The Providence Directory and Rhode Island State Business Directory, 1930, Part 21

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Publication date: 1930
Publisher: Sampson & Murdoch Company
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209-219 GROSVENOR BUILDING


10 WEYBOSSET STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I. Telephone GAspee 7100


W. W. WHITE & CO.


Investment Securities


TURKS HEAD BUILDING PROVIDENCE, R. I.


Telephones GAspee 5561 and 6677


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EDWARD C. BIXBY (& CO., Inc. DEALERS IN


High Grade Stocks and Bonds


SPECIALISTS IN BONDS AND STOCKS OF PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS Local Stocks Bought and Sold


HOSPITAL TRUST BLDG. PROVIDENCE, R. I. Telephones GAspee 7838-7839


CHARLES A. KILVERT E. BRUCE MERRIMAN


PHILIP S. CHASE HARRIE N. ARNOLD DUNCAN LANGDON


C. A. KILVERT & CO.


Investments


TURKS HEAD BUILDING PROVIDENCE, R. I. (Street Floor)


LEE, HIGGINSON (& CO.


Investment Securities


622 Hospital Trust Building, Providence, R. I. Telephones GAspee 9582 and 9583


DORRANCE & COMPANY


Investment Securities


619-620 NEW INDUSTRIAL TRUST BUILDING PROVIDENCE, R. I.


Telephone GAspee 9360


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Bankers and Brokers


118


PROVIDENCE DIRECTORY, FOR YEAR ENDING APRIL 1931


F. B. KEECH & CO.


Members of the New York Stock Exchange Members of the New York Cotton Exchange Members of the New York Curb Market Members of the Chicago Stock Exchange Members of the Washington Stock Exchange Members of the Chicago Board of Trade Members of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange Liverpool Cotton Exchange, Ltd. Associate Members


Stocks and Bonds COTTON and GRAIN


Private Wires to New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington, Baltimore, Richmond


200 GROSVENOR BUILDING, PROVIDENCE, R. I. TELEPHONE GAspee 8775-8776-8777-8778-8779 FREDERIC B. READ, Local Manager NEW YORK OFFICE, 52 BROADWAY


STRANAHAN & COMPANY INCORPORATED


Investment Securities


712 INDUSTRIAL TRUST BUILDING, PROVIDENCE TELEPHONE GAspee 6080


TELEPHONE GAspee 8950 MacCOLL, FRASER & WHEELER BONDS AND STOCKS 640 HOSPITAL TRUST BUILDING PROVIDENCE, R. I.


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Kidder, Peabody & Co.


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FOUNDED IN 1865 Members of the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges


U. S. Government Bonds Investment Securities Letters of Credit Foreign Exchange


Correspondents of BARING BROTHERS & CO., LTD. LONDON


100 GROSVENOR BUILDING


Telephone GAspee 3500


PROVIDENCE, R. I.


Main Offices


115 Devonshire Street, Boston 17 Wall Street, New York


BRANCHES OFFICES


216 BERKELEY ST., BOSTON 10 EAST 45TH STREET, NEW YORK


COOLIDGE CORNER, BROOKLINE, MASS. 5 CLINTON ST., NEWARK, N. J. HARVARD SQUARE, CAMBRIDGE, MASS.


Investments DILLON, READ & CO.


represented by


C. Lloyd Thomas John M. Hart A. Ormond Saart


1125 Hospital Trust Building, Providence Telephone-GAspee 8810


H. M. Byllesby and Company INCORPORATED


BONDS AND STOCKS


1408 TURKS HEAD BUILDING, PROVIDENCE, R. I. CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON


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120


PROVIDENCE DIRECTORY, FOR YEAR ENDING APRIL 1931


BODELL && CO.


INVESTMENT BONDS PREFERRED STOCKS AND LOCAL SECURITIES


32 CUSTOM HOUSE STREET, PROVIDENCE


NEW YORK NEW HAVEN 177 Church Street


HARTFORD


BOSTON


17 East 42nd Street


15 Lewis Street


35 Congress Street


Newton P. Hutchison Maurice A. Wolf J. Taylor Wilson


HUTCHISON & CO.


