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The Mechanics National Bank of

Worcester, Massachusetts

Charter
#1135
Bank ID
1135
Years
1865–1941
Observations
77

Assets

Year assets loans odraft bonds_circ bonds_dep bonds_hand bond_premiums securities_and_mortgages securities securities_usgov securities_other due_from_nb due_from_ra due_from_other_nb due_from_other_nb_and_sb real_estate current_expenses internal_stamps exchanges bills_nb checks_and_other currency legal_tender specie cash_and_exchange lawful_money cash_exchange_and_reserve us_debt redemption_fund due_from_treasurer frb_reserve other_assets
1865 815,244.84 441,328.97 500 200,000 2,300 102,496.26 68,619.61
1866 858,144.52 542,970.72 92.88 200,000 2,300 55,877.52
1867 862,854.98 573,030.28 0 200,000 0 2,300 0 5,000 27,387.08 0 14.99 6,028 438.35 1,207.28 16,599 1,100 29,750 0
1868 878,914.21 575,613.65 0 200,000 0 2,300 0 5,000 35,921.34 0 0 4 8,955 1,129.54 1,867.68 44,948 1,225 1,950 0
1869 985,418.22 648,645.65 619.75 200,000 0 2,300 0 5,000 54,127.16 2,335.05 0 3.15 8,298 1,480.05 864.41 61,745 0 0 0
1870 986,977.15 604,555.68 763.64 200,000 0 2,300 0 5,000 101,825.15 9,600.04 0 35.75 0 2,654 9,678.44 782.45 49,782 0 0 0
1871 929,248.91 619,913.37 228.95 200,000 0 0 0 0 32,779.99 3,323.73 0 0 0 8,807 15,956.85 941.02 47,298 0 0 0
1872 973,542.45 675,977.56 0 200,000 0 0 0 0 29,751.50 4,360.76 0 0 0 10,695 8,457.90 1,386.73 42,913 0 0 0
1873 984,474.77 650,653.01 2.34 200,000 0 0 0 0 60,777.57 5,617.29 0 5,899.31 0 15,346 1,419.90 1,298.35 13,461 0 30,000 0
1874 983,141.58 690,257.09 261.38 200,000 0 0 0 0 46,365.31 5,075.52 0 0 0 6,618 1,157.98 2,286.30 12,120 0 10,000 9,000 0
1875 1,098,528.69 673,790.54 402.75 200,000 0 0 0 0 0 171,917.81 14,262.77 0 0.13 0 9,869 1,124.92 760.77 7,400 0 10,000 9,000 0
1876 948,167.99 621,211.63 599.15 200,000 0 0 0 0 0 65,463.47 9,768.17 0 0 0 9,217 3,764.45 119.12 17,430 1,595 10,000 9,000 0
1877 980,265.93 665,452.70 79.39 200,000 0 0 0 0 0 59,533.17 13,900.80 0 0 0 1,093 1,103.67 218.20 17,395 2,490 10,000 9,000 0
1878 1,003,262.83 576,772.63 9.24 200,000 0 0 0 90,000 0 82,919.23 6,596.63 0 0 0 4,987 1,216.30 218.80 13,508 8,035 10,000 9,000 0
1879 962,468.05 577,352.99 0 200,000 0 0 0 91,000 0 47,568.79 9,568.85 0 0 0 4,103 804.03 100.39 5,185 7,785 10,000 9,000 0
1880 1,075,968.88 630,788.23 614.77 200,000 0 1,000 0 90,000 0 61,156.56 15,910.80 0 0 0 32,988 2,464 105.02 4,525 27,416.50 0 9,000 0
1881 1,368,325.67 721,643.82 156.97 350,000 0 1,000 0 60,000 0 122,625.56 42,271.45 0 0 0 15,058 1,164.57 102.50 3,684 33,371.90 0 17,246.90 0
1882 1,503,881.85 888,951.97 117.77 350,000 0 1,000 0 60,000 0 112,479.68 15,576.03 0 9.53 0 13,803 4,645.58 106.79 6,373 33,068.75 0 17,749.75 0
