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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July i, 1906. 



d.iiu,.L;^n ami Uicii slock rcuiaiiicii piacticallj' intact. The 

 company are erecting a larger factory, to include consider- 

 able new machinery, in Oakland, which they expect to have 

 in operation very shortly, making the same line as i)revi- 

 ously — hose, belting, and packing, and other mechanical 

 rubber goods. This company was incorporated earlj' in 

 :90s to succeed to the business of the West Coast Rubber Co. 



CANRELD RUBBER CO. — EXTENSION. 



An important addition is being made to the manufactur- 

 ing facilities of the Canfield Rubber Co. (Hridgeport, Con- 

 necticut). They have leased and are fitting up the Knajjp 

 & Cowles factory property, at Railroad avenue and Garden 

 street, where they are installing an entirely new power 

 plant, putting in a heavj- duty engine with direct connic- 

 tion to luill room and rope drive for balance of the plant. 

 This additional factory will accommodate twice the present 

 working force, and provide room for other lines of produc- 

 tion which may be added from time to time. 



NEW ENGLAND RUBBER CLUB COMMITTEES. 



Tin; following assignments on committees of the New 

 Kngland Rubber Club have been made for the current year. 

 The secretary, treasurer, and assistant treasurer are mem- 

 bers t'.r offu'io of the dinner, entertainment, and sports 

 committees : 



Pinner. — l-raiicis H. Applelon, ohairniaii ; luijjeiie H Clapp, 

 J. Frank Dunbar, G. E. B. Putnam, Kniest B. Benson. 



Entertainment.— Oeox^c H. Mayo, chairman ; K. K. Fay, Wil- 

 liam H. Palmer, J. S. Patterson, George O Currier Jr. 



Auditing — J. Frank Dunbar, George P. Euslis 



S/>orts.—\V. E. Parker, chairman ; F. D. liakierston , R L. Cliip- 

 ni m, W. E. Farrington, Frederick T. Ryder. 



Resolutions. — Arthur \\*. Stedman, chairman ; George V. U'liil- 

 more, E. H. Wadbrook. 



RUBBER MACHINERY FOR EUROPE. 

 The Birmingham Iron Foundr}- (Derby, Connecticut), are 

 u 1 ierstood to have received orders recently for calenders 

 and washers for the rubber factory of Michelin et Cie., of 

 Clermont-Ferrand, and for a new rubber concern in Paris, 

 t'le SociCte Parisienne du Caoutchouc Industriel. American 

 machinery of this type, by the way, is dutiable at a rate 50 

 per cent, higher than is paid on imi)orts from England or 

 Germany. Mr. F. D. Wanning, secretary and treasurer of 

 the Birmingham foundry, lately returned from a visit to 

 Europe. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS 



The Kenton Rubber Co., at Kenton, Ohio , May 29, 1906, 

 under Ohio laws; capital, §25,000 Incorporators: John 

 N. Kurtinden, L. A. Ansley, Charles S. Franklin, A. P. 

 Conant. and Mabel A. Franklin. 



= Dodge Rubber Stamp Co. (Oakland, Cal.), May 25, 1906, 

 under California laws; capital authorized, $25,000. Direc- 

 tors: H. L. Breed, J. S. Dodge, K. T. Dodge. 



= Rubber Manufacturing and Distribiiting Co., a Maine 

 corporation, has filed in Washington state its papeis of in- 

 corporation, with notice of appointment of L. B. Ilitchings, 

 at Seattle, Wash., as agent in that state. 



= Ama7.on Rubber Co., May 10, 1906, under Xew Jersey 

 laws; authorized capital $1,000,000. Incorporators: J. 

 George Lutz, Charles II. Hanson, John J. Griffin, and Ken- 

 neth K. McLaren (connected with a corporation agency; — all 

 of No. 15 Exchange place, Jersey City, N. J. 



= Multiplex Tube Tire Co., May 8, 1906, under New Jersey 



laws; authorized capital, Ji, 000, 000. Incorporators: Frank 

 A. Magowan, Frank B. Adams, John P. Fritts, and Kenneth 

 K. McLaren — all of No. 15 E-xchange place, Jersey City. N. J. 



= The Flexible Tire Co. (Springfield, Mass.), May 15, 

 1906, under Massachusetts laws ; capital, $60,000, in $10 

 shares. William G. Marr, president ; Richard J. Talbot, 

 treasurer; Dr. James P. Hillard, clerk. 



= JIetropolitan Rubber Co., April 21, 1906, under the 

 laws of New Jersey ; capital, $2000. Incorporators: Will- 

 iam I'. Ackerman, Harvey H. Westervelt. and Edwin A. 

 Westervelt, all of Jersey "Citj'. 



= The Paige Rubber and Asbestos Co., April 11, 1906, 

 under Missouri laws ; capital $20,000. Incorporators : Na- 

 thaniel Paige, Jr., (president); Willard S. Paul, and Clara 

 Paul. The company have established at No. 1 2 1 East Fourth 

 street, Joplin, Mo., a business in supplying the important 

 mining district of which that town is the center with mechan- 

 ical rubber goods. It is the first exclusive rubber and as- 

 bestos house in that region. 



= International Rubber Co., May 24, 1906, under New- 

 Jersey laws; capital. $100,000. Incorporators: John W. 

 Ingram, Le Grand Bouker, George H. Russell. Registered 

 office : No. 243 Washington street, Jersey City. 



The Anti Rubber Tire Co., recently incorporated under 

 the laws of California, are erecting a factory at Wilmington, 

 near Los Angeles, for making leather automobile and bicycle 

 tires. 



=The Bristletite Brush and Rubber Co., February 28, 

 1906, under New Jersey laws; capital, $25,000. Incorpora- 

 tors : George F. Travis, John H. Hoppe, and John H. East- 

 wood, all of Belleville, New Jersej'. The comjiany make a 

 specialty' of a rubber handled shaving brush, manufactured 

 for them by the Hardmaii Rubber Co. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The recent issue of $500,000 additional capital stock of 

 the Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal, Limited, brings the 

 total to $2,000,000, the authorized capital of the companj'. 

 It has been found necessary to increase their manufacturing 

 facilities, and also their working capital, and the new issue 

 has been approved by the shareholders, taking effect on 

 June 15. at par to the existing shareholders, in the ratio of 

 I to 3. 



= The Pacific coast manager of the Diamond Rubber Co. 

 (Akron, Ohio), after the destruction of the San P'rancisco 

 headquarters, crossed the bay to Oakland, to look for new 

 premises. Not finding anything suited for his purpose, he 

 contracted with a local builder to have a frame structure, 

 covering 5000 square feet of ground, erected within 12 days, 

 and it was done. Meanwhile, 3 carloads of goods had ar- 

 rived from the factory at Akron, and further shipments 

 were on the way. 



= Mr. William J Ciorham, the exceedingly energetic presi- 

 dent of the Gorham Rubber Co. (San Francisco), is justly 

 proud of the fact that after the earthquake and fire the build- 

 ing that he rushed up to house his employes was the very 

 first of the quick building operations that at once began. 



= The strike of the Boston Insulator and Asbestos Work- 

 ers' Union for an advance of 50 cents per day, which was in- 

 augurated on May i, and mentioned in the last issue of this 

 paper, has been continued indefinitely, by a vote of the 

 strikers in secret ballot on May 21. 