Investment Securities NATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK BUILDING 17 EXCHANGE STREET - PROVIDENCE, R. I.


Telephones GAspee 9864 and 9865


H. Y. STITES (& CO.


INVESTIGATED INVESTMENTS


925 INDUSTRIAL TRUST BUILDING PROVIDENCE, R. I Telephones GAspee 6253-6254


SMITH, GRAHAM (& ROCKWELL


Members New York Stock Exchange Associate Members N. Y. Curb Market


49 WESTMINSTER STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.


TELEPHONE DExter 3400


NEW YORK


CHICAGO


PHILADELPHIA ROCHESTER


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121


FOUNDED 1851 INVESTMENTS ESTABROOK CO.


835-836 HOSPITAL TRUST BUILDING, PROVIDENCE


15 State Street Boston


Members New York and Boston Stock Exchanges


24 Broad Street New York.


PAINE, WEBBER & COMPANY


Established 1880


Investment Securities


Members New York and Boston Stock Exchanges


636 HOSPITAL TRUST BLDG., PROVIDENCE, R. I. BOSTON


CHICAGO PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK


Telephone GAspee 2193


JACKSON CURTIS


Represented by WILLIAM B. SLATER


Investment Securities Members of New York, Boston and Chicago Stock Exchanges. New York Curb


Telephone GAspee 6632 512 Hospital Trust Building Providence, R. I.


Specializing in New York Bank Stocks Fletcher & Schwartz Bonds and Stocks 731 Hospital Trust Bldg. Providence, R. I. Telephone DExter 4100


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122


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ROBERT C. CHAPIN, Manager


ESTABLISHED 1870


SPENCER TRASK & CO.


Investment Securities Members New York and Chicago Stock Exchanges HOSPITAL TRUST BUILDING, PROVIDENCE, R. I. Telephones GAspee 1062-1063


New York


Albany


Boston


Chicago Philadelphia


Detroit


Newark


London


Telephones GAspee 2468-2469-2470


STONE & WEBSTER and BLODGET INCORPORATED


Investment Securities


1206 Turks Head Building


Providence, R. I.


New York


Boston .. Chicago Philadelphia


RUSSELL, BERG & CUMMINGS Investment Counsel We are neither dealers nor brokers, but serve only as financial advisors BOSTON .. NEW YORK


235 Hospital Trust Building .. Providence, R. I.


Telephone GAspee 2716


BYRON A. WATERMAN HENRY S. ROBINSON


RUSH STURGES H. A. WATERWORTH


SCUDDER, STEVENS & CLARK


Investment Counsel 2301 INDUSTRIAL TRUST BLDG., PROVIDENCE Telephone GAspee 1200 10 P. O. Square, Boston, Mass. New York


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123


HORNBLOWER WEEKS


Established 1888 BENJAMIN L. COOK, MANAGER


110 GROSVENOR BUILDING Telephone DExter 7600


Stocks and Bonds


Our own offices are located in the following cities which we reach by private wires as we do our correspondents in every important city in the United States


New York Boston Chicago Detroit


Portland, Me.


Pittsburg, Pa.


Cleveland, Ohio


Members of New York, Boston, Chicago and Providence Exchanges


H. BIGELOW HILLS


INVESTMENT SECURITIES


533 Hospital Trust Building Providence, R. I.


Telephone GAspee 3187


LATHROP & COMPANY


Investment Securities


1018 HOSPITAL TRUST BLDG., PROVIDENCE, R. I.


Phones > GAspee 0204 ? GAspee 7550


CURTIS & SANGER


STOCKS and BONDS INVESTMENT SECURITIES Members New York and Boston Stock Exchanges Telephones DExter 0124-0125 938 HOSPITAL TRUST BUILDING, PROVIDENCE, R. I.


