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THE INDIA RUB^fiR WORLD 



[OCTOIiER I, 1904. 



MR. HIGHET LEAVES THE RUBBER TRADE. 



The following announcement is made by the American Hard 

 Rubber Co. (New York), in relation to a member ol their office 

 staff who possesses a host of friends in the trade : 



To THE Trade : We regret to announce that Mr. Frank B. Ilighet, 

 who has been identified with us in the hard rubber business for the past 

 25 years, has decided to sever his connection with this company on this 

 date. Mr. Highet has associated himself with Mr. Percy Gardner, to 

 engage in the manufacture of fancy narrow fabrics and feather stitch 

 braid, and he leaves us with our sincere wishes for his success and con- 

 tinued prosperity. Yours very truly, ameuican hard RulinKlt co. 



New York, September i, 1904. 



Mr. Highet has become a member of the firm Gardner & 

 Highet Co., No. 447 Broadway, New York, with mills at Provi- 

 dence, Rhode Island. 



THE RUBBER INDUSTRY IN TORONTO. 

 Says the "Toronto Gloie : "One of the most striking evi- 

 dences of industrial expansion in Toronto is provided by the 

 Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Co. Ten years ago 

 this company gave employment to 75 artisans; to-day the 

 number on their pay roll is nearly 600 — eight times as many. 

 To fill the demand for the products of the works it has been 

 necessary to add considerably to the factory every year, until 

 now the company own a number of mammoth shops in Park- 

 dale, covering several acres. Not only are the company doing 

 an immense trade with all parts of the Dominion, but they are 

 exporting large quantities to the British Isles, Australia, New 

 Zealand, South Africa, and the East." 



AFFAIRS OF THE GUM-CARBO CO. 



The Gum-Carbo Co., incorporated in Texas in 1902 to manu- 

 facture from petroleum, combined with certain other materials, 

 a substitute for rubber, suitable especially for use in hard rub- 

 ber goods, for insulation work, and for paints and varnishes 

 [See The India Rubber World, April i, 1902 — page 230] 

 have been at work, since April last, erecting a factory plant 

 near Gulfport, Mississippi — a point on the gulf of Mexico not 

 far from New Orleans. At this time an office building, distill- 

 ing house, and a three story main building 125X175 feet are 

 nearly completed. On August 17 fire in the town of Gulfport 

 destroyed the temporary office of the company there, causing 

 the loss of their correspondence files, mailing lists, and samples 

 of their products, which will cause some inconvenience for 

 a limited time. Secretary R. E. Humphreys advises The India 

 Rubber World : 



"Our material vulcanizes with or without any rubber in 

 compounds ; in paint it is superior to any of the bitumens, and 

 also lends superior qualities to roofing over bitumen mixtures, 

 Flexibility is characteristic, but as yet no considerable amount 

 of elasticity has been developed in our material. Not having 

 any product to market, we have not enlisted the interest of 

 rubbermen. We know they will take some of our material, 

 probably more than we can spare for some time. We must 

 turn out some paints and varnishes, and such goods as will 

 probably pay us better than selling our crude uncompounded." 



Y. M. C. A. WORK IN RUBBER FACTORIES. 

 The Young Men's Christian Association of Trenton, New 

 Jersey, endeavors to keep in touch with the men employed in 

 the factories of that city by means of a committee representing 

 the association in each establishment. The committees in the 

 various rubber factories aie as follows : 



Crescent Belting and Packing Co. = Thomas Keating, Charles Wilk- 

 ing, II. C. Everingham. 



Empire Rubber Manufacturing Co.= Arthur Scarborough, William 

 D. Van Horn, J. Oliver Smith. 



Grieb Rubber Co. = Robert Marshall. 



Hamilton Rubber Manufacturing Co.=Jesse Sooy, Wilbur Cain, Ed- 

 ward Kobbins, Uriah Pittman. 



Home Rubber Co. = Percy Gifford, Charles E. Troupe, John E. 

 Mullen. 



Joseph Stokes Rubber Co. = Paul Gunkel, H. S. Gray, Dunbar Phil- 

 lips. 



Trenton Rubber Manufacturing Co. = E. O. Titus, G. II. G. Cham- 

 berlain. John Kvans. 



United and (ilobe Rubber Manufacturing Cos. = Malcolm Salter, 

 Charles Brady. 



Vulcanized Rubber Co. (Morrisville) = Everett Townsend, Bert 

 Wilkes, A. R, Ellis, Harry Burns. 



Whitehead Brothers Rubber Co. = Lyman L. Titus, John Brink, T. 

 W. Cubberley, J. C. Coudle. 



THE MARCH UPON CLAREMONT. 



The Woonsocket Reporter on September 15 contained a 

 report from Bristol, Rhode Island, stating: "A large number 

 of skilled rubber workers have left Bristol for new employment 

 in a rubber factory at Claremont, N. H." 



The Manchester Union of the same date contained a report 

 from Claremont to the effect that the town had been overrun 

 with foreigners, who had arrived there from Bristol, to go to 

 work in the rubber department of the Maynard shoe factory. 

 They claimed that a representative of Mr. Maynard had visited 

 Bristol and given out that 300 rubber workers were required. 

 The representative referred to told the Union reporter that he 

 had contracted for 15 workers, of whom 13 had arrived and 

 were then in the factory ; the others had come without sugges- 

 tion from him. Most of the new arrivals were without money, 

 and had to be assisted back to Bristol. 



NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS. 

 United States Rubber Co. : 



AFFAIRS OF GEORGE WATKINSON & CO. (PHILADELPHIA). 



The afTairs of George Watkinson & Co. (Philadelphia), in 

 bankruptcy, appear to have remained at about the same stage 

 since the last report on the subject in The India Rubber 

 World some months ago. After the meeting of creditors in 

 the early part of July, when the status of the numerous claims 

 was made known to the trustees of the estate — the Provident 

 Life and Trust Co. — the latter took exception to the payment 

 of several of the claims, on the ground that they were not bona 

 fide. Their contentions were set forth in a petition addressed 

 to the referee, Richard Hunter. After its receipt, for some 



