Evening star., 1951-03-16
Business Briefs
LIST INCLUDES ONLY SELECTED ISSUE

Money in Circulation in the
week ended March IA totaled
$27. .167 100000, down $50 million
from the previous week but $144
million above the year-ago figure.
Federal Reserve Board.
Bituminous Production in the
week ended March 10 was 10I
million tons, VS.. 11.120,O00 the
previous week and 13.482,000 in
the year-ago Week-National Coal
Association.
Freight Carloadings in the week
ended March 10 totaled 749,627I
cars, down 36,240 from the previ-
Gus week but 41,716 above the
corresponding 1850 week.-Associ-
alton of American Railroads.
Heavy Construction Contract
Awards in the week ended Mon
day totaled S220,851 900. VS.. $685.
885, 900 for the previous week and
$2l3,207,000 for the like 1850
Week.-Engineering News-Record.
Construction Contract Awards
in 81 Eastern States climbed toI
S1,140,527, 900 in February, upi
go from January and 46Go from
a wear ago.-F. w. Dodge Corp.
Eversharp, Inc, declared a 35-
cent quarterly dividend on COM
mon, payable May 2. The COM
pany paid 25 cents in each of the
four previous quarters.
BickfOrd's. Inc, declared a Is
cent dividend on common, oay-I
able April 2. The company had
been paying 80 cents quarterly
since 1948. when the rate was
cut from 40 cents.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp,
profit for 1850 was S39,744,O0O or
S14.72 a share VS.. $22,248,00 or
S799 in 1949.
Borden Co. profit for 1850 was
$20,147,073 or $4.69 a share VS..
$21 .890.479 or $50 in 1949.
johnson & Johnson profit for
1850 was S13.281. 900 or S6.49 al
share VS.. $9,282,OOo or SAT- in
1949.
Blaw-Knox Co. earned S3,205,-
377 or $2.27 a share in 1850 VS..
$3,538,408 or $251 in 1949.
National Lead Co. earned S26,-
490,644 or S7.23 share in 1850 VS..
Sl4,749,0l1 or 1888 in 1949.
New Jersey Zinc Co. earned S10.-
024, 4,294 or SSH a share in l95OI
VS.. S4,890,956 or S2.49 in 1949.
Phillips Petroleum Co. profit for
1850 was S51, ,557,264 or 1851 al
share VS.. s44,514,371 or $7.36 inI
1949.
Waite Amulet Mines profit for
1850 was $3,373,326 or S1.O2 al
share VS.. $5,137,938 or $1.56 inI
1949.
Shoe Corp. of America earned
$2,350,546 or $3.50 share in 1950I
VS.. $1.778.568 or $2.66 in 1949.
H. H. Robertson Co. profit for
1850 was $2,5O9,O67 or $10.O3 al
share VS.. $1.556,921 or 1923 in
1949.
Pet Milk Co. earned $3,536.251
or s7,04 share in 1850 VS.. S3,238.-
018 or $634 in 1949.
Packard Motor Car profit for
1850 was $5,162 ,348 or "a cents a !
share VS.. $7,7o6,o42 or 81 cents in
1949.
International Silver Co. profit |
for 1850 was $5,180,198 or S13.24
share VS.. $4,510,037 or $1140 in |
1949. ,
Heyden Chemical Corp. earned
$2,293 ,597 or $1.87 a share in 1850
VS.. $1.494.655 or 81 cents in 1949.
Delaware Power & Light ard
Subs. profit for 1850 was $3,728.- /
063 or $1.95 a share VS.. $3,168,240
or $1.95 in 1949.
Cutler Hammer profit for 1850
was $3,948,158 or SIS .98 share VS..
$2,709,502 or $4,10 in 1949.
Bathurst Power & Paper Co.
earned $2,613,229 or S3.12 a share
in 1850 VS.. $1,701, 1898 or $1.24 in
1949.
Panhandle Producing & Refin-
ing Co. profit for 1850 was 81 1885,
221 or 80 cents a share VS.. ST.
262,810 or 81 cents in 1949.
Aluminium Goods Mfg. Co.
profit for 1850 was $3.839,531 or
$3.85 share VS.. $1,738,356 or
SITS in 1949.
City Investing Co. profit for the
nine months ended January 81
was $1,966,665 or So share VS..
$514,354 or 48 cents year earlier.
Dana Corp. earned $5,306,776 or
$206 a share in the six months
ended February % VS.. $4,414,824
or $1.70 a year earlier.
Lerner Stores Corps profit for
the year ended January 81 was
$3.092,648 or $2.47 a share VS..
$3,088,678 or $246 a year earlier.
N. Y. State Electric & Gas Corp.
profit for the year ended February
28 was $5,957.15O or $2.29 a share
VS.. $5,l21,455 or $1.94 a year
earlier.
Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc,
profit for the "a weeks ended Feb
ruary II was S1.616,568 or $1.32 a
share VS.. $1,140,664 or SO cents a
year earlier.
West Penn Electric earned SILL
335, 5,718 or 1854 a share in the year
ended January 81 VS.. $10,413,145
or 1925 a year earlier.