Show I r B BUSINESS SINESS BRIEFS i 0 April 10 he The distribution of the first carloads carload of grain crain sent ent by soviet Russia for Ruhr relief rUet be began bY an Monday inthe Bochum district it I is I. s announced that tha other shipments of ot grain craIn fr freon m Russia are hG arriving at Hambur Ham Ham- burg bur A j hu hugo huge o demonstration in honor honoret honorof of et the arrival 0 of the soviet grain took swore u Iraln sawia VL was with red Wa emblems emblems BIRMINGHAM r. r Ala April Apri 10 Fire of ot unknown cause cluse origination In In the tie vulcanizing room Monday afternoon on swept the building of ot the Birmingham Packard Motor company Injuring three employs and two firmen firemen destroying about automobiles and Ind a a large laree stock of o repair parts and equipment causing total damages which IC will V I approximate a Woo mC according d to the estimates ot of t company officials official NEW Ew YORK TORN YORI April Apri 10 One b-One One billion bIlon and a quarter dollars dollars' worth of of building permits the greatest amount for a 1 situ sim Ihn liar ilar in the ar period nations nation's history were taken out throughout hout the country durIng dur dur- ing log January Januar February and March S S. W. W v. v Straus ft A Co announced announced All Al records records records rec rec- for tor Starch March alone were broken 0 worth of work being authorized d dIn In cities cUel a a gain of ot or 62 6 per cent tent over March of or last year cu First class passenger rates rated on en all aU t steamship lines to Europe rae have havo have been Increased 10 1 per cent ent The higher rate rale Wi Will continue In force lorce until July 31 53 1 when winter r rates ratel will wi be effective Westbound rates will wi be Increased 10 per cent on July 1 and will 1 be In effect I until 31 11 1 Stockholders of ot the Eastman Kastman Kodak company have approved a recommendation recommends recommends- lion tion ton of ot tho the directors for tor a wage vage dividend payable on July 1 to the In subsidiary companies In t the United States Canada Great Britain Europe Asia South America and South Africa The dividend is 2625 on every 1000 earned by the company to to January 1 1923 1523 This is the twelfth annual wage dividend and represents an extra cash bonus to since 1911 1912 of 9 9 Controller Gallup of the Topeka Topeka To- To peka Santa Fa Fe railroad has called attention at attention at- at to tOte the fact that the year fifty 4 per cent convertible bonds ot of 1910 can cannot cannot not bo be converted after May 31 1923 This time limit on the conversion into common stock of the company was fixed by the Indenture under which bonds were Issued corporation will declare a astock astock stock dividend of 10 p per r cent on the common stock and the regular quarterly dividend of 25 26 cents a share on the common cornmon corn com mon stock according to reports The stock dividend It was said would be payable November 15 to stockholders of record November 1 1 and the cash dividend dividend divi divi- payable May 14 to stockholders of record May 1 Fajardo Sugar company has doubled the quarterly dividend on capital stock A dividend of a share quarterly has been declared payable May 1 to stockholders of record April 20 This compares with a dividend of a ashare ashare share declared three months ago At the close of a meeting of directors of Brothers at which the regular regular regu regu- lar quarterly dividend of 1 per cent was declared on the preferred stock payable May 1 to stock of record April 15 a director said the question of a dividend on common stock would be betaken betaken taken up at the end of August 0 I I I 5 |