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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September i, 1906. 



=The final meeting of the G & J Tire Association — the so 

 called "tire pool," the dissolution of which has been men- 

 tioned before in Tine India Ruhhkr World — was held in 

 New York on August 7, when steps were taken to wind up 

 its affairs. The date of the dissolution is September i, 



= DeVoll Tire Co., August 6, 1906, under New Jersey 

 laws ; authorized capital $250,000. Incorporators : Charles 

 H. DeVoU, No. 146 West Twenty-third street, New York ; 

 Henry S. Howland, Montclair, N. J., John J. Hallerniau, 

 Flushing, N. Y. 



= The annual two weeks' shutdown of the Woousocket 

 Rubber Co. began on August 10. Meanwhile some of the 

 arctic makers from the "Alice " mill of that company were 

 cmplojed on a hurry order for arctics at the Banigan rubber 

 factory, at Olneyville, Rhode Island. 



= The factories of the Goodyear's India Rubber Glove 

 M.iiiufacturing Co., at Naugatuck, Conn., resumed work on 

 August 13. after llie summer shutdown. 



= The "Michelin Touring Card " issued by the Michelin 

 Products Selling Co., Inc. (New York), over the signature 

 of Manager E. D. Wiuans, introduces the bearer to Michelin 

 agents wherever found -and they certainly are numerous — 

 Willi a rccjuest that the courtesies of the agencies be extended 

 lo liim. The cirds. of course, are designed for users of 

 Michelin tires. 



= I'he >innu il picnic tendered by The Can:i(lian Ruliber Co. 

 of Montreal, Limited, to its emplojes, on Saturday, July 7, 

 was attended by 1600. Two steamers chartered for the oc- 

 casion were lashed together and proceeded on the St. Law- 

 rence abreast to Berthier. where the picnic was given. Pres- 

 ident Stephens and the leading members of the official staff 

 attended and it was an enjoyable affair throughout. 



— The Trenton Scrap Rubber Supply Co. (Trenton N. J.). 

 reports business good. The firm is composed of H. I'ried- 

 man and I. Plneburg. The warehouse of the company is at 

 Nos. 49-51 Daymond street. South Trenton. It has been 

 established but eight nionths, but is already shipping rub- 

 ber scrap at a liberal rate. 



= A change has been made in the official list of Aiton 

 Machine Co., manufacturers of rubber factory machinery, 

 New York and Harrison, N. J. Mr. Arthur S. Beves, form- 

 erly secretary of the companj', becomes president, Mr. 

 Thomas A. Aiton remains vice president, and Mr. John S. 

 Showell has been elected secretary. 



= The inventory and appraisal of the property of the Fal- 

 con Rubber Co. (New Haven, Connecticut), as filed by Re- 

 ceiver Sherman F. Foote, show that the assets of the com- 

 pany amount to S.^5,551. The assets exceed the liabilities, 

 and the receiver will sell the property and wind up the 

 affairs of the concern. 



= Tlie F'isk Rublier Co. (Chicopee I'-alls, Massachusetts! 

 continue to make additions to their tire factory. Tlie latest 

 is a two story building 50 ■ 125 feet, the first floor of which 

 is to be used as a shipping room, and the second for addi- 

 tional offices and a buffet dining room for the use of the 

 company's officers at luncheon. 



=The Rubberlte material mentioned in the last I.ndia 

 RuuHRU World [page .172] as having been ap]>lied to belt- 

 ing, is also being used in steam hose, suction hose, air brake 

 hose, g irden hose, packings, nnd other meclinniral niblur 

 goods. The manufacturers aie The Mcllroy Belling and 

 Hose Co., Nos. 19-31 South Canal street. Chicago. 



=The sale is reported of two former rubber factory 

 plants. That of the W. H. Conant Gossamer Rubber 

 Co., at South Frainingham, Massachusetts, was sold to W. II. 

 Long, who probably will erect a leather shoe factory on the 

 site. The other is that of the Conant Rubber Co., at the 

 same place, a concern which went into the hands of receivers 

 in the summer of 1905, The latter plant will be devoted to 

 rubber reclaiming, by the Rickaby Rubber Manufacturing 

 Co., headed by Frank B. Rickaby, formerly of Boston and 

 more recently connected with the rubber trade at Akron, 

 Ohio. 



= Slandard Rubber Co (Trenton, New Jersey) have opened 

 at Syracuse, New York, a branch supply house for mechani- 

 cal rubber goods, with a specialty of mill and plumbers' sup- 

 plies, to be conducted under the name Consolidated Supply 

 Co. J I). Brady is president . J. W. Teller, vice president; 

 and John M. Wright secretary and treasurer. Mr. Brady 

 will visit Syracuse weekly in the interest of the business. 



= The regular quarterly dividend of 1 i^ per cent, on the 

 preferred shares of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. was 

 declared at a meeting of the directors held on August 1. It 

 is payable September 15 to shareholders of record Septem- 

 ber .S. 



= Mr. V. B. Lang, lately elected a vice president of the 

 Hartford Rubber Works Co. , has gone to Hartford to as- 

 sume that post. During the past year he has been at De- 

 troit, Michigan, in charge of the construction there of the 

 new factory of Morgan dt Wright. 



= Rubberliide Co., No. 212 Essex street, Boston, are mar- 

 keting rubber boots and shoes with leather soles made under 

 patents owned by the company. Their factory is at Ran- 

 dolph, Mass. The rubbers they use are manufactured by 

 the Goodyear's India Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co. 



= The town of Glen Cove, Long Island, has been canvassed 

 lately by W. L. Stauffel, some time interested in the rubber 

 footwear manufacture at Setanket, with a view to securing 

 capital for a $250,000 rubber shoe factory in the former 

 place. 



= Grieb Rubber Co., Inc. (Philadelphia), notify the trade 

 not to heed notices which have been sent out alleging an in- 

 fringement by them of a patent on a rubber heel, containing 

 cotton duck and fiber. The company state that thej- will 

 protect their customers in the sale of their " Rival " heels. 



= Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Chicago), reputed to be the 

 largest firm in the world in the mail order trade, are reported 

 to have placed with the I'nited States Rubber Co. a single 

 order for $750,000 worth of rubber footwear. Sears, Roe- 

 buck & Co. are incorporated under the laws of New York, 

 with $40,000,000 capital authorized. Their sales in 1905 

 reached $38,708,526. 



= Tlie Luzerne Rubber Co. (Trenton, New Jersey) have 

 filed plans for an addition to their factory, to cost $5000. 



= Tlie General Rubber Co. have declared a dividend, for 

 the last business year, of 4 per cent., on their capital stock 

 of $3,000,000. The company is a purchasing concern, the 

 shares of which are held by the United States Rubber Co. 

 and the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. 



= Cards are out for the wedding, on September 5, of Mr. 

 James M. -S. Carroll, of the Canadian Rubber Co. of Mont- 

 real, Limited, and Miss Mary Alberta Cameron, daughter 

 of Mr. and Mrs. .Allan Cameron, of Montreal, in the Church 

 of St. James the .Apostle. 