1883 1,462,958.33 853,267.34 1,618.28 350,000 0 1,000 0 64,750 0 104,695.75 8,989.32 0 0 0 18,067 3,109.03 104.11 10,377 31,230.50 0 15,750 0
1884 1,492,690.11 902,149.07 398.13 350,000 0 1,000 0 64,250 0 73,824.08 25,815.59 0 0 0 14,459 2,779.85 90.39 2,764 39,410 0 15,750 0
1885 1,622,736.91 975,669.01 24.34 350,000 0 1,000 0 87,750 0 109,293.35 19,209.65 0 7.58 0 15,758 1,072.31 101.07 6,431 40,670.60 0 15,750 0
1886 1,682,485.13 969,423.83 68.30 350,000 0 1,000 0 84,750 0 164,094.10 24,987.88 0 82.80 0 12,426 1,580.83 100.09 5,472 52,749.30 0 15,750 0 0
1887 1,180,679.54 876,556.03 1,169.83 50,000 0 1,000 12,500 72,750 0 71,853.90 20,328.78 0 36.43 0 9,323 1,462.97 100 7,097 54,251.60 0 2,250 0 0
1888 1,148,804.29 813,503.75 88.91 50,000 0 1,000 12,500 86,750 0 90,439.38 17,245.66 0 10.74 0 10,883 588.41 160 8,177 55,207.44 0 2,250 0 0
1889 1,345,676.06 1,023,687.07 83.03 50,000 0 1,000 12,500 76,750 40,353.37 39,562.81 0 0 0 22,198 7,202.80 301.08 11,351 56,436.90 0 2,250 2,000 0
1890 1,282,918.09 884,754.62 41.51 50,000 0 0 11,000 102,250 147,326.20 5,906.30 0 0 0 16,771 3,264.88 303.73 3,783 55,266.85 0 2,250 0 0
1891 1,283,150.07 963,703.48 24.08 50,000 0 0 8,000 80,250 74,397.44 11,521.25 0 8,205.99 0 21,406 5,428.21 316.12 3,916 53,731.50 0 2,250 0 0
1892 1,199,550.35 936,109.03 0 50,000 0 0 7,500 81,679.41 41,909.52 7,192.66 0 0 7,688.50 3,947 2,102.29 311.19 17,050 41,810.75 0 2,250 0 0
1893 1,109,538.95 779,795.07 414.63 50,000 0 0 4,500 80,250 110,176.88 3,581.73 0 7.28 0 8,581 2,292.32 226.38 23,976 43,487.66 0 2,250 0 0
1894 1,277,057 907,060.41 17.42 50,000 0 0 5,500 93,700 136,451.41 7,057.48 0 3,363.22 6,732 0 231.71 18,139 46,554.35 0 2,250 0 0
1895 1,320,795.17 962,450.01 252.68 50,000 0 0 5,500 105,900 107,291.33 5,219.76 0 0 8,245 5,526.58 316.41 21,839 46,004.40 0 2,250 0 0
1896 1,218,871.90 825,549.45 68.71 100,000 0 0 12,700 100,400 92,890.94 4,451.80 3,807.12 0 6,635 957.29 337.19 39,723 26,851.40 0 4,500 0 0
1897 1,241,758.95 829,896.51 38.41 100,000 0 0 12,700 83,400 135,566.76 11,466.59 4,000 0 4,479 721.06 318.02 9,323 45,349.60 0 4,500 0 0
1898 1,197,996.07 833,262.51 4.50 110,000 0 0 12,000 75,490 80,430.89 3,250.04 4,000 0 4,826 10,048.29 230.24 9,222 49,731.60 0 4,500 1,000 0
1899 1,210,551.90 745,770.74 0.75 110,000 0 0 11,000 122,540 135,213.50 584.45 4,000 3,896.97 6,249 500.50 767.69 13,796 51,282.30 0 4,950 0 0
1900 1,094,372.62 700,302.46 76.65 110,000 0 0 0 120,040 75,004.47 3,405.87 4,000 0 7,941.33 6,617 0 68.89 14,618 46,797.95 0 5,500 0 0
1901 1,448,285.24 968,572.12 237.62 110,000 0 0 0 150,020 125,451.62 3,192.76 4,000 315.40 5,683.68 8,015 869.01 902.03 16,001 49,525 0 5,500 0 0
