March i, 1509.' 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



RUBBER FACTORY INSURANCE. 



AT the annual meeting of The Rubher Manufacturers' Mu- 

 tual Insurance Co. of Boston, on January 2y, the financial 

 statement presented showed the amount at risk on Decem- 

 ber 31. 1908, to be $53,257,326. Mr. B. G. Work, president of the 

 B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron, Ohio), was added to the board of di- 

 rectors, this being the first time that a place on the board has been 

 filled outside of New England, except that the Ilodgman Rubber 

 Co., of New York, have always been represented on the board, 

 Mr. George B. Hodg-man, president of that company, now holding 

 a seat. The officers were reelected: Arthur H. Low, president; 

 Benjamin Taft, vice president, secretary and treasurer; F. W. 

 Moses, assistant secretary and assistant treasurer, and W. E. 

 Brophy, assistant secretary. The Rubber Manufacturers' JMutual 

 Insurance Co. was incorporated in Massachusetts November 4, 

 1884, and had risks outstanding on December i, 1885, of $2,- 

 478,671, since which time its success and its growth have been 

 continuous. 



THE GOODRICH COMPANY IN ENGLAND. 



Ox January 26 was registered at Somerset house The B. F. 

 Goodrich Co., Limited, to take over the business in the rubber 

 trade carried on hitherto in London by The B. F. Goodrich Co., 

 of Akron, Ohio. The directors are Bertram George Work, 

 Henry E. Raymond, William A. Folger, Charles B. Raymond and 

 A. E. Lumsden. The capital mentioned is nominal £100 

 [=$486.65]. 



NEW ENGLAND RUBBER CLUB AND THE NAVY. 



The Mid-winter Dinner of the New England Rubber Club, 

 which ordinarily occurs in February, has been delayed to await 

 the arrival of the "American battleships that have just returned 

 from the world cruise. The programme for the dinner, which 

 occurs on March 22 at the Algonquin Club, Boston, includes 

 speaking by naval officers, notably captains of certain of the 

 battleships. Commodore Swift of tlic Charlcstown navy yard, and 

 others. The dinner is to be a naval dinner and in view of the 

 interest that we have in the American fleet's wonderful journey, 

 promises much. 



"I WANT 670 COLUMBUS." 



Trenton Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Trenton, New Jersey) 

 have established a branch store in New York city, at No. 1997 

 Broadway. The location of the new house has been brought to 

 the notice of the company's New York customers, among other 

 methods, by the distribution of handsome blotter pads on the 

 back of which is the representation of a pretty girl telephoning 

 "I want 670 Columbus," while on the other side may be seen the 

 features of the original Christopher Columbus — the expression 

 having reference to the telephone number of the Trenton com- 

 pany's new store. 



THE NEW KERITE COMPANY. 



The business style Kerite Insulated Wire and Cable Co., is 

 being introduced in the insulated wire trade, a company by this 

 name having been incorporated in New York state by W. R. 

 Brixcy. The business is the manufacture of wires and cable in- 

 sulated with "Kerite" compounds, at Seymour, Connecticut, 

 originally by the late .Austin G. Day. Mr. Brixey was long as- 

 sociated with Mr. Day. and upon the latter's death succeeded 

 to the business. The headquarters of the Kerite company arc 

 at No. 30 Church street. New York. Watson Insulated Wire 

 Co. (Chicago) are Western representatives. 



THE VICTOR RUBBER CO. RESUME. 



The Victor Rubber Co. (Springfield, Ohio), whose plant was 

 burned some time ago [see The Indi.\ Rubber World, Septem- 



ber I, 1908 — page 416] advise that they have made good progress- 

 in getting into operation again. It was only 135 working days 

 from the time of breaking ground until they were ready to 

 start their new engines. The new plant consists of three con- 

 crete buiUlings, so arranged and divided by fire walls as to- 

 make another serious disaster by fire practically impossible. It 

 is stated that their tire department has been increased in capacity 

 about 50 per cent., and their mechanical department more than 

 100 per cent. 



TO MAKE RUBBER TIRES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



Rubber Step Manufacturing Co., originally of Boston and 

 since 1892 at Exeter, New Hampshire, manufacturers under 

 patents for rubber steps for carriages, railway cars, and the like, 

 in which they have an international trade, are planning an en- 

 largement of their premises and the taking on of some new lines- 

 of manufacture. Associated with Mr. Daniel Gilman, principal 

 owner of the business and treasurer of the company, will be 

 James F. Pring, formerly of the rubber industry at Hyde Park, 

 Massachusetts ; Everett B. Cook, and Otis E. Moulton. A 

 new specialty will be an automobile tire to be made w-ith a new 

 cement mixture to fasten the rubber and canvas of the tread 

 more securely than has been the rule hitherto. The company will 

 also manufacture heels and soles, and be in a position to make 

 other molded goods. They were lately working on important 

 orders for rubber steps for England and .\ustralia. 



SALE OF A FORMER RUBBER FACTORY BUILDING. 



The sale is reported of the building occupied by the Milford 

 Rubber Co. (Milford, Massachusetts), a proofing concern which- 

 went out of business during the past year. The company was 

 incorporated May 24, 1899. After occupying other premises 

 they purchased, in 1901, the "Shippee" factory of the old Mil- 

 ford Shoe Co., which is the property just sold. The purchaser 

 is Frank P. Lee, of Milford, who is reported to be thinking 

 of getting some leather shoe concern into the shop. 

 GETTING READY FOR WORK AT MANSFIELD. 



The Mansfield Rubber Co. (Mansfield, Ohio) expect to be in 

 operation about March 15. They have contracted for the dis- 

 posal of the output of their mechanical goods to two New York 

 houses, and their automobile tires to a car manufacturer in Michi- 

 gan. They have lately purchased $46,000 worth of new machinery 

 from leading makers, and also the entire equipment of the Rein- 

 forced Hard Rubber Co. (Jersey City, New Jersey), organized in 

 1905 but not active for two years past. The Mansfield Rubber Co. 

 have about 68,000 square feet of floor space, and have in progress 

 new construction which will add 40,000 square feet to this. F. A. 

 Wilcox, formerly of the Pennsylvania Rubber Co., is president 

 and general manager, and F. W. Walters, also lately with the 

 Pcnnsj'lvania company, is sales manager. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The importers at New York of "india-rubber cloth" — described 

 officially as "a fabric composed of three layers of cotton cloth 

 and one of linen cloth, with an india-rubber face, all joined 

 together with an india-rubber solution" — protested against the 

 collector's appraisement of the same as goods of which the chief 

 value was cotton. The government appraisers agreed with the 

 importers that india-rubber was the component of chief value. 



The Seamless Rubber Co. (New Haven, Connecticut) will 

 erect a two story brick structure 20 x 20 feet, in connection with 

 their factory on Daggett street. 



The business of Interstate Rubber Co., Inc. [see The India 

 Rubber World August i, 1907— page 353], at Spokane, Washing- 

 ton, has been acquired by the Rubber Manufacturing and Dis- 

 tributing Co. 



