The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-06-13
MANY BANKERS IN SESSION
STATE ASSOCIATION NET 1T TIE
 PEoUoT CLUB YESTERDAT.
Enthusiastic Meeting Followed by an Elaborate Banquet Officers Elected and Other Important Busintss Trans- acted-One Hundred Institutions Rep resented.
resented.

actfd-one Hundred Institutions Rep
 resented.
 The second annual meeting of the Connecticut Bankers association was held yesterday afternoon at the Pequot club house at Morris Cove and was very largely attended. Nearly all the prom inent banks in the state were repre-
 sented and several trust companies and representatives of brokerage firms were also in attendance The banks and firms represented were the First National City bank and Pe- quonnock National of Bridgeport, the Bristol National bank Danbury Ma tional, Deep River National, Pahque-
 oque National of Danbury, Aetna Ma tional, United States bank, First Ma tional, City bank, Charter Oak and Se-
 curity company of Hartford, First Ma
 tional of Litchfield, Home National of
 Meriden, First National of Middletown,
 Naugatuck National, New Britain Ma
 tional, Merchants National of New
 Britain, First National of New Milford,
 Fairfield County National of Norwalk
 Thames National of Norwich, City Ma tional of South Norwalk Southington
 National, Torrington National, First National and Hurlburt National of Winsted, Manufacturers bank of Wa terbury Thomasville Trust company
 Colonial Trust company of Waterbury,
 the Hartford County Trust and Safe Deposit company, National Norwich, Clinton National, Waterbury Trust
 company, the First National of Wal lingford and the following New Haven banks: National New Haven, Mer-
 chants National, City, County, Mechan- ics', Yale National, Second National, First National Tradesmen's, New Ha-
 ven Savings, Connecticut Savings, New
 Haven Trust company and Union Trust
 company; also the following brokerage
 firms: H. c. Warren &s Co.,, the Charles
 W. Scranton company and c. F.
 Thompson & Sons.
 The members of the association and
 their guests assembled in the Quinni-
 piack club about 1230 and took special
 cars for the Cove, arriving there about
 1:30 o'clock. After social half hour
 President Charles H. Trowbridge called
 the meeting to order, there being about
 one hundred members and guests pres
 ent The meeting was held in the hall
 of the Pequot club. The first business
 done was the reading of the minutes of
 the meeting of last year and of the
 committee meetings during the year.
 The minutes were read by the secre-
 tary Robert Foote. The minutes were
 approved as read
 The report of the treasurer was then
 read by MT. Whaples of Hartford and
 showed that $470 had been received
 from membership dues and that the ex-
 penses during the year amounted to S62 93, leaving s407.27 in the treasury at the present time. The report was ac- cepted and ordered placed on file.
 Meigs H. Whaples of the Connecticut Trust company of Hartford then re- ported on the work of the committee which was appointed to interview the committee of the New York clearing house with regard to the collection of checks by the clearing houses of New York and Boston. Connecticut, and in fact, all the state associations, feel that big injustice has been done them on the rates charged by the New York clearing house, and it was with the proposition of having them reduced that the committee met with the New York bankers. MT. Whaples reported that the session with the men from the was a most unsatisfactory one, and that it was all the committee could do to get the clearing house men to listen to them, let alone making any He said they were treated very coldly and that the New York men absolutely refused to hear any plea for lower rates on the collection of Con- necticut checks. Mir. Whaples and the members of the committee argued and but to no avail and finally came away with nothing accomplished. | He told the association yesterday that the only way to make an impression on the New York men was to have all the 1 state associations assemble, appoint a | committee composed of representatives | from each state and then present their | claims in New York He said if this | was done he would have no doubt of | the result, and that until a meeting of | his kind was held he believed the au -horities in New York would use the | banks just as they have | done in the past, "for,' MT. Whaples | said, they have got us where they want us and can play with us as much IS they please.
 All admitted that it would be very desirable to have the bankers work to- yether for the good of the whole, but he method of procedure is variously viewed. The report of MT. Whaples vas unanimously accepted and the hanks of the association were extended Q the committee.
 Following the report of this commit ee came the election of officers, and as nominating committee to hand in a icket President TroWbridge appointed | he following: MT Cutler of the Hart ord Trust company. F. c. Burrows of he Bridgeport City National bank and W. H. Newton of the Wallingford First National bank. The committee, after ,eing out about half an hour, handed n the following names to act as off, CTS for the coming year, all of whom we're unanimously elected:
 President. teigs H. Whaples of the Trust company of Hart ord.
 Vice president-W. H. Newton of the first National bank of WaIlingford.
 Secretary-W. E. Atwood of the Mer- hants National bank of New Britain.
 Treasurer-J. A. Richardson of the ale National bank of New Haven.
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