New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . 1. \VM. P. ST. JOHN. ment, during a period of four years, the sales, prices, andcredits for the leading firm of sugar refiners in the UnitedStates. His yearly sales were said to exceed the sum offifty million dollars. In January, 1H81, he was elected cashier of the MercantileNational Bank, of New York City, and two years later wasmade its president, a position he still holds. During hisincumbency of this office the Mercantile National Bankdeposits have increased in the ten years from an averageof three and a half millions to
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . 1. \VM. P. ST. JOHN. ment, during a period of four years, the sales, prices, andcredits for the leading firm of sugar refiners in the UnitedStates. His yearly sales were said to exceed the sum offifty million dollars. In January, 1H81, he was elected cashier of the MercantileNational Bank, of New York City, and two years later wasmade its president, a position he still holds. During hisincumbency of this office the Mercantile National Bankdeposits have increased in the ten years from an averageof three and a half millions to more than eleven millions ofdollars, while more than one million dollars have beenaccumulated of the earnings after constant payments ofsemi-annual dividends, and the market price of the capitalstock has advanced from eighty-five cents to two dollars anda quarter on the dollar. Mr. St. John is also a director inother banks and a trustee in several financial has been a member of the Executive Committee of the 14 JVEIV YORK, THE METROPOLIS. American Ba
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