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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June I, 1909. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



MEcHAxriAL Rubber Goods Co., April 2,^, 1909, under tlie laws 

 of Maine; capital. $100,000. To deal in rubber goods. Incorpo- 

 rators: Ardon VV. Coombs (president) and Charles H. Tol- 

 man (treasurer and clerk), of Portland, Me. 



The Health Co., April 22, 1909, under the laws of Rhode 

 Island; capital. $100,000. To manufacture rubber sundries. In- 

 corporators ; Walter J. Smith and James Wallace, Providence, 

 R. I.; Charles W. Smith, David N. Smith, Charles H. Dunster 

 and Henry M. Smith, of New York city. 



C. C. C. Fire Hose Co., April 22. 1909, under the laws of 

 Maine; capital, $150,000. To manufacture rubber and leather 

 goods. Incorporators: C. E. Eaton (president), T. L. Croteau 

 (treasurer), and A. F. Jones, of Portland, Me. 



Eastern Pneumatic Tire Co., May 10, 1909, under the laws of 

 Massachusetts ; capita! $25,000. Incorporators : Harry N. At- 

 wood and Albert R. Ellis, Swampscott ; Edgar B. Cooper, Rox- 

 bury ; Robert F. White. Brookhne ; and John McLay, Lynn, 

 Massachusetts. 



American Asphaltum and Rubber Co., May 6, 1909; under the 

 laws of Maine ; capital, .$500,000. Incorporators ; H. M. Heath, 

 C. L. Andrews. J. Berry, C. B. Skillin, E. J. Pike, S. W. Pike 

 and R. S. Buzzell. all of Augusta, Maine. 



South Akron Rubber Workers' Relief Association, April 29, 

 1909; under the laws of Ohio: no capital stated. Incorporators: 

 S. Hill. W. McChester, Norman O. S. Nice, Lee E. Clough, W. 

 F. Ridge, C. L. Eckel and Bert Jones. 



TRADE CHANGE IN TEXAS. 



The rubber goods business at Houston, Texas, carried on 

 formerly as W'. B. Shelp & Co., has been incorporated under the 

 laws of Texas as Shelp Rubber and Supply Co., Inc. W. B. 

 Shelp is president, E. W. Bailey vice-president, and C. E. Girten 

 secretary and treasurer. They handle rublier goods generally, 

 and particularly tires and mill supplies. 



THE WASTE RUBBER TRADE, 



Rubber and Metal Supply Co., wholesale dealers in rubber and 

 metal, who have become established in business recently in the 

 five-story building. No. 157 South street. New York, were 

 formerly the Jersey Rubber and Metal Co., of Jersey City, New 

 Jersey, established in November, 1904. 



Trenton Scrap Rubber Supply Co. (Trenton, New Jersey) 

 have removed their office and warehouse to larger premises — Nos. 

 17-35 Perrine avenue. 



Yorkville Scrap Rubber and Metal Co. (New York) are a 

 new company, incorporated under the laws of New York, who 

 take over the business of H. Rothschild, waste rubber dealer, at 

 No. 301 East Seventy-fifth street, which they will continue at 

 the same address, with Mr. Rothschild as manager. 



MAP OF PLANTATION "RUBIO." 



The Tehuantepee Rubber Culture Co. (New York) have 

 issued a very interesting supplement to the annual inspection 

 report on their Plantation Rubio, in Mexico [see The Indi.\ 

 Rubber World, May i, 1909 — page 299], in the shape of a well- 

 executed map of the plantation, showing in different colors the 

 areas planted in the different years— 1902 to 1908 inclusive^ 

 together with the forest and water areas. The map also indi- 

 cates the ownership of the adjacent properties. Plantation Rubio 

 embraces a total of 5,357 acres, of which 2,142 acres [=2.i square 

 miles] have been planted in rubber to date. The map is 22.5 

 X 29.5 inches in size, is based upon actual surveys, and is the 

 work of an expert engraver. 



A HARD RUBBER SUBSTITUTE FOR INSULATION. 



