Clearing-house

The usual weekly bank statement was again omitted by the Clearing-house from motives of policy, but it transpired that the whole of the New York associated banks held on the morning of the 27th only twelve millions two hundred thousand of greenbacks, an aggregate still further reduced, at one time, to a point below ten millions, against nearly thirty-five millions -- bank average -- on the 20th, the date of the last statement issued.

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Clearing-house certificates are made use of in many cities for the payment of balances by debtor banks.

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York and elsewhere, about thirty-five millions of greenbacks -- namely, twenty-two millions in exchange for $5000 and $10,000 certificates of deposit -- used as legal tenders at the Clearing-house, and presented by the banks for redemption, for which there is a special reserve of notes in the Treasury -- and about thirteen millions for the purchase of the twelve millions of bonds already mentioned.

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The New York banks meanwhile lost rather than gained strength, and their aggregate of greenbacks under control of the Clearing-house was reduced to less than six millions, although this fact was not published.

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On the 6th of September the weekly return of the New York banks, State and National, belonging to the Clearing-house, showed that their legal-tender reserve had fallen to a little less than half

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"The Clearing-house is to throw out the Gotham Trust!"

The Moneychangers Upton Sinclair 1923

Clearing-house -- they both went into his private office and shut the door.

Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

The day, blessed in its origin, and meaningless if there is a grain of selfishness in it, was thus likely to become a sort of Clearing-house of all obligations and assume a commercial aspect that took the heart out of it -- like the enormous receptions for paying social debts which take the place of the old-fashioned hospitality.

Complete Essays Charles Dudley Warner 1864

The day, blessed in its origin, and meaningless if there is a grain of selfishness in it, was thus likely to become a sort of Clearing-house of all obligations and assume a commercial aspect that took the heart out of it -- like the enormous receptions for paying social debts which take the place of the old-fashioned hospitality.

The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

The day, blessed in its origin, and meaningless if there is a grain of selfishness in it, was thus likely to become a sort of Clearing-house of all obligations and assume a commercial aspect that took the heart out of it -- like the enormous receptions for paying social debts which take the place of the old-fashioned hospitality.

As We Go Charles Dudley Warner 1864