October I, 1907.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



29 



UNITED STATES EUBBEH CO.'S ISSUES. 



New York Stock Exchange transactions for four weeks ending 

 on the dates given herewith : 



Common Stock. 



Week Sept. 2 Sales 835 shares High 33 Low 29 



Week Sept. 9 Sales 950 shares High 331/2 Low 31 



Week Sept. 16 Sales 1300 shares High 32 Low 28j^ 



Week Sept. 23 Sales joo shares High 295^ Low 2g% 



For the year — High, s^'A, Feb. 16; Low, zjl/i, Aug. 13. 



First Preferred Stock. 



Week Sept. 2 Sales 1620 shares High 90^^ Low 86j4 



Week Sept. 9 Sales 1313 shares High 93J4 Low 90'/; 



Week Sept. 16 Sales 1955 shares High 93^ Low 88^ 



Week Sept. 23 Sales 955 shares High 90^ Low 89^ 



For the year — High, 109^, Jan. 7; Low, 85, Aug. 20. 



Second Preferred Stock. 



Week Sept. 2 Sales 120 shares High 60 Low 59% 



Week Sept. g Sales 200 shares High SV/z Low 61 



Week Sept. 16 Sales 100 shares High 61 Low 61 



Week Sept. 23 Sales 550 shares High 6iJ4 Low 61 



For the year — High, 78".^, Jan. 7; Low, 60, Aug. 15. 



NEW ALLING EUBBEH STORES. 



The Ailing Rubber Company, incorporated September 

 3, 1907, under the laws of Maine, with $25,000 capital 

 paid in, has been formed to operate a store at Wor- 

 cester, Massachusetts (the headquarters of the company), and 

 the Ailing rubber stores already open at Norwich and New 

 London, Connecticut. The officers are Wilber S. Ailing, of 

 Norwich, president ; Charles H. Adams, of Worcester, secre- 

 tary, and Ward T. Ailing, of New London, treasurer. The 

 Ailing rubber stores syndicate now conduct ten or more stores 

 in different towns in Connecticut and Massachusetts. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Aluminum Flake Co. (Akron, Ohio) are reported to have 

 contracted with a single rubber manufacturing concern to deliver 

 a minimum of 44,400 pounds of their product each month for 

 fifteen months, or a total of 532,800 pounds during the period 

 named. 



W. D. Allen Manufacturing Company (Chicago) are already 

 at work upon lawn sprinklers for next season, and have designed 

 some new types. Orders for garden hose are solicited in August 

 and September of every year tor the following season, and 

 jobbers begin to place orders for sprinklers at the same time. 



A newspaper report of the incorporation of the Thompson- 

 Adams Rubber Co., in Philadelphia, was an error. The com- 

 pany referred to is the Thompson-Adams Leather Co. 



THE RUBBER TRADE AT AKRON. 



BY A RESIDENT CORRESPONDENT. 



THE leading rubber manufacturers of Akron were extensive 

 exhibitors at the Implement, Vehicle and Harness show held 

 in Cincinnati the last week in September. The Goodrich and 

 Diamond companies made the largest exhibits, and the Firestone 

 company had a splendid representation. The National Carriage 

 Dealers' show which is to open in the Grand Central Palace, 

 New York, on October 7, will also have extensive exhibits by 

 Akron manufacturers. 



Convinced that the demand for automobile tires is to increase 

 steadily, Thomas L. Childs, an Akron promoter, is engaged in 

 organizing a company for the manufacture of automobile tires 

 alone. He says that his plans are not yet in shape for a more 

 definite announcement. 



The Diamond Rubber Co. are just completing the largest 

 factory building in the city of Akron, and will occupy the new 

 structure by November i. The building is to be used to aflford 

 more room for the tire department, and also to accommodate 

 the Marsh rim factory, which will be moved to Akron upon the 

 completion of the structure. The building is six stories high 

 and will add five acres to the company's present floor space. 



The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. are contemplating the 

 erection of a new factory building which will materially increase 

 their capacity. The new building will be the second addition to 

 the plant in the last few months, and, as now planned, will be 

 equal in dimensions to the main building and three stories in 

 height. 



A. H. Noah, treasurer of the Diamond Rubber Co., is spend- 

 ing a month's vacation in Europe. 



A Boston newspaper says : "One of the handsomest speed 

 launches in Marblehead harbor is the Florence II., launched this 

 summer by her owner, Mr. A. H. Marks of Akron, Ohio, who is 

 at the Ticknor cottage, Marblehead Neck. She is a splendid sea 

 boat and has a speed of 21 knots." 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN SAN FRANCISCO. 



BY \ RESIDENT CORRESPONDENT. 



'X'HE condition of the rubber goods market in this city during 

 •*• the summer lias been quite different from the conditions in 

 most other lines. The demand for rubber goods of all kinds has 

 been exceptionally active, and all the houses in this branch seem 

 to have done a good business. But other houses, particularly 

 in the retail trade, have felt the effect of the depression in 

 business caused by the street car strikes and other labor troubles. 

 Of late a marked improvement in the general tone of business 

 has been apparent, and merchants of all classes declare that the 

 worst is over and are looking forward to a prosperous season's 

 trade. It is hardly necessary to add that the rubber houses 

 share this hope in a particular degree. 



During the absence of Mr. D'Arcy, head of the D'Arcy-Scott 

 Co., dealers in tires and automobile supplies at No. 524 Golden 

 Gate avenue, on an automobile transcontinental tour, his house 

 had the assistance in the selling department of Mr. E. R. Kelly, 

 who had come out from the East as an automobile salesman. 

 While participating in an automobile race recently Mr. Kelly 

 met with an accident, from which his death resulted on Sep- 

 tember 16. During his stay in San Francisco Mr. Kelly had 

 become generally known in the local tire trade, and no one was 

 better liked than he. 



The Phoenix Rubber Co., who report a very satisfactory trade 

 in all lines of rubber goods, have taken the Pacific coast agency 

 for the tires of The Republic Rubber Co.. of Youngstown, Ohio. 



The manager of the W. D. Newerf Rubber Co. reports that the 

 street car strike during the summer greatly increased the tire 

 business. There were many business men who simply had to get 

 about the city, and when they could not longer depend upon the 

 street cars they used automobiles. This situation is believed to 

 have encouraged the sale of automobiles to a great extent, and all 

 of this helped the rubber tire houses in the end. 



Mr. R. H. Pease, of the Goodyear Rubber Co., on his return 

 from Portland, says that business in Washington, Idaho, and 

 Oregon is in fine condition. "It looks," he said, "as though 

 we would have a better business than ever before on the 

 Pacific coast, because the crops are larger than ever." 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York prices — in cents per pound for carload lots — are 

 practically unchanged : 



Old rubber boots and shoes — domestic II^^@I2 



Old rubber boots and shoes — foreign 11 @ii^ 



Pneumatic bicycle tires 7H@ 7M 



Automobile tires 9%@lo 



Solid rubber wagon and carriage tires 10 @io^ 



White trimmed rubber i2^(a;i2M 



Heavy black rubber 5M@ 6 



Air brake hose 4J4@ 5 



Fire and large hose ZVs® 3^4 



Garden hose 2^® 2M 



Matting Ij^@ 1% 



