March i, 1906.] 



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=Thesuitofthe Preston Woven Hose and Tire Co. against 

 six members of the board of trade of Marlboro, Massachu- 

 setts, for money promised to induce him to remove his fac- 

 tory there from Kverett, Mass., but only a portion of which 

 was paid, on account of the factory suspendino^ operations, 

 has been settled by the court entering a judgment for neither 

 party. J. !•". Preslon. who organized the business, was last 

 reported in California. 



= In reply to a query in the February number of Tmc In- 

 dia RuBURR Would, Mr. Oton Katterfeldt, of Gomez Pala- 

 eio, Mexico, writes that for about a year he has been mak- 

 ing monthly shipments of Guayule plants to European rub 

 ber manufacturers. He says he believes himself to be the 

 only explorer of the Guaj'ule plant in Mexico. 



= Speaking generally, it is a little late for calendars. Dut 

 it is always timelj- enough to issue such a one as that being 

 sent out by William F. Mayo & Co. (Boston). It is neat in 

 design, convenient in size, and especially attractive in ap- 

 pearance, since it displays the portraits of the head of the 

 house and his two sons, George H. Mayo and William H. 

 Mayo. 



=A final meeting of the creditors of The Alden Rubber 

 Co. was held 011 February 15, when the trustee, F. B. Burch, 

 was discharged. 



= A steam hose that really does the work is that appro- 

 priately named " Long Life " hose. It is claimed for it that 

 it is the best moderate priced steam hose anywhere. It is 

 made by the Whitehead Brothers Rubber Co., Trenton, New 

 Jersey. 



=The Hadley Cement Co. (Lynn, Massachusetts), are 

 about to open a branch factory at Lachine, Canada, to sup- 

 ply the Kuropean market, the purpose being to escape the 

 duties on goods exported from the United States. 



—The reported fire at the works of The Republic Rubber 

 Co. (Youngstown, Ohio) on February 10 only damaged a 

 minor building, used as a box factor}' and carpenter shop to 

 the extent of $1000. It will be rebuilt on a larger scale. 



= Electric Rubber Co., January ^i, 1906, under New York 

 laws ; capital, fio.ooo. Directors : Delmar D. Martin, James 

 H. George, Fred E. Evans, Charles H. George, and W. J. 

 Conklin. The New York-Broadway Rubber Tire Co., No. 

 253 West Forty-seventh street. New York, with D. D. Martin 

 manager, has been converted into a selling agency for the 

 tires of the F^lectric Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Rutherford, 

 New Jersey), and the name changed as above. Mr. Martin 

 will be in charge, at the old location. 



= The National India Rubber Co. (Bristol. Rhode Island) 

 are manfuacturing this year larger quantities of their patented 

 500 foot length garden hose than ever before. This hose is 

 furnished in medium and high grades only, and is shipped 

 on reels in order that it can be conveniently handled by the 

 dealer. The particular advantage of this long length hose 

 has over the regular 50 foot length lies in the fact that any 

 length of hose up to 500 feet can be furnished a customer 

 without waste and without the use of oouplings. This con- 

 cern also manufactures a large line of water, steam, brewers, 

 and air drill hose. 



=There are many people who are firmly convinced that 

 Alfred Calmon's " Long Life " rubber shoe, which isa Ham- 

 burg, Germany, product, not only amply justifies its name, 

 but that it also is so deliglitfulU' elastic and comfortable that 

 it conduces to the longevity of the lucky wearer. 



HASKELL GOLF BALL PATENT AGAIN SU.STA1NED. 



Hv a decision of the United States circuit court for the 

 southern district of New York, filed on February 3, the 

 Haskell Golf Ball Co. score a victory over the Perfect Golf 

 Ball Co. The decision not only upholds the validity of the 

 Haskell patent, but it also finds that the defendants were 

 guilty of infringement and grants the complainant's petition 

 for an injunction. The Perfect Golf Ball Co. are also ordered 

 to render an accounting of the business done by them. In 

 the Haskell ball the core is wound with fine rubber thread, 

 the whole being covered with a hard gutta percha casing. 

 The ball made by the Perfect Golf Ball Co. has identically 

 the same core and casing, but instead of a winding of rubber 

 thread, a rubber band is stretched as it is wound until it is 

 almost as narrow and thin as a thread. The court holds that 

 this rubber band is substantially a thread Since it is drawn 

 to threadlike proportions in the winding process, so as to 

 constitute infringement of the Haskell patent. 



The Perfect Golf Ball Co. was incorporated September 29, 

 1903, under Maine laws, with $1,000,000 capital authorized. 

 The president was Eleazar Kempshall, who has the distinc- 

 tion of having had more golf ball patents issued to him than 

 to anj- one else. Mr. Kempshall had previously been at the 

 head of the Kempshall Manufacturing Co., who were sued 

 for infringement by the Haskell Golf Ball Co., the suit being 

 settled by an agreement under which the Kempshall com- 

 pany have since paid a royalty. During the past month the 

 Globe Lithographing Co. (New York) secured a judgment 

 against the Perfect Golf Ball Co., but when a deputy sheriff 

 went to their oflBce, No. 100 Reade street, he was unable to 

 find any property to attach. 



TO MAKE SYNTHETIC RUBBER. 



To THE Editor of The India Rubber World : We take 

 pleasure in informing you that we have made'arrangements 

 with Mr. George E. Heyl-Dia to manufacture all his syn- 

 thetic and crude rubber products, and would ask you 

 to kindly make a note of this in your paper. Yours truly, 



para recovery CO. 



Hayonne, N. J., February 15, 1906. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Mk. Elliot M. Henderson, vice president of the Man- 

 hattan Rubber Manufacturing Co. (New York), is back from 

 abroad his trip having embraced the larger European cen- 

 ters, followed by a voyage to Cape Town, South Africa, and 

 a return up the East Coast to Aden and then home. Now 

 the president and general manager of the company, Mr. A. 

 F. Townsend steps aboard a steamer and goes to Jamaica for 

 a month's rest. He is accompanied by his brother Edward, 

 who is one of the directors of the company, and by Mr. True, 

 one of the selling force. 



— .\t the annual banquet of the Massachusetts Automobile 

 Club, held in their elegant clubhouse on Boylston street. 

 Boston, on the evening of February 21, the Editor of The 

 Indi.\ RiisuKR World spoke on "Tires and Motoring." 

 There were about 200 present. 



=Tnic India Rubber World joins with the rest of the 

 host interested in the rubber trade, in^extending congratula- 

 tions to Miss Ida Pauline Towner, whose marriage to Mr. 

 William Kirby Everingham took place on February 27. The 

 bride is the daughter of Mr. Harry N. Towner of Towner & 

 Co. (Memphis, Tennessee), one of the largest jobbing firms 

 in the rubber trade. 



