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1 TE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February i, 1909. 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



APSLEY KUBBER CO.S NEW CHICAGO DEPOT. 



Tllli; Rubber Manufacturing and Distributing Co., incorpor- 

 ated in 1906, and conducting business at Seattle and 

 Spokane, Washington, liave secured commodious quarters 

 at Xos. 200-202 Monroe street, Chicago, and entered upon 

 a general rubber jobbing business. Hereafter Chicago will 

 be headquarters for this corporation, and it will give 

 special attention to the city trade and that of the large 

 territory tributary to Chicago, which will be cultivated with 

 the same enterprise which led to the rapid success of the 

 company's operation on the Pacific coast. The Rubber Man- 

 ufacturing and Distributing Co. are the Chicago representa- 

 tives of the Apsley Rubber Co. (Hudson, Massachusetts). 

 and will handle the latter's well known line of "Dry Shod" 

 boots and shoes, and their lines of mackintoshes and rubber 

 clothing. The Hon. L. D. Apsley, the founder and president 

 of the Rubber Manufacturing and Distributing Co., and 

 among the larger stockholders in each company are to be 

 found the names of well known capitalists. The Rubber Man- 

 ufacturing and Distributing Co. opened their doors in Chi- 

 cago on January 14, on which date many representatives 

 of the Chicago rubber trade and others sent beautiful floral 

 pieces. The house is in charge of Mr. L. B. Hitchings, 

 treasurer of the corporation, ably assisted by Mr. Campbell. 



THE NEW BUFFALO FACTORY. 



The organization of the Preston Fabric Tire Co. (Bufifalo, 

 New York), the incorporation of which was reported in 

 The Indi.\ Robber World of November i, has been com- 

 pleted by the election of Christian Wesp, president; Morris 

 R. Evans, vice-president; A. S. Collins, treasurer; Philip 

 Wesp, Jr., secretary; and James F. Preston, general mana- 

 ger. They report having all the capital required, and a com- 

 plete outfit of machinery. The object is the manufacture 

 of automobile tires, tire tubes, cotton belting, and fire hose. 

 Mr. Preston is the inventor of fabric weaving processes 

 appliable to hose and tire making, which he at one time was 

 engaged in manufacturing in Massachusetts. 



THE AMERICAN CONTINENTAL CAOUTCHOUC CO. 



Continental Caoutchouc Co. (Nos. 1788-1790 Broadway, New 

 York) announce that all the Hanover interests in that company 

 have been purchased, and that hereafter "Continental" products 

 will be marketed by American interests only. Continental Caout- 

 chouc Co., organized as the American branch of the Continental 

 Caoutchouc- und Gutta Percha-Compagnie, became a corpo- 

 ration under the laws of New York June 23, 1903, since which 

 time they have undertaken the manufacture of "Continental" 

 tires in the United States. 



BORGFELDTS RUBBER DEPARTMENT. 



George Borgfeldt & Co. (New York) announce; "We are 

 again sole agents for the United States and Canada for the 

 Hanover Vulcanite Co., whose celebrated line of Hanover 

 rubber goods we displayed under our roof for over a quarter 

 of a century previous to the early part of last year." The 

 German company referred to is the Hannoversche -Gummi- 

 Kamm Compaguie, Aktiengesellschaft, the business of which 

 was established in 1862. Their lines handled by Messrs. 

 Borgfeldt include rubber combs, pure red rubber toys, rub- 

 ber sponges, and hard and soft rubber surgical goods. Mr. 

 Julius Lehmann, as before, is manager of the rubber depart- 

 ment' at Borgfeldt's, which house has added to its list of 

 branches one at Montreal, in the Coristine building, at St. 

 Paul and St. Nicholas streets. They have new quarters in 

 San Francisco at Nos. 770-776 Mission street. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The trustee of the Mechanical Rubber Co.'s first mortgage 6 

 per cent, bonds of the Mechanical Rubber Co., of 1893, announces 

 that he is prepared to expend $100,819.39 i" t'le purchase of bonds 

 of said issue, provided the same can be made advantageously, bids 

 to be received up to February 15. 



Mr. R. R. Drake, formerly associated with The Diamond Rub- 

 ber Co., has severed that connection to assume charge of adjust- 

 ments for the Continental Caoutchouc Co. (New York). 



The plant of the Richmond Rubber Tire Co. (Richmond, 

 Virginia), a tire selling and tire repair concern, was sold piece- 

 meal at auction on January 7 by the receiver, F'airfax C. 

 Christian. 



The factory which the Converse Rubber Shoe Co. are building 

 at Maiden, Massachusetts, is intended to have a daily capacity 

 of 3,500 pairs, and employ 500 hands. The company have opened 

 temporary ofiices at No. 612 Atlantic avenue, Boston. . 



Joseph Dixon Crucible Co. (Jersey City, New Jersey) have 

 elected George T. Smith, formerly vice president, to be president 

 of the company, to succeed Edward F. C. Young, whose death 

 was reported in The India Rubber World for January. 



Continental Caoutchouc Co. (New York) have added to their 

 list another distributing house for "Continental" tires, demount- 

 able rims, and accessories in lower California — Seeley, Van Zandt 

 & Crackel, No. 938 South Main street, Los Angeles. 



The business conducted formerly in Baltimore by The Linthi- 

 cum Rubber Co., distributers of Banigan rubber footwear, in 

 southern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Delaware, Mary- 

 land, District of Columbia, the Virginias, Kentucky, and the 

 South, since the death of President Charles W. Linthicum [see 

 The India Rubber World, March i, 1908 — page 192] has taken 

 the name Banigan Rubber Co. S. H. Jones is president and Z. T. 

 Pindell treasurer. 



In celebrating the completion of a four story addition to 

 their plant, the officers and employes of the Firestone Tire and 

 Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) joined in a supper and dance on 

 the Tuesday evening following Christmas. Nearly a thousand 

 guests were entertained on the fourth floor of the building. The 

 Firestone Relief Association was launched on this occasion, with 

 an initial menibersl)ip of 400. 



The accounts of Lucius C. Ryce as receiver of the Seward 

 Rubber Co. (Berlin, Connecticut), making a final settlement 

 with creditors, have been approved at the superior court at 

 Hartford. 



In the matter of the protest of Adolph Hirsch & Co. (New 

 York) against the duty imposed on an importation of maniqoba 

 (Ceara or Bahia rubber) seeds, the action of the collector was 

 supported by the United States board of general appraisers. 

 The seeds were classified under paragraph 254 of the Tariff act, 

 which fixes the rate oh seeds not specially provided for at 30 

 per cent, ad valorem. 



The India Rubber World has pleasure in acknowledging 

 the New Year's greeting of Joseph Dixon Crucible Co. 

 (Jersey City, New Jersey), accompanied by the annual con- 

 tribution of specimens of their products, especially adapted 

 for use at the editorial desk. 



Mr. Thomas Lang, of Maiden, Massachusetts, who celebrated 

 his eightieth birthday during the Christmas holidays, was asso- 

 ciated with the late Hon. Elisha D. Converse for 37 years; in the 

 capacity of bookkeeper and cashier. He was for years clerk 

 (if the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. and secretary of the board of 

 directors, of which body he was a member. He retired from 

 active work and severed his connection wilh the company in 

 1888. 



