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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July i, 1906. 



=At the annual meeting of the Easthampton Rubber 

 Thread Co. (Easthampton, Massachusetts), on June 19. I,. 

 S. Stowe was reelected president, Frederick T. Ryder treas- 

 urer, and K. W. Pitcher general manager. 



=The International Rubber Co., of Derby, was incorpo- 

 rated June 18, 1906, under the laws of Connecticut ; capital, 

 $5000. Incorporators: Charles E. Wood. I'iermont, N. Y., 

 Albert A. Manchester, Jr., and Frederick G. Gove, New York 

 city. 



= Milford Rubber Cement Co. was incorporated June 14, 

 1906, under the Massachusetts laws ; capital, $25,000, of 

 which $10,000 preferred. G. D. Morse, Milford, New Hamp- 

 shire, president : I'liilip H. Farlej-, No. 50 .State street, Bos- 

 ton, treasurer; J. Ellison Morse, Boston, clerk. 



=The various brands of Borneo rubber and Pontianak 

 (gutta-jelutong), hitherto sold by the late Pierre T. Belts 

 (New York), will be handled hereafter by Joseph Cantor, 

 Nos. 56-58 Pine street. 



= Referring to the projected new rubber factory at North 

 Brookfield, Massachusetts, mentioned in the last India 

 Rubber World, a local newspaper of June 14 reported : 

 " Everybody connected with the proposed new rubber manu- 

 facturing business for North Brookfield village is encouraged 

 by the prospect. It is understood that nearly one-half of the 

 proposed amount of stock has been raised. " Another paper 

 says that certain Boston people are read}, to take any of the 

 stock not subscribed in North Brookfield. 



=Maynard Rubber Corporation (Springfield, Massachu- 

 setts), retailers of rubber goods, held a meeting of directors 

 and stockholders at Hartford, Connecticut, on June iS, at 

 which a dividend of 8 per cent, for the year was declared. 



=The William Bolles Co. (Toledo, Ohio), June 11, 1906, 

 under Ohio laws, to handle hard rubber goods ; capital, $50,- 

 000. Incorporators : William Bolles, Joseph C. Bonner, 

 Dorothy B. Bolles, C. C. Bouttelle, Florence M. Bower. 

 This is a reorganization of The Standard Self Filling Pen 

 Co., manufacturers for three years past of a patented foun- 

 tain pen. The corporation has been formed for the purpose 

 of enlarging the business. They are now making hard rub- 

 ber holders, both for themselves and for the trade. 



=The business in Gutta-percha tissue carried on, in con- 

 nection with arude gutta, bj' the late Pierre T. Betts (New 

 York), has been taken over by the Bishop Gutta-Percha Co., 

 who manufactured the tissue .sold by Mr. Betts. The Bishop 

 company have always made Gutta-percha tissue, but have 

 not until now marketed tailors' tissue in their own name. 



= The incorporation of The A. Dewes Co. (New York) to 

 manufacture the steel flanges used in keeping in position 

 the endless solid tires used on commercial auto vehicles is 

 another evidence of the needs of this many sided industrj'. 

 The use of the side flange has grown enormously of late, its 

 many advantages having at last been recognized by users of 

 the solid tire in heavy work. Mr. A. Dewes, the inventor 

 of the Dewes solid endless tire, and the president of the new 

 company, has lately invented and patented some clever 

 machinery especially adapted to the making of these steel 

 flanges. 



= Charles M. Evans returned lately from an initial busi- 

 ness trip west and south in the interest of the Globe Mills 

 Rubber Co. (Lawrence, Massachusetts), and is reported to 

 have booked some exceedinglj- good orders for that com- 

 panj-'s rubber footwear. 



= L. C. Chase & Co. (Boston) have removed from No. 129 

 Washington street to new offices at No. 89 FVanklin street, 

 where they carry stocks of the products of their four mills, 

 one of which is the Reading Rubber Manufacturing Co. 

 The " housewarming " in their new premises took the foim 

 of a luncheon to which a number of the firm's customers 

 were invited. 



= The American Can Co. (New York), the largest manu- 

 facturers in America of tin cans for all purposes — including 

 rubber gathering cups, for use in rubber tapping — having 

 outgrown their former spacious quarters, have removed to a 

 new eight story steel frame fireproof and manufacturing 

 building at No. 447 West Fourteenth street. 



= Mr. D. McCullum, who for so many years successfully 

 marketed the substitutes manufactured by the Corn Products 

 Co., has gone out of that line of business and into that of 

 marketing real rubber, having connected himself as selling 

 agent with the Eastern Reclaimed Rubber Co. (New York). 



=The Apsley Rubber Co. (Hudson, Massachusetts) are 

 erecting at their factory a 50,000 gallon water tank as an ad- 

 ditional measure of fire protection. 



= Waterbury & Rising, of St. John, New Brunswick, have 

 leased a four story brick building in that city for 10 years, 

 and are having it remodeled to render it one of the best 

 equipped warerooms in the lower provinces of the Dominion. 

 The firui are maritime distribnters for the Gutta Percha and 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co. of Toronto, Limited, and the 

 importance of their trade is indicated bj- their employment 

 of five travelers in the maritime provinces. 



= Goldberg & Rathman, dealers in rubber scrap at Boston, 

 have found it necessary to enlarge their office space, and 

 part of the second floor of the building they occupy, Nos. 

 289-293 Commercial street, is being altered for that purpose. 



= Mr. George W. Knowlton, of the Boston rubber trade, 

 recently delivered an address before the members of the New- 

 England Street Railwaj' Club at the American House, Bos- 

 ton, on "The Fascinating Story of Rubber ", illustrated b}- 

 stereopticon views. Many samples of rubber were shown, 

 and an account of their source was given, and a reference 

 made to the use of rubber in street railway insulation work. 



^Mr. Edward E. Menges, formerly general manager of 

 the Seamless Rubber Co. (New Haven), has purchased the 

 box manufacturing business of C. H. Watrous, at Middle- 

 town, Connecticut, which he purposes conducting in future 

 upon a larger scale. 



=The Rev. Everett D. Burr, d.d., of Newton, Massachu- 

 setts, has been delivering before men only a lecture on the 

 methods which he understands to have been practised in 

 rubber gathering in the Congo F'ree State. At latest ac- 

 counts he had delivered 200 addresses, in 59 cities and 

 towns. 



The New England Rubber Club plan their midsummer 

 outing for this year along somewhat different lines from 

 those of previous years. Instead of going inland they ex- 

 pect to take a steamer trip to one of the beautiful islands in 

 the harbor perhaps to Fort Warren, where baseball and 

 other sports will be enjoyed. At the conclusion of the 

 sports they will reimbark on the steamer and a brief run 

 takes them to Point Shirley, where at the club house they 

 are to be served with a shore dinner. After the dinner one 

 can return to Boston by boat or by train. The date set for 

 the outing is July 18. 



