. Springfield present and prospective; the city of homes . Springfield Present and Prospective 20g ization it moved from its original quarters on State street to its present locationon Main street. Its first president as a national bank was Henry Alexander,who stood foremost among the financial men of the cit) and whose loyaltyto the government during the dark days of the rebellion led him to investlarge sums in government bonds, which later proved very profitable to thebank. For almost fifty years Lewis Warriner was cashier, giving that carefulattention to detail and having that knowledge of
. Springfield present and prospective; the city of homes . Springfield Present and Prospective 20g ization it moved from its original quarters on State street to its present locationon Main street. Its first president as a national bank was Henry Alexander,who stood foremost among the financial men of the cit) and whose loyaltyto the government during the dark days of the rebellion led him to investlarge sums in government bonds, which later proved very profitable to thebank. For almost fifty years Lewis Warriner was cashier, giving that carefulattention to detail and having that knowledge of his clients which make asuccessful banker. Among the successors of Henry Alexander as presidenthave been Alfred Rowe, Albert T. Folsom (for many years city treasurer),and Gurdon Bill, who was one of the directors at the reorganization as anational bank and who has served as a director for almost a continuousperiod of more than forty years, and whose rare insight into financial mattershas done much in building up the bank to the place of eminence it holds
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