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THE INDIA RUBBER AA/'ORLD 



[May I, 1906. 



Dyke.s rubber heel — one of the oldest lines in the market- 

 force cups, and various molded specialties, and are develop- 

 ing the Dykes patent process in the manufacture of motor 

 and vehicle tires. 



COMMONWEALTH KUBBER CO. TO MAKE TIRES. 



The Commonwealth Rubber Co. (Reading, Massachusetts) 

 have entered into a contract for the manufacture, on royalty, 

 of the Mitchell punctureless pneumatic tire, which was ex- 

 hibited for the first time in public at the New York auto- 

 mobile show, in January, where it made a favorable impres- 

 sion, as it did also at the Boston show in March. The Com- 

 monwealth company is a Maine corporation and operates the 

 plant at Reading formerly used by the Chauncy Rubber Co. 

 and later operated under several different names. The offi- 

 cers of the Commonwealth company are Kdwin D. Marsh, 

 president ; Duane H. Nash, vice president : Robert P. Esty, 

 treasurer; Charles R. Todd, secretary. The general mana- 

 ger is Luke S. Stowe, the assistant manager Kdward O. 

 Kenny, and the superintendent James Hamilton. Mr. Stowe 

 is an experienced rubber man and will have the buying of 

 crude rubber. Mr. Hamilton has been in the trade for more 

 than 30 years. 



MILWAUKEE RUBBER WORKS CO. 'S Al-FAIRS. 



Following the petition in bankruptcy filed against the 

 Milwaukee Rubber Works Co. (Cudahj', Wisconsin), re- 

 ported in the last Indi.\ Rubber World, The Milwaukee 

 Trust Co. was appointed receiver in bankruptcy. On the 

 same date a circular was issued over the names of the offi- 

 cers of the rubber company, stating : 



The business will be continued without the slightest interrup- 

 tion. These proceedings were precipitated by the action of cer- 

 tain disgruntled stockholders, and will result in a complete re 

 organization. The indebtedness of the corporation is trifling — 

 some S20,o(X3 — outside of the claims of its president, William 

 Becker, and its vice i)resident, George P. Mayer. 



General Manager John Mac Millan, in answer to a recent 

 inquirj-, reported : " We cannot as yet outline in detail our 

 reorganization plans, but I shall at the proper time .give you 

 all the facts." 



A SUIT SATISFACTORILY SETTLED. 



To THE Editor 01* The India Rubber World : In look- 

 ing over your issue of April i we notice on page 237 an item 

 pertaining to a suit the Banner Rubber Co. filed against the 

 Friedman Bros. Shoe Co. We are pleased to state that this 

 account has been settled in full by the Friedman Bros. Shoe 

 Co. without going to court, entirely satisf;ictory to all par- 

 ties, and we will thank you very much for making this 

 statement in your next issue. Yours trulj-, 



BANNER RUBBER CO. 

 St. I.ouis, .\pril 6, 1906 



FOOTWEAR SOUVENIR POST CARDS. 



Among the most interesting series of souvenir postal 

 cards yet published are those entitled "The Footwear of 

 Nations," and now being distributed by the Woonsocket 

 Rubber Co., (Woonsocket, R. I). This set of souvenir cards 

 consists of ten designs, beautifull3- lithographed in rich 

 water color effects, and illustrating in a unique manner the 

 types of natives, with characteristic footwear and dress of 

 Russia, Japan, Germany, India, South Africa, Turkey, 

 Spain, Brazil, Lapland, and Canada. Thej' are educational 

 and instructive, and being practicallj- without advertising 

 will be eagerly sought after by collectors of souvenir cards. 



Each set is enclosed in a special envelope of artistic design, 

 and the entire scheme is well planned and carefully carried 

 out. Every jobber of Woonsocket rubbers will receive a 

 liberal supply to send to his customers. 



NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS. 

 United States Rubber Co. : 



SECOND PREFERRED. 

 Whek ending — Mar. 24. Mar. 31. Apr. 7. 



Sales 450 2,400 



High 83 



Low 82^4: 



Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. 

 ending April 7 — 200 shares at io6>^ ; week ending April 14 

 — 100 shares at loiyi. 



841/ 



1,000 



Apr. 14. 



600 



84 



81 



Apr. 21. 



1.500 

 80;^ 

 79>^ 



Sales during week 



NEPONSET RUBBER WORKS SOLD. 

 The plant occupied by the Neponset Rubber Co. (Hyde 

 Park, Massachusetts), after having been idle for some 

 monfis, was sold on April 4 to M. Norton & Co. (Charles-' 

 town, Mass.) and Philip McGrory (Trenton, New Jersey), 

 wholesale dealers in scrap rubber and rubber mill machin- 

 ery. This factory was built for the manufacture of rubber 

 clothing and formed part of the plant so long operated by 

 the Boston Gossamer Rubber Co. The property embraces 

 over three acres of land, and three buildings with a com- 

 bined floor space of 60,000 square feet. It embraces up-to- 

 date machinery added by the recent owners for the manufac- 

 turs of mechanical ruliber goods. It is also adapted for 

 the manufacture of footwear, as well as clothing, and em- 

 braces appliances suitable for any of these branches of the 

 industry. Neponset station is about 20 minutes from South 

 station, Boston, and is immediately in front of the office of 

 the factory. There is a large reservoir near the building, 

 and a perpetual water right from the river in the rear of the 

 plant. This property if not sold in a short time is to be 

 worked bj' Messrs. Norton and McGrory, who for some time 

 past have been contemplating entering the rubber reclaim- 

 ing business. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



Todd Rubber Co., New Haven, March 23, 1906, under 

 Connecticut laws; capital, $2500. Incorporators: Eyler J. 

 Todd, George E. Hall, and Meyer Lambert, all of New 

 Haven. The organization of this company, to deal in rub- 

 ber goods and tires especially, was reported in The India 

 Rubber World March i (page 204). 



=Pneumatic Tire Shield Co., February 27, 1906, under 

 New Jersey laws ; capital authorized, $200,000. Incorpora- 

 tors : Stacey Wilson, No. 253 Broadway, New York ; Albert 

 G. Mabee and James Brunton, Newark, N. J. Object, to 

 exploit a protective shield of steel, incased in rubber, to be 

 inserted between the tire tread and inner tube. 



= Art Brass Co., February 2, 1906, under the laws of New 

 York ; capital $3000, Object: To deal in metal and rubber 

 goods, and especially to make fine bath room trimmings. 

 Incorporators : Arnold F. Riegger, Frank H. Samuels, and 



