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003. Incorporators: E. E. Wright, E. T. S. Cliflfe, N. G. Wright, 

 CM. CI iffe, Oscar A. Stuhldreher, A. ]. Scherer, and M. E. 

 Stuhldreher— all of Mansfield. The object is to erect a factory 

 for making "artificial rubber" under the process of E. E. 

 Wright, late of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and to manufacture 

 goods from the same—" probably starting with automobile and 

 vehicle tires." 



= l^ieumatic Ball Tire Co., December 12. 1905, under the laws 

 of New Jersey; authorized capital, $3,000,000. Incorporators: 

 Frank A. Magowan, Brown McDonald, and Frank B. Adams — 

 all of No. 15 Exchange place, Jersey City. 



= Gaulois Tire Co. (New York city), December 7, 1905, under 

 New York laws : capital, $500. Incorporators: Edward Stetson 

 Griffing, New Rochelle, N. Y. ; George A. Burkhard and John 

 G. Craig, New York. 



=Goodall Rubber Co., December 18, 1905, under New Jersey 

 laws; capital, $50,000. Incorporators: F. D. Stovell, H. W. 

 Goodall, and William S. Feeny. To do a jobbing business in 

 Philadelphia. 



= Rubber Pad Co., November 28, 1905, under Maine laws; 

 capital $100,000. Incorporators: H.N. Hurd, H. A. Farring- 

 ton, G. W. Cheny, and D. W. Perkins -all of Manchester, New 

 Hampshire— and Horace Mitchell, of Kittery, Maine. 



= Fulton Rubber Type, Ink and Pad Co., December 13, 1905, 

 under New Jersey laws ; capital. $50,000. Incorporators: Henry 

 Schmidt, Elizabeth A. Schmidt, and William L. Hooper, all of 

 No. 130 Fulton street, Elizabeth, N. J. To continue the busi- 

 ness of the Fulton Rubber Type Co., having a factory at the 

 address given. 



= Ima Packing Co.. November 24. 1905, under the laws of 

 New York ; capital §150.000. Objects, to manufacture at Wor- 

 cester, Massachusetts, " Ima " and " Carbo-Asbesto " packings. 

 Incorporators: George S. Terry (president), William H. Dowe 

 (vice president), and Russell T. McCabe (secretary and treas- 

 urer) —all of New York. 



= Shelby Rubber Co. (Shelbyville, Indiana), December 14, 

 1905, under Indiana laws; capital, Stoo.ooo. Directors : Daniel 

 F. Randolph, John Meloy, Thomas J. Marshall, George C 

 Walker, Wilbur B. Wright, James R. Howe, and Olis S. Peck. 



= Madeira Rubber Co. (Hyde Park, Mass.), December 19, 

 1905, under Massachusetts laws ; capital $25,000. James F. 

 Pnng, president; Charles S. Prince, treasurer; John S. D. 

 Everett, clerk. To succeed the Clarendon Rubber Co., in- 

 corporated July 29. 1904, by James F. Pring, formerly superin- 

 tendent for S. Klous & Co., at the Boston Gossamer Rubber 

 Works. 



=The Pneumatic Eraser Co., Inc. (Owensboro, Ky.), Novem- 

 ber 25. 1905. under Kentucky laws ; capital, $30,000. A. J. Tur- 

 pin, president; E. W. Wood, vice president; G. E. Turpin, sec- 

 retary and treasurer; Stewart Starling, manager. The object 

 is to manufacture a rubber eraser for typewriter and desk use 

 under United States patent No. 797,908, issued toC. E. McGill, 

 and eventually to manufacture other rubber goods. 



CANADIAN RUBBER CO. CHANGES OWNERS. 

 The Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal, has changed owners. 

 It is announced that Major George W. Stephens, m. i,. a., Mr. 

