October i, 1906.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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NEWS OF THE AMERICAN RUBBER TRADE. 



MERGER l)K TWO RUBBER COMPANIES. 



THI-: Aja.x Standard Rubber Co. (New York) and the 

 Orieb Rubber Co. (Trenton, N. J.) have been consoli- 

 dated, the amalgamation taking eflect from vSepteni- 

 bur 10, 1906. Tlie newly formed concern is known 

 as the Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co., and eventually will have its 

 entire manufacturing plant at Trenton while the e.xecutive 

 oflices and wareroonis will be located on upper Hroadway, 

 New York, in a building now in course of erection. I''or 

 .some time, however, .\ja.x tires will continue to be manu- 

 factured at the New York plant, in East One Hundred and 

 .Sixth street. Important additions are to be made to the 

 Cirieb factory in Trenton, and tlie new conqjan}- will con- 

 tinue the manufacture of t'le lines other than tires marketed 

 hitherto so successfully by the Grieb company. The (irieb 

 company succeeded the old Mundell Rubber Co. (Trenton) 

 and were incorporated in June, 1899, since which time their 

 business has experienced a steady growth. The Ajax Stan- 

 dard Rubber Co. was incorporated in November, 1905, to 

 manufacture tires, the capital being supplied by members of 

 the .American Jlotor Car Manufacturers' .Association. It is 

 proposed now, with the enlargement of the company's facili- 

 ties, to solicit business from the general tire buying public as 

 well as supplying the members of the association. Horace 

 DeLisser, who has been president of the Ajax company, is 

 the head of the new organization. William G. Grieb is vice 

 president ; Harry Grieb, treasurer ; and C. II. Oakley, secre- 

 tary and factor3- manager. The last three named have been 

 the principal officers of the Grieb company. Albert S. 

 LeVine, formerly western sales manager of the Ma.xw-ell- 

 Briscoe Motor Co., has become connected with the new con- 

 cern in the sales department and will travel extensively 

 for them. 



ri;bber heei. patent suit decided. 



The suit of Frank \V. Whitchei & Co. (Boston) agaiusi 

 the Consumers Rubber Co. (Bristol, R. I.), in the United 

 .States circuit court in Rhode Island, alleging infringement 

 of the design patent No. 28,912, issued June 21, 1S9S, to 

 Heber C. Peters, resulted in a decision in favor of the plain- 

 tiff and a perpetual injunction against the defendants mak- 

 ing and selling rubber shoe heels in imitation of the design 

 covered by that patent. The Consumers company marketed 

 heels lettered "Shamrock", whereas the plaintiff's heels 

 were labeled " Velvet ", but it was held that the two designs 

 had the same general appearance and that it was not neces- 

 sary that the patented thing should be copied in everj- par- 

 ticular to constitute infringement. 



CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION 

 -At the resent twenty-eighth annual Canadian National 

 Exhibition at Toronto, auspiciously opened by Sir William 

 Mulock, chief justice of the exchequer division of the higli 

 court of justice, there was much to interest the shoe trade. 

 There is room here, however, to mention only the e.xhibits 

 of the rubber trade. In the center aisle of the Manufacturers' 

 building was to be found the exhibit of the Canadian Rub- 

 ber Co. of Montreal, Limited, one of the largest and most 

 effectively arranged in the whole structure. Here were to be 



seen rubber in the crude state as it was imported and in all 

 the stages of the progress of manufacture, including finished 

 articles of all classes manufactured by this important com- 

 pany. But the chief attraction, of course, to the shoe trade, 

 was the splendid display made of rubber footwear. The Can- 

 adian com])any had also another large exhibit devoted to 

 automobile and carriage tires, covers, etc., in the Transpor- 

 tation building. Another rubber exhibit of special interest 

 to the shoe trade was tliatof tlie Berlin Rul)berCo., Limited, 

 also situated in the Manufacturers' I)uilding. Here was an 

 attractive arrangement of the footwear products of the com- 

 pany named in connection with masses of rubber crude and 

 in the difierent stages of manufacture. The DunlopTire and 

 Rubl)erCo., Limited, manufacturers of general rubber goods, 

 made an extensive display of their products of mechanical 

 goods and tires, and also an extensive exhibit of revolving 

 rubber heel. 



NEW FACTORY OF THE DURHAM RUBBER CO. 

 Tiiic new factory of the Durham Rubber Co., Limited 

 (Bowmanville, Ontario) [see TiiK Iniiia Rubber Wokm) 

 September i, 1905 — page 420] was recently opened with a 

 public demonstration and bantiuet, attended bj- manufactur- 

 ers from Toronto, Montreal, Hamilton, and other centers. 

 Addresses were made by Mr. James Robinson, president, and 

 Mr. John J. McGill, vice president, and by representatives 

 of the company in various Canadian cities. .After the ban- 

 quet a procession of employes was held, the directors of the 



company, and the town council following in carriages. 



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The buildings in Bowmanville formerly occupied bj' the 

 Durham Rubber Co. for manufacturing purposes, before 

 removing to tlieir new building, were almost totally de- 

 stroyed by fire on .September 5, with their contents. The 

 buildings were occupied for storing raw materials and by a 

 lot of machinery, besides which the factorj' compounding 

 room had not been removed to the new plant. It was in the 

 latter room that the fire had its origin. The loss has been 

 estimated at about $35,000, mostly covered by insurance. 



HOT WATER BOTTLE BURST. 



I.x Pittsburgh James A. Miller and wife, Agnes, have en- 

 tered suit against the Shipley-Massingham Co., for $6000 

 damages, claimed to have been sustained b\' Mrs. Miller 

 through the bursting of a hot water bottle. The Millers say 

 thej- bought the hot water bottle from H. Dodson, a drug- 

 gist of No. 321 Larimer avenue. It was guaranteed to give 

 perfect satisfaction. But when Mrs. Miller filled the vessel 

 and put it on her stomach to relieve pain it burst, and the 

 water scalded her .so badly she had to expend $500 for medi- 

 cal attention, as well as undergo much suffering. She 

 claims the material of which the bottle was made was de- 

 fective. 



THE AUTOMOBILE SHOWS. 



.\s mentioned already in The Ini>i.\ Rubber World, the 

 New York automobile show under the auspices of the Auto- 

 mobile Club of America and the .\merican Motor Car Manu- 

 facturers' .Association, is to be held during the first week in 

 December, at the Grand Central Palace. There are to be, as 



