Building and Loan Associations. The following statistics in regard to the condition of building and loan associations in the United States was submitted at the tenth annual convention of the United States League of Local Building and Loan Associations, held at Put-in Bay, Ohio, on July 23 and 24. The statistics, given in detail, are for such States as maintain building and loan association departments, and are, therefore, known to be accurate. other States are shown in a single item and the figures are necessarily estimated: All The present officers of the association are: President, Gerald Fitzgerald, Grand Rapids, Mich.; First Vice-President, James Clarency, Philadelphia, Pa.; Second Vice-President, A. L. Gutheil, Shelbyville, Ind.; Third Vice-President, F. D. Kingsbury, Corning, N. Y.; Treasurer, Joseph K. Gamble, Philadelphia, Pa.; Secretary, H. F. Cellarius, Cincinnati, Ohio; Assistant Secretary, Frank E. Burbank, Boston, Mass.; Execu tive Committee. Seymour Dexter, Elmira, N. Y.; Fred Bader, Cincinnati, Ohio; Joseph H. Paist, Philadelphia, Pa.; Louis E. Morris, Manistee, Mich.; D. Eldredge, Boston. Mass.; I. N. C. Royse, Terre Haute, Ind.; Jules Dreyfuss, Shreveport, La.; Charles F. Bentley, Grand Island, Neb.; Henry C. Dumont, Newport, Ky.; C. S. Hartough, Leavenworth, Kan.: J. N. C. Shumway, Taylorville, Ill.; F. D. Denlinger, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; R. F. Kilgen, St. Louis, Mo. STATE SUPERVISORS OF BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS. CALIFORNIA.-Board of Commissioners of Building and Loan Associations, Frank H. Gould, Alex. Ryan; S. L. Fields, secretary, San Francisco. CONNECTICUT.-Building and Loan Commissioner, M. C. Webster, Hartford. ILLINOIS.-Auditor of Public Accounts, J. S. McCullough, Springfield; J. M. Appel, Chief Deputy. INDIANA.-Auditor of State, W. H. Hart, Indianapolis. IOWA.-Auditor of State, Frank F. Merriam, Des Moines. KANSAS.-Bank Commissioner, Morton Albaugh, Topeka. LOUISIANA.-Bank Examiner, F. G. Freret, New Orleans. MASSACHUSETTS.-Board of Commissioners of Savings Banks, Starkes Whiton, Warren E. Locke, MISSOURI.-Supervisor Building and Loan Bureau, L. S. Hickman, Jefferson City. NEBRASKA.-State Banking Board, Lincoln. NEW HAMPSHIRE.—Board of Bank Commissioners, Alpheus W. Baker, John Hatch, Thos. J. Walker, Concord. NEW JERSEY.-Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, Wm. Bettle, Trenton. NEW YORK.-Superintendent of Banks, F. D. Kilburn, Albany. NORTH DAKOTA.-State Examiner, R. E. Wallace, Bismarck. OHIO.-Inspector Bureau of Building and Loan Associations, A. J. Vorys, ex-officio inspector; Geo. S. Marshall, inspector, Columbus. PENNSYLVANIA.-Commissioner of Banking, Frank Reeder, Harrisburg. TENNESSEE.-Treasurer of State, R. E. Folk, Nashville. Statistics of Banking. Banking was introduced in the United States during the War of the Revolution, a resolution being adopted in Congress, on May 26, 1781. approving a plan for a national bank, proposed by Robert Morris, of Philadelphia. As a result the Bank of North America was incorporated on December 31, following, with a capital of $400,000, of which $254,000 had been subscribed by the United States Government. This bank. rechartered from time to time, continues in existence in Philadelphia, and is one of the national banks of the present. Another bank, known as the Bank of the United States, as projected by Alexander Hamilton when the Government had been organized under the Constitution. It was duly established and continued in existence until 1811, when it went out of existence owing to the failure to obtain a renewal of its charter. A second Bank of the United States was incorporated on April 3, 1816, and went into operation January 7, 1817. Meanwhile other banks had been established in various parts of the country, and these, driven to suspension of specie payments by the War of 1812, were aided by the operation of the new bank to an extent which enabled them to resume. This bank itself, however, was driven to the wall in 1840 by legis lation which compelled it to resume specie payments, which it had suspended. The present system of na tional banks was inaugurated in 1864, under exigencies created by the civil war. The banks in the United States now number 16,933, Including State and private banks; their aggregate capital is $1,488,819,167; and the deposits aggregate $10,557,087,725. Savings banks are not included in this summary. In 1852 they numbered 141, and had more than a quarter of a million