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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December i, 1906. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN TKLNTuN. 



BV A RKSIDENT CORRESPONDENT. 



^ I *IIF, Woven Stcil I lose :ind Rubber Co. :ire enjoying; the 

 -^ Ijusiest lime in their llislory. J. Riisscll Kelso, llie 

 j;o;icr.lI niiii.ij;er. sUites Hint they Iwixu ni.iny order.s ahead 

 an 1 tliat tlic Ir.ide prospect for next Mascii is (.Ncetdiiij;ly 

 l)n;4ht. 'I'hey liave lecenlly pnt on llie niaiket a r.ew \\\)^ 

 of armored hose whicli his already become a great seller. 

 T.ie armor is constrncted of heavy eonve.x wire made of 

 so;..'ial steel by the John .\. Uoeljliii.tj;'s S^nis' Co.. <jf Tren- 

 t in. The wile is temp.'ied for this work. The convex 

 s'l ip," of llie arm ir is one of its chief eh.ir.icteristics, causing 

 it to grip tlij h ><e in such a w.iy that it e.mnot be moved 

 fr.) n its pl.ic.-. The arm )r is applied to llie hose by a spe- 

 ci.il inichiiie. 



Tiie s.ime company have had marked success in the manu- 

 f i:tu.-.- of hy h i ilie ho-ie r)r a large electric company. The 

 li )se stojd a lest pres>nie of j,)00 ]<ounds to the square inch. 

 T.ij li >sj w.u de.-.igned to be used in forcing together certain 

 ]) ir'.s of heavy elecliic machintry. To stand the unnsnally 

 liigli piisiure special couplings had to be designed, as the 

 o'.d forai u'o ilil no: pass llie test. The company met the 

 situalioa by contriving a heavy coupling in which tapering 

 wed,^es were used and the hose was held on these by heavy 

 rings dr.iwii u]) with large bolts. This invention has proved 

 e itir^-ly eflf.-jti ve. M uiigir Kelso sa3'S his company have re- 

 ceived inquiries from Japan which it is expected will lead to 

 a large trade opening in that country. 



The I'.aipire Rubber Manufacturing Co. also report a very 

 b isy trade. Mr. .-V. Boyd Cornell, secretar}-, sajs business 

 looks unusually good. Every wheel in this big plant is 

 turning. •' You may say," said Mr. Cornell, " that we are 

 looking for still better business next season." 



The Empire Auto Tire Co. have placed on the market a 

 r2 I ra')').-r inn jr tube for automobile tires called the Peer- 

 less. The inner tube is of high grade, strictly, and the 

 company are having splendid success with it. 



Mr. Wilson H. Harding, general manager of the Union Rub- 

 ber Co., is another local rubber man who reports trade as 

 unusually prosperous. "Booming" was his description. 

 Ez-Tylhing indicates a heavy selling next season, bethinks. 



The Consolidated Rubber Co. are having a big rush of 

 orders on their two lip fruit jar rubbers. This was got out 

 by this company and is a great help to the housewife. A 

 lip projects on each side of the rubber. When it is desired 

 to open a can of fruit the rubber is grasped by the lips and 

 pulled from under the jar cap. 



Mr. John S. Broughton, secretary and general manager of 

 the United and Globe Rubber Manufacturing Cos., has been 

 elected a member of the board of trustees of Mercer Hospital, 

 the leading institution of its kind in Trenton. When seen 

 this month Mr. Broughton said he was too busy looking after 

 contracts and attending to the crude rubber market to talk 

 about the details. That was taken to mean that the Globe 

 companies were as busy as usual, if not a little busier. They 

 are handling several large contracts for railroad companies. 



The Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co. are erecting a new building in 

 connection with the plant on North Olden avenue. It will 

 be a one story structure, 35 X 90 feet, and will cost $1700. 

 The new structure was made necessary by the consolidation 

 of the Ajax and Grieb companies. 



The Trenton Rubber Manufacturing Co., long noted for a 

 fine grade of mechanical rubber goods, have taken up the 

 manufacture of automobile tire tube. They are turning out 

 two brands, "Triumph " and "Derby." They are made in 

 gray or red rubber, respectively, and in all sizes. All are 

 triple calendered, have absolutely no seams and are spiral 

 wrapped. It is stated that a set of these tubes put on an 

 automobile last sprin.u;, ran all summer without a single re- 

 inflation, making a record of 5000 miles. The makers have 

 received a letter telling of another set that also ran through 

 the season without a re-inflation. 



The New Jersey court of errors and appeals, at Trenton, 

 on November 19, lianded down a decision in tlie suit of the 

 Eureka Fire Hose Co. v. The Eureka Rubber Manufacturing 

 Co. of Trenton. The decision allirmed that of the chancery 

 court, under date of June 6, 1905. awarding to the plaintiff 

 company a limited injunction restricting the use of the word 

 " Eureka " by the defendant company. 



Three actions at law involving rubber comjpanies are on 

 the calendar of the term of the New Jersey court of errors 

 and appeals, which opened at Trenton on November 20. The 

 first is the appeal in the case of Quartermaster General C. 

 Edward Murray and others against William H. Skirm, Jr. 

 It was alleged in the suit that in September, 1903, the com- 

 plainants got a judgment against Skirm for $3341.74, under 

 which the}- levied on 239 shares in the Empire Rubber jNIanu- 

 facturing Co. owned by Skirm. The shares were sold at public 

 sale and it was claimed did not bring sufficient to satisfy the 

 judgment. Later Skirm got a judgment against these com- 

 plainants for about $4000, and he claimed this should offset 

 the judgment against him. In the court of chancer}' the de- 

 cision was against Skirm and from this he has appealed. = = 

 Another case is the damage suit of Colon Fulton against the 

 Grieb Rubber Co. This suit has been before the New Jersey 

 courts about four years, and has become noted for the stub- 

 bornness of the contest over technicalities. Through an ac- 

 cident in the Grieb factory, Fulton, an emploj-e, lost both 

 hands in the machinery. He brought suit for heavy dam- 

 ages and was awarded a big verdict. The verdict was set 

 aside as excessive. Then another verdict was obtained, but 

 was overruled. This case is the appeal of Fulton from a de- 

 cision against him on another phase of the case. = =The 

 third case is that of Cyril Johnson against the Hardman 

 Rubber Co., of Belleville, N. J. The rubber company ap- 

 peals from a decision of the Court of Chancery against it. 



The court of errors and appeals has announced an opinion 

 reversing the judgment of the Mercer count}- court in the 

 suit of the Empire Rubber Manufacturing Co. against Morris 

 & Co., manufacturers of duck at Yardville, N. J., and order- 

 ing a new trial. The case was one of damages claimed b}- 

 reason of alleged breach of contract. The Empire company 

 sued Morris & Co., alleging that a verbal contract existed 

 for the supplying of cotton duck by the latter to the former ; 

 that deliveries were not made as agreed ; and that the Em- 

 pire company had gone into the open market and bought 

 duck, which had greatly advanced in price. The amount 

 sued for was the difiference between the market price and that 

 under the contract. A verdict was awarded to the Empire 

 company for $227, a much smaller sum than was sued for, 

 and an appeal was taken on the ground that a ruling of the 

 trial justice had limited improperly the damages allowable 

 to the plaintiff. 



