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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September 1, 1912. 



ALFRED A. ANDREWS. 



The death of Alfred Augustus Andrews, president of the Win- 

 nipeg Rubber Co., and prominent in Winnipeg business and so- 

 cial circles, occurred August 2 at Chicago, where he had under- 

 gone an operation on the mastoid gland. Mr. Andrews was 

 born at North Augusta, Ontario, 47 years ago. He went to 

 Winnipeg in 1880. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The James Manufacturing Co., Cleveland, Ohio, producers 

 of the "Gyro" Heel, have recently reorganized, resulting in 

 substantially increased facilities. The offices of the company 

 are located in the Rockefeller Building. 



W. G. Brown, distributor of rubber manufacturers' sup- 

 plies, with headquarters in the Provident Bank Building, Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio, is extensively interested in philanthropic work, 

 and, in his capacity as buyer for the Santa Claus Committee, 

 has already laid in a large supply of toys, to be distributed 

 among poor children at Christmas time. 



The Portage Rubber Co., Barberton, Ohio, will immediately 

 commence building an addition to its present factory, the 

 output of which now exceeds existing facilities. 



The Raven Mining Co., Chicago, is in process of increasing 

 its shipping facilities, and Lawrence F. Lindley, manager of 

 the company, is now in Utah, where the mines are located, 

 looking over the situation. 



B. B. Felix, of the Featheredge Rubber Sponge Co., of 

 Chicago, gave a small and very charming dinner to a few 

 friends at the Bismarck Gardens on the evening of Wednes- 

 day, the 14th of August. It was a most delightful aflair. 



UNITED STATES RUBBER CCS ISSUES. 



TR.^NS.^CTIONS on the New York Stock Exchange for four 

 weeks, ending August 24 : 



Common Stock, $25,000,000. 



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

 Last Dividend fspecial), July 31, 1912 — 1%. 



Week August 3 Sales 8,000 shares High 53^4 Low 52 



Week August 10 Sales 1,300 shares High 52i^ Low 51^ 



Week August 17 Sales 3,600 shares High S3 Low 51^^ 



Week August 24 Sales 1,590 shares High 51?-^ Low SlJ^ 



For the year — High. 67?^, May 21; Low, 45Ji, February 1. 

 Last year — High, 48^4; Low, 30"^. 



First Preferred Stock, $39,824,400. 



Last Dividend, July 31, 1912—2%. 



Week August 3 Sales 3,919 shares High 108^ Low 106 



Week August 10 Sales 3,100 shares High 108^ Low 107-)^ 



Week August 17 Sales 2,050 shares High 108^ Low 108^ 



Week August 24 Sales 845 shares High 108^ Low 108^ 



For the year — High. 116, May 20; Low, 105H. July 25. 

 Last year — High, 115^4; Low, 104. 



Second Preferred Stock, $9,965,000. 



Last Dividend, July 31, 1912 — I'Afc. 



Week August 3 Sales • • shares High Low 



Week August 10 Sales shares High ■ • Low 



Week August 17 Sales 315 shares High 80 Low 7814 



Week August 24 Sales 200 shares High 79 Low 78j/$ 



For the year — High, 85^,4, May 21; Low, 75, January 23. 

 Last year — High, 79; Low, 66. 



Six Per Cent. Trust Gold Bonds, $18,000,000. 



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



Week August 3 Sales 42 bonds High 10454 Low 



Week August 10 Sales 11,000 bonds High 104^ Low 



Week August 17 Sales 42 bonds High 104J4 Low 



Week August 24 Sales bonds High Low 



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

 Last year — High, 105; Low, 101?^. 



Rights. 



Week August 3 Sales 160 Rights High 5^ Low 



Week August 10 Sales 800 Rights High 3yi Low 



Week August 17 Sales Rights High Low 



Week August 24 Sales Rights High • Low 



For the year — High, H, August 10; Low, 7/16, July 26. 



104 



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TRADE NOTES, 



A special meeting of the stockholders of the Goodyear Tire 

 and. Rubber Co. will be held September 9 to vote on proposed 

 changes in the company's constitution relative to its preferred 

 stock issue, including the annual retirement after 1915. 



The Lee Tire and Rubber Co., of Conshohocken, Pennsyl- 

 vania, has filed notice of increase of its capital from $1,200,000 

 to $1,600,000 for the purpose of extending the company's busi- 

 ness. 



The manufacturers Rubber Co., of Philadelphia, Pennsyl- 

 vania, has declared a regular quarterly dividend of lj4 per cent, 

 on the preferred stock, payable August 31 to stock of record 

 August 24. 



The work of drawing copper wire in the new wire plant at the 

 factory of the National India Rubber Co. was begun August 21. 

 It is expected that the manufacture of wire will later require 

 an increased force of workers. 



The Majestic Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, has recently been in- 

 corporated for the purpose of manufacturing, buying and selling 

 rubber sundries and specialties. Among their specialties are 

 finger cots and toe cots. 



The Automatic Coupler Co., recently organized in Buffalo, 

 New York, will manufacture and sell the Hall Automatic Coup- 

 lers for fire and garden hose, and any other sort of hose where 

 couplers are used. The company expects to build and equip 

 its own factory in the near future. 



Alexander H. Kasner is president of the A. H. Kasner Tire 

 Co., recently incorporated to deal in automobile tires, with an 

 office at 111 Chambers street, New York. 



The Indiana Rubber and Insulated Wire Co., Jonesboro, In- 

 diana, is manufacturing three styles of automobile-tire casings, 

 namely, the "Wabash," a plain tread, guaranteed for 2,000 miles ; 

 the "Indiana," also a plain tread with a 3,500-mile guarantee, 

 and a Traction Tread, non-skid tire, guaranteed for 3,500 miles. 



The Selbach Rubber Co., a Massachusetts corporation, manu- 

 facturing rubber tires at 404 Columbus avenue, Boston, assigned 

 August 6 to its treasurer, D. B. Smith, and Walter Powers, of 

 Cambridge. 



The Kleinert Rubber Co. will increase its plant in Long Island 

 by the erection of a brick addition at Eighteenth street, at the 

 corner of Fifth avenue. College Point. 



verein deutscher chemiker. 

 The New York section of the Verein Deutscher Chemiker 

 intends to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the parent society 

 on Monday, September 2, next. At ten o'clock in the morning 

 a business meeting with lectures will be held at Havemeyer 

 Hall, Columbia University, New York. The lectures will be 

 delivered by Dr. F. W. Frerichs and Dr. F. Raschig. At one 

 p. m. there will be a lunch at the Claremont, and in the evening 

 the ladies of the party will attend the theater and later a col- 

 lation at the Ritz-Carlton, while the men will attend a Kommers 

 at the building of the Arion Society, Fifty-ninth street and 

 Park avenue. 



A business man in a Mediterranean country informs an Amer- 

 ican consulate- (Consular Report, No. 9319) that he desires to 

 be placed in communication with American shippers of asbestos. 

 He is particularly anxious to secure the kind and quality used 

 in stereotyping. 



An American Consul reports (No. 9186) that a business firm 

 in his district in Europe is desirous of securing offers from 

 manufacturers of hard rubber. The firm uses a large quantity 

 of this material for making fountain pens. 



According to Consular Report No. 8947, a business man in a 

 European country desires to be put in communication with 

 American manufacturers of rubberoid with a view to represent- 

 ing thcni locally. He is of the opinion that it could be largely 

 introduced for roofing and bath-room flooring. 



