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Show The Aorltl niter Itailk. Xew York, Nor. 13. At the Clearing House it was learned tlial a large contractor was debtor to the bank to the extent of S500,)00. Six or seven other contractors arc ako debtors to the bank for Urge amoiints. The collaterals fiireecuri-ty fiireecuri-ty nf th el r loans al e Jald bj bo claims against the city. Cytale aujierintendcnt ot Banks Preston tonight made a statement of the liabilities and asscla o( the North River Bank, .showing the assets to be $2 6311,040 and the liabilities lia-bilities S2.C57.1S7, giving a surplus of JJ2.M2. Preston said he fodnd that there existed no very large obligations ob-ligations of individual directors to the bank. 11 e stated posltl vely that the Dotes In the bank are gilt-edged in every particular. In lus opinion tlio trouble was that the bank had not kept a large enough surplus on hand. He would gle tile Institution Institu-tion an opportunity to resume if they could so arrange within a reasonable rea-sonable time, but not until he was assured that depositors would be provided for. |