November i, 1905.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER ^A^ORLD 



67 



NEWS OF THE AMERICAN RUBBER TRADE. 



MAKING RUBBER FOOTWEAR AT LA CROSSE. 



THE La Crosse Rubber Mills Co. (La Crosse, Wisconsin) 

 have made their first rubber footwear, the primary line 

 being tennis shoes, the first quality being marked " La 

 Crosse Rubber Mills Co.", the second quality " Fleet 

 Foot ". From this they go on to a general line of rubber foot- 

 wear, for which their manufacturing equipment and new build- 

 ings are now complete. The company will start, of course, 

 with a small ticket but will have a producing capacity of 7000 

 pairs a day. 



THE AKRON RUBBER SHOE FACTORY. 

 The rubber shoe factory of The B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron, 

 Ohio) is rapidly getting into shape. The main building for the 

 work is a four story brick building of the very latest and best 

 mill construction, the dimensions being 144 X 96 feet. The 

 goods manufactured will be known as the "Straight Line" 

 goods, and although the ticket at the present time is but a few 

 hundred pairs a day, new help is being rapidly broken in and it 

 is being materially increased. 



JOSEPH STOKES RUBBER CO. 

 An amendment to the articles of incorporation of the Joseph 

 Stokes Rubber Co. (Trenton, N. J.), filed on October 6, with 

 the secretary of state of New |ersey, authorizes the increase of 

 their capital stock from $50,000 to §150,000. The total capi- 

 talization is to comprise 1000 shares of preferred (6 per cent 

 cumulative) and 500 shares of common stock, of the par value. 

 of $(oo. The decision to increase the capital was reached at 

 a meeting of the directors in April last. 



GLENDALE ELASTIC FABRICS CO. 

 At a meeting of stockholders of the Glendale Elastic Fabrics 

 Co. (Easthampton, Massachusetts), held in Boston on October 

 9. it was voted to increase the capital stock from $250,000 to 

 $327,600. Mr. George Astill has been elected general manager 

 of the company, and director in place of the late Mr. Joseph W. 

 Green, and Mr. C. A. Richmond has been elected assistant 

 treasurer. 



BOSTON BELTING CO. IN PHILADELPHIA. 

 Havinc. made a change in their representation in Philadel- 

 phia, the Boston Belting Co. announce the appointment of 

 Mulconroy Company, Inc., No. 722 Arch street, Philadelphia, 

 as their agent for that city and vicinity. The new agency will 

 constantly carry in stock a full line of the Boston company's 

 staple goods, which in all cases are marked with their name and 

 brand, which are guarantees of excellence, as also is the long 

 established position of the company as large manufacturers of 

 mechanical rubber goods. 



A WHOLESALE RUBBER HOUSE IN TEXAS. 

 The firm of Appel & Burwell Rubber and Tire Co. has been 

 formed at Dallas, Texas, to engage in a wholesale business in 

 vehicle, automobile, and bicycle tires. It is composed of Fred 

 Appel, who has been in the retail trade in Dallas for several 

 years, and N. B. Burwell, who has been a traveling salesman 

 for rubber tires in the southwest for eight years — latterly for 

 the International A. & V. Tire Co. The new firm will do busi- 

 ness at the old stand of Mr. Appel, No. 1 10 South Akard street, 

 whose retail sale and repairing of bicycles will be continued as 

 a side line. The firm write to The India Rubber World: 

 "We intend to be primarily a rubber tire distributing house, 

 but we will also carry a line of rubber hose, packing, and rubber 



mechanical goods after the first of the year. Our territory will 

 include Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Indian 

 Territory. We have the only exclusively rubber wholesale 

 house in Texas or the southwest. We will have one man on 

 the road a greater part of the time." 



UNITED STATES RUBBER CO. — DIVIDENDS. 



The board of directors on October 5 declared a dividend of 

 2 per cent, upon the First preferred stock (including all the pre- 

 ferred stock now outstanding) for the quarter beginning July 

 I, 1905, and a dividend of i>i per cent, upon the Second pre- 

 ferred stock for the same quarter, from the net earnings of the 

 company. The net earnings for the first six months of the year 

 (September partially estimated) are $2,005,887.32. The net 

 earnings for the corresponding period last year were $2,105, - 

 485.89.==— Application has been made to the New York Stock 

 Exchange for the listing of the Second preferred stock, issued 

 recently in connection with the merger with the Rubber Goods 

 Manufacturing Co. 



SUIT AGAINST A TIRE COMPANY FAILS. 



In the United States circuit court at St. Louis on October 

 6 judgment for the defendant was rendered in the suit of 

 Augusta L. D. Perry against Rubber Tire Wheel Co. and 

 its successor The Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. (New York), 

 to recover $60,000 in commissions which John W. Perry 

 claimed to have earned by conducting negotiations in Europe 

 (or the sale of rights under the Grant patent, covering what is 

 known as the "Kelly-Springfield" solid rubber carriage tire. 

 Mr. Perry was at one time manager of the Paris branch of the 

 defendant companies and conducted negotiations with a Ger- 

 man company which he asserts were not carried to a successful 

 conclusion through the fault of his employers. He assigned 

 his claim to his wife, and this was the basis of the suit. 

 LANCASTER (OHIO) RUBBER CO. 



Lancaster Rubber Co., mentioned in this paper last month 

 as a new Ohio corporation, is located at Lancaster, in that 

 state. It is The Phu-nix Rubber Co., lately of Barberton, Ohio, 

 under a new name. Charles J. Franklin, the principal share- 

 holder, is president, and M. A. Franklin secretary. It was in- 

 tended to begin the manufacture of specialties in the druggists' 

 and similar lines before the end of the month just closed. 

 RUBBER TIRES AT A CARRIAGE SHOW. 



In connection with the thirty-third annual convention of the 

 Carriage Builders' National Association, which was held Octo- 

 ber 3-5 in the Secord regiment armory in Philadelphia, being 

 largely attended, occurred the customary exhibition of carriage 

 accessories which has become so important a feature of these 

 yearly gatherings of the trade. There were more than 100 

 exhibits. The following tire manufacturing companies were 

 represented, most of them by several officers, managers, or 

 salesmen : 



Consolidated Rubber Tire Co New York city. 



Firestone and Rubber Co Akron, Ohio. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co Akron, Ohio. 



Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co Akron, Ohio. 



The Hartford Rubber Works Co Hartford, Connecticut. 



Kokomo Rubber Co Kokomo. Indiana. 



Milwaukee Rubber Works Co Cudahy, Wisconsin. 



The Mechanical Rubber Co Cleveland, Ohio, 



National India Rubber Co Bristol, Rhode Island. 



Pennsylvania Rubber Co Jeannette, Pennsylvania. 



The Republic Rubber Co Voungstown, Ohio. 



Stein Double Cushion Tire Co Akron, Ohio. 



