New-York tribune., 1902-01-15
ELECTIONS IN THE BANKS.
SEVEN WE'LL KNOWN FINANcTERs ADDED
TO THE BOARD OF THE FIRST
NATIONAL

The stockholders meetings OF the national banks
held yesterday. in accordance with the law
and the Usual number Of changes were made in
the various 6rectorates AS had been expected,
the most important changes occurred in the First
National Bank. where seven fnanciers represent
ing great interests, added to the board These
included John A. Mccall president of the New
York Life Insurance Company; J. Pierpont Nor
gan. who has long had close business relations With
the First National Bank interests and one or
whose partners, G. ". Perkins. was until recently
q vice-president OF the New York Life; James }.
Hill. who is leading director in the Chase Ma
tional Bank and who last fall acquired a large
block of First National Bank stock: James A
Blair, of the banking house Of Blair q Co, VINO
director of the National Bank Of the Re-
public absorbed a few months ago by the First
National; d Willis James. of Phelps, Dodge & Co.
who is an influential member of various railway
boards but has never before accepted election as
a director of New York bank: John j. Mitchell
of Chicago. president Of the Illinois Trust ana
Savings Bank; and ex-Judge William II. Moore, or
Chicago organizer of the American Tin Plate
Company. the National Steel Company. and other
present constituent companies Of the United
States Steel Corporation and now largely interested
in the Rock Island road. George +. Baker. +. A.
Baker y. G. Fahnestock and +. l.. Hne, of the
old board. reelected; William Fahnestock
retired.
The community of interest recently established
between the First National and Chase National
Bank was cemented by the election of President
Eaker Of the former institution to succeed Ed
ward Tuck. Of Paris. director of the Chase;
just James J. HILL of the Chase was elected to
the First National board.
The stockholders of the Western National Bank
elected General Louis Fitzgerald a director TO
fill the vacancy caused by the death of Marcellus
Hartley, and also chose George J. Gould ad-
dional director. Messrs. Gould and Fitzgerald are
both directors of the Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety.
The only change in the directorate Of the Chem
cal National Bank is in the addition TO the board
of directors of Robert Walton Goelet, the son OF
the late Robert Goelet. who was director for
many years
Charles r. Flint retired from the New-York
Produce Exchange Bank. John F. Weeks succeed
ing him.
Edgar L. Marston. of Blair & Co. succeeds the
MECHANICS, National Bank. New directors in the
Irving National Bank are William zeiger. H. E.
Charles H. Marshall, Cord Meyer and John s.
to the directory Of the Hanover National Bank
Abraham Stern was added to the directory of the
More and 3k T na adams Rho M ehteFe
with the old directors Lee Kohns OF t'Gri the i'm
1Tng EadT6r h9T5e no % q Il sr1uS sons was elected
Robert n, r. Swayze. David F. Butcher. of the law
nam IinIiI OF RtGh Moodford B3yee Wallace; Ger
erng HoFae %h ss and %ewon torn Of stout
elected of the q National Shoe G
Leather Bank Francis B. Griffin, retired; Edward
board of the Bank of New York \. B. A. one sue
L.
replacing a director who recently retired because
q! Of i'll health The only change in the Phenix Ma
tional Bank directory was the retirement of E w
Moore OF the Everett-Moore Syndicate. of Cleve-
land, Ohio, who was succeeded by Henry p. Tai
mage.
James stillnan. Henry B. Stokes Frederick
Southack and Elkan Naumberg were elected di-
rectors of the National Citizens Bank. h. 5.
schenck was elected president and Ewald FIeit-
man vice-president.
There were no changes in the directory OF the
National City Bank.
The annual meeting OF the National Bank OF
North America has been adjourned until Monday
On that day II will probably be decided increase
the capital stock OF the bank to arrange
Tor the absorption of the Bank OF the State of New
York President Warner Van Norden will then
dent Richard l. Edwards, of the Bank OF the State
or New-York. r. r. Moore elected director
of the Bank of the State of New-York. The board
bers
The Leather Manufacturers' National Bank added
10 Its board Anton A. Raven, president of the At
lante Mutual Insurance Company; Henry Steers
D. Stokes. president of the Manhattan Life In
surance Company.
G; P. Morosini, Adolph Rusch and Henry F. Shoe
maker were elected TO vacancies in the board of
the Chatham National Bank.
ALBERT Tag was added the board of the Ger
man, American Bank and Eugene G. Backford TO
the Market and Fulton National Bank
annual meeting yesterday Under its charter the
directors OF the bank not selected by the stock
holders, but self-perpetuatng.
Daniel 3 Lamont has been elected a director of
1he Manhattan Trust Company succeeding Edward
Tuck, resigned