May 1, 1914.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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KELLY-SPRINGFIELD TIRE CO. PLANNING BOND RETIREMENT. 



At a special muetiiig of llic shareholders of the Kelly-Spring- 

 field Tire Co., to be lield May 4, consideration will be given to 

 the adoption of a plan to retire the 4 per cent, income debenture 

 bonds of the company by issuing therefor an equal amount of 

 par value 6 per cent, cumulative preferred stock, on the basis 

 of one share of stock for each $100 face value of bonds ; also 

 to refund the 7&yi per cent, of dividend accumulated upon the 

 present issue of 6 per cent, preferred stock by issuing 7 per cent, 

 cumulative second preferred stock, each share, if authorized, to 

 be converted into one share of common stock at the option of 

 the holder at any time before July 1, 1924. The consenting 

 bondholders are to deposit bonds with a trust company to be 

 designated, and the plan will become operative only if bonds 

 of a sufficient amount shall be deposited to justify the directors 

 in pursuing this course 



RUBBER COMI-ANY SHARE QUOTATIONS. 



The following market quotations of the shares of rubber manu- 

 facturing companies on April 20 last are furnished by John 

 Burnham & Co., 31 Nassau street. New York, and 41 South 



La Salic street, Chicago : gj^. Asked. 



Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co.. common 200 



Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co., preferred 98 102 



Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., common 284 290 



Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., preferred 10714 109 



B. F. Goodrich Company, common 25 26 



B. F. Goodrich Company, preferred 86 89 



Goodyear Tire & Rul]ber Co., common 170 178 



Goodyear Tire S: Rubber Cn.. preferred 95 96'/2 



Kelly-Springlield Tire Co., common 55 57 



Kelly-Springlleld Tire Co., preferred 135 140 



Miller Rubl>er Company 135 140 



Portage Ruliber Co., common 25 



Portage Rubber Co., preferred 75 



Rubber Goods Mfg. Co., preferred 100 110 



Swinehart Tire Company 60 65 



U. S. Rubber Co., common 56' i 57 '/l 



U. S. Rubber Co., first preferred 1(11 102 



MR. BIRKENSTEIN PRESIDENT OF THE WASTE DEALERS. 



The election of Louis Birkenstein, of the iirm of S. Birken- 

 stein & Sons, Chicago, to the presidency of the National Asso- 

 ciation of Waste Material Dealers was mentinned in the April 



THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTEOIION ASSOCIATION TO MEET. 



Members of the National Fire Protection .Association will 

 hold a three days' convention at Chicago from May 5 to 7. The 

 meetings will take place in the Auditorium, and among the sub- 

 jects discussed will be "New Features In the Work of Under- 

 writers' Laboratories," by William H. Merrill, manager of the 

 Underwriters' Laboratories. The afternoon of the second day 

 will be devoted to a visit to the laboratories, where a number 

 of tests will be made by the engineers connected therewith. 



STATEMENT OF THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



Statement of the ownership, management, etc., of The India 

 Rubber W'orld, published monthly at New York. N. Y., required 

 by the Act of August 24, 1912. 



Editor. Henry C. Pearson, Tompkins Corners, Putnam Co., 

 New York. 



Managing editor. John P. Lyons, 201 West 105th street, New- 

 York. 



Business manager, E. M. MacPhee, 344 West Forty-eighth 

 street. New York. 



Publishers, The India Rubber Publishing Co.. 25 West Forty- 

 fifth street. New York. 



Owner, Henry C. Pearson, Tompkins Corners, Putnam Co., 

 New York. 



Known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders, 

 holding 1 per cent, or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, 

 or other securities : None. 



(Signed) E. M. MacPhf.k, Business Manager. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24th day of March, 

 1914. (Signed) William B. Hill, Notary Public. 



(Seal) Kings County. 



(My commission expires March 31. 1915.) 



Certificate filed in New York County. 



""' Louis Birkenstein. 



issue cjf this publication, in the description of the first annual 

 dinner held by that association. Mr. Birkenstein has also held 

 the position of president of the Scrap Rubber Dealers' Club, and 

 is very active in that industry. His company is, in fact, one 

 of the largest engaged in this sort of work in America, having 

 been founded as far back as 1866 by his father, under the name 

 of S. Birkenstein & Co. Mr. Birkenstein became a partner in 

 his father's firm in 1890, and his brothers were admitted to 

 partnership in 1901. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Frederic Danncrth, known to many people in the rubber 

 trade as a consulting chemist, is at present connected with the 

 Cheney Silk Co., of South Manchester. Connecticut, being in 

 charge of their development work. 



F. L. Bullock, president of the Katzcnbacli & Bullock Co., of 

 New York and Trenton, importers and dealers in chemicals 

 and colors, sailed for Europe on the 20th of April. He expects 

 to make an extended trip in the interest of his company, visit- 

 ing its foreign connections in Holland, Germany, France, Eng- 

 land and Spain. The Katzenbach & Bullock Co. specializes in 

 materials for the rubber trade, and has a large and constantly 

 increasing business. 



Frank W. Thropp, secretary of the John E. Thropp's Sons 

 Co.. sailed late in March on the "Oceanic" for a two months' 

 visit to London, in the interest of the Delaski & Thropp Patented 

 .■\uto Tire Co. and for health and pleasure. He was tendered 

 a dinner and card party a few evenings before the date of 

 sailing. 



THE BIG BRADY RUBBER HOLDINGS. 



Referring to the large estate left by tlie late Anthony N. 

 Brady, director of the United States Rubber Co., the "Boston 

 \'ews Bureau" remarks: "Mr. Brady was far and away the 

 largest stockholder in United States Rubber. The par of his 

 investment in this company w-as about $14,000,000, or 15 per 

 cent, of total stock capitalization." This same publication goes 

 on to say that there is no truth in the rumor that the Brady 

 estate has recently been parting with Us rubber holdings on quite 

 an extensive plan. The Bureau states that the administrators 

 of the estate have only parted with such shares in this and 

 other properties, with which he was identified, as it was neces- 

 sary to convert into cash in order to pay the large inheritance 

 taxes in Xcw Ndrk and London. 



