A 'i i, 1903 ] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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tion at first is to make a specialty of the new " Staple Lock " 

 rubber heel, patented by Henry F. Rooney, of Randolph, Mass. 

 (Patent No. 726,464, issued April 28, 1903) Negotiations are 

 under way for a factory at Randolph. 



= Blackstone Webbing Co. (Puwtucket, Rhode Island), June 

 23, 1903, under Rhode Island laws, to manufacture textile and 

 rubber fabrics; capital, $100,000, of which $50,000 each in pre- 

 ferred and common stock. Incorporators: Eaton Cliff, Louis 

 W. liishop, and Joseph L. Bodell. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The New York Insulated Wire Co. have awarded a contract 

 for the erection of an additional brick building at their factory 

 at U'allingford, Connecticut— formerly the Metropolitan Rub- 

 ber Co. plant— 100 X 6° feet, four stories high, and basement. 

 The cost is reported at $25,000. 



=A contract for supplying fire hose to the city of Baltimore 

 was awarded recently to the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber 

 Co., in consequence of a report by the chief engineer of the fire 

 department on the good service obtained from hose bought 

 from the same company in 1901 and still in use. 



=The Campbell Shoe Co. (Quebec, Ontario) received recently 

 the first of four carloads of rubber boots and shoes to be shipped 

 to them this season by The Maple Leaf Rubber Co., Limited 

 (Toronto). Their order includes more pairs of rubbers than 

 there are inhabitants in Ouebec. 



=The Hood Rubber Co. now have 2300 employes at work in 

 their factory (East \Uatertown, Mass.), turning out 30,000 pairs 

 of rubber boots and shoes daily. About 300,000 square feet of 

 floor space are utilized. 



= At the adjourned annual meeting of the American Rubber 

 Co. (Boston, July 6) the board was continued in office without 

 change— William R. Dupee, Samuel P. Colt, Harry E. Con- 

 verse, Lester Leland, and Costello C. Converse— and Mr. Du- 

 pee was reelected president and George P. Eustis treasurer and 

 clerk. 



= The S. H. & M. Co. (Cleveland, Ohio), having decided to 

 go into the manufacture of dress shields, have purchased the 

 business of the Brooklyn Rubber Co. (Brooklyn, New York.) 



= The Empire Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Trenton, N. J.) 

 have established a department for the manufacture of high 

 grade .n.'.mekd cloth for carriage tops, which they are selling 

 in connection with their regular line of carriage cloth. 



= The recent flood at Jeannette, Pa., although disastrous to 

 many enterprises, did little harm to the new plant of the Penn- 

 sylvania Rubber Co. The water rose about an inch above the 

 main floor of their plant, but quickly subsided, and what little 

 damage was done was easily repaired. 



=The Peerless Rubber Manufacturing Co. (New York) issue 

 a circular embracing a photographic reproduction of a piece of 

 " Peerless " packing after use for five months at 80 pounds 

 steam pressure, showing a surprising degree of durability. 

 Also, a letter from the Diamond Soda Works (Milwaukee, Wis- 

 consin), stating that " Peerless " packing would last in a certain 

 trying position 8 to 10 days, whereas no other packing used 

 under the same circumstances had lasted more than one day. 



= A. G. Burt becomes manager of the Standard Rubber Shoe 

 Co. (Chicago), succeeding F. O. Ketterling, whose death was 

 reported in the last India Rubber World, and whose assist- 

 ant he had been for several years. 



= The Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co. (Beacon Falls, Conn.) 

 closed for only a day in connection with the Fourth of July, in- 

 stead of giving a week's summer vacation. They are about to 

 erect an additional building for the storage of stock. 



= A legal controversy is in progress over a dam erected by 

 tie Newton Rubber Co. in the Charles river, at Newtown, Mas- 



sachusetts. The local park commission acquired by right of 

 eminent domain a tract of land, through which a branch of the 

 river flows, and filled in a portion of the river. The rubber 

 company claimed that this interfered with their water rights, 

 and impounded the water in a dam. The company also filed 

 a suit to compel the restoration of their alleged rights. The 

 state has now brought an action against the Newton Rubber 

 Co. and the City of Newton for interfering with the flow of the 

 river. 



= H. E. Pierce, secretary of the Warren Rubber Co., a job- 

 bing house at Warren, Ohio, since their incorporation in May, 

 1897, and in charge of their office, has resigned to engage in 

 another business. 



=The Maynard Shoe Co. (Claremont, New Hampshire) are 

 sending out to present and prospective customers a neat and 

 convenient paper cutter, or etter opener, lettered with a refer- 

 ence to their new product- tennis shoes. 



=*The Hayes Manufacturing Co. (Natlck, Mass.) have gone 

 into the manulacture of golf balls. Mr. Hayes will be remem- 

 bered as having been for years connected with the rubber busi- 

 ness, at one time manufacturing a line of white reclaimed 

 rubber. 



= The Granb) Rubber Co. (Montreal) have purchased the 

 plant of the Granby Last Co. (in liquidation) at Granby, and 

 are thus in a position to make their own lasts for rubber boots 

 and shoes. 



= At Montreal, on June 30. Mr. Justice Fortin granted the 

 petition of John Stock, accountant, of Lachine, for an order to 

 wind up the affairs of the Strathcona Rubber Co.. of Montreal, 

 of which E. L. Rosenthal is president. J. McD. Hains was ap- 

 pointed provisional liquidator. The Strathcona company was 

 incorporated in August, 1901, to manufacture waterproof cloth- 

 ing and established a rubber factory. 



= The Wolsley Rubber Co. are a new firm in the manufac- 

 ture of waterproof garments in Montreal, in Notre Dame street, 

 headed by Mr. Wolsley, formerly of The Canadian Waterproof 

 Co. 



= According to The Clothier and Haberdasher, of Montreal, 

 an important English firm who have long been selling water- 

 proof garments in Canada, have determined to establish a 

 branch for their manufacture in Montreal. The description of 

 the firm fits the Messrs. Frankenburg. of Manchester, the visit 

 of whose head to America was mentioned in the last India 

 Rubber World. 



= Mr. George H. Gibson has resigned as manager of the ad- 

 vertising and pub'ication department of the B. F. Sturtevant 

 Co. (Boston), to accept an appointment with the International 

 Steam Pump Co., having offices at Nos. 114-118 Liberty street, 

 New York. Mr. Gibson was formerly connected with the 

 Westinghouse companies' publishing department, of Pittsburgh, 

 Pa., and was for two years a member of the editorial staff of 

 the Engineering News (New York). 



= Business has been so brisk at the factories of the Boston 

 Rubber Shoe Co. that they are contemplating not giving the 

 annual August vacation this year. 



=The factory of the Preston Hose and Tire Co. (Marlboro, 

 Massachusetts) is reported again in full operation. 



= The American Hard Rubber Co. have filed plans with the 

 building department for an additional three story brick build- 

 ing, of fireproof construction, at their College Point factory. 



= The Wisconsin Rubber Co. was incorporated July 15, 

 under Wisconsin laws, to develop Mexican property ; capital 

 $60,000. Incorporators : Rasmus B. Anderson, Charles H. 

 Hall, Samuel W. Merrick, F. C. Hudson, E. F. Carpenter— of 

 Madison, Wisconsin. 



