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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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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
PROVIDENCE DIRECTORY, FOR YEAR ENDING APRIL 1931
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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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
128
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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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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Banks
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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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
132
PROVIDENCE DIRECTORY, FOR YEAR ENDING APRIL 1931
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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Banks
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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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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
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PROVIDENCE DIRECTORY, FOR YEAR ENDING APRIL 1931
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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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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