Evening star., 1933-01-29
CORPORATION
REPORTS
TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS.

G4ulI6olc o1uCc ouuulllS SOTpUIdIiOIl
common share earnings, eight months
Food Products.
American Beverage Corporation def
city, year ended November 80, S16,872 VS..
net income $14007.
Purity Bakeries Corporation common
share earnings, So weeks ended Decem-
Der 81, IS cents vs.. $214 in SO weeks to
January 2, 1882.
Investment Trusts.
American Capital Corporation liQui-
dating value on December 81, 1882,
S803 q preferred share vs.. $l6.99 on
Insuranshares Certificates, Inc, nqui-
dating value on December 81, 1882,
$351 a common share VS.. $4.46 on De-
cember 81, 1881.
Railway g. Light Securities Co., iqui-
dating value as of December 81, 1882,
equaled $9.sl a common share vs. 1881
share on December 81, 1881.
Machinery.
Deere & Co. declared a quarterly
dividend of cents on $40 par preferred
stock; previous payment 10 cents made
December l, 1882.
rSIIy zap O. OcG oClC" w. Aoo1 oCAA-
cit $l95, 1894 VS.. deficit S182,960.
Miscellaneous.
Boston Wharf Co. 1882 common share
earnings $5.41 vs.. s5.68.
Finance Co. Of America, at Baltimore,
1892 common share earnings SO cents
VS.. "a cents.
Gorham Manufacturing Co. deferred
action Of common dividend last pay
ment on common was IS cents, made
December l, 1882.
Oil.
Southern Pipe Line Co.-Declared
dividend Of 10 cents; on December !,
1882, dividend Of Is cents was paid.
Standard Oil Co. New Jersey sub
sidiary, Standard Oil Co. Of Pennsyl-
vania)-Reduced its service station
price / cent gallon in Philadelphia.
Paper and Paper Products.
Crown Zellerbach Corporation-De-
clared dividend Of 3712 cents each on
class A and class B preference stocks !;
payment would leave in arrears &C
cumulations Of s8.25 share on each
Of these issues.
Railroad and Railroad Equipment
Revenue freight car loadings in week
ended January 81 totaled 496, ,434 cars,
a decrease Of 1888 under preceding
week and 65,667 cars, or 11.6 per cent
below 1882 week, according to Amer
ican Railway Association, in week
ended January IA decline from 1882
week was Ills per cent.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Decem-
ber net railway operating income $685.
032, VS.. $521, ,746; IL months totals were
S1O0 100 US S4748 109
Chicago, Burlington g. Quincy Rail-
road December net railway operating
income of III per cent; II months
of 53.4 per cent.
Northern Pacific Railway December
net railway operating income on $40
per cent: IL months off TOT per cent.
New York Central Railroad Decem-
ber net railway operating income ST..
1873, ,497, VS.. $564.065; IL months total
$40, ,73S, $50, VS.. s28,075. 579.
Pittsburgh 6s Lake Erie Railroad De-
cember net railway operating income
was off 1873 per cent; IL months on
49.7 per cent.
Rutland Railroad December net rail-
way operating income was $15,976, VS..
net railway operating deficit OF $5,547;
IL months net railway operating in
come was $306,711, VS.. net railway op-
Grating income Of 1854, ,242.
Seaboard Air Line Railway December
net railway operating income $128,O28'
VS.. $6O.267; IL months totals $208, $50,
VS.. $2,578,649
Union Pacific Railroad December net
railway operating income of 46.2 per
cent; IL months off 81 per cent.
Virginian Railway 1882 common share
earnings, s1.27 VS.. $5.05.
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway De-
cember net railway operating income
s232, ,504 VS.. s45,e64; IL months totals
were $903,l70 VS.. $l.1s6,80l.
Retail Trade.
American Stores Co. opened about
400 new stores in 1892, increasing chain
to 1850 units.
Drug Inc. reported discussion Of new
ARRANGEMENTS for sale of interest II
Boots Pure Drug Co., Ltd, under way;
understood arrangements would be such
that Treasury embargo would not bt
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. de.
clared usual extra dividend OF 25 cents
and regular quarterly dividend OF $l.5(
on common stock.
Grand Union Co.-Store sales in S;
weeks ended December 81, 1882, de.
creased 1877 per cent from total in 81
weeks ended January 2, 1882.
Kress (S H. & Co. 1892 common
share earnings, $2.76 VS.. $4.14.
Theaters, Etc.
Radio-Keith- -Orpheum Corporation
| A receiver in equity has been appoint
| ed for the company by Federal Court
New York, on petitions of bondholders
, and with consent of the company: Or
pheum Circuits, Inc, indirectly con-
trolled by this company filed voluntary
bankruptcy petition.
Utilities.
Central Gas & Electric Co-Receivel
appointed for company by Fedora
Court. Baltimore, on petition filed b,
creditor holding unpaid demand note
thought improbable that either pr1n'
aa,,ai i,.4o mill ha xaaid l,