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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February i, 1907. 



that, in view of the continued growth of their business, they 

 have opened a new and commodious department, at Nos. 43-51 

 West Fourth street, in which will be located their house fur- 

 nishing department, in readiness from February I. 



FACTORY STAETS AT NORTH BROOKFIELD. 



The factory of the B. & R. Rubber Co.. lately organized at 

 North Brookfield, Massachusetts, by Thomas G. Richards and 

 Charles C. Beebc, was put in operation during the past month. 

 They have been busy making up samples, beginning with tubing 

 and heels, and will gradually add other lines of mechanical goods 

 and specialties. 



NEW ENGLAND RUBBER CLtTB DINNER. 

 The New England Rubber Club dinner, to be held on Feb- 

 ruary 13, at the New Algonquin Club, Boston, promises to be one 

 of the most notable that the Club has yet enjoyed. The execu- 

 tive committee, while furnishing abundant food for thought in 

 the addresses of such men as Mr. T. E. Byrnes, first vice presi- 

 dent of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, and 

 others, have also provided most effectively for the entertainment 

 of the members of the Club by securing men, for example, like 

 Frank Lincoln, known the world over as the best American 

 after dinner story teller. 



GETTING TO WORK AT ANDOVER. 



The .-Xndover Rubber Co. ( .'Xndover, Massachusetts), the in- 

 corporation of which was reported in the last Indi.\ Rubber 

 World (page 127). have awarded contracts for the erection of a 

 factory building o'f brick, two stories, 50 x 120 feet, on Railroad 

 street. Meanwhile a frame building has been erected, in which 

 the company hope to be ready to begin making dipped goods by 

 February 21. Later the company may engage in making pneu- 

 matic and solid rubber vehicle tires. Mr. Matthew S. Hannan is 

 president of the new company. He was formerly in the employ 

 of the Tyer Rubber Co., and for some time past has been op- 

 erating a rubber plant at Ballardvale, Mass. 



FOR A CO-OPERATIVE RUBBER SHOE FACTORY. 



A NEW scheme of industrial cooperation is being developed at 

 Maiden, Massachusetts, under the name Skill-Brains Union Co., 

 to combine '"brains" and "skill" in manufacturing enterprises. 

 Among other projects is the "Skill-Brain Rubber Co.," for which 

 a prospectus is issued, inviting subscriptions of capital. It is 

 stated that "rubber boots and shoes of all kinds will be manu- 

 factured and marketed — but other rubber goods will be made 

 when the business gets fully developed." 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



It is reported that a committee of the board of the United 

 States Rubber Co., after an examination of the two mills of the 

 Glenark Knitting Co. (Woonsocket, Rhode Island), reported 

 against their purchase. Later, on January 17, the sale of the 

 Glenark company's "Colchis" mill was reported, at something like 

 $go,ooo, to a purchaser not named, but stated not to be the 

 United States Rubber Co. 



The Rockland Elastic Fabric Co. is the name of a new concern 

 organized at Rockland, Massachusetts, to make narrow elastic 

 fabrics. They have begun work at the Rockland Webbing Co. 

 plant. Chester Woodward and C. D. Stringer are interested. 



The Boston Rubber Shoe Co. have distributed some small 

 metal signs that are exceedingly artistic. They look like solid 

 pieces of antique bronze covered with verdigris. The signs are 

 10 X 14 inches and are hung with a green bronze chain, matching 

 the genera! color scheme of the sign. 



The .American Can Co. (New York) furnish not only cups 

 for collecting rubber latex, and cans and tanks for cement and 

 other materials used in the rubber manufacture, but an almost 

 unlimited variety of metal goods for other trades, including about 

 everything in tin that a druggist can need. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The position of traffic manager of the United States Rubber 

 Co. (New York), vacated recently by Mr. John M. Galloway, has 

 been filled by the appointment of Mr. George F. Hichborn. 



The H. W. Johns-Manville Co. (New York) have opened a 

 branch office, for the sale of their insulation products, in New 

 Orleans, at Baronnc and Perdillo streets, in charge of Mr. W. E. 

 Carpenter. 



The factory of the Hood Rubber Co., at East Watertown, 

 Massachusetts, was closed on January 5 for a nine-days' vacation. 

 .\fter resumption of work a g-hour day was adopted instead 

 of 10 hours. 



\ dinner was given to a number of selling agents of the United 

 States Rubber Co., by Mr. Eben H. Paine, manager of sales of 

 the company, at the New Algonquin Club, Boston, on the evening 

 of January 10. It was an attractive dinner, with covers for 15, 

 on a round table, and was thoroughly enjoyed. 



The registered office of the Intercontinental Rubber Co., the in- 

 corporation of which was chronicled in the last India Rubber 

 World, is with the Registrar and Transfer Co., No. 15 Exchange 

 place, Jersey City, New Jersey. 



The assets of E. M. Moer's Sons, dealers in scrap rubber and 

 other waste materials, at Nos. 5-9 James slip, New York, have 

 been placed in the hands of a receiver in bankruptcy, on the 

 petition of creditors for $2166. Rufus \V. Sprague, Jr., was ap- 

 pointed receiver on January 7. 



The Home Rubber Co. (Trenton, New Jersey) are very much 

 pleased over an item which appeared in the London Standard 

 concerning their "N. B. O.'' sheet packing, which is as follows: 

 "We know of an instance where this packing is being used for 

 jointing cylinder covers of an engine using steam at 400 pounds 

 per square inch, with a temperature of over 700" F., without any 

 trouble being experienced." 



The "Motorman's" shoe made by the Wales-Goodyear Shoe 

 Co. is a very strong, serviceable, high lace gaiter, with snow ex- 

 cluding fold. It has double soles, solid heel, and a leather insole. 

 It is exceedingly popular among motormen and all others who 

 have to be out doors much in inclement weather. 



The Mexican Crude Rubber Co. (Viesca, Coahuila, Mexico), 

 manufacturers of "Viesca Standard" guayule rubber, write to 

 The India Rubber World that they are in the market for ma- 

 chinery and labor saving devices for the extraction of guayule 

 rubber from the shrub. They have, by the way, offices not only 

 in Viesca, Mexico, but at No. 210 Mermod-Jaccard building, St. 

 Louis, Missouri. 



After all, it takes a practical rubber man to successfully sell 

 compounding ingredients. Frank Reifsnider, for example, in in- 

 troducing his aluminum flake and to show its heat resisting 

 qualities, takes two samples of vulcanized rubber, one containing 

 his ingredient, and the other without, and puts them in boiling 

 water and the rubber manufacturer thus becomes his willing 

 customer. 



Mr. Harry S. Quine, managing editor of the Akron (Ohio) 

 Tiincs-Dctiiocrat. who was formerly advertising manager for The 

 Diamond Rubber Co., advises The India Rubber World that the 

 Times-Democrat will soon make a feature of a rubber column 

 to appear, at least, two or three times a week, and which wilt 

 contain all the live news of the local rubber field. 



The material advertised under the name "Compo rubber roof- 

 ing," by The Lincoln Waterproofing Cloth Co. (Bound Brook, 

 New Jersey), as being waterproof and durable, does not, it is 

 understood, contain any rubber. The name used is part of a 

 registered trade-mark, but it is explained that a "rubber-like 

 compound" might be more accurate. 



The new "Vacation" shoe is proving one of the best sellers 

 among the popular line of summer shoes made by the United 

 States Rubber Co. It is the acme of cool comfort, good looks, 

 and solid wear. 



