The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-01-21
FIRST NATIONAL BiNh OF KANSAS CITY.
DEPOSITS TO THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT or
NEARLY FoRTY-FIvE MILLIONS AND EX-
change OF UPWARD OF SEVENTEEN MIL
LION MORE.

Standing now ust npon tho threshold
OF The new year and casting Il look bacl
OVER the shoulder at the record nf pas
! years, and one cannot but be greatly i'm
! pressed by the monuments, as il were
! .f'ihr wonderful growth IT this the NJ
lropoiis OF the New West. Monument
&C commemorative not of tie dead but @
the living. From the time, not many
wears ago, when from what WAS Nc>i
port Landing s,irnng frrth the Cit, g
Kansas, eaca new year has markc'
epochs in her history that have been t.,
wondermeui OF The nation. The strang
CIR who first visited the city five year.
ago could hardly walk The streets with
out shrinking back i'll alarm nj the grca
Gorgss or towering bluffs that ne, hin
at every turn. Impossible, said many
to succeed in building mp great city OF
SO fearful Il site, for there Is not money
enough IN the West To- bring streets Il
anything like Il common level or pcrfcc
4 system of municipal improvements
that will insure sach facilities rs com
merce and the common Interests of tn,
city demand Now the same stranger
stops over in the city and Is amazed al
the sights that greet him Oh every hand
The towering bluffs that once appalled,
him are In Il great measure gone while
in the place of the chasms are blocks Oi
attractive buildings that tell more EN-
phatic than could words oil the city :
welfare. Naturally the first thought OF
Z hn St,.nn nj hn e = h..
and the next OF the places financial in
stilutions, for withou; enterprise and the
money TO back il, Kansas City would
still bo the Westport Landing Of old.
Casual inquiry made 10 about any passer
by would result in the strangers learn
ing in words of what he would already
be satisfied Of by deeds, that our city L.
in fact populated by men of undauata.
ble nerve and restless enterprise, and
strengthened by financial institutions
second 10 meme in the country. Chief
among the men who, by industrial rs
we'll a. business lite, have played Impnr
liant parts IN making Kansas City VIVA,
she Is, are Howard NJ Hidden. kdwa Il
III. Allen and their associates. and chl.t
the western country is the First Nation
I'll Bank of this city, OF which Mr.. Hold
en- Is Prcsidcn. and Mr.. A lien Vice Pres
ident. Years ago, when the First Ma.
tional first threw It's banner To- the breeze,
from over the door Of the unpt eleuiipU>
old building that then stood upon tn,
site that now forms portion at Adams
~. l. a
any at our people looked tor the steady
rise and progress that in ls6S-ju>t two
in The erection of tho
finest barking building in AL the west,
and the establishment of an institution
q hat ever sinrc has been rs IA very bull
wark of financial safety.
Upwards OF $4,000 was expended
upon Tie magnificent building, IL. spa
riou> rooms and general apparienancrs
being taultlc>s ln every detail. Organ
izing under the National Banking law,
the FIRST National, on capital of $780,
300. every dollar paid M, and 50 thor
pughly were all details managed and
success ully negotiated every financial
that AZ the end at the first
I've WEARS no !c>~ SUI tiu~ lhaH S-JOf-
100 lay safe ia the vault. thus complete
Y doubling the actual working capita,
md show IL. "a net profit over and -bove
rrguiar reserve and dividends OF 500
100 a year, or - represented in surplus
done. twenty per cent. on capital en-
,loved. curh remarkable sucCcSs,
as IL VS. in the tare at the
i~naI competition in banking circ,c~.
the -reate>t praise, not only .
pon the Officers of the bank, but spoa
iie board cf directory - well. Which .
ow ~ then embraced the very ir>i
nSiness men OF the city. Such t'r In-
taEcs as r. b. Bn.ienc aud l.. I. Moore.
{ the great house ot Ballcne. Mouye> (
,mrrv, J. h. Hanna, of the widely
uown VIII 'Ie~ale dry goods srm of
'ooile. Hama i ca. ). b. Armour, CT
pc monster beet and pork packing -
If PlaEkiEiou 4 Armour.
.cr>rv Gates. the well known capital.
q. Michael Dively, aa"iher capitals, ~
xieuied reputation. B. 4 FcinsmGa. q.
70 extensively known wholesale liQaor
1usc &C 3. =. Feinsman ! Co. Benia
IN Mclean, leai'r. dcs.cr IL hiles and f.