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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[XOVEMUER I, 1907. 



TIHZS FOR THE CARRIAGE TRADE. 



The exhibition hold in connection with the thirty-fifth annual 

 convention of the Carriage Builders' National Association, in 

 New York, beginning on October 8, was located, as last year, in 

 the St. Nicholas Rink. There was a goodly number of exhibitors 

 of carriage parts and materials, and their displays were varied, 

 extensive, and attractive. Among the exhibits of carriage ac- 

 cessories were several leading tire firms, the list including: 



Consolidated Rubber Tire Co New York. 



The Diamond Rubber Co Akron. 



Firestone Tire and Rubber Co Akron. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co Akron. 



The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co Akron. 



The Hartford Rubber Works Co Hartford. 



Kokonio Rubber Co Kokomo. 



The Republic Rubber Co Youngstown. 



The Victor Rubber Co Springfield. 



The Victor Rubber Co. also showed a tire applying machine in 

 operation. The MilhoUand solid and cushion rubber tire, with 

 a new system of fastening, was shown by the MilhoUand Co. 

 (Dunkirk, New York), and pneumatic tired wire wheels by The 

 Mott Wheel Works (.Utica, N. Y.). 



The Fairfield Rubber Co. showed a fine line of carriage cloths 

 and imitation leather. The L. C. Chase Co. had on display an 

 attractive line of rubber ducks and drills and auto fabrics. The 

 Fabrikoid Co. were also represented. Rubberset Brush Co. 

 (Newark, New Jersey) showed their patent brushes with bristles 

 set in hard rubber. 



UNITED STATES RUBBER CO.'S ISStJES. 



Transactions on the New York Stock Exchange for five 

 weeks, ending October 28: 



Common Stock. 



Week Sept. 30 Sales 300 shares High 30 Low 27^ 



Week Oct. 7 Sales 2400 shares High 27 Low 26!/2 



Week Oct. 14 Sales 1720 shares High 27^-2 Low 22>i 



Week Oct. 21 Sales 3450 shares High 22^ Low 17 



Week Oct. 28 Sales 3700 shares High 205/2 Low 16 



For the year — High, 52'/^, Feb. 16; low, 16, Oct. 25. 

 Last year — High, 39j^; low, 38. 



First Preferred Stock. 



Week Sept. 30 Sales 810 shares High 92^4 Low 8954 



Week Oct. 7 Sales 33S9 shares High 92'^ Low 88 



Week Oct. 14 Sales 1885 shares High 88 Low 84J4 



Week Oct. 21 Sales 5085 shares High 84 Low 75 



Week Oct. 28 Sales 4589 shares High 79 Low 68 



For the ytar — High, 109?^, Jan. 7; low, 68, Oct. 25. 

 Last year — High, 115; low, io4.)4. 



Second Preferred Stock. 



Week Sept. 30 Sales 200 shares High 6if^ Low 61 ;4 



Week Oct. 7 Sales 300 shares High 60 Low 60 



Week Oct. 14 Sales 700 shares High 57 Low 53 



Week Oct. 21 Sales 700 shares High 55 Low 48>< 



Week Oct. 28 Sales 510 shares High 50 Low 40 



I'or the year — High, ySli, Jan. 7; low, 40, Oct. 26. 

 Last year — High, 87 J-^; low, 75. 



The market for securities of every class has been depressed for 

 some weeks past, without regard to the condition of the com- 

 panies affected, due to reasons of financial stringency which now 

 promise to be of a temporary character. 



POPE MANTTFACTURING 00. 



George A. Vui.e, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, has been appointed 

 co-receiver of the Pope Manufacturing Co., to act with Albert 

 L. Pope, whose appointment was reported lately in this journal. 

 The work of the receivership will be so divided as to render Mr. 

 Pope's presence in the West necessary less frequently than before. 

 The Pope Manufacturing Co.'s plant at Westfield, where nearly 

 400 men were employed, with a weekly payroll of about $6,000, 

 has been closed. Negotiations are understood to be in progress 

 for the sale of the company's Pope-Toledo factory. The National 

 Association of Automobile Manufacturers has declined to accept 

 the resignation of .Albert L. Pope as president. 

 visitors from para. 



