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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July i, 1909. 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



rNIT£D STATES HUBBEB CO.'B BONDS LISTED. 



CIRCULAR A-36SS of the committee on stock list of the 

 New York Stock Exchange relates to the listing, on 

 May 27 last, of the $15,000,000 ten year 6 per cent. 

 collateral trust sinking fund bonds, due 1918, of the United 

 States Rubber Co. The authorization of such bonds to the 

 extent of $20,000,000, by the shareholders of the company, at 

 a special meeting, was reported in The India Rubber World, 

 January i, 1909 (page 152). There have been issued $15,000,- 

 000 to date, the details of which are set forth fully in the 

 Stock Exchange circular, including a list of the collateral 

 upon which the issue is based, and the plans for a sinking fund 

 for their retirement. The trustee is the Central Trust Co. of 

 New York. 



A NEW WHITING COMPANY. 



Wyandotte Whiting Co. is the name of a company who 

 have begun recently the manufacture of a commercial floated 

 whiting at Wyandotte, Michigan. They are selling it to 

 various industries, and particularly to rubber goods manufac- 

 turers. It is mentioned as being of a very high grade. 



ATTAIES OF EUGENE ABNSTEIN. 



The creditors of Eugene Arnstein, in bankruptcy, in the 

 United States district court at Chicago [see The India 

 Rubber World, April i, 1909 — page 261], have confirmed a 

 composition of 40 per cent, in cash on the amount of their 

 claims, said amount having been provided by members of the 

 family of Mrs. Arnstein. 



GOING INTO FOREIGN TRADE. 



The B. & R. Rubber Co. (North Brookfield, Massachusetts) 

 have sent Charles B. Griffith, their sales manager, to cultivate 

 trade in Great Britain and on the Continent. The company 

 have made arrangements to ship some of their products to 

 Japan. They were mentioned recently as having contracted 

 to supply one domestic customer with 500 tons of fruit jar 

 rings. 



CHANGE OF STYLE. 



The Pittsburgh Rubber Supply Co., organized at the be- 

 ginning of 1906 by William P. Cowell, who had been a sales- 

 man for important mechanical rubber goods houses, will be 

 known hereafter as the Cowell Rubber Co., described in its 

 announcements as "a purely local institution, with mills at 

 Hamilton Square, N. J." The address of the company is 

 corner Eighth and Liberty streets, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 



NEW RUBBER SHOE FACTORY AT BRISTOL. 



The Consumers' Rubber Co. (Bristol, Rhode Island), of 

 which Terence McCarty is the head, are now well started in their 

 new line of production, rubber footwear, while continuing busy 

 with insulated wire. They were reported recently to be making 

 1,000 pairs of shoes daily, and preparations were being made to 

 increase the capacity to 7,000 pairs. The plant occupied by the 

 insulated wire department of the company is that of the old 

 Byfield Rubber Co., while the shoe department is in an adjoining 

 building erected by Mr. McCarty. Additional land has been 

 purchased in close proximity to these buildings with a view to 

 further extensions. 



NEW LINE OF INSULATING MACHINERY. 



The Watson Machine Co. (Paterson, New Jersey) announce 

 that in addition to their cordage machinery, which they have 

 manufactured for more than 20 years, they are taking on a com- 

 plete line of wire stranding, cabling, armoring, insulating and 

 wire rope making machines. They have effected a combination 

 with Mr. Thomas A. Alton, who has made a specialty of this 

 class of machinery for the past 12 years, in both America and 



Europe. Mr. Alton has entered the firm as general manager, 

 and is giving his special attention to this business. 



RUBBER INDUSTRY Of CALIFORNIA. 



The American Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Emeryville, 

 Cahfornia) are making a full line of mechanical goods — 

 hose; belting, packing and molded work. They specialize 

 in oil belting, havnig succeeded in producing a superior oil re- 

 sisting stock. They have taken on the manufacture of rubber- 

 lined cotton fire hose, their first contract for which, of any 

 magnitude, was with the city of San Francisco. Lately they 

 have installed flat and circular looms. The company have done 

 considerable business with the United States government. The 

 officers of the company are : Archibald Borland, of Oakland, 

 president of the Summit Construction Co., president; Allen 

 Knight, expert accountant, vice-president ; W. Ed'vin Griffith, 

 formerly of the California Street Cable Railway Co., secretary 

 and manager ; Henry C. Norton, formerly of the Pacific Coast 

 Rubber Co., treasurer; H. A. MacKusick, formerly of The Dia- 

 mond Rubber Co., assistant manager ; M. F. Oliver, formerly 

 with the Bowers Rubber Co., superintendent. The four first 

 named, with George Fredericks, capitalist, constitute the board 

 of directors. 



A RUBBER STORE IN SALT LAKE CITY. 



The Hendrie & Stephens Rubber Co., recently incorporated 

 to succeed the mechanical goods and tire dealing firm of 

 Hendrie & Stephens, of Denver, Colorado, have established 

 a branch in Salt Lake City. They carry in Denver and Salt 

 Lake two of the largest stocks in the lines mentioned west 

 of Chicago. They handle exclusively in their territory the 

 lines made by the Republic Rubber Co. (Youngstown, Ohio), 

 specializing on heavy elevator belting and conveyor belts for 

 mining purposes. They also do a large business in packings 

 made by Bowers Rubber Works (San Francisco.) At the be- 

 ginning of June the company advised The India Rubber 

 World: "The month just passed was the largest month we 

 have ever had in our business career. Conditions at the pres- 

 ent time in the West are very encouraging." W. C. Hendrie 

 is president of the new corporation, and C. E. Stephens secre- 

 tary and treasurer. 



the BUSINESS OF G. AMSINCK & 00. 



The firm style of G. Amsinck & Co., export and import com- 

 mission merchants and bankers, of New York, will not be 

 changed by the death of Mr. Amsinck, reported on another page. 

 The business will be continued under the direction of the sur- 

 viving partners, Adolf Pavenstedt and Justus Ruperti. 



The will of Mr. Amsinck, filed for probate on June 19, dis- 

 posed of an estate valued at several millions of dollars, though 

 the value is not stated in the will. His widow inherits valuable 

 real and personal property, $1,000,000 in cash, and the income 

 from a $1,000,000 trust fund established by the will. 



RUBBER SHOE TRADE IN CANADA. 



The month has been a very favorable one for the rubber 

 trade [says The Canadian Shoe and Leather Journal for June i]. 

 The weather clerk has mixed things up pretty well, and the 

 rainy season is always a harvest time for rubber dealers. Al- 

 though the sales for many were perhaps a little above the aver- 

 age, yet the business was by no means learge. The manu- 

 facturers report orders well up to the mark at the closing date 

 and anticipate a very fair season. The exceedingly strong raw 

 rubber market is causing the trade no little uneasiness, as some 

 will no doubt have to pay much in excess for their raw material 

 than they figured on when quoting prices. 



