The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-02-02

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on the increase. On january IL,
the date on which the report vas
completed there were 122,297
idle cars, more than twice that of
january 19, 1910, when 51,836
idle ears were reported. There is
an increase of 1870 idle coal cars
while the surplus box cars have
decreased 1872 cars due to increas-
ed demands for box cars in the
West and Northwest.
An iron bolt, weighing almost
a pound, dropped from the four
teenth story of the new Third
National bank building, at the
corner Of Broad and Marietta
streets Atlanta, Ga, Friday
morning shortly after 9 o'clock
striking Il. l.. Hutton, "a years
old, of 70 Greenwood avenue, in
the head, knocking him to the
ground. 1T was thought at first
that his injuries were fatal, but
at the Grady hospital he was
found to have sustained only a
severe laceration of the scalp, his
skull not being featured.
John F. O'Rourke, a New York
engineer, has a new plan for rails
ing the battleship Maine from the
mud of Havana harbor. His plan
is based on a system of pneuma-
tic caissons surrounding the
wreck. When these are in posi-
ton Nh. O'Rourke claims that
the Maine can be swung in a
CRADLE of powerful cables and
lifted clear from the bottom of the
harbor. She then can be repaired
as readily as if she were in dry
dock and as soon as the repairs
are completed can leave Havana
under her own steam.
The annual report of the Ham
burg-American Steamship Com
pany, made public last week,
shows that gross profits for 1910
are $1,000 600. The directors pro-
pose a dividend of s per cent. A
total of $4,000 was written off
or carried in the reverse. The
liquid assets are $12,375 900. The
gross profits in 1909 were $9,000,-
600 and a dividend of 6 per cent
was declared. About $4,000 900
was written off or carried in re-
serse, and the liquid assets were
$8,500,000. In 1908 the company
had a profit of $3,950,000, but the
divident was passed.
George B. Cortelyou, former
secretary of the treasury and now
! president of the Consolidated Gas
Company of New York at a sal
airy of $4,000 a year, is favored
by John Pierpont Morgan as sue
cessor to the late Paul Morton as
head of the Equitable Life In
surance Company. The salary Mr..
Cortelyou will receive, if chosen
for Mr.. Morton's place, is $780,
600. In financial circles it is be-
lieved that the support of Mr..
Morgan will result in the naming
of Mr.. Cortelyou for the position,
thus raising his salary $4,000 a
year.
/! The famous "Hope" blue dia-
mond known as one of the most
beautiful gems in the world, was
purchased for 100000 Saturday
night, by Edward B. Mclean of
Washington City, from a firm of
jewelers. of New York and Paris.
The gem. which is sapphire blue,
weight A II carats and once be-
longed to FL. 7. Hope. It is be-
ieved to have been cut from the
large. blue diamond weighing in
the rough IL IA carats, sold by
Tavernier to Louis XIV. which
disappeared during the trouble
of 1882. The diamond was brought
to this country from Paris four
months ago.
Crowding the Bijou theater
from top to bottom so that even
all the standing room was occp-
pied, over 1000 applicants for
membership in the local nest of
the Order of Owls, of Atlanta,
Ga, attended what is probably
the largest institution of any fra
ternal chapter ever held in Amer
lea. Not only have the organizers
1850 paid applications on the
rolls of the organization, but they
were compelled to turn away over
$50 applicants with initiation fees
in their hands because the lawful
capacity of the Bijou had been
rnachnd and there uoS not room