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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February i, igog. 



NEW AUTOMOBILE TIRE PRESS. 



ANEW type of vulcanizing press which has come into prom- 

 inence in connection with tlie development of the auto- 

 mobile tire industry is known as the "heater" press. The 

 principle of this press is to combine the hydraulic pressure 

 obtained in the ordinary type of hydraulic press with the advan- 

 tage of curing in open steam, as in the older forms of shell or 

 steam vulcanizers. Manufacturers of automobile tires have 



found this type of press of distinct advantage, and there appears 

 to be a growing demand for it. The accompanying cut shows a 

 type of this press which has met with popular favor, and a large 

 number of this type have been constructed already for the leading 

 tire manufacturers in the United States. [Farrel Foundry and 

 Machine Co., Ansonia, Connecticut.] 



I CHAMGES AT PAEA. 



A CHANGE has occurred in the firm of Schrader, Gruner & Co., 

 involving the retirement under their articles of association of 

 VVilhem Richard Schradre Schrader and Christian Ludwig 

 Nommensen as from January i. The business will be continued 

 under- the style Gruner & Co., consisting of K. F. H. G. Gruner, 

 Emil Albert Zarges, Oscar F. A. Dusendschon, general partners, 

 and Heilbut. .Symnns & Co., .of London and Liverpool, as special 



partners. The capital of the firm is 2,300,000 milreis, of which 

 600,000 milreis is contributed by the special partners. The same 

 details relate to the branch firm at Manaos, which is changed in 

 style from Dusendschon, Nommensen & Co., to Dusendschon, 

 Zarges & Co. 



Heilbut, Symons & Co., of London and Liverpool, announce 

 that their Mr. L. A. Grossman, so long connected with the firm 

 and being desirous of retiring from business, ceased to be a 

 partner as from December 31, 1908. The business will be con- 

 tinued under the same style by the remaining partners, Samuel 

 Heilbut and F. S. Pusinelli, in conjunction with Hermann 

 Reimers, formerly of the afiiliated New York house, who was 

 admitted as a partner as from January i. 



MR. MINER AND THE CANADIAN RUBBER TRADE. 



Mr. S. H. C. Miner advises The India Rubber World that 

 during the recent stock movement in the shares of the Canadian 

 Consolidated Rubber Co., Limited, he sold his entire holdings, 

 with the exception of 50 shares of preferred and 50 shares of 

 common, in the open market. He adds that he is now a "free 

 lance," with mills for rubber manufacture in process of erection 

 well advanced, and will be producing goods this year. 



Reports have been current for some months past of important 

 orders placed by Mr. Miner for rubber manufacturing machinery 

 to be installed in new buildings which have been going up at 

 Granby, Quebec, and these reports are now confirmed by Mr. 

 Miner's statement. Mr. Miner was long a prominent figure in 

 the rubber industry in Canada, and upon the organization of the 

 Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., Limited, in igo6, he was the 

 first to be elected president. 



Montreal newspapers of January 25 reported a very consider- 

 able rise in quotations of the common stock of the Consolidated 

 company, due to information which has become public regarding 

 the large earnings of the past year. The Montreal Star of the 

 date named, mentioning the success of the company, says : 



"The consolidation had not been launched very long before it 

 attracted the attention of several United States capitalists, who 

 took over a portion of the holdings of some of the directors, at 

 a substantial profit to the latter. The control now rests with a 

 syndicate, of which a few of the directors are members, and one 

 of these days it will probably be announced that this syndicate 

 will turn over the control to the United States Rubber Co." 



Mr. Henrv C. Pearson, the Editor of The India Rubber 

 World, will lecture on "India-rubber" before the Boston School 

 of Economics, on February 10; on "The Briton in India-rubber, 

 as Planter and Manufacturer," at the next dinner of the Vic- 

 torian Club, at the Hotel Westminster, Boston, on February 11; 

 and on "Glimpses of Tropical Lands" before the Current Topic 

 Club, at Hartford, on February 16. 



Factory of Kaufman Rubber Co., Berlin, Ontario. 



Rubber Scrap Price t. 



Late New York quotations — prices paid by con- 

 sumers for carload lots, per pound — show a slight 

 decline as compared with last month : 



Old rubber boots and shoes — foreign . . 8^@ Syi 



Old rubber boots and shoes — domestic. 8^4® 9 



Pneumatic bicycle tires 6 @ d'/i 



Automobile tires 6 @ 6^. 



Solid rubber wagon and carriage tires. 7 @ 8 



White trimmed rubber ioy2@ll 



Heavy black rubber S^@ S!^ 



\ir brake hose 3^@ 4 



I iarden hose 2 @ 2% 



I'irc and large hose 2j4@ 3 



Matting ij4@ i->i 



