March i, 1906.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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NEWS OF THE AMERICAN RUBBER TRADE. 



A RUBBER BANQUET IN SAN FRANCISCO. 



TIIIv Mechanical Rubber Goods Association of the 

 Pacific Coast gave a banquet in honor of Mr. Ania- 

 dee Spadone, of New York, at the California Hotel 

 in San Francisco on the evening of February g. 

 The banquet was presided over b\' Mr. Joseph V. Sclby, 

 the president of the association, and every rubber conipanj' 

 on the Pacific coast was represented. Mr. Spadone made 

 some very interesting remarks, pointing out the dangers 

 of associations of this kind and some of the trouble that 

 had been experienced by the Eastern associations of the 

 same kind, and congratulated this association on the unity 

 and harmony prevailing. Mr. William J. Gorham, the vice 

 president of the association, answered his remarks in a verj- 

 happy way, welcoming the guest to the Pacific coast and 

 hoping the association would have the pleasure of having 

 him as its guest again, and assuring him that the members 

 dwelt together in unity and harmony at all times as well 

 as at the banquet, and that all realized it was a benefit 

 to all to belong to the organization and that they had 

 already corrected many of the small abuses of the trade. 

 Toasts were responded to bj' Mr. Selby, who is the Western 

 manager of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. ; by 

 Mr. W. F. Bowers, president of the Bowers Rubber Co. ; 

 Mr. A. C. Bates, who is retiring as branch manager of 

 the Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Co. to go into 

 business for himself, and Mr. C. H. Chase. Mr. Bates, who 

 was one of the charter members of the association, was made 

 an honorary member. The meeting adjourned with a vote of 

 thanks to Mr. Spadone for the honor and pleasure of his 

 company. Mr. Spadone's visit to the Pacific coast was in 

 connection with business of the Gutta Percha and Rubber 

 Manufacturing Co., of which he is the president, and con- 

 sumed practically the whole of the past month. He was ac- 

 companied by his son, Mr. Walter W. Spadone, superinten- 

 dent of the compan3''s factory. Mr. Bates, the retiring 

 manager of the San Francisco branch, will be succeeded by 

 Martine & Brown — two gentlemen who throughout their 

 business career have been connected with the Gutta Percha 

 company, Mr. IMartine in the San Francisco store, and Mr. 

 Brown at Portland. Both will now make their headquarters 

 at the San Francisco house. 



THE MITZEL RUBBER CO (CARROl.l.TON, OHIO). 



At the annual meeting of the Mitzel Rubber Co. the offi- 

 cers were reelected : H. F. Mitzel, president, treasurer, and 

 general manager; R. A. Mitzel, vice president; George N. 

 Eby, secretar}-. The additional directiors are L. D. Stookon, 

 W. L. Handley, and J. R. William. A good business for the 

 j'ear was reported, and the cash dividend of 12 per cent, de- 

 clared. The factory at CarroUton has been in existence for a 

 little more than a year, and the company are much gratified 

 at the result of moving from Akron. The company have 

 purchased additional land on which they purpose erecting 

 this spring a new two .story building, 40X250 feet. They 

 have added a number of presses during the year, and have 

 just installed a new tubing machine and are constantly add- 

 ing new lines of products. For instance, they are going 

 more fully into hot water-bottles and syringes. 



•SEAMLESS RUBBER CO — ANNUAL ELECTION. 



At the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Seamless 

 Rubber Co. (New Haven, Connecticut) on January 26 the 

 following were elected directors : Charles I. Thayer, Boston ; 

 A. II. Alden and Mrs. Mabel C. Alden, Larchmont. New 

 York ; and George M. Allerton, Waterbury, Conn. Follow- 

 ing the meeting the directors organized and elected Mr. 

 Thayer president and Mr. Allerton treasurer, and Ernest I). 

 Steer, of New Haven, secretary. M this meeting the office 

 of general manager Aas abolished and the resignation of Mr. 

 K. E. Mendes, who had filled that position, was accepted. 



PRESENTATION TO COMMODORE BENEDICT. 



A DINNKR in honor of Commodore E. C. Benedict was 

 given by Colonel Samuel P. Colt, president of the United 

 States Rubber Co., at the Metropolitan Club, in New York, 

 on the evening of January 30, being attended by 48 persons, 

 including a number of directors of the United States com- 

 pany. The occasion was the first anniversarj' of the return 

 to New York of the yacht Virgijiia from its cruise on the 

 Amazon, when Commodore Benedict took a party of friends 

 on an extended visit to the rubber regions. After an open- 

 ing speech by Colonel Colt the surprise of the evening was 

 the preisentation to Commodore Benedict of a gold cup, on 

 behalf of the United .States Rubber Co. The cup is under- 

 stood to have cost $5000, and is ornamented with two panels 

 representing .scenes on the voyage of the Virginia. The 

 presentation speech was made by Mr. Francis Lynde Stet- 

 .son. After a response by Commodore Benedict and a speech 

 b}^ Mr. William M. Ivins, a series of about 100 stereopticon 

 views, illustrating the itinerary of the Virginia, was shown, 

 with descriptive remarks by Mr. Richard Arthur, who was 

 one of the Virginia party, and who has published a history 

 of the trip. A lettter was read from Mr. Grover Cleveland, 

 late president of the United States, regretting his ability to 

 be ])re.sent. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



S.\Lisi3URY Tire Co., January 23, 1906, under the Michigan 

 laws ; capital authorized $100,000. Incorporators: David R. 

 and Oliver B. Salisbury', Owosso, Michigan ; Edwin P. Wal- 

 dron, Saginaw, Mich., and others. The companj^ will manu- 

 facture and market a leather tire invented by the Messrs. 

 Salisbury- -a tire embodying no rubber except the air tube. 

 The factorj' will be at Owosso ; Robert G. Steel is secretarj' 

 and treasurer. 



=J. P. Devine Co., February i, 1906, under New York 

 laws ; capital, $100,000. Directors : Joseph P. Devine, 

 William vStrohn, and William P. Kemp. Office: No. 314 

 Mooney-Brisbane building, Buffalo, New York. This is a 

 reorganization of the business of J. P. Devine, dealer in 

 vacuum drj-ing and similar apparatus, including the Emil 

 Passburg drying chambers for rubber. The Passburg pa- 

 tent rights in America have been made over to the new com- 

 pany and Mr. Strohn, who has been and is associated with 

 the firm of Emil Passburg (Berlin) from its inception, is the 

 vice president of the new company. 



= Imperial Waterproof Co., January 25, 1906, under New 



