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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July 



1905. 



NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS. 



United Scales Rubber Co. : 



The first trading in the new second preferred shares 

 llnited States Rubber Co. " when issued " was reported 

 curb market on June 26, beginning at 69 and rising to 

 transactions involving 700 shares. 



Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. : 



of the 



on the 



70, in 



SUM.MKR SPORTS OF RUBBER MEN. 

 The great annual United Slates Rubber Co. ball game took 

 place at New Djrp, Staten Island, on June 17. This year the 

 opposing teams represented the "Treasurer's Department" — 

 the challenging nine — and "All Other Departments " (including 

 the General Rubber Co.). The game was witnessed by a large 

 number of other employesof the olTice, and their friends. The 

 playeisand the runs made were ; 



TREASURERS. 



Cantwell, r.f i 



Daniels, s s i 



Clatk. 3b 2 



Smith, 2b 2 



Hubbard, ib 2 



Kox, l.f 2 



Driscoll, c I 



.Strong, p 2 



Thompsen, c.f i 



.\LL OTHERS. 



Krancis, r.f 5 



Phipp, s.s 5 



Goodyear, 3b 6 



Brown, 2b 3 



Colt, lb 4 



O'Neill, l.f 6 



Bergman, c 4 



Guid, p 5 



Botzfielder, c.f . . .. 4 



Total 14 



Total. 



42 



= A game of base ball between the employes of the New 

 York Commercial Co. and Poel & Arnold, resulting in a score 

 of 26 to 19 in favoi of the former, was played on June 17, on 

 the Colonial Athletic Grounds. Flatbush, New York. The 

 teams were made up as follows : 



NKW YORK COM.MEi;ClAL CO. 



Barwick, c. 

 McMaster, p. 

 Sears, t b. 

 Gove, 2 b. 

 Case, s. s. 

 McClintock. 3 b. 

 Duffy and Utter, r, 1. 

 Manchester, c. f. 

 Krey, I. f. 



I'OEL & ARNOLD. 

 Kelley, c. 

 Goller, p. 

 Thomas, i b. 

 Clark, 2 b. 

 Leslie, s. s. 

 Greenwood. 3 b. 

 Jackson, r. f. 

 Oakley, c. f. 

 Britton, I. f. 



Kelley 's playing suggested that he was a lineal descendant of 

 " Slide," famous in song and story. The principal " rooting " for 

 the Commercial team was done by Messrs. Betts and Jeflfords, 

 who evidently have reduced that feature of the game to a 

 science. The game was witnessed by a bevy of pretty sten- 

 ographers from the Commercial company's office, who proved 

 enthusiastic " fans. " 



= The annual picnic of the employes of the Voorhees Rub- 

 ber Manufacturing Co. will be held on July i at Greenville 

 Schuetzen Park, near Hoboken, New Jersey. Handsome prizes 



have been purchased for the winners in various sporting con- 

 tests, and the officials of the company are expected to attend, 

 as they have done in the past. 



= A baseball team made up of employes of George Borgfeldt 

 Si Co. (New York) has been doing good work this season, hav- 

 ing won a number of games. The team embraces : 



E Schaefer c.f. J. Mauss lb. A. l.oesch 3b. 



K. Schaefer p. E. Twyefforl. . . r.f. W. Haustein If. 



li. Demmann . . . . c. H.Kramer 2 b. F. Roeder s.s. 



Equitable Park, at Sixty seventh street and West End av- 

 enue. New York, has been leased by the team for every .Satur- 

 day afternoon this summer. 



= A baseball match at Naugatuck, Connecticut, on June 14, 

 between nines from the office forces of the Wales- Goodyear 

 Shoe Co. and the Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co., was won by 

 the first named by a score of 17 to 9. 



THE OHIO RUBBER CO. (CLEVELAND). 

 The Ohio Rubber Co. was organized some 20 years ago, and 

 incorporated in 1893 with the late Mr. Louis K. McClymonds as 

 president. "The present staff, Mr. W. E. Byrnes, president- 

 for the 3>^ years and manager for 7 years ; Mr. W. D. Hunt, 

 secretary; Mr. W. E. Crofut. treasurer ; and Mr. J.Scott Kerr, 

 manager of the retail store," says the Cleveland Town Topics,'' 

 can be complimented on giving Cleveland the finest rubber store 

 between New York and Chicago." The Cleveland house has 

 eight road and three city salesmen. A branch house in Cin- 

 cinnati employs three road salesmen touring through the 

 southern states, while two men canvass the city. The firm have 

 the Ohio agency and are also agents for the adjacent territory 

 of the Mechanical Rubber Co. 



TEN MILLION DOLLAR GUAYULE COMPANY. 

 Articles of incorporation of the Compania Guayulera Mex- 

 icana, with $10,000,000 capital authorized, were filed in the 

 office of the secretary of state of New Jersey, on June 22, 1905, 

 by T. W. B. Middleton, R. S. Tully, C. A. Cole, A. S. Garbe, 

 and H. A. Bingham, all of Jersey City. The object is to extract 

 rubber from the Mexican " Guayule " and like shrubs. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The additional $1,000,000 of preferred shares of the Rubber 

 Goods Manufacturing Co., issued in connection with acquiring 

 the whole of the capital stock of Morgan iS: Wright, Inc., has 

 been admitted to the unlisted department of the New York 

 Stock Exchange. 



= Notices have been posted at the two factories of the Woon- 

 socket Rubber Co. that they will be shut down at the close of 

 work on Friday, August 14. for the usual summer vacation, 

 which this year will last for two weeks. 



= The Chicago Electric Hose Co. (Wilmington, Delaware), 

 incorporated in 1900, to manufacture rubber hose, advise The 

 India Rubber World of the change of their name to Elec- 

 tric Hose and Rubber Co. 



= The Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co. (Beacon Falls, Conn.) 

 have repaired the damages by fire in their office building, re- 

 ported in The India Rubber World of May 1. and it is now 

 occupied again by the office force. 



= Electric Vehicle Co. (Hartford, Connecticut) have lately 

 completed two electric 'buses for " Seeing New York, "designed 

 to carry 50 passengers each. They are equipped with 7 inch 

 endless Firestone sidewire tires. 



= New York Belting and Packing Co., Limited, issue a neat 

 folder relating to two of their recent products which should ap- 

 peal to the interest of the mechanical goods trade — " Delia " 

 matting and " Puritan " mats. 