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124 PROVIDENCE DIRECTORY, FOR YEAR ENDING APRIL 1931


THE FIRST NATIONAL


CORPORATION


OLD COLONY CORPORATION


Represented by R. H. GOFF


INVESTMENT SECURITIES Telephone GAspee 7873 234 Hospital Trust Bldg. Providence, R. I.


CHAS. L. VAUGHAN C. LINCOLN VAUGHAN, JR.


C. L. VAUGHAN & CO.


Investment Securities


TURKS HEAD BLDG. PROVIDENCE, R. I.


TELEPHONES GAspee


8908-8909


28910-8911


.


A. C. ALLYN AND COMPANY INCORPORATED


Investment Securities Represented by GEORGE HAZARD MEAD Telephone DExter 1644


919 NEW INDUSTRIAL TRUST BLDG., PROVIDENCE


BOSTON NEW YORK


CHICAGO


DETROIT PHILADELPHIA


MILWAUKEE MINNEAPOLIS ST. LOUIS


SAN FRANCISCO


H. H. WHITNEY COMPANY Investments


Associated Standard Oilstocks Petroleum Royalties Company Clarence Hodson & Co. Securities 20th FLOOR, INDUSTRIAL TRUST BUILDING PROVIDENCE, R. I. GAspee 5600-5601


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ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT


JAMES W. TINGLEY (& CO.


Investment Securities Telephones GAspee 6715-6716-3214


49 WESTMINSTER ST., ROOM 702, PROVIDENCE, R. I.


I am looking for some one LIKEWISE


Some one is looking for me


If I have something to sell and I am not listed in this


=DIRECTORY =


I LOSE A CUSTOMER


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126


PROVIDENCE DIRECTORY, FOR YEAR ENDING APRIL 1931


CRANSTON LOAN CO. LOANS


We Make Loans from $50.00 to $5,000.


SERVICE -Confidential and Prompt Example of $100.00 Loan


Note for one year $100.00


Charges deducted -


Interest $6.00


Investigation fee


2.00


8.00


Net Cash given Borrower 92.00


Weekly Payments


2.00


Amount accumulated in 50 weeks


100.00


When you borrow of the Cranston Loan you are assured of courtesy and fair treatment.


INVESTMENTS


What Our 6% Certificates of Investment Are


Cranston Loan Investment Certificates are is- sued in denominations of $50.00 upwards.


They are absolutely safe. They earn 6% and are Redeemable for full face value at any time you want your money.


CRANSTON LOAN CO.


Has Offices at


1647 CRANSTON STREET CRANSTON, R. I.


Tel. WEst 5215


2045 SMITH STREET


CENTREDALE, R. I.


Tel. Centredale 449


282 TAUNTON AVE.


EAST PROVIDENCE, R. I.


EAst Providence 0506


OFFICE HOURS


Daily 9 A.M. to 7.30 P.M.


Saturday 9 A.M. to 8.00 P.M.


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THE MORRIS PLAN


A Friendly Financial Service To Borrower and Investor


LOANS


To any person of character and sufficient earning power. Here, the salaried employee, wage earner and small merchant can obtain ready funds. Loans are made in amounts ranging from $50 to $5000 for one year or less, repaid in weekly or monthly installments.


Co-maker loans up to $2000. insured without cost to borrower.


INVESTMENTS


MORRIS PLAN 5% IN- VESTMENT CERTIFICATES in denominations of $1000, $500, $100 and $50-safe, sound and redeemable for full face value whenever you want the cash. These certificates may also be purchased on the installment plan as low as $1.00 a week.


