Evening star., 1951-03-02
Business Briefs

Business Briefs
Money in Circulation in the
week ended February % totaled
$27,188, ,000, 900, up $24 million
from the previous week and $128
million over the year-ago figure
Federal Reserve Board.
Motor Vehicle Production this
week is estimated at 170.548 units,
including 138,651 cars and 31,897
trucks VS.. 155,679 and 37,978 last
week and 94,300 and 22,569 in the
like 1850 week. - Wards Auto
motive Reports.
Bituminous Production in the
week ended February "a was TO-
$4,000 tons. VS.. 10,930,000 the
previous week and $500, 900 in the
comparable strike week of 1850.
National Coal Association.
Railroad Freight Loadings dur
ing the week ended February "a
totaled 734,794 cars, 0.8% under
the previous week but 34.4% above
the like 1850 week, when a coal
strike cut the volume.-Associa-
ton of American Railroads.
Standard Oil Co. Gndiana)
profit for 1850 was $123,581,477
or $500 a share VS.. $102,668. .228
m. SH 10 in 1QdQ
Chrysler Corp. earned $127,876,-
791 or $14.69 a share in 1850 VS..
$132,17G.096 or $15.19 in 1949.
Armco Steel Corp. profit for 1850
was $47,000,505 or $11.76 a share
VS.. $30.918,202 or $7.68 for 1949.
International Business Machines
Corp. earned $33,301, 1903 or S12.05
a share in 1850 VS.. 33,277,332 or
$12.04 in 1949.
Union Oil Co. of California
earned $17,177,547 or $500 a share
in 1850 VS. $20.356,946 or $500 in
1949.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
profit for January was $1,585, ,281
VS.. $1.803,617 a year earlier.
Carrier Corp. earned $3,948,652
or $5.74 share in the year ended
January 81 VS.. $1,315,844 or $1.84
a year earlier.
Great Northern Railway lost
S300,414 in January VS.. loss of
$3,971,897 a year earlier.
Iowa Public Service Co. profit
for the year ended January 81
was $2,837,825 or $1.49 a share VS..
$3,062,255 or $2.29 a year earlier.
Louisville G. Nashville R.R.,
earned $2,582,946 in January VS..
$617,593 year earlier.
Northrop Aircraft, Inc, earned
100000 or $3.50 a share in the
six months ended January 81 VS..
$890,895 or $1.98 a year earlier.
Northern Pacific Rwy. profit for
January was $221,447 VS.. a loss
of $2,954,824 a year earlier.
Pennsylvania Railroad earned
$996,738 in January VS.. $2,650,259
d year carrier.
Royal Typewriter Co. profit for
the January 81 quarter was
81, ,082.231 or 95 cents a share VS..
S842,89 or 72 cents in the like
1850 period.
American Water Works & Subs.
profit for 1850 was $2,74S,253 or
$1.01 share VS.. $2,196,655 or 81
Icents in 1949.
BabcOck g. Wilcox Co. earned
$9,452,760 or $6.70 a share in 1850
VS.. $10,755,370 or $7.62 in 1e49.
Baldwin Lima Hamilton Corp
earned $4,471 $50 or $1.0l a share
in 1850 VS.. s3,522,2 or $1.41 in
1949.
4 Bell & Gossett Co. profit for
1850 was $1,271.289 or $500 a
share VS.. $544.i65 or $1.71 in
1949.
Connecticut Light g. Power Co.
earned $5,696.457 or $102 share
in 1850 VS.. $5.055,038 or SO cents
in 1949.
Cream of Wheat Corp. earned
81, 1866, 1893 or 1928 a share in 1850
VS.. 81, ,451 ,467 or $2.42 in 1949.
! Crown Cork G. Seal Co. profit
for 1850 was $2,486,214 or $1.6O
a share VS.. $2,O19.867 or $1.22 in
1949.
Dayton Power & Light Co.
earned $6,465 1896 or $3.50 a share
in 1850 VS.. s5,519,o79 or $2.7S in
l1949.
Ell Paso Natural Gas profit for
1850 was $6.389,780 or s2.32 a
share VS.. $4,575,555 or $1.92 in
l1949.
Homestake Mining Co. profit
for 1850 was $3,659,665 or $1.82
a share VS.. $2,869, ,446 or SLAB in
194s.
p. Lorillard Co. earned $6,735-
1853 or $3.50 a share in 1850 VS..
|$6,824.133 or $2.73 in 1949.
McLouth Steel Corp. earned S.
757,342 or $6.05 a share in 1850
VS.. $2,136, 1923 or 1924 in 1949.
i Missouri Portland Cement Co.
earned $1,760.269 or $598 share
lin 1850 VS.. $1,429, ,286 or $4.86 in
l1949.
National Gypsum Co. profit
for 1850 was $9,286,528 or $4.19 a
share VS.. $5,836,707 or $2.57 in
1949.
National Tea Co. earned $5,214,-
563 or 1891 a share in 1850 VS..