SEPTEMnKR I. I(X'7. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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in rubber," have flioiight it advisable to drop the name "Shoe," 

 and in future will conduct their business under the name Omaha 

 Rubber Co. New articles of incorporation were filed on July u, 

 recording the change, signed dv Edward II. Sprague, president 

 of the company; Carroll S. Montgomery, and Matthew A. Ilall. 

 The authorized capital is $i50,<xx). 



NEW CONSTRtfCTION AT STAMFOHD. 



The Stamford Rubber Supply Co. (.Stamford, Connecticut) 

 have purchased land on which to erect a new and larger factory, 

 for which plans have been drawn. The building will be 75 x 90 

 feet, two stories, with gravel roof. The company for some time 

 past have been in the position of not being able to manufacture 

 supplies on a snflicieiitly large scale to keep pare with their 

 orders. 



THE FISK RUBBER CO. IN NEW YORK. 



The new building erected tor the use of The Fisk Rubber Cn 

 (Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts) for their branch in New York, 



The Fisk Rriuitk Co.'s Xkw York Hk.\xch. 



at No. 1725 Broadway, is illustrated on this page. It is a two 

 story building, the exterior Irinnued in bronze and the interior 

 with dark stained woodwork, including hardwood floors, and the 

 walls decorated with Japanese leather. The repair shop, located 

 in the rear of the first floor, is one of the most complete in the 

 country. The offices are on the second floor. 



UNITED STATES RUBBER CO.'S ISSUES. 



Transactions on the New York Stock Exchange for five 

 weeks, ending August 26: 



Common Stock. 



Sales 1900 shares High 36J8 Low 35^ 



.Sales 1940 sliares High 36 Low 34 



Sales 3550 shares High 35^ Low 30 



Sales 4105 shares High jg^ Low 27>/4 



Sales 785 shares High 305^ Low 29 



, S^'Ay Feb. 16; Low. 2/1/2, .\ng. i.V 



First Preferred Stock. 



Sales 1728 shares High 99^ Low 97 J4 



Sales 1362 shares High 98 Low 97 



Sales 2030 shares High 98 Low 96 



Sales 2960 shares High 95 Low Ss'/i 



Sales 4940 shares High SSJS Low 8.S 

 , 109^, Jan. 7; I^iv, 85, Aug. 20. 



Second Preferred Stock. 



Sales shares High — Low — 



Sales 100 shares High 66 Low 60 



Sales 150 shares High 65 Low 65 



Sales 2580 shares High 63'/^ Low 60 



Sales 100 shares High 61 5/2 Low 61 J^ 



.For the year — High, -SJi, Jun. 7; Low, 60, .Aug. 15. 

 SYSTEM IN DEALING WITH SUPPLIES. 



"The Work of the Supply Department," a paper read before 

 the Telephone Society of New York by Mr. D. C. Cox, of the 



New York Telejilione Co., is a study of the evolution and func- 

 tions of the supply department of that important corporation. 

 They rightly regard the supply department (which includes pur- 

 chasing) as among the most important in their organization, but 

 it is not more iin|)ortant in the telephone business than in every 

 factory. Mr. Cox's paper is mentioned here, therefore, with a 

 view to calling it to the attention of the management of every 

 rubber factory where system is appreciated, and commending 

 the study of it as well worth while. 



Hut Mr. Cox's paper is of interest from another point of view. 

 .\'o purchasing agent has so clearly brought out before the 

 idea that, in buying supplies, the item of first importance is 

 quality; second, promptness of delivery, and third, price. He 

 regards it as a mistaken policy to put price foremost in con- 

 sidering whether (jr not to make a given purchase. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



liiK Peerless Rubber Manufacturing Co. (New York) have 

 added another agency to their list in the southern trade— No. 113 

 Main street, Houston, Texas. 



Rockland Elastic Fabric Co. (Rockland, Massachusetts), or- 

 ganized early this year with $10,000 capital, have taken larger 

 ])remises, to accommodate their growing business. Chester Wood- 

 ward is president, George A. Woodward treasurer, and C. D. 

 .'stringer secretary. 



The Warren Rubber Co. (Warren, Ohio), wholesalers of 

 rubber footwear, have increased their capital to $80,000. The 

 company were incorporated early in 1897 with $20,000 capital, 

 wliieli was increased two years ago to $50,000. 



Morgan & Wright (Detroit, Michigan), among the other acces- 

 sories for the automobile, manufacture a full line of battery jars. 



The New England agency for the line of rubber heels made by 

 the (Joodyear Rubber Co., at Middlctown, Comiecticut, has been 

 taken by Locke Brothers Co., No. 431 Albany building, Boston, 

 dealers in supplies for the shoe trade. 



J. Loewenthal & Sons, waste rubber nierchaiUs. of Chicago, 

 aimounce to dealers in the East and the middle West that they 

 have established a branch office and warehouse in .\'ew York, at 

 No. 59 West street. 



The B. & R. Rubber Co.'s plant (North Brookfield, Massa- 

 chusetts) has been equipped with hydrants, connecting with the 

 large water pipes recently extended to their yard. 



The proceedings in the m.atter of the Electric Rubber Manu- 

 facturing Co., mentioned in the last issue of this paper (page 354) 

 as having been announced for July 29 in the court at Jersey Cit>'. 

 were adjourned to September 9. They relate to the claims 

 against the bankrupt estate by the Manhattan Storage Co. (New 

 York). 



Joseph E. Knox & Co. (Lynn, Massachusetts), suppliers of 

 cutting dies for the rubber industry, have removed to a larger 

 factory, at No. 22 Sea street. 



The Raino Co. (No. 735 South Halstead street, Chicago) has 

 been formed for the manufacture of the "Raino" waterproof 

 garments — a line in which a considerable trade has been de- 

 veloped by another firm. Rubber is not used in the water- 

 proofing. 



A report published in certain Western newspapers that the 

 Goshen Rubber Works (Goshen, Indiana) had ceased to do 

 business proves to be w'ithout foundation. 



What is claiined to be the lowest score ever made by any 

 golfer, in open competition, was made by Gilbert Nichols in the 

 Van Cortlandt tournament, at New York, using a "silk pneu- 

 matic" ball made by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. The 

 score was 72 holes in 286. 



The Boston Belting Co., manufacturers of mechanical rubber 

 goods of all kinds, are sending to their friends in the trade one 

 of "King's Booklets," containing good views of the new rail- 

 road tuimels and terminals which are being constructed under 

 nearly every part of New York city. 



