The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-05

The Cambria Steel Company-Reg
ular quarterly dividend of / IL per
cent and an extra dividend of the
same amount, payable to holders of
record December %.
The Catawba Dock Company Of
Cleveland-A dividend of per cent.
The Commercial Trust Company Of
New Jersey-The regular quarterly
dividend of 4 per cent. and an extra
dividend of the same amount.
The Empire Trust Company - Ex-
ira dividend Off per cent. in addition
to the regular quarterly dividend of
1-2 per cent.
Equitable Trust Company = Regu-
lar quarterly dividend of per cent.
and an extra dividend Of like amount.
Fidelity Trust Company-An extra
dividend of 2 per cent. and the usual
2 per cent. quarterly dividend
Fulton Trust Company = An extra
dividend of per cent in addition to
the usual semi-annual dividend of 5
per cent.
Federal Reserve Banks in Philadel-
phia, Cleveland and Minneapolis
itial dividends Of per cent to cover
period from November 1, 1914 to June
30, 1915.
Great Lakes Transit Corporation
An initial dividend of $3.50 a share on
the common stock. The regular quar-
terly dividend of "a per cent. has
been declared on the preferred stock.
Georgia Railroad and Banking Com
pany-An extra dividend of 1 per
cent. in addition to the usual quarter
ly dividend of 3 per cent. payable jan
uary Is to stockholders of record De-
cember 80.
CRANKY Consolidated Mining Smelt-
ing and Power Company, with prop
critics in British acknowledgements
it's yearly dividend rate from 8 per
cent. to 10 per cent. by declaring
quarterly dividend of 2 1-2 per cent
Isle Royale Copper Company of
Overwhelmingly dividend of 81 a
share and an extra dividend Of the
same amount.
Island Creek Coal Company-An ex-
ira dividend of l per cent. on the
common stock.
Liberty National Bank-Regular
quarterly dividend of Z 1-2 per cent
and an extra dividend of 10 per cent.
Metropolitan observation-disclosures in
1917 will receive about $10,50O,000;
to industrial policyholders $6,500,OOO
and to ordinary $4,O0O,0O0.
National Bank of Commerce, New
York-An extra dividend of per
cent.
New York Railways Company-Us-
ual quarterly dividend of 1 IA per
cent. on preferred stock and divi-
dend of 2 1-2 per cent.
Stock Dividend of 100 Per Cent.
New Market Manufa curing Com
pany, Boston-A stock dividend of 100
per cent.
The Ohio Leather Company-Reg-
ular quarterly dividend of 1 ga per
cent. on preferred and 1 IL percent
on common and an extra per cent
on its common stock.
The Oil City Trust Company, Oil
City, Pa.-Extra dividend of per
cent. and gave employees bonus of
one months salary.
The Ohio Oil Co.-Will declare
stock dividend if it's directors approve
an increase in it's capital stock issue
from $15,O0O,OOO. to $6O,0OO,000 by
raising the par value of the stock
from $25 to 500 a share.
The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago
& ST. Louis Railroad (the Panhandle)
A semi-annua1 dividend of per
cent, on the preferred, compared with
per cent six months ago and per
cent. on the common for the year.
The Pyrene Manufacturing Co.
Raised annual dividend rate from to
10 per Get.
The Republic Railway and Light
Co.-EXtra dividend of 1 per cent.
The Standard Oil Co. Of Kentucky
With a surplus of more than $4,000.
900, proposes to make a cash distribu-
ton Of 100 per cent. in the near flu
ture.
The Seaboard National Bank-Usual
quarterly dividend Of per cent. and
an extra dividend of 10 per cent, pay