January i, 1907.] 



IHE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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NEWS OF THE AMERICAN RUBBER TRADE. 



THE ACME RUBBER MANUFACTURING CO. 



IN view of a decision in the \ew Jersey courts in the 

 litigation between tlie luireka Fire Hose Co. and The 

 Eureka Rubber Manufacturing Co. of Trenton, N. J., 

 regarding tlie use of the word "Eureka" as a trade 

 name, the hitter company announce : 



We have, therefore, decided to change our name, rather than 

 manufacture hose uiuler another name, and continue to manufac- 

 ture our remaining lines under our present name. On aiul after 

 December i, 1906, the name of our coinjiany will be Thk .\cmi; 

 Rl'BBKR Manii'actuking Co The word " .•Vcme " has been used 

 as designating the highest grade of goods made by us in almost 

 all our Hues since we commenced business. Our friends and cus- 

 tomers in the trade will, we trust, be enabled to more easily iden- 

 tify us under our new name for this reason. 



The I'^urcka Rubber Manufacturing Co. of Trenton, N. J.. 

 have been in business since the sunnuer of 1902, making 

 mechanical goods, fire hose, and the like. The Eureka Fire 

 Hose Co., as already reported in these pages, instituted 

 legal proceedings to prevent the use of the word " Eureka " 

 in connection with tire hose, and the above recorded change 

 of name is the result of the decision of the court. 



NEW RUBBER KACTORY AT LOCKPORT. 

 The Niagara Rubber Co., incorporated in October to en- 

 gage in manufacturing rubber goods at Lockport, New York 

 (on the Erie canal and in the neighborhood of Niagara Falls), 

 have acquired the plant at that place occui)ied formerly by 

 the Holly Manufacturing Co., and are installing machinery. 

 The company have purchased the plant and business of the 

 .\mazon Rubber Co., at Jamestown, N. Y., which have been 

 removed to Lockport. The officers of the Niagara Rubber 

 Co. are: James B. Ross, president; H. Gardner Jackson, 

 vice president; George W. Quinlan, secretary; A. M. 

 Cheney, treasurer; Charles H. Walters, general manager. 

 The Amazon company was organized in the summer of 1904, 

 and Messrs. Ross, Quinlan, and \V alters have been directors 

 from the beginning. 



RUBBER SPONGES ARE NOT "SPONGES." 

 .\n importer of rubber sponges at New York appealed from 

 the action of the collector of customs in assessing them as 

 " manufactures of rubber " instead of "sponges." The col- 

 lector's decision was affirmed by the general board of ap- 

 praisers and later bj- the United States circuit court for the 

 southern district of New York. The importer continued to 

 appeal, and on December 4 in the circuit court of appeals 

 the decision of the lower court was affirmed. 



NEW LINE OF POLISHING WHEELS. 



Thk Springfield Tire and Rubber Co. (Springfield, Ohio) 

 are placing upon the market a new line of goods called 

 " Springfield .\brasive " polishing wheels and blocks, made 

 of a compound patented by Mr. R. I^. Slager, secretary and 

 manager of the company. A marked advantage of the.se 

 wheels is that thej' are made of the same quality of material 

 all the way through and can be used until worn down to the 

 jpindle. Whereas the old style polishing wheels having 

 leather faces with the emery glued on, can be used for onK 

 a short time, when it becomes necessary to reset the faces. 



The new ])olishing wheels are meeting with great favor 

 among large cutlery houses and factories, not only in .Amer- 

 ica but abroad. 



TRIBUTE TO THE LATE MR. HODGMAN. 



Tiiu late Mr. George F. Hodgman, of New York, whose 

 recent death was so keenly felt in the rubber trade, was 

 one of those who took part in the organization of the 

 Rubber Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Co., and for a 

 number of j'ears he was a director in the company. .\t a 

 meeting of the board, held in Boston, the following tribute 

 was adopted : 



W'HiiKiiAS, God in his inscriUable wisdom and love has removed 

 by death our friend (ieorgi' F. Hodgman, who for a long term has 

 been a fellow member of this Board of Directors of the Rubber 

 Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Co., of Boston ; now 



/Resolved, That in the death of Mr. Hodgman. this Board has 

 lost a highly esteemed and valued member, who for nearly twenty- 

 one years has fulfilled his duties at the monthly meetings of this 

 Board. 



Resoh'ed, That his integrity of character, his devotion to the ob- 

 jects of this Company's interests his uniformly kind and affable 

 manner has endeared him to its several members, an<l his memory 

 will long be cherished by this Hoard. 



Resolved, That we extend to his widow and family our deep and 

 sincere sympathy. 



Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the records of 

 this Board, and a copy sent to his family. 



.Approved. 



GEORGE H. HOOD. 

 C. C. CONVERSE, 

 A. \V. CLAl'P. 



NEW FACTORY AT ANDOVER, 

 The Andover Rubber Co. has been incorporated under the 

 laws of Massachusetts, with $10,000 capital, to establish at 

 Andover a factorj- for making rubber gloves and other spec- 

 ialties. Matthew Hanson, an experienced rubber man, is 

 president of the company ; D. S. Burns, vice president ; and 

 \V. J. Burns, treasurer. The Messrs. Burns are engaged in 

 the tailoring business at Andover. Land has been secured 

 and plans drawn for the factory. 



STOWE & WOODWARD CO. 



The firm of Stowe & Woodward, who have been operating 

 for some time a factory at Campello, Ma.ss., as proofers of 

 cloth for the tarde, and making mold and press work, with 

 rubber roll covering a specialty, have become incorporated 

 under the Massachusetts laws as the Stowe & Woodward 

 Co., and purpose conducting a general rubber manufactur- 

 ing business. Griswold Stovt-e is president and Frederick R. 

 Woodward treasurer of the new company-. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



R.\w Products Co., No. 41 Park row. New York, are 

 handling crude India-rubber, Gutta-percha, and Balata. Mr. 

 .Samuel Kubie is president of the company, and the business 

 is in the hands of Mr. Francis H. Peatj', secretary and man- 

 ager, assisted by ^Ir. James T. Johnstone, lately of the rub- 

 ber trade in Liverpool. 



=More than loo vacuum dryers (Passburg system) are 

 now in use in rubber mills, which looks as if the day of aii 

 drying was past. 



