The Washington times., 1928-09-05

reDuta t1OIl and has c0nLlnuall.
The firm OF Crane, Paris & &c
was organized iii 1883 by Augustu
Crane and Albion X. Paris. Gran
and Paris have both retired from
x the firm after many active year
and their places have been takel
BY Eugene E. Thomson and Georg
Hewitt Meyers, who acquired con
troll OF the business and have con
tinued ii under the old firm name
Thomson is active member OF tn
firm and has achieved great success
during the years Of his manage
fnent. He had been long in the EN-
pIoy Of Crane, Paris & Co. befor,
assuming direction OF the bushes.
and has had a conspicuous caraei
( of success In the financial world.
Brahany Popular
Thomas w. Brahany. for man,
years representative iii washington
or the Cities Service Company anc
one OF the best known and mos
popular of the younger bankers, and
B. Ogle Harper are also members 81
the firm and active in its develop
prominent in the local security mar
ket, has been equally to the fore in
participation OF large bond issue
marketings by many Of the largest
bond houses Of Boston and New
York and has exclusively and sue.
cessfully floated number Of local
bond issues.
Born In Washington Eugere &C.
Thomson has for many wears been
prominent In the financial life 81
the city. When it was decided TO
undertake the flotation Of the LIB
erty Loan bonds Ii finansing the
recent war. Mr. Thoms IN was
named az one cf the local Lib
ertv Loan commission that played
such an important part In the sue.
cess OF the five loans
Thomson's greatest success. how
evers was in the acquisition Cor the
North American Company Of a
block Of 27.500 shares Of the capt.
tai stock. common. az The Wash
ington Railway g Electric Conn
pany. These shares were held by
q group Of local bankers having
been taken by them In the fore
closure OF notes issued by the ILL
fated washington Securities Com
pany. which was to have absorbed
all the public utilities Of rhe city.
except the Chesapeake 4 Potomac
Telephone Company. which Is a
unit OF the American Telephone &
Telegraph Company.
Long In Old Quarters
For some years the offices Of
Crane, Paris & Co. have been In
the historic building at s2s Fiji
teenth ST.. next door to the pres
ent new location. Hallowed mem
cries weave about the site of the
older offices and the new building,
which. together with the ground
now occupied by the Liberty Ma
tlonal Bank. comprised the loca-
ton Of John Chamberlain's famous
place In still older times the cav
airy bodyguard of President Lin.
coin was camped on the site 1T the
corner Of Fifteenth and Eye SITS.
To John ChamherIain's in me old
days came all the great ann the
near great in the nations finan-
ciai and political world. The elder
Morgan was frequent visitor to
the famous corner and. ii il prob
able that some of the biggeSt
financial and political deals in the
history OF the country up ~ the
later SOS were arranged in. build
1ngs occupying the ground upon
which the new offices OF Crane,
Paris e Co. stand today.
The new home Is four-story,
concrete structure. and the firm
will occupy the main and mezza.
nine floors. with ample room for
CUSTOMERS rooms, and all other
needed space. New York stock,
bond and curb tickers will tell
the story OF market fluctuations,
and a New York News Bureau
ticker will reel off the gossip
All equipment will be new and
the cages Of the cashiers and office
quarters will be without brass
work.
Work was started yesterday on
the project OF making new en-.
trance to the recently remodeled
main banking room Of the Mer-
chants Bank "and Trust Company.
While there IL an entrance to the
bank from the Fifteenth Street
side 6f the Southern Building. the
main entrance has hitherto been
II the corner Of Fifteenth and II
streets. 1t is proposed now to
close this corner entrance and
make stately new main entrance
leading directly into the lobby from
II street some little distance from
the corner,
Room for Women
In addition to giving access to
the main banking room directly
opposite the artistic stairs lead
fng 10 the mezzanine and midway
between the officers desks and
the tellers' cages. the new arrange
nent will make possible the carry
ing out Of plans which President
Peter A. Drury has had in mine
FOR some time for placing an at
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