l-EBRrARV 1, 1911.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



179 



UNITED STATES RUBBER CO.S ISSUES. 



Transactions on the Xew Vnrk Stuck Exchange for five 

 weeks cndinR January 21 : ' 



LoMMnx Stock, $25,000,000. 



[Tilt trcisury of a sulisidiary company holds $1,. 134,000. J 



Last Divi.lcml, Ajiril iO, 1900—1'/.. 



Week December 24 Sales 1.400 shares Higli 34% Low 33 



Week December 31 Sales 8,600 shares High 38 Low 339.^ 



Week January 7 Sales 1,100 shares High 37% Low 36 



Week Janiiarv 14 Sales 5,100 sliares Higli 37.>^ Low 36"/^ 



Week January 21 Sales 1,600 sliarcs High 37% Low 36Vi 



For the year — High, 37J4, Jan. 14; Low, 36, Jan. 6. 



Last year — High, 52i^: Low, 27. 



FjRST PRElEBBliD Stock, $39,824,400. 

 Last Dividend, Jannary 31, 1911 — 2%. 



Week December 24 Sales 409 shares High 109.>4 Low 109 



Week December 31 Sales 2.714 shares High 111 Low 109ya 



Week January 7 Sales 670 shares High 111% Low 111 



Week January 14 Sales 1,325 shares High 1l\% Low 111 



Week January 21 Sales 940 shares High llOVi Low 10914 



l-'or the vcar— High, 111?^. Jan. 14; Low, !09>i, Jan. 18. 



Last year— High, U6J^; Low, 99. 



Second Preferred Stock, $9,965,000. 

 Last l)i\fidend, January 31, 1911—1/27,. 



Week December 24 Sales 400 shares High 71 V. Low 70^ 



Week December 3! Sales 400 sliares Higli 74 Low 73 



Week January 7 Sales — shares Higli — Low — 



Week January 14 Sales 200 shares High 74 Low 73^ 



Week January 21 sales 100 shares High 73 Low 73 



For the year — High, 74, Jan. 14; Low, 73, Jan. 21. 



Last year — High, 84; Low, 59^. 



Six Per Cent. Trust Gold P.onds, $19,000,000. 

 Outstanding of the 1908 issue of $20,000,000. 



Week December 24 Sales ,34 bonds High 1027,s Low 102i/'j 



Week December 31 Sales 29 bonds High 103ks Low 103J4 



Week Januarv 7 Sales 104 bonds High 103% Low 103 



Week Januarv 14 Sales 73 bonds Higli 1037x Low W3H 



Week January 21 Sales 56 bonds High 1037,;; Low 103)^ 



I'or the year— High, 103?*, Jan. 14: Low, 103, Tan. 7. 

 Last year — High, 104K-; Low, 101 J-J. 



CoM.MON Stock. 



1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 



Shares sold . 723.665 507,800 175,277 191.200 517.411 239,666 



Highest price SH'A i9<A 52^; 37 Yi S71i $2'/, 



Lowest price. iiy, 38 13/i 17/2 27 27 



Highest 1910. Jan. 3; Lowest, July 26; ('losing 37. 



First Prkkerred Stock. 



1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 



Shares sold . 200,497 123.760 120,108 94,400 199,512 91,849 



Highest price 118J4 115 1097/J 108 123Vi 116^ 



Lowest price. 98.Vii 104M 61 V4 76 98 99 

 Highest 1910, Jan. 10; Lowest July 26; ("losing llOK'- 



Second Preferred Stock. 



1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 



Shares sold . 21,55C . 59,845 31,203 21,131 61,790 19,406 



Highest price 83*^ 87}^ 78"8 75Vi 89Ki 84 



Lowest price. 75 75 39 42 6""4 59^ 

 Highest 1910. Jan. 3; Lowest July 27; Closing 73. 



Six Per Cent. Trlst Goi.n Bonds. 



1910. 



Bonds sold 3,631 



Highest price (Januarv 3) 104J^ 



Lowest price (July 27) '. 101 U 



The board of directors of the L'nited States Rubber Co., on 

 January 5, declared from tlie net profits the regnhir (juarterly 

 dividends of 2 per cent, on the First preferred stock, and of IV2 

 per cent, on the Second preferred stock, to holders of record at 

 the close of business on January 16, pay;ible without closing of 

 the transfer bonks on January 31. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



Kevkhk Rubber Co., December 19. 1910, under the laws of 

 Rhode Island; capital. $4,000,000. Incorporators: Walter S. 

 P.allou, Cumberland; Clarence H. Guild. Providence; and James 

 Harris, Smithlield — at! of Rhode Island, h'urtber details appear 

 in another column. 



Endurance Tire and Rubber Co.,, December 16, 1910, under 

 the laws of Xew Jersey; capital $100,000. The object is to manu- 

 facture automobile tires and tubes, besides making a specialty 

 of rubber banils an<l later a full line of molded goods. Clement 

 E. Eckrode is jiresidcnt ;niil generiLl man;iger; GcLirge G. Russell, 



secretary and treasurer; and James W. Devine, superintendent. 

