Evening star., 1926-05-21
Two Vacancies ON Banks Board.

10 nSure IN the sales today.
Two Vacancies ON Banks Board.
Two vacancies have occurred almost
simultaneously on the board of di
rectors of the National Savings &
Trust Co. in the deaths of Henry X.
Willard and Gen. James a. Buchanan.
Both were very widely known both in
and out of financial circles.
Henry Il. Willard was best known
as being a relative Of the Willard VINO
founded the hotel by that name. while
Gen. Buchanan had long record as =
soldier and was president of the Ma
tional Horse Show for many years.
Both men will be much missed on
the National Savings directorate and
| their places will be hard TO fill. II i<
| expected that il will be some little
| time before their successors are
elected.
Southern Makes Fine Record.
| The Southern Railway for the first
| quarter of 1926 stands next tO the
Pennsylvania and New York Central
in net railway operating income and
was surpassed only by four roads
! Pennsylvania. New York Central.
| Southern Pacific and Baltimore and
Ohio-in gross operating revenues. aC-
cordins TO the detailed report just
| issued.
! From a report just brought out III
| New York it will he seen that the
| Pennsylvania Railroad. with its very
heavy trunk line traffic and large
| mileage, heads the list in total operat-
| ing revenues. New York Central, the
second largest Eastern trunk line
comes next. followed by Southern Pa
| cific, which operates about 10000
miles of road throughout the South
L Dol g yu-lY YTI1 IfCc
| been carrying a very heavy volume
of coal and steel. stands fourth. Fifth
in the list is Southern Railway system,
| with 9,412 miles of road. serving the
| States of the South. Atchison. the
! second largest trans-continental sys-
| TEN, with about IL, 900 miles of road.
| stands in sixth position.
The Southern Railway has. accord
| ingly, established its position with the
| three strongest Eastern trunk lines
and the two largest trans-continental
systems.
Join Banks Advisory Board.
At the last meeting of the board OF
directors of the American Security
| and Trust Co. four men were ap-
pointed members of the advisory
board. which takes special interest In
/ the company'S branches in various
1
| Shulman, one of the officers of the
George NJ. Barker Lumber Co.: Charles
| II. Denny, who has been engaged in
! the wall paper and molding business
| in this city for years; Lewis A. Her
man. who has been in the shoe busi-
ness in Washington since 1872. and
| Frank Rupert. who has been hard-
ware dealer here for 80 years.
All these men either live or are en-
1 In %
| where the banks branch offices which
thev will represent are located. The
American Security and Trust Co. in
| augurated this representation plan
several years ago and it has proved
| most successful.
Pay Roll Assertions Denied.
+. W. Doolittle. vice president of
the North American Co, has written
a letter to Representative William {.
| Hammer of North Carolina stating
that mo member of the Public Utili-
| ties Commission is or has been on the
paw roll of the North American Co,
| nor has the North American Co. di-
rectly or indirectly, made any pay
| ments to members or employees OF
the commission"
The original assertion was made at
a hearing before the House District
committee on the question OF the
| Washington Gas Light Co, taking
over the Georgetown Gas co. The
| company's official asks the Representa-
tive to have the records of the hear
| ing corrected, if a personal inVeStl-
CATION convinces him that he was in
| error.
Publicity Committee Meets.
The publicity committee of the Dis
xs1l, 10,
keeping up to the minute on plans
| for the June convention at Hot
Springs. met yesterday. F.. p. II. Sid
dons, of the American Security and
1 Trust Co: Y. +. Booker, Crane. Paris
& Co; 3. l.. Cotton, District National
Bank. and representatives of the local
| newspapers make up the committee.