m? y '$fy;WTwc cw riv Ifi '' y"K W "' , f ' V rt,i.( wfa v.; . - EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERr-PHILADELPHIA, FKtDAY, DEOEMBEE 8, 1922 87 fcfie ? lMMIBBWMMHMWggggiggBWTgWIWtl' mi. Hi i linniy I) NEW ISSUE $3,100,000 Printing Crafts Building NEW YORK CITY First Mortgage 6 Serial Coupon Bends SAFEGUARDED UNDER THE STRAUS PLAN SERIAL MATURITIES, 1 TO IS YEARS. x Denominations, $1,000; $500 and $100 t Wesummariie'asfollbwsfremaletterfromMr,RaymondE.Baylis,Presi' dentofthePrtntingCraftsqealtyCetporation,mortgagorin4hisbondissuc: MORTGAGED PROPERTY: Land and the Printing Crafts Building, covering the entire block front of 197 feet 6 inches en the west side of Eighth Avenue, from 33rd te 34th Streets, and with a depth of 120 feet en 33rd Street and 1 19 feet en 34th Street. The building is 22 stories in height, of steel frame, full fire-proof construction, with the unusual fleer bearing capacity of .240 lbs. per square feet, and 14 elevators. The build ing was erected seven years age for the purpose of housing some of the largest and best known quality printing concerns and allied trades in New Yerk City, and has been maintained in excellent condition. LOCATIONS The location is directly north of the large new Federal Pest Office, and diagonally across the street from the Pennsylvania Railroad Station. Within two blocks are the Pennsylvania Hetel, McAlpin Hetel, Martinique Hetel, the Equitable Life Assurance Build ing (in course of construction), and such department stores as Gimbel Brethers, Saks & Company, and Macys. EARNINGS: The building is new rented under leases and shows a net return of $333,349.60 per annum. Due te changing rental conditions, some available space is new being rented at a higher figure, and the annual future net rental earnings of the property have been conserva tively estimated at $401,539.60, a sum mere than twice the greatest an nual interest charge and greatly in excess of the annual principal and inter est requirements. The property is valued at much in excess of $4,000,000. BORROWING CORPORATION: The bends are the direct obligation of the Printing Crafts Realty Corporation, composed of well known " companies from the printing trades which occupy space in the building. PRICE: Par and accrued interest te net 6 Call, write or 'phone for circular 685-Q S. W STRAUS Sc CO. ESTABLISHED 1 88a OPPICE3 IN THIRTY CITIES INCORPORATED 1617 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA Telephone, Spruce 6387 FORTY YEARS WITHOUT LOSS TO ANY INVESTOR tt 1933 S. W. S. ft Ce. x m ' ' . . !' NEW OFFERINGS United States Treasury announces the following issues te be dated December 15, 1922 U. S. Treasury 3'2 Certificates due March 15, 1923 U. S. Treasury 4 Certificates due December 15, 1923 U. S. Treasury 4'2 Notes due June 15, 1925 We will be pleased te receive your subscription subject te allotment. PRICE 100 AND ACCRUED INTEREST Commercial Trust Company Member Federal Reserve System CITY HALL SQUARE A Brief Review of Business Conditions Ib contained in our monthly bulletin "The Situation." In addition this bul letin summarizes the mere important phases of .the bend and 6teck markets. We shall be glad te send a complimen tary copy te these interested. jHemphilLNeyes , Ce. ,. n6 Ntw Yerk Stock Btehmfr kJjrankHn Bk. Bldg., Philadelphia ttli..? r'eh .Boiten 8cfntoe u!,, "y Bvracme Baltimore WUmiagtM Bridgeport We Will Buy St. Leuis & Springfield Railway Company First Mortgage 5s, Due Dec. 1, 1933 Subject te supply, we will pay 97 Vfe for a reasonable amount of the above bends ISAAC STARR, JR., & CO. 16th and Sansom Sis., Philadelphia Tel. Spruce 3881-3882.3883 Members Philadelphia Stock Esahange, New YerU Cotten Exchange C. S. F5TTON & CO, 8D ti ciiimtnut bxa. BANKERS hmrfiier te SAII.Klt & HTKVKNHON Henda and tecke beuRht nnd (oil. Mmtr PMIf. UterW Kxrhancr. IMi: