Show MR GAGES C GREAT R E AT BANK unparalleled success of jf the pint national of Ch chicago lesco 1 the in 1868 began mr G gages a I 1 s e connection 0 n n e e tion with greatest crea test of wes western tern van banks k s t the h e first na dional of chicago for be the i j years was assistant cashier and on its reorganization i in 1882 he became the vice president and i general deml manager in 1881 1891 he be succeeded to abe with an annual atla salary of 0 i rt nah not the largest d i er in th the fa first Nati national oual bank he Is the mainspring nt the institution and the whole I 1 financial world accords him credit for tb r T masterly management which has haa made it I 1 the gibraltar of 0 western capital since its ita reorganization sixteen years ago it has as acco t mutated a surplus p of and its deposits i are not dt infrequently greater than those of any ally other banking house in ameri lea im its foreign business alone amounts to i 1 annually its capital stock la Is and the annual dividends thereon tiereo are 12 per cut clit and have been for years ithe the stock has baa sold as high as a share I 1 A late comptroller of the currency said bald that ain I 1 in legitimate banking business dis associated I 1 from kite flying and ana speculation there to I 1 i only one institution that surpasses it iv the bank ot of england from F rom L lyman man J t C gage age a character sketch by moses P handy in march review revie W of reviews I 1 |