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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April I, 1907. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



Goodyeak's Rubber Maimfacturing Co., February 19, 1907, tin 

 der the laws of Connecticut, to manufacture and deal in all kinds 

 of india-rubber goods ; capital, $25,000. Incorporators : John J. 

 Vv'atson, Jr., Clintjan Van Vliet, Sanuicl Norris, Homer E. Saw- 

 yer and John D. Carberry. Principal office at Naugatuck, Conn. 



Morgan Rubber Co., March 2, 1907, under the laws of Illinois, 

 to make and deal in rubber goods ; capital, $75,000. Incorpor- 

 ators : A. A. Worsley, C. P. Kelly and G. P. Sayers. Principal 

 office in Chicago. 



."^tlas Rubber Co., March i, 1907, under the laws of New Jer- 

 sey, to m«ike and deal in rubber goods; capital. $125,000. Incor- 

 porators: R. B. Hutchinson, II. R. Wilson and R. Summer Prin- 

 cipal office at Trenton, N. J. 



I. B. Kleinert Rubber Co., February 28, 1907, under the laws 

 of New York state; capital, $1,800,000. To absorb the business 

 of a West Virginia corporation of the same name capitalized 

 at $150,000, with a bond issue of like amount. The Kleinert com- 

 pany are the largest manufacturers of dress shields in the world. 

 Some account of the business, founded by Mr. Kleinert about 

 28 years ago, appeared in The India Rubher World September 

 I. 1905 (page 401). The officers of the company are Isaac E. 

 Kleinert, president ; Victor Guinzberg, vice president and secre- 

 tary, and H. A. Guinzberg, treasurer. Principal office, No. 725 

 Broadway, New York. 



The Bowly Auto Pneumatic Tire Co., March 11, 1907, under 

 the laws of New Jersey, to make and deal .n rubber vehicle 

 tires ; capital authorized. $100,000. Incorporators : William W. 

 Gooch, James B. Mackie. Ralph B. Crummy, Frederick C. Scho- 

 field and John R. Turner. Registered agent and office: Corpora- 

 tion Trust Co.. No. 15 Exchange place, Jersey Cily, N. J. 



Michelin Tire Co., March 12, 1907, under the New Jersey laws ; 

 capital, $3,000,000. Incorporators : Lorenzo Semple, No. 30 West 

 Eleventh street. New York: John P. Murray, No. 61 Lembeck 

 avenue. Jersey City, N. J.; James E. Hopkins, No. 71 Broadway. 

 New York. It is understood to be the intention of Michelin et 

 Cie., of Clermont-Ferrand, France, to engage in the manufacture 

 of pneumatic tires in the United States. 



WORCESTER RUBBER CO. 



The newly incorporated Worcester Rubber Co. (Worcester, 

 Massachusetts) succeeds to the business of Albert H. Bloss, who 

 has become president of the company. The business becomes part 

 of the Crocker Syndicate, Mr. Isaac Crocker being treasurer of 

 the company. This house was established in June, 1877, by the 

 late J. Francis Hayward, who conducted it under the style Wor- 

 cester Rubber Co. In 1891 the interest of Mr. Hayward was 

 bought by Colonel Aaron S. Taft, who had been manager of the 

 store, and upon Mr. Taft's death, in 1894. iNIr. Bloss succeeded in 

 control. This, it is believed, is the third oldest rubber house in 

 New England without change of name. 



LOSSES BY EIRE. 



The extensive buildings of the Hardman Rubber Co, (Belle- 

 ville, New Jersey) were destroyed by fire on March I, causing a 

 heavy loss, though it is understood that the property was well m- 

 sured. In addition to the Hardman con:pany. Irsses were sms- 

 tained by the Mattson Rubber Co. and the Imperial Rubber 

 Works, whose manufacturing has been done -it Belleville since 

 the fire which destroyed their plants at No. 26 West Broadway, 

 New York, on March 12, 1906. One of the buildings destroyed 

 also contained the factory of the Kornit Manufacturing Co., who 

 are making a substitute for hard rubber from the hoofs of cattle. 



