May I, igcg.' 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



299 



NEW RUBBER TIRE FACTORY. 



A NEW product ill tile line of aiitonioliik- ;icccssories is tlie Mc- 

 Graw-Burgess vertical fabric tire, for the manufacture of which 

 a company has been incorporated at Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- 

 vania, under the style The McGraw-Burgess Vertical Fabric 

 Tire Co., with $100,000 capital, stated to be all paid 

 in. The company arc erecting at East Palestine, Ohio 

 — which is not far west from Pittsburgh — a plant, the principal 

 building of which is to be 250 x 50 feet, two stories, of brick, 

 iron and cement construction. The company state that they ex- 

 pect to be in full operation by tlie middle of June. The rubber 

 machinery equipment of the company is being supplied by the 

 F'arrel foundry. The officers of the company are : E. C. McGraw, 

 proprietor of the American House at Pittsburgh, president; K. 

 W. McGraw, vice president; H. G. Morgan, treasurer, and Hare- 

 ley Howard, secretary. William L. Hurgcss will be sales man- 

 ager. The offices are at Grant boulevard and Thirty-tliird street. 



A CROCKER STORE ANNIVERSARY. 



For thirty-three years the Hope Rubber Co. has been one of 

 the leading rubber stores not only in Providence, Rhode Island, 

 but in New England. Commemorating its thirty-third anniver- 

 sary there was held an opening on May i, at which time the public 

 viewed a beautifully decorated store twice the size of the old one. 

 In other words, the floor space was doubled so that there is now 

 12,000 square feet in use. The opening began with a musical pro- 

 gramme from 2 until 5 p. m.. at which time a luncheon was given 

 to seventy-five invited guests. .Vnothcr musical programme was 

 given in the evening. The opening was largely attended and Mr. 

 Isaac Crocker, the proprietor, was warmly congratulated upon the 

 growl li of the business of which he is the head. 



PRESENTATION TO MR. FOSTER. 



On the evening of April 6 the selling force connected with the 

 New York branch of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. 

 honored their retiring manager, Mr. Wallace F. Foster [see 

 The Indi.\ Rubber World, April i — page 262], with a farewell 

 supper at Kalil's, on Park row, and presented him with a silver 

 • loving cup bearing the names of those present : Messrs. Frederick 

 L. McCarty, Charles W. Hobart, George L. Harrington, and 

 Charles E. McLaughlin, the presentation speech being made in a 

 happy manner of Mr. McCarty. Mr. Foster had been at the 

 New York office for nine years, after having been connected with 

 the company in Boston. 



CONDITION OF PLANTATION "RUBIO" IN MEXICO. 



The Tehuantepee Rubber Culture Co. (New York) have pub- 

 lished the report of the annual inspection report of their Planta- 

 tion Rubio in Mexico, made by Mr. Frank K. Hogue, of Toledii, 

 Ohio. This report, made by one of the investors in the company, 

 chosen for the purpose by the whole body of investors, is of 

 interest as showing the condition of the rubber plantation as com- 

 pared with the showing made by the official inspectors in fornu'r 

 years, a satisfactory degree of progress being indicated. The 

 pamphlet contains also a special expert on the Rubio plantation 

 b\ .Mr. James C. Harvey, a private planter of rubber in Mexico, 

 whose name is familiar to readers of The Inul-v Rubber World. 

 The point of chief interest in Mr. Harvey's report is his com- 

 mendation of the policy adopted at Rubio, under the management 

 of Superintendent Luiter, of permitting a certain amount of 

 undergrowth between the trees, instead of clean weeding. This 

 policy, by the way, is being regarded favorably by many planters 

 in Ceylon and Malaya. Mr. Harvey writes : 



"I was agreeably surprised to find the major portions of the 

 plantings quite free from grasses, and in other instances grasses 

 well under way towards extermination, owing to the intelligent 

 encouragement given to what are technically known as 'soil pre- 

 servers,' or soft growth which rises some distance above the 

 grasses, gradually shading them out and restoring humus and 

 nitrogen to the soil. The importance of these agencies cannot bf. 

 overestimated ; they are vital to the well-being of Castiltoa." 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



The Pennsylvania Rublier Co., of Michigan, April 2, 1909, 

 under the laws of Michigan; capital $10,000. To carry on the 

 business in the state named of the Pennsylvania Rubber Co. 

