Business: Well Glazed Bank

Officials of the Equitable Trust Co., Manhattan, having learned the health value of special window glasses that permit the passage of ultraviolet sun light (TIME, Oct. 18, Nov. 1), ordered 18 stories of their new bank building now going up at Broad & Wall Streets, Manhattan, glazed throughout with this glass.

Said Vice President Lyman Rhoades last week: "We are told that our installation is the first instance in this country where a skyscraper office building will utilize the scientifically-established health benefit of the sun's vital rays. ... If the exigencies of business rob...

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