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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 1, 1906. 



of the right sort of preservative. Such a preservative is 

 Dixon's Silica-Graphite Paint, which is especiallj' intended 

 for mills, factories, bridges and all kinds of structural iron 

 work. It is made in four colors and is economical to apply 

 and lasting in quality. [Joseph Di.xon Crucible Co., Jersey 

 City, New Jersey.] 



DIAMOND RUBBER CO. IN CHICAGO. 

 On this date The Diamond Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio), 

 are consolidating their tire and mechanical goods branches 

 at Chicago, and moving into the fine new three story block 

 just completed at Nos. 1523-1531 Michigan avenue. The 

 new block will have a stone front, three floors and base- 

 ment, and will provide 32,000 square feet of floor surface. 

 The frontage on Michigan avenue is 100 feet. The consoli- 



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dation of the tire and mechanical departments has been 

 made imperative by the rapid growth of The Diamond Rub- 

 ber Co. in Chicago, necessitating more room. The new 

 establishment will be in charge of Mr. O. S. Tvi'eedj% 

 already well known as the head of The Diamond Rubber 

 Co's Chicago Branch. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



A RECENT fire in Chicago seriously damaged the building, 

 Nos. 80-S2 Michigan avenue, which was being remodeled 

 for occupancy by The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. on April 

 I. Inasmuch as they had not moved their stock, the com- 

 pany suftered no loss of property. They at once made ar- 

 rangements with the owners of the building and the archi- 

 tects, whereby they contem])lated getting it ready for the 

 Goodj-ear company by May 1. The}- will thus be in an im- 

 proved modern building, 25X120 feet. 



= Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. have removed their 

 general offices from No. 253 Broadway to No. 42 Broadway, 

 in the same building with the United States Rubber Co. 



=The L. C. Chase Co. , selling agents for the Reading Rub- 

 ber Mills (Reading, Massachusetts) will be located after May 

 I on Winthrop square, Boston, where new and elegant quar- 

 ters have been secured. 



-The board of trade of Brockton, Massachu.setts, have 

 received a proposition looking to the establishment of a 

 rubber factory there, by a company offering to invest $400,- 

 000 if $200,000 additional is subscribed locallj'. 



=Each employ^ of the Woonsocket Rubber Co., on being 

 paid for the last week before the annual shutdown, begin- 

 ning April 9, received a notice that, in case he was a tenant 

 of the compan3''s tenements, no rent would be charged while 

 the mills were closed. 



= Auto Tire Repair Co. has been established at Columbia 

 City, Indiana, bj' A. T. Mosher and C. G. Doriot, for the 

 recovering and repairing of automobile tires by a new process 

 developed by Mr. Mosher. He advises The India Ribber 

 World : " We put on a perfect wrapped tread without the 

 use of air bags or molds, and can take most an}' old casing 

 and practically make a new tire out of it. " 



= The Manufacturers' Advertising Bureau, which, under 

 the direction of Mr. Benjamin R. Western, has .so long made 

 -___, a specialty of the advertising of machinery 

 and engineers' supplies, with headquarters in 

 Liberty street, has removed to more extensive 

 ■ luarters at No. 237 Broadway, New York. 



= The postal authorities have issued an 

 order denying the use of the United States 

 mails to the Help-to-Hear Co., No. 129 Broad- 

 waj-. New York, advertisers of a small device 

 made of rubber, which the postoffice authori- 

 ties report to be absolutely useless as a remedy 

 for deafness. 



= Major P. L. Rider of the Worcester Rub- 

 ber Co.) Worcester, Massachusetts), lately 

 moved into new quarters and was surprised 

 and pleased to find that some of his friends in 

 Boston had presented him with a beautiful 

 office desk, chair and mat. The rubber com- 

 panies that participated in the presentation 

 were the American Rubber Co., Beacon Falls 

 Rubber Shoe Co., Hodgman Rubber Co., 

 Empire Rubber Co., Boston Belting Co., Tver 

 Rubber Co., and W. M. Farwell. 



= Mr. E. H. Openshaw, for many j'ears connected with 

 the rubber trade in New Jersey, is superintendent of The 

 Combination Rubber Manufacturing Co., at Bloomfield, and 

 not Mr. Fred L. Conover, as stated in a recent issue of this 

 paper. 



= Mr. D. Lome McGibbon, vice president and managing 

 director of The Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal, Limited, 

 passed through New York a few days ago on his way home, 

 after a well earned vacation spent in Bermuda. His return 

 was somewhat hastened by the sudden death of his brother, 

 Mr. R. D. McGibbon, k. c, one of the most prominent law- 

 yers of the Dominion. 



= Throughout the whole of Canada, the winter just closed 

 has been an extremeh' mild one, and reports from all sources 

 indicate that a big shrinkage in the §ales of regular rubber 

 footwear has resulted from this unusual condition. The 

 mild winter has also largely interfered with lumbering oper- 

 ations, and a big reduction in the sale of lumbermen's foot- 

 wear is reported by all companies doing business in Canada. 

 = A despatch from Springfield, Ohio, says: "A final 

 dividend of 5, '4^ per cent, will be declared by Frank M. 

 Krapp, referee in bankruptcy, in the case of the Victor Rub- 

 ber Co. This will make a dividend of 13 '4 per cent, which 

 the creditors will receive." The company referred to was 

 the predecessor of the present Victor Rubber Co. incorpo- 

 rated in July, 1904. 



