Show Wall Street Briefs I NEW YORK Dee Deo 10 AP The AP The NewYork New Ncr York Central railway today announced the placement of orders for of new equipment and track materials Included in the order were 1050 1060 hopper cars automobile box cars paa- paa tenser enger coaches 43 steel baggage cars 73 1 mall mail and baggage cars 10 electrics electric locomotives loco ieee- motives and two Diesel electric engines Orders for tie plates and other track materials material amounted to ot of th Us total The Burlington railway also was re reported reported re- re ported to have come into the market for tons of standard sled teel rails The extra or Increased dividends declared de dc- dared yesterday by companies affiliated affil faced with the tho New York Central will swell the tha Centrals Central Income by slightly more than or about 50 cents a share on the ot Of stock mock The Michigan Centrals Central's extra dividend of 7 per cent on the New York Ceni traVa holdings holding of will amount to The Mohawk Val Val- leya Icy's cent 20 extra dividend on the Ceo Cen- holdings ot of shares of new no par stock will yield for th the quarter The Big Fours Four's Increase la ie dividend front from 6 to 7 per cent means mean added to the Centrals Central for the quarter Amos L. L Beaty president of the company has been elected a director of the Chase National bank ot of New NewYork NewYork York to till the vacancy caused by the tho death of Andrew Fletcher late head ot of s' s the American Locomotive company The Armstrong Cork company today was added to the list of companies de declaring de- de darIng claring extra dividends with the an announcement announcement an- an of an extra stock dividend of 6 5 per cent on oTt common stock payable in common The company also declared the regular quarterly dividend of 1 per cent on common and 1 per cent centon centon on preferred All dividends are payable January 2 to stock of record December Decem her ber 17 Start of work ha has been announced on ona n a 5 hydro electric plant on the Current river in Missouri by Interests controlled by the Super corporation of MIs Ml The project will be seventy miles southeast of the Osage river develop develop- spent of the MissourI Hydropower Elec company controlled by the santo Interests Three ree other oer developments ae are reported under organization The yani- yani vari various ous projects combined will cost con around t BOSTON Dee Dec 10 The The wool market continues dull and the seasonal lull in business continues price largely nominal while foreign wools show chow a slight easing Some lIne fine staple territory wool sold to clean London reports sales 6 5 to 7 per cent below last weeks week's levels |