Evening star., 1940-03-01
Diamond Match Co.
Nets $2,136,750,
S1.76 a Share
1889 TotoI Compares
With $2,073,S62
In Previous Year
By the Associated Press.

mond match Co. reported for 1899
net profit of $2,l36,7 $50, or $176 a
share. compared with the 1898 figure
of s2,073,862, or $1.67 a share. The
company has plants at Barberton,
Ohio; Oswego, N. Y; Railway, N.
j.; Springfield, Mass; Cusick,
Wash; Albeni Falls, Idaho, and
Oshkosh, Wis.
G. A. Transportation.
General American Transportation
Corp, the primary business of which
is manufacturing, selling and oper-
ating of railway freight cars, re-
ported for 1889 net profit of $3,214,-
| 043, or $3.1l common share, COM
pared with S3,004,899, or $291 a
share, for the previous year. The
company has plants at East Chi
cago. Ind; Masury, Ohio, and
Argentine, Kans.
l. Bridgeport Brass Co.
Bridgeport Brass Co. reported
1899 net income of s459,O5S, or 40
cents a common share, compared
with net loss of $251 ,899 for the pre-
vious year.
International Salt.
International Salt Co. reported
1889 net income of $462, ,1Ol, or s1.92
a common share, compared with
S550,6l3, or $229 a share for the
previous year.
Amerex Holding.
Amerex Holding Corp, for the year
1889, reported net income of S1,293,-
935, after charges, equal to SITS a
common share, compared with ST.
269, ,633, or sl.72 common share in
1898.
The company owns almost 80 per
cent of the stock of American Ex-
press Co. The latter, for 1899, had
net, income of $1.710,986, or $3.50 q
common share, compared with ST.
76O,7l6, or 1918 common share, In
the preceding year.
Babcock & Wilcox.
BabcOck & Wilcox Co. and Wholly
owned subsidiaries, for the year 1899,
reported net profit of s1,168, 1872,
after charges, equal to STA a COM
mon share, compared with net loss
of S3089,191 in 1898. Maker of
steam boilers, the company has
plants at Barberton, Ohio: Bayonne,
N. j.; Augusta, Ga, and Beaver
Falls, Pa.
| Standard Gas.
Standard Gas & Electric Co. and
subsidiaries reported 1899 prelim-
mary consolidated net income of
S3,3l7, ,412. compared with 1926 SIT,
the revised 1888 figure. Non-con-
solidated net income was 1923 1853,
compared with $339,97 in 1898.
Wick Chemical.
WICK Chemical Co. reported for
the last six months of 1899 con-
solidated net profit of $1,951,O30,
equal to $3.50 a common share,
compared with s1,921, ,90s, or $2.74
g share, for the corresponding 1898
period. For the December quarter
indicated net profit was $879,09 or
$127 a share, compared with $685.
OLA, or 95 cents a share, for the
December, 1888, quarter, and ST.
OIL ,939, or $153 a share, for the
September, 1899, quarter. The COM
pany has plants at Greensboro,
N. c., and at Philadelphia, Pa.
J. j. Newberry Co.
j. j. Newberry Co. and subsid-
iaries reported for 1899 net income
of $2,325, ,408, equal, after preferred
requirements, to $544 a common
share outstanding, compared with
$1,792,742, or $4.04 a share, in 1898.
The company operates approxi-
mately 500 retail stores in 43 States.
er-Denver Co.
Gardner-Denver Co. reported net
profit for 1899 totaled $1,123,558,
compared with $590,614 in 1888.
After provision for preferred divi-
dends, the net last year equaled
$1.79 a share on the common stock,
compared with "a cents a share in
1898.
Hazel-Atlas Glass.
The Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. re-
ported net earnings of $2,884 ,150
for the year ending last December
80, equal to 1854 a share of out
standing stock. The earnings were
the third best in the company's
history. Earnings in 1888 were
81, 157 1862 and in 1887, a record year,
equaled $667 share.