TALK IT OVER WITH US


THE MORRIS PLAN COMPANY OF RHODE ISLAND


25 Canal Street


WOONSOCKET PAWTUCKET


PROVIDENCE


NEWPORT WEST WARWICK


30 Olneyville Square


EAST PROVIDENCE WESTERLY


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Banks


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PROVIDENCE DIRECTORY, FOR YEAR ENDING APRIL 1931


ESTABLISHED 1851


The National Bank of Commerce OF PROVIDENCE


Bank of Commerce Building


Capital Surplus and Profits


$850,000


$1,332,500


C. PRESCOTT KNIGHT, Chairman of the Board HENRY L. WILCOX, President FRANK W. GALE, Vice-President WILLIAM P. CHAPIN, Jr., Vice-President and Trust Officer W. HOWARD PERRY, Cashier EDWARD B. FESSENDEN, Asst. Cashier VERRANO C.HART, Asst. I rust Officer


C. Prescott Knight Edward Aborn Greene Henry L. Wilcox William P. Chapin, Jr.


Board of Directors


C. Prescott Knight, Jr. Hovey T. Freeman Llewellyn W. Jones Adolph T. Vigneron


Abbott Phillips Edgar M. Docherty Arthur W. Newell Howard Knight


Discount, Monday 10.30 A.M. Dividends, April and October


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129


Your Money


will be safe if you keep it in the bank of Friendly Service


THE MECHANICS NATIONAL BANK OF PROVIDENCE


34 Dorrance Street, Opposite City Hall INCORPORATED 1823


SAVINGS ACCOUNTS MORTGAGES


CHECKING ACCOUNTS TRAVEL CHECKS


President, CHARLES C. HARRINGTON Cashier, SHIRLEY HARRINGTON Assistant Cashier, FREDERICK A. CHURCH Assistant Cashier, HENRY R. CHADSEY


DIRECTORS


Charles C. Harrington E. Tudor Gross J. Palmer Barstow Manton N. Coombs


Arthur S. Vaughn Everett S. Hartwell Shirley Harrington Ashbel T. Wall, Jr.


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130


PROVIDENCE DIRECTORY, FOR YEAR ENDING APRIL 1931


BLACKSTONE CANAL NATIONAL BANK


20 Market Square


Banking Department- Checking Accounts of Corporations, Firms and Individuals.


Trust Department - This Bank acts as Executor, Administra- tor and Trustee and in other fiduciary ca- pacities.


Capital $500,000 Surplus and Profits over $1,000,000


President, ALBERT R. PLANT Vice-President, JOHN B. BRANCH Cashier, CHARLES P. BROWN


C. Moulton Stone Charles H. Merriman Frank O. Field John B. Branch


DIRECTORS


Albert R. Plant William A. Viall Fletcher S. Mason


Henry S. Chafee Frank L. Hinckley Francis M. Smith G. Edward Buxton


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Banks


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131


Providence Institution for Savings


HOME OFFICE 86 SOUTH MAIN STREET


BRANCHES EMPIRE-ABORN STREETS, BETWEEN WESTMINSTER AND WASHINGTON STREETS. OLNEYVILLE BRANCH, 1917-1921 WESTMINSTER ST. PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND


Resources over $58,000,000 Guaranty and Surplus Fund over $2,275,000 Deposits over $56,000,000


OFFICERS


WILSON G. WING, President FRANK W. MATTESON, 1st Vice-President WILLIAM GAMMELL Jr, 2nd Vice-President ROBERT H. I. GODDARD, 3rd Vice-President


BOARD OF INVESTMENT


WILSON G. WING FRANK W. MATTESON


WILLIAM GAMMELL, JR.


FRANCIS M. SMITH


ROBERT H. I. GODDARD


BOARD OF TRUSTEES


HENRY D. SHARPE


FRANCIS M. SMITH


ROBERT H. I. GODDARD


PAUL C. DEWOLF


FRANK W. MATTESON


FRANK E. RICHMOND


WILLIAM L. HODGMAN


WILSON G. WING


WILLIAM GAMMELL, JR.


EVERITTE STJ. CHAFFEE


HENRY S. CHAFEE JOHN B. LEWIS


WILLIAM L. SWEET JOHN NICHOLAS BROWN


LEBARON BRADFORD, Treasurer


.FRANK M. MASON, Secretary and Clerk of


EZRA W. MASON, Assistant Treasurer the Corporation


WILLIAM H. CONGDON, Asst. Treasurer HARRY V. MAYO, Assistant Secretary


PARDON R. KENNEY, Assistant Secretary


Interest paid from day of deposit to day of withdrawal. Your money starts working for you immediately.


