New-York tribune., 1896-01-13

athletics which would tend 20 lower them ~ a.
c,rcIes Mr Belmont is especially well known. rs
.fYorts at Albany during The last session %. tASS
Legislature for 4 good and acr'liahl' r" .mE u.l
are readily recalled Tne operatops o. ne i.i
loan OF last February are well Known
THE HEAD or THE CENTRAL TRUST co
rrodcr,c p Olcott the president o; the Central
Trust COMPANY. has become within few years
rotstI. figure in financial circles n this city. hr.
Olcot,'s name has been prominent OK late IN con-
n.c,ion with Reading reorganization and Chicago
Gas. In any large bond dea! h. or hts Immediate
Mr Ocott was born in Albany In 1871. lie inherits
financial tendences oE rors ra ,n of Ai6anv
The young man was educated IN the Albany Acad-
nioy Of his Fathers bank Five years later he tried
MI ni,h The nrm Of blake Bros CO.. in this city.
and was subsequently with Phelps. Stokes 60.
In ls75. with his COUSIN pr ViGo,, i"rin'o @ T i
dissolution the firm name became f. + ol'ot q
Co. at No l5 Wall-st. -,
When he only twenty-five years or NJ
Olcott became state Controller January 70.
by the appontment OF G9vetnoE ho'in14" nI :, ne aH
director in the New rH,c'o @ nmI II hr"a5
faroad Comran} ,nr & S,T'" and member "r
mo T-ninn League Riding, New ! Ork Yacht, Down
town and Metropolitan chhS
An ADVISER OF THE PRESIDENT
,rne National Ci,y Eank has the reputation Of
CARRYING, more gold IN It's vaults than any other
h.rking institution IN the countrp. Its president
ortl,. becnule imminent went to Washington, II
i ,,rderstood AT the request OF the President and
Secretary Carlisle to give counsel on tho situation
Az S,tilnau who born on June =. 800. mas the
,manrcr Of a man older in experience than his years
w,~uld Indicate. Hc is quick OF movement an ac-
curate thinker and prompt IN making up hS
Mr s,ilman was born in Brownsville. Tex. where
his narcnts were temporarily staying lie llN"h III
Hartford Conn, during the years ls'2-'6 ana sihc"
,hn, bac resided In this city. He educated az
Marlborough Churchills School In sing sing ana
brgan his business career as merchant. ne Is
,hn senior member OF the mercantile house or
I-rit.J states and Farmer Loan and Trust com
nanios in the Newly ork Security and Trust com
nam the Hanover National Bank. the Delaware.
/ ackawanna and Western Railroad COMPANY inc
consolidatcd Gas Company, and the Queen nsur
ance Company. He II a member oi thc manner OF OF
mo following clubs. The Century Association the
I-njon the metropolitan. the Union League. the
Manhattan the Metropolitan. of Washington; IN"
Vcw-Nork Yacht the Seawanhaka Corinthian
Yacht the Eastern Yacht. the St. Augustine iacht.
,bc Iekyl Island the Storm kina. the Reform. the
Countrv OF Newport, and the Ncw-York His
toIical Society.
MR. POOR'S FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Edward T.. Poor. VINO became president Of the
park National Bank on August 20 last. is the head
of an institution which receives 'he largest de-
nosits or a,,v bank in The city lie is a man Of pru-
dorco and progress Mr.. Poor born in Boston.
FEBRUARY & 1891 George Peabody, the banker and
militant nthropis, was a descendant OF maternal
anrestor OF Mr.. Poor. In lNJl Mr. Poor entered the
1-veoods commission house of Read. Chadwick Il
ncsyfer I'm Boston. In 1854 he cam" To this city,
onened his own commission store at No 32 Barclay
of pr,iry Poor & 60. The iirm name remains nm,
changed to-day. although Mr.. Foor IS at It's head
and Mr.. Drury Is dead. - -, 49,, t-,