Evening star., 1938-02-03
MEMBERS LISTED
BY D. c. EXCHANGE
Brokers, Bankers and Bond
Dealers Make Up Roster
Limited to 40.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

BY EDWARD c. STONE.
"Who's who" on the Washington
Stock Exchange Is disclosed by the
1888 membership roster just pub
lished by the officials and now being
distributed. The list reveals the full
quota Of 40 members, the limit set
by the constitution and bylaws.
Leading brokers. investment dealers
and bankers make up the membership,
as it stands since the few changes in
seat ownerships registered during
1887. The official list of members as
announced includes the following
financiers:
Yelverton E. Booker Of Y. E. Booker
& Co.. John F. Brawner of Waggaman,
BraWner, Inc; R. A. Casilear, Falls
Church. Va; James G. Elgin, w. B.
Hibbs g. Co.; Merton A. English, jr,
George M. Ferris & Co.: Henry P.
Irwin, Hibbs Building; Marshall o.
Exnicios. Robert c. Jones & Co.;
George M. Ferris of George M. Ferris
& Co.; Henry H. Flatrer. w. B. Hibbs
& o.; George A. Garrett, Hartman
g. Keech; c. j. Gockeler, Hamilton
National Bank; Theodore T. Golden
Of Theodore T. Golden & Co.; Frank
M. Hall Of Hall, Peters & Pryson; j.
Thilman Hendrick, w. B. Hibbs & Co.;
Edward L. Hillyer. Union Trust Co.;
John M. Hoffman, McKnew, Fairfax
& Co.; Charles Jacobsen. 6l3 Fiji
teenth street NV; o. H. P. Johnson
National Metropolitan Bank; James
M. Johnston of Johnston, Lemon &
Co.; Robert c. Jones of Robert C..
Jones & Co.; John c. Legg, jr.. Mac
kubin, Legg & Co.; James H. Lemon,
James NJ Johnston g. Co.; William W.
Mackall. jr., William w. Mackall g.
Co.; Bernard J. Nees. Johnston, Lemon
e. Co.; James p Nolan. Folger, Nolan
g. Co.: James O'Donnell. Liberty Ma
tional Bank; Edison B. Olds, jr., Brown.
Goodwin g. Olds; Chauncey G. Par
ker. jr.. Auchincloss, Parker g. Red
path; Harold c. Patterson, Auchin-
Gloss, Parker & Redpath; j. Carl
Perry, w. B. Hibbs g. Co.; Myles H.
Quail. Y. E. Booker g. Co.: T. Baker
Robinson, G. Mp. Murphy g. Co.;
Paul P. Rodler, w. B. Hibbs g. Co.;
w. w. Spaid. w. B. Hibbs g. Co.; Ben
jamin Thoron, 1900 N street NV;
Kenneth S. Wales, K S. Wales g. Co.;
George A. Watson, K. s. Wales g. Co.; +;
Milton F. Westheimer of Westheimer
& Co., and John F. Wilkins, 100 Mas
sachusetts avenue NV.
The exchange officers for 1888 are
James NJ. Johnston, president; w. W..
Spaid. vice president; William w.
Mackall, jr., secretary, and George
NJ Ferris. treasurer.
Bankers Opposed to Change.
Officers of national banks through
out the country are practically unani-
nous in the belief that the interests
of the public and the national banking
system can best be served by main
tanning the Office of the controller
Of the currency as an independent
agency of the Government, it was
stated today by Russell G.. Smith,
president of the national bank division
of the American Bankers Association.
AL d1lAlOullSll4S O11C 4CoulGo Va q OuA NCJ
Of opinion on this question. Mr.. Smith
is vice president and cashier of the
Bank of America National Trust g.
Savings Association in San Francisco.
The survey was occasioned by cur
rent proposals being heard to console
date the Office Of the controller Of
the currency with some other agency
Of the Government under. the broad,
permissive powers of the pending
Byrnes bill for the reorganization of
the Federal Government, should that
bill become law.
Power Dividends Declared.
Directors of the Potomac Electric
Power Co. have declared the regular
quarterly dividend of $1.50 per share on
the per cent preferred stock, pay
able on March to stockholders of rec
ord February Is; also the regularly
quarterly dividend of $l.3712 per share
on the 5l2 per cent preferred stock
This dividend is also payable March
to stock Of record February Is.
Building operations in the District
OF Columbia for January show that
290 permits were issued with a total
valuation of s1,119,56O. This total
was divided up into $903.65 for new
construction and s215,910 for repair
work. During the month "a brick
structures and one frame were razed,
today's report states.
Wins High Insurance Honor.
Arthur M. Miner, Washington agency
organizer of the New York Life In
surance Co., was one of three out of
40 organizers throughout the coun-
try to win an invitation to the annual
meeting Of home office officials and
agency men In charge of branch Offices
at st. Petersburg, Fla. It was his first
full year as an organizer and only one
man from Boston and one from New
York duplicated his record.
Howard Nordlinger, WASHINGTON
representative Of the Aetna Casualty
d Security Co., is now at the COM
panys home Office at Hartford, where
he Is attending special training
course Of five weeks duration.
Today's Exchange Trading.
Business was light on the Washing
ton Stock Exchange today. CAPITAL
Traction SIS held their strength and
again sold at So.
Washington Gas Light SIS, 1858. also
appeared on the board in a $1,000
transfer at 1852, up n from the last
previous sale.
The bid on Capital Transit stock
stood at 8 today with 10 asked and
no sales. Other quotations were little
changed.
Increased interest by life insurance
companies in the facilities of the
Federal Home Loan Bank System was
revealed in year-end' statistics. On
January l, 1887, three life insurance
companies were members of the sys
tenn; by the end of the year, the num-
ber had increased to %.
Heard in Financial District.
Gov. James H. Price has named