Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-11-06
THE NEW prAsrrns' NATIONAL BANK BUILDING

and other large packages or valuaoles, ana
on the second floor the portion OF the Vaui5
used by the Virginia Sate-Deposlt ana
Fidelity Company Will be. suppteo WIN
lonker- boxes. protected in front by steel
grill and gates and bufglar-proot vault
doors of the latest and most approved pat
tern, and with time-locks. 1T,
The interior construction of the build
ing is fire-proof, on steel beams filed IN
with fire. brick, and all the partitions Oh
ylding rooms at the rear, and also the
ceiling over the Darkroom. Is OF hre-proot
brick material.
South, and marks departure in our city
architecture.
HISTORY AND OFFICERS.
The Planters Bank, which N one OF the
most solid financial institutions IN the
South, was organized in the reading-room
of the Spotswood HotellDecember 2, 1865.
Mr. X. II. Maury was its first president.
Its present president is Mr.. James b. Pace,
one of the most successful all-round bust
ness-men and fnauciers in the South. MIR.
Pace was elected January, 1888. and under
his management the progress of the bank
has been continuous and steady.
MIR. II. NJ Smith, the cashier, IS son OF
the late Samuel Is. Smith. long cashier OF
the First National Bank, and grandson
of William Z. Strother, long cashier of the
old Exchange Bank. Mr.. Smith was an
employee OF the Planters Bank for some
years under Mr.. Mann 5. Quarles, whom
he succeeded.
The officers of the Virginia Safe Deposit
and Fidelity Company are James b. Pace,
president; Mann S. Quarles. yIce-presl-
dent; John Morton. secretary and trea-
surer. Directors-Lewis Ginter. James b.
Pace, Thomas Potts, John z. Branch,
Mann S. Quarles, Q. E. Whltlock, A. L.
] Boulware. L. b. Addison, j.. NJ: Boyd,
f, Charles Watkins, G. w. Branch, Fred. 5.
Myers. E. d. Christian, Joseph Bryan, N.
b. Rosenb baum. L. q. Williams. Jr., l.. Il.
Morris, Philip Whitlock, and j. j. Monta-
Colonel w. W. Gordon and Messrs.
Christian d Christian are advisory coun-
| sci.
Mr.. Ouarles has served IN the banks of
this city through a period or thirty-one
years, eleven of which he was at the
Planters as cashier. He entered the old
Traders Bank when he was 10 years old,
| and at the age of Is was appointed teller
in the Confederate Treasury. He remained
in the latter position until the evacuation
of the city by the Confederate authori-
| ties, and then went South with the Urea
sury Department. In May, 1865, he was
elected teller of the Exchange National
Bank-now the First National-and from
| there he went to the Planters. There Is
no better equipped man in the State than
Mr.. Quarles for the position he now holds.
Mr.. John Morton is son of the late
John B. Morton. cashier Of the Bank of
the Commonwealth, and later of the Mer-
chants National Bank. He has had long ex-
perience in the banking business. and,
| like Mr.. Quarles. is fully equipped for the
position he now occupies. The Virginia
Safe-Deposit and Fidelity Company was
chartered by the Legislature in January
of this year. and commenced business on
| the list of last June under the most favor
able auspices, and with q paid-up capital
of $500, 900. In its new quarters 1t will have
unexcelled facilities for extending the
| sphere of its operations.