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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



[September i, 1907. 



NEW INCORFOKATIONS. 



The Safety Rubber Heel Co., June 20, 1907, under the Cali- 

 fornia laws; capital, $25,000. Incorporators: F. Blair Turpin, 

 Mill Valley, Cal. ; Francis M. Wright and Crystal L. Howe, San 

 Francisco, Phice of business: San Francisco. 



The \V. D. Ncwerf Rubber Co. has been incorporated under 

 the laws of California, with $100,000 capital, full paid, to succeed 

 to the business of W. D. Newerf, Pacific Coast representative 

 for the tires of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. The new 

 company has opened a store in San Francisco and one in Fresno, 

 Cal., and agents appointed in San Diego, Riverside, Portland, 

 Seattle, and Honolulu. Al. Leonard is the head of the San 

 Francisco house, and George Khman the Fresno manager. 



Caldwell Belling and Rubber Co.. of Minneapolis, August 12, 

 1907, under the Minnesota laws; capital, $25,000; to deal in the 

 class of goods described. John Caldwell (Cincinnati), president; 

 A. H. Brockman, vice-president; D. F. Taylor, secretary; F. E. 

 Satterlee, treasurer. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



Work was resumed at the factories uf the Boston Rubber Shoe 

 Co. on Monday, August 12, after a summer shutdown of two 

 weeks. 



A dealer in waste material at St. John's, Newfoundland, is re- 

 ported by a local newspaper to have made a recent shipment to 

 New York of 18 tons of old rubber shoes, on which his net profit 

 was about $i,8oo. 



The annual picnic of employes of The B. F. Goodrich Co., on 

 .\ugust 3, at Silver Lake, near Akron, was attended by more 

 than 10,000 persons. There was an attractive program of sports, 

 and tlie occasion was voted the most enjoyable in the history of 

 Goodrich picnics. 



The directors of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. 

 have declared the semi-annual dividend of $4 per share on the 

 common stock, payable September 16, 1907, to stockholders of 

 record September 5. 



The Electric Cable Co. (New York) have purchased the busi- 

 ness of the Eastern Electric Cable and Wire Co., makers of 

 rubber covered wires, at Roxbury, Massachusetts, and will com- 

 bine the equipment with their factory at Bridgeport, Connecticut. 



The Knox Automobile Co. (Springfield, Massachusetts) have 

 made a voluntary assignment, for the benefit of creditors. A 

 reorganization is hoped for, and the plant has not been closed. 

 The assignment is to Alfred N. Mayo (treasurer of The Fisk 

 Rubber Co.), as trustee. 



In spite of the fact that the flat tread has captured many tire 

 makers, the G & J Tire Co. are making an oval raised tread, 

 and hold that it is not only scientific in design, but that it has 

 more real value to the motorists than the other type. 



The "Glidden trophy" was won this year by the Buffalo Auto- 

 mobile Club, all of whose cars were fitted with Goodrich tires. 

 Goodrich tires likewise won the two previous Glidden tours. 



In the recent Glidden tour, from Cleveland to New York, 1519 

 miles, run in twelve days, 33 of the cars, equipped with Diamond 

 tires, used a total of only 146 tires, including original equipment. 

 That is, only 14 extra tires were called for. 



The "Blizzard" tire case, made by The Vehicle Apron and 

 Hood Co. (Columbus, Ohio), is adjustable in length and in 

 width, so as to accommodate tires of different sizes. 



Smith & Mabley (New York) send a letter to the trade saying 

 that they have decided to equip their Simplex cars for 1907 with 

 Continental tires. 



The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. are putting a new tire on 

 the market which is designed effectually to prevent skidding. It 

 is a large tire and intended for use on heavy machines. The 

 "Dual Tread" has two ridges of rubber projecting from its 

 surface, the outer edges of which are placed about three inches 

 apart and they rise a half-inch above the boot of the tire. 



FIRESTONE ANNUAL MEETING. 



