Evening star., 1948-02-26
Business Briefs

&6&MK CieaTlHSS III "a leaQlug CLUES
dropped to s11 ,765, TIC, 900 in the
week end February Is VS.. s12,-
788,223.000 in the preceding week
but remained above $11,370, ,340, 900
in the same 1947 week.--Dnn g.
Bradstreet!
Electric Power Consumption de-
clined to 5,254, ,002 600 kilowatt hours
in the week ended February II,
fourth weekly drop in row, and
compared with 1894 ,945, 900 in the
preceding week, but remained 10%o
above 4,777,740,00 in the like 1947
week-Edison Electric Institute.
Automobile Production will reach
a new postwar peak of 1875 units
in the United States this week-Au-
tomotive News. Included will be
SO, ,4e4 passenger cars and 30,292
trucks VS.. 77,480 and 29,637 last week.
Union Pacific Railroad declared a
$3.50 dividend, payable April l. The
road paid $3.50 each in the first
three quarters of last year and $3.50
at the years end.
Delaware, Lackawanna g. West
ern Railroad declared dividend OF
rs cents a capital share, payable
April i, first payment on the stock
since 1881.
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. de-
clared a dividend Of rs cents a COM
mon share, payable March 80. The
company last year paid so cents in
March, rs cents in June and Sep
tember and 81 in December.
Inspiration Consolidated Copper
Co. declared a dividend of so cents
a capital share, payable March %.
In 1947 the company paid Is cents
each in March and June, an extra
of Is cents in June. so cents in Sep
tember and year-end of 81 IN De-
cember.
Boston e. Providence Railroad re-
organization plan approved by the
ICC was rejected by Federal Court
at Boston and sent back to the
commission for further study.
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
earned a record $48,806,417 or $3.50
a share in 1947 VS.. $8,823,846 or 65
cents in 1916 when a four-month
strike cut income.
American Rolling Mill Co. net
income for 1947 set new record
of S25,002.211 or $7.44 VS.. 1885,, ,491
or $5.35 In 1946.
American Radiator & Standard
Sanitary Corp. earned $19, ,425 900 or
$l.90 in 1947 VS.. $s,905, ,543 or 95
cents in the previous year.
A. e. Staley Mfg. Co. profit for
1s47 was $9,491 ,266 or $1099 in 1947
VS.. $766o, 500 or $8.79 in ls46.
National Gypsum Co. earned
s5,273,120 or $3.50 in 1947 VS.. S4023,-
e52 or 1921 in the previous year.
Puget Sound Pulp & Paper Co.
net for 1s47 was s4,822,901 or $12.31
VS.. s1,32o,507 or $3.50 in 1916.
United Carbon Co. earned S3. .l59.-
1873 or $3.97 in 1947 VS.. $3,010,2S4 or
s3.79 in the previous year.
Edison Bros. Stores, Inc, profit
for 1947 was $2.817,l47 or $500 VS..
$S,1S2,17S or 1888 in 1916
Texas Gulf Producing Co. earned
$2343, ,129 or $3.50 in 1s47 VS.. $780,
$50 or $1.18 in the previous year.
General Railway Signal Co. net
for 1s47 was $583,182 or $140 VS..
$194,644 or % cents in 1916.
Pennsylvania-Dixi Cement Corp.
earned s1,534, ,289 or 1922 in 1947 VS.
$l,1s9, ,468 or $2.28 in the previous
year.
United Elastic Corp. net for 1947
was 81 ,394,761 or 1888 VS.. $2,192, 1892
or $14.66 in 1916.
Firth Carpet Co. earned 81 ,500,3 ,327
or $3.50 in 1947 VS.. 81 1854, ,453 OF
42.44 in the previous year.
L. "A. Young Spring & Wire Corp
profit for six months ended jan
uary 81 was $i,189, 900 or $2.s1 VS.
$2S3 ,25S or SO cents year earlier
Bon Ami Co. earned $949,927 In
ie47 vs.. $1,567, 7,682 in the previous
year.