The Electrical Insulating and Specialty Co., lately incorporated 

 [see The Indi.\ Rubber World, April i, 1909— page 263], has 

 been formed to manufacture a substitute for hard rubber which 

 is the outcome of a discovery made by O. L. JefTeries and Dr. J. 

 INIcCann, of Columbus, Ohio, after some years of experimenlmg. 

 It is stated that this substitute is absolutely proof against water 



and oil, and resistant to a high degree against heat. Tested for 

 insulating purposes by Professor Caldwell, an electrical engi- 

 neer, at the Ohio State University, very satisfactory results were 

 obtained. It is stated that the substitute can be placed on the 

 market at a very much lower cost than hard rubber. In addi- 

 tion to manufacturing the substitute for hard rubber, the com- 

 pany intend making insulating paints and other articles based 

 upon the same invention. Three acres of land have been pur- 

 chased at Noble, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, and it is intended 

 to erect buildings as rapidly as possible. The officers are: 

 Charles C. Clark, president : H. W. Culbertson, vice-president ; 

 C. Aulenbachcr (No. 1600 Euclid avenue), secretary; S. S. Jeflfer- 

 ies, treasurer, and O. L. Jefferies, general manager. 



THE AMERICAN HARDWARE TRADE. 



The importance of the hardware trade in distributing the 

 products of the mechanical rubber goods branch is emphasized 

 by the appearance of a new edition of the directory of wholesale 

 hardware dealers issued periodically by the Hardware Dealers' 

 Maga::iiic (New York). In addition to detailed information re- 

 garding every wholesale hardware house in the United States, 

 this book mentions also the manufacturers of the goods which 

 they handle, and gives space to considerable information regard- 

 ing foreign trade in .\merican hardware products. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



Suit has been entered in the courts of Torrcon. Mexico, 

 against the Continental-Mexican Rubber Co., by F. Ephraim, 

 claiming damages for alleged infringement of his patents for the 

 extraction of guayule rubber. The filing of similar suits by the 

 same plaintiff against other guayule companies has been reported 

 already in The Indi.^ Rubber World. 



The friends of Mr. Henry C. Burton, secretary and manager 

 of Parker, Stearns & Co., will be glad to learn that he has re- 

 covered from a recent serious illness of several weeks sufliciently 

 to be in charge again of his office, which, India Rubber World 

 readers know, has been removed to the company's new factory at 

 Sheffield, Belmont, and Georgia avenues, Brooklyn, New York. 



Loring M. Monk, who at various times has been connected 

 with the rubber footwear trade, most recently as president of the 

 Globe Mills Rubber Co. (Lawrence, Massachusetts), while it 

 was in existence, is mentioned as representing the Alfred Dolge 

 Felt Co., his office being at No. 183 Essex street, Boston. 



Dr. David Spence, of whose work in Europe in connection with 

 rubber has been referred to in The India Rubber World ( March 

 I, 1909 — page 201) is now located at the research laboratory of 

 The Diamond Rubber Co., at Akron, Ohio. 



William & Charles Beck, of the Spicket mills. Holly street, 

 Lawrence, Massachusetts, are extensive makers of linen fire hose 

 of all sizes, approved by the Associated Factory Mutual Fire 

 Insurance companies. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron, Ohio) have issued a pam- 

 phlet containing a complete list of their tire records in the 1909 

 shows. It is entitled "Separating the Sheep from the Goats." 



An interesting game of baseball took place in Jersey City on 

 May 15 between employes of the United States Rubber Co. in 

 the auditing and selling departments at the general offices in 

 New York. The salesmen won by a score of 24 to 23. 



Parker, Stearns & Co. ( Brooklyn, New York) illustrate the 

 "up-to-dateness" which has always characterized them by includ- 

 ing on their letter heads, in addition to a cable address, their 

 wireless address, "Alphapark." 



During the month the board of directors of The Merchants' 

 Association of New York held a King Memorial Meeting, in 

 honor of the late William F. King, the founder and chief 

 organizer of the association, and its president during its first 

 four years — 1897-1901. Among the speakers was the Hon. 

 George B. Cortelyou. lately of the United States govermnent. 

 The association has presented to Mrs. King a portrait in oil of 

 her late husbjmd. 