Withdrawals may be made without forfeiting interest.


Dividends semi-annually, January 16 and July 16, at 4% per annum.


$1.00 will open a new account; $5.00 draws interest.


Deposits will be received by mail. Addressed envelopes, etc., will be sup- plied upon request.


This is a MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK; all earnings belong to depositors; there are no stock-holders.


THE OLD STONE BANK Incorporated 1819


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Banks


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ESTABLISHED 1791


PROVIDENCE NATIONAL BANK


100 WESTMINSTER STREET


Empire Street Branch CORNER EMPIRE AND WASHINGTON STREETS


Oldest Bank in America under National Charter


Capital, $1,500,000 Surplus, $2,500,000


OFFICERS


MOSES J. BARBER, Chairman of the Board THOMAS L. PIERCE, President EARL G. BATTY, Vice-Pres. and Cashier CHARLES M. SMITH 111, Trust Officer FRANK L. SAWYER, Asst. Cashier GEORGE A. FREEMAN, Asst. Cashier CHARLES L. EDDY, Asst. Cashier HENRY H. EDDY, Assistant Cashier


EMPIRE STREET BRANCH


FRANK L. SAWYER, Manager CHARLES L. EDDY, Asst. Manager


DIRECTORS


Charles H. Newell


William B. McBee William Gammell, Jr. John B. Lewis Moses J. Barber Paul C. DeWolf


Frank E. Richmond


Richard S. Aldrich


Edward P. Jastram


Earl G. Batty


A. Livingston Kelley


Wilson G. Wing


John Nicholas Brown Thomas L. Pierce


Lauriston H. Hazard


William L. Sweet Frederick T. Moses


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An Account at Any of these Hospital Trust Offices Gives You Service at All


EAST SIDE - WEST SIDE - DOWN TOWN


Wherever you happen to be ....... at the moment ....... in business or residence, Hospital Trust service is convenient. Your account at any one of these Hospital Trust offices gives you complete and instant service any time at any of the others, without even the bother of formal identification.


All branches connected by private telephone with Main Office.


Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company


Main Office, 15 Westminster St.


East Side Branch West Side Branch


Cor. Angell & Thayer Sts. Cor. Weybosset, Empire & Broad Sts.


Branches also in Pawtucket and Woonsocket


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Banks


134


PROVIDENCE DIRECTORY, FOR YEAR ENDING APRIL 1931


Union Trust Company


Capital $1,000,000 Surplus $1,000,000


Transacts a General Banking and Trust Business


DIRECTORS


Philip Allen George F. Berkander


Robert H. Champlin, Jr.


Walter F. Farrell


Harold C. Field


C. Joseph Fox


William B. Greenough John W. Keefe, M.D. Aram A. Milot


Samuel M. Nicholson Marsden J. Perry Marsden J. Perry, Jr. Albert A. Remington Charles A. Russell Joseph Samuels Emery J. San Souci


William G. Thurber George W. Thurston


Byron S. Watson


OFFICERS


WALTER F. FARRELL, President FRANK E. CHAFEE, Vice-Pres. JOHN CONGDON, Vice-Pres. LOUIS R. HOLMES, Treasurer


H. RAYMOND FOX, Secretary


W. DeLANCEY JACOBS, Asst. Treas. HOWARD F. WILLIAMS, Asst. Sec. WILLIAM A. SOBAN, Asst. Sec.


BRANCHES


HOPKINS SQUARE BRANCH


Frederick F. Simonini, Mgr.


OLNEYVILLE


Harold B. St.John, Mgr.


EAST GREENWICH


Howard V. Allen, Mgr.


ARCTIC


Hector A. Gilman, Mgr.


WOONSOCKET Harry S. Rickards, Mgr.