flwwu Lt. & Pr. 61, 1945 Jw OrleaB, Rwyi. & Lt Si, 1949 r7w nrei.. All Issues JJww Steel, 1st Pfd. ' ' fUmTrw m. rn W IMMU aUIUHNOt rMlLADtlTHIA gig fteuNuJTT.'Li Saving Department H First National Bank m Of PHILADELPHIA H vr r ui ut eutTaUT T LEE, HIGGINSOH & CO. Eatabltabtd IMS BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAOO 1306 Finance Bldg., Philadelphia Supervised Securities Yielding Seven Per Cent. The R. L. Deilings Ce. "Builder of Businete" Philadelphia Celnmbm Indiantpeli 1421 Walnut Street RtcimeeAL.AuTOHOKi.t Injkwaiw Men. 2OyO S,v,n Piiylviia Idenity Eickiagc We finance and construct build ings involving one million dol lars and ever. Conferences solicited. rT U0NGACRS (ENGINEERING 1!SS M mm Main Office: 545 MadUen Ave New Yerk City CUeage Boeten Washington, D. C i jaP BOUGHT SOLD QUOTE n Northern hi. G. & E. 5'i & 6' Caiihr Packing SW 1937 Crew Lerick Ce. 6't 1931 Public Seme. Ne. III. 5't 1962 E. C. Bndd Mf. Pfd. Empire Refining 6't 1927 Tidewater Pr. 6't 1942 Empire Tank Line Eq. 8's 1931 Mil. Electric Ry. & Lt. S't 1961 Wheelinf Electric 5V 1941 Interitate Window Gla 8' 1926 Canadian Lt & Pr. 5' 1949 Portland Ry. lit 5'i 1930 American G. & E. Deb 6'i 2014 Newark Pau. Ry. S't 1930 HgCewma LAND TITLE BUILDING. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Uembera Philadelphia Stock Exchaw? aggg.1 I SnimCf1? We Own and Offer n coal bend uhcre curnlnRt are far In excess of all In terest, depreciation and glutt ing land requirement)!. The bend la alto guaranteed by another company of great trengtb. . Friee te yield 7 F. P. Ristine & Ce. Widtner Building, Philadelphia Haw Yerk ElUabntn. U. J Member Nne Yerk aim finmtmtlHa BtecM ccheaM Consolidated Traction of New Jersey 1st 5s, 1933 Bought Sold Quoted Elkins, Merris & Ce. Land Title Bldg., Phila. Member! New Yerk & Phils, Stecfc Exchangee N.Y.Canners,!nc. (Common Stock) Special Chaxlar sent upon request Stone,Presser&Doty 52 William Street New Yerk Ttlthse Ueaercr 7723 Philadelphia Repretentative WANTUD 11V N, Y. Advertising Agency One who la familiar with financial edvertlsliiK jirefiTreil. Will inake ftttractlve piopesltlon te eaimblu man. Olvn full details. Replies centldcntlal, Addrese llex II net, Lrricrr Olllt u Safe Bends for Investment Halsey, Stuart & Ce. Inc. 14 Tide Bldg. TiUphfu Leaut 7416 ! Stockwell Wilsen & JLinvill tiTiuiie,.,fkjh CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS NEW ISSUE $1,000,000 Richardson and Boynton Company Fifteen-Year 6V2 Sinking Fund Geld Bends Dated December 1. 1922 Due December 1, 1937 Interest earatle aemt-annnallr. 'one iuna me jreuniji nt. . Ul option Company agreea te refund the Fei within ilxtydaye after payment, principal. Bedeemahle at the epl ana aecruea ibhwii 1 and December 1. without .dednctlen for nermal rdrallBoema Ta, up i te 8. The SSK DP.mlnet. TaidP iSUeVt PJ.T.fn0&.w37yi?kera!tV. A-thcruSd "and te "irenUy Tmu: iToOeTW; Prlnelpal and THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Truetee Salient features as summarized by Mr. D. Rait Richardson, President of Richardson and Boynton Company Business: Richardson and Boynton Company, established in 1837 and incorporated in 1882, is engaged in the busi ness of manufacturing and selling ranges, stoves, warm air furnaces, steam and het water heaters and ether heating apparatus. The main plant is located at Dever, New Jersey, and branch offices are maintained at Chi cago, Bosten, Philadelphia and ether important cities throughout the United States. The range business is widely distributed, especially in New Yerk and the sur rounding territory, while the ether business is national. In the eighty-five years of its existence, the Company has built up an excellnt reputation and has long been recegniied as a leader in its line. The trade names "Richardson," applying te steam and water boilers and