July i, 1906.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER AVORLD 



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= \Vork was begun at the factory of the recently organ- 

 ized Ivlkhart Rubber Works (Ivlkhart, Indiana) on June 11, 

 the initial output being pump valves. The plant is in 

 charge of George W. Graham, lately employed at one of the 

 Canadian factories. 



= Additional sales branches and distributing agencies of 

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

 been opened at Regina, Saskatchewan ; Calgary, Alberta ; 

 and Victoria. British Columbia. The growth of the com- 

 pany's business in the West has necessitated these exten- 

 sions, and a big increase of business is looked for as a result. 

 This was the work of Mr. R. J. Younge, general sales man- 

 ager, who during his absence visited the United States Paci- 

 fic coast, returning home via Chicago. 



= The river frontage of office and factory buildings of The 

 Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal, Limited, are being util- 

 ized for advertising purposes very effectively. Exceedingly 

 attractive signs have been put up that will be seen by the 

 whole of the river traffic, coming into and leaving the port 

 of Montreal. 



= The " Canadian " hanger of The Canadian Rubber Co. of 

 Montreal. Limited, is perhaps the most attractive piece of 

 advertising work of its kind seen in Canada. It was de- 

 signed by the company's advertising manager, Mr. J. Morris 

 Carroll, and is 40 • 19 inches. The design shows a winter 

 scene on Mount Royal, and calls attention to the company's 

 footwear. It is much appreciated by jobbers. 



= Mr. A. J. MacLaren, li. sc, general superintendent of 

 the rubber goods department of The Canadian Rubber Co. 

 of Montreal, Limited, is a graduate of McGill University 

 (Montreal), class of 1896. 



=Mr. George M. Allerton, treasurer of the Seamless Rub- 

 ber Co. (New Haven, Connecticut), was a passenger on the 

 steamer Chicara, from Toronto' to Niagara Falls, on June 8, 

 when that boat had an experience in a storm, when about 

 two miles from the mouth of the Niagara river, which none 

 of those on board would care to repeat. After the storm, 

 and when the boat had been safely docked, a deputation of 

 the passengers, headed by Mr. Allerton, called upon the cap- 

 tain, C. J. Smith, to express their praise of the manner in 

 which he had handled the boat under such trying condi- 

 tions, and surprised him with the present of a purse con- 

 taining a handsome sum of money. 



=The management of The Canadian Rubber Co. of Monl 

 treal. Limited, will tender a complimentary picnic to al- 

 their employes on Saturday, July 14. Two steamers have 

 been chartered, and the festivities will be held at the quaint 

 old town of Berthier, P. (^. Over 2000 of the company- 's 

 work people and officials will take part in the picnic. Mr. 

 D. Lome McGibbon, vice president and managing director, 

 is the moving spirit in the picnic, and intends that all taking 

 part shall have a verj' enjoyable time. 



= The common stock of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing 

 Co., in which there had been practically no trading since the 

 merger with the United States Rubber Co., has been stricken 

 from the unlisted department of the New York Stock Kx- 

 change. 



= There has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange 

 an additional $300,000 of first preferred stock of the United 

 States Rubber Co., issued on account of the extension of the 

 plant of the Morgan & Wright Co., making the total amount 

 of first preferred stock authorized to be listed $37,876,900. 



=Mr. Elliott Durrand, president of the Cascasjal Planta- 

 tion Co., of Mexico, advises The India Ruhber World 

 that the result of the first experimental tapping from 100 

 trees was 10 pounds of dry rubber. This tajiping, however, 

 was done at the end of the dry season, and very lightly at 

 that. 



= The Hadley Cement Co. of Canada, Liniited, has been 

 incorporated under the laws of the Dominion. The company 

 is separate from The Hadley Cement Co. (Lynn, Massachu- 

 setts), though the factory is operated by parties interested 

 in the latter. The factory is located at Cote St. Paul, about 

 3 miles from Montreal, and is designed to supply Canadian 

 users of the Hadley cements more promptly, and without the 

 payment of import duties as formerly. 



DINNER TO EX-GOVERNOR BOURN. 

 A coMi'LiMEXTARV dinner in honor of the Hon. Augustus 

 O. Bourn, former governor of Rhode Island and president of 

 the Bourn Rubber Co., was given one evening recently at 

 the Hotel Belvedere, at Bristol, R. I., by friends whom he 

 has entertained annually for a number of years on the anni- 

 versaries of his 

 birth. The affair 

 was so planned 

 as to make it 

 a complete sur- 

 ]) r i s e to Mr. 

 Bourn, from 

 whose knowledge 

 it was kept until 

 the time came for 

 sitting down to 

 the banquet ta- 

 ble. There were 

 16 in the party, 

 and the event 

 was thoroughly 

 enjoyed by all 

 present. At the 

 postprandial ex. 

 ercises Colonel Samuel P. Colt, president of the United 

 States Rubber Co., acted as toastmaster, and all the guests 

 made brief addresses. There was music by an orchestra 

 from Providence. The party included A. O. Bourn, Jr., 

 Colonel Stephen W. Bourn, Judge O. L. Bosworth, Senator 

 H. H. Shepard, John P. Reynolds, Dr. C. J. Hasbrouck, 

 former Lieutenant Governor Wjlliam T. C. Ward well, Joseph 

 E. Fletcher, B. Thomas Potter, Charles B. Rockwell, Walter 

 H. Barney, E. C. Pierce, H. H. Bedell and Charles F. Chace. 

 Letters of regret at absence were from Governor Utter and 

 David S. Barry. 



Governor Bourn became interested in the rubber industry 

 in 1855, immediately after his graduation from Brown Uni- 

 versity, joining the company in which his father was inter- 

 ested, and he is still actively engaged in the business. 



PNEUMATIC TIRE POOL TO DISSOLVE. 

 It appears probable that the selling agreement among the 

 makers of pneumatic tires which expires on September i 

 next will not be renewed, in view of the announcement that 

 The B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron, Ohio) will withdraw on that 

 date from the so called "pool ". The basis of the agreement 

 is an estimated production during twelve months, amounting 



