April i. iooq.I 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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News of the American Rubber Trade. 



RUBBER SHOE FACTORIES RESUME. 



THE rubber shoo lactories fur the most part will resume oper- 

 ations actively with the beginning of this month, which 

 marks the beginning of the business year in this branch cjf 

 the trade. During the past winter the factories were operated 

 with much less than the customary regularity, owing to the un- 

 favorable weather conditions which, during the earlier part of 

 the winter, caused a lessened demand for rubber footwear. Dur- 

 ing March, however, most of the factories were in operation, so 

 that a shut-down of only a week prior to April i occurred in 

 the case of most of them, for the purpose of the annual inventory 

 customary at the end of the business year. As a rule the grinding 

 of rubber will begin on Monday, April 5, and work will be re- 

 sumed in the various departments day by day, so that the 

 factories will be in full operation before the end of the week. 



RUBBER SUBSTITUTE FACTORY BURNED. 



The factory buildings at Fairlield, Connecticut, of Tyson 

 Brothers (Robert E. and William II. Tyson), makers of rubber 

 substitute and supplies, were entirely destroyed by fire early on 

 the morning of March 6. The origin of the fire is unknown, but 

 it is supposed to have started from a back draft from the furnace. 

 Owing to the inflammable material in stock the fire soon gained 

 such headway as to be beyond the control of the local firemen. 

 Tyson Brothers speedily secured another plant at Stamford, 

 Connecticut, and already are in a position to fill orders, of which 

 they have a very satisfactory number in hand. 



AFFAIRS OF EUGENE ARNSTEIN. 



In the matter of the bankruptcy of Eugene Arnstein, manu- 

 facturer of rubber cements, in Chicago [see The Indi.\ Rubber 

 World, March i, 1909, page 225], a meeting of merchandise 

 creditors was held in Chicago on March s, at which was ap- 

 pointed a committee to examine into the assets and to protect the 

 merchandise creditors. The chairman of the committee is T. R. 

 Palmer, president of the Continental Rubber Works, Erie, Penn- 

 sylvania. It appears that the merchandise liabilities amount to 

 $133,000, and that there is owing to the banks and others $110,000, 

 in addition to a claim of a former employe for $40,000, with 

 which latter item the creditors' committee desire to take no 

 action. Counsel for Mr. Arnstein have submitted to creditors a 

 statement showing liabilities of $290,500 (including the claim of 

 the former employe) and assets of $217,000. 



RECENT ANNUAL ELECTIONS. 



The Cincinnati Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Cincinnati). — J. 

 M. Crawford, president; Fred A. Geier, vice-president; S. D. 

 Baldwin, treasurer and general manager; F. D. Scherl, secre- 

 tary ; additional directors, Casper H. Rowe, James A. Green, 

 Samuel E. Hillcs, and George McG. Morris. 



Marion Insulated Wire and Rubber Co. (Marion, Indiana). — 

 Directors : J. L. Barley, Robert J. Spencer, L. C. Lillard, John 

 Prior, M. Gartland, C. E. Van Vactor and R. E. Lucas. Mr. 

 Gartland succeeds Joseph HuUey, a member of the board from 

 the beginning, retired on account of ill health. Officers ; J. L. 

 Barley, president; Robert J. Spencer, vice-president; Hiram 

 Beshore, treasurer ; R. E. Lucas, secretary and general manager. 



FAILURE IN THE WINDOW STRIP TRADE. 



A PETITION in bankruptcy has been filed against Roebuck'? 

 Weather Strip and Wire Screen Co., of New York and Brooklyn, 

 by an attorney for creditors with claims for $71,769. It is alleged 

 that the company is insolvent and committed an act of bankruptcy 

 on March 2 by making a preferential payment of $1,200 to a 

 certain rubber company. Lindsay Russell has been appointed 

 receiver. In December last the company reported assets of 



$252,744 and liabilities of $104,811. The business was established 

 in 1858 by Samuel Roebuck, who died on February 9 in his 

 eighty-first year, after having retired from business. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



L. J. MuTTY Co., February 4, 1909, under the laws of Massa- 

 chusetts; capital authorized, $120,000. Directors: Louis J. Mutty, 

 president and treasurer ; Robert R. Gurney, clerk ; John B. 

