The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-07-13
NEWPORT.
NATIONAL BANK OF NEWPORT.
A Sound and Well PatrOnized Financial
Institution.

With the important manufacturing inter-
ests of Newport and the unusually prosper
GUS agricultural country surrounding, it is
but natural that the village should be repre-
scented by typical and highly prosperous finan-
cia institutions. The National bank of New
port occupies most appropriately furnished
apartments on the ground floor of Viewpoints
hest business building-the Lane Opera House
block This bank was Incorporated in 1879
and began business on July l. of that year.
It's officers are Messrs. Elisha Lane, president;
II. nj. Sherman, vice president; Robert D.
Wright, cashier and s. M. Dorman, assistant
cashier. The directors, including the presi-
dent and vice president, are Messrs. VIM. q.
Elkins, John l.. Edwards and ID. G. French.
The bank operates upon capital stock OF
100000 and ut present has on hand sur
plus and undivided profits of something over
100000. The banking rooms are handsomely
appointed and provided with new and inn
proved burglar and fire-proof safes and
vaults, atfordng ample accommodations for
the public, and possessing every modern con-
yenience for facilitating the business in hand.
A general banking business is transacted, in
GLIDING the receiving of deposits, the discount
ing of approved commercial paper, collection
and issue of drafts and the dealing in foreign
exchange and first-class securities of all kinds.
Its correspondents are the National Bank of
Redemption of Boston, and the National
Bank of the Republic of New York. 1t gives
special attention to the business of cores
pOnupllUS ana EXTENDS 10 CUSTOMERS every III |
ciIity and convenience compatible with the
principles of safe banking. From its incep-
ton this bank has retained the confidence of
the public to marked degree and its career
has been a remarkably successful one, credit
able alike to the management and the meth
DDS which have characterized its every trans
action. The officers and directors of the New
port National Bank are prominent merchants,
manufacturers and capitalists, whose names
are synonymous with integrity and substan-
tial standing. President Lane is one of New
ports wealthest ard most enterprising mer-
chants, a sketch of whose business will be
found elsewhere Vice President Sherman is
Il memberof the wholesale flour and grain I
firm of Sherman & Grady, and is one of the 4
trustees of Viewpoints board of trade John
l.. Edwards is the Oldest practising attorney {
in Orleans county and at present is deputy col t
lectOr of customs for Newport. VIM. G. Ell S
kins is a retired merchant of North Troy, and G
has been a member of both the House and i
Senate of the state legislature. d. c. French a
is prominent merchant lumberman of Bar +
ton Landing. Cashier Robert j. Wright I'M a
der whose administration the business of this C
bank has grown to four times that of II years o
ago, was born in Hartford, Conn.,, in 1851. p
He began his career as a banker in Montpe- t;
Ter in 1867 with the Montpelier National fl
bank, and has been connected with the New l.
port National bank II years. The record es
which this bank has made stamps him as a fl I'll
lancier of more than ordinary ability. The NJ
'fficers are gentlemen with whom it is a pleas OF
ire to do business and their especial aim is to h,
,lease their customers by promptness and fl Ii
elity to their interests. W