The sun., 1916-09-19

AI.bhNN n ~ ~ w sit''
ing oct Il; books close Sept. g and reopen
Oct. Il.
ATCHIsoN. TOPEKA 4 SANTA FE-Rain.
RANGING from ! "a . inches in eastern Kansas
and scattered rams over New Mexico AMI
Arl7uu, have nut grOuni IN condition Tor IAN
ploug hing. says crop report. Plous hing and
seeding progressing and increased wheat acre
axe expected, Boil weevil Is doln- some dam
age TO cotton crop III southeast Texas and
top crop there VIII hc lsht. In week ended
sept. IL handled 3i..7s loaded cars. against
:?.s.s las, year and .s.''e IN year before
ATLANTA. BIRMINGHAM 4 ATLANTIC
earnings ssi.7?', inc. $3.50; from July |. $751;.
IA, inc, {s,C,-.
BOSTON 4 MAINE-Minoriiy stockholders
received right to hc heard on petition to IN.
teryene IN ptocce.rns- nn'',ins T'e,versh,p
Asa y. French a. counsel; seeks 10 attack re-
ownership proceedings. all. slns 'colluslve nc
ton by the roads directors, Counsel for
road got PERMISSION TO defnur.
BUFFALO. ROCHESTER, 4 p~ITrsBURG-
Reports for second week OF september gross
earnings s2ss. go. inc. SIS, iOs: from July !
I2.sj1 ,Si, Inc. s,55.iss.
CANADIAN NORTHERN Reports for sec.
ond week OF September gross earnings ssss,.
90. Inc. S;.llJ. from July l.. ta.s'd,0G. Inc.
s., y)., 800.
CANADIAN PACIFiC-Report. for second
week OF Sept, gross earnings 1902. inc,
~s,l4Voc, from July ! s3c,os2.@o. inc. slo.e@i,c'.
CAR SHORTAGE Eastern railroads are
shor, over 1000 en-. Tor loading Grain ont
Of Chicago, accord: = to traffic man, Ship
rrn's bound East from this point are run.
ming consistently 90" tons q week ahead
| of last year, ana tins gam Is prevented from
becoming laraer only by car shortage.
CHICAGO. INDIANAPoLIs 4 LOUISVILLE
! -Report. tor second weet OF September
gross earnings tl,a.l" inc. s-1.S33; from July
/, s.7s5,iie, inc, $.,i.s's.
CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE, & ST PAUL
] L-arppt .itrrlns pulal 10 &c, on yllItl,3 pI
of COMMON stock, compared win So on
! Sli7. 9Gl, -" Of stock IN 1915 and CSC on
si6hGrGi,I. ,nc Si,-il, ivs; malEi nay and
-trut Mica ;GS, me sl,lsi5Ni; ma ~ rquln.
sG5lsii, me. s?7.u9"; ransn"rasilSn ~
go 80; operating income fl ,2fl .l9i, inc,
81 aii.l.:: eros. corporate income s3lsF ~.
ne. s',2i3.97;: fixed char-es, &c Ni..3:,e
~" 1 N.tgyCi d .HrE,nsi - ; s,ics gcs: Surplus
for common ~; dividend for common,
comrarcs with ,efci, Of 81 es3.i.s IN 1915 and
sTrnIus Of Y5t-,Sl in ial'. Operating ratio
Tor year was d 43ft, dee, :1'o.
COAL RATE CoMrLAINTncoal com
pane. IN Hooking Nsi,,y ana r1msroy am ~,
with / c. c OF unreasonable rates over
Hooking Valley and other railroads 70 noint'
in Indiana and sout bern peninsula OF Nlchl'
gan. II IL alleged that more favorable rates
are given coal operatnrs to these points IRON
mining districts in West virginia, Kentucky
ard Tennessee
CRIPPLE GREER CENTRAI-Ba,nnco -hce,
rs OF juno y. 'H's. shows; Assets-stocks
bonds. etc. s., 2G6, 7Gt: cash, %.3i5,37s; warrants
ecss: mcrned interest, $4,000. Liabilities -
Pre- ferred stock. 5000. ON: common stock
81 so 90: 4, underlying COS, Sis, 53a; dividends
unraid. 500; accrued taxes, zoos. surplus
ss7, ao5. Latter compares with ta9S.9'3. as OF
June 81, 1915.
DENVER 4 SALT LAKE-Tar,ts Witch
coal from the Oak Hil's III strict IN Colorado