March i, 1909.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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HECENT ANNUAL ELECTIONS. 



HoDCMAN Rubber Co. (New York). — Directors: Charles A. 

 Hod^iian, George B. Hodgman, Fred A. Hodgman, S. Theodore 

 Hodgman, Newton E. Stout. Officers : George B. Hodgman, 

 president ; Fred A. Hodgman, vice-president ; S. Theodore Hodg- 

 man, secretary and treasurer. 



Rubber and Celluloid Harness Trimming Co. (Newark. New 

 Jersey). — Officers: Andrew Albright, Jr., president; E. A. Spurr, 

 vice-president ; Thomas M. Kays, secretary ; Edward G. Robert- 

 son, treasurer. 



NEW JERSEY CORFOBATIONS SUSPENDED. 

 The governor of New Jersey, in a proclamation dated January 

 5, announced the suspension from the list of corporations formed 

 under the laws of that state, on account of the non payment of 

 corporation taxes for igo6, of a large number of corporations. 

 Included arc the following, related to the rubber interest, but 

 none of which has operated to an important extent: 



Acme Rubber Stamp Co., Thenton; incorporated March 14, 

 1905; capital, $25,000. 



Eagle Rubber Cement Co., Trenton; incorporated Novem- 

 ber 17, 1904; capital, $125,000. 



Industrial Rubber Manufacturing Co., incorporated August 

 5, 1905, by Joseph P. P. .Mvcs. Chadwick Scott, and others; 

 "to treat chemically rubber and rubber plants;" capital, 

 $125,000. 



The list of suspensions includes also EI Porvenir Plantation 

 Co. and Salid Plantation Co., promoted for rubber culture but 

 not believed to have begun operations. 



CUSTOMS DECISIONS AT NEW YORK. 



In the matter of an importation of safety fuse by the .A.uto- 

 lyte Manufacturing Co. (New York), brought before the United 

 States general appraisers, the goods referred to, as claimed by 

 the importers, were held dutiable as manufactures in chief 

 value of rubber, and not of cotton. 



An importation of carnauba wax — which material is used to 

 a certain extent in the rubber industry — was held to be free 

 of duty, under Paragraph 695 of the Tariflf act, relating to 

 vegetable and mineral wax. 



TEADE NEWS NOTES. 



The staff and employes of the Boston branch of The Diamond 

 Rubber Co. have monthly dinners, the latest of whicli, at the 

 Hotel Lenox, on the evening of February 6, was attended by 

 35 persons. 



The Adamson Machinery Co. (Akron, Ohio) during the 

 month began work on their new factory for rubber machinery, 

 which it is expected will be ready for occupancy next fall. 



David Maxwell & Sons (St. Mary's, Ontario) are reported to 

 be equipping for the manufacture of rubber covered rollers. 



The Star Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio), who are putting out an 

 attractive line of druggists' sundries, have opened a Chicago 

 office, which is in charge of Mr. C. H. Ten Eyck. 



The De Foote Rubber Co. (Cleveland, Ohio), jobbers in tires 

 and other rubber goods, have changed their address from No. 

 326 Frankfort street to No. 1837 Euclid avenue. 



The purpose of the new Bradley Tire Protection Co.. men- 

 tioned in the last India Rubber World (page 187) is to manu- 

 facture steel and aluminum tire protectors for automdbile tires 

 under patents guaranteed to H. M. Bradley, of Fort Worth, 

 Texas. The Eastern representative is F. E. Bradley, No. 137 

 East Fifty-seventh street. New York. 



The Cawn Mining and Manufacturing Co. (Canton, Ohio) are 

 marketing a material they call Aluminite, produced from a par- 

 ticular deposit of clay and deriving its name from the large per- 

 centage of aluminum in its composition. Other qualities men- 

 tioned are low specific gravity and a high fusing point; it is also 

 insoluble in water and very plastic. The material is referred to as 

 having been tested by a number of rubber manufacturers with 

 satisfactory results. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



American Wire Cable Co., December 29, 1908, under the laws 

 of Delaware; capital $50,000. Incorporators: Ernest L. Squire 

 (No. 925 Market street), J. A. Byrne and K. M. Byrne, all of 

 Wilmington, Delaware. 



