ard Ray Manufacturing Co. for Hong of the mushroom type thus dispens Kong and South China. The same ing with over head beams A cur National City Bank, constructed by ter of an inch thickness. firm ales supplied and fastalled the ridor runs completely around the York Bate and Lock Company, who furite

refractory exhaustiva experi

ira, etc.

Installation.

This Elevator is installed in the Kong, and the time saved by the stairwell and the ornamental. accurate stops at door levels, the wrought iron enclosure was made in lower current consumption on ac-" Mesera. Dodwell & Company's own count of the small number of workshop to the Architect's own starts, and the saving of wear and design.

tear to the machine, amply.com- pensaies for the initial. first cost.

This Bullion Elevator will lift 100 F.P.M. and the 1,800 lbs. at operation is automatic push button."

The Elevator is capable of carry ing 5 passengers at a speed of 200 F.P.M. when operated by an attend ant, and 100 F.P.M. when it is switched over to the automatic control.

Latest Levelling.

Third Lift Installed.

The extremely handsome pressed steel Elevator Door and the adjacent The Elevator in the Bank, known door at the head of the steps, as the Bullion Elevator, is automa leading to the vaults, were augpiled by the Tyler Company who also tically self-levelling, and this is supplied the cage for the Bullion essential on account of the heavily Elevator.

laden trucks which will be wheeled. A third Elevator will shortly be in and out of the cage. This self-installed in the Banking premises, levelling device automatically comes from the ground to the mezzanine Into operation once the attendant, or floor and this will comprise the In this case the button control, latest type of automatic equipment. hons cabinets, docu-stops the cage anywhere within one When the, passenger enters the storage cabinets, foot above or below the floor. The car all he has to do is to press the lovelling device works to such fine button corresponding to the floor to Is manu uctur The new National City Bank mits that it will come into opera- which he wishes to travel and the building, is equipped with two Otis tion if the cage floor la as little as steel door on the landing and the re Elevators, one for passenger service out of level, and it is claimed safety gate in the cage, will imme- to all floors and one for the Bank by the Otls Elevator Company that diately close automatically. On ar

their patent

micro solf-levelling rival at the desired floor, the land- otec-only, sery

fus is the only effectual ing door and gate will then auto- out this operamatically open without any exertion

on the part of the passenger

[This: rate and door operator' baa, only But on the market and

vaults Isolating them and a syst are represented in Hong Kong by metal whole of the Banitary Equipment, of mirrors allows the whole of this feasts, Lane, Crawford, Ltd, is the perfected together with complete pumping corridor to be viewed by the watch latest vestibule entrance in this menta and testa

man on duty

engineering construction, ed only by the Fork Safe and Lock

Company fractory and allo

Bank Vault Entrance.

science and

the mezzan

basement, ground and

the