July i, 1906.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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= Some of the socalled minor industries connected with 

 the rubber trade are exceedingly large and hut little known. 

 For example, the manufacture of wooden shells, of which 

 every calender and stock room has hundreds, is practicallj- 

 in the hands of one concern, that of Adolph Martin & Son 

 (Passaic, New Jersey), who manufacture solid patent wooden 

 shells, of which there arc nearly a million in use in the rub- 

 ber manufactories at the present time. 



= Dr. Durand Woodman (New York), well known in the 

 rubber trade as an analytic chemist, continues to be called 

 as an expert in legal cases. A recent instance was where 

 the Morris Canal company, in New Jersey, proceeded against 

 the owners of a paper mill, for the alleged pollution of the 

 canal so as to render the water unfit for use by woolen fac- 

 tories supplied from the canal. Dr. Woodman testified for 

 the canal company, and the case appears to have been de- 

 cided upon his evidence. 



. =The Clark Insulation Co. (Boston) announce the change 

 of name to the Boston Insulated Wire and Cable Co., the 

 ownership and management remaining the same. 



= Oueen Manufacturing Co.. of Marshalltown, Iowa, will 

 remove their factorj- to Webster City, Iowa, the citizens of 

 which are reported to have invested $10,000 in the stock of 

 the company. The products — door mats. curr\' combs, and 

 various other specialties — are based upon patents issued to 

 A. S. Burnell. 



=That a man connected with the rubber trade in so im- 

 portant a way as IMr. Anton C. Eggers should achieve the 

 distinction of having his first operatic effort produced up:)n 

 a high class New York stage, brings up the question whether 

 there is any connection between rubber and music. The 

 operetta " Nina, " which was given throughout the first week 

 of May at Irving Place Theatre, is the work, both words 

 and music, of Mr. Eggers, of the Goodyear's India Rubber 

 (Move Manufacturing Co. The A'ew- Yorker Slaals Zeitung, 

 in a lengthy and favorable critique, remarked that Mr. 

 Eggers drew out his themes like rubber bands. In spite of 

 the joke, however, the critic predicts for the composer a 

 brilliant career in the world of music. 



= The United States Rubber Co. are filling orders for their 

 Pacific Coast trade from their store at Portland, Oregon. 

 They are negotiating for a new building in San Francisco, 

 and shall continue doing business there as formerl3-, as the5' 

 feel that San Francisco will be as large if not a larger dis- 

 tributing point than ever. Their temporary oflSce in that 

 city is at No. 2600 Pacific avenvie. 



= One of the newest applications of the conveyor belt 

 principle to merchandizing is a rubber belt 450 feet long, in 

 the United States Express Co. 's building in Hoboken, New 

 Jersey. The belt, which is 36 inches wide, will convey 

 packages from the wagons to the storage and distributing 

 department. 



=Joseph Dixon Crucible Co. (Jersey City, New Jersey) re- 

 fer to a series of tests on roller bearing made by Professor C. 

 H. Benjamin, at the Case School of Acquired Science (Cleve- 

 land, Ohio), compared with certain results which have been 

 obtained by Professor Goss, of Purdue University, from plain 

 bearings lubricated with kerosene and Dixon's Flake Graph- 

 ite. Without going into detail in this place it may be point- 

 ed out that the results tend to show that a graphitic mixture 

 well designed for the service expected of it madea verj-much 

 better showing than from the roller bearing. 



= The Siemon Hard Rubber Corporation (Bridgeport, Con- 

 necticut) have just completed an addition to their factorj' 

 which dujilicatL-s their floor space. They manufacture insu- 

 lating compounds entirely, and the increased space will be 

 used for the extension of their press room capacity. As 

 their work is along the lines of specialties for large manu- 

 facturers of electrical goods in the United States and Canada, 

 they do not issue any catalogue. 



= Mr. A. F. Townsend, president of the Manhattan Rubber 

 Manufacturing Co., has just returned from Peekskill, New 

 York, where he has been in camp with the National Guard 

 of New York state. He is lieutenant of Troop A, seventy- 

 first regiment. 



=Electric Hose and Rubber Co. (Wilmington) have filed 

 with the secretary of state of Delaware a certificate of in- 

 crease of capital from $300,000 to j;5oo,ooo. 



=The friends of Mr. Humphrey O'Sullivan, of the O'SuI- 

 livan Rubber Co. (Lowell, Massachusetts), are talking of 

 him for political promotion. His name has been mentioned 

 in connection with the positions of congressman and lieu- 

 tenant governor. 



=The Michelin Products Selling Co., Inc. (Nos. 31-33 

 West 31st street, New York), of which E. D. Winans is gen- 

 eral manager, have acquired the sole and exclusive rights in 

 the United States to import Michelin tires and other prod- 

 ucts of Michelin et Cie. , of Clermont-Ferrand, France. 



=U. S. Rubber Reclaiming Works (New York) have ar- 

 ranged for representation for the future sale of their products 

 to the European trade by Meyer & Bussweiler, Limited, 29, 

 INIincing lane, K. C, London, and Union Bank chambers, 

 Liverpool. The latter firm will keep stocks in Liverpool of 

 all the brands of the reclaiming company such as " Victoria " 

 (which has hitherto also been sold under the name of Excel- 

 sior "), " Matchless," etc. 



=The Gutta Perclia and Rubber Manufacturing Co. of 

 Toronto, Limited, are the only company on this continent 

 making revolving rubber heels, though this type of heel is 

 so widely used in Great Britain. They are also extensive 

 manufacturers of other rubber heels. 



= Mr. Charles N. Candee, secretary of the Gutta Percha 

 and Rubber Manufacturing Co. of Toronto, Limited, has re- 

 centl3' been on a visit to London, where his companj- have 

 successfully established a selling branch at i, Finsbury 

 .square, E. C. 



=The Webster Manufacturing Co. (New York), about 18 

 months ago installed a very large conveyor belt in the 

 works of the .A^merican Coke and Gas Construction Co., at 

 Camden, New Jersey, to carry the coke from the retort to 

 the disposal piles. Although the belt is of rubber and the 

 coke comes from the retort almost red hot, the belt has 

 proved such a success that a second one has just been put 

 in. 



=Mr. John D. Vermeule, president of the Goodyear's 

 India Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co., with which he has 

 been connected for more than 62 years, is still hale and 

 hearty, is enjoying his yearly vacation at his summer home 

 at York Cliffs, Maine. 



=]Messrs. Thomas Rowley & Co. have given up the offices 

 they have had for so many j'ears at 40, Corporation street, 

 Manchester, and their sole address will be at the works, 13, 

 Green Lane, Brook street, Manchester, which is only a short 

 walk from the center of the city. 



