April 1. 1907.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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NEW ENGLAND RUBBER CLUB. 



'I HE annual election of officers of the New England Rubber 

 Club will occur on the evening of April 15, at the American 

 House, in Boston, on which occasion there will be a "smoker" 



and vaudeville entertainment. The Club has been admitted to 



membership in the Massachusetts State Board of Trade (Sec 

 The Iniu.^ Riiuiek \V<.kli), Marcli i, 1907— page 186], and will be 

 rei)resented in the latter by three delegates : Alexander M. Paul, 

 .Arthur W. Stedman, and William H. Gleason. Of these, Mr. 

 I'aul has been elected a vice president of the Board of Trade. 



THE UNITED STATES-CUBA CABLE. 



The Commercial Cable Co. of Cuba, incorporated under the 

 laws of Xew York in September last, have awarded a contract 

 to the India Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works Co., 

 Limited (London), to build a cable to connect Key West, Flor- 

 ida, with Cuba. The cable is to be in operation by September, 

 1CX3-, and the work of manufacture is in progress. The cable 

 company is affiliated with the Commercial Cable Co. (New York) 

 and will land in Cuba under a concession from the government 

 of that island dating from January 10. 1907. 



ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF THE GRANT PATENT. 



A MOTION for a preliminary injunction in the suit of the Con- 

 solidated Rubber Tire Co. v. Sweet Tire and Rubber Co. (Ba- 

 tavia. New York) was argued recently before Judge Hazel in 

 the United States district court at BufTalo. It is alleged that the 

 defendant company have infringed the Grant patent for solid 

 rubber tires, owned by the plaintiffs. It is understood that the 

 plaintiffs are willing to discontinue the action if the defendants 

 will recognize the patent and take "out a license for manufactur- 

 ing under it." The defendants' counsel asked for time to decide 

 whether to defend the suit or accept the above offer, and the 

 court allowed two weeks for this purpose. 



PENNSYLVANIA RUBBER CO. 



Mr. Fr.\nk -A. Wilcox has resigned as vice president of the 

 Pennsylvania Rubber Co. (Jeannette, Pa.), but retains his inter- 

 est and is still a director, though now taking no active interest 

 in the management. The officers at present are: Herbert Du- 

 Puy, president; H. Wilfred DuPuy, vice president and treasurer; 

 G. W. Sliiveley. secretary; Wilbur Dunbar, general superintend- 

 ent. Roger B. McMuIlen (No. 1241 Michigan avenue, Chicago) 

 has been appointed general .sales agent for the company's auto- 

 mobile tires. He was lately manager for the American Motor 

 Car Manufacturers' Association, and for years a large jobber of 

 bicycle parts. 



UNITED STATES RUBBER CO. SHARES. 



S.\LES of shares of the United States Rubber Co. on the New 

 York Stock Exchange during the week ended March 2.1 were as 

 follow's : 



Sales. Highest. Lowest. 



Common stock 4170 47% 43;^ 



First preferred 2110 105 100 



Second preferred 1410 76 71% 



The closing prices for the week were the lowest since January 

 I. The highest prices for the year have been: Common, 52^; 

 first preferred, 109"^ ; second preferred. 78^-^. 



FACTORY EXTENSION AT TORONTO. 



The Dunlop Tire and Rubber Goods Co. (Toronto, Ontario) 

 have in course of erection in addition to their present plant a 

 two-story reinforced concrete building, 200 x 60 feet, virhich will 

 be devoted to the manufacture of mechanical rubber goods. The 

 ground floor will be used for the manufacture of belting, matting, 

 mats, and packing, and all sorts of molded specialties. The top 

 floor will be used for making hose, and the very latest modern 

 hose machinery will be installed, including weaving machines for 

 jackets for cotton rubber lined fire and mill hose. The hose 

 machinery for making rubber covered hose will be especially 

 adapted for making a large amount of goods daily. Although 



tile iiresent ucw Dunlop factory has been ruTuung just a little 

 over a year, it has already been found necessary to install new 

 calenders, grinders, and rubber washers, as well as to double its 

 floor area. 



MICHELIN TIBES IN AMERICA. 



The recent visit to the United States oi .\l. Edouard Michelin, 

 one of the proprietors of the important rubber works at Cler- 

 mont-Ferrand. France, was in relation to establishing the manu- 

 facture of the Michelin pneumatic tires in this country. Be- 

 fore starting home M. Michelin, at a dinner he gave to some 

 friends m New York, stated: "We came to the United States 

 because, notwithstanding the fact that we have to pay an enor- 

 mous duty, we sell here a large quantity of tires. Our own rep- 

 resentatives in this country sold last year over 16,000 tires, and 

 contracts made by them for 1907 amount to over 20.000 tires." 



During M. Michelin's visit the Michelin Tire Co. was in- 

 corporated under the laws of New Jersey, with $3,000,000 cap- 

 ital authorized, and negotiations were begun for acquiring a 

 manufacturing plant. Such negotiations have been opened, par- 

 ticularly with the International A. & V. Tire Co. (Milltown, 

 New Jersey), but at the date of this publication nothing has 

 been concluded 



A NOTABLE JOURNALISTIC SUCCESS. 



The Boston Boat and Shoe Recorder, known wherever foot- 

 wear is made or sold, whether rubber shoes or otherwise, will 

 celebrate, with the issue of April 3, the twenty-fifth anniversary 

 of its consecutive and successful publication. The Recorder has 

 been in the front rank of progress in trade journalism for the 

 past quarter century, contributing not a little to the maintenance 

 of the high standard which characterizes American class or spec- 

 ial journals. There were few trade papers when Mr. W. L. 

 Terhune started the Recorder, so that he has been a pioneer in 

 many respects in the development of this class of journalism to 

 the important place which it now occupies, together with Mr. 

 Charles H. McDermott, who has been in editorial charge for 

 the past 23 years, Mr. Terhune taking care of the business de- 

 partment. The staff of the paper meanwhile has become large, 

 but space will be given here only to the name of Mr. G. E. B. 

 Putnam, editor of The Recorder's rubber trade and other special 

 departments, and whose work has given him an extensive ac- 

 quaintance in the rubber trade. The paper was the first pub- 

 lished in the interest of the shoe retailer, but the scope has been 

 enlarged until it serves in an important way the manufacturing 

 interest as well, and has been the means of developing and wid- 

 enuig the footwear trade as a whole. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Faultless Rubber Co. have removed their general offices 

 irom Akron to Ashland, Ohio, and hope to have their new fac- 

 tory, in the latter city, in full operation not later than April 15. 



A branch of Pirelli & Co. (Milan), for the sale of their auto- 

 mobile tires in the United States, has been established in New- 

 York, where the interests of the Italian firm will be looked after 

 by the National Sales Corporation, No. 296 Broadway. 



In regard to the financial situation. Albert B. Beers (broker 

 in crude rubber and commercial paper. No. 68 William street. 

 New York), advises us: 



"During March the money market has not been in condition 

 to admit of banks ni New York and vicinity buying much paper, 

 and the demand has been very light, and at full rates ranging 

 from 6 at 7 per cent, for the usual run of rubber names." 



Jenkins Brotliers, the valve manufacturers, have become a cor- 

 poration, under the laws of New Jersey ; capital, $750,000. In- 

 corporators : H. D. Gordon, A. E. Brady, and F. T. Swain, all 

 of Elizabeth, N. J. The rubber department of this business, 

 with works at Elizabeth, has been incorporated as the Jenkins 

 Rubber Co. since 1894. 



