Evening star., 1950-05-26
Business Briefs

BituminOuS Production

BituminOus Production in the
week of May 20 totaled 9.545, 900
tons, bringing production for 1850
to approximately 172.256, 900 tons
VS.. 209, ,941 900 in the like 1949
period.-National Coal Association.
Department Store Sales declined
80 in the week of May 20 COM
pared with the 1949 week.-Fed-
eral Reserve Board. Sales for the
January 1-May 20 period are 80
beloV the 1949 period.
Money in Circulation declined
to 26,908, 100000 on May "a, a
drop of $72 million from a week
earlier and $459 million below a
year ago.-Federal Reserve Board.
Motor vehicle production this
week will set another record of
176.446 units. 146.47o cars and
29.976 trucks, VS.. 136,879 cars and
30.156 trucks last week and 93,-
334 and 1881 for the 1949 week.
Wards Automotive Reports.
Chain store and mail order sale.
totaled $2,332. 100000 in April
"fractionally" above March, after
allowance for seasonal factors
Commerce Department.
Commercial Credit Co. de.
clared a $120 quarterly dividend
payable to record of June 9.
Colts Manufacturing Co, de.
clared a 81 dividend, payable to
record Of June /. The only divi-
dend last year was a 50 special
in December.
international Minerals & Chem
ical Corp. declared a quarterly
| dividend of 70 cents payable to
record Of June Is. Previous pay
ments were SO cents quarterly.
Kelley Island Lime g. Transport
Co. declared a 35-cent dividend
payable to record of June 20. Pre-
vious payments were Is cents
quarterly with a year-end 1949
extra Of so cents.
Consumers Power Co. profit for
the year ended April 80 was $16,-
970.551 or $2.92 a share VS.. $14,-
1886 or $2.53 a year earlier.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
earned $15,S59,664 or $5.72 a share
for the four months ended April
80 VS.. 1873, 1868 or 1898 in the
1949 period.
Federated Department Stores
profit for the year ended April 20
was $15,596.158 or $3.50 a share
VS.. $14.463.851 or $3.50 a year
earlier.
Union Pacific Railroad profit for
the four months ended April 80
was $13,103,143 or $2.65 a share
VS.. $6,254.046 or Sill in the 1949
period.
Illinois Central Railroad earned
$5,384,144 or $3.50 a share in the
four months ended April 80 VS..
SIS. .167.936 or $3.50 in the 1949
period.
American Crystal Sugar Co.
profit for the year ended March
81 was $1.439.67 or 1923 a share
VS.. $1,344.519 or $2,96 a year
earlier.
Chicago, r.. I. e. Pacific earned
$3,913,819 or $1.94 q share in the
four months ended April 80 VS..
$4,171 ,005 or $213 in the 1949
period.
Dominion Stores, Ltd, profit
for the year ended March 81 was
$1,479,517 or $4.69 a share VS..
1904 .389 or $4.19 a year earlier.
Eastern Gas Fuel Associates
profit for the IL months ended
April 30 was $2.4s4.089 or 1888
a preferred share VS.. $10,874,583
or $26.1o preferred a year earlier.
Ell Paso Natural Gas earned
$4,265, ,442 or $1.73 a share in the
year ended March 81 VS.. 81. .593. .251
or $2.42 q year earlier.
Emerson Radio & Phonograph
profit for the 26 weeks ended May
was $3,04s,94s or $3.46 a share
VS.. $1.896.126 or $2.37 a year
earlier.
Gulf Coast Lines profit for the
four months ended April 30 was
81. 1.268,553 VS.. $1.244,051 a year
earlier.
Indiana Gas & Water Co. profit
for the year ended April 30 was
S1.324,977 or $2.01 share VS..
$l,007, ,424 or $l.53 year earlier.
King-Seeley Corp. earned ST.
so9,575 or s--.e5 a sfere in the nine
months ended April 80 VS.. $I,414,-l
161 or $3.49 year earlier.
Missouri Pacific profit for the
four months ended AprA 80 was
81 .605. .92A yg. n. 3o5 -Ssf in t3,e fnAo