On May 8, 1869, a consolidation was effected with an organization known as the “Open Board of Brokers,” at that time facetiously referred to as the “Coal-holers,” from the fact that they had held their meetings for a time in a basement in William Street.
This Open Board had a membership of 354, of whom there remain as members at the present time but 26, as appears by the following list:
L. D. Alexander.
S. L. Blood.
M. Burr, Jr.
W. B. Dickerman.
H. H. Hollister.
W. B. Lawrence.
J. E. Mastin.
W. B. Sancton.