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THE INDIA RUBBER 'WORLD 



[June i, 1906. 



NEW HEAD OF THE HARTFORD RUBBER WORKS. 



At a raeeting of the directors of The Hartford Rubber 

 Works Co., in New York, on May S, Thomas Midgely, who 

 hail been a vice president of the company since Septembi r 

 last, was elected to the office of president. The position had 

 been held temporarily by Charles II. Dale, president of the 

 Rubber Ooods Manufacturing Co. Mr. Midgely went to 

 Hartford in March, 1905, as consulting engineer for the rub- 

 ber works. He retains the presidency of the Midgely Man- 

 ufacturing Co., makers of vehicle wheels, at Columbus, 

 Ohio. 



THF. B F. GOODRICH CO IN CHICAGO. 



The Chicago branch of The B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron, 

 Ohio) has been removed from No. 141 Lake street to No. 24 

 East Lake street, where they will occupy a five story build- 

 ing with basement. This move has been due to the increased 

 business of the company demanding larger quarters. The 

 new move brings them in closer touch with the automobile 

 trade, without taking.them out of the mechanical goods and 

 druggists' sundries district. 



THE NEW KANSAS RUBBER FACTORY. 

 The Kansas Rubber Co., located at Olathe, Kansas (a su- 

 burb of Kansas City, Mo.), report that the work of equip- 

 ping their factory is progressing rapidly. The offices have 

 been furnished and occupied, the mill room machinery is in- 

 stalled, and the power plant practically completed. A 

 supply of tire molds, presses, etc., is now due at the factory, 

 as well as the machinery made to order especially for their 

 reclaiming plant, and the company hope to be able to begin 

 operations by July i. 



MAGNESIA PATENTS LITIGATION. 



LlTicvTiON extending over a period of more than five 

 years and involving a sum estimated at more than $1,000,- 

 000, the contesting firms including some of the best known 

 and most wealth}- in the United States, has been practically 

 disposed of by the decision of Justice Coxe, in the United 

 States circuit court for the eastern district of 

 New York, in favor of the Keasbey & Mattison 

 Co. (Ambler, Pennsylvania). The suits were 

 the result of alleged infringement of certain 

 patents owned by the Keasbey & Mattison 

 Co., and were directed against the Anieric. n 

 Magnesia Co., the Philip Carej- Co., of Ohio, 

 the C. VV. Trainer Co. and the 11. W. Johns- 

 Manville Co. There were involved the Ilan- 

 more patent (No. 345,841; — ^July 20, 1886), for 

 a magnesia covering for steam pipes, and the 

 Keasbey "machine mold patent. 



There is j-et one suit to be disposed of — the 

 most interesting and peculiar of the entire 

 number jet tried. The charge is "conspiracy 

 to infringe a patent, " and the amount of dam- 

 ages claimed by the Keasbey & Mattison Co. 

 is $600,000. This is entirely apart from the 

 suits for damages recently disposed of 



BOSTON ASBESTOS WORKERS' STRIKE. 

 The strike of the Boston Insulator and As- 

 bestos Workers' Union, which was inaugu- 

 rated on May i, is still un.settled. The men, 

 about 100 in number, demanded an advance 

 of 50 cents a day, and asked that in case of a 



refusal the matter be kit to the state board of arbitration. 

 The employers replied that they could not see their way 

 clear to make the advance at this time. The request for 

 arbitration was also denied. At a meeting of the workmen 

 on May 1 1 a secret ballot was taken with the result that 

 every man present voted to continue the strike. About 25 

 per cent, of the men have left town. 



NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE TRAN.SACTIONS. 

 United States Rubber Co. : 



Week ending— Apr. 21 



Sales 1,500 



High &o}i 



Low 79 >< 



SECOND PREFERRED. 



Apr. 28. May 5. May 12. 



501 i.Soo 1,400 



76^ 75 78 



May 19. 



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AN UP TO DATE TIRE REPAIR .'HOP. 

 Whicn the Continental Caontchonc Co. installed a special 

 combination wrapping and buffing machine in their repair 

 shop at No. 43 Warren street. New York, they completed 

 what is one of the best equipped tire repairing plants in 

 America. This, by- the way, is the only machine of the kind 

 in this countrj'. I'ntil this machine was put in operation 

 the buffing was mostlj- done by hand, a slow method at best, 

 and not always satisfactory. Another machine in the Con- 

 tinental outfit that deserves special mention is a sewing ma- 

 chine of extraordinary strength for stitching through tire 

 covers. Besides these, there are five other especially designed 

 machines in use, each having an important part in the gen- 

 eral scheme of the shop. All the machines and the men to 

 operate them were imported from the "home" factory, at 

 Hanover, German}-. Twelvemen, each an expert in his line, 



CONTINENTAL CAOUTCHOUC CO.'S REPAIR DEPOT. 

 [Curncr of tlie Consliuctiun Room, Repair Department ] 



