Show Wall Street Briefs J The advance In Maxwell Motor issues issue is estimated In the financial district t to have added approximately t to their quoted values The American Select and Tin plate Plat company lisa has opened books on tin plate plat for third thirl quarter delivery at unchanged pries prices which at present are quoted a at per pounds Larger revenues for March are re reported re- re ported by the St. St San Louts Francisco railway aIlway surplus after charges wa was against In March laSt las year Net operating Income Increased t tSI to SI from and gross gros reached compared with 7 a a year ago f i Five representatives of the Russian Russia soviet mining and machine construction Industries sailed for home today after having placed an order for five electric dredges with the Yuba ManufacturIng company of San Francisco The machines machines ma ma- chines which are valued at be used in the Ural platinum fields Acquisition by the United Carbon company corn com pany a Delaware corporation of th the carbon blade black and gasoline producing plants of fifteen companies engaged 1 in inthe the business in Louisiana West Virginia anti and Kentucky Is under negotiation This would give the company three thirty plants fo for the manufacture of carbon carbo black an nine plants for the extraction of gasoline from natural gas A A. large larg issue of first mortgage 7 per cent six six- year fund gold bonds shortly will be marketed Prices of wire nails and wire have been reduced 4 a ton by th the American Steel and Wire company Wire rods are unchanged at 48 a gross ton Texas Texas- Gulf Sulphur company earned a share on the capital stock In th the first quarter tills this year compared wit With a share In the corresponding quarter quarter ter of 1024 1021 Net income Increased t to from TIme The Carnegie Steel company ha has dropped from frons 85 per cent to 75 per cen cenIn cent In Its rate of Ingot production while independent companies of Pittsburg and ani are close to 70 per cent says says' Iron Age The steel corporation as a whole Is now below 85 per cent am and the average for foe the industry is put at 71 77 as against 82 92 for the actual rate o of March The Iron pig Iron composite price for time the week is 2075 compared with will 2104 last week Finished steel Is town down the composite price being 2474 cents per pound as against 2631 2531 cents It 1 is now back to the level of mid S. S 9 S. Kreske reports net income o of for time the first quarter of 1025 equal after preferred dividends to a share on shares of common against or a share on shares In the first quarter of 1924 The common stock of the Utilities company today was placed on ona a 5 annual dividend basis th directors director declaring a quarterly of payable May 15 35 to stock of record Slay May 2 Stockholders of record May 15 35 wll vill bo be offered additional common stock equal equa to 16 per cent of their holdings at a share rights expiring June 15 |