Chicago: its history and its builders; a century of marvelous growth . present time. The cashier of the bank at the time of the great fire was Charles Henrotinwho retired April 1st, 1878, and soon after was succeeded by Henry E. in turn was followed by Frank C. Osborn on February 4th, 1884. Osbornremained as cashier until his death when the appointment was made, on Febru-ary 13th, 1895, of John G. Orchard, who still retains that position. The membership of the board of trustees was increased to thirteen in to the statement of the bank dated September 2d, 1911, the capita
Chicago: its history and its builders; a century of marvelous growth . present time. The cashier of the bank at the time of the great fire was Charles Henrotinwho retired April 1st, 1878, and soon after was succeeded by Henry E. in turn was followed by Frank C. Osborn on February 4th, 1884. Osbornremained as cashier until his death when the appointment was made, on Febru-ary 13th, 1895, of John G. Orchard, who still retains that position. The membership of the board of trustees was increased to thirteen in to the statement of the bank dated September 2d, 1911, the capitalis stated to be $3,000,000, to which may be added its surplus fund and undividedprofits amounting to $6,328,809. The amount due depositors is stated to be$59, The board of trustees of the Merchants Loan and Trust Co. consists of thefollowing gentlemen: Enos M. Barton, Clarence A. Burlcy. E. H. Gary, WilliamA. Gardner, Edmund D. Hulbert, Chauncey Keep, Thies J. Lefens, Cyrus , John S. Runnels, Edward L. Ryerson, Orson Smith, and Moses OLD FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING IN 186S,CORNER WASHINGTON AND STATE STREETS CHICAGO: ITS HISTORY AND ITS BUILDERS 325 TIIK FIRST NATIONAL BANK When tin National Hanking Act was passed February 26th, 1863, there wasorganized the First National Bank of Chicago, which began business on thefirst of July following. Edmund Aiken was the first president, and Edward cashier. The capital stock was placed at $250,000. The stockholdersin the new hank were; Edmund Aiken. Byron Rice, Benjamin P. Hutchinson, TracyJ. Bronson, George X. Kennedy. Samuel M. Xickerson, Samuel \Y. Allcrton,John B. Sherman. Janus (. largo, and Samuel G. D. Howard. The bank began business at No. 22 La Salle street. The capital was in-creased to ,000 on January 2d, 1865. In the spring of 1868 a five-storyand basement building was erected at the southwest corner of Washington andState streets, to which the bank was removed. Here the ban
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