The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . FRANCIS H. DEWEY. The Worcester of li 375 In 1892 this bank erected an imposing brick building of six stories onthe north corner of Main and Walnut streets, removing to its secondstory at the close of that year. Its deposits October 30, 1897, amountedto $6,497,363, with 24,391 depositors, and a guaranty fund of $230,000. The Worcester Mechanics Savings Bank was the second savings bankin Worcester in order of incorporation. It was chartered May 15, CENTRAL EXCHANGE BUILDING, MAIN STREET. The presidents have been: Isaa
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . FRANCIS H. DEWEY. The Worcester of li 375 In 1892 this bank erected an imposing brick building of six stories onthe north corner of Main and Walnut streets, removing to its secondstory at the close of that year. Its deposits October 30, 1897, amountedto $6,497,363, with 24,391 depositors, and a guaranty fund of $230,000. The Worcester Mechanics Savings Bank was the second savings bankin Worcester in order of incorporation. It was chartered May 15, CENTRAL EXCHANGE BUILDING, MAIN STREET. The presidents have been: Isaac Davis, until 1S55; Alexander DeWitt,to 1859; John S. C. Knowlton, to 1862; Harrison Bliss, until his deathin 1888; and J. Edwin Smith. Parley Hammond was treasurer forthree years, and that office has been since filled for nearly forty-fouryears by Henry Woodward. Except for the first three years, its roomshave been in the Central Exchange, at first in rear of the MechanicsNational Bank; but since the removal of the post office from the build-ing, it has occupied the rooms on the north side of the hall. The recent 376 The Worcester of if remodeling of the building has given it the long-needed spacious andattractive quarters. Its last return to the State showed deposits of$5,843,090, with a guaranty fund of $208,000, and 9,328 depos-itors. On May 13, 1864, was incorporated the Peoples vSavings Bank, whichbegan business in the second storv at the south corner of Main and Pleasant streets. Its business rapidly increas
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