The Washington herald., 1908-08-07

Reports 10 the Controller OF Currency
in Washington under call asking FOR the
condition Of The national banks at she
close Of bus ness July Is. 1S5S. showed
the following:
Number Of national banks in Virginia
los: loans and discounts. SO 81. .49l-T5:
capital stock paid in. Sl2.5s6s50, individual
deposits. &. 20. .sIz.6S; percentage Of leeaI
reserve to deposits. 17-s6 Reports from
all the States are not IN. but it IS be-
lieved the total banking capital Of vir-
g.nia exceeds that Of any other Southern
StSte except Texas
The Rockhouse Realty Company. OF
Big SJo-e Gap. Va. has extended its
operations into Kentucky. c. Bascom
Slemp. the president OF the company. has
closed negotiations for the purchase Of
4519 acres Of coal and timber lands
located On the Cumberland River. in
Harlan and Letchsr counties. Ky Il
is stated that the property contains
seven distinct coal seams. some Of them
measuring seven and eight feet. or good
coklag quality. while there is an abUnd-
ance Of several kinds Of timber The
company VIII commence Development
Work al an early date. which viii be
facilitated by the construction OF the
Cumberland River branch OF the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad. 10 be con
strucJed from Was!oto. KY, into the
Cumberland Valley
As a result Of q recent examination
held in Clifton Forge. Va. for letter
carriers and clerks. nine % the seven
teen who took the examination for mall
. fsrsr at
women VINO stood the test for cIerkships
were placed on the eligible list.
It is likely that the State rife range
and the permanent camp will be located
at Macon Farm, a short distance from
Virginia Beach The owners Of the prop
srty have agreed 10 deed 10 the state,
free Of all cost. some 30 acres Of proper
y near the Beach. on condition that the
range and camp be established there The
I location is within reach OF Norfolk by
the electric line. and IS well watered.
T Gov swanson has looked over the site.
and though he saw Il under the most ad-
verse conditions, he is favorabiy i'm
/ pressed with the site and the proposition
made by the owners In all probability
the governor viii recommend that the Of
I fer be accepted Many sites have been
l inspected by the military officers. but
serious objections have been found with
all Of them II is believed, however. that
lie money in hand for the purchase Of a
camping ground. could be devoted 10 the
( Improvement Of the proposed site in a
manner that viii make the place wholly
satisfactory.
The man who argues that the country
would 90 10 the 'demnition bOyv-wovvs'
l should Mr. Bryan be elected. is spOuting
hot air It is the vain creation Of a fer
tile imagination Roanoke Times
A forthcoming bulletin Of the United
States Geological Survey VIII contain an
I exhaustive report OF the tests conducted
al the fuel testing plant in Norfolk. Va.
on the gas producer An interesting fea-
tuTe Of the report viii be the behavior
Of a certain bone coal from West Vfr-
gin!e in the producer This fuel was con
sIdered OF little or 10 value for steam
boiler work. yet showed considerable use
fulness in the gas producer, developing
IL the engine a brake horsepower per
hour Of L65 pounds OF coal
In describing the various features OF
tile test. the bulletin viii say:
Because OF the general appearance Of
TIE coal. but little was expected Of It
and the test was started with only a
partial load After several hours run
however. the results warranted full load
on the engine. After thirIy-nine hours
of full load. the accumulation Of ash in
: the producer caused a little trouble; the
gas went down in heat value. and it
was necessary 10 reduce the load 10 about
g per cent Of full load The calculations
ror the test are based on the fifty hours
taken from the time full load was carried
by the engine
Maj P = Gaines. Of Charlotte County,
Va. is quite a prominent figure in Tire
farmers convention in Richmond. The
major is an old Confederate soldier, and
one OF the most successful tillers OF the
soil IN Virginia Although he IS a. old
time orator himself. OF was before speech
Is were limited, he is championing the