62 Dorrance Street, Corner Westminster Street


FOREIGN EXCHANGE


INTEREST ON DEPOSITS SAVINGS DEPARTMENT


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135


A Mutual Bank in which the Depositors Share the Profits


PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK CUR


Established in 1851 Seventy-nine Years On Market Square Now Paying interest at 42 %


SE


Banking Hours 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. Saturdays-9 A. M. to 12 Wednesday Evenings-5 to 8.30


Conveniently Located at


27 Market Square, Providence, R. I.


Chairman of the Board, WEBSTER KNIGHT President, CHARLES C. MARSHALL


JOHN B. BRANCH


GEORGE M. SNOW


WILLIAM P. CHAPIN


Board of Trustees


CHARLES H. MERRIMAN


WILLIAM B. MacCOLL


HERBERT W. RICE


CLINTON F. STEVENS


G. MAURICE CONGDON FRANK O. FIELD


LAURISTON H. HAZARD WALTER R. CALLENDER CHARLES C. MARSHALL EDGAR W. SHAW


CLINTON F. STEVENS, Treasurer and Secretary ROBERT W. UPHAM, Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary RAYMOND H. BLAKE, Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary WILLIAM P. DODGE, Assistant Secretary


Money deposited at this Mutual Bank on or before the 16th of any month draws interest from the first of that month unless it is withdrawn before the next semi- annual dividend payable is


PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK


$1.00 Opens an Account


and draws 4}% interest compounded semi-annually


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WEBSTER KNIGHT JOHN B. BRANCH WILLIAM GROSVENOR GEORGE M. SNOW


WILLIAM P. CHAPIN


FREDERIC W. HOWE


Vice Presidents


Banks


136


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The Sturdy Oak of Upper Westminster Street


HIGH STREET BANK


846 WESTMINSTER STREET Incorporated June 1828


CAPITAL SURPLUS


-


$120,000


$170,000


OFFICERS


President


Vice-President


Vice-President


Cashier


VICTOR H. FRAZIER


Assistant Cashier


LOVETT C. RAY


Assistant Cashier


HOWARD A. JEPSON


DIRECTORS


HENRY A. GRIMWOOD


CHARLES F. IRONS


WILLIAM A. HATHAWAY


CHARLES C. DARLING


ARTHUR L. PECK


WALTER C. NYE


SAMUEL J. GREENE


JOHN E. CANNING


J. FRED GIBSON HOWARD F. BARKER


VICTOR H. FRAZIER


This Institution Invites Accounts of Firms Corporations and Individuals


PLENTY OF PARKING SPACE


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HENRY A. GRIMWOOD


WILLIAM A. HATHAWAY


ARTHUR L. PECK


Banks


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137


Citizens' Savings Bank


JUNCTION


WESTMINSTER AND CRANSTON STREETS


President-WALTER C. NYE


Vice-Presidents


CHARLES F. IRONS


CHARLES C. DARLING


ARTHUR B. HATHAWAY


TRUSTEES


WALTER C. NYE CHARLES F. IRONS CHARLES C. DARLING ARTHUR B. HATHAWAY EDWIN O. CHASE


ARTHUR O. OSTBY ARTHUR L. PECK ARTHUR S. VAUGHN SPENCER B. HOPKINS ARCHIE W. MERCHANT


WILLIAM A. HATHAWAY J. FRED GIBSON HENRY A. GRIMWOOD JOSEPH H. GAINER ROGER W. COOKE


BOARD OF INVESTMENT


WALTER C. NYE ARTHUR B. HATHAWAY EDWIN O. CHASE ARTHUR O. OSTBY


ARTHUR L. PECK ARTHUR S. VAUGHN SPENCER B. HOPKINS ARCHIE W. MERCHANT WILLIAM A. HATHAWAY


J. FRED GIBSON HENRY A. GRIMWOOD JOSEPH H. GAINER ROGER W. COOKE


Treasurer-ROGER W. COOKE Assistant Treasurer-CHARLES H. JACKSON Assistant Treasurer-PHILLIPS R. WEATHERBEE


Dividends January and July. Deposits made on or before the sixteenth of any month draw interest from the first.


