Evening star., 1950-04-19
Business Briefs

Electric Power Consumption
dropped to 5,S63.247, 900 kilowatt
hours in the week ended April Is
VS.. 5.897 ,631,00 in the previous
week, and was 9.7% below the
5,342, ,731 600 in the like 1949
week,-Edison Electric Institute.
Wholesale Food Index. based on
the total cost OF pound each of
81 foods In general use, this week
declined 2 cents from a week ago
to $5.73, matching the years low
OF January 3. This compared with
1888 q year ago.-Dun Il Brad
street.
Dollar Volume Of building per-
mits In 215 cities climbed to
SAB, 1885, in March. second
highest month on record. This
total was exceeded only in April,
l929.-Dun & Bradstreet.
Independent Retail Sales DUR
ing March rose 1879 over February
and were 40 higher than in
March.-Census Bureau.
Fire Losses rose to the highest
total in two years in March at an
estimated $72,46s, 900.
Keystone Steel and Wire Co. de-
clared a regular quarterly divi-
dend of 40 cents and an extra
Of so cents. both payable June IS
to record Of May 81.
Chesapeake e. Ohio Railway
profit for March was 1855, 900 or
As cents share. wiping out the
deficit for the first two months
of 1850.
Virginia Electric l. Power Co.
profit for the IL months ended
March 81 was $S.443. .998 or 81. "a a
share VS.. S5,902.56 or $l.39 a year
earlier.
Westinghouse Electric Corn. pro-
fit for the first quarter was $11.-
890,377 or 81 cents a share VS..
$10.866,921 or 70 cents In the like
1949 period.
Johns -Manville Corp. profit for
the March quarter was s3,928,551
or $l.29 a share VS.. $2,883, ,431 or
81 cents in the like 1949 period.
New York State Electric & Gas
Corp. earned s5,163,665 or $4.56
a share in 1949 vs.. $4,740.872 or
$4.64 in 1948.
Douglas Aircraft Co. profit for
the quarter ended February % was
1891 ,319 or $1.55 a share VS.. ST.
00l ,529 or 1894 a year earlier.
McKesson & Robbins profit for
the 9 months ended March 81 was
$6,3S2,319 or 1884 a share VS..
$6.737,678 or 1915 last year,
Dominion Steel & Coal Corp,
Ltd, earned S5.252,063 or $5.05 a
share in 1949 VS.. $4.66o,74l or
$40 in 1948.
Acme Steel Co. in the quarter
ended March 81 earned 1902 ,29o
or 81 cents a share VS.. $1,286, ,548
or IS cents a year earlier.
Central Hudson Gas e. EIec-
trio earned $1,603.100 in the year
ended March 81 VS.. $1,357,1Sl a.
year earlier.
Central Illinois Light Co. profit
for the year ended March 81 was
S2.S77 ,938 or $297 a share VS.. ST.
853.225 or S2.94 year earlier.
Hilton Hotels Corp. profit for
the quarter ended March 81 was
81. .144 900 or 72 cents a share VS..
$974,128 or so cents a year earlier
Mercantile Stores Co, Inc.
profit for the year ended January
81 was s3.607.129 or s2.42 a share
VS.. $5.126.725 or $3.44 a year
earlier.
Texas Pacific Coal e. Oil Co.
profit for the quarter ended March
81 was $1.315.381 or "a cents a
share VS.. $1,659,15s or "a cents a
year earlier.
Westinghouse Air Brake Co.
profit for the quarter ended
March 81 was $1,656, ,746 or So
cents a share VS.. $3,795.627 or
$1.20 in the 1949 period.
Zellers, Ltd. profit for the year
ended January 81 was $1,169,552
or $50 a share VS.. $984.211 or
$3.50 a year earlier.
Associated Transport, Inc,
earned $l.478.799 or 1861 a pre-
ferred share In 1949 VS.. $1.113,-
888 or $27.80 preferred in 1948.
Dominguez Oil Fields Co. profit
for l949 was $1.866, 1856 or s4.67I
VS.. $1,8l9,010 or $4.55 in l948.
Hawaiian Commercial and Sug.
Co. profit for 1949 was S1,542.-
SIS or 66 cents a share VS.. $780,
s93 or 81 cents In 194S.