The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-11-12
THE EAST TENNESSEE ROAD.
Earnings and Expenses Of the System for
The Year Ending June SOth.
GEORGIAN Welded TO 4 NEW YORKER.
Mayor Grant Sails for Europe-Jar Gould
Attends n Meeting Of ktookhoioefs'
New York News.
Nrw York BUREAU RICHMOND TIMES.
Nov. H. 1891.

Nrw York BUREAU RICHMOND TIMES.
Nov II. 1891.
A comparative statement OF the earnings
and expenses Of the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Railroad Company for The year
ending June 3Oth shows: Gross expense,
s6s35Os3; increase, s4ls.273; operating ex-
penses. s4.l45. 9sS. increase, S219.995; net.
O.. ss9. Ol5: increase, $lSs,277; charges and
taxes. S2.07s, 28i; increase. S5is, 70i; surplus,
$50. Tel; decrease. silO.42i. The dividend on
the first preferred stock will reduce the net
surplus 10 S7l 53l
Including the operations Of the Knoxville
and Ohio. the Mobile and Birmingham and
the louisville Southern. the East Tennessee
system shows: Gross. Ss,327 ,9il; expenses;
S. 527, 297: net e.. 500. SAB; deduct charges and
taxes, e., Acc; balance. S224iT.
THE FUNDED DEBT.
The funded debt is sss. $50. 600. and interest
charges on it are 81 800. 40. OF these bonds
q $40. 4l0 are in the Treasury and interest n
not paid on them. Last year the funded debt
was S35. 10000. The company charged 10
construction. equipment. and bettermenis
1861 1877. Floating debt is slOol lle lac
principal items of tonnage were Coal Ztoi
per cent; lumber 11.25, cotton ga per cent;
and grain and flour. 1915 per cent; IRON ana
iron ore, 7.76 per cent. The rate per TON per
mile was Gle. against SIC IN 1870 Fassen-
gers carried were .256, 622, an increase OF ISL
I62. or ~. S. per cent. Local passengers were
%. n per cent Of the total. Rates per mile
were 2.53 against 1.46c.
The Baltimore and Ohio will Issue $1,000 900
Of new stock. % be issued from time 70 time
to provide bettermen's. leaving net earnings
available for dividends
AGFoRGIAN wEDDKD IN NEW YORK.
pretty home wedding was that Of Miss
Josephine Empie Schenck daughter OF Cap
tain Nicholas w. Scbenck, well-known mer-
chant. 10 Mr. Edward Neal Baker. of Augusta,
Ga. at the residence of the brides father, st.
Mark avenue. Brooklyn. last evening. The
brides family are from Charleston, ). c.. hav-
ing settled In Brooklyn some five years since.
The wedding guests We're also chiefly from
the South. One of the bridesmaids was Miss
Baker OF Norfolk. Va, and one Of the ushers
Mr. Park The best man was Mr.. William j..
Baker Of Norfolk, the grOOm's brother
Among those present we're Mr. and Mrs
Uhley. Mr.. and Mrs. Dix Parker, Mrs O. NJ.
ROyster, of North Carolina; Miss Baker. Miss
Emily Baker. Miss Tredwell. Of Norfolk, Va;
Mr.. G. L. Fry of Alabama; Mr.. T.. Is. Smead,
Of North Carolina.
Al midnight the couple left for Norfolk and
Augusta.
NEW YORK NOTES,
An old woman known as Biddy Kilroy,
who lived seyenty-Gve years in sbanty IN
Brooklyn, died to-day ut the age, it is said
OF one hundred and twelve years.
The authorities az Brazil are now trying to
suppress all news from their country. w. r..
Grace d Co.. Flint a Co.. and other big firms
received strictly business messages this morn
ing. the cable people notifying them that a
strict censorship was being exercised by the
Government.
Mayor Grant sailed for Queenstown this
afternoon on the steamer City of Paris. He
goes to see his mothers sister, who Is not ex-
expected 10 live. lie expects TO be home
again in about three weeks. His aunt lives in
Newry Ireland.
Jay Gould attended the annual meeting of
the Manhattan Elevated stockholders today
He appeared 10 be in fairly good health.
Ernest Brueggeman German, was taken
TO Governor Hospital to-day a prison or,
charged with attempting suicide by push ing a
teaspoon down his throat.