July i, 1906.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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NEWS OF THE AMERICAN RUBBER TRADE. 



THE BOWERS RUBBER CO. REBUILDING. 

 1% ,r\<. \V. F. BOWERS, of the Bowers Rubber Co. (San 

 \/l Francisco), who was a recent visitor in the office of 

 -^ *" Till.; Indi.v RuiiUKK World, talked most interest- 

 ingly of the earthquake experiences as they relate 

 to the Bovvers company. It seems that although the earth- 

 quake was somewhat severe, it in no way injured the fac- 

 tory, and the hands, after a brief scare, were hard at work 



as usual and the factory would have been running right 

 straight along had it not been for the fire that finally drove 

 them away from the building and destroyed it. 



It was very fortunate for Mr. Bowers that he had already 

 begun the erection of a new factory at Black Diamond, some 

 50 miles from San Francisco. This he at once began to rush 

 to completion, and at the time this paper goes to press ma- 

 chinery will have arrived for its equipment, and it will be 

 running bj- the first of August. 



After the fire, Mr. Bowers hunted up his help and moved 

 them all out to Black Diamond, erecting temporary houses 



for them and setting them at work wherever thej- fitted in. 

 The illustrations on this page show the calender room of the 

 old factory after the fire and one of the temporary houses at 

 Black Diamond. 



A GOLF BALL THAT PAYS NO ROYALTY. 



To THE Editor op The Indi.\ Rubber World : We wish 

 to call your attention to a part of statement in your issue of 



June I (page 291), which you have copied from the New York 

 Sttn. This article states ; " In this country all other makers 

 of rubber cored balls pay a royally to the patentees' firm, 

 ;ind should the House of Lords sustain the American patent, 

 which the lower courts have not done, makers of rubber 

 cored balls the world over would have to pay a similar 

 royalty. " 



We wish to state that the Par ball, manufactured by the 

 Republic Rubber Co.. is a rubber cored ball with a Gutta- 

 l)ercha cover, and is manufactured by this company under 

 United States patent No. 730,303. We pay no royalty to 

 any patentee referred to in the article printed in your paper. 

 We have taken every possible means, and at considerable 

 expense, to acquaint every individual golf player that we will 

 protect him absolutely in his rights to play the Par ball ; we 

 liave also advised every dealer who handles the Par ball, 

 absolute protection. the republic ribber co. 



VuutiKslown. Ohio, June 7. iy'->6. By J. Lomasney, \'icc Picsidftit. 



GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.'S REPORT. 

 The fourteenth ann' al report of the General Electric Co. 

 (Schenectady, New York), for the year ending January 31, 

 1906, shows : Goods billed during year, $43, 146,902 ; orders 

 received, $50,044,272 ; profits, §7.319,160.61 ; dividends paid, 

 $3,861,062; surplus at end of year, $12027295,09. The 

 capital authorized is $60,000,000 and the amount outstand- 

 ing $54,286,750. Cash figured in the assests at $6,356,093,- 

 77 ; the company have no note payable; the patent account 

 has been written off until it amounts to only $i,ooo,oco 

 (this account figured at $4,000,000 in 1899). The report 

 does not refer in anjway to the company's rubber depart- 

 ment, but this is very important, in view of the amount of 

 insulated wire sold from their factories. 



RUBBER FOOTWEAR FOR THE INDIANS. 

 Propos.\ls were opened at St. Louis, on April 26 by the 

 board of Indian commissioners of the United States, for cer- 

 tain supplies for the Indian service for the fiscal year begin- 

 ning July I, 1906, to include the articles of footwear in the 

 following list. With the e.xception of that to I\Ir. Sherman, 

 al! the awards were made to J. Edmund Strong, who is said 

 to represent the Edwards-Stanwood Shoe Co. (Chicago), and 

 who has been the successful bidder for several jears past. 

 Below is a list of the articles contracted for, together with 

 the prices at which the awards were made: 



Soo pairs, men's rubbers, Nos. 7-1 1 J2 45^ 



2965 pairs, overslioes, arctics, boy s Nos. 1-6 6,S .86 



1230 pairs, overshoes, arctics, misses, Nos. II 2 59 



1590 pairs overshoes, arctics, men's Nos. 7-1 1 1.02 



575 pairs overshoes, rubber boys', Nos. 1-6 36 .44 



515 pairs, overshoes, rubber misses', Nos 1 1-2 -3'^ 



1715 pairs, ovenshoes, rubber, women's Nos. 3-8 38 



190 pairs, overshoes, rubber, men's Nos. 711 54)^ 



William F. Sherman, St. Louis, was awarded the contract 

 for 1590 pairs of women's arclics, Nos. 3-8, for 72 cents 

 The total number contracted for is 11,170 pairs, against 8607 

 pairs called for last year. 



AMERICAN RUBBER MANUFACTURING CO. 

 The factory of this company in Spear street, San Fran- 

 cisco, was demolished by the earthquake in April, though 

 not reached by the fire. Their machinery was only slightly 



