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KORGAN & WRIGHT BRANCHES. 



Morgan & Wright (Detroit, Micliigan), who have been repre- 

 sented at Atlanta, Georgia, by the Alexander-Seewald Co., have 

 opened a branch at No. 50 North Pryor street, under the man- 

 agement of Herbert Starnes, one of the oldest employes of the 

 company, who has acted as their representative in the states of 

 Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama for several years. 

 The Morgan & Wright branch at Los Angeles, California, on 

 September i removes to more commodious quarters at No. 1108 

 South Main street, where they will have better facilities for 

 taking care of the trade. 



PLYMOirrH RUBBER CO.— FACTORY EXTENSION. 



The Plymouth Rubber Co. are building an addition to their 

 factory at Stoughton, Massachusetts, on account of the pressure 

 of business, as a temporary means of taking care of their orders. 

 They will, however, soon start erecting new factory buildings 

 on their property recently purchased at Canton, Massachusetts 

 [see The Indi.\ RunnER World, July i, 1909 — ^page 367], where 

 they have over 70 acres of land, several hundred horse power 

 in water, and superior facilities for shipment by rail. The com- 

 pany are doing a large amount of business in high-grade single 

 and double textile goods, producing some of the very best re- 

 sults in feather-weight waterproof work. 



NEW RUBBER CEMENT BUSINESS. 



Paul V.^N Cleef has started the manufacture of rubber 

 cements at No. 1 145 Seventy-sixth street, Chicago. On July i 

 he purchased the rubber cement plant of Eugene Arnstein, Inc., 

 in bankruptcy [see The India Rubber World, July i, 1909 — 

 page 366]. Mr. Van Cleef was formerly the superintendent and 

 chemist of the Arnstein factory, most of the equipment of which 

 he has removed to the premises above mentioned. He has 

 secured the right to use the Arnstein brands for cements for the 

 shoe factory and shoe findings departments. 



NEW YORK TAXICAB RESULTS. 



At the third annual meeting of the New York Taxicab Co., 

 Limited (London, June 29), the chairman stated that the gross 

 operating profit of the New York taxicab service during the 

 year 1908 had been £42,000, in spite of various untoward circum- 

 stances. The loss estimated to have been sustained through the 

 strike of the employes was £50,000. The failure of their bankers 

 caused a direct loss of £17,000, besides causing temporary finan- 

 cial difficulties. Owing to the circumstances mentioned the com- 

 pany have not yet increased the number of cabs to 700 — the 

 number planned. The garage recently completed for the com- 

 pany in New York cost £80,000. 



MOTORING ACCIDENT TO MR. WATSON. 



The near escape of Mr. John J. Watson, Jr., of the American 

 rubber trade, from a serious fate while motoring in France, was 

 the subject of a cable dispatch in tlic New York A)ncrican of 

 August 15. It said : 



"Mr. and Mrs. Watson were touring through the south of 

 France. Between Toulouse and Villcfranche, while descending a 

 steep hill with a precipice on either side, the steering gear of 

 the machine broke and the brakes refused to work. Fortunately, 

 for them, the machine kept on a straight line, then it swerved 

 and when on the verge of the precipice and just as it was dashing 

 over the side into certain destruction, the front wheel was caught 

 by the dustpan and the car stopped. It was a most miraculous 

 escape. The occupants were shaken up and frightened, but 

 uninjured." 



Mr. Watson is treasurer of the United States Rubber Co. and 

 president of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. and of the 

 General Rubber Co. 



8T. PAUL TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT CO. 



The Stale Journal, Lincoln, Nebraska, publishes a report on 

 a visit of several citizens of that place, who are investors in 



this company, to the company's plantation "Rosario," on the 

 isthmus of Tehuantepec, in Mexico. They formed a favorable 

 opinion of the growth of the rubber and cacao. The company 

 is incorporated under the laws of Delaware and its head office 

 is at St. Paul, Minnesota. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The directors of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. de- 

 clared a quarterly dividend of $2 per share on the common stock, 

 payable September 15, 1909, to stockholders of record September 

 4. A semi-annual dividend of $3 per share on the preferred 

 stock was payable June 15. 



The Jenkins Rubber Co. (Elizabeth, New Jersey), arc putting 

 in some new boilers and making other improvements at their 

 factory, which is a branch of the business of Jenkins Brothers 

 (New York), manufacturers of packings. 



Hugo Michaelsen, of Copenhagen, Denmark, who has done 

 an important business with the rubber trade on the continent in 

 supplying manufacturers with raw materials, is opening a branch 

 ofiice in Berlin. Mr. Michaelsen will be visiting the United States 

 this month and may be communicated with in care of M. Rut- 

 tcnau, No. 24 Stone street, New York. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Mr. Philip H. Lockh.\rt, chairman of W. & A. Bates, Limited, 

 rubber manufacturers, at St. Mary's Mills, Leicester, England, 

 and a director in The India-Rubber Manufacturers' Association, 

 was a visitor to the United States during the month. 



Mr. George M. AUerton, of the Seamless Rubber Co. (New 

 Haven, Connecticut), who was recently seriously ill, at last ac- 

 counts was recovering satisfactorily and hoped speedily to re- 

 sume business. 



DR. PINTO'S SMOKELESS RUBBER. 



D UBBER obtained by the smokeless prosess of Dr. Carlos de 

 * *■ Cerqueira Pinto, of Para [see The India Rubber World, 

 .August I, 1909 — page 396], has been submitted to a number of 

 niaiuifacturers in the United States during the past month, and 

 without exception with favorable results. The samples have not 

 always been large enough to admit of absolutely conclusive re- 

 ports, but a statement from the laboratory of a leading mechanical 

 goods factory indicates the high degree of tensile strength for the 

 Para rubber cured by this process. A report from a druggists' 

 sundries factory says "From indications, it would appear that the 

 coagulating agent used does not injure the rubber in any way, 

 and on the other hand, the color is certainly improved." All re- 

 ports refer to the excellent appearance and quality of caucho 

 treated by Dr. Pinto's process, as compared with caucho pre- 

 pared previously under any system. 



THE EDITOR'S BOOK TABLE. 



A Crise .\mazonica e a Rorracha. ^909. 2a Rdicao Rcvista e .\uRmcntada. 

 [Byl J. A. Mendes. Pai.i. 1909. [Paper. 8vo. Ppf. 208 + tables.] 



HP HIS book opens with correspondence between the governor of 



•'• Para and the president of the Brazilian republic, and of the 



Para commercial association with the latter, relative to the 



mission of Mr. Mendes, a Para merchant, to the national capital. 



He had in view the creation at Rio of a greater interest in 



.'\niazonian affairs, and particularly the adoption of measures for 



the benefit of the rubber production. In support of the measures 



he urged, Mr. Mendes wrote for the newspapers a series of 



articles on the rubber interest, which are here compiled, together 



with the most complete statistics of recent rubber production, 



prices, and other details regarding the trade in Amazon rubber 



that have yet been published. The work of Mr. Mendes proved 



influential, in respect both of the creation of new banking facilities 



cm tlic .\mazon and the adoption of laws for the encouragement 



of direct exports of rubber by producers. 



