OUST 1, 1910.) 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



NE'A- OFFICE BUILDING OF FISK RUBBER CO. 



Til'. Fisk Kiihher Co., Chicopec Falls, Massachusetts, has just 

 moved intu a fine, modern six-story office huiUIing of cut 

 stqpe and brick. 'I'hc building contains every modern 

 riiMce vyhich makes ^or organization a'hd efficiency. The whole 

 basement of the building is used for a check room. On the 

 ground floor, at the main entrance, is a spacious reception hall, 

 at one sidevof \vhicl^.is an information bureau. This floor con- 

 tains thepprcliasing. traffic and engineering departments. (Jn the 

 second floor are the service and architectural departments, and 

 the advertising department, which also occupies a portion of the 

 third floor. The third floor is occupied by the correspondence 

 department and the mailing room, and here one large and well- 

 furnished room is set apart exclusively for the use of the ofiice 

 boys. On this floor, also, is the telephone exchange and a private 

 branch of the \\'estcrn Union Telegraph Co., and the general 

 manager's office and the stenographic department. The fourth 

 floor is given over to the accounting department. The fifth floor 

 contains the otfices of the president and vice-president, as 

 well as the statistical department. On the sixth floor are large 

 loTiference rooms, the president's private dining-room, a cafe- 

 teria which will accommodate about 300 at one time, the private 

 dining-room < f the heads of departments, and a thoroughly 

 cnuipped kitchen. F.levators run the full height of the building, 

 and from the sixth floor to the basement, at the rear, is a specially 

 constructed brick lire-escape tower which can lie entered from 

 each floor. 



RESALE OF THE B 4 R RUBBER CO. PLANT. 



At the aucti..ii sale of the H S: R Rubber Co., X.,rth Brook- 

 lield, MassacluLretts, on the 25th of June, the property was bid 

 ofiF to Thomas G. Richards, president of the company, for 

 $228,000, the next highest bid being $227,000 by his former part- 

 ner. Charles C. IJecbe. This sale was made subject to the ap- 

 [iroval of the I'nited States Court. When the matter came up 

 before the judge on July 12, it was found that a bid of $233,00(J 

 bad been offered since the auction, and the court therefore or- 

 (bre<i that the sale be re-opened on July 19, at 11:30 a.m., at 

 the office of the company, with the same auctioneer. This sale 

 was advertised to be subject to an upset price of $265,000, on 

 which the receivers reserved the right to waive if they deemed 

 it advisable. The sale was held at the time appointed, and 

 T. C.. Richards was again" the purchaser at $256,000 which, al- 

 though $9,000 le<s than the advertised upset price, was approved 

 by the court 



DC PONI INTERESTS PURCHASE FAIRFIELD RUBBER CO, 



Tlie Fairl-.eM Cm., i.ne of the subsidiaries <jf V.. I. duPont de 

 Xemours & C'... has purchased the Fairfield Rubber Co., Fair- 

 field, Connecticut, and will operate the concern on the same lines 

 as heretofore. The Fairfield company manufactures a rubber 

 carriage cloth, and employs about 100 men. The home office 

 has been transferred to Wilmington, Delaware, hut it is 

 ni't thought that there will be any change of importance 

 at the plant. It is said that the Fairfield company has large 

 coiuracts ir this country and al)road ; in fact, these contracts 

 are rumored to he lar.ge enough to keep the plant busy for a 

 year. If expansion is determined upon there is plenty of room 

 at the Conriecticiit plant, which has several acres of vacant 

 ground adjoining. 



F. W. Harrell. president of the company, who has been asso- 

 ciated with it since 1880, has retired, and has been succeeded by 

 k. R. M. Carpenter, president of the Fabrikoid Co. and one of 

 the directors of ilie diiPont corporation. 



ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE FAULTLESS RUBBER CO. 



The annual convention of the Faultless Rubber Co. was held 

 at .\shland, Ohio, from the 20th to the 22nd of July, inclusive. 

 There \.ere approximately 70 representatives of the company 

 present and the period of meeting was divided between business 

 and pleasure. The convention was opened by Sales Manager 

 W. U. Balch, whose initial remarks took the form of thanks to 

 those prcscMi for their effective coiiperation during the year 

 just pas.sed. This was followed by a discussion of the advertis- 

 ing and selling campaign of the company by H. S. Lett, adver- 

 tising manager of the Faultless Rubber Co., and M. P. Gould, 

 of the M. P. Gould Co. of New York, who has general charge 

 oi' Wearever advertising. In the evening a dinner and musicale 

 were given Ijy President T. W. Miller, at his beautiful residence, 

 and Friday, the 21st, was devoted to a tour of the factory, con- 

 ducted by President Miller and Superintendent C. E. Campbell. 

 Subsequently Mr. Miller delivered an address outlining the pohcy 

 for the coming year. This was followed by interesting remarks 

 by Messrs. Balch and Gould. Saturday, the 22nd, was devoted to 

 concluding business and the departure of delegates to their 

 itspective homes. 



RUBBER COMPANY DIVIDENDS. 



Tlie United States Rubber Co. paid a quarterly dividend of 

 2 per cent on the first preferred stock and a quarterly dividend 

 of 1J4 per cent on the second preferred stock of the company, on 

 July 31, to stockholders of record July 15. 



The Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. has declared a quarterly divi- 

 dend of 4 per cent on common stock, payable .August 1, to stock- 

 Iiolders of record July 17. 



.\t a meeting of directors of the B. F. Goodrich Co., held July 

 26, a dividend of $1.75 per share on the preferred stock was 

 declared, payable October 2, to stockholders of record September 

 21 ; also a quarterly dividend of $1.00 per share on the common 

 slock, pavable November 15 to stockholders of recoid Novem- 

 ber 3. 



The New Jersey Zinc Co. has declared an extra dividend 

 of 10 per cent, payable August 10 to stockholders of record 

 -August 1. The regular quarterly dividend of 4 per cent has 

 been declared, payable .August 10 to stockholders of record 

 .\ugust 1. 



RUBBER COMPAITY SHARE aUOTAIIONS. 



The following market quotations of shares of rubber manu- 

 I'acturing companies on July 25 are furnished by John Burn- 

 ham & Co., 115 Broadway, New York City, and 41 South La 

 Salle street, Chicago, Illinois: 



r.iil. .\sked. 



^'■•- '-■"'■' ' ' '■ ' "■■:■■ I 64 65 



III ' i . I .. . common 915 930 



1 II , I i t I' ' I ,, . preferred Ill 115 



'.[' ' ' ' ' ' '"""lion. 72 7i,/, 



III I .... puferied niH 114 



I. !.;;, her Co., common. 222 226 



Unhber Co., preferred 106 106Ji 



I ! lie Co., common..... 7Hi 72 



I I I.. Co.. 1st preferred 96 gjtA 



}[' ■ ■""-.n 200 215 



^1' I ' "■ '1 104 106 



' ' " 11.1 116 



[:■'■ ! ' III '-■■•' 115 117 



^."'"• , '^ 1^""" ' ' " 85 87 



1 iiiu-.l ...~i.in... Kiilibcr ( (I., common 52;/ S2.is 



I nilcd St.-ilcs Kiilibcr C.J., preferred lOS-'s 109 



The National Rubber & Specialties Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 

 has increased its capital stock from $20,000 to $100,000. The 

 officers of this company are as follows: C. L. Bonnifield, 

 president: G. M. Allen, vice-president; G, W. Drach. secretary 

 and treasurer, and J. R. Bancroft, general manager. 