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Banks


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PROVIDENCE DIRECTORY, FOR YEAR ENDING APRIL 1931


Main Office in Providence Branches throughout the State


Officers


SAMUEL M. NICHOLSON Chairman of the Board of Directors


FLORRIMON M. HOWE President


Vice Presidents


JOSHUA M. ADDEMAN GEORGE W. GARDINER EBEN N. LITTLEFIELD


JAMES R. MacCOLL MICHAEL F. DOOLEY


HOWARD W. FITZ


EARL S. CRAWFORD CHESTER R. MARTIN


ROBERT J. CONNERY


Assistant Secretaries GEORGE E. GALE CHARLES W. BISHOP


HOWARD H. WILKINSON


Treasurer's Department


ERNEST CLAYTON Treasurer


ELLERY HOLBROOK Assistant Treasurer


J. CUNLIFFE BULLOCK Vice President


EVERETT S. HARTWELL Vice President


WILLIAM METCALFE


MALCOLM E. READ Assistant Trust Officer


ROBERT S. GRANT, Assistant Trust Officer


Loan Department HARRY C. OWEN Vice President and Secretary CLYDE A. RINES Assistant Secretary ELMER D. NICKERSON Assistant Secretary


JOSHUA M. ADDEMAN EBEN N. LITTLEFIELD EZRA DIXON SAMUEL M. NICHOLSON JAMES R. MacCOLL WALTER S. BALLOU JAMES M. PENDLETON EVERETT I. ROGERS ERLING C. OSTBY EDWARD H. RATHBUN HENRY A. HOFFMAN


Foreign Department W. GRANVILLE MEADER Vice President FELIX FERRARIS Assistant Secretary


Bond Department ELMER F. SEABURY Vice President NICHOLAS E. CARR Assistant Secretary CLARENCE B. COLEMAN Assistant Secretary


Auditor CARLETON E. TAFT


Board of Directors


ALFRED M. COATS EDWARD B. ALDRICH FLORRIMON M. HOWE FREDERIC W. HOWE WALTER F. ANGELL HARRY PARSONS CROSS GEORGE M. PARKS PAUL C. NICHOLSON HERBERT G. BEEDE JOSEPH B. MCINTYRE JOSEPH W. FREEMAN FORREST W. TAYLOR


WEBSTER KNIGHT GEORGE W. GARDINER BYRON S. WATSON HAROLD T. MERRIMAN JOSEPH SAMUELS ERVIN S. DUNN MICHAEL F. DOOLEY FREDERICK S. PECK E. TUDOR GROSS EDMUND C. MAYO ROBERT B. DRESSER


INDUSTRIAL TRUST COMPANY


Resources More Than $150,000,000


Member of Federal Reserve System


E. Providence


Pawtucket Newport


Woonsocket


Bristol


Westerly


Pascoak


Warren


Wickford


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Five PROVIDENCE Offices 111 Westminster St. - 63 Westminster Street 1473 Broad Street - 220 Atwells Avenue 002 Elmwood Avenue


Trust Department HENRY C. JACKSON Trust Officer


Trust Officer


CLAYTON D. SHELDON Assistant Trust Officer


FREDERICK S. PECK WARD E. SMITH


Banks


ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT


139


Incorporated 1835


Reorganized as a National 1865


The Phenix National Bank


OF PROVIDENCE 85-89 WESTMINSTER STREET


Capital Surplus and Profits


$450,000 $1,400,000


President, WEBSTER KNIGHT Vice-President and Cashier, JAMES E. THOMPSON


Assistant Cashiers FREDERICK W. YORK, CHARLES W. HERRMANN


Webster Knight George E. Boyden


Directors Malcolm G. Chace Arthur M. Allen


Charles T. Aldrich


James E. Thompson


Robert L. Knight Benjamin P. Moulton


Discount, Monday, 11 A.M. Dividends, May 20th and November 20th


Greenville Trust Company


GREENVILLE, RHODE ISLAND Branch Offices, ESMOND AND CENTREDALE


Capital $150,000 Surplus $100,000 Guaranty Fund $29,000


CHESTER E. WALCOTT, President HENRY S. TURNER, Vice President E. CLINTON NICKERSON, Treasurer and Secretary MARSHALL W. MOWRY, Asst. Treasurer WILLIAM A. SPRAGUE, Asst. Treasurer RALPH H. CHAPMAN, Asst. Secretary