 D. Lome McGibbon, Mr. Alexander Pringle, and Mr. Shirley 

 Ogilvie have purchased a controlling interest. Fairbanks Broth- 

 ers, stock brokers, were engaged to look after the Purchase of 

 the stock. The syndicate began the purchase at 85 and fol- 

 lowed it along, fixing various figures for the blocks, until to-day 

 the stock stands at S140 per share or better. Major Stephens 

 said that they all four considered it the best industrial in Can- 

 ada and they proposed to better the business upon a much larger 

 5cale than at present. Mr. D. L. McGibbon, in referring to the 



growth of the company within the past few years, stated that 

 they had almost doubled their output in 36 months. And in 

 that interval nearly Sjoo.ooo worth of profits had gone into 

 betterments, such as new machinery and generally improved 

 plant. The present output of the works is over $3,000,000 worth 

 of goods per year, and the hands employed number 2000. Last 

 year the company paid a 5 per cent, dividend and previous to 

 that 8 per cent. The difference is accounted for by the fart 

 that a large sum was put into betterment. Some years back 

 the Canadian Co. lost ground to a considerable extent, and 

 there was a general shake up in the management. It was at 

 this period that Mr. D. Lome McGibbon took hold, and it was 

 mainly through his energetic measures that the corporation be- 

 gan to take on new life. Within three years the company made 

 wonderful headway and it is now looked upon as one of the 

 sterling industrial corporations of Canada. Back in 1902 the 

 stock sold as low as $50 a share, while last year it was quoted 

 at from $45 to $50. Since that time there has been a steady 

 and rapid increase in the price of the stock. The authorized 

 capital is $2,000,000, of which $1,500,000 have been paid in. 

 RUBBER RECLAIMING PATENT LITIGATION. 

 A BiLLof complaint was filed on November 30 in the United 

 States circuit court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania at 

 Philadelphia by the Philadelphia Rubber Works, and the U.S. 

 Rubber Reclaiming Works, acting as joint complainants against 

 the S. & L. Rubber Co., of Chester, Pa., for alleged infringement 

 of United States patent No. 454,442, which covers a process of 

 washing reclaimed rubber,'as well as the product itself. The 

 complainants seek an injuction restraining the defendant from 

 alleged further infringement of the patent in question anU an 

 accounting to determine the extent of the damages they claim 

 to have sufifered. The complainants declare that other ac- 

 tions may be instituted in maintenance of the exclusive rights 

 claimed under the patent. 



CINCINNATI RUBBER MANUFACTURING CO. 

 Considering the happy auspices under which the Cincin- 

 nati Rubber Manufacturing Co. began, it would seem to be as 

 much goodness of heart as business prudence which prompted 

 their recent house warming, on December 9. The company's 

 plant is on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, in Norwood, a 

 suburb of the Queen City, and both Norwood and the " B. <^' 

 O." helped to entertain the 300 representative business men and 

 citizens at the plant, where the visitors were shown all the 

 processes of turning the crude rubber into finished goods. After 

 the tour of the plant, lunch was served in the packing room, and 

 speeches were made by President Crawford, of the company, 

 Mr. Tomlinson, of the B. & O., Mayor Mills, of Norwood, and 

 others. The B. & O. conveyed the guests to and from the plant 

 in a special train. The Cincinnati Rubber Manufacturing Co. 

 were incorporated on April 8, 1905, and their plant was set up 

 in less than three months. They expect to reach their full 

 capacity soon, when they will be able to do about S'lOoo.ooo 

 worth of business a year. The company are to be praised for 

 their courtesy, and for their efforts to popularize their industry, 

 in a community where there is little general information re- 

 garding it. 

 GEORGE BORGFELDT & CO. — TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY. 

 Messrs. George Borgfeldt & Co. (New York), in connec- 

 tion with the holiday season, have presented their compliments 

 to their friends in the trade, accompanied by a handsome sou- 

 venir in the shape of a book counting the history of the devel- 

 opment of this important importing house, which has just i ow 

 completed its twenty-fifth year. It is profusely illustrated with 

 exterior and interior views of their great establishment in New 

 York, and numerous branches in other cities, and pcitraits of 



