New-York tribune., 1918-06-08
Corporate Returns


Dominion Steel Corporation.-The
annual report for the corporation and
subsidiary companies for the fiscal year
ended March 81 last discloses net earn
lngs, after deducting all manufacture
ing, selling and administration ex-
penses and government taxes for the
year, of s11,O3o,112, which compares
with $12967 ,S75 for the preceding fiscal
year Depreciation, etc, amounted to
Sl,3S4,242 against s1,S59,596 for the
year before. Interest totalled $1,064,-
21O, leaving surplus for the year of
$8,581 $50, compared with $9,S79,075 for
the previous year Preferred dividends
paid during the period were $42O,OOO,
the same amount as in 1917. Preferred
dividends of the subsidiary companies
totalled S560,000. Balance was S7,601,-
$50, or equal to $2049 per share on
o7O,977 shares of common stock,
against SS,S98,O75, equal to s239s per
mon dividends amounted to $1,444, 1896,
leaving a surplus for the fiscal year of
$6,157, ,264.
Havana Tobacco Company.-Total
earnings for the year ended December
81, 1917, were s29o27S against s479,-
245 for the preceding year. Operating
pared with S347,302 for the previous
year After interest of S375 900, def
cit for the year totalled to $447, 900
against deficit for 1916 of s243, ,057.
Net earnings for the subsidiary COM
panies, after deducting all expenses,
depreciation, interest, debcntures, ETC.,
were $657, ,661 against s735,428 for the
year before. The Havana Tobacco
Company's share of this amount was
$497, ,043 compared with $566,829 for
the previous year.
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Rail-
way.-The company reports gross earn
ings for April of s356,351. Net earn
ings totalled $49,119, compared with
S69,246 for the corresponding period of
last year. Deficit after taxes and
charges amounted to S46,456 against
$42, 1888 for April of the preceding year
Gross earnings for the first four
months of 1918 were S1,205,2o6, COM
pared with S1,295,535 for the first four
months of 1917. Operating deficit was
S4,379 against operating income of
S269.45 for the same period of the
previous year. Deficit after charges
and taxes for the four months period
amounted to $389,749.
Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railroad
Company.-Statemen Of operations for
April shows total earnings of $16S,693,
from which operating expenses and
taxes Of $13S,511 were deducted, leav-
ing net earnings of S30,1S2 compared
with 500, 1866 for the corresponding
80 DoC ~
against S2.572 for the same month of
the year before. Total earnings for
the first quarter of the current year
S469,517 for the same quarter of last
year. Operating expenses and taxes
were $410159 against $352,564 for the
corresponding months of the preceding
year. Deficit for the quarter was
$98,653, an increase of S8s,653 over the
same period Of the previous year.
United Light & Railways.-The COM
pany's report for the twelve months
ending March 81 last shows gross earn
ing5 of $7,953,204 compared with ST.
O01 ,o7o for the preceding twelve
months. an increase of 1851 .225. Sur
plus after charges for the period
amounted to $1,136,475 against $1,161,-
2s3 for the year before.
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
Company.-Gross earnings for April
were $959,774 compared with S881,5 ,529
for April of last year Net after taxes
amounted to $116,743 against $204,502
for the corresponding month of 1917.
Total income was S165,329 compared
with $184,675 for the same period of
the preceding year. Gross earnings
for the first four months Of the cur
rent year totalled So, ,631, ,046 Net earn
ings were $308,S59 against $714,481 for
the same months of the previous year.
Total income for the period was $685.
296.
Toledo, st. Louis & Western Rail
road Company.--The report for April
shows operating revenue Of $683273,
an increase Of S97,952 of the CORE
spending month Of 1917. After oper-
ating expenses of s439,322, net oper-
ating revenue of S243 901 was account
ed for, against $288,797 for the same
month of last year. Taxes were s19,
600, a decrease of $1,000 from the
paid in April of the preceding
year. Balance available for interest
totalled $1S6-438. Operating revenues
for the fourth months ended April 80,
1918, amounted to $2216,054. Ex-
penses were S1,748,446, leaving net
revenue of S467,608, a decrease Of s91,-
970 over the first four months of the
previous year. Balance was S232,083
Mineral Range Railroad Company
1918. 1917.