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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April i, 1903. 



Tygart, M. D, vice president ; E I'. Grant, secretary ; /. 

 n, treasurer; A. C. Owens, general managei .ill reputa- 

 itizens of St. Joseph, Missouri. James Brydon is plantation 

 manager, in addition to holding the same position with the Pan- 

 American Planters' Co. 



THE SAN MIGUEL PLANTATION CO. 



nda " s.ui Miguel," state ui Vera Cruz, Mexico. Office: ' 

 erce, < Ihicago, Illinois. 1 



Incorporated under Illinois laws, to cultivate rubber, sugar 

 cane, and tropical fruits; capital stock, $200,000 ; have pun liased 

 , acres, 23 miles from Coatzacoalcos, on the navigable Cha- 

 calapa river, and near the National Tehuantepec railroad ; have 

 '• under cultivation " and " in the nursery ready to transplant " 

 over 200,000 rubber trees, but number actually planted is not 

 given; have sugar cane and pineapples growing. Offer de- 

 velopment bonds at $300 each, in monthly installments for five 

 years, at the end of which time the promised dividends will have 

 amounted to $382 — all before the rubbei trees are productive. 

 Willi the rubber yielding, annual dividends of from 100 to 125 

 per cent, are promised. The Equitable Trust Co. (Chicago) 

 trustee ; Richard Walsh, president; Talton Embry, vice presi- 

 dent ; //. E. Rose, secretary and treasurer. VV. A. Kemp is 

 plantation manager. 



Till MERIDEN RUBBER PLANTING CORPORATION. 



mtation "P.I Meriden," Tula, state cf Vcia Cruz, Mexico. Office Meri- 

 den, Coouecl icul,] 



|. HERBERT FOSTER, manager, reports taking up the option 

 held on the second half of the adjoining Buffum tract, the first 

 half of which was purchased a year ago. The money was 

 provided by an additional issue of stock, taken by the original 

 shareholders. The trees under Mr. Foster's care are five years 

 old. 



"CEARA RUBBER" IN EAST AFRICA. 



Till', last India Rubber World contained a reference to 

 the interest in rubber of the Deutsch Ostafrikanische Plan- 

 tagengesellschaft, on their plantation at Lewa, in German 

 Hast Africa. A letter from Berlin offices of that company in- 

 forms us that the species planted is Manihot Glazicnni — the 

 rubber of Ceaia — of which they now have 250,000 trees standing. 

 Recently 4000 five year old trees were tapped, yielding about V 

 pound of latex each, of which they estimated that 30 per cert, 

 in weight was lost in drying. This would give a yield of 700 

 poundsjof dry rubber for the 4000 trees, which, considering the 

 age of the trees, and the good quality of the product, is con- 

 sidered very encouraging. 



BOLIVIAN RUBBER CO. OF BALTIMORE CMARVLAND). 



This company was incorporated February 3, 1903, under the 

 laws of Delaware, to acquiie and develop certain rubber con- 

 cessions in Bolivia; capital, $2,500,000. The directors for the 

 first year are : Israel M. Parr, Jr. (president) ; Thomas F. Mc- 

 (jlone (vice president) ; G. Howell Parr (secretary and treas- 

 urer); Henry A. Parr, George R. Webb, Nicholas P. Bond, 

 and Andrew Gray. The company succeeds The Andes Rubber 

 Co. [see The India Rubber World, May 1, 1902— page 255), 

 formed nearly two years ago by the same Baltimore business 

 interests, to obtain options on certain rubber properties pend- 

 ing a full investigation of the same. These properties have 

 now been acquired, and the new company is organized to con- 

 tinue, on a larger scale, the work of development begun by 

 the original concessionaires. 



