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tern " became a reality. The system of which these two ele- 

 ments are the most important factors, as originally installed 

 by this house, has naturally been known as " The .Sturtevant 

 System." This system is at once practical, successful, and eco- 

 nomical ; for, air being the natural conveyor of heat, it may, 

 when properly warmed and supplied, perform the double oHice 

 of heating and ventilating. As applied, the Sturtevant sys- 

 tem forces the air into the apartment by the pressure or ple- 

 num method. When a fan is arranged to exhaust or withdraw 

 the air from an enclosed space, the term vacuum, or exhaust 

 method, is almost universally applied. 



FIRE HOSE IN PHILADELPHIA THEATERS. 



The India Rubber World's Philadelphia correspondent 

 writes; " As a result of Fire Marshal Lattimer's annual inspec- 

 tion of theaters in this city, it is probable that some large con- 

 tracts for supplies of rubber hose will soon be placed. He has 

 recommended to Director of Public Safety Potter that the lat- 

 ter notify owners of theaters and public playhouses to use fire 

 hose made of rubber hereafter, instead of linen. The use of 

 linen hose is considered unsatisfactory because, according to 

 Mr. Lattimer, it is likely to flatten so as to impede the How 

 of water. ' All hose used in theaters hereafter must be rubber 

 lined,' is the order sent to owners of the difTerent playhouses." 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 

 The Akron Rubber Shoe Co., September 21, 1905, under Ohio 

 laws ; capital, S5000. This company has been formed by The 

 B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron, Ohio), in connection with their or- 

 ganization of a new department for the manufacture of rubber 

 footwear. 



=Standard Rubber Co., September!, 1905, under New Jersey 

 laws; capital $50,000. Incorporators: John M.Wright, James 

 D. Brady, and Stephen C. Cook, all of Trenton, N. J. The 

 purpose is the manufacture of mechanical rubber goods ; offices 

 have been opened in the First National Bank building at 

 Trenton. 



=:The Lancaster Rubber Co. ( Lancaster. Ohio), August 28, 

 1905, under Ohio laws; capital authorized, $50,000. Incorpo- 

 rators: Frederick Keifer, Charles |. Franklin, H. C. Benner, 

 Mabel A. Franklin, Edith Keifer. 



=Lowe Rubber Process Co. (San Francisco), August 12, 

 1905, under California laws ; capital $300,000, in $1 shares. 

 Incorporators: E. L. Lowe, A. Lollewood, J. H. Marble, and 

 Franklin K. Lowe, all of San Francisco, and R. E. Russell, Al- 

 ameda, Cal. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 

 The Warren Rubber Co. (Warren, Ohio), wholesalers of 

 rubber boots and shoes, have increased their capital stock 

 from $30,000 to $50,000, to enable them to take care of their 

 steadily increasing business. The company was incorporated 

 early in 1897, with $20,000 capital. The new stock, taken prin- 

 cipally by the old shareholders, is entitled to 7 per cent, divi- 

 dends semi-annually. 



= Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. advise us that since 

 September i their Philadelphia address has been 71 Drexel 

 building, which is the headquarters of Mr. Frederick E. Stock- 

 well, their local branch manager. 



= William Raisch has resigned as secretary and treasurer of 

 the Alden Rubber Co. ( Barberton, Ohio), to accept a position 

 with the Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Co., and his assistant, 

 E. B. Joy, has been promoted to the position lately filled by 

 Mr. Raisch. 



= The New York Fire department repair shops are to be 

 eqiiipped by the R. F. Sturtevant Co. (Boston) with a complete 

 outfit of forges, blowers, and a smoke exhauster. 



=One of the most attractive and useful souvenirs ofTered in 

 the rubber trade is the pigskin card case given to their friends 

 by the Fabric Fire Hose Co. (New York). In addition to this 

 the company issue a very attractive gold and red enamel button 

 bearing their trade mark and the insignia of a fire chief, which 

 button is distributed at firemen's conventions and much prized 

 by recipients. 



Sent out with the compliments of The Pure Gum Specialty 

 Co. ( Barberton, Ohio) is an exceedingly beautiful picture en- 

 titled "Summer," from an original painting by Philip Boileau, 

 one of the foremost of the younger American school of figure 

 painters. The picture is well worth framing and preserving 

 and is a type of advertising that appeals to all. 



= Suit has been filed against the Bourn Rubber Co. in 

 the superior court at Providence, Rhode Island, by Hyman 

 Kamros, a former employe, to recover S5000 for personal inju- 

 ries alleged to have been due to the defective condition of an 

 elevator in the company's factory. 



= William F. Mayo & Co. (Boston) made an extensive ex- 

 hibit of the lines of rubber boots and shoes of which they are 

 jobbers, at Minneapolis during the Minnesota state fair, Sep- 

 tember 4 9, in charge of their northwestern representatives, I. 

 R. Burwell and Charles Wiggin. 



= A meeting of the directors of the Maynard Rubber Cor- 

 poration, jobbers in rubber goods at Springfield, Massachu- 

 setts, and Hartford, Connecticut, was held in the latter city on 

 September 5, the president, E. W. Maynard, in the chair. Noth- 

 ing of special interest is reported, the meeting having been de- 

 voted to going over the company's plans for the coming year. 

 = Mr. Webster Norris, who has now become thoroughly 

 adapted to life in a new region, as superintendent of the Re- 

 public Rubber Co. (Youngstown, Ohio), spent his vacation this 

 year at Ogunquit, Maine. On his return, at the middle of Sep- 

 tember, he favored a number of his old friends in the industry, 

 In the East, with a call. 



= Towner cS: Co. (Memphis, Tennessee), proprietors of the 

 leading exclusively rubber house in the South, have secured 

 the contract for supplying the rubber floor tiling and mats re- 

 quired for the splendid new building of the Memphis Trust Co. 

 = The Aladdin Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio), have decided upon 

 another location than that reported in these pages last month. 

 Building has been started near the plant of the Alden Rubber 

 Co., at Barberton, and it is expected to be in operation by 

 December i. The first building will be 111X54 feet, part three 

 stories high. 



=The American Chicle Co.'s new factory at Toronto is about 

 completed, the main building being 250 X 60 feet and three 

 stories high, with an annex having a floor space of 7000 feet. J. 

 W. Siddall, of Toronto, is the architect. 



= Incorporation papers were filed under the laws of New 

 York, September 13, 1905, by the Standard Safety Air Cushion 

 Co., of New York city, with Sioo,ooo capital, to manufacture 

 air cushions for passenger and freight elevators. This involves 

 no use of rubber, the cushions being made of steel plates. The 

 list of incorporators is headed by John L. Baker, No. 31 Broad- 

 way, New York. 



=The Neponset Rubber Co., incorporated in New Jersey in 

 1904 to make mechanical rubber goods at Hyde Park, Massa- 

 chusetts, acquired the factory before used by the Boston Gos- 

 samer Rubber Co., and about 3 acres of the land attached there- 

 to, for $30,000. They paid $10,000, giving a mortgage for the 

 remaining $20,000 to the Federal Trust Co. (Boston). The 

 sheriff of Norfolk county, Mass., on August 26, sold certain 

 materials in the factory, seized under attachment, and the fac- 

 tory has been closed. 



