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IHE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January i, 1905. 



NEWS OF THE AMERICAN RUBBER TRADE. 



BOSTON BELTING CO. 



AT the annual meeting, on November 29, hdwin A. Hil- 

 dreth and Francis H. Stevens were elected directors, 

 to succeed James Pearce, deceased, and George A. 

 Miner, resigned. The directors have declared the reg- 

 ular quarterly dividend of 2 per cent., payable January 2, to 

 shareholders of record December 15. 



THE FISK RUBBER CO. 

 The Eastern selling office of this company has been removed 

 from Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts — where the factory is lo- 

 cated — to New York city. The location is Nos. 754-756 Seventh 

 avenue, where premises have been rented, 30 x 75 feet, and at- 

 tractive offices furnished for the Eastern department, together 

 with the New York local branch. Mr. J. W. Bowman, the com- 

 pany's manager of sales, took charge of the new offices about 

 the middle of December. The manager of the New York local 

 branch is Mr. E. A. Hoflfman. 



A HARTFORD BRANCH AT LOS ANGELES. 



The business conducted hitherto as the Harrisoi.-Williams 

 Rubber Co. (Los Angeles, California), dealers in rubber tires, 

 with an extensive repair shop, has been purchased by The 

 Hartford Rubber Works Co., who will continue it as their Los 

 Angeles branch. It is understood that H. O. Harrison, presi- 

 dent of the corporation as formerly constituted, will remain in 

 charge. 



THE SWEET TIRE AND RUBBER CO. (BATAVIA, N. Y. ) 



This company was referred to lately as having about 60 men 

 on its pay roll, and running the factory 1 5 hours per day. There 

 were orders in hand for six months' work, and if the business 

 continued to increase, additional plant would be needed. The 

 company had installed machinery for making vehicle tires in 

 lengths of 500 feet, and were manufacturing pump valves to 

 order. The output of the factory during November, 1904, is re- 

 ported to have been seven times larger than for the same month 

 one year ago. Shipment was made during the first week in De- 

 cember of a carload of tires to the Pontiac Spring and Wagon 

 Works (Pontiac, Michigan), the same being sufficient for equip- 

 ping I 500 carriages. 



WEST COAST RUBBER CO. IN BANKRUPTCY. 

 A PETITION in voluntary bankruptcy of the West Coast 

 Rubber Co. (San Francisco) was filed in the California superior 

 court on November 22. The petition was signed by J. H. Ben- 

 nett, president, and H. W. Goodall and Edwin T. Cooper, di- 

 rectors. It recited that the company's insolvency was due to 

 the manner in which its business had been conducted by George 

 Fredericks, who was president of the company for two years, 

 up to October 15 last. The assets are said to be $50,150.73 and 

 the liabilities $72,184.81. The court granted the petition and 

 named December i as the date for creditors to prove their 

 claims and choose an assignee. At this meeting Don A. Suther- 

 land was agreed upon, after which he was appointed assignee by 

 the court, under bonds of $100,000. -On October 11 George 

 Fredericks, as president of the West Coast Rubber Co., filed a 

 suit in the superior court at San Francisco to enjoin the other 

 directors — named above — from deposing him from his office ; 

 also, to have his rights defined as to certain shares of the com- 

 pany's capital, held by him in conjunction with H. W. Goodell. 

 This did not prevent Fredericks from being deposed as presi- 

 dent, however, and on November 14 he sued the company for 



more than $23,000 money advanced, and for services rendered, 



and had a writ of attachment issued for all its property. 



The company had a small factory in San Francisco, for molded 

 rubber work, besides selling a general line of rubber goods. 



THE GUTTA PERCHA COMPANY IN VANCOUVER. 

 The Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Co. of To- 

 ronto, Limited, have taken warehouse premises at No. 160 

 Hastings street, Vancouver, British Columbia, and will carry 

 there a large and complete stock of their manufactures, includ- 

 ing rubber boots and shoes and mechanical goods. The es- 

 tablishment will be run as a branch of the company, and will 

 be under the management of Mr. A. G. McKenney, who has 

 been in the employ of the company for twelve or fifteen years, 

 and who for the past five or six years has spent most of his 

 time in British Columbia looking after the interests of the 

 company in that territory. Mr. McKenney is therefore well 

 known to the rubber purchasing trade in British Columbia, and 

 well posted in its requirements. The stock for the Vancouver 

 branch was shipped forward with a view to the premises being 

 open for business on or about January i. 



MERCHANTS' RUBBER CO., LIMITED (BERLIN, ONT. ) 

 In response to an announcement in the Berlin newspapers 

 that the factory of this company would be open to the public 

 on November 10, more than 1 100 persons witnessed on that day 

 the processes of converting crude rubber into rubber boots and 

 shoes. During the day the entire factory was running as usual, 

 in all departments, and all employes were required to turn out 

 the customary amount of work. They all cheerfully assisted 

 in making the day a great success. The company was organ- 

 ized as late as June, 1903, and, at the date above mentioned, the 

 factory had been in operation only about eight months. The 

 total number of employes was then 140, and the daily produc- 

 tion 1500 pairs. Each visitor received a souvenir in the shape 

 of a badge, to which was attached a miniature rubber boot. 



OIL-PROOF MECHANICAL RUBBER GOODS. 

 The United States Chemical Rubber Co., a newly incorpora- 

 ted Chicago concern, advise The India Rubber World that 

 they will place upon the market an oil-proof line of mechanical 

 rubber goods, for use in situations where the rubber is likely to 

 be exposed to oil and grease. They say : " Our main lines will 

 be packing and belting, and from present indications we will 

 have a larger demand from oil companies alone than we can 

 fill for some time to come." Articles of incorporation of the 

 above company were filed with the recorder of deeds at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, August 15, 1904, the capital stock being stated at 

 $200,000. Officers: D. Nettenstrom, president ; H.L.Walker, 

 vice-president; John R. Nettenstrom, secretary and treasurer. 

 Address : No. 109 South Jefferson street, Chicago. 



EUREKA FIRE HOSE CO. 'S EMPLOYES. 

 The annual ball and reception of the factory employes of the 

 Eureka Fire Hose Co. (New York) was held on the evening of 

 December 2 at Greenville, New Jersey, in Columbia Hall, which 

 had been tastefully decorated for the occasion, and was at- 

 tended by about 1200 persons, including employes and their 

 guests. Among the guests were the Hon. Mark M. Fagan, 

 mayor of Jersey City ; the Hon. John Brennan ; Fire Commis- 

 sioners Joseph Zumbusch, Richard F. Connely, and Henry Z. 

 Niblett. and C. J. Esterbrook, clerk of the board of fire commis- 



