The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-20
INCREASE IN THE EARNINGS
or The Richmond and DanVille Railroad
for the Month Of July.
TBUTOHIC BREAKS THE OCEAN RECORD.
The Chesapeake and Ohio kaiiroA" In
Prosperous Condition-Looking lot
Chinese Lepers-New York News.
NEw York BUREAU. RICHMOND TINES

August ~. 1871.
tn. Richmond and Danville statement for
Aha month OF July is as follows: Gross
a.. LOG 72e-tIls, sos increase, expenses s'cz'-
s72-s52. 996 increase. net earnings. S544'oi'-
SEQ, $40 increase. :,
OF this increase for July the Richmond and
DanvilIe proper gross increase IS sS'''"'
net increase. s2O. 42l. Virginia Midland gross
increase is @17,sI9, net increase, sl5Oi6.
THK CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO.
The Chesapeake and Ohio stocks and bonds
were active and higher to-day. The road
under its present management, is prosperhg
above the ordinary It's gross earnings IoI
the second week of August were me largest
in It's history. The road is now bidder Ior "a
share of the grain traffic and IS iorniuSO'o
competitor Of the regular trunk INES
MONEY FoR MISSIONS.
By her will filed to-day. Mrs Susan H.
Wendell gives $1,000 each to the Church Of
The Holy Communion the Home for the Aged
Inc Protestant Episcopal Missionary Society
e.. 500 TO the Domestic and Foreign MISSION
NV societies. and the bulk Of her estate TO
missions in the Southern and Western states
and Territories. She gives Sl,OOg 10 the
Hampton Normal and Agricultural INSTITUTE
TIKI cusToM-HoUsE.
The REGISTERS of the custom-house and post
Office are being copied for insertion IN the
Blue Book TO be issued by the Government
printing office The registers contain the
names Of every employee nationality. date OF
appointment salary and other Information.
The custom-house roll contains about lSOO
officials including those IN the appraisers
and naval Offices The postoftice force num-
bers about 3. 1000 persons, of which nearly l,OOO
are letter carriers
LOOKING FOR LErERs.
Health Commissioner DR.. John Griffin. OF
Brooklyn to-day started out twelve sanitary
inspectors to make tour OF the Chlnese es-
Establishments of the city for the purpose OF
ascertaining whether there are any lepers
among them. This action, 1t is sad, Is due
- the story told by Wong Foo, Chinaman
who has been in the Contagious Disease los
pital in Flatbush for several months. lie has
leprosy aud says there are many other CHINA
men in the city who have It.
The Theron Hotel. Elberon, n. j., to-
cether with the Garfield cottage, in which
President Garfield died, was offered for sale
this afternoon. There were no bidders, and
the property was bought in for $4,000. The
cost originally was Sl25. 900.
SMASHED THE RECORD.
The White Star steamship Teptonic has
smashed the ocean record all to pieces by
crossing to this side in five days, sixteen hours
anu lnl1Il-ODe minutes. t'hN ntH o1op bioHD
the record for a single days Performance,
having covered 6l7 miles the day before she
arrived here. The best previous recond was
made by the steamship Majestic belonging %
the same line. and was five days, eighteen
hours and eight minutes
When asked as 10 what effect the cOnsecu-
tive runs Of sos 5lO and 81 miles had on the
machinery of the big steamship, those who
were in the Office said that the parts which had
driven the vessel at that speed had not been
affected in the least
CAN GO FASTER.
To obtain that speed it had only been ne
cessary to utilize a small portion Of the power
in the machinery that had MT until the pre-
sent trip been called into use. The opinion
was generally expressed that both the Majestic
and TeutOnic could lower the record by sew
eral hours if the company wished
their commanders to make the attempt. and
that without the slightest injury 10 either
vessel or particle Of danger to the passen-
gers The Teutonic and Majestic are sister
vessels. Both were built in Ireland.