Chatham County GaArchives History .....Savannah Banks 1899 1900
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BANKS.

  Savannah Clearing Association— M. B. Lane, president; H. A. Crane, vice
president; J. M. Hogan, secretary and treasurer; Germania Bank, clearing agent.

  Chatham Bank—27 Bull. Capital, $150,000. Surplus and undivided profits.
$7,000. L. Adler, president; C. S. Ellis, vice president; W. F. McCauley,
cashier; Barron Carter, assistant. Directors: L. Adler, J. W. Fretwell, C. S.
Ellis, M. L. Byck, T. Ballantyne, B. H. Levy, P. Barrow, W. F. McCauley, J. T.
West.

  Citizens Bank of Savannah—13-17 Drayton. Opened Jan. 6, 1888. Capital,
$500,000. Surplus and undivided profits, $86,941.50. B. A. Denmark, president;
Mills B. Lane, vice president; G. C. Freeman, cashier. Directors: B. A. Denmark,
Mills B. Lane, William Rogers, Charles D. Baldwin, J. H. Estill, H. D. Stevens,
Andrew Hanley, John R. Young, Edward F. Lovell, J. W. Hunt, T. H. McMillan, John
H. Hunter, Geo. J. Mills.

  Germania Bank—18 Drayton. Organized January 1890. Capital, $200,000; surplus,
$56,707.56. H. Blun, president; J. M. Hogan, cashier. Directors: H. Blun, G. W.
Owens, R. M. Hull, P. Brennan, A. P. Solomon, G. M. Ryals, G. W. Tiedeman, A.
Mohr, N. Lang, J. M. Hogan.

  Merchants National Bank—St. Julian, northeast corner Drayton. Incorporated
1866. Capital, $500,000; surplus and undivided profits, $121,685.93. J. A. G.
Carson, president; Beirne Gordon, vice president W. M. Davant, cashier.
Directors: S. Guckenheimer, M. Maclean, S. Herman, J. A. G. Carson, J. F. Minis,
Beirne Gordon, W. W. Mackall, W. M. Davant, C. R. Woods.

  National Bank of Savannah—10 Bryan, e. Incorporated October 31, 1885. Capital,
$250,000; surplus and undivided profits, $182,000. Herman Meyers, president; J.
J. Dale, vice president; F. D. Bloodwarth, cashier; J. G. Grady, assistant
cashier. Directors: Herman Myers, J. J. Dale, G. J. Baldwin, J. Rosenheim, W. W.
Williamson, J. W. Jackson, J. S. Collins, E. S. Ettenheimer, Sigo Myers, J.
Paulsen, A. B. Palmer.

  Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Company—8 Bryan, e. Branch— Thomasville.
Organized 1877. Paid up capital, $125,000. Authorized, $500,000. J. J. Dale,
president; Herman Myers, vice president; J. M. Bryan, cashier; Stein Bryan,
assistant cashier. Directors: J. J. Dale, H. Myers, S. Meinhard, C.C. Schley, R.
J. Nunn, David Wells, J. Paulsen, A. Leffler, J. E. Grady, Jr.

  Savannah Bank and Trust Company—29 Bay, e. Organized 1869. Capital, $350,000.
Surplus and undivided profits, $35,000. J. D. Weed, president; J. C. Rowland,
vice president; W. G. Cann, Cashier. Directors: J. D. Weed, J. C. Rowland, J.
Lyons, W. Coney, Isaac G. Haas, W. C. Powell, J. Malloch, W. L. Clary.

  The Southern Bank of the State of Georgia — Drayton, southwest corner Bryan.
Organized 1870. Capital, $500,000; surplus, $300,000. John Flannery, president;
Horace A. Crane, vice president; James Sullivan, cashier. Directors: Edward
Kelly, of New York; John Flannery, E. A. Weil, H. A. Crane, Lee Roy Myers, H. P.
Smart, Wm. W. Gordon, W. W. Gordon, Jr., John M. Egan, Joseph Ferst, Charles
Ellis, John J. Kirby.

BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.

  Chatham Real Estate and Improvement Co.—14 Bryan, e. Organized June, 1885.
Capital, $500,000. J. H. Estill, president; C. H. Dorsett, vice president; M. J.
Solomons, secretary and treasurer; A. R. Lawton, Jr., attorney. Directors: J. H.
Estill, C. H. Dorsett, Lee Roy Myers, M. J. Solomons, H. P. Smart, H. C.
Cunningham, C. S. Connerat, W. Kehoe.

  Enterprise Dime Loan Association—27 Bay, e. Incorporated February, 1894.
Capital, $80,000. C. S. Wood, president; C. E. Broughton, treasurer; S. L.
Lazaron, secretary and solicitor.

  Georgia State Building and Loan Association—15 York, w. Incorporated May 24,
1890. Authorized capital, $5,000,000. G. W. Tiedeman, president; B. H. Levy,
vice president; E. W. Bell, secretary; C. G. Anderson, Jr., treasurer; Saussy &
Saussy, solicitors. Directors: L. Hubbell, J. R. Young, B. H. Levy, W. D.
Krenson, G. W. Tiedeman.

  Home Seekers Mutual Loan Association—27 Bay, e. Organized May 1891. Authorized
capital, $500,000; subscribed, $300,000. W. G. Cann, president; W. B. Stubbs,
secretary and solicitor.

  National Railway Building and Loan Association—Local office, 20 Bryan, e. W.
J. Miscally, Jr., local secretary and treasurer.

  New South Building and Loan Association (Ga. Department)—10 St. Julian, e.
Authorized capital, $50,000,000. J. L. Walthour, secretary and treasurer.

  Peoples Savings and Loan Company of Savannah—22 Congress, w. Authorized
capital, $500,000; paid up, $120,000. Undivided profits, $15,000. C. H. Dorsett,
president; Isaac Beckett, secretary and attorney; E. L. Hackett, cashier and
treasurer. Directors: C. H. Dorsett, J. H. Estill, W. D. Simkins, J. H. Furber,
C. F. Law, W. J. Harty, Jr., U. H. McLaws.

  Savannah Cottage and Improvement Co.—27 Bay, e. Incorporated April, 1891.
Subscribed capital, $30,000. J. Paulsen, president; H. S. Dreese, secretary and
treasurer; S. L. Lazaron, solicitor.

  Southern Home Building and Loan Ass'n (Savannah Branch)—20 Provident Building.
R. S. Mell, president; J. F. Tietjen, vice president; G. B. Whatley, secretary;
treasurer and attornev. Directors: R. S. Mell, J. F. Tietjen, J. W. Siday, D. C.
Newton, G. B. Whatley, J. McCarthy.

  Standard Building and Loan of Montgomery, Ala.—Authorized capital,
$30,000,000. W. H. Smith, Jr., local secretary; E. S. Elliott, attorney.


Additional Comments:
From:

CHRONOLOGICAL  HISTORY OF SAVANNAH,
From Its Settlement by Oglethorpe down to December 31, 1899,
Together with a Complete Record of the City and County, and
SAVANNAH'S ROLL OF HONOR,

      A Roster of the Soldiers who have in three wars
Gone Forth at their Country's Call, from this City.

A. E. SHOLES, Compiler.

SAVANNAH, GA.: THE MORNING NEWS PRINT.
1900.




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