Page:History of Hudson County and of the Old Village of Bergen.djvu/61

20 of this great change and growth than is presented in the records of the Trust Company of New Jersey. It is only twenty-five years ago since four men, schoolmates in their youth, A. P. Hexamer, Henry Mehl, John Mehl, Jr., and William C. Heppenheimer met in the office of Russ & Heppenheimer and organized the People's Safe Deposit and Trust Company. That was in the spring of 1896, and a bank was established at the corner of Hutton Street and Central Avenue, Jersey City, as Main Office, with a branch in the Town of Union. The venture was a success from its inception, as is evidenced by the first statement issued by the bank, covering the nine months ending December 31, 1896: