Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-07 | Page 22 | Wall Street Briefs

r I Wall Wal Street Briefs j NEW YORK D Dec 7 AP The AP-The The board bard of ol managers of tho tm New York cotton coton exchange today denied the petition petton to close doso the tile market on Monday December 24 which thich was requested to give members a day 3 over Christmas Charles N. N of ol Charles Co William J. J Walmsley of Reynolds Reynolds Reyn Reyn- olds Gibson Gbson all al of New York and Charles Hauser of ot Matson Maison aison Hauser Hauset Havre Ha France Fance were elected members Large construction projects that reached the proposed stage last week showed a substantial increase In n money value compared with corresponding corresponding cor cor- responding week a year rear ago Mc Mc- Hill Graw-Hill Construction Daily Daiy re- re I ports orts por The Th total was for forthe forthe the he whole country countr against 1 in tire th corresponding 1927 week A A- Again gain gin in public projects chiefly road construction offset a decline in commercial building At Atchison hison Topeka Santa Fe Fc railway railway rail rail- rai- rai way is to spend for new equipment including freight cars sixty four passenger cars twenty one gas-electric gas cars and four passenger locomotives Tho The road oad has ordered two diners from the he the Pullman company Orders will willbe wi be placed shortly shorty for ten coaches ten en chair char cars cas and thirty combination combination tion ton baggage and The Fair Chicago department store is reported ready to announce its is ts entrance into the chain store field William Wiseman of Kuhn lx Loeb Leb eb Co Henry Henr Rogers Winthrop of Harris Winthrop Co and a vice vie president of the Wabash railroad and Henry David of Wilmington Del Del have been elected directors of ol the United States Rubber company Lane Drug Stores Inc operating a a. chain of six fifty six units unis is to open new flew tew stores in Atlanta Jacksonville and Knoxville in the next ten months Sites for seven other stores have been selected S Sales of J. J C. C Penney company chain stores in the past eleven months increased to from in the tile corresponding correspond correspond- In ing 1927 period o O