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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January i, 1905. 



World, October 15, 1893— pages] I' worked without acci- 

 dent for ten years, and with repairs worked for six years longer, 

 when the sheathing became worn out. The Hooper works have 

 also built for the Cuba Submarine Telegraph Co., Limited, 4S1 

 miles of rubber insulated cables, as follows: Cienfuegos-Bata- 

 bano — two cables (1S91 and 1894) ; Santiago Cape Cruz (1897) ; 

 Cape Cruz-Manzanillo (1897). 



NEW PEGAMOID, LIMITED. 

 At the third annual meeting (London, December 7) the 

 chairman, Mr. Andrew Haes, stated that there had been an in- 

 crease in trading, and larger gross profits than in any preceding 

 year, though on account of increased expenses net profits had 

 been smaller. Several travelers have been employed, the result 

 of whose work was to be expected in future profits. The com- 

 pany had not been obliged to pay the high prices for camphor 

 ruling during the year, on account of having held large sup- 

 plies, and they expected to benefit largely from the reduction in 

 cotton prices which lately set in. The company were making 

 leather cloth suitable for railway carriage seats and other up- 

 holstery work ; sheetings for waterproof carriage rugs and 

 wagon covers ; Pegamoid colors and paints, and " a particular 

 class of goods which are much used by the medical world." An 

 item of /JSooS in the balance sheet represents the cost of the 

 shares in the Continental Pegamoid, which this year paid a 2% 

 per cent, dividend, and is reported to be doing fairly well and 

 increasing its business. 



GERMAN DUTY ON RUBBER HOOFPADS. 



The Prussian minister of finance has, in accord with the Im- 

 perial chancellor of customs, decreed, under date of October 27. 

 1904, that hoofpads of soft rubber, with pressed patterns, which 

 are placed under the shoes of horses, and covering the sole of 

 the hoof wholly or in part, are to be subject to a duty of 60 

 marks per 100 kilograms [ = about 6% cents per pound]. The 

 patterns embossed, or pressed, on those goods in the form of 

 ribs, points, or stars, for the purpose of preventing slipping of 

 the horses, must be considered as stamped designs, the word 

 design embracing all possible surface patterns, no matter 

 whether they are intended for ornamental or practical pur- 

 poses. 



RUBBER SHOE PRICES IN GERMANY. 



A PRICE convention has been organized by the V'ereinigte 

 Gummiwaaren-Fabriken,Harburg-Wien, and the Asbest- und 

 Gummiwerken Alfred Calmon, Aktiengesellschaft (Hamburg), 

 relating to their output of rubber footwear. The dutntni-Zei- 

 /k«i,'^ expresses the hope "that this definite combination may 

 for a long time to come, assure the profitable cooperation of 

 the two companies." 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



The Rubber Chemical Co., Limited (Birmingham), on ac- 

 count of the increasing demand for their reclaimed rubber and 

 " Seringa" brand of chemicals for the rubber industry, have 

 been compelled to remove to larger premises, and are to be ad- 

 dressed in future at Seringa buildings. Ludgate Hill, Birming- 

 ham. 



= The India Rubber Worlds correspondent writes: "A 

 works has recently been established at Willesden, near London, 

 for the manufacture of a new rubber like substance named 

 Camphalte. So far I have not seen any of the product, which 

 by its title suggests the use of camphor, but hope to make 

 its acquaintance before long. The managing director of the 

 new concern is Mr. Stewart Campbell, the address being 9, 

 Hythe road, Willesden Junction." 



= Mr. Louis HofI, managing director of Vereinigte Gummi- 

 waaren-Fabriken, Harburg-Wien (Harburga/d Elbe. Germany), 



on the evening of November 23 invited the staflf of the London 

 branch to a banquet at the Hotel Cecil, when the chief clerk, 

 Mr. H. Wohliebe, received a diploma and medal commemorat- 

 ing 25 years' service. The present of a check from the com- 

 pany was included, and also a gold watch subscribed for by the 

 stalls in London, Harburg, and elsewhere. 



GERMANY. 



VERElNlGTEGummiwaaren-Fabriken, Harburg-Wien, are act- 

 ively exploiting their new rubber sponges, based upon their 

 patent, described in The India Rubber World, June i, 1903 

 (page 301). 



ITALY. 

 Pirelli & Co. (Milan) announce the award to them, at the 

 St. Louis World's Fair, of a grand prize for rubber goods and 

 two gold medals for insulated wires and cables. Special med- 

 als were awarded to their factory superintendents, Emilio Cal- 

 cagni and Francesco Piaazza, and their secretary. Carlo 

 Fratino ; also, a gold medal to their chief electrician, Emanuele 

 Jona, for a paper on " Insulating Materials in High Tension 

 Cables," read before the International Electrical Congress. ^=^ 

 The capital of Pirelli & Co., it is reported, has been increased 

 from 5,500,000 lire to 7,000,000 lire [=§1,351,000]. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



BOSTON Woven Hose and Rubber Co., have issued a 

 new General Catalogue, comprising eleven department 

 catalogues, several of which have received notices at different 

 times in our pages. In the statement of its purpose the cata- 

 logue is simple and direct in tone, and it is well printed and il- 

 lustrated. There is not only an enumeration of the products 

 of the company's factories, but much detailed information bear- 

 ing upon the quality of goods and theconsiderations to be kept 

 in mind by customers in purchasing, which details are fittingly 

 supplemented by the illustrations. To indicate the complete- 

 ness of the catalogue, it may be mentioned that to pages are 

 devoted to Fruit Jar Rings alone. The first position in the 

 catalogue, however, is given to Belting, and next importance is 

 the department relating to Hose. Packings, Insulating Tapes, 

 and Molded Goods are also given prominence. The various 

 department catalogues may still be obtained separately. 

 WA" X IYa,". 194 pages.] 



The catalogue of "Automobile Garments and Requisites" 

 issued by the great New York drygoods store of Saks & Co. 

 deserves to be mentioned in a list of rubber trade publications 

 on account of its including so many waterproofed articles. 

 Among the articles to which the numerous handsome illustra- 

 tions relate are included many styles of coats for men and 

 women, ponchos, couverture pantaloons, lap and foot robes, 

 caps, hoods, and the like, the whole indicating that in connec- 

 tion with automobiling an important new field has been devel- 

 oped, in America as in Europe, for rubber in waterproofing. 

 [5 j^" X Z%". 272 pages.] 



The excellence and completeness of the fifth edition of the 

 illustrated price list of the Leipsizer Gummiwaaren- Fabrik 

 Aktiengesellschakt, vorm, Julius Marx, Heine & Co. (Leip- 

 sic, Germany), were commented upon at length in these col- 

 umns promptly upon its appearance. We have also mentioned 

 a French edition of the work, being a complete translation, with- 

 out abridgment. The same completeness characterizes an 

 English edition, in which 170 pages are devoted to the list 

 proper: 149 pages to illustrations of the articles referred to; 

 and 25 pages to miscellany, the pages measuring T^i X lo 

 inches. 