 (Jeanette, Pa.). Incorporators: Seward E. Andrews, George G. 

 Wcidner and C. W. Moody. Offices at Detroit, Mich. 



Barrcll Pneumatic Tire Protector Co., April 14, 1909, uiF.kr 

 the laws of Massachusetts ; capital $50,000. Incorporators : 

 Arthur E. Carson, Bedford, Mass. ; Robert H. Kammler, Boston, 

 ;in<l Horace A. Grossman, Cambridge, ^lass. 



Victor Tire Traction Co., .Vpril 14. 1909, under the laws of 

 Massachusetts ; capital, $50,000. Incorporators the same as for 

 the Harrell Pneumatic Tire Protector Co. 



Dreadnaught Tire Co., March 23, 1909, under the laws of New 

 Jersey; capital $2,000. Incorporators: Stewart Browne and 

 George W. Harris, No. 170 Broadway, New York, and William 

 Lee Hoskins, Glenbrook, Connecticut. 



Dixon Gallic System Co., March 30, 1909, under the laws of 

 New Jersey; capital authorized, $300,000. Incorporators: II. O. 

 Couglilan, B. F. Mantz and John R. Turner, all giving No. 15 

 Exchange place, Jersey City, as their address. 



E. F. Smith Co., April 20, 1909, under the laws of Connecticut ; 

 capital $50,000. To manufacture and deal in goods of metal, 

 rubber and other materials. Incorporators : Edwin F. Smith, 

 Frank H. Smith and Harriet S. Smith, all of Naugatuck, Conn. 



The General Manufacturing Co., of Waterbury, April 17, 1909, 

 under the laws of Connecticut; capital $10,000. To manufacture 

 goods of metal, rubber and other materials. Incorporators : John 

 Draher, Max Kiessling and Charles F. Probst, all of Water- 

 bury, Conn. 



Elwell Rubber Manufacturing Co., April 9, 1909, under the 

 laws of New York; capital, $15,000. Incorporators: Russell T. 

 Elwell, Carson City, Nevada ; Henry Smith, Paterson, New 

 Jersey; Isidore L. Broadwin, No. 41 Park Row, New York. 

 Elwell has been identified with the rubber industry for years, 

 principally in New England. The office of the new company is 

 to be in New York City. 



Akron Tire and Vulcanizing Co., March 27, igog, under the 

 laws of Illinois; capital, $2,500. Incorporators: Samuel Bcrko- 

 witz, Frank B. Grover, and Walter H. Eckcrt. Papers filed by 

 Frank R. Grover, attorney. No. 79 Dearborn street, Chicago. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Firestone Tire and Rublier Co. have an affidavit made by 

 A. Goyert, of Greenburg, Indiana, stating that on a truck used 

 by him two rear tires gave 25.200 miles of service each, and the 

 front tires 31,000 miles, every one of the set having traveled 

 enough road to encircle the world. The tires were of Firestone 

 make. 



The Republic Rubber Co., of New York, in view of their 

 growing tire trade in New England, have opened an office in 

 Boston, at No. 735 Boylston street. 



The New Haven Rubber Repair Works (No. 481 State street. 

 New Haven, Connecticut) have been bouglit by J. S. Byron and 

 H. W. Neely, who have renovated and enlarged the shop and 

 placed it under the management of J. W. Hartley, a capable tire 

 man of Hartford. 



The Leather Tire Goods Co. are removing their factory from 

 Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts, to Niagara Falls, New York, 

 where the entire business, manufacturing and sales, will be con- 

 centrated from May I. 



The Faultless Rubber Co. (Ashland. Ohio) announce the re- 

 moval of their New York office from West Fourth street to 

 No. loi Fifth avenue. 



The Vant Woud Rubber Co. (New York), in view of the steady 

 increase of their business, have removed their store to Nos. 109- 

 1 1 r Worth street, which is near Broadway and likewise to a 

 subway station. 



B. Loewenthal & Co., scrap rubber merchants in New York 

 and Chicago, announce the opening of a branch office at Akron, 

 Ohio. 