Market Rubber Co., January 15, 1909, under the laws of Illinois; 

 capital $100,000. Incorporators : Harry J. Dunbaugh, George C. 

 Madison, and J. Edwin Wing. Represented by Isham, Lincoln & 

 Bcale, No. 115 Adams street, Chicago. 



Morgan & Wright, January 4, 1909, under the laws of New 

 York; capital, $10,000. Incorporators: Herman Goldman (No. 

 SO East Eighty-sixth street), John B. Trainor, and Frank Desch, 

 al of New York city. Object, to take care of the trade in New 

 York territory of Morgan & Wright, rubber manufacturers of 

 Detroit, Michigan. 



Cincinnati Rubber Tire Co., January 19, 1909, under the laws 

 of Ohio; capital $10,000. Incorporators: Frank Ayers, M. C. 

 Lykins. Charles S. Naughton, Joseph B. Schroeder and James 

 S. Bradshaw. 



Kcllcr-Rowe Hoof Pad Co., January 20, 1909, under the laws 

 of Illinois; capital not stated, incorporation not being completed. 

 Incorporators : Charles R. Brown, Charles Martin, and T. A. 

 Shcehan, addresses not stated. Papers filed by Alden, Latham & 

 Young, attorneys. Corn Exchange Bank building, Chicago 



The Boston-Panama Timber and Rublier Co., Januarj' 30, 

 1909, under the laws of Maine ; capital $5,000,000. Incorporators, 

 Horae Mitchell and M. G. Mitchell, Kittery, Maine; S. J. 

 Morrison, Portsmouth, New Hampshire ; Elmer Sears, Newton, 

 Massachusetts; Charles G. Brazier, Boston: and William H. 

 Mitchell, Melrose, Massachusetts; Horace Mitchell, president and 

 clerk, and S. J. Morrison, treasurer. 



A smaller EGYPTIAN COTTON CROP. 

 The arrivals of cotton at Alexandria — the market for this 

 commodity in Egypt — from September i, 1907, to December 3, 

 1908, were 291,931,600 pounds, as compared to 363,515,100 pounds 

 during a like period the previous season. The size of the last 

 crop is estimated at 625,000,000 to 650,000,000 pounds, or about 

 112,000,000 pounds less than in the year before. The decrease 

 is attributed to weather conditions. Exports of Egyptian cotton 

 from September I to December 3 of two seasons are reported as 

 follows : 



1907. 1908. 



England bales 185,751 111,171 



Continental Europe 102.875 88,92& 



United States 19,181 15,090 



Total 307,807 215,181 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The treasury department at Washington has issued an order 

 allowing a drawback on duties collected on imported hemp 

 which may enter into the manufacture at Daniel's P. P. P. rod 

 packing, manufactured by the Quaker City Rubber Co. (Phila- 

 delphia), and exported by them, equal to the duty paid on the 

 imported material, less i per cent. 



[The fire which destroyed the factory of the Boynton Im- 

 proved Process Oil Clothing Co., at Gloucester, Massachusetts, 

 on February 12, caused a loss reported in the newspapers at 

 $60,000. 



Mr. George E. Hall, general manager of the Boston Woven 

 Hose and Rubber Co., during the past month made a business 

 tour through the South and Southwest reporting improved 

 prospects and indications of a good business year. 



A petition in involuntary bankruptcy was filed against Eugene 

 Arnstein, manufacturer of rubber cements, in Chicago, on Feb- 

 ruary 18, 1909, in the Uniter States district court in the northern 

 district of Illinois, by William A. Rogan, lawyer. No. 119 Monroe 

 street, Chicago, on behalf of unsecured creditors with claims 

 aggregating about $40,000. American Trust and Savings Bank 

 was appointed by the court receiver of the bankrupt estate. 



