Local Financial Notes.
The American Security and Trust j
Co. yesterday credited $178.834.3,) to j
the accounts of their savings de
positors, this amount covering the
semi-annual interest accumulation. It
was the largest amount in the bank's
history.
Y. E. Booker A Co. announce the
installation of a direct wire to the
offices of Dominick A Dominick, New
York, for the execution of orders on.
the New York Stock Exchange. As j
the New York firm has wires to Bos- j
ton. Chicago, Baltimore. Philadelphia ,
and elsewhere, the Washington invest
ment hankers now become in close
touch with these cities, also.
Eugene E. Thompson, chairman of
the program committee for the first
convention of the Associated Stock
I Exchanges, reports excellent progress
and says the details will soon he com- 1
pleted. The Washington Exchange j
was one of the first to enter the new j
organization.
Personal Mention.
President William D. Hoover of the!
National Savings and Trust Co. re- j
turned yesterday from la>ng Island, j
N. Y., where he has been visiting his !
daughter.
President John B. Larner of the
Washington Loan and Trust Co. is
back at his desk after a visit to his
country home at Mifflintown, Pa.
President Robert N. Harper of the
District National Bank plans to visit i
the Sesqui, in Philadelphia, next week
with a party of Washington business
men.
President John R. Cochran of Frank- j
lin National Bank has gone to Staun
ton, Va. Tie expects to he back in
Washington next Monday.
President Floyd E. Davis of the Lin
coin National Bank has returned from
a week's trip to Atlantic City.
