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IHE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February i, 1905. 



Herbert H. Hewitt, Ira B. Litilefield. Bertram M. Tate, Walter 



C. MuUett, and Harry B. Lamson, all of Buffalo. One of the 

 incorporators reported on January 7 : "The new company is 

 not quite in readiness to go into particulars as to scope of 

 manufacture, location of factory, etc., but probably will be 

 very soon." 



= The Rubber Appliance Co. (Springfield, Mass.). January 

 13, 19^5, under Massachusetts laws ; capital §50,000. Directors: 

 S. J. Rosenfeld (president), D. E. F. Radasch (secretary and 

 treasurer), Samuel McVVhorter. Office: Nos. 27-35 Taylor 

 street, Springfield. The principal object of the company is to 

 exploit a collapsible wash basin, for the use of automobilists 

 and other travelers, and having corppartments attached for 

 holding various toilet accessories, for which a patent has been 

 granted to Mr. Rosenfeld. 



^=Traver Packing Joint Hose Co., January 10, 1905. under 

 New York laws; capital, $20,000. Incorporators and directors 

 for one year : Andrew McTigue, James Caffney, and P. Traver, 

 all of Far Rockaway, New York, where the office of the new 

 company is at present located. The object is to exploit a re- 

 cently patented coupling. 



= \V. H. Salisbury & Co.. Inc., under Illinois laws; capital, 

 $150,000. Incorporators: Warren M.Salisbury — who has be- 

 come president of the corporation — J. T. Gilbert, and A. A. 

 Gilbert. Object : To continue the business of W. H. Salisbury 

 & Co., distributors of mechanical rubber goods and leather 

 belting. The business dates from 1855, and derives its present 

 name from William H. Salisbury, who became identified with 

 it in 1S74 and was its active head until the time of his death, 

 in 1902. The firm advise The India Rubber World that 

 they are looking forward to a good year's trade. 



=3 Towner & Co., Inc., January 19, 1905, under Tennessee 

 laws ; capital, §36,000. To succeed the firm of Towner & Co.^ 

 wholesalers of mechanical rubber goods, Memphis, Tennessee. 

 President, H. N. Towner ; secretary and treasurer, Richard 

 Paul Towner. 



CANADIAN SHOE TRADE IN CONVENTION. 



The Rubber Shoe Manufacturers' Association and the Rub- 

 ber Boot and Shoe Jobbers' Association (of Canada) were in 

 session at the Windsor Hotel, Montreal, on January 17. The 

 question of prices for the coming season was discussed tosome 

 e.xtent, but without any conclusions being reached on account 

 of the uncertainty in regard to the market for crude rubber. 

 It is understood that no statement of prices will be given out 

 by the manufacturers until March i, which is the usual date for 

 their appearance. The Jobbers' Association elected the follow- 

 ing officers : 



Prtsidint — J. Daoust, Montreal. 



Vice Preddnits — V. PococK (Ontario), J. G. Watson (Qjebec), M. 



D. Pridf. (Maritime provinces), A. Congden (Manitoba), and J. 

 Damer (British Columbia). 



Treasurer — C. BONICK, Toronto. 



In the evening a banquet given to the members of the two 

 associations by the wholesale rubber trade of Montreal was at- 

 tended by about 75 guests, all directly connected with the 

 industry or trade. The banquet was a decided success in all 

 details — pecuniary, musical, and oratorical. Mr. D. Lome 

 McGibbon, of the Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal, who acted 

 as chairman during the early part of the evening, resigned in 

 favor of Mr. James Acton, of The Canadian Shoe and Leather 

 fournal, who proved an admirable toast master. Besides the 

 toast to the King, those proposed were " Our Country," The 

 Manufacturers' Association, The Jobbers' Association, " The 

 Allied Trades," and " The Press," each being responded to by 

 two or more speakers who were listened to enthusiastically 

 and applauded frequently. 



HARTFORD RUBBER WORKS CO. — " FACTORY NO. 3." 



The factory owned by the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. 

 at New Brunswick, New Jersey, and operated hitherto under 

 the name of the India Rubber Co., now bears the sign of the 

 Hartford Rubber Works Co., being designated as their " Fac- 

 tory No. 3." Their " Factory No. 2 " is the plant erected last 

 year at Hartford, across the street from the company's original 

 factory. The demand for the Dunlop tires having increased 

 so much of late, it was considered desirable to largely increase 

 the facilities for the production of these tires, and in order to 

 be protected against any possible emergency it was decided 

 not to have their manufacture confined to one establishment. 

 The New Brunswick factory, therefore, will be devoted to the 

 manufacture of Dunlop tires, in addition to a general line of 

 mechanical goods. 



SALE OF THE MILI TOWN RUBBER PLANT. 



The sale is reported of the plant organized by the late John 

 C. Evans, and operated by the Milltown India Rubber Co. 

 (Milltown, New Jersey) under his supervision. The factory 

 has not been operated since the death of Mr. Evans, nearly two 

 years ago. The purchaser was Willis W. Russell, No. 140 Nas- 

 sau street. New York, who, since the first report of the sale, has 

 had incorporated in New Jersey the Willis W. Russell Card 

 Co., with $500,000 capital authorized, the object of the com- 

 pany being to manufacture playing crds. 



TO MAKE RUBBER SHOES AT LAWRENCE. 



In pursuance of the plan for the manufacture of rubber boots 

 and shoes at Lawrence, Massachusetts, of which mention has 

 been made already in these pages, the Globe Mills Rubber Co. 

 has been incorporated under the laws of Maine, with $200,000 

 capital authorized. The company has been organized with 

 Loring M. Monk, of Sharon, Mass., president and general man- 

 ager and L. C. Moore, of Lawrence, treasurer. James Hamilton 

 has been selected as superintendent of the factory. The prem- 

 ises to be occupied are known as the Globe mills and are owned 

 by the American Woolen Co. 



A RUBBER WORKER FOR FIFTY- FOUR YEARS. 



Matthew McKeon, foreman of the cutting department of 

 the National India Rubber Co. (Bristol, Rhode Island), resigned 

 his position on January 14, after having been a rubber worker 

 for 54 years. At the age of 16 he entered the rubber factory of 

 Dr. Isaac Hartshorn at Providence, in 185 1. After it was 

 burned, in 1854, he was engaged by Brown, Bourn & Chaffee 

 (later the Providence Rubber Shoe Co.), leaving them to go to 

 the Beverly Rubber Co. for a year, after which he was with the 

 Boston Rubber Shoe Co. until 1861, when he joined the Union 

 army. At the close of the war he entered the employ of the 

 Providence Rubber Shoe Co., going to Bristol when the Na- 

 tional Rubber Co. began manufacturing in 1865. He has re- 

 mained in the factory until the present, and resigned only upon 

 the instance of his physician. He has been succeeded as fore- 

 man of the cutting department by Isaac H. Gorhan. 



NEW METHOD OF TENDERING FOR RUBBER SUPPLIES. 



The director of supplies of the city of Philadelphia has 

 awarded a contract to the Garlock Packing Co. (Palmyra, New 

 York) for the rubber goods required by the water bureau of 

 that city during 1905, on a lump bid of $17,500. It is stated 

 that the cost of the rubber goods required by the water bureau 

 last year was $36,000, and that the annual cost for several years 

 past was from $35 000 to S+o.ooo- Tenders were invited for 

 supplies for 1905 in December last, when there were ten bid- 

 ders, but the authorities could not determine which was the 

 lowest. New tenders were invited with the idea of a lump sum 

 being named, but only two bids were received, most of the 