CHESTER E. WALCOTT HENRY S TURNER MARSHALL W. MOWRY WILLIAM W. HOPKINS DANIEL A. CLARKE, Jr. ROBERT W. LISTER WILLIAM B. PEARSE


STEPHEN C. IRONS SIDNEY H. MOWRY CHARLES A. STEERE WILLIAM A. SPRAGUE GEORGE E. THURBER MAUDE R. FARNUM


ERNEST E. HOPKINS WALTER G. BROWN


E. CLINTON NICKERSON


RALPH W. BOWEN RALPH H. CHAPMAN


HARRY SHARP


INTEREST FROM THE FIRST


TELEPHONE CONNECTION BANK HOURS 9 to 3


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Banks


140


PROVIDENCE DIRECTORY, FOR YEAR ENDING APRIL 1931


LINCOLN TRUST COMPANY


61 WEYBOSSET ST. PROVIDENCE, R. I. Business and Personal Accounts Invited


Max Berry Charles Brown Antonio A. Capotosto Emilio N. Capelli Albert H. Daly


DIRECTORS


Jacob Ernstof


Philip C. Joslin


Frank D. McKendall


Anthony V. Pettine


Arthur W. Pierce


Archibald Silverman Peter Simonini George E. Smith Evangeliste Turgeon Manuel F. Williams


OFFICERS FRANK D. McKENDALL Chairman of the Board


ARCHIBALD SILVERMAN. President


PHILIP C. JOSLIN, Vice-President


ARTHUR W. PIERCE, Secretary


GEORGE E. SMITH, Vice-President GEORGE W. HOLT, Jr. Treasurer J. WILLARD BECK, Auditor


F. ARTHUR DeBLASIO, Assistant Treasurer


LINCOLN TRUST COMPANY


Sound Banking Service Courteously Rendered


Columbus Exchange Bank


OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND Member Federal Reserve System


We Transact a General Banking Business


INTEREST ON DEPOSITS Letters of Credit, Drafts and Cheques issued payable in all parts of the World


SPECIAL FOREIGN DEPARTMENT We Buy and Sell Foreign Securities, Etc., and Foreign Money POUND STERLING, NAPOLEONS, ITALIAN LIRE, ETC.


Special Money Orders on Italy


1-2 Market Square Providence, R. I.


BRANCHES


361 ATWELLS AVENUE


1 GOVERNOR STREET


572 CHARLES STREET


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Banks


ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT


141


Citizens Safe Deposit Company


Citizens Savings Bank Building


CANONICUS SQUARE Incorporated in Rhode Island and the Capital Stock of this Company is Publicly Owned


The Vault is the Last Word in Safe Deposit Construction


WALTER C. NYE, President C. F. DOYLE, Sec'y & Treas.


ARTHUR L. PECK, Vice-Pres. CHARLES A. GALE, Asst. Treas.


Trustees


CHARLES C. DARLING


SPENCER B. HOPKINS


J. FRED GIBSON


CHARLES F. IRONS


ARCHIE W. MERCHANT


WALTER C. NYE


ARTHUR O. OSTBY


ARTHUR L. PECK


ARTHUR S. VAUGHN


Safe Deposit Boxes Rented and Valuables Stored


PHENIX TRUST COMPANY


710 MAIN ST., WEST WARWICK, R. I.


Capital


Surplus


$100,000


$100,000


DANIEL A. CLARKE, President HAROLD A. CAMPBELL, Vice-President EARL R. HANDY, Secretary and Treasurer MARY E. GLENN, Assistant Treasurer




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