February i, 1906.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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AJAX STANDARD RUBBER CO. 



A NEW rubber tire factory is being developed within the 

 limits of New York city — on upper Manhattan Island in 

 fact — by the Ajax Standard Rubber Co., incorporated 

 November 11, 1905, under the laws of New York state, with 

 $100,000 capital. The president of the company is Horace 

 DeLisser and the treasurer Robert A. Patteson. The fac- 

 tory is being installed in the building Nos. 420-430 East 

 One Hundred and Sixth street, which is near East river. 



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FACTORY OF THE AJAX slANOAKij RUBBER CO- 



The superintendent is Louis Destribates, formerly witli the 

 International A. & Y. Tire Co. (Milltown, Newjerse}'). IMr. 

 DeLisser informs Tiiu India RriiHER \Yorld that the share- 

 holders in the company are practically the members of the 

 American Motor Car Manufacturers' Association — the or- 

 ganization of manufacturers refusing to recognize the George 

 B. Selden patent (United States. No. 549, 160). Mr. DeLisser 

 mentioned tliat first tires had been turned out on January 16. 



DUNLOP "RUBBER DINNER" AT TORONTO. 



The staff of the Dunlop Tire and Rubber Goods Co., Lim- 

 ited (Toronto, Ontario), were entertained on the evening of 

 January 4 at a "Rubber Dinner" by Mr. John Westren, 

 general manager of the company The dinner is an annual 

 event, but it proved more interesting this year in view of 

 the recent growth of the business and the installation of 

 the new factory, which was described in the Dcceml)er India 

 RrnHKR World. The menu card was humorous in character, 

 as indicated by the description of the roast, in the following 

 lines : 



Said the boarder a rest I shall take, 



For this must be a Dunlop beefsteak. 



Though its springy to feel — 



Like a good rubber heel — 



It will neither rip, tear, crack nor break. 



" GWENDOLEN." 



Thk Goodrich Gwendolen is certainly a beauty. It stands 

 on par with the galax^^ of beautiful portraits that, for years 

 past. The B. F. Goodrich Co. have presented to their friends. 

 In the little ornamental flyer tliat accompanies the picture 

 is a miniature of Gwendolen and it seems that the picture of 

 the young lady is addressed to the " Man who holds the rud- 

 der, " and it requires no stretch of imagination to picture 

 a mariner rising from the briny depths, grasping firmly a 

 slippery rudder, and forgetting all of his peril as he sees 

 Gwendolen beaming down upon him from the stern of the 

 boat. 



SEWA'^D RUBBER CO. ORGANIZED. 



The first meeting of the board of directors of the Seward 

 Rubber Co. was held in Hartford, Connecticut, on Jan- 

 uary 15. when William Seward was elected president. 



Edgar L. Hopkins, treasurer, and W. J. Sturgis, sec- 

 retary. The India RiiiHER World is informed: "All 

 possible energj' is being used to complete the equipment of 

 the factory, which is located at Berlin. Connecticut, and it 

 is hoped that samples [of tires] will be out by the middle of 

 March and that deliveriescan begin to be made early in April." 



NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS. 



United States Rubber Co. : 



SECOND PREFERRED. 

 Wkek ending — Dec. 23. Dec. 30. Jan. 6. 



Sales 3i2oo 1,200 6,400 



High S3'X 83 85 



Low 81^ 81 83 



First Preferred Stock, $28,705,800. 



Last Dividend, October 31, 1905— 2J. 



1901. 1902. 190^ 19 



Shares sold 132,278 104,202 62 343 



Highest price 85 64 58 



Lowest price 47 49 >^ . 30^^ 



Second Preferred, $8,477,300, 



Last Dividend, October 31, 1905— ij^jt. 



82,443 200,497 



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Shares sold 21.55° 



Highest price '. 83^^ 



Lowest price '. "5 



Common Stock, .523, 666,000. 



Last Dividend, April 30, 1900—1^. 



1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 



Shares sold 318,038 53,356 80,890 285,819 723.665 



Highest price 34 19^ 19"^ j^^i 58;^ 



Lowest price I2>^ 14 7 10^ 33^ 



Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. : 



Preferred Stock, |g. 051, 400. 



Last Dividend, December 15, 1905 -i3-i^. 



1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 



Shares sold '8,541 39,582 55,280 25,864 46,806 



Highest price 90 74 64 >^ 9S 109^4 



Lowest price 65 63 60 74*^ 94 



Common Stock, $10,351,400. 



Last Dividend, July 15. 1901 — iX. 



1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 



Shares sold 172,631 339^95 276,789 369,347 459-373 



Highest price 3S>4: 25^^^ 30 2g% 4iJi' 



Lowest price 18 17^ 12 14?^ 24^ 



AMERICAN DUTIES ON RUBBER SPONGES. 

 A DECISION in the United States ciicuit court, southern dis- 

 trict of New York. January 10. 1906. in the matter of the 

 protest of Alfred H. Smith Co. (New York) against the as- ■ 

 sessment of duty at 30 per cent, ad valorem on imports of 

 rubber sponges — the importer claiming that thej' should be 

 assessed as ' ' sponges " at 20 per cent, ad valorem — sus- 

 tained the action of the collector. The court held that 