The steamer Acre, one of the three new boats lately put in 

 commission by the Lloyd Brazileiro for service between Rio de 



Janeiro and New York, on her first trip north, carried a party of 

 tourists from Para and other Brazilian ports, who spent ten days- 

 in sightseeing in New York, Boston. Philadelphia and Washing- 

 ton and visited Niagara Falls. 



OBITUARY l.OTES. 



Trenor L. Park, senior partner in the Nev/ York and Boston 

 cotton duck commission house of Catlin & Co., died on October 

 23, in his forty-eighth year, following a surgical operation. He 

 was the son of Trenor W. Park, a Vermont lawyer, was gradu- 

 ated from Harvard, and entered the Catlin firm in 1883. The. 

 Indi.\ Rubber World is advised that the new Catlin co-partnership 

 recently entered into will not be affected by the decease of Mr. 

 Park. 



Bulletin No. 60 of the Meriden Rubber Planting Corporation,, 

 issued from Tula de los Tuxtlas, Mexico, records the death, on 

 August 28, of Mrs. Lanette Miller Foster, the wife of Mr. J. 

 Herbert Foster, lately of Meriden, Connecticut, the founder of 

 the company and its manager in Mexico. She had cooperated 

 enthusiastically with her husband in the carrying out of his plans 

 in Mexico and contributed in an important degree to the building^ 

 up of an enjoyable social circle in their new locality, besides 

 which she was an authoress of no little note. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



A FIRE occurred on October 2 at the plant of The Rossendale- 

 Reddaway Belting and Hose Co., Limited (Newark, New Jersey). 

 The amount of the damage is not reported, but the insurance on 

 the buildings and stock affected amounted to $28,300. 



Jinrikisha wire wheels for export, with English pattern clincher 

 or cushion rims, and ij4 or i;^ inch solid rubber or rubber 

 cushion tires, are a specialty of The Mott Wheel Works (Utica, 

 New York). They supply also rubber tired wheels for victorias, 

 dog carts, and sulkies. 



The Peerless Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Xcw York) were 

 represented at the exhibition in connection with the convention 

 of the American Street and Interurban Railway Manufacturers' 

 Association, at Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the past month, 

 by a display of their "Rainbow" packing, and also selections 

 from their stock of hose, packing, step treads, and so on. 



Charles H. Oakley, formerly of the Aja.x-Grieb Rubber Co., 

 is now with the Combination Rubber Manufacturing Co., of 

 Bloomfield, New Jersey, as is also Charles McCoy, formerly of 

 the Standard Rubber Co., of Trenton. 



The Barrett Manufacturing Co., of Philadelphia, have moved 

 their offices from the Land Title building to their factory. 



Philip jNIcGrory, of Trenton, has about completed the dis- 

 mantling of the South street plant of the Philadelphia Rubber 

 Works, abandoned by the latter since the completion of their 

 new plant. 



A train out from Utica, New York, for the Adirondacks, on 

 October 27, was wrecked by the breaking of a truck, injuring 

 several passengers. Among them was Leonard F. Requa. 

 formerly of the Safety Insulated Wire and Cable Co. (New 

 York), and j\Irs. Requa. the latter having been hurt more seri- 

 ously than anyone else on the train. 



The Tehuantepec Rubber Culture Co. (New York) announce 

 to their subscribers that the suspension of payment by the 

 Knickerbocker Trust Co. (New York), which the company be- 

 lieve to be only temporary, will in no wise embarrass the com- 

 pany's interests. The rubber company recently invested in New 

 York City bonds that portion of their funds not required for 

 immediate operations, reducing their deposit with the Knicker- 

 bocker Trust to a small figure. 



The registered style of a tire patent infringement suit men- 

 tioned in The India Rubber World October i (page 23) was 

 originally The G. & J. Tire Co. vs. United States Agency, Mich- 

 elin Tire Co. On March 6, 1905, a petition was filed making the 

 Michelin Tire American Agency a party defendant. The case has 

 not been argued yet, counsel being engaged still in taking testi- 

 mony. 



