Show r f r Wall Street Briefs Brief I NEW YORI TORI Jan 11 It CAp orden AP Orders by Electric company In 1927 declineS declined to from fron In 1026 a d decre reo o of S Ii po per cent Fourth quarter orders orden were against In tho the fourth quarter of ot 1026 HIG Earnings for the year will be announced late In March S 'S Production of slab Iab zinc In the United d State In December was hort tons ton against In N November and In O October tobel the American Bureau of ot Metal l Statistics reports report eastern Castern Pennsylvania furnaces ba have advanced LS prices of ot foundry Iron to 60 cents a a. tOrt ton to minimum of 10 1050 SO base blUe fur fur- naces nate Sheet quotations are firmer And Increased d production is fore forecast Ast Purity Bakeries corporation earned 9 JO JOa a hal hai on the class clau D 13 stock dock In In 1027 1017 after preferred and CuSS class A It dividends t SU a a. shire on the B IS In 1026 1016 Net rose roso to from 2 q Bituminous coal production In the United States in lO the week ended January Janu Janu- ary 7 Is I estimated at about net lIe tons ton bY bv the National Coal a Willie While e shows a a. su substantial In InC Increase In In- C crease crease- s over ove the preceding e- e holiday week the total is ia nearly tons toni below the week a a. year yer ago 1110 a alo alone a lo loss lone s entirely due to lack laok of ot demand Output Out Out- put for tor or the week ended December r Jl n was put at O OO net tons tona by the e I bureau of ot Safety Razor company earned arned 1720 79 a share hare In 1927 1027 a ashare ashare ashare share 1 In 1926 1526 Net Xe-t profit rose tose to UC from Directors tors of the Chicago Island Pacific transacted only routine business at at their meeting today todal Steel Will operations have shown a tU further I Iron Age says reflecting f ln the recent bul bulge e In specification pe fourth contracts tracts Ste Steel r quarte quartel on Ingot ot production production production pro pro- in In anti and near nearby districts district hILS nas tas risen to 75 73 per cent of ot capacity or almost 1 1 15 p points pOint above the tile low point of last m month nth The tee I corporation has lighted two blast furnace furnaces in n the valleys v and Ond has hns added the se In two weeks eeles at Chicago Sheet manufacturers have ve full fully tons of ot unfilled business s. s Encouraging developments are re a continuation atlon of ot railroad equipment e further fur fur- titer the rail purchases lar o larce o placements of or fabricated st steel l and concrete tars hers us and Increased activity of ot farm Implement manufacturers The floating supply of or United States Steel common At nt the close cIoe of ot the year ear as 3 Indicated b by stock In r names namu va- va was vais aha shares res or r 2511 per percent percent percent cent of the total Issue of lit h shares abates es outstanding a n against g n sharer abaTe or 2369 per cent n at the e end of September Holdings Holding of ot Investors were ere shares hares or per cent rent Dg 1257 Uc hares Khares or or per cent thru three months ago The beginning of 1923 1523 finds the electric elec ele trio light and power Industry try serving customers s. cla d with 17 17 residential 0 commercIal an ant j Industrial power users usera Electrical Electrical Elec Elec- World re reports port 1 The net Increase over January 1927 l Is 75 per cent In 1912 the total toital number of central u i as placed nt at The Tue number of ot per persons person on living In homes home served by electricity at the close of ot 1927 was Vas va against lackin lack l' In 1912 1911 |