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Newspaper
Syracuse Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1939
Page
93
Financiers in Syracuse discuss the city’s banking arc from the 1830 Onondaga County Bank launch to a modern 1930s system. The piece lists charter dates, mergers, liquidations, and the shift from many banks to a centralized few, with assets and deposits figures and notable institutions named.
Carey Coats opened a Fayetteville tavern in 1800s claiming two spare beds and stables for two horses to obtain a license. An excise board later found insufficient beds for his own family, while his father in law testified that beds were made in a garden to meet the claim.
Mustaches were taboo in Lacly Syracuse, frowned upon by clergy and business men though full beards were acceptable. A H Hovay of Onondaga Bank persisted in wearing a mustache and the agitated director drafted a reprimand to shave it, which was then approved and filed.
A garbled OCR shows notes on several banks in the 1800s including Merchants Bank reorganized December 32 1850 to Merchants National in 1865 later as Merchants National Bank and Trust Company. Burnet Bank chartered 1852 became Fourth National Bank and then New York State Banking Company in 1872, liquidated 1902. Onondaga County Savings Bank began 1855. First National Bank chartered June 22 1663.
The article recalls staff roles at Salt Springs National Bank including president Alfred H. Howlett and cashier Thomas J. Leach. It notes promotions from disjoint clerk to bookkeeper, mentions the Syracuse clearing house, and records later moves to larger offices with the Syracuse Savings Bank building. It also chronicles post banking careers of Kelviz and Mejury with the Trust and Deposit Company and First Trust.
A fragmented 19th century account mentions a village crime wave around Clinton Square in 1649 with a string trick yielding 400 dollars in coins and notes. It recalls 1867 when the New York Central Railroad demolished the First Syracuse depot at Vanderbilt Square with a steam-engine pull and free lumber for firewood, surprising local citizens.
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