Januakv I, 1906.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER V/ORLD 



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= .\s an indication of the gradual decline in the wearing of 

 rubber boots, it may be mentioned that recently a number of 

 employes of the Millville factory of the Woonsocket Rubber 

 Cy. — a mill devoted hitherto to making boots exclusively— were 

 set to work making shoes. 



= The t)oard of the Dunlop Tire and Rubber Goods Co. (To- 

 ronto, Ontario), we omitted to mention in our notice of the 

 company last month, consists of Warren Y. Soper (Ottawa), 

 president ; E. B. Ryckman, vice president ; John Westren, sec- 

 retary, treasurer and manager ; Hon. George A. Cox and A. T. 

 Kirkpatrick. 



^Fisk Limited (Montreal, Quebec), manufacturers of leather 

 aid shoe goods, have a cement factory at Lachine, Quebec, re- 

 garding which they inform The India Rubber World : " We 

 are buying quite a little crude India rubber and doing a nice 

 little business in rubber cement. We hope in a short time to 

 add to our plant and make another line of goods," 



raMr. E. C. Clark, who has established himself in rubber mill 

 engineering in St. Louis, making a specialty of rubber reclaim- 

 ing plants, has become very busy in this field, having executed 

 during the last two years several commissions in the United 

 States and abroad. He is at present getting out plans for a 

 small acid reclaiming plant to be installed by a mechanical rub- 

 ber goods factory in Japan. This is the first reclaiming plant 

 to be installed in that country. 



= The United States Rubber Co. have notified their custom- 

 ers that after January i all orders should be addressed to the 

 general offices in New York. 



= The Fisk Rubber Co. (Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts) have 

 tiled with the Interstate Commerce Commission a complaint 

 against railways operating west of Chicago, alleging unreason- 

 able and discriminating rates on rubber tires. While the Fisk 

 Rubber Co. alone are named in the complaint, it is understood 

 that the other rubber tire manufacturers are interested and in 

 sympathy with the movement. 



= As reported in our issue of July i, 1905 (page 352), the de- 

 cision in the action of the Haskell Golf Ball Co. v. Hutchinson, 

 Maine & Co., for alleged infringement of patent, in the London 

 chancery court, was appealed from by the plaintiff. The case 

 is on the calendar of the current term, to be heard as soon as 

 the prior eases can be disposed of, and at last reports was ex- 

 pected to be reached either just before or just after the Christ- 

 mas holidays. 



= Textile Machine Works (Reading, Pennsylvania), manu- 

 facturers of braiding and knitting machinery, have recently 

 added to their list several new machines. For the rubber hose 

 manufacture they are building a line of high grade braiders 

 which can be used for making hose in lengths up to 500 feet; 

 also a line of braiders with horizontal pull out which can be 

 used in tandem for applying two ot three braided coverings in 

 one operation. 



= C. J. Bailey & Co. (Boston, Mass.) have been so busy fill- 

 ing orders for "' Won't Slip " tires that they neglected to ad- 

 vise The India Rubber World of a reduction in the price 

 list of their specialties listed in their regular advertisement. A 

 card covering the list will be mailed to those interested. 



=Grieb Rubber Co. Inc. (Trenton, New Jersey), in addition 

 to their long established line of soles, heels, and sheet soling, 

 are building up an excellent business in molded specialties for 

 mechanical and other uses, the quality of which is equal to 

 the Grieb products which have been several years longer in the 

 market. 



= The regular annual meeting and dinner of the Hood Rub- 

 ber Jobbers' Western Association occurred in Chicago on De- 

 cember 28, being well attended. 



= The H. O. Canfield Co. (Bridgeport, Connecticut) will 

 move early in January into a new plant on Housatonic avenue, 

 in which they are installing a new Rollins-Corliss engine and 

 new machinery made by the Birmingham Iron Foundry, all of 

 the latest and best designs. They will have a thoroughly mod- 

 ern mill room and over twice the floor space occupied hither- 

 to, giving them increased facilities and an opportunity to do 

 more business. The new plant was to be ready for occupancy 

 by January i. and the removal will be made as speedily as pos- 

 sible. 



= Schwab & Co., large dealers in waste rubber scrap and other 

 waste materials, in Philadelphia, have removed to larger prem- 

 ises at Nos. 418-420 South Front street, where they will have 

 more space than was available in their former location, in Web- 

 stet street. 



= The Garlock Packing Co. (Elmira, New York) have estab- 

 lished a factory in Hamburg, Germany, to supply Continental 

 wants for their special packings. 



= The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) would 

 appear to have a knowledge of Holy Writ, for a late booklet of 

 theirs has, as a subhead, " For the Edification of the Man whose 

 Name is Thomas." 



= At the third annual Electrical Show, held recently in Mad- 

 ison Square Garden, New York, the Clifton Manufacturing Co. 

 (Jamaica Plain, M3ss.) had an excellent exhibit covering tire 

 ape, conduit, and kindred goods. 



= The coupon due January i, upon thetfen year 4^4 per cent, 

 good debentures of the General Rubber Co. is payable upon 

 presentation at the olFice of the First National Bank, New York. 



= The Ailing Rubber Co , who control retail rubber stores in 

 a number of Connecticut towns, are opening an additional 

 store at Pittsfield, Massachusetts. 



= The footwear departments of the rubber factories at Nau- 

 gatuck, Connecticut, were closd on December 23, to reopen on 

 January 2. The other departments of the Goodyear's India- 

 Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co. were closed only on Christ- 

 mas and New Year's. The "Old Shop," on Rubber avenue, 

 was closed on December 23, indefinitely. 



=The National India Rubber Co. will, it is understood, be 

 large shippers, by the new Enterprise line of steamers plying 

 between Bristol (Rhode Island; and New York. The rubber 

 company make daily shipments of their goods to New York, 

 including lots for the South and West, besides constantly re- 

 ceiving raw materials from New York, and the sailing schedule 

 of the new line, it is reported, afTords superior conveniences 

 for all the purposes referred to. 



= A fire occurred on December i in the store of The Fisk 

 Rubber Co., No. 318 Euclid avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, damag- 

 ing the building to the extent of $1000 and the stock of auto- 

 mobile tires to about $3000. 



= The Salem Rubber Cement and Shoe Findings Co. (Salem, 

 Massachusetts) are building new premises which will render 

 passible an important increase in their capacity. The business 

 was established in 1892 and incorporated in 1899 under the laws 

 of Maine. The company's trade extends throughout the United 

 States and Canada, besides which they are exporters to an im- 

 portant extent. 



=The Interborough Vehicle Rubber Supply Co. (No. 423 

 East Seventy-sixth street. New York), on December 11, through 

 two of the directors. La Mott Hartshorn and Joseph Hackora, 

 applied to the New York supreme court for the voluntary dis- 

 solution of the corporation, formed under the state laws July 

 I, 1935. with capital stated at $10,000. Judge Stover has set 

 down the order to show cause for March 16. La Mott Harts- 

 horn was appointed temporary receiver. 



