Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-26

3yS N UdiludlE
1929. ,,.,-
o,, ~ "I 11iart and a
cer4rsl Once enuir-
S,,eot adri,d tn the
tnIo,,I,o,,e com
S,a,,t,,e s,,sten, in
IL r1;r+vi.t If CO. - 80
'iI,,,t,ia 5,,ring the Jun" W. 'oi''
,,,o,,3t, v.ere so11 ssh Gross additions
.I,,o,,nted IN s321 643 with retirements
~ sI0o oQ9 Net additions to plant for
+bo 10 ,,1on+bs ended January 81 were
ca 1850 807
washington telephones were increased
100 ri11rire January. making I59. 7O5 in
ssryice of the end of the month. The
s,lanciaI statement shows the follow
mo comnarisons between earnings in
Ianusrv This wear and January. 1929
January January,
1880 1923.
Telephone operating rev. ,-,oo,o ems esA
enIes ,,,srat inc cx
penses .........,........ 527.236 4so27l
-, -...-- ro,.,,ros SOL 742 s225, sos
zee Nee o 9Ds anSnricfoIlecffbie' 50.s86 54443
.,.o rae SI7o o5o
0psTst.Iin,g income IsYsn,,ss .o0S 4ssi
"0-- ---.- 80,
Gross income ,:;,:'.' Sl9aa' aS4 ss95
T Tntsrs So tednefions s. 36Is7 26,053
go eco 5715 ara
Net income '''''''''''' S414'OO'
Pole Urges New Banking Move.
1oool hap-ers exnressed intense in
.4st 80, =, +l,o ar,,,earance of Com
tSaS1s,. 49,, W pole before the House
I,ayIiSi,,s a,,d currency Committee. when
20 ,,reaJ . noIicv of decentralized
i h,s I1o,,lei,,g aH,Sinatino from COM
iaIlGIi De. o,lts outside IF New Work
IL 0'ot ,,.eseej The view that the
10y - the banking system of
+ t,. - ir Tecessarv citing the
tIle SouilelS s;,,,,.oa - .o,,,e naT+e of
many DaitA 'ssaIt ~ .I,cr action
Lne Couile1s eS $3.50 III. borG-
oesnaole "a lIe neaL 49, ttie ~
shlps on oepos1eors anu upo o,,,,tr, hsns
stock are an indication that there is
something radically wrong In the nanK-
ing system IN the rural olStrlcts' ne
said.
Controller Pole SAID ne 1ounu the
fixing of the trade areas most dlfncult
matter. In concluding ms prepared
statement before the committee ne
added:
The laboring man ana the small
wage Garner in these cities are TecelV-
and better type of banking service than
is possible for the farmers ana small
business men, VINO must 40 OuSiiieSS
VIII 1T Touai'i +o~aFo,o MT 4orword for
+,,~+t,o- ;,,,,,oStio,s+jo, a,1d study hv vo1Ir
49,, ,,oet;,, ~ 49, ,oc;r hill
Sty- - Lri,,e,ir,c, t1ase o,,,1try l,anI[e into
1900 I5i.set 60 clorer eiationebir IN
Y,,etroroiitan harLs than is nossih1e nm
5er e,ev voI,,ntayv eStansior or infensi-
Fcat;on IF the coTnorste reIationshin
sIt tlo;c T1a1r,i+tod 70 srroy1 III,
Through branch hanlrine STRONG metro
roIits,3 HAMS II, cor1roeTcial cenfers ol,t-
Side Of New yorl~ CIV with the RIGHT tn
,oToe,, of3cac ~ +I,e ,,;raI tTiIo,,tarv rom
YnI1nities If would naturally follow that
IL, time these small country hanks would
70 si YER Isroa exte1f Rooms hranches
or of7ceS of sI1ch citv hanks"
Peoples Drug Dividends Voted.
The directors of PEOPLES Drug stores
Inc, have declared the regular quar-
terly dividends of rs cents on common.
payable April / on stock of record
mar! March .; ana 30 e on tne Prel n7da
ri record on March ! The local com
I,o,1v's rreferred stock is listed on the
TUashinoton Stock Fvchanpe and is cell
mo around sI04 a share while the COM
T1on, is listed or tbe New York Curb
Market and sold Yesterday at S44 per
share.
T.,,.-, p,;Iuoo5 poror4 ont
AL4C SA4IAsJ wanna 1SelAAAOeN SPOa -
Tor January net railway operating m
ccme OF S5,996.oJ5, decrease OF Sl,9zO,-
474. when compared with the first
month OF 1929. Gross revenues IoT
January were S40,55l ,4O9, compared
with sol ,eo4 ,3O4 IN the corresponding lg
month last year decrease OF slls Ll.
~ more than S5,O0O.OOo In Irelgnt rev; rev
enueS was reported as I1e IargesI item zen
IN the oecllne n gross. passenger rev oo
enueS Tell on mule less than SloO'OOV