The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-14
LARGE INCREASE IN THE BANK DEPOSITS Have About Doubled in the Past
 Four Years 8lRMINGHA BEATSREC0RD In No City of 5o,ooo or Over In the United States Do Banks Show an
 Aggregate of Increase Equal
 to Blrmlneham's.
BIRMINGHAM BEATSRECORD

The total deposits in the banks of Bir- mingham have about doubled in four years No city of 5o,0Oo or over in the entire country makes so fine showing, These are telling facts and every citizen of Birmingham will repdat them with pride.
 The banks statements as of January II, published in today's issue of The Age Herald, will be read with great interest for the figures speak eloquently of the city's phenomenal progress and stability. The deposits of the three banks whose figures run into the millions are here compared with the deposits as of Novem- ber 10, 1904 and in the case of the Ameri- can Trust as of December 1. 1904:
 Jan il, 19O5 Nov 10. 1904 First National =. $6,446 033,10 s61O4, ,95S. 69 | ham T, & S.... 3,47446119 3,103,626.77 Amer. T. & s,..,.. 1,S95,S2O.67 '7S6361. S9 Alabama National 1,167 539. .S9 Total ........... .s11, ,S16. .S2096 $1l162. SS7.24 "Dec 1.
 The Alabama National Bank having sold It's business to the American Trust within the past few days. brings the lat ters deposits up to nearly $,90O,OoO The American Trust only opened April l, 1905
 The deposits of all the Birmingham banks at thS present time amount to about $14,3O0.000. Four years ago, or to h more exact, February 5, 1901, the First National had in deposits S2,79S S77.S0, the Birmingham Trust and Savings, $1,693,- see 52 the Alabama National, $722, 313.s1 {; the Jefferson Savings, s70S,O O99, and the Berney National (out of business), H22,- 3l38l
 Four years ago the aggregate deposits of Birmingham were about seven millions and a quarter.
 The Traders National Bank, which opened for business less than a year ago, had deposits of $s1,979 on January Il, as compared with deposits Of Sio, 4ISSo November 10. 1904.
 Birmingham's banking capital has in- creased more than a half million dollars in four years. Under this head the fol- lowing figures are given from published statements:
 JIrst National, February B. 1901, capital, surplus and profits, SS73, I39S; January H. 1905, 779578.29.
 Birmingham Trust, February 5, 1901, capital, surplus and profits, $6l2, 1n. 43; January Il, 1905 $704,S13,94.
 American Trust January II, 1905 capi- tai, surplus and profits, $117 429.0S.
 
 ital, surplus and profits Approximately $S5,0eO; January Il, 1905, s105, oO0.
 Jefferson County Savings, February 5, 1901, capital, surplus and savings (approx- iniately) $140O00; January Il. 1905, s204 GOO.
 Steiners February 5, 1901, capital, sur plus and profits Approximately $500, 900; January II, 1905 Approximately $4OO 000
 Berney National February 5, 1901, cap ital, surplus and profits 240,9l787.
 Alabama National, February 5. 1901, capital, surplus and profits, s2lSSl7S8.
 Alabama Trust and Savings, February 5, 1901, capital surplus and savings (ap- prCximately) s10o,o0O; January Il, 1905 (ap- proximately) s12000O.
 Traders National, January II, 1so5 cap- ital, surplus and savings. $1O0, 5535S. Citi- zens Savings. January Il. 1905 capital surplus and profits Approximately
 Penny Savings (colored) February 5, 1901, capital, surplus and profits s12,o0o; January II, 1905 Approximately $1s,O0o. The Penny Savings has now a deposit lie of about S125,000