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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July i, 1905. 



the whole line, but it is particularly noticeable in the " Wo- 

 men's Empress," which differs from the gaiters made by other 

 companies in being absolutely seamless. This quality not only 

 greatly enhances its appearance, but, of course, ensures a better 

 fit. 



= Boston Belting Co. will pay the regular quarterly dividend 

 (No. 143) of $2 per share, on July i, to stockholders of record 

 June 15. 



= Daniel O. Arnold, secretary and treasurer of the rubber 

 jobbing house of W. H. Salisbury & Co. (Chicago) died of heart 

 disease in Philadelphia on June :i. He was about 55 years of 

 age and had been identified with ihe Salisbury house for 35 

 years. The funeral was at Providence, Rhode Island. 



=Considering the activity, in the Pacific coast and the Far 

 Eastern rubber goods trade, of Mr. William J. Gorham, presi- 

 dent of the Gorham Rubber Co. (San Francisco), it might be 

 supposed that he had no time for any interests outside of busi- 

 ness. But he is chairman of the trustees — corresponding to the 

 office of mayor — of the progressive suburban city of Alameda, 

 California, with a population of iS.ooo. At the annual banquet 

 of the Oakland Board of Trade on May 23, Mr. Gorham was 

 among the speakers (the list including the governor of the state 

 and one of its United States senators), responding with felicity 

 to the toast " Alameda — the Island of the Blessed. " 



^Messrs. William M. Ivins, and Samuel P. Colt, presidents 

 respectively of the General Rubber Co. and United States 

 Rubber Co., expect to sail for Europe about July 11, it being 

 understood that their business will relate in part to the or- 

 ganization of a purchasing agency for crude rubber in London- 



=Aiton Machine Co. (N'ew York), engineers and manufac- 

 turers of India-rubber mill machinery, will remove their offices 

 on July I fromCortlandt street to No. 126 Liberty street. The 

 company have issued " Bulletin No. 48," relating to a new three 

 roll calender, which rubber manufacturers are invited to apply 

 for. 



EXHIBITION OF RAILWAY SUPPLIES. 



Home Rubber Co. (Trenton, New Jersey) was well represen- 

 ted at the extensive exhibition of railway supplies in connec- 

 tion with the annual conventions of the Master Car Builders' 

 Association and the American Railway Master Mechanics' 

 Association, at Manhattan Beach, beginning June 14. The 

 display included air brake hose and steam hose; " N. B. O " 

 packings and " N. B. O." gage glass washers; and a general 

 line of mechanical rubber goods. Messrs. A. R. Foley and J. 

 C. Berrang were in charge. ^^The exhibition of supplies in 

 general was of the same character as that held at Washington 

 in connection with the International Railway Congress and re- 

 ported in The India Rubber World June i [page 314], 

 though fewer rubber manufacturers were directly represented. 

 The exhibition proved of great interest to the generel public, 

 as well as to the large attendance of members of the two asso- 

 ciations for whose benefit it was held. 



THE HASKELL GOLF BALL SUIT IN ENGLAND. 



J UST before the printing of this issue a cabled synopsis comes 

 to hand of the decision of Mr. justice Buckley in the action of 

 the Haskell Golf Ball Co. 4'. Hutchinson, Main A Co., for al- 

 leged infringement of patent, in the High Court of Justice, 

 Chancery division, in London. The hearing began on May 29 

 and continued for ten days, the reported testimony covering a 

 thousand pages. Plaintiff and defendant were represented by 

 eminent counsel, and the case involved many points of interest 

 to the trade. The justice reserved his decision until after the 

 Whitsuntide vacation. From what is known of it at this writ- 

 ing, the decision upsets the Haskell patent on the testimony of 

 Captain Douglas Stewart, a retired captain in the Royal navy, 



who claimed prior use of the invention, but all other points are 

 in favor of the plaintiff. The plaintiff on |une 2S gave notice 

 of appeal, being advised by counsel that the decision was not 

 warranted in view of the uncorroborated evidence of the wit- 

 ness referred to. 



= George M.Conantof Bridgewater, Mass., and Herbert J. 

 Conant of Boston, doing business in Boston as the Conant 

 Rubber Co.. with a factory at South Framingham, have filed a 

 petition in bankruptcy. The liabilities are scheduled at $145, 

 326 and the assets at $27,500. The largest creditor is Maiy F. 

 Conant of Bridgewater, who holds a note for §37,381.75. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



The India Rubber World's correspondent at Akron. 

 Ohio, writes that Mr. Thomas A. Edison Is expected in that 

 city this summer, on an overland trip from Orange, New ler- 

 sey, to visit Mrs. Edison's mother and other relatives, who live 

 in .\kron. The trip is to be made in three automobiles, and 

 one purpose of the long ride is to test a new electric battery 

 which Mr. Edison has invented, and which he believes has the 

 durability and power to carry auto machines over long dis- 

 tances. 



= .\ fishing party which left Providence, Rhode Island, on 

 May 29. for a two weeks' absence, included Colonel Samuel 

 P. Colt, president of the United States Rubber Co. ; his brother. 

 Judge Le Baron C. Colt, of the United States court ; his son, 

 Russell G. Colt ; Walter S. Ballou, president of the Banigan 

 Rubber Co.; Judge Aldrich. of New Hampshire; Dr. Charles 

 F. Pecklidm. and Mr. Edwin A. Barrows. The party stayed at 

 Colonel Colt's private camp, known as Colt's camp and located 

 at Norcross, on the east branch of the Penobscot river and 

 near the Twin lakes. This camp is a long day's ride from any 

 railroad station or any other mark of civilization, and it is one 

 of the finest fishing grounds in Maine. 



=:The Hon. Edwin H. Conger, the new ambassador of the 

 I'nited States to Mexico, arrived at Mexico City on June 4. 

 and on the afternoon of the same day at his hotel received a 

 deputation from the Society of the American Colony, headed 

 by Mr. William Vernon Backus, whose election to the presi- 

 dency of that society was reported in The India Rubber 

 World last month. Mr. Backus delivered an address of wel- 

 come, to which the ambassador cordially responded. 



= Mr. Augustus O. Bourn, Jr., son of the well known presi- 

 dent of the Bourn Rubber Co. (Providence, Rhode Island), 

 was graduated from the school of commerce, accounts, and 

 finance of New York L^iiversity, at the commencement on 

 June S. receiving the degree of Bachelor of Commercial 

 Science, which is given to men who have pursued a three 

 years' course and are supposed to be educated accountants. 

 Mr. Bourn already held the degree of LL. B. from Columbia 

 University, and has been admitted to the bar. 



= Mr. Edward S. Robinson, lately appointed by the governor 

 of New Jersey to be a member of the state board of education, 

 is one of the superintendents of the Rubber and Celluloid Har- 

 ness Trimmings Co., of Newark. 



= Miss Margaret Howe Colman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 

 Moses J. Colman, of Arlington, Mass.. and Mr. Charles Curtis 

 Beebe, connected with the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber 

 Co., were married at the home of the bride on the evening of 

 June 7. The wedding reception was largely attended, being 

 the most notable social event of the season at Arlington. 



Girl with Rubber Palate.— Dr. H. E. Harlan, a dentist at 

 Toledo, Ohio, is reported to have made a detachable hard rub- 

 ber palate for a young woman born with a cleft palate. It is 

 said to work satisfactorily. 



