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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



In the following April Henry H. Cook, Esq., was elected 

 to the vacant presidency, and W. W. Allen appointed cashier. 

 Under the active management of Constant and Henry H. 

 Cook, the bank has always done a safe and prudent business. 

 We append the first and last published reports of the bank : 



WEEKLY STATEMENT, BANK OF BATH. 



Bath, N. Y., April 22, 1854. 



Stocks $25,485 



Bonds and mortgages 25,237 



Cash items $1111.48 



" amount notes 5336 



" foreign 817 



" specie 697.31 



$7,961.79 



Bills discounted 1,527.16 



North River Bank 5,474.47 



Commercial Bank, Troy 1,305.16 



A. S. Foster, broker 998.42 



$67,989.00 



Capital $50,722 



Emission 1 $1000 



'' 2 2000 



" 5 5000 



'' 5 5000 



$13,000 



PROFIT AND LOSS. 



Discount $22.87 



. Postage 06 $22.93 



Premium 15.59 7.34 



Individual deposits 4,259.66 



$67,989.00 



REPORT 



Of the condition of the First National Bank of Bath, at Bath, in 

 the State of New York, at the close of business on the 1st day of Oc- 

 tober, 1878. 



RESOURCES. 



Loans and discounts $360,558.43 



Overdrafts 1,671.37 



U. S. bonds to secure circulation 100,000.00 



U. S. bonds on hand 50.00 



Due from approved reserve agents 7,736.92 



Due from other national banks 2,384.66 



Due from State banks and bankers 23,292.54 



Banking-house 10,000.00 



Checks and other cash items, including stamps.. 1,775.55 



Bills of other banks 643.00 



Fractional currency 76.00 



Specie, gold coin $750 



Specie, silver coin 197 



947.00 



Legal tender notes 8,650.00 



Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer 3,800.00 



$521,585.47 



LIABILITIES. 



Capital stock paid in $100,000.00 



Surplus fund 20,000.00 



Undivided profits 9,502.25 



Circulating notes received from comp- 

 troller $90,000 



Less am't on hand and with comptroller 



for burning 



90,000.00 



Individual deposits subject to check 191,212.22 



Demand certificates of deposit 10,871.00 



Due to other national banks 



Due to State banks and bankers 



Bills payable 100,000.00 



$521,585.47 



I, W. W. Allen, cashier of the First National Bank of Bath, do 

 solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my 

 knowledge and belief. 



W. W. Allen, Cashier. 



E. C. Cook, •\ 

 [Correct Attest.] L. D. Hodgman, > Directors. 



W. W. Allen, J 

 State of New York, i 

 County op Steuben, j 

 Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of October, 1878. 



C. F. Kingsley, Notary Public. 



GEORGE W. HALLACK S BANK. 



The banking house of George W. Hallack, Bath, N. Y., 

 was established Jan. 1, 1849. George W. Hallack, Presi- 

 dent ; Wm. S. Hubbell, Cashier. Mr. Hallack has remained 

 president ever since. Mr. Hubbell was cashier up to the 

 time of his death, in 1873, and was succeeded by F. H. 

 Dildine for one year. W. H. Hallack was then appointed 

 cashier, and has so remained ever since. 



In January, 1862, the old bank building was destroyed 

 by fire. The present building was immediately erected, and 

 the fine banking-room and ofiices fitted up for the business, 

 which has steadily prospered, and commands a large share 

 of the confidence and patronage of the business public. 



Mr. Hallack is a native of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., born 

 Nov. 27, 1819, and came to this county in 1833. 



MASONIC. 



Bath Chapter, No. 95, was instituted Feb. 4, 1852. 

 Louis Biles was the first H. P. ; William Hamilton, K. ; 

 and John B. Gansevoort, S. The present officers are Isaac 

 J. Merrill, H. P. ; Henry Faucett, K. ; Byron W. Yost, S. ; 

 James Faulkner, C. of H. ; Charles Dudley, P. S. ; Thomas 

 Davison, P. A. C. ; Henry Leigh, M. 3d Y. ; Charles A. 

 Clark, M. 2d Y. ; George Sutherland, M. 1st Y. ; Yal. 

 Brother, Sec. ; Jonas Yan Wie, Treas. ; Charles B. Mowers, 

 Tyler. 



Konhocton Council, No. 4; instituted Feb. 7, 1871. 

 The following were the first officers of the lodge : 0. West 

 Lackey, Master ; W. H. Shepard, D. M. ; E. G. Smead, 

 P. C. W. The officers at present are I. J. Merrill, Mas- 

 ter ; W. H. Shepard, D. M. ; James Faulkner, P. C. W. ; 

 Charles Dudley, C. of G. ; Henry Faucett, C. of C. ; Thos. 

 Davison, Steward; Samuel Scott, Sentinel; Thomas B. 

 Butherford, Treas. ; Y. Brother, Bee. 



KNIGHTS OF HONOR. 



Present Officers. — William McFie, Dictator; James 

 Faulkner, Yice-D. ; Charles S. Allison, Asst. D. ; Henry 

 Faucett, Past D. ; W. H. Young, Beporter ; D. C. Alden, 

 F. B.; E. H. Hasting, Treas.; 0. W. Lackey, Guide; S. 

 C. Thorp, Guard ; Charles Stratton, Sent. ; A. H. Otis, 

 Chap. 



ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN. 



Present Officers. — Henry Faucett, M. W. ; Andrew 

 Crook, G. F. ; Chas. S. Allison, 0. ; F. E. Cruttenden, Be- 

 corder; D. C. Alden, Financier; H. B. Williams, Beceiver; 

 S. C. Thorp, I. W. ; L. D. Cardwell, 0. W. ; S. L. Hoi- 

 comb, Guide ; W. H. Shepard, P. M. W. 



CHURCHES. 

 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BATH. 



Some time in 1805, Mr. John Niles, a young man in 

 feeble health, who had been licensed to preach, came from 

 Prattsburgh occasionally, and held religious services. In 

 June, 1806, his health having improved, he received ordi- 

 nation from the Ontario Association of Congregational 

 Churches, after which he supplied the church of Pratts- 

 burgh one-half of his time, and preached the other half at 

 Bath. On the 16th of January, 1806, a religious society 



