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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November i, 1905. 



nient was successful no one could deny. The product that 

 went into the heater cost, it was stated, 53 cents a pound. What 

 came out, guessing at shrinkage, looked as if it might be worth 

 at least $1 a pound. Of course there was no opportunity for 

 the writer to test the gum as to its ability to take up compound 

 to vulcanize, or to wear, as against real rubber. 



THE DERBY RUBBER CO.'S RECLAIMING PLANT. 



The rubber reclaiming plant at Shelton, Connecticut, which 

 is now one of the oldest in existence, is to be operated in future 

 under new conditions. The Derby Rubber Co., incorporated 

 February 27, 1S89, with an authorized capital of $20,000, has 

 retained its corporate existence though the factory has under- 

 gone several changes of management, and the capital has been 

 increased to $50,000. As will be seen from the announcement 

 which follows, the management of the factory is in the hands 

 of Mr. William F. Askam, one of the original incorporators- 

 The present officers of the company are : Allan W. Paige, presi- 

 dent ; W. F. Askam, vice president ; Charles N. Downs, secre- 

 tary and treasurer. The announcement follows : 



We beg to announce that the factory plants of The Derby Rubber Co. , 

 located at Shelton, Connecticut, have been thoroughly remodeled and 

 equipped with new and modern machinery, and will be operated by the 

 owners as a rubber reclaiming factory. 



Mr. W. F. Askam. vice president and general manager of the com- 

 pany, who has for many years been engaged in the rubber reclaiming 

 business, will have charge of the manufacturing department of the com- 

 pany, which is a guarantee that these mills will continue to make the 

 well known grades of reclaimed rubber for which they have in the past 

 b;;en so well and favorably known. Vours truly, 



THE DERBY RUBBER CO. 

 Derby, Connecticut, October 16, 1905. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



Frank C. Howlett (Syracuse, New York) writes to The 

 India Rubber World that he is at a loss to know how the 

 report got started that he is to open a rubber factory in the far 

 West. He has been receiving letters from Seattle, Washington, 

 in reference to the matter, and letters have been sent in his 

 care for F. E. Elwood, whom he does not know, though it has 

 been given out in Seattle that Elwood is in Mr. Howlett's em- 

 ploy. Mr. Howlett states that he has no intention whatever of 

 starting a factory as reported. 



= Boston Belting Co., through their southwestern selling 

 agents, Messrs. Towner & Co., at Memphis, Tennessee, lately 

 filled for that city an important order for cotton double jacket 

 tire hose, which was put to a severe test, in public, with results 

 in every way satisfactory. 



= The Republic Rubber Co. (Youngstown, Ohio) were men- 

 tioned in our July issue as adding to their plant an extensive 

 brick building. By putting a roof over a large open space be- 

 tween two of their main buildings they are now still further in- 

 creasing their room. The additions, when finished, will give 

 them more than 50 per cent, additional floor space. 



= ln view of the large amount of printed matter required in 

 the factory of the National India Rubber Co. (Bristol, Rhode 

 Island), in the shape of tickets, slips, labels, and the like, not 

 to mention the stationery required in the office, the company 

 have installed in their plant an outfit for doing their own 

 printing. 



= Frank A. Magowan, formerly prominent in the rubber in- 

 dustry in Trenton, New Jersey, of which city he was also mayor 

 at one time, appears to have turned his attention of late to in- 

 vention, patents having been issued to him for an automobile 

 tire constructed so as not lobe injured in case of puncture, and 

 also for a new article in air brake hose. 



= The Robins Conveying Belt Co. (New York) have secured 

 the contract for belt conveyors for the United States naval 

 coaling station at Olongapo, Philippine islands. They are men- 

 tioned also as having secured a large order for belt conveyors 

 for the Santander (Spain) iron mines. 



= The Mitzel Rubber Co. (Carrollton, Ohio), have opened an 

 office and placed a stock of their druggists' and other sundries 

 at No. 205 Medinah temple, Chicago, under the management of 

 Charles H. Ten Eyck. 



= The Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. are said to be 

 the largest manufacturers of tire tape in the United States. 



= The Standard Rubber Co. (Trenton, New Jersey), men- 

 tioned in the last number of this paper as having been incor- 

 porated, has been organized by the election of James D. Brady, 

 president; A. C. Reves, vice president ; and John M.Wright, 

 secretary and treasurer. These also comprise the board of 

 directors. 



= Yatman Rubber Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of 

 molded goods at Newark, New Jersey, have removed from 

 No. 224 High street to No. 267 Mt. Pleasant avenue. 



= S. Birkenstein & Sons (Chicago), dealers in all kinds of 

 rubber scrap, in connection with new and old metals, have, for 

 the purpose of largely increasing their facilities, removed to 

 ne^f quarters — Nos. 64-74 Ontario street. 



= The Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal, Limited, were 

 awarded a gold medal at the Provincial Exhibition at Halifax, 

 Nova Scotia, last month, for their exhibition of general rubber 

 goods, comprising belting, hose, packing, and the like, and also 

 rubber footwear. 



= C. J. Bailey (No. 22 Boylston street, Boston) has gone 

 West on a tour in connection with his specialties, and also for 

 his " Won't Slip " tire, which is already a wonderful success. 



^Joseph G. Moomy, a veteran in bicycles and bicycle tires, is 

 running an automobile tire repair shop in Erie, Pennsylvania, 

 and doing some very interesting work in the repairing of dam- 

 aged tires. 



^The Continental Rubber Works (Erie, Pennsylvania) are 

 doing a fine business in the manufacture of inner tubes for auto- 

 mobiles. 



= Mr. D. C. Spraker of the Kokomo Rubber Co. (Kokomo, 

 Indiana), has returned from a trip to the Pacific coast, during 

 which he visited the Lewis and Clark Exposition at Portland, 

 Oregon. 



■=Mr. Harry G. Woodard, well known and very popular 

 wherever tires are marketed, has become the manager of 

 the New York branch of the Diamond Rubber Co. (Akron, 

 Ohio.) 



= William Seward, Jr., has resigned his position as vice pres- 

 ident of the Hartford Rubber Works Co., his connection ter- 

 minating on September 30. Mr. Seward took an active inter- 

 est in the factory baseball team, and on the date mentioned was 

 given a silver loving cup by the members of the team. 



= F. G. Saylor, of Franklin. Massachusetts, lor some years 

 connected with the rubber trade, is developing a new tire 

 known as the " M. & S." It is not of the pneumatic type, but 

 will be used chiefly for heavy vehicles. 



= Mr. C. E. W. Woodward, formerly connected with The 

 Fisk Rubber Co. (Chlcopee Falls, Massachusetts), is acting as 

 tire expert and counsel for the Knox Automobile Co., and the 

 Olds Motor Works. 



= The original and interesting little monthly The Pneus, 

 edited by Mr. Burton R. Parker at Chicopee Falls, Massachu- 

 setts, and devoted, as may be judged from the title, to automo- 

 bile tires, is one of the most entertaining publications in the 

 trade. 



