Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1902 — Twenty-Five Banks to Merge. [ARTICLE]

Twenty-Five Banks to Merge.

New York special: The incorporation under the laws of New Jersey of the Interstate Trust company is the first step, it is declared, in a proposal to merge under one management a chain of twenty-one banks, extending from the extreme East to the middle West Negotiations are going on with bankers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. Most of these institutions are Known as "country banks," but a few are located in large cities.