March 1, 1912.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



299 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Robert L. Dean, who was formerly secretary of the Tehuan- 

 tepec Rubber Culture Co., is now acting as secretary and treasurer 

 of the Santa Cecilia Sugar Co., organized for the purchase and 

 development of the sugar plantation in Cuba, with a Xew 'i'ork 

 office at 82 Beaver street. 



George N. Martin has been made manager of the new Fire- 

 stone Tire and Rubber Co.'s branch in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

 He was connected with the St. Louis branch for some time. 



John H. Kelly, for nine years manager of the Chicago branch 

 of the Republic Rubber Company, has been appointed general 

 sales manager of the automobile tire department of that com- 

 pany, and has taken up his new duties at the main office in 

 Youngstown, Ohio. Mr. Kelly has been directly connected with 

 the tire business for fourteen years, and prior to that time he was 

 actively engaged in the bicycle business. 



MR. BARUCH LEAVES THE INTER CONTINENTAL BOARD- 



H. B. Baruch has resigned as a director of the Intercontinental 

 Rubber Co., and Felix Rosen, of Hayden, Stone & Co., has suc- 

 ceeded him. Officials ■ of the company are quoted to the effect 

 that Mr. Baruch's resignation did not mean that he had closed 

 out his interest in Intercontinental Rubber. He is said still to 

 retain a minority interest. 



UNITED STATES RUBBER CO.'S ISSUES, 



Tr.\ns.\ctions on the New York Stock E.xchange for four 

 weeks, ending February 24 : 



CoMMOx Stock, $25,000,000. 



LTlie treasury of a subsidiary company holds $1,334,000.] 

 Last Dividend, January 31, 1912—1%. 



Week Februarv 3 Sales 2,300 shares High 4634 Low 45^4 



Week Februarv 10 Sales 1,110 shares High 46 Low AS^A 



Week Februarv 17 Sales 800 shares High 46 Low 45^ 



Week February 24 Sales 700 shares Hi.gh 455-^ Low 45>4 



For tlie year — High, 49, Tanuary 3; Lo%y, 45 J^^, February 1. 

 Last year— High, 4S<A; Low, 30i<;. 



First Preferred Stock, $39,824,400. 

 Last Dividend, January 31, 1912— 29'r, 



Week February 3 Sales 900 shares High 11034 Low 109 



Week February 10 Sales 1,000 shares High 10978 Low 109;^ 



Week Februarv 17 Sales .... shares High Low 



Week February 24 Sales 325 shares High 110 Low 109"/s 



For the year — Higli, 111, Tanuary 11; Low, 109, January 30. 

 Last year— High, 1151{,; Low, 104. 



Second Preferred Stock, $9,965,000. 



Last Dividend, January 31, 1912 — 1%%. 



Week February 3 Sales .... shares High Low 



Week February 10 Sales .... shares High Low 



Week February 17 Sales .... shares High Low 



Week February 24 Sales shares High Low 



For the year — High, 76yi, January 8; Low, 75, January 23. 

 Last year — High, 79; Low, 66. 



Si.x Per Cent. Trust Gold Bonds, $19,000,000. 



Outstanding of the 190S issue of $20,000,000. 



Week Februarv 3 Sales 61 bonds High 105 Low 104J^ 



Week February 10 Sales 68 bonds High 105 Low 10454 



Week Februarv 17 Sales .. bonds High ... Low 



Week February 24 Sales 11 bonds High 105 Low 104^ 



For the year — High, 105, February 24; Low, 103M, January 6. 

 Last year — High, 105; Low, 1015i. 



ADDITIONS TO THE GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER CO.'S PLANT. 



The Goodve.nr Tire .-^nd Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, has re- 

 cently made some noteworthy additions to its plant in order to 

 be ready for a greater output for the coming season. The new 

 office building, which is indicated by the Fig. 1 in the accom- 



Goouve.nr Tire .\>.'d Rubber Co., Akron. 



1. Xew Office Building. 2. Ne%v Laboratory. 



panving illustration, is said to be a model of convenience. The 

 r.ew laboratory (marked "2") will be completed in the early 

 .summer and another large factory building will be erected this 

 summer. The factory is e.vpected to have a capacity of 3.500 

 automobile tires, 30,000 pounds of motor truck and carriage tires 

 and 500 motorcycle tires per day. During the past year the com- 

 pany has added buildings aggregating 400,000 feet of f^oor space, 

 making a total of nearly 1,000,000 square feet of floor space for 

 their 1912 operation. 



Here is an interesting photograph showing seven of the differ- 

 ent kind? of snlid truck tires made by this company. 



Goodve.\r Solid Truck Tires for 1912. 



Xo. 1. Goodvear irdividual block tire. Solid, demountable tire for 



heavy duty service. 



Xn. 2. rioodyear-Mrtz high efficiency tire. 



X'o. 3. Hnndvepr soliil d*'mourt?blc tire. 



Xo. 4. Goodyear metal h.i.se tire. 



Xo, 5. Coodyear-Motz lire department tire. 



Xo. 6. Goodyear-Motz demountable truck tire. 



Xo. 7. Goodyear diagonal block tire. 



KANSAS FACTORY LA'W VOID. 



There was a statute passed in Kansas in 1893 providing that 

 every corporation doing business in that State, with the exception 

 of surface railway companies and corporations producing farm 

 and dairy products, should pay its employes the wages earned 

 each week, not later than Friday of that week. A test has re- 

 cently been made of the constitutionality of this law, and it has 

 been adjudged, first by the district court, and later by the Supreme 

 Court, to be unconstitutional and void, coming under the head 

 of class legislation. .\s a matter of fact, the law has been prac- 

 tically a dead letter since the dav of its enactment. 



WHERE paper IS AS GOOD AS RUBBER. 



The Swinehart Tire and Rubber. Co., Akron, Ohio, has adopted 

 a method of advertising its tires which is effective, and at the 

 same time economical in rubber. It has made for display pur- 

 poses a number of large tires, 5 feet in diameter and 10 inches 

 thick, exactly reproducing its motor tires. Obviously tires of this 

 size made in the ordinary way would consume a valuable quan- 

 tity of rubber, but these tires are made of papier mache and 

 for window and other displays are quite as serviceable as if 

 compounded of the finest Para. 



CANADIAN CODE FOR RUBBER-COVERED WIRE, 



At a conference held in Toronto in January, at which the rep- 

 resentatives of the Canadian rubber-covered wire manufacturers 

 and electrical inspectors were present, it was agreed that on and 

 after January 1, 1913. only rubber-covered wires and cables hav- 

 ing insulation in accordance with the National Electrical Code, 

 1911 specifications, would be made, as required by electrical' in- 

 spection departments throughout the Dominion of Canada.^ 