The Central Rubber Co., Chicago representatives of the Na- 

 tional India Rubber Co., and dealers in rubber goods generally, 

 were damaged by fire on March 3. The building, No. 84 Lake 

 street, occupied by the company, was somewhat damaged, par- 

 ticularly by water, but the interruption of business was slight. 

 The adjoining building. No. 82 Lake street, the upper stories of 

 which the rubber company occupied for storage, fared worse. 



The stock of goods was practically destroyed, but was fully cov- 

 ered by insurance. 



A fire in the factory of the Hyde Park Rubber Co. (Hyde 

 Park, Massachusetts) on March 13 is reported to have damaged 

 stock to the amount of $5,000 and injured the building slightly. 



Regarding a fire at the rubber reclaiming plant of the New 

 Jersey Rubber Co. (Lambertville, New Jersey) on March 4, The 

 India Ruhder World is advised that the damage did not exceed 

 $1,500, and this was fully covered by insurance. The principal 

 loss was on stock, and the factory was closed only 2^ days. 



THE TRADE IN CANADA. 



The Merchants' Rubber Co.,. Limited (Berlin, Ontario) have 

 had plans drawn for an important extension of their plant, and 

 have placed orders for steam boilers to double their present 

 outfit. The new directors of the company are E. B. Nesbitt, 

 D. Lome McGibbon, F. W. Ward, A. J. Kimmell, and T. H. 

 Rieder. Mr. Kimmell has made a success of the Elmira Felt 

 Boot Co., at Elmira, near Berlin. 



Mr. J. C. Nicholson, who has been in the employ of the Cana- 

 dian Rubber Co., of Montreal, Limited, for a number of years, has 

 been made manager of the general rubber goods division of the 

 con'.pany, at the home office. 



It is reported that a new rubber factory is to be erected at 

 Berlin, Ontario. The Neivs Record of that town says that an 

 option has been obtained on land suitable for a site, and that 

 plans are u.nder way for a concrete factory building, with 

 equipment for a capacity of 5,000 pairs of rubber shoes per day. 



L. Higgms & Co. have obtained the agency in the Canadian 

 maritime provinces for the Robinson & Lindsay Rubber Co. 

 (Toronto), and have become established at No. 166 Granville 

 street. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Messrs. Higgins have been selling 

 agents for some years of the "Maple Leaf" brand of rubbers, 

 and will add the sale of the leather footwear distributed by the 

 Robinson & Lindsay Co. 



Boomer & Boschert Press Co. (Syracuse, New York), whose 

 rubber presses are used in so many rubber factories, have 

 established a factory at Montreal, which will be operated under 

 the style Canadian Boomer & Boschert Press Co., Limited. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. paid the usual semi- 

 annual dividend of $4 per share on the common stock on March 

 15. to holders of record on March 5. 



The National India Rubber Co. (Bristol, Rhode Island) have 

 increased their output of hose from 12,000 feet to 15.000 feet 

 per day. 



The Globe Mills Rubber Co. (Lawrence, Massachusetts) are 

 turning out an attractive line of footwear. They have an excel- 

 lently located plant and own valuable water privileges and have 

 a capacity of 15.000 pairs daily. 



The B. & R. Rubber Co. (North Brookfield, Massachusetts) 

 will soon add tubmg to their line of products. 



The New England Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Hyde Park. 

 Massachusetts), occupying the plant before used by the Maderia 

 Rubber Co., are doing a good business in making rubber heels 

 and toilet specialties. Mr. A. A. McLaren is in charge of the 

 management. 



-Mr. James R. Ross, of Jamestown. New York, has resigned 

 the presidency of the Niagara Rubber Co. (Lockport, New York) 

 on account of ill health, being succeeded by the Hon. Patrick F. 

 King, an attorney of Niagara Falls. 



The Simplex Electrical Co. (Boston) have aw-arded a contract 

 for a four-story machine shop, of reinforced concrete, 100 x no 

 feet, as an addition to their factory at Cambridge, Massachusetts. 



The Hartford Rubber Works Co. have instituted an action in 

 the United States Circuit Court for the southern district of New- 

 York, alleging infringement of the Dunlop tire patent by the 

 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. and the Firestone Tire and Rub- 

 ber Co. The patent involved is No. 488,492, issued December 

 20, 1892. 



