Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-21

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lumbia, Japan and Egypt.
The Louisville and Nashville railroad
reports earnings for the second week In
December of s1.092, $50. an increase of
s51, $50 over the corresponding period
last year; he Ann Arbor for h same
period, s4S, o0e. an increase of $3.50 over
last year, and the Colorado and South
ern, ssss. o6o, or ss.s57 over 1909
A public offering is made by Hall
garten & Co., and William Solomon q
Co, New York, of $4,000. 900 Z per cent.
cumulative preferred stock of Sulzber-
ger & Sons Company, the successor by
merger to Schwartzschild & ~Sulzberger
Company. The subscription price IL
se1a per cent, and accrued dividends,
but a very large amount of the issue
has already been placed here and in
Europe. Simultaneous issue Will be
made by Adolph B~oissevain & Co. of
Amsterdam, Holland. The subscription
here will be closed at 8 p m. on FRI
day, December IS. or earlier at the op-
ton Of the bankers. The company.
whose business was established In 1858,
IA now one of the four largest packing
companies In the United States.
Directors OF the American Cement
Company decided yesterday to pass
the semi-annuai dividend Of / per cent.
on the stock of the company.
The Trust COMPANY nj America de-
clared Yesterday q quarterly dividend
= No. ~ h1a haGATnhaT XII
which is an increase Of \ per cent
The Mines Company Of America has
declared a quarterly dividend OF "a
per cent, placing the shares on . 0
per cent. basis. The directors OF the
company have appointed a committee
to take up the matter OF Isting inc
shares on the Stock Exchange
By declaring a 5 per cent. dividend
Yesterday the Baltimore Trust Com
pany puts its stock on a 20 per cent
per annum basis. The previous DIS
bursement wal 4 per cent. and an ex-
ira I per cent
The first annual report of the MIS-
souri, Pacific Railway Company since
the new consolidation shows gross
revenues of $50, 01s, 127. an increase OF
IS. s33. 5e4; operating expenses, Ss7,64T,-
372. Increase Ss,e2o.S5 net
s15. al, 766, increase sS.012, fs5. and a sur
plus of 81, 759, 412. increase. s1,ss4,soa.
The hearing in the Decentralization
of the Mechanics and Metals National
Bank case, growing out Of the failure
of J., NJ. Flske and Lathrop, HRsdns a
Co., was postponed yesterday until
January ..
James speyer. f.. T. Bedford. W. J..
Matheson and c. H. Kelsey were yes
terday appointed q committee by the
directors OF the Corn Products Refining
Company TO look into the matter Of
reducing the company's capitalization.
The common stockholders are dissatis-
fed because no dividends have been
paid on the issue. which amounts to
$40. 75e,5oo.
Trading in the outside market yes
terday continued IN a light scale, and
about the only feature was the activity
in the bond department. Southern Bell
Telephone Bs rose to se4 for $4,000,
and western Pacific Sc advanced to
s2& for $50. 900.
The New York Produce Exchange
Bank has been appointed q depository
OF court funds for New York and
Queens counties.
Supreme Court Justice Amend signed
Yesterday an order authorizing the
state superintendent Of banks to pay a
dividend of so per cent. to the creditors
Of the European-American Ban whose
claims have beer allowed.