May I, 1907.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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FACTORY ENLARGEMENT AT BRISTOL. 



The insulated wire departiiieiit of the National India Rubber 

 Co. (Bristol, Rhode Island) is being enlarged by the erection 

 of a two story brick building, 450 x 60 feet, which, with its 

 equipment, will increase the capacity of the department fourfold. 

 The building is so located as to permit the connection with it 

 as "ells'" of two old buildings, which will be devoted also to 

 the wire department. Two years ago this department con- 

 tained only 150 braiders, and by the end of 1907 it is planned to 

 increase this number to about 3,000. The National company 

 are also installing an electrical power plant, to drive all the 

 machinery in the new building, as well as machinery at some 

 isolated points in the old factory. This will involve an addition 

 to the boiler capacity of the factory, and the company will also 

 do all their own lighting. It is planned to increase the number 

 of the company's employes to 2,500 when the new addition is 

 completed. The insulated wire department, with the additions 

 completed, will form the largest plant in any country for rubber 

 covered wire work, with a capacity estimated at 5,000,000 feet 

 daily. The extension has been planned with a view to meeting 

 what is believed to be a growing demand for rubber covered 

 wire, at home and abroad, and the company intend to be in a 

 position to enter foreign markets with their wire products. 



NEW JERSEY CORPORATIONS SUSPENDED. 



The governor of New Jersey anmiunces the suspension from 

 the list of corporations formed under the laws of that state for 

 non-payment of corporation taxes for 1904, of a large number 

 of companies. The list of suspensions includes the following 

 concerns related more or less to the rubber interest : 



.\ir Cushion Horse Collar Co. 



Commonwealth Mexican Plantation Association, Inc. 



Consolidated Rubber Works. Incorporated 1896; capital, 

 $500.000 : made the "Kangaroo" bicycle tire at Chelsea, Mass. 



Davenport Hose Coupling Co. 



Electric Rubber Manufacturing Co. Incorporated October 6. 

 1903; capital. $1,000,000 ; made motor tires at Rutherford, N. J.; 

 now in receiver's hands. 



Gregory Rubber Co. Incorporated August 22, 1902; capital, 

 $125,000: formed to make a tire patented by W. F. Gregory, of 

 Springfield, Mass. ; never in operation. 



Keystone Pneumatic Hose Co. 



Pennsylvania Plantation Co. 



Pneumatic Wheel Co. 



Swift Flyer Golf Ball Co. 



T. S. Buck Manufacturing Co. Incorporated December 22, 

 1901 ; capital, $100,000; to make rubber stamps in New York; 

 reorganized under New York laws April 27, 1904. 



Tennant Auto Tire Co. Succeeded, June 7, 1905, by a new 

 corporation of the same name under the Ohio laws; located at 

 Springfield, Ohio; exploited a puncture proof tire. 



MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK. 



The Merchants' Association of New York have issued their 

 Year Book for 1907, including the last annual report of the 

 president, which is an interesting summary of the work done 

 by this important organization. The association, though com- 

 posed of a local membership, exert a far-reaching influence as 

 a result of their investigations and efforts to influence business 

 methods and legislation. The importance of New York as a 

 business center is such that measures adopted for merely local 

 reasons may have a beneficial effect throughout the country. 

 For example, the benefits from lower passenger rates for mer- 

 chants visiting the city are tiot confined to New York alone. 

 The same is true of revisions of freight rates, the postal laws 

 and so on. The president claims that the association was di- 

 rectly instrumental in bringing about the modus vivcndi be- 

 tween the United States and Germany whereby the operation 

 of the drastic German tariff law-s, as affecting this country, has 

 been suspended until the situation can be studied by an .\meri- 



can commission, with a view to adequate legislation at Wash- 

 ington. The new Merchants' .Association building, at Nos. 66-72 

 Lafayette street, affords admirable headquarters for the work 

 which is being carried on. It is satisfactory to see the rubber 

 trade so well represented in the membership of the association, 

 but there are a number of other rubber houses which might do 

 well to consider the advisability of becoming members. 



CRANOES OF ADDRESS. 



The Amsterdam Rubber Co., handlmg the products of the 

 Joseph Banigan Rubber Co. in New York, will occupy from May 

 I larger quarters at No. 107 Duane street than they have had 

 hitherto in Reade street. They have more spacious offices and 

 sample room, and will be able to carry a larger stock than in 

 the past. 



Joseph Cantor, importer of crude rubber and rubber substi- 

 tutes, has removed from No. 56 Pine street to Nos. 82-92 Beaver 

 street, New York. 



The Arkay Rubber Co. (New York), handlers of elastic bands 

 and other rubber specialties, have removed from No. 35 War- 

 ren street to No. in Chambers street. 



The Boston office of E. H. Clapp Rubber Co. has been re- 

 moved from No. 35 to No. 49 Federal street. 



The Philadelphia Rubber Works have removed their offices to 

 their extensive new factory. 



Maryland Rubber Co. (Baltimore) removed on April 15 to 

 larger premises at No. 37 Hopkins place. They have a general 

 rubber goods house and are selling agents for their territory for 

 the National India Rubber Co. and The Peerless Rubber Manu- 

 factifring Co. 



The Philadelphia branch of the B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron, 

 Ohio) has been removed to larger quarters, at No. 1332 Arch 

 street. 



The Chicago branch of Morgan & Wright (Detroit, Michi- 

 gan) has lieen removed to No. 81 Michigan avenue. 



Sterling Rubber Co., a jobbing concern organized lately in 

 San Francisco, with the Pacific coast accounts of the Voorhees 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co. and the Seamless Rubber Co., have 

 been obliged already, by the growth of their business, to remove 

 to larger quarters, at No. 301 Market street. 



NEW ENGLAND RUBBER CLUB. 



At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the New Eng- 

 land Rubber Club, held on April 20, the following committees 

 were appointed : 



Dinner. — Francis H. .\ppleton, chairman; John S. Patterson, 

 W. E. Barker, T. J. Skinner, and E. H. Clapp. 



Entertainment. — George H. Mayo, chairman; R. L. Dorr, E. 

 E. Fay, George O. Currier, Jr., and C. J. Bailey. 



Auditing. — J. Frank Dunbar and George P. Eustis. 



Sports. — W. E. Farrington, chairman; H. G. Tyer, F. C 

 Hood, F. G. Balderston, and R. L. Chipman. 



Resolutions. — George P. Whitmore, chairman ; E. E. Wad- 

 brook and A. M. Paul. 



The Executive Committee of the Club have accepted the invi- 

 tation of Mr. Wilbur E. Farrington. one of the musical mem- 

 bers of the Club, to attend a private musicale at Chipman Hall, 

 Boston, on the evening of May to at 7 :3s o'clock. A quartet 

 of male voices, with a piano, organ and string band accom- 

 paniment, are features of the entertainment. The instrumental 

 music referred to above will be from the "Choralcelo" — the won- 

 derful electrical piano, that is piano, church organ, military 

 band, violin, human voice, or whatever the player wishes. The 

 entertainment is free to members of the New England Rubber 

 Club and their ladies. 



PASA RECOVERY CO. 



A coNTR.vcT has been signed betw-een the Para Recovery Co. 

 (Bayonne, New Jersey) and the New York Commercial Co. 

 under which the latter become exclusive agents for the sale of 

 the former company's products in the United States and abroad. 



At the last meeting of the directors of the Para Recovery 



Co. Mr. G. E. Heyl-Dia was elected president. 