 Mutty. They succeed to the business of L. J. Mutty Co., who for 

 some years have been supplying mackintosh cloths for automo- 

 bile tops and such like goods at Xo. 276 Devonshire street, 

 Boston. 



Liberty Rubberized Specialty Co., January 8, 1909, under the 

 laws of New York ; capital, $5,000. Incorporators : Henry Feld- 

 man (No. 2170 Fulton street), Louis Smith, and David Cohen, 

 all of Brooklyn, New York. 



Dick Rubber Manufacturing Co., February 10, 1909, under the 

 laws of New York; capital, $1,000. Gustave Weinburg (No. 17 

 East Ninety-seventh street), and Maurice M. Faber, New York 

 city; Richard Shippen, Hoboken, New Jersey. 



Dependable Auto Tire Co., February 3, 1909, under the laws 

 of Delaware; capital authorized, $1,000,000. Incorporators: R. 

 R. Hansell, George H. B. Martin, and S. C. Seymour, all of 

 Philadelphia. 



Indianapolis Rubber Co. (Indianapolis, Indiana), a corpora- 

 tion under the laws of Indiana, on February 19, 1909, qualified to 

 transact business in Illinois, under the foreign corporations act 

 of iJie latter State. Object, the manufacture and repair of rubber 

 goods. 



Buffalo Rubber Tire Co., February 11, 1909, under the laws of 

 New York; capital, $5,000. Incorporators: George M. Steele, 

 Thomas C. Ringgold, and George C. Criuel, all of Buffalo, 

 New York. 



Universal Rim Co., February 25, 1909, under the laws of Illi- 

 nois ; capital, $100,000. Incorporators : Charles Gilbert Hawley, 

 Ross E. Aiken and Erie K. Baker. Principal office, 800 Rail- 

 way Exchange building, Chicago. 



The A. E, Ailing Rubber Co., March 3, 1909, under the laws 

 of Connecticut; capital $15,000. Incorporators: Arthur E. .Mling, 

 F. W. Ailing and Clarence E. Ailing. The new corporation 

 takes over the business of The Ailing Rubber Co., of New 

 Haven, incorporated May 9, 1901, to acquire the wholesale and 

 retail rubber goods store at No. 13 Church street in that city. 

 -Arthur E. Ailing, president and treasurer of the new corporation, 

 has been interested in the Ailing rubber syndicate from the be- 

 ginning, and connected with the New Haven store since it was 

 acquired by the Ailing interest. He will continue in charge of 

 the store. 



Royal Rubber Co., March 8, 1909, under the laws of Ohio ; 

 capital $50,000. Incorporators : A. M. Cole, Samuel J. Cole, 

 George N. Eby, Edmund H. Cole, Oscar Dickerhoof and H. N. 

 Eby. The company will succeed the Eagle Rubber Co., recently 

 incorporated for the manufacture of druggists' sundries and 

 molded goods at Barberton, Ohio. The «ew company intend to 

 enlarge the manufacturing facilities and locate in Akron. George 

 N. Eby has been the principal owner of the business. 



Continental Caoutchouc Co., a corporation of New York, on 

 March 9, 1909, qualified to transact business in Illinois under 

 the foreign corporations act of that State. The incorporators 

 named are E. S. Williams, W. H. Gleason, and C. C. Case. The 

 capital in Illinois is $50,000. 



Dow Rim Co., March 15, 1909, under the laws of New York; 

 capital $100,000. Incorporators: Francis J. Erwin (No. 219 West 

 Twelfth street), and William H. Heagerty, New York citv; 

 Emma W. Renne, Hoboken, New Jersey. 