 The factory is at Xew Brunswick, Xew Jersey. 



O'Sullivan Rubber Co., December 16, 1910, under the laws of 

 Debiwarc; authori;!ed capital, $1,600,000. Incorporators; Joseph 

 A. Bennett, Brooklyn, Xew York; Harry W. Davis, Wilming- 

 ton, Delaware; Perley H. Xoyes, Tenafly, Xew Jersey; Graham 

 Foster, No. 532 West One Hundred and Fifty-fourth street, and 

 Renwick F. H. Macdonald, Xo. 1052 College avenue— both of 

 Xew York. This corporation is formed in connection with the 

 sale of the business of the O'Sullivan Rubber Co. (Lowell, Massa- 

 chusetts), the rubber heel concern, incorporated in Maine in 1899. 

 [See 1 R W January 1. 1911, page 138.| 



Western Compound Rubber Co., December 9, 1910, under the 

 laws of Ohio; capital, $100.(){)0. Incorporators: Henry W. Jones, 

 John E. Pitts, Harry F. Taylor, Robert T. Jones, and J. .\lbert 

 Manss. Office located at Xo. 709 Sycamore street, Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. H. W. Jones, manager, advises The India Rubber World 

 that the company purpose building a factory in Cincinnati for 

 making a mineral rubber compound for automobile tires, having 

 been convinced by experimeiUs of the wearing qualities of this 

 material. It is pointed out that this is not to be ottered as a 

 cheap product, a wholesale price of $1 a pound being mentioned. 

 Endurance Tire Co., December 17, 1910, under the laws of 

 Michigan; authorized capital, $150,000; paid in, $100,000. In- 

 corporators: George D. Reid, Arthur H. Britton, and Clair 

 Hodgson— all of Toronto, Canada. The company will produce a 

 solid rubber tire invented by H. H. Hodgson, which is formed of 

 rubber sections held by a steel case, a hoop of steel sui)pi>rting 

 the tire, with an air space between the hoop and the rim. The 

 new tire is described as being "more resilient than air." 



Safety. Tire Co., December 7, 1910, under the laws of Xew 

 Y'ork; capital, $50,000. Incorporators: Reginald H. Schenck, Xo. 

 275 Central Park West ; Walter E. Holloway, Xo. 249 West One 

 Hundred and Twenty-third street— both of Xew York— and 

 Orville R. Van Vechten, Tonipkinsville. X. Y. 



American Tire and Rubber Co., December 30, 1910. under tlie 

 laws of Illinois; capital, $10,000. Incorporators: George \V. 

 Stephens, William A. Conover, and Spencer Ward. Principal 

 office: No. 1229 Michigan avenue, Chicago. This company was 

 incorporated originally under the Illinois laws May 12, 1910. as 

 the Factory .Auto Supply Co. The corporate title was changed 

 under the date first given by the filing of r^ certificate with the 

 secret;iry of state at Springfield. 



Puritan Rubber Co.. December 21, 1910, under the laws of 

 Maine; capital. $1,000,000. Incorporators: Thomas Mc.Yuliffe 

 and Edward J. Voung, lioth of Boston, and C. L. .Andrews, 

 Augusta, Maine. 



Montague Rubber Co.. December 5, 1910. under the laws of 

 Virginia; capital. $40,000 maximum and $10,000 miniirium. In- 

 corporators: J. W. Montague (president), John Gill Buck (vice- 

 president and general manager), and C. M. Cruser (secretary 

 and treasurer) — all of Xorfolk, Va. 



Hentschel-Kcmter Tire Co., January 7, 1911, under the laws 

 of Xew Jersey; authorized capital. $100,000. Incorporators: 

 Paul M. Kemter, West Xew Y'ork, New Jersey; .Arthur W. 

 Hentschel, Union Hill, New Jersey; and Cuthbert I. Gillespie, 

 Montgomery, X'^ew York. 



Hoeft & Co., Inc., January 5, 1911, under the laws of Illinois; 

 capital. $20,000: to deal in tires and rubber goods. Incorporators: 

 Charles O. Rundahl, Earl O. Immel. and Lester L. Falk. Loca- 

 tion of business office: Nos. 141-3 West Michigan street, Chicago. 

 Rubber Production Co., December 20, 1910, under the laws of 

 Delaware; authorized capital, $3,000,000. Incorporators; David 

 C. Munsen, John G. Clark— both of Xo. 34 Xassau street, Xew 

 York, and Jaines M. Safterfield, Dover, Delaware. 



The Empire Tire Co., a Xew Jersey corporation, having an 

 authorized capital of $500,000, was admitted to carry on business 

 in Michigan under the corporation laws of that state on December 

 Ui. 1910, the Micbig;m office being at Detroit. 



