New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-16

snid because I was broken in health HOW long
shall remain cannot say, but temporarily al
least have taken the Office have no DOUBT that
the bank will emerge from its recent difficulties,
but have not yet made a thorough personal eAain-
ination. ! shall begin one tomorrow" A.
In regard 10 auy statement OF the Danh conuI-
tion the amount of Mr. Seney's Obligation to the
bank or other matters of detail Mr. yaques declined
to talk. He said that all the securities winch 'ho
books called for had been found intact.
WHAT MIR. sENEY SAYS.
Mr.. Seney was all day in his room at the bank.
His face showed lines drawn by anxiety aud men
tai suffering but he was accessible to all those who
came to see him. and did not seem anxious To
escape newspaper men. Concerning the condition
of affairs he had nothing to say but he spoke III u
melancholy tone of the false reports which hnd
connected him with speculative enterprises, win
which, he said, he had nothing whatever to do. lie
said;
The prevalence of sensational and wholly un-
founded reports and the currency which some news
papers give them have been among the pr'nclpal
causes of the trouble / do not care what Is
printed If only the truth appears, but lies manu-
there was The Uorld, which few days ago printed
dispatch from Boston stating that n trustee
attac hInent for $3000O0 had been made against
COpcland in favor Of the Metropolitan Bank. The
fact is that we had about $4,000 worth OF Cope
lands paper and We have got 80 cents on me d0i-
lar, so that our claim now IS only about YlO;VOOV'
There IL some difference DclWcen IulS anu FoVO',
600. Such reports are enough to carry down.
was going to say any man, don't care now strohe
he is ~.
Methodist Episcopal Hospital, in Brooklyn, the
fifteen lots at Seventh-ave and Scventh-st, in that
city. on which the hospta. is now erecting, was
filed in the office of tho Kings County Register yes
terday. II bore date of December 81, 1881, and
was executed May Is, 1892. The consideration
was ST. mechanics lien Against the hospital Tor
81 800. for labor and material furnished to MI.
Scney for the buildinR. also filed by Howell d
Saxton Mr. Scney gave the lots and S2OOOOo f?r
the hospital, and is paying for the structure US u IS
building If his embarrassment prevents MS cotn-
plotting the work it Will probably be taken up py
the McthOdiSts OF brooklyn.
TALKS WITH THE DIRECTORS
Ono of the directors of the Metropolitan Bank
said yesterday:
do not believe that tho stockholders VII lose cent nj
we have cot 10 S36, 900 IN Tad debts DeoTe lc
capital will be impaired and that Is not likely 20 Pn
Mr.. senoys mistake was IN ietn6 6 ' h bns nphoded
confidence but which Is not available III CHS, ~ 6c
hree or four OF them had between 100000 and
each They are GOOD men, but Mr. ScneY, believing MN
self morally responsible to inc PanK Ior r gorth
made 70 it property when ne cOhsue's "o'tn
Sl,OO0.OO0 to secure them
Isaac II. Bailey another director said:
The directors thought the best thing TO do wac to get
out from under the load OF East Tennessee Virginia ana
Georgia which they been carrying and get back 70
good banking principles. They have elected man OF
song qualities who has the confidence OF DahkS men,
and VINO, IL he does MOI make mdoa money IOr tue DanA
at least will not lose any
Director Henry 4. Hurlbut said:
spant several hours this morning at the Metropolitan
Bank and have become convinced that II Is almost not
quite Of danger have been director OF inc Dihh
FOR over twenty years and knew Mr. JaqIeS when ne was
viccpres'dent DO not think he VIII retain the pIa.-
d.nc, long "a | understand ne accepted the POSITION
chiefly ont of personal regard fer SIR Seney, whom nc
has known FOR years. Nj JLuss, though known To Du
few In business circles Of the shrewdest men ana
most cautious investors OF my acq lainance HIS man
urr * retiring and absence Of genlaY ns Limited the
circle o. his acq aint1ncc. He IA phcay the rSht
man in the right place bank president lie + par
cuarly well posted in railway matters and Is IN tat
elias OF securities that he has made most OF nv arEe
fortune. lie investigates The affairs OF rllDa keily
and with knowledge. and when he - thoroughly CON
WINGED OF It. souudness he invests in it but not TIL then
Under Mr. JaqUPS the expenses % the Dak VIII DC cO
sdcrably cut down.