The property of the Bolivian Rubber Co. is located in north- 

 western Bolivia, in the province of Caupolican, department of 

 La Paz, about 55 miles from the town of Apolo (15 south lati- 

 tude), and 5S0 miles from the port of Mollendo, of which 349 

 miles are covered by rail. Apolo is located west of the river 



Beni. The tract embraces 40 square leagues (Bolivian), equal 

 roughly to 100 square miles. It is bounded on three sides by 

 rivers, the Beni forming the southern boundary. Work was 

 begun about three years ago, by previous owners of the land, at 

 four different points, about 2000 estradas (rubber paths) being 

 opened ; small (arms developed, and Indians induced to set- 

 tle on them ; and other arrangements made, looking to the 

 organization of an established working force for gathering 

 rubber. In the 1901 season S2,ooo pounds of rubber were col- 

 lected, and sold at Mollendo. In 1902 rubber gathering was 

 resumed, and 110,000 pounds were shipped to New York. The 

 work of gathering rubber has since been continued, and several 

 lots from this estate have arrived lately at New York. 



The head offices of the company are at No. 44 South street, 

 H iltimore, Maryland, and they are represented in New York by 

 H. D. Selleck, No. 68 Broad street. J. A. Pharoah, the com- 

 pany's manager in Bolivia, was in the United States recently 

 starling from New York on March 31 to return to his work. 

 Tne capital employed in this enterprise thus far has been sup- 

 plied mainly by Henry A. I'arr, of Baltimore, but it is now pro- 

 posed to admit other investors. 



RUBBER AND CHICLE IN YUCATAN. 



The Mexican department of public works has granted a con- 

 cession to Rodolfo Reyes, authorizing him to cut dyewoods, 

 mahogany, and other timbers, and gather India-rubber and 

 Chicle from the forests comprised in 161,224 hectares [ = 398,- 

 834J2 acres] of public lands in thedistrict of Peto, state of Yuca- 

 tan. The duration of the contract is ten years, during which 

 time the concessionaire binds himself to exploit the whole con- 

 cession, the extent of each year's work being defined. He is to 

 pay for the privilege $18, Mexican, for each ton of Chicle, $24 

 for each ton of India-rubber, and stipulated prices per limber 

 tiee of the various species. 



TO EXPLOIT FOREST RUBBER IN MEXICO. 

 The Mexican Mutual Mahogany and Rubber Co., incorpora- 

 ted under Ohio laws with $2,500,000 capital, do not propose to do 

 any planting. They have secured a forest tract in the depart- 

 ment of Chilon, state of Chiapas, reported to contain 879,- 

 702J acres, with a view to cutting mahogany, dyewoods and 

 cedar, and gathering rubber. The company estimate 4,000,000 

 wild rubber trees on their land, worth $10 each, and from which 

 they promise an annual income (presumably net) of $100,000, 

 besides the profits from lumber. It is not stated that these 

 figures have been supplied by a graduate from any reputable 

 guessing school, and they should be received with caution. It 

 would, indeed, be surprising to find 4.000.000 wild rubber trees 

 in all Mexico, Ira Z. Mason is president, L. S. Page, secretary, 

 George A. De Witt, treasurer — all of Toledo, Ohio — and A. B. 

 Adams, of New York, vice president. 



MEXICAN PLANTING NOTES. 



La Zacualpa Rubber Plantation Co. (San Francisco) have 

 advanced the price of their shares from $125 to $150. During 

 the past season they have done much improvement work on 

 their estate in Chiapas, and are prepared to do an important 

 amount of new planting this year. 



= Harry L. Trott has become connected with the Mexican 

 Plantation Co. of Wisconsin, on their Plantation " La Crosse," 

 in Oaxaca. After a four years' course in the agricultural depart- 

 ment of the University of Wisconsin, Mr. Trott has had three 

 years experience in tropical planting. 



= The Pan-American Planters' Co. (Chicago) are clearing 

 250 acres this spring on their "San Isabel" plantation, in Oa- 

 x ica. The first issue of 1000 plantation certificates — -two per 

 acre — has nearly all been sold. 



