[Illustration: Building of the Manhattan Company WALL STREET IN 1860] The Manhattan Company, acting as the reserve agent of many State banks and trust companies throughout the country, has a substantial volume of bank deposits. But it was originally established as an "Office of Discount and Deposit," and is today primarily a commercial bank, seeking the active accounts of merchants and manufacturers and extending them accommodation in keeping with their credit and standing, for which the diversified character of its deposits has always provided ample funds. IRVING PRESS 119 and 121 East Thirty-first Street New York End of Project Gutenberg's Bank of the Manhattan Company, by Anonymous