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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March i, 1906. 



York laws ; capital authorized, $100,000. Directors : C. M. 

 Willard, Rutland, Vermont; A. W. Hyde and E. J. Newell, 

 Buffalo, N. Y. The object is the manufacture of waterproof 

 goods under a secret process discovered by Mr. Willard, 

 which is described as being adapted to all grades of cloth, 

 leaving the fabric flexible and not lessening its durability ; 

 without stickiness or unpleasant odors, and absolutely im- 

 pervious to wind or water. Mr. Willard writes : "We are 

 installing a large plant at nuffalo and have abundant capital 

 to meet the demand. " The waterproofing process has been 

 mentioned hitherto in The India Rubber World. 



= Empire Automobile Tire Co. (Trenton, N. J.), January 

 17, T 906, under New Jersey laws ; capital, $50,000. Incorpo. 

 rators : C. Edward Murraj', Charles H. Baker, and A. Boj-d 

 Cornell, all of Trenton. 



= Michelin Products Selling Co. (New York), January 16, 

 1906, under New York laws ; capital, $100,000. Incorpora- 

 tors : William F. Donovan, Percival W. Logan, and Frank 

 P. Reilly. The management is in the hands of E. D. Winans, 

 formerly in charge of the Michelin Tire American Agency, 

 Inc. (New York). 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



Among the improvments made recentl}- at the fac tory 

 of the National India Rubber Co. (Bristol, Rhode Island) is 

 the removal of the insulated wire department into larger 

 quarters, in a different part of the premises, where a 125 

 HP. Arraington & Sims engine has been installed. Eightj- 

 new wire braiders have been installed, and there are orders 

 enough in hand for wire, it is understood, to keep the plant 

 busy for several months to come. 



=The reclaiming plant of the Stockton Rubber Co. (Stock- 

 ton, New Jerse}-) was damaged by a fire on January 20, after 

 the works were shut down, caused by the overheating of a 

 flue. The loss was covered by insurance, which was 

 promptly adjusted, and the factory was working again by 

 February 5. 



= At the annual meeting of The Combination Rubber 

 Manufacturing Co. (Bloomfield, New Jersey), in January, E. 

 D. Cook was elected president, E. H. Garcin, vice president, 

 William H. Serviss, treasurer, and W. 1,. Blodgett, secretary. 



= Mr. R. J. Younge has resigned as general secretary of 

 the Canadian Rubber Manufacttirers' Association to accept 

 an important executive position in the general sales depart, 

 ment of the Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal, Limited. 

 His new connection dates from March i, and no doubt he 

 will be an important acquisition to their already strong sell- 

 ing force. 



=Apsley Rubber Co. (Hudson, Massachusetts) are build- 

 ing a six story addition to their factory, 160 X 60 feet, to be 

 used for additional storage room much needed, and other 

 room necessary- for their increasing business. Work on the 

 new addition was begun on January 23. The building will 

 be erected on the east end of the main factory, and extend 

 toward Cottage street. 



= Mr. John F. Ives, who has been placed in charge of the 

 textile department at the factory of the Gutta-Percha and 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co. (New York), has been identified 

 for several years with improvements in fabrics in connection 

 with mechanical rubber goods, including tire fabrics. 



= The directors of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. 

 on February 15 prepared the twenty-eighth regular quar- 

 terly dividend of 134" per cent, on the preferred shares of the 



holders of out of earnings, payable March 15, 1906, to share- 

 holders of record on March 10. 



= A recently published report of the incorporation of the 

 " Hartford Rubber Works " in California related merel3' to 

 the filing with the secretary of state at Sacramento of the 

 original cliarter of the Hartford Rubber Works Co. (Hart- 

 ford, Connecticut), to comply with a legal formality con- 

 nected with their doing business in California. 



=The Todd Rubber Co. has been organized at New Haven, 

 Connecticut, to conduct a general rubber goods business, 

 but to pay particular attention to the marketing of solid 

 cushion and automobile tires in the state of Connecticut. 

 The president and treasurer is Eyler J. Todd, who recently 

 resigned as secretary' of the Springfield Rubber Tire Co. 

 (New Haven), to organize the new company. They have the 

 exclusive agency for Connecticut of the Kelly-Springfield 

 tires. 



= The directors of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber 

 Co. have declared a semi-annual dividend of $3 per share on 

 the common stock, payable March 15, 1906, to stockholders 

 of record March 5. 



= The " Everstick " invisible rubber continues to be a sen- 

 sation in the shoe trade, and Mr. William Morse, president 

 of the Merchants' Rubber Co. (New York), says that the 

 sales are running into the millions of pairs annually. These 

 goods are also in wide demand in Canada. 



= The Alton Machine Co. No. 126 Liberty street. New 

 York, have issued their Bulletin No. 2, describing their 8 

 drum Stranding Machine. This machine carries spools \2" 

 y\ 8" at a speed of 200 rpm. The entire machine is 

 mounted on a stiff bed plate and is equipped throughout 

 with cut gearing. Further details will be cheerfully given 

 upon request at the company's office. 



=What is probably the largest single order for rubber 

 tires by an automobile manufacturer was placed recently by 

 the Ford Motor Co. with the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. 

 (Akron, Ohio). The order was for 8000 tires, to be used on 

 Ford runabouts : 500 sets for April delivery, 1000 sets for 

 May, and 500 for June. The order was booked by Mr. E. E. 

 McMasters, manager of the Detroit branch of the Firestone 

 companj'. 



= Elkhart Rubber Works (Elkhart, Indiana), February 3, 

 1906, under Indiana laws ; capital, $50,000. Directors : 

 Harry N. Shepherd, Addison L. Gardner, and Randall W. 

 Burns. Mr. Shepherd is a Chicago man and New York par- 

 ties are reported to be interested. It is understood that 

 automobile tires and mechanical rubber goods will be made. 



= At the Anglo-Malay Rubber Co. 's recent statutory meet- 

 ing of shareholders, in London, it was announced that the 

 managers estimate for the present year was 50,000 pounds of 

 dry rubber and 2000 hundred weights of coffee, the rubber 

 to cost about I shilling per pound, exclusive of some expen- 

 diture necessary to bring the estate up to a good standard. 



=The Buffalo Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Buffalo, New 

 York) have removed into their new plant and office, at Sus- 

 sex avenue and Erie railway, where they have about 30,000 

 square feet of space and double their former capacity. 



= Mr. R. O. Price, general manager of the Plantacion Solo- 

 Suchil, in Mexico, is so well impressed with the prospective 

 advantages of spiral tapping that he will soon experiment 

 with the new method on several thousand rubber trees which 

 he thinks may show good results. 