1902 1,884,420.88 1,353,912.55 12.22 50,000 50,000 0 5,250 118,239.50 189,348.21 0 4,000 0 6,036.23 11,300 4,475.55 2,242.62 17,252 69,852 2,500 0 0
1903 2,079,329.90 1,292,616.53 150.07 150,000 50,000 0 11,150 134,705 310,017.35 0 4,000 0 4,532.40 10,470 2,506.74 1,047.81 31,071 69,563 7,500 0 0
1904 2,455,196.84 1,524,125.65 1,170.05 150,000 0 0 13,700 180,930 349,205.26 365 4,000 0 0 19,586.47 15,580 3,195.18 4,061.73 28,451 108,326.50 7,500 0 45,000
1905 3,081,454 2,102,246 150,000 223,094 146,291
1906 3,322,313 2,296,301 225,275 187,060 422,894 190,783
1907 3,574,562 2,286,081 208,275 258,881 622,308 199,017
1908 3,588,325 2,393,276 208,275 248,700 543,963 194,111
1909 3,612,952 2,588,496 203,000 190,875 441,458 189,123
1910 3,603,086 2,572,707 200,000 166,449 484,926 179,004
1911 4,369,864 3,028,990 200,000 308,522 640,201 192,151
1912 4,563,006 3,141,756 200,000 311,440 664,383 245,427
1913 4,930,617 3,444,777 200,000 348,897 702,030 234,913
1914 6,067,421 4,080,738 200,000 581,461 906,472 298,750
1915 6,423,248 4,341,293 200,000 737,614 851,008 293,333
1916 7,996,772 4,929,420 200,000 1,006,866 1,555,510 304,976
1917 9,006,162 5,544,508 509,050 1,087,760 589,870 1,274,974
1918 11,606,129 6,855,076 1,469,400 1,229,799 577,896 462,418 11,540
1919 12,353,595 7,356,164 1,363,212 863,160 1,996,693 545,647 228,720
1920 11,755,151 7,700,614 809,250 960,514 1,633,381 569,889 81,503
1921 10,637,237 6,683,474 894,450 1,459,469 1,083,210 504,086 12,548
1922 11,649,555 7,052,585 817,800 2,363,453 817,885 587,832 10,000
1923 13,696,866 8,266,314 1,657,646 2,229,873 827,040 705,993 10,000
1924 15,256,922 7,895,584 3,075,605 2,757,750 775,644 742,339 10,000
1925 17,253,106 9,642,329 2,682,228 3,308,110 773,712 836,727 10,000
1926 18,480,585 10,934,052 1,860,300 3,832,001 1,844,232 10,000
1927 19,476,249 11,601,162 2,235,300 3,899,432 1,730,355 10,000
1928 17,750,974 10,568,086 1,460,300 3,565,275 2,023,051 134,262
1929 16,628,064 10,422,393 624,300 3,377,285 2,033,085 171,001
1930 15,942,285 9,637,084 548,004 3,660,084 1,872,952 224,161
1931 14,310,631 6,778,836 900,476 4,298,722 2,096,945 235,652
1932 13,338,955 5,994,416 1,377,556 3,545,540 2,148,928 272,515
1933 15,122,694 5,378,842 3,021,156 3,216,415 3,231,235 275,046
1934 16,851,037 5,234,719 2,926,565 3,672,373 4,758,100 259,280
1935 17,557,612 4,435,003 3,033,668 3,156,447 6,727,108 205,386
1936 18,441,133 4,707,392 5,886,129 213,841 7,445,548 188,223
1937 17,773,051 6,505,065 5,278,934 165,597 5,674,655 148,800
1938 16,896,029 5,259,354 4,828,152 403,657 6,256,237 148,629
1939 18,062,334 6,353,626 3,529,275 266,220 7,779,053 134,160
1940 19,987,283 5,566,682 3,790,411 44,709 10,498,074 87,407
