Signatories of the Banco de Tabasco

Interventor

Luis Dorbecker

Dorbecker took up his post on 3 January 1901^{informe of interventor Luis Dorbecker, 5 July 1901, in Memorias de las Instituciones de Crédito correspondientes á los años 1900-1902, vol. I}.

Gerente

Franciso Rodríguez

Rodríguez, the Director Gerente on the 1901 issues, appears on some 1903 notes as a Consejero as he later joined the board.

Teodoro Abaunza was born in 1865. He was elected the first secretary of the Circulo Mercantil de Tabasco on its formation on 2 March 1890^{Periódico Oficial, Tomo VII, Núm. 335, 29 March 1890}.

He was appointed Cajero of the new bank in December 1900^{El Imparcial, 3 December 1900} and took over as Gerente on [ ]. He signed the $5 and $10 notes that were dated 19 September 1903. He resigned in November 1913 and was replaced by Santiago Mota^{Periódico Oficial, Tomo XXXV, Núm. 3, 10 January 1914}.

On 15 September 1903 Abaunza was elected a comisario of the newly formed Ferrocarril Central Tabasqueño, S. A., which proposed to construct a railway from San Juan Bautista to Cunduacan and the Rió Seco^{The Mexican Herald, 30 October 1903}.

Consejero

José A. Búlnes
José González Lamadrid On 15 September 1903 José González Lamadrid was elected a vocal of the newly formed Ferrocarril Central Tabasqueño, S. A., which proposed to construct a railway from San Juan Bautista to Cunduacan and the Rió Seco^{The Mexican Herald, 30 October 1903}. He was owner of “La Industrial” chocolate factory^{Eco de Tabasco, 17 February 1909}.
Miguel Ripoll Deyá was born in Sóller, Majorca, Spain in 1872. He moved to Mexico between 1889 and 1899 and entered business, as a member of the casa Ripoll y Compañía. The casa comercial of M. Ripoll y Cía was on the corner of Constitución and 1ra de Grivalja.
Manuel Romano was one of two brothers, Román and Manuel, who came from Llanes, Oviedo, Spain and who ran the Casa Romano, one of the oldest and strongest companies in Tabasco. They had interests in river and maritime transport, with branches at Frontera, Laguna de Términos and Veracruz^{In 1886, Casa Romano had four steamers, Fénix, Victoria, Ibero and Tabasco. In 1899, It managed, together with the Casa Berreteaga, a shipping company that already had seven ships, Yucatan,Tehuantepec, Mexico, José Romano, Campeche, Tabasqueño and Veracruz}. In 1902, the Romanos were the most important partners in the Compañía Mexicana de Navegación, S.A.., with its main headquarters in Veracruz and thirteen steamers in operation^{El Progreso, San Juan Bautista, 3 December 1905}. They also exploited the mahogany and palo de tinte and once the mahogany reserves in the southeast of the state were depleted, moved their operations to the banks of the Chacamax River, where they established a large estate, called La Reforma. The Casa Romano was restructured from 6 February 1889, and thereafter called Romano y Cía., Sucesores.
Rafael Sevilla C. On 15 September 1903 Rafael Sevilla was elected a director (vocal) of the newly formed Ferrocarril Central Tabasqueño, S. A., which proposed to construct a railway from San Juan Bautista to Cunduacan and the Rió Seco^{The Mexican Herald, 30 October 1903}.
José García Trueba's estalishment was on the corner of Juárez and Reforma. By 1840 San Juan Bautista did not have a pier and boats docked in ravines. Governor Simón Sarlat Nova tried to build a pier but encountered difficulties over access right but the state government entered into a contract for a dock with the Ministry of Public Works on 12 December 1888, and it was approved on 22 May 1890. In July 1894 Manuel Jamet and José García Trueba formed the company "Jamet y Trueba" for the construction and operation of the fiscal dock. The state government transferred their rights on 27 February 1895, the company was dissolved and José G. Trueba was left to build the dock, in front of Casa Pizá y Compañía. The pier was of small proportions, with iron piles driven into the ravine and smeared pine planks.
Policarpo Valenzuela Yera was born at San Antonio de Cárdenas, Tabasco, on 26 January 1831. He was an important businessman making a fortune out of the exploitation of large areas of forest land, including control of the waterways that were used to transport harvested trees. On 15 September 1903 Policarpo Valenzuela was elected president of the newly formed Ferrocarril Central Tabasqueño, S. A., which proposed to construct a railway from San Juan Bautista to Cunduacan and the Rió Seco^{The Mexican Herald, 30 October 1903}. He was interim governor of Tabasco on two occasions (12 March – 5 April 1886, 21 – 23 March 1887) and elected Constitutional Governor in December 1910 for the period 1911 – 1914, though he renounced the office on 9 June 1911 after only six months, because of pressure from the revolutionaries. He died in San Juan Bautista, Tabasco on 4 January 1914.
Nicolás P. Valenzuela was the son of Policarpo Valenzuela.
Francisco Rodríguez see supra.
Bartolomé Estades On 15 September 1903 Bartolome Estades was elected a vocal of the newly formed Ferrocarril Central Tabasqueño, S. A., which proposed to construct a railway from San Juan Bautista to Cunduacan and the Rió Seco^{The Mexican Herald, 30 October 1903}. In March 1906 he was a vocal suplente for the “La Industrial” factory^{Periódico Oficial, Tomo XXVIII, Núm. 21, 14 March 1906}. He signed some higher numbered $5 and $10 notes dated 19 September 1903.
Juan Ripoll Deyá was Miguel's brother and born in Sóller, Majorca, Spain in 1873. He signed some higher numbered $5 and $10 notes dated 19 September 1903. He was president of the board in 1913^{Periódico Oficial, Tomo XXXV, Núm. 3, 10 January 1914}.
Manuel Suárez González was born in 1849, in Asturias, Spain. By the mid 1880s he had a business in San Juan Bautista and on 12 December 1886 brought in his younger brother, Juan, to form a new company called Suárez G. Hermanos^{Periódico Oficial, 22 December 1886}. By 1930 he was living in Mérida, Yucatán, where he died on 7 September 1933, at the age of 84. He signed some higher numbered $10 notes dated 19 September 1903.