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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April I, 1907. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



Messrs. Fred W. W'okk and B. I. Maxson, of the B. F. Good- 

 rich Co. (.■\kron, Ohio) plan to leave New York on May i for a 

 transcontinental trip in a 40 hp. Oldsmobile, returning to New 

 ^'.'>rk by the same way after a short .sojourn on the Pacific coast. 



Goldberg & Rathnian (Boston) are importing considerable 

 waste rubber. Their imports recently embraced a shipment from 

 Bermuda. 



The annua! meeting of shareholders of the Consolidated Rub- 

 ber Tire Co. will be held on May 6 at the registered offices of 

 the company at Jersey City, New Jersey. It is understood that 

 the report to be submitted by the directors on the business during 

 iQod will show an important increase in the amount of gross 

 sales and in net earnings. 



The shares of the .-\nierican Can Co. have been listed on the 

 New York Stock E.xchange. 



One of the largest orders for pneumatic tires yet placed with 

 any factory is that received by the Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co. (New 

 York and Trenton) for 5,000 sets of tires, from the Ford Motor 

 Co., for use on four-cylinder runabouts. Delivery is to be com- 

 pleted before August i next. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co. (.Akron, Ohio) are receiving good 

 reports on the results from their "Tough Tread" tires, the merit 

 of which is due to the fact that the tread is not a cemented 

 strip liable to peel and separate from the body of the tire, but 

 is made of a specially tough rubber which is an integral part 

 of the tire. 



A card headed "Resolutions for 1907, for .\utomobilists and 

 Others" — good resolutions, by the way — is being distributed by 

 Morgan & VVright (Detroit, Michigan) with a suggestion that 

 it be hung up where it can be seen. 



The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. (.\kron, Ohio) have estab- 

 lished a very comiplete tire repair plant, including a vulcanizer 

 with a capacity for 40 tires, in connection with their branch 

 office at No. 233 West Fifty-eighth street, New York. They 

 have also established a branch at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 

 charge of C. E. Jackson. 



The Stoughton Rubber Co. (Stoughton, Massachusetts) have 

 been sued for $25,000 by Patrick I. Eeagin, who claims to have 

 sustained personal injuries by being burned through an explo- 

 sion of gasoline while employed as night watchman at the com- 

 pany's factory. 



The Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing Co. have endowed a 

 bed permanently m the General Hfispital at Passaic, New Jersey, 

 for the use of any persons who may be injured in their factory 

 or become ill while at work there. Whenever not occupied for 

 such purpose the bed will be at the disposal of the hospital. 



The store at Meriden, Connecticut, of the Ailing Rubber Co. 

 (Xew Haven) has been closed, owing to the ill health of Mr. 

 N. E. Ailing, forcing him to curtail his business activities. The 

 stock was taken over by the other stores in the syndicate. 



The Keasbey & Mattison Co. (.Ambler, Pennsylvania), large 

 manufacturers of asbestos goods, in connection with some of 

 which rubber is used, have established a branch house at Omaha. 

 Nebraska, making 15 branches now operated by the company. 



The directors of the Waterbury Co.. of New York, insulated 

 wire manufacturers, have declared the regular quarterly dividend 

 of 254 per cent, on the preferred shares and i per cent, on the 

 common shares, payable -April i. 



William Sanford. Jr.. & Co., No. 903 North Broad street. 

 Philadelphia, have taken the representation in that city of the 

 tires made by Torrilhon et Cie., at Clermont-Ferrand, France. 



The manufacture and sale of the high resistance materials for 

 packings, developed by Fred M. Eckert [see The India Rubber 

 World, January i, 1907— page 130]. have been taken on by The 

 B. F. Goodrich Co. (.Akron, Ohio). This arrangement takes the 

 place of the incorporation of a company at one time projected bv 

 Mr. Eckert. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The coroner's jury which inquired into the death of an em- 

 ploye of a St. Louis rubber cement company returned a verdict 

 of accidental death, but condemned the manufacture of rubber 

 cement within the city limits, "even with the strictest compliance 

 w'itli the law," as "extremely hazardous to life and property." 



Mr. D. G. Armstrong, manager of 'llie Household Rubber Co., 

 dealers in hard and soft rubber goods (Youngstown, Ohio), 

 has perfected a line of canvas soles, as a substitute for leather 

 soles, for the use of steel and iron workers. The same material 

 has been found a satisfactory substitute for the cuffs and aprons 

 used by the same class of workers, and for the leather pads used 

 in connection with horseshoers. 



The value of lime in rubber compounding for the absorption of 

 moisture and prevention of blistering has been known for many 

 years. It is interesting, therefore, in this connection to note that 

 Mr. William 11. Scheel (New York) has brought out two grades 

 of lime, which stocks are already largely used in the rubber trade, 

 being sold under the names, "Lime Flour" and "Hydro Calcine." 



The Hope Webbing Co. (Pawtucket, Rhode Island,) are in- 

 stalling a complete slasher ventilating apparatus, consisting of 

 steel plate fan, piping, hoods, etc., furnished by the B. F. Sturte- 

 vant Co., of Bcslon. 



The Pittsburgh Rubber Supply Co. have enlarged their sphere 

 of action by opening a western office which is located at No. 225 

 Dearborn street, Chicago. 



O. C. Pike, No. 128 West South street. .Akron, Ohio, is con- 

 ducting a jobbing business in druggists' sundries and other rubber 

 specialties, the goods he handles being of Akron manufacture. 



The Dryden Rubber Tire Co. (No. 447 Wabash avenue, Chi- 

 cago) will act as agents for the Republic Rubber Co.'s tires, and 

 conduct a tire repair shop. 



Following the election of State Treasurer Frank O. Briggs as 

 United States senator, there has been launched for Quarter- 

 master General Murray a boom for the Republican nomination for 

 governor of New Jersey next fall. Senator-elect Briggs was 

 looked upon as a probable candidate in all sections of the state. 

 General Murray is also mentioned as a candidate for the chair- 

 manship of the Republican state committee if the duties of Mr. 

 Briggs as United States senator should make it necessary for 

 him to resign that office. 



The officers of the Utica Rubber Qo. (Utica. New York), the 

 incorporation of wdiich was reported in these pages last month, 

 are: E. B. Pearson, president and treasurer; G. E. V'anderbilt, 

 assistant treasurer ; Chanes W. Barnes, secretary. Mr. Pearson 

 will divide his time between the new company and the Tremont 

 Rubber Co. (Boston), spending part of every w-eek in each city. 



Mr. C. E. Little is now in charge of the office and store of The 

 Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co., of New York, at No. 106 Duane 

 street, Mr. La Vete C. Warner having retired from that position 

 on account of ill health. Mr. Little was with the Beacon Falls 

 company at the start, though not since continuously connected 

 with them. 



American Chicle shares during 1906 were quoted as follows : 

 Preferred — Highest, 201; lowest, 158; closing. 193 bid, 200 asked. 

 Common — Highest, lio; lowest, 100; closing, 100 bid, no asked. 



The Apsley Rubber Co. (Hudson, Massachusettes) are sending 

 out desk calendars that are very dainty and practical. A back- 

 ground of crystaloid sets off a view of the factories of the com- 

 pany, while silver corners outline the calendar pad and tip the 

 crysta'oid center. 



The Meyer Rubber Co. have sent out to the trade an adver- 

 tising card which is very interesting, because of the optical illu- 

 sion that it illustrates. It is a green card with white lettering, 

 and while the lettering is perfectly flat, it is so printed and 

 shaded that one looking at the card would feel sure that the 

 letters bulged out in the middle a very considerable distance 

 from the background. 