1941 25,728,512 6,394,429 10,606,007 44,827 8,595,791 87,458

Liabilities & Capital

Year capital surplus undivided_profits surplus_and_undivided_profits notes_nb notes_sb deposits us_deposits individual_deposits demand_deposits time_deposits due_to_nb due_to_other_nb due_to_ra due_to_sb due_to_tc_and_sb due_to_banks due_to_banks_and_other_liabs unpaid_dividends other_liabs
1865 350,000 63,454.96 67,100 76,211 229,226.96 3,277.45 25,974.47
1866 350,000 72,000 115.17 179,915 5,919 238,213.63 11,173.85 807.87
1867 350,000 74,119.66 862.62 179,550 4,130 253,517.21 0 414.30 261.19 0
1868 350,000 82,000 3,421.82 179,490 3,834 258,908.43 0 1,078.14 181.82 0
1869 350,000 85,000 3,594.46 179,200 3,689 353,215.20 0 10,474.79 244.77 0
1870 350,000 87,500 829.66 179,985 0 349,669.36 0 14,282.33 360.80 4,350 0
1871 350,000 95,000 547.70 179,815 0 272,427.20 0 14,162.55 0 17,296.46 0
1872 350,000 95,000 1,703.95 177,190 0 329,538.07 0 11,302.43 0 8,808 0
1873 350,000 97,000 26,544.84 180,000 0 295,329.28 0 35,474.65 0 126 0
1874 350,000 100,000 1,390.08 175,200 0 336,145.46 0 13,126.04 0 7,280 0
1875 350,000 100,000 5,085.53 180,000 0 440,984.92 0 9,503.24 0 12,955 0
1876 350,000 84,000 1,243.04 174,000 0 326,731.50 0 4,385.45 0 7,808 0
1877 350,000 70,000 818.34 159,300 0 378,574.40 0 15,517.19 0 6,056 0
1878 350,000 61,000 88.27 174,300 0 398,305.79 0 13,414.77 0 6,154 0
1879 350,000 64,000 588.03 179,400 0 344,556.67 0 20,186.85 0 3,736.50 0
1880 350,000 64,800 147.25 179,000 0 444,435.47 0 30,536.66 0 7,049.50 0
1881 350,000 63,600 45.58 314,900 0 542,533.39 0 88,294.20 0 8,952.50 0
1882 350,000 63,500 2,156.29 315,000 0 727,663.10 0 41,335.46 0 4,227 0
1883 350,000 70,000 1,503.65 312,000 0 634,913.46 0 90,245.22 0 4,296 0
1884 350,000 70,000 1,586.46 308,500 0 705,941.18 0 45,997.47 0 10,665 0
1885 350,000 70,000 6,569.18 312,500 0 826,164.20 0 50,693.53 0 6,810 0
1886 350,000 70,000 7,594.65 313,230 0 894,446.31 0 44,772.17 0 2,442 0
1887 350,000 70,000 1,633.24 45,000 0 649,460.23 0 61,487.07 0 3,099 0
1888 350,000 70,000 1,100.37 45,000 0 630,508.50 0 48,613.42 0 3,582 0
1889 350,000 70,000 172.71 45,000 0 842,790.08 0 30,576.27 0 7,137 0
1890 350,000 39,000 1,306.64 45,000 0 785,995.56 0 57,312.89 0 4,303 0
1891 350,000 41,500 30,126.82 43,500 0 779,494.12 0 38,480.13 0 49 0
1892 350,000 46,100 361.55 44,400 0 703,720.63 0 47,873.17 0 7,095 0
1893 350,000 48,000 1,798.42 44,100 0 629,831.42 0 31,916.11 0 3,893 0
1894 350,000 40,000 211.15 42,200 0 789,142.05 0 52,938.80 0 2,565 0
1895 350,000 40,700 12,854.51 41,700 0 826,537.21 0 48,893.45 0 110 0
1896 350,000 43,000 608.60 89,400 0 715,753.15 0 18,816.65 0 1,293.50 0
1897 350,000 45,000 1,190 87,840 0 686,391.33 0 69,321.12 0 2,016.50 0
