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Volume 2 - ElectricCanadian.com

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502 HISTORY OF THE BANKwhich had to be taken.The planning of a suitable structurepresented a somewhat novel problem, for as far as could bediscovered, no building intended for such a purpose was inexistence. Finally, after many discussions between thearchivist and the bank's architect, a fireproof building wasdesigned, which has proved eminently suitable for its purpose.The archives building in Toronto 1 is sixty-five feet wideby fifty feet deep, and five stories high. The main floor issupported by massive steel girders encased in concrete.Entrance is gained by a short flight of steps leading to a platformof convenient height for unloading the heavy boxes fromthe lorries which transport them from the railway. The groundfloor is devoted to the storage of boxes of vouchers, and suchpart of it as can be spared is used as a working space in whichthe boxes are opened on arrival from the branches, and thecontents examined and checked. The boxes are then markedon the end with an indication of their contents, and stored intiers with passageways between for convenience of access.For this reason, as well as for the convenience of handling, ithas been necessary to insist that the branches shall use boxesof a standard size for packing and shipping purposes. In onecorner of the main floor, on the right of the entrance, there is asmall office for the use of the archivist. The basement isused as additional space for the storing of boxes of vouchers,but is otherwise devoted to the work of destroying thosebooks and vouchers which are considered to have outlivedtheir usefulness. Space is required in which to collect andprepare these for destruction before passing them through theshredding machine, and for the temporary storage of theresulting bales of shredded paper. In one corner of the basementis the room containing the electrical shredding machineand its powerful motor. Adjoining this room is another,known as the baling room, into which the shredded paper isdischarged and where it is later <strong>com</strong>pressed into bales. Thewhole of the building above the main floor, <strong>com</strong>prising three'See plate 70. facing page 498.

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