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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September i, 1907. 



source of rubber was treated in The India Rubber World as 

 early as July 15, 1893, (page 307) by a relative of General (now 

 President) Reyes, since which time considerable rubber has been 

 exported from that part of Colombia. 



The Amazon Colombian Rubber and Trading Co. (New York) 

 have been incorporated to exploit the Putumayo-Caqucta con- 

 cession, granted in 1905 to Caiio, Cuello & Co. A report on 

 this company in Tuk 1ni)I.\ Rubber VVori.d of May i, 1907 

 (page 260) elicited a statement from the Peruvian consul gen- 

 eral in New York to the effect that his government considers 

 part of the lands covered by this concession to be comprised in 

 that territory which is disputed between Colombia and Peru. A 

 director of the company, however, advises this journal that the 

 modus Vivendi between the two countries signed in Bogota, Sep- 

 tember 12, 1905. several months after the granting of the con- 

 cession by Colombia, obligates both countries to maintain the 

 status quo, thus directly protecting the existing concession. 

 Furthermore, during the arbitration of the dispute as to the 

 lands lying principally to the south of the concession, all mili- 

 tary posts and custom houses have been withdrawn, and both 

 governments consent to the free navigation of the Putumayo. 

 As the Amazon Colombian Rubber and Trading Co. have to do 

 with about 20,000,000 acres of lands under their concession, and 

 a larger extent of territory imlirectly outside the concession, and 

 as only a small part of the territory is in dispute with Peru, the 

 operations of the company on a whole do not seem likely to be 

 affected, no matter how the arbitration results. 

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The .Amazon Colombian Rubber and Trading Co. have com- 

 pleted their organization by the election of Frank Squier, pres- 

 ident; Herman D. Selleck. managing director; Colonel John Bid- 

 lake, secretary; and Julian M. Gerard, treasurer — all of New 

 York. Among the other directors are Benjamin Briscoe, of the 

 automobile trade ; C. P. Collins, president Inca Rubber and Min- 

 ing Co. ; Fidel Cuello, of Colombia ; and Houston M. Sadler, 

 formerly of the United States Rubber Co., and now a member 

 of the New York Stock Exchange. 



THE RUBBER TRADE AT AKRON. 



BY .\ RESIDENT CORRESrONDENT. 



A S another evidence of the growth and importance of Akron 

 ■'*• as a tire center, announcement is made that the Buckeye 

 Rubber Co. are about to erect an addition to their already ex- 

 tensive factory, which will almost double the concern's output. 

 The object of the newest building venture is to add pneumatic 

 tires to the company's products. The building now under con- 

 struction is to be 250 X 40 feet, and will be of brick. The esti- 

 mated cost of the addition is $25,000. The Buckeye factory is 

 controlled by the Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. (New York), 

 formed originally to exploit the Kelly-Springfield solid rubber 

 tire. . 



As he was about to leave his office for the last time, Mr. 

 Charles C. Goodrich, general superintendent of The B. F. Good- 

 rich Co. until he resigned, a short time ago, was surprised by a 

 delegation, of a score of the factory's general foremen, who pre- 

 sented him, through Mr. T. Garrett, with one of the finest and 

 most costly meerschaum pipes ever brought to this city. Mr. 

 Goodrich left -Akron the next day, and sailed from New York 

 for Europe, where he will spend the remainder of the summer. 



\ conference of the branch managers of The Diamond Rub- 

 ber Co. was. held during the month in Akron, and 18 of the 

 managers were in attendance. The guests were entertained at 

 dinner at the Portage Country Club, Secretary W. B. Miller, of 

 the company, officiating as toastmaster. The managers present 

 were: H. J. Woodward and T. J. Smith, New York; E. H. 

 Fitch, and E. P. Weber, Philadelphia ; W. P. Cronin, Boston ; 

 C. H. Smith and E. M. Anderson, Chicago; C. E. Matthewson 

 -ind Don McKay, San Francisco; G. J. Bradley, Cleveland; H. L. 



Doyle and J. W. Paul, Pittsburgh; W. M. Periett and H. M. 

 Cooper, Detroit; W. E. Roby, Minneapolis; H. C. Miller and 

 W. E. Bailey, St. Louis ; and M. E. Oliver, Buffalo, N. Y. 



A new massive brick building to be used by The Diamond Co. 

 for the installation of increased facilities for tire mamifacturing 

 is half complete<l. 



At a special meeting of officers of the Aladdin Rubber Co., 

 whose plant at Barherton was destroyed by fire a short time ago, 

 it was determined to go ahead with the reconstruction of the 

 plant. The new buildings will be erected on the same founda- 

 tions, and an additional story will be added all through, to ac- 

 comodate the new machinery to be installed. Secretary Gilbert 

 has stated that the enlargement, as now planned, will have the 

 effect of tripling the company's former output. The daily output 

 of the reclaiming plant will be 100 tons of rubber. 



Mr. W. J. Gorham, president of the Gorham Rubber Co. (San 

 Francisco), was a visitor to Akron about the middle of August. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN SAN FRANCISCO. 



BY A RESIDENT CORRESPONDENT. 



'T'RADE has not been as active during the past two months as 

 •*• it should have been, considering the amount of building 

 activity which is in progress, owing to the labor disturbances, 

 but in spite of the general complaint which has been made from 

 merchants in nearly all other lines of business, very little has 

 been heard from any of the rubber houses. They have all been 

 doing a fairly active business, and all look forward to a more 

 active business during the latter part of August, and from then 

 on when the regular fall business activity begins to open up. 

 The crop reports from some sections of the interior are very 

 good, while in some sections the yields will not be very large, 

 but the prices on all products of the farming districts have 

 doubled and trebled, which makes the net profits much greater 

 than they were last season. Money is a little more plentiful than 

 it has been for some time, collections are better and the improve- 

 ment in the city's administration by the appointment of honest 

 officers has shown beneficial results. Eastern money is beginning 

 to come here again with the old time freedom. 



R. H. Pease, of the Goodyear Rubber Co., is now enjoying 

 his stay in Portland, Oregon, but he is not enjoying his new 

 $6,000 Packard automobile. He sent the machine up by boat, but 

 he shipped it on the ill-fated Columbisi which went down with 

 nearly all on board. He was fortunate, however, in that at the 

 last moment he decided not to send his family on the Columbia, 

 as he had at one time intended to do. At the local headquarters 

 of the house the report is that business is keeping up well in all 

 branches and that they are getting ready now for an active fall 

 trade in rubber boots and shoes, of which they are laying in an 

 enormous supply to meet the demand which the condition of 

 the streets in San Francisco is expected to create during the 

 coming rainy season. 



The Graton & Knight Manufacturing Co., the belting people, 

 have moved from their temporary quarters on Beale street to 

 permanent quarters in a new fireproof building on Fremont 

 street, between Market and Mission. 



William Perkins, president of the Sterling Rubber Co., while 

 on a vacation trip through Humboldt County met with a serious 

 injury in a runaway accident. He is now fully recovered, how- 

 ever. He reports that in the country the rubber business is very 

 good, although in this city it is still a little slow. 



Mr. Kanzee, of the Phoenix Rubber Co., states that business 

 in the mechanical lines is rather slow, although in the rubber 

 tire line it is very good. Conditions in the city, he says, are not 

 as promising as they might be, owing to labor disturbances, but 

 they have found no trouble in increasing their business every 

 month. 



Mr. W. J. Gorham, of the Gorham Rubber Co., was down in 

 Los Angeles during the last month looking after the firm's 