1898 350,000 46,000 11,829.07 88,330 0 674,637.38 0 27,109.62 0 90 0
1899 200,000 48,000 10,215.28 97,800 0 832,303.46 0 22,154.66 0 78.50 0
1900 200,000 48,000 15,653.62 110,000 0 590,052.19 0 6,469.20 182.56 0 123,995.05 20 0
1901 200,000 48,000 6,741.72 109,050 0 922,269.93 0 36,106.70 0 0 122,092.89 4,024 0
1902 200,000 48,000 20,041.34 50,000 0 1,368,638.83 50,000 7,208.01 4,855.12 0 133,903.58 24 1,750
1903 200,000 50,000 36,547.38 149,000 0 1,461,113.05 50,000 7,780.58 8,825.52 0 114,447.37 16 1,600
1904 200,000 50,000 52,183.69 149,500 0 1,644,756.06 40,000 9,446.25 128,540.06 0 180,762.78 8 0
1905 200,000 135,955 149,000 2,594,749
1906 200,000 168,197 90,000 125,000 2,541,762 197,354
1907 200,000 204,727 129,990 125,000 2,624,183 290,662
1908 200,000 175,000 45,991 130,000 75,000 2,782,147 180,187
1909 200,000 200,000 37,918 175,000 25,000 2,718,550 256,483
1910 200,000 200,000 45,594 173,500 25,000 2,702,631 256,363
1911 200,000 250,000 30,564 168,785 25,000 3,425,578 269,937
1912 200,000 250,000 64,473 175,000 28,759 3,667,801 176,974
1913 200,000 300,000 31,707 195,000 30,711 3,897,074 276,125
1914 200,000 300,000 54,546 199,500 31,292 4,994,249 287,834
1915 200,000 300,000 66,662 196,820 3,396,301 2,132,498 130,964
1916 200,000 300,000 99,260 196,998 4,352,702 2,669,906 177,906
1917 200,000 300,000 112,113 195,998 4,996,992 2,903,251 297,808
1918 200,000 451,454 196,998 6,317,066 2,630,538 1,810,073
1919 200,000 489,184 199,998 6,612,185 2,791,341 2,060,887
1920 200,000 573,601 187,198 7,334,094 2,946,628 513,630
1921 200,000 662,524 191,398 5,538,970 3,469,106 368,462 100,000
1922 200,000 701,789 193,697 6,718,886 3,298,819 196,364
1923 200,000 806,156 199,997 8,126,994 3,941,836 322,883
1924 200,000 823,953 192,998 8,938,011 4,612,918 489,042
1925 400,000 807,509 192,597 10,607,116 4,479,011 411,118
1926 400,000 805,497 199,998 10,662,923 4,761,003 1,030,235 620,929
1927 400,000 1,010,667 196,397 11,176,102 5,139,790 839,514 713,779
1928 400,000 834,724 197,397 10,182,391 4,694,466 1,087,374 354,622
1929 500,000 750,000 440,776 182,298 14,691,958 63,032
1930 500,000 750,000 330,382 199,997 14,103,222 58,684
1931 500,000 600,000 125,512 195,858 12,839,765 49,496
1932 500,000 500,000 440,643 195,918 11,603,287 99,107
1933 500,000 500,000 111,792 299,997 13,657,897 53,008
1934 1,500,000 300,000 159,745 300,000 14,531,473 59,819
1935 1,500,000 300,000 160,295 15,547,510 49,807
1936 1,200,000 350,000 375,987 16,476,821 38,325
1937 1,150,000 350,000 532,877 15,680,754 59,420
1938 900,000 500,000 603,249 14,854,605 38,175
1939 600,000 600,000 561,023 16,263,919 37,392
1940 600,000 600,000 649,158 18,104,310 33,815
1941 600,000 600,000 676,480 23,808,027 44,005