laundry and tank heaters, and "Perfect," used in connec tion with furnaces, combination ranges, gas ranges and coal ranges, are of very great value and widely known. The management is conservative and se constituted that . it should assure the continued successful operation of the business. Earnings: In the five years ended December 31, 1921, the average annual earnings available for interest and sinking fund charges, after depreciation and inventory adjustments but before Federal income taxes, were equal te FOUR AND ONE-HALF TIMES the annual inter est requirements of the $1,000,000 Fifteen-Year 6$4 Sinking Fund Geld Bends and TWO AND ONE-HALF TIMES the maximum combined interest and sinking fund requirements. The earnings, en the same basis, for the first ten months of 1922, were equal te practically THREE AND THREE-QUARTERS TIMES the annual interest re quirements of this issue of bends. In each of the last twenty-five years the earnings of the Company that would have been available for inter est and sinking fund requirements have been in excess of a full year's interest and sinking fund requirements of this issue of bends. Assets: The audited accounts of the Company as of October 31, 1922, after giving effect te this financing, show net quick assets of $2,204,056.38, or $2,204 for each J 1,000 par value of bends, and total net assets of 2,760,984.40, or $2,760 for each $1,000 par value of bends. Purposes of Issue: The proceeds of the sale of this issue of bends will be used for the expansion and im provement of the Company's plants and for ether cor porate purposes. Sinking Fund: A sinking fund is provided, payable semi-annually beginning June 1, 1923, sufficient te retire each year $50,000 face amount of the bends. This sink ing fund is sufficient te retire 72 $4 of the entire issue of bends before maturity. Security: These bends will be the direct obligations of the Company and, with the exception of purchase money obligations for $310,000 principal amount secured by mortgage upon certain of its property, will constitute its only funded debt. Among ether things, the indenture will provide in effect that the Company will net create any mortgage or lien upon its fixed or permanent assets (ether than purchase money mortgages or mortgages upon after acquired property at the time of acquisition) unless the bends of this issue shall be equally and ratably secured and unless the total net assets of the Company, shall be equal te at least 200 of the face amount of the bends of this issue then outstanding and of the bends or obligations proposed te be issued under such mortgage or lien; and that the Company will net create or assume or guarantee any ether indebtedness or obligations maturing mere than one year from their date. Maintenance of Assets: The indenture will provide that the Company will at all times have and maintain net quick assets (as defined in the indenture) equal te at least 100 of the face amount of the bends then out standing and in no event less than $500,000, and will net pay any dividends (ether than dividends payable in shares of stocky en its capital stock, common or pre- ' ferred, while the net quick assets of the Company are below an amount equal te 150 of the face amount of the bends then outstanding or the payment of which dividends would reduce such net quick assets below said amount. All legal proceedings in connection with this issue of bends will be passed upon for the Bankers by Messrs. Rushmers, ' ' -Bisbce & Stern, New Yerk. The books and accounts have been examined by Messrs. Price, Waterhouse & Ge,, Certified Pub- -. lie Accountants. These bends are offered if, as, and when issued and received by us and subject te the approval of counsel Price 100 and accrued interest, te yield 6 Descriptive Circular Furnished en Application Spencer Trask & Ce, 25 Bread Street, New