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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June i, 19c 6. 



= Mr. Harrison C. Frost was mentioned in the last issue 

 of this Journal as having been " appointed " second vice 

 president of the Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal, Liiuited. 

 The position was created at a recent meeting of the directors, 

 and Mr. Krost duly elected to it, to have charge of the oper- 

 ating departments of the business — manufacturing, purchas- 

 ing, and selling. 



= Mr. J. A. Wade, well known in the New Knglaiid rubber 

 industry, has been ap|)ointed manager of the luecluniical 

 goods department of the Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal. 

 Limited. Mr. F. A. Paulin, connected hitherto with im- 

 portant .\merican tire factories, has been placed in charge of 

 the Canadian compan3-'s tire department. 



= An attachment for $25,000 was placed. May 22, on the 

 property of the Atlantic Rubber Shoe Co. (Providence, Rhode 

 Island), in the suit of Kthan II. Cutler, of Boston, to recover 

 money claimed to be due him for services rendered the com- 

 pany while in their employ as selling agent, between April, 

 1904, and October, 1905. 



= The directors of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber 

 Co. have declared a semi annual dividend of S3 per share on 

 the preferred stock, i)ayable June 15, 1906, to stockholders 

 of record June 5. 



=The International A. & V. Tire Co. (Milltown, New 

 Jersey), have become established at new quarters in San 

 Francisco since the fire — at No. 318 Market street. 



= The position of general manager has not been filled for 

 several years past bj- the United States Rubber Co. This 

 year, however, the position has been revived, and in recogni- 

 tion of the ability of Mr Homer K. Sawyer, he has been pro- 

 moted to the discharge of its responsibilities. 



T-I>ennsvlvania Rubber Co. (Jeannette, Pa.) have opened 

 branch stores for the sale of their tires and mechanical rub- 

 ber goods, as follows: Chicago, No. 1241 Michigan avenue; 

 Buffalo, N. v.. Main and Tupper streets; Atlanta, Ga., No. 

 102 North Pryor street — in addition to the branches already 

 established in New York. Philadelphia, Boston, and London. 

 = Philip Broomfield & Co., dealers in rubber scrap, in 

 Boston, have removed to their new building on Midway 

 street, off A street. They occupj' a three storj* building 

 (4000 square feet on each floor), with a sjiacious yard adja- 

 cent to railwaj- tracks, and equipped with the best mechani- 

 cal appliances for handling stocks. 



= Gustave Van den Kerckhove, for manj* jears identilied 

 with India-rubber interests, has opened an office as consult- 

 ing e.xpert on rubber, at 21, rue de la Fenne, Brussels, for 

 dealing with commercial and technical valuations of crude 

 rubber, and reporting on rubber cultural prospectuses. 



= Standard Asphalt and Rubber Co., mentioned in the 

 April India Rihhkr World (page 237) as having been in- 

 corporated in New Jersey with $1,000,000 capital authorized, 

 have opened offices in Chicago, at No. 218 La Salle street. 

 E. G. Leszynsky is president, F. S. Ackerman vice president, 

 and A. B. Wilson secretary and treasurer. Work has been 

 begun on the construction of a factory at Independence, 

 Kansas, from the manufacture from crude petroleum of 

 roofing materials, insulating materials, pipe coatings, etc., 

 under patents controlled by the company. 



= The India Rubber and Gutta Percha Insulating Co. (New 

 York) have removed their New York office from No. 13 Cort- 

 landt street to No. 253 Broadwaj'. where Mr. James B. Olson, 

 their sales manager, will have largely increased facilities. 



=Farrar Fenton, the inventor of what is known in Eng- 

 land as Fenton 's "artificial rubber," arrived in New York 

 on May 2, en route for Chicago, where a company has been 

 formed for exploiting this product in the United States. The 

 coinpan)', known as the National Co., has headquarters at 

 506 Rector building, and was promoted by Henry P. Daly, 

 of Chicago. Mr. Fenton is 75 years of age. 



= r)r. J. T. Cooper, of Paterson, New Jersey, has made 

 arrangements for the manufacture and sale of his "Fear- 

 naught " puncture i)roof tire in Canada, in which country 

 it has been patented, as well as in Great liritain, France, 

 (Germany, and the United States. 



=The Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal. Limited, have 

 placed on the market their new " Keystone " side wire tire. 

 This tire has some features not to be found in any other 

 make, and The Canadian Rubber Co. have exclusive control 

 of the patent rights for manufacture and sale in the Domin- 

 ion. A large amount of business has been booked, and the 

 carriage trade are displaying great interest in the new tire. 



= Mr. R. J. Younge, sales manager of The Canadian Rub- 

 ber Co. of Montreal, Limited, has been on an extended busi- 

 ness tour in western Canada, visiting the company's sales 

 Ijranches and also calling on the trade. 



= Tlie new rubber cement factory of The Canadian Rubber 

 Co. ot Montreal, Limited, is now in full operation, and ex- 

 clusive contracts for the supply of rubber cemeiu have now 

 been concluded with some of the principal footwear manu- 

 facturers of the Dominion. The plant is equipped with all 

 the latest appliances for the production of high grade cement. 

 Mr. A. D. Thornton, technical superintendent of the com- 

 panj', devotes a good deal of his time to this special branch 

 of manufacture. 



= Mr. F. A. Paulin is now in charge of the Tire depart- 

 ment of The Canadian Rubber Co of Montreal, Limited. 

 Mr. Paul n is a Canadian by birth, and spent his early years 

 in the carriage trade in Ontario. He has had extended ex- 

 perience during the past 12 years throughout the larger cities 

 in the United States, and was lately Chicago manager for 

 The India Rubber Co. (New Brunswick, New Jersey). 



= Grieb Rubber Co.. Inc. (Philadelphia), send out to their 

 customers every month a bulletin calling attention to their 

 newest products, which is original and attractive in appeal - 

 ance and contents, and can hardly fail to be read with in- 

 terest by tho,se receiving it. 



= Hardnian Rubber Co. (Belleville, New Jersey), who have 

 been long known as makers of druggists' sundries, have 

 taken on extensively the manufacture of hard rubber sy- 

 ringes, as well as the hard rubber brushes mentioned already 

 in these pages. 



= The Postal Novelty Co. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), who 

 are well known for their original and ingenious ideas in 

 comic postal cards, have favored The India RrnnER World 

 with a number of their cards, showing what they can do in 

 the rubber line. One card, made in the shape of an express- 

 tag, has tied to it a tiny rubber hot water bag, perfect in all 

 but its size. On the back is pictured a dandj- toasting, or 

 rather stewing, his toes on a couple of hot water bags. Sev- 

 eral cards have a bit of rubber sponge or a rubber babj' nip- 

 ple tied in one corner, with various comic pictures and ap- 

 propriate inscriptions relative to suckers and sponging on 

 one's betters. The pictures are grotesque, but some of them 

 quite ingenious. 