depositors. At the present time they number about 1,000 and have nearly six and one-half millions of depositors. BANK EXAMINERS IN THE UNITED STATES. Name. Walter F. Albertson. S. H. L. Cooper. George R. DeSaussure. C. E. Fargo.. J. Castle Ridgway. Chas. E. Van Brocklin. Miller Weir. John W. Wilson. Arthur Orville Wilson W. L. Yerkes. Address. . Jonesboro, Tenn. Dexter, Me. Atlanta, Ga. Cleveland, O. New York, N. Y. New Orleans, La. Parrott Bldg., San Francisco. Ft. Worth, Tex. Connersville, Ind. Northeast. Pa. Oklahoma City, O. T. Bankers and brokers at New York City, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Providence and Chicago are not included. RECORD OF SAVINGS BANKS IN THE UNITED STATES.-1852 TO 1902. 76,358,176 4,504,906 5.9 63,611,500! 22,508,438,442| 1,307,843,857! 73,785,747) 4,274,000 5.8 60,800,200 25,178,770,691| 1,400,111,063| 82,015,540| 4,560,622 5.6 60,475,200 37,182,128,621 1,516,538,631 121,510,224 4,956,009 4.1 61 61,162,700 48,565,818,212 1,776,018,162| 159,232,191 5,823,010 3.6 62 60.962,700 46,552,846,161 1,595,000,245) 151,637,935 5,195,440 3.4 64 61,162,700 40.293,165,258 1,568,983,196 132,543,307 5,101,129 3.9 62 60,412,700 34,092,037,338) 1,524,930,994 111,048.982 1,967,202 4.5 64 58,612,700 25,250,791,440 1,205,355.252) 82,789,480) 4,247,069 5.1 64 59,312,700 33,374,682,216) 1,519,565,385| 109,067,589) 60,862,700 34,872,848,786 1,569,626,325| 114,337,209 60,762,700 30,863,686,609 1.570,198,528 101,192,415 5,148,192 5.1 64 60,762,700 34,796,465,529 1,757,637,473| 114,839,820 5,800,784) 5 1877. 58 71,085.200 23,289,243,701 1,373,996,302] 1878. 57 1879. 59 1880. 59 1881. 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887.. 65 4,965,900 4.6 5,146,316 4.5 1,753,040,145| 123,074,139 5,728,889| 4.7 1.584,635,500] 111,651,4711 5.195,526] 4.6 36,279,905,236] 1,861,500,575 118,561,782 6,083,335) 5.1 34,421,380,870) 1,696,207,176 113.978,082 5,616,580 4.9 24,230,145,368) 1,585,241,634 79,704,426| 28.264,379,126| 1,896,574,349 29.350,894,884 31,337,760,948 1,908,901,898| 103,424,954 6,300,006 6.01 39,853,413,947 2.338.529,016] 131,529,418 7,717.917 57,368,230.771| 3,085,971,371) 189,961,029 10,218,448 5.37 84 74,222,700] 51,364,588,564) 2,730,441,810 170,936,147 8.981,716 5.25 81,722,700 77,020,672,494) 3,515,037,741 254,193,639) 11.600,785 4.56 100,672,700 74,753,189,436 3,377,504,072 245,898,649 11,110,211 4.51 HOSPITAL FOR POOR CONSUMPTIVES. The Free Hospital for Poor Consumptives at Philadelphia is an institution which has accomplished much good, and is destined to do more. They have 90 beds at the White Haven Sanatorium and are supporting 40 to 50 beds in Philadelphia for dying cases. It costs about $3,000 a month to keep the good work going, and they appeal to the public for assistance in sums no matter how small. A bed can be endowed by the payment of $5,000 at one time, or a memorial cottage by the payment of $10,000 at one time. They say in their appeal that the dollars of the many are worth more to the consumptive poor than the dollars of the few, hence their appeal for small subscriptions. The treasurer of the association is Edward A. Miller, No. 404 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa., to whom money may be sent. Statistics of American and Foreign Shipping. VESSELS BUILT IN THE UNITED STATES-1868 TO 1902. (From the latest report of the Commissioners of Navigation.) Sailing vessels. Steam vessels Canal boats. Barges. Grand total. 48 590 192 910 142,742 88 149,029 69 1871 40 14 498 204 756 97,176 78 76,291 154 106,331 106,066 66,867 59.057 62 86 236 63,940] 4,069 293 35,733 1,132 193,030 1882 473 160 666 188 208 397 118,798 61 126 315 502 121,843] 68 7,882 135 33,746 137,046 46 90 303 439 107,229 42 4,711 120,621 32 733 103 275 410 91,328 33 21 23 488 185,037 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 144.290 83,217 49,348 19 37,827 26 34,900 17 70 161 65,236 25 84 64,308 20 88 180 34,416 15 170 209 2,386 14 182 243 439 151,058 1,411 401 49,496 116,460 19 117 286 422 202,528 4.492 483 70,310] 1,447 393,790 0 259 261 526 126,165 21, 131 354 506 273,591 9,078 469 74,655 1,580 483,489 0 316 256 581 97,698 27 137) 415 579 308,178] 44 4,539 287 58,416] 1,491 468,331 66 16,443 293 83,720] 14 11 1,225 38 5,723 920 159,056 715 95,453 844 150,450 1,014 218,086 1,077 231,134 1,051 294,122 1,384 369,302 1,395 199,633 956 211,639 838 131,195 694 111,602 1,495 20 179 37,818 952 180,458 TONNAGE ADDED TO THE MERCHANT NAVIES OF THE WORLD. (American reported gross tonnage, others net.) |