The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-17

The deposits of the national banks of New York City aggregate more than the deposits of all the banks of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia included, put together. They total more than two and half times the deposits of all the banks of the state of Illinois with Chicago included They are more than those of all the banks in the New England states with everything south of Mason and Dixon line thrown in for good measure. They amount to more than one-fourth of the grand total for the whole United States.
 The richest banE in the United States is the National City bank of New York. It has resources aggregating 242,0O0 GOO. Its closest rival is the National Bank of Commerce, with resources amounting to $232, ,000,000. The Chemical National bank of New York until it's recent reorganiza- tion had the highest priced bank stock in America. A share whose value was $lO0 was worth $4350. The Chemical has all ways, in every strngency, redeemed its obligations in gold. The stock of the Bank of Nansemond, located at Suffolk, Va, is now about the most valuable stock in America. It is about $4000 per share
 Small banks are always glad to get the small deposit as well as the big one. But not all of the large ones are. Recently bank with 0 goodly line of deposits as far as numbers go, went into liquidation in Chicago. Another bank, thinking of taking over it's business, found the ac- counts very small ones, and on that ground decided not to do so. On the other hand the First National bank of Chicago brides itself on being a bank for every body, and no account is beneath it's mo- tice. It has 10000 depositors which Is said to be a larger number than any other bank in the United States prominent banker estimates that an active account of less than $25O does not directly pay it's way. It is only through the hope that it will get to be more and that it will bring other business that 1t becomes worth while.
 For years bankers have been at their wits ends to devise burglar proof sales. A hundred times the safe manufacturer has announced that at last he has finally and forever put the burglar out of busi- ness. But as many times the burglar has successfully disputed his claim. Lately they have evolved three types of safes that are said to be blown-into-the-b bottle burglar proof. One of these is the can non breech safe. It is of manganese the hardest thing there is to be procured, and resembles the breech of a 16-inch gun. An other is safe with an outisde door and an inner one, the former impervious to the drill and the latter to electricity. The third is the armor plate vault. "tIuilt like a battleship" The makers stand ready to set em up to the safe breaker who can get through this one.
 The largest vault in the world IS or the latter construction, and has been re- cently put into the First National bank of Chicago It is 24 feet long, "A feet wide and nine feet high. The Day and Night bank of New York has constructed an armor plated automobile with which to collect the deposits of it's late patrons. The collector goes out with the safe locked. He has a number of steel poxes which he delivers empty to the customers Tbe.customer puts his money into the box together with a deposit slip and 1t IS locked and deposited sn the safe when all the collections are made the auto goes