Yerk Redmond & Ce. 1427 Walnut Street, Philadelphia AU Information riven herein Is from official eurcei, or from eeureee which ire reran! ae reliable; but In De ertnt ere the statements herein contained te be regarded ae representatlene of the Bankere. All bends having been sold, this advertisement appears as a matter of record only. (Closed Mortgage) $750,000 McNab & Harlin Manufacturing Ce. First Mortgage 7 Sinking Fund Geld Bends Dated November 1, 1922 Due November 1, 1942 Redeemable at any time in whole or in part, a,t the option of the Company, en 30 days' notice, at 107 Vz and interest. COAL & IRON NATIONAL BANK, NEW YORK, TRUSTEE. Interest payable without deduction for normal Federal Income Tax, net te exceed 2fe. The Company agrees te ma; reimburse holders, upon proper application, for the Pennsylvania Four Mill Tax and for the cnusetts income tax en tne interest, net te exceed 67e per annum. lassa- The President of the Company has summarized his letter te us concerning the Company and its bends as follews: BUSINESS The McNab & Harlin Mfg. Ce. is one of the eldest companies of its kind in the country and the only one in the metropolitan district manufacturing a full line of iron, semi-steel and brass valves and fittings constituting a well diversified line of staple products in constant and general demand. Since 1859 its plant has been located in Paterson, N. J., from which it can serve the New Yerk markets most advantageously. The management of the company remains unchanged. EARNINGS -Average annual earnings, available for Interest, taxes and depreciation, for the 5 years ended December 31, 1921, amounted te $226,141 or mere than 4.30 times present interest requirements. Fer the last 10 years, earnings averaged $186,112 or mere than 3.S4 times these requirements. ASSETS The Company's balance sheet as of July 31, 1922, readjusted te give effect te this financ ing, as certified te by Messrs. Leslie, Banks & Company, shows a ratio between current assets and cur rent liabilities of ever 3 te 1, net quick assets amounting te $970,993.07 or approximated $1300 per $1000 bend outstanding and net tangible assets te $2,255,431.79, or mere than $3000 per $1000 bend. Messrs, Ferd, Bacen & Davis have appraised the fixed assets of the Company, exclusive of patterns, dies, good will, patents, etc., at in excess of $1,500,000, or ever $250,000 mere than the amount, included in the above net tangible assets, at which the property is carried in the Company's certified balance sheet. SECURITY These bends will be secured by a direct closed first mortgage upon all the fixed assets of the Company new owned or te be hereafter acquired. SINKING FUND A sinking fund of $25,000 per annum, payable monthly, or 20 of net earnings after depreciation, whichever is larger, will be used te purchase bends of this issue up te 1071' and interest, or if net se obtainable, te redeem bends at that price. PURPOSE OF FINANCING The money derived from the sale of these bends is te be devoted te working capital, enabling the company te take advantage of its increasing trade opportunities and placing it in a position te mere efficiently handle its rapidly growing business. Legal details in connection with this issue ivtll be passed upon by Messrs. Beekman, Menken bf Griscom, New Yerk, and Messrs. Tawnsend, Elliett (J Mttnsen, Philadelphia, for the Bankers, and by Messrs. Griggs, Baldwin W Baldwin, New Yerk, for the Company. The books of the Company have been audited by Messrs. Leslie, Banks W Company, Chartered Accountants. Appraisals and engineering reports have been made by Messrs. Ferd Bacen fcf Davis. Price en Application STROUD & COMPANY PHILADELPHIA INCOnPOIlATED NEW TORK We de net guarantee the above atatements,but have obtained them from official source which we bilteve te be reliable. 3 . V ,( t)t B " "" JcTTT"1" MHMIaMllMB