Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1928, Page 23

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The Heating Con- tractor (get a responsible one, to make sure the job is well done) will set Contento and the radiators, run the few neces- sary lines of pipe and the job will be done before you know it. Ad every winter thereafter you will congratulate yourself because you installed Contento. Ask any reliable Heating Con- tractor to get Contento for you. He will be glad to give you an estimate on the job. NATIONAL RADIATOR CORPORATION MANUFACTURER OF BADIATCRS AND BOILERS Washington Sales Office and Warehouse 2205 Fifth Street N.E J TELEPHONE PROFT - SMALLER FOR JUNE Statistics on Local Securities Brought Out by New Booklet. BY EDWARD C. STONE. | The report of operations of the| Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.. filed yesterday with the Public Utilities Comnussion, shows that telephone op- crating revenues for the month of June | were $657.128. Op- enses . mak- revenues month 3 ¢ b4 : A : : i ¢ I iA g ¢ EA Z 7 : : 4 {ing net for the $179.726. which was a decrease of $26.149 over the h of May, but v above June Taxes assignable to operations amounted to $44.450. Taxes for the first six months of 1928 amounted to $306.604, an in- g . crease of $48 over the same period of 1927 At the ciose of business June 30 thers were 149.264 telephones conneeted with the 12 central offices serving the Dis- trict. an increase of 1.678 since Janu- ary 1 | Equipment added to the system dur- |ing the first six months of 1928 in- volved expenditures of $1,100.214. Re- tirements were $741.372, making net | additions for the period ending June | 30._$358,842 Outside _facilities included under- ground conduit and cable extension | and the installation of additional appa- us in various central offices Light Shed on Local Securities. That Washington Railway & Electric Co. earned $42.03 per on the com- mon stock year, 8 2 in_1926 and $33.44 in 192 shown in “Facts an Figures on Washington Securiti brought out yesterday by Y. E. Booker & Co. It also gives the earnings om the common stocks of several other public utility corporations of wide m- | terest to the holders of these issus | Washington Railway common. | times called the “General Mo the Local Exchange.” last sold at $45 | per chare. the high for the present ve: being $485. The common pays 7 cent. The prevailing price of the stoc! would appear to be based on earnings { rather than on the past year's dividen { rate. The compilation gives the incom dnr the first five months of 1928, thn ! period not being suffictent to indicat | what this year's earnings per { will be. { The statistics show that Capital Trac-| | tion earned $5.90 per share on the com- | mon stock in 1927, $6.69 in 1926 and! $6.57 in 1925. Earnings on the com-| {mon - stock of the Potomac !lemlc‘ { Power Co. all of which is owned by | the Washington Railway & Electric Co., | were $42.28 in 1927. $41.30 in 1936 and 183826 in 1925. Similar earnings on! { Washington Gas Light stock were $§5.27 in 1927, $6.07 in 1926 and $4.58 in | 1925 | Statement Includes Surplus Funds. The booklet also includes the yearly surplus of the utility companies for the ¢ three-year period. A! the end of 1927 Washington surplus of $5.708, l.‘)! in 1926 $4.958.405 and $4,173,792 in 1925. The Potomac Electric Power Co.'s surplus in 1927 was $6,901,360. ssm 550 in 1926 and $3.897.954 Colton. ,fiasaf 2% FRA | Washington | finished 1927 with a ‘surplus of $7.847. | 192, 1926 with $7,985,021 and 1925 wit! | $7.881,199 The table also compares the net incomes of these companies for the| three years and alse the first five ' | months of the present year. Merger Situation Summarized. The present status of the proposed | merger of the local traction lnes is { summed up and the booklet comtains | glma regarding all the banks in Securities listed on the Washington | Stock Exchange in recent months have | been added. five insurance companies and title insurance companies also appearing. Pacts are published about the Bonds of the local clubs. such as the Army | and Navy, Chevy Chase, City, Columbla | Country, Commercial, Congressional. Cosmos, Metropolitan, Racquet and University. \“\\\\\S\\\\\\s\\\\\\\\\\\\\\“\Mfi\\\'\\\\\\\ [CTTTTTRRER RN \\\\\\\\{\\\\\\\sss\\s\»s\»\sss\s\\si\\i\s SR The real estate mortgage companies | which have sprung into existence so fast in Washington in recent years, come in for their ihlle of statistical attention. Automobile Production Holding Up, Automobile production in June showed considerably less than the usual sea- | sonal decline. the Federal Resery: Board reported yesterday in a summary of general business and financial con- | ditions. | _ The report, based upon statistics for | June and part of July. however, said that weekly employment figures from Detroit indicated that operations of | automobile plants were “well main- | | tained during the first three weeks” of this th, i rial production and the dis- | tributfon of commodities in June were |in smaller volume than in May.” the report continued, “and the general level | of whole prices, following a sharp ad- vance in April and May. also dv‘rlh)?d Member bank credit was in record | volume early in July and Indebtedness at the reserve banks was htw than | | at any time in the past six years.” | New L C. C. Petitions Flled. Petitions for the reopening of the | | Chesapeake & Ohio merger ease in \ order m allow that company to acquire additional stock in the Pere Marquette Railroad to enable it to issue new stock | its present stockholders at par, were | filed today with the Interstate Com- merce Commission. The 1. C. C. originally ruled that the road might buy the siock at 110 per share. The Nickel Plate, which holds most of the stock _needed, . refuses to | %eil &t that price. The C, & O., t | fore. asks the right to buy af per share The second petition asks the 1. C. C. | 1o reverse a former decision and permit ¢ d to sell new stock to its stock- at par Convention Dates Announeed. The 1928 convention of the National Financial Advertisers’ Association will be held September 17-20. at Utles, N Y Several members from Washington in- cluding advertising representatives of banks and trust companies, expect fo attend this copvention this year. Bight hundred banks hold membership in the organization - which promotes advertis- ing, publicity, new business developmen! | and trust development of banking. Gleaned in Financial Distriet. Bertram Chesterman, president of | the Washington Morris Plan Bank, has | returned from an extended trip to| | Burope and is back at his desk, He| | went ‘abroad for a rest and sppesrs | much benefited by the journey B L. Colton, newly elected director | # | of the District National Bank, is the | stitution’s trust officer. having been | l ected to that position last mmwvl He is one of the youngesi bankers in|g Washington 1o whom hss been given | ¢ uch responsibility He has been with|# the Distriet National since May 1923 ‘ | previously having been in thé trust | depastment of the American Becurity & Trust Co. 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