The evening world. Newspaper, February 3, 1922, Page 21

THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, PPONSOLIDATED GAS DIVIDEND PAID BY Plectric Consumers Taxed for “Coal Preferential” as Well as Return on Gas Stock. Every time a resident of Munhat- n or the Bronx burned an electric ht or heated an electric iron last he added his mite toward pay- Ing dividends to holders of Consvli- d Gas stock. This was vi-tually admitted by former Judge William Ransome, counsel ict the Conscli- INVALID WIDOW DIES FIGHTING FIRE) Lighted Match Slips. From Her} Hand and Ignites Tablecloth ar? Curtain. Mrs. Helen Rawley, sixty-four, a EDISON GO, PROFIT wis mic es $ | peries in her home on the fourth ficor of an apartment house at No. 116 Sherman Avenue last night. She died ten minutes after being taken to Columbus Hospital. Mrs. Rawley, an invalid, lived with her brother, Harry Brownson. Dur- ing his absence she went to the din- ing room and attempted to light ‘ie gas,. The match slipped from 1 or hand and set fire to a tablecloth and curtain, While trying to beat out the flames her clothing caught fire. Her screams brought neighbors, who tore the clothing from her. Patrol- d and Edison Companies, when said the 2 per cent. extre divi- declared by the Edison was im- diately converted into a 13-4 per mt, quarterly dividend for the Con- pidated Ges. pAithough many public utility ds have frowned upon the prac- of making a profitable oranch ff a business pay for an allegedly in fitable branch, the electrio con- umers, who are still paying a “ooal ferential” because of a poverty by the Edison last year, were d upon to make good the allesod lency of income from gas con- mers. September the Washington, D. G, Public Utility Board emphasired B in connection with a rate ose lof @ company operating both a trel- line and an electric line, in h the trolley line was being oper- at a loss. That body held it unfair to tax the electric light ners for the fares of street- engers. Each utility, it was ted out, must pay its own way. any benefits accruing to either be passed on to its own cus- ers. official attitude of the Con- ted on the proposition of pay- LURE cas dividends with electric in- fs contained in the following ment, issued when the dividend declared earlier this week: ‘At its regular monthly meeting New York Edison Company de- red an extra dividend out of its fivided surplus earnings of 2 per ht upon its capital stock, all of hich is held by the Consolidated s* Company to declare a dividend f $1.75 a share on Its capital stock, aoe March 15, to stock of record | moan Cobley poured sweet oil on Mrs. | Rawley’s burns while he awaited the ambulance, Firemen prevented the |flames trom extending further than the dining room. e > MUSIC PRIX DE ROME CONTEST NOW OPEN Rules Governing Competition An- nuanced—Closing Date March 1. The American Academy In Rome announced to-day that applicants for admission to the second competition for the Prix de Rome in musical com- position are required to file with the Secretary of the academy not later than March 1 an application, along with letters of reference as to char. acter, education and artistic ability. ‘They must also file two compositions, one ejther for orchestra alone or in combination with a solo instrument and one for string quartet or for some ensemble combination, such as a son- ata for violin and piano, @ trio for The Sunshine Soda it: Keciting to the annual report af the Consolidated, dated Jan. 23, 1922, ividends were paid during 1921 at he rate of 7 per cent. amounting to! | | 7,000,000. This was despite a stated | loss from the gas business of $8,46: D38.65, pl ther alleged loss in 920 of $4, 09. It is also stated hat the 19 ends exceeded the et non-gas revenue by $1,510,498.78. nis, it is admitted, impaired the sompany’s undistributed arnings to the extent of $10,000,000 In 1921 alone. ons of whiskey and gin into a er. ‘Twelve gambling d eight copper stills were destroyed. When the table is cleared That’s when the crumbs are noticed. Tak-hom-a Biscuit is neater to serve because it splits-in-two with- . out crumbling. The neat housewife serves Tak- hom-a Biscuit with the soup, salad, and cheese. 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