March i, 1905] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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Their regular equipment, however, embraces American-made 

 tires. 



MASSACHUSETTS MANUFACTURERS AND THE TARIFF. 



Governor Douglas, of Massachusetts, having recommend- 

 ed in his inaugural address certain action by the general court 

 in respect to recommending action by the United States con- 

 gress in the revision of the tariff and in the direction of reci- 

 procity with Canada, numerous petitions have been presented 

 to the general court by manufacturing interests in the state, 

 protesting against any such action, on the ground that the con- 

 sideration of such matters should be left to the congress. 

 Among the signatures to such petitions are the Glendale Elas- 

 tic Fabrics Co., Nashawannuck Manufacturing Co., George S. 

 Colton, and the Easthampton Rubber Thread Co., all of East- 

 hampton, Mass. 



NATIONAL CEMENT AND RUBBER MANUFACTURING CO. 

 The company above named have practically completed ne- 

 gotiations with Harvey Frost & Co., of England, whereby they 

 will manufacture at their plant at Toledo, Ohio, and put upon 

 the American market a new vulcanizer for automobile tires, 

 for which a patent was granted recently to J. Harvey Frost. 

 Mr. Frost, by the way, came to America to conduct the nego- 

 tiations referred to. The National company were pioneers in 

 the sale of vulcanizers for repairing bicycle tires, and with 

 their experience in handling vulcanizers they feel disposed to 

 give prominence to the new device mentioned here. The Na- 

 tional company have been increasing their line of supplies 

 adapted to work on automobile tires, besides which they have 

 begun the sale of electric tape. 



THE MITZEL RUBBER CO. (CARROLLTON, OHIO). 

 The removal of the factory of this company from Akron was 

 reported in this Journal in September last. The company have 

 been very successful in their new location. For some time past 

 they have been obliged to run their factory night and day, to 

 keep pace with the extension of their business, which has involv- 

 ed the opening of a number of desirable new accounts. They are 

 making a considerable line of druggists' sundries, besides dipped 

 and molded goods in other lines. The factory now has its own 

 electric lighting plant and fire protection service, in addition to 

 the protection which they have from the city. The officers re- 

 main as last reported in these pages : H. F. Mitzel, president 

 and treasurer ; R. A. Mitzel, vice president; G. N. Eby, secre- 

 tary. There have been some additions to the board of direc- 

 tors, however, with the result of strengthening the company, 

 and enabling it to take care of an increased business. The 

 capital has been increased from $100,000 to $125,000. The 

 board now consists of the officers already named : L. D. Stock- 

 on, president of the CarroUton Savings and Banking Co. ; J. R. 

 Williams, M. D. ; W. L. Handley, attorney ; E. L. Henderson, 

 manager of the CarroUton Pottery ; C. W. Mitzel, and A. E. 

 Mitzel. The erection of another building, 40 X 100 feet, is 

 planned for the spring. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



Glaskin-Comstock Co., January 17, 1905, under Minnesota 

 laws; capital, $50,000. Object, to deal in India-rubber and 

 leather goods and mill supplies, at Duluth, Minnesota. The 

 shareholders, directors, and officers are: Thomas H. Glaskin, 

 president ; Byron G. Segog, vice president ; John W. Corn- 

 stock, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Glaskin was recently vice 

 president of Thomson-Gaskin Co. (Duluth), after having been 

 for several years the Duluth representative of the W. S. Nott 

 Co., an important rubber jobbing house in Minneapolis. 



=Vacuum Cleaner Co., February i, 1905, under New Jersey 

 laws; to make and deal in vacuum sweeping apparatus; capi- 



tal, $r, 000,000. Incorporators: David T. Kenney jiaientee of 

 the system) and William G. Besler, Plamfield, New Jersey, 

 Harry B. Hollins. Robert W. De Forest, Thomas Ewing, Jr., 

 and William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., New York city. Registered 

 office: North Plainfield, New Jersey ; principal office, Nos. 72- 

 74 Trinity place. New York. Mr. Kenney, who formerly car- 

 ried on the business under his own name, has been elected 

 president of the corporation. 



= Le Marquis Tire Co. (New York city), February 3, 1905, 

 under New York laws, to act as American selling agents for 

 the " Le Marquis " motor tires, made in France by Dufour Jr. 

 & Son; capital $25,000. Incorporators: Charles I. Scott, 

 No. 32 West 33d street, (114 shares); Arthur C. Brady (15 

 shares); Henry Nicot (i share). Mr. Scott has been elected 

 president, and the office of the company will be at his address, 

 as given above. Arthur C. Brady is secretary and treasurer. 

 Thomas T. Baylor, No. 37 Liberty street. New York, is attor- 

 ney for the company. 



= The incorporation is reported in Canada, at the end of Jan- 

 uary, of The Commercial Rubber Co., Limited, at Montreal, with 

 $20,000 capital, "to manufacture rubbers, rubber boots, etc." 

 The provisional directors include R. D. McGibbon, Douglas Ar- 

 mour, and K. J. Beardwood, all of Montreal, Mr. K. J. Beard- 

 wood being named as secretary. Messrs. McGibbon and Ar- 

 mour are included in the law firm of McGibbon, Casgrain, 

 Mitchell it Surveyer (Montreal), who advise The India Rub- 

 ber World that they are not yet at liberty to supply informa- 

 tion for publication regarding the new company. 



= The secretary of state for Illinois on January 13. 1905, is- 

 sued a license to A. M. Jones, E. S. Jones, and Eugene L'Hote 

 to open books of subscription to the capital stock of the Mil- 

 ford Rubber Works, the amount of capital named being $50,000. 

 It was stated at the office of the secretary of state on February 

 20 that no report had been received of the completion of the 

 organization of the company; the postoffice addresses of the 

 incorporators were not known at that office. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



William F. Stearns has become connected with the New 

 York Rubber Co. as head of their mechanical goods depart- 

 ment at the factory at Matteawan, New York. 



= Mr. M. Wachter, well known in the United States as a fac- 

 tory superintendent in insulated wire work, has accepted a po- 

 sition with the Yokohama Insulated Wire Co. (Yokohama, 

 Japan), and is now on his way to his new post. 



= Fred C. Vanderhoof, who has been appointed manager of 

 ihe Buffalo (New York) branch of The Fisk Rubber Co., was 

 recently connected with the Standard Spoke and Nipple Co., 

 and is widely known in the tire purchasing trade. 



= C. J. Bailey & Co. (Boston) have issued a revised price list 

 of their rubber brushes and the other popular Bailey patented 

 specialties. 



= Frank M. Krapp, referee in bankruptcy in the matter 

 of the Victor Rubber Co. (Springfield, Ohio), in bankruptcy, 

 in the United States district court in the southern district of 

 Ohio, has given notice of a first dividend of 8 per cent, upon 

 all claims proved and allowed, the same to be paid within 5 

 days from March i. 



= Mr. Robert E. Hotchkiss, for several years superintendent 

 of the shoe department of the factory of the Liverpool Rubber 

 Co.. Limited, is reported to have gone to St. Petersburg in a 

 similar capacity, with the Russian- American India- Rubber Co. 

 Mr. Hotchkiss was factory superintendent of the Boston Rub- 

 ber Co. while that company was in existence. His father, the 

 late Burritt M. flotchkiss, was connected with the rubber in- 

 dustry at Naugatuck, Connecticut, for 47 years. 



