The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-08
Business
-and-
Finance

The Ambassador Hotels Corporation re
ports for the hrst thrse 9ga s1o co OF iy1s;
S %lth si.saoP. 7fs for o. the Same same period SiotpI last
year, a gain Of S247. SOL or 20 per cent;
Net profits after all interest were, sS26 Iol
cent. The Corporation owns and oper-
ates the New York. Atlantic City and Los
Angeles Ambassador hotels.
The manufacture of passenger cars and
trucks in the United States, as re-
ported b.. the department Of conms 9se'
! The August, 1928, total was 46l ,29S units;
so the month this year showed an IN
crease Of sS per cent inSt p pGGdSs'i0 Of
1929, as revised, totaled 4,223,4l4 units
The increase shown over the correspond
ing 1928 total of 3,054, 90S units was 49,
per cent.
Dixie Gas & Utilities CO; for the eight
months ended Aug; 81 1929; reports o gr 9SS
IF eGF s 81 .s sane K RsSEi0dd a 5dSs {6ef' al IN expenses aPeGssss
interest charges and preferred dividends,
pletion and amortization net IN income
year, an increase of s339,SsS
hi international Railways of Gen.
trail America reports for August gross
revenues of S651.51S as compared with
Operating expenses and taxes totaled
S443,474 as against $500, SO1, leaving in
come applicable to fixed charges OF S2oS.-
GA as compared with S346,3S0 in 1873,
a decrease Of $38,S36.
The fifty most active. stocks traded on
the Chicago Stock Exchange during the
week .ended Get. S had a market value
Of $4,384, AIS, 546 at the close Of business
Saturday. as compared with 4.558. rs, 522
ing to q compilation by Lage & Company,
members of the New York and Chicago
Stock Exchanges.
Earnings of the Automatic Musical In
Mich. for the six month, period ended
history of the company, according to
Walter Ioor, president. in a statement
Just issued to stockholders, The profits;
taxes were s445 $50.
NEW YORK, Oct. S.--Electric rail-
equipment and apparatus in the past
week, Electric World reports. All sec
tions report business Is holding at a
apparatus moving in good volume in the
orders orders s% y SeS nee d., during the week sIsot In
locomotives for the New York Central
shown in commitments, from the chemi;
manufacturers and paper mills.
store sales. Of Grand Union Company.
sTSHfSins ended }SRSdPings Sept Sa'' Is. i3 l6ss, the tet a!es
$24, 28l ,442 as compared with $40, 1T, 1874
for the same period in 1929, an increase
months ended Sept. %, 1929. were SGT, 44o,-
1854 as compared with. $2S. 2s8 ,7s4 for the
s. s4 ,i4l, go eft or 17.77 per psT'i cent IT, -H'f'"S' u
DETROIT, Oct. s.-Production sched-
cali for turning out Of twelve planes
per month at both the Ryan and the
Lockheed plants, it was announced to-
said that both plants are operating at
this rate 1oT and he Anticipated no
ing the winter.
MCCLELLAN Stores Company ,rssFP,prst. sales
f fsasin years 81 as ;SsSl Increase 1Sa tSF Of II: :a7 sa So or a30 is.5
per cent. Sales for the first nine months
Of the year totaled $I4,84I,3i4 against
$40 S2. 6el, a gain OF $4,o5S,65S or S7.7
per cent.
r. & W: Grand store. report total sales
sI..44s'5 8 last year. an Increase Of s2a7,-
806 or 1919 per cent. Sales for the nine
months ended September totaled SO 244,-
1854 or So.S per cent.
G.. c.. Murphy. Co., reports total sales
with 1,045, sos for the same month last
year, an increase OF $29O,313 or 27.7 per
cent. Sales for the first nine months of
the year totaIed S10,213,915 against
$7,4S0,446 an increase of 81 1894 or
36.5 per cent.
Fifty representative stocks on the New
York Stock Exchange at the close of bust
ness Oct. 5 had a value of $50, 329. TIP. 500
compared with. s34, 1865, 614,332 at the close
So, oS6, so1,723 or $50 per cent.