The annual meeting of shareholders of the Firestone Tire and 

 Rubber Co. (.-Xkron, Ohio) was held in the company's offices on 

 .August 21. 'Hie annual statement showed larger sales than in 

 any former year. The board was reelected, consisting of H. S. 

 iMrestonc, Will Christy, R. J. Firestone, A. C. Miller, and L. E. 

 Sisler. The officers were also reelected: 11. S. F'irestone, presi- 

 dent and general manager; Will Christy, vice-president; S. G. 

 Carkhuff, secretary; L. E. Sisler, treasurer. A new office, assist- 

 ant treasurer, was created, and filled by the election of F. R. 

 Talbott. The shareholders made a tour of the plant, noting par- 

 ticularly the important new buildings. 



REINFORCED HARD RUBBER CO. 



All the property of the bankrupt Reinforced Hard Rubber Co., 

 at Nos. 62-68 Howell street, Jersey City, New Jersey, was sold 

 at public auction by the trustee, on August 22, in bulk, to R G. 

 Baetjer, William J. Strauss, and J. Leibstein & Son, all of Bahi- 

 more, for $12,650, subject to confirmation by the court. The 

 company was incorporated under the Delaware laws March 13, 

 1905, to manufacture hard rubber goods, under patents granted 

 to Dr. W. R. Sine, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The factory 

 was not long operated, and early in this year the company was 

 placed in the hands of receivers. At various times there have 

 been reports that a reorganization was contemplated, with capital 

 to be supplied by some of the Baltimore parties named above, 

 and the removal of the business to the latter city. 



RUBBER PLANTING COMPANY MEETING. 



The annual meeting of shareholders of La Nueva Providencia 

 Rubber Co. was held on August 21 at Providence, Rhode Island. 

 The meeting was held at the Warwick Club, where luncheon was 

 served, followed by an elaborate shore dinner. The officers were 

 reelected : Edward M. Holmes, president ; Leo F. Nadeau, sec- 

 retary and treasurer ; Clyde E. Gardner, general manager on the 

 estate in Guatemala. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The financial affairs of the Pope Manufacturing Co., the 

 assignment of which is reported in another column, are to be 

 investigated by a committee of five, appointed at a meeting of 

 creditors held in Chicago on August 22. The committee will 

 report at another meeting to be held in New York. The creditors 

 represented have claims aggregating $2,000,000. 



Richard C. Smith has been appointed sales agent of The Safety 

 Insulated Wire and Cable Co. (New York), in place of .Avery 

 P. Eckert, resigned, and appointed R. C. Wilson his assistant. 

 Mr. Eckert has been appointed general sales manager of the 

 Duplex Metals Co. (New York), makers of Monnot metals. 



Mr. C. H. Arnold, of the firm of Poel & Arnold, after a vaca- 

 tion at his country place in Stoneham, Massachusetts, covering 

 some two months, in which he successfully garnered some 60 

 loads of hay, is back at the New York office, while Mr. E. E. 

 Wadbrook, who has charge of the Boston end of the same house, 

 has gone to Europe for a vacation. 



Among the delegates to the international congress of zoology 

 held recently at Boston was Dr. Emil A. Goeldi, who resigned in 

 April the post of director of the Para museum, which he was 

 instrumental in founding. Dr. Gceldi still holds an honorary rela- 

 tion to the museum, and was its representative at the Boston 

 congress. The delegates visited New Y'ork in a body. 



Sir David Morris, K.C.M.G., of Barbados, commissioner of 

 agriculture for the British West Indies, was in New York during 

 part of the past month. 



Robert E. Tyson, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, is about opening 

 a factory for rubber substitutes at Fairfield, Conn., to be equipped 

 with the latest machinery and have a capacity of two or three 

 tons per day. 



G. H. Proctor Supply Co., Nos. 31-33 Stanhope street, Boston, 

 have taken the New England agency for the tires made by the 

 Republic Rubber Co. (Youngstown, Ohio). 



