The Washington times., 1906-12-30
ABLE FTNANCIERS DIRECT
BIG INSTITUTIONS POLICY
Concern Occupies One of the Most Magnificent Banking
Houses in the Entire Country and Has Connections
in All Quarters of the Globe.

/ Carroll Glover. have been born to Mr..
| and Mrs Glover. Mr.. Glover. has fine
/ large country residence In addition to
beautiful home in Washington. The
! latter is on x street. facing Farragut
| square, right between the home OF Gen
William =. Draper and that OF Vice
President Fairbanks.
Mr.. Glover has Identified himself with
Washington affairs and interests In a
! number of ways. IL is 10 him that
Washington is indebted for the greNt
/ National Park. extending along Rock
Greek from Massachusetts avenue TO
the northern apex Of the District and
including ia its borders the extensive
Geological Gardens
Tied Up Congress.
But OF no less Importance TO the fu-
ture welfare and beauty Of Washington
Is the work which MT Glover did in
| securing from Congress adoption of
plans for the extension of avenues
streets and roadways throughout the
District
Another victory for Mr., Glover and for
the city came when the Appropriations
/ Committee Of the Senate introduced an
Item into the appropriation bill 10 pay for
the building Of an immense vladuct, in
stead or a bridge, over Rock Creek.
along the line of Massachusetts avenue
extended
MI Glover, after many years OF e.
fort, saw the bill passed by both houses
! on Congress and signed by President
Cleveland on March 3. 1897 for the re-
clamation of the Potomac Flats and the
/ transformation of that waste into a
| beautiful national park
Another debt which the city owes to
Mr. Glover is for his persistent and
successful efforts as a trustee OF the
CoTcoran Art Gallery to have the old
site abandoned and to select a new one
so That larger and more modern gal
lery could be built
The extension of the water works. now
one of the finest in the country. was due.
| In large measure. to his influence. He
has been active in street railroad mat
ters, was formerly vice president Of the
National Safe Deposit and Trust Com
pany, and has been president of the
Stock Exchange. He IS now president Of
the board OF directors of the Corcoran
Art Gallery.
His Other Activities.
He is active also In educational and
/ religious affairs. He is a trustee and
/ treasurer OF the American CAfethodis)
University. and made the first contribu-
| ttOn to the Hall of History II was at
I Mr.. GlOver's home that the plans for
| the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral,
/ which is to be erected en- the hills north
/ OF Georgetown. overlooking the city,
! took definite shape.
! Thomas Hyde. vice president Of the
/ Riggs National Bank, has been connect
| ed with this institution since 1854 In
/ 1874 he became a partner in the firm,
/ which was then Riggs & Co. He is a
man Of strong personality, and this has
contributed in a large measure 10 the
success OF the bank. His policy always
/ has been a conservative one. and his ad-
/ herence TO this policy has been another
/ factor in placing the bank on the solid
and substantial basis where it rests so
/ securely today.
Hyde Family Old One.
/ Mr.. Hyde is a son of Anthony Hyde.
! esq. Of Georgetown, and a descendant
/ Of the Hydes Of Severn. one Of the Oldest
and most prominent families Of Mary
/ land. Mr.. Hyde was the first treasurer
/ Of the Riggs Fire Insurance Company.
and on the death of W. S. Thompson in
/ 1900. was elected president Of the In
/ stitution. He is also president Of the
board of trustees OF Louise Home; a
| trustee OF the COreoran Art Gallery, and
/ of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral
/ Foundation. Mr.. Hyde is as prominent
/ in WashingtOn's social circles as he is
I in its financial circles. Among other
/ clubs, he is member Of the Metropoii-
/ tan, the DumbartOn, and the Chevy
/ Chase Clubs He is the president of
| the Chevy Chase Club.
Milton r, Allies vice president Of the
( Riggs National Bank, has been in that
| position for nearly four years. Previous
! TO being chosen to this place of promi-
neuce and trust, Mr.. Allies was Assist
ant Secretary Of the Treasury for two
years. during the first part of this time
under Secretary Gage and during the
/ latter part under Secretary Shaw
Studied Law Here.
! Mr. Allies was born in Sidney, Ohio.
/ and received the early part of his edu-
cation there. He came to Washington
. in the spring of 1887, and entered the
/ National University Law School, from
/ which institution has was graduated in
I 1891 He had been admitted to the bar of
/ the District of Columbia a year previous
! ly. After completing his law course, Mr..
/ Allies became a law clerk in the Treas
/ ury department., and lis rise there was
/ rapid. In 1891 he became private secre-
! tary TO Secretary Gage, and remained in
/ this capacity until ne was chosen in
/ 1901 Assistant Secretary of the Treas
/ ury. He resigned this office on April
/ 10. 1903. to accept the vice presidency OF
/ the Riggs National Bank
| Mr.. Allies is a director OF the bank.
and also OF the following institutions:
! The American Security and Trucf Com
/ pany, the Washington Gas Light Com
pany. the Central National Bank, and
/ the Mutual Protection Fire Insurance
/ Company, succeeding the late s. II.
/ Kaufman IN the last named of these
! companies.
! He is a member of the Cosmos Club.
/ the Chevy Chase Golf Club. and the
[ Columbia Golf Club.
Arthur Tilghman Brice, cashier of the
Riggs National Bank, is a member OF