October i, 1902.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER \A^ORLD 



27 



NEWS OF THE AMERICAN RUBBER TRADE. 



FISK RUBBER CO. 



AS mentioned in the last India Rubber World, this 

 company have planned an extension of their factory 

 at Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. They are building 

 a 50 foot addition to one end of the main factory build- 

 ing, which will accommodate part of the tire curing presses, 

 and allow more room for the machine shed. The change will 

 make necessary the rearrangement of practically the whole 

 lower floor of the building, including the installation of new 

 machinery. Several minor changes are being made in other 

 parts of the factory, which will tend to give the company 

 better manufacturing facilities. ==The company are almost 

 ready to make shipments of a double tube tire to be known 

 as the "Fisk," which embodi.=;s some points different from 

 anything now on the market. There is no flange to lift the 

 cover over, there is no lacing, it can be detached without the 

 use of a lever, and it possesses all the salient points of the Fisk 

 single tube tires, as well as improvements on the double tube 

 tires now in use. 



THE L. CANDEE & CO. (NEW HAVEN, CONN.) 

 At a meeting of the board of directors, held on August 28, 

 H. Stuart Hotchkiss, secretary of the corporation, was elected 

 also to the position of vice president. The resignation of 

 Albert C. Coe as treasurer was accepted, and the vacancy filled 

 by the election of George E. Bailey, who has been head book- 

 keeper and cashier. The late Charles L. Johnson, during his 

 long connection with the company, was its treasurer, and Mr. 

 Coe was secretary and assistant treasurer. 



PLYMOUTH RUBBER CO. (STOUGHTON, MASS.). 



As was noted in the September issue of The India Rubber 

 World, Mr. F. N. Woodward, who has been very successful 

 with many mechanical rubber goods specialties, has connected 

 himself with the Plymouth Rubber Co., (Stoughton, Massa- 

 chusetts), where he will manufacture a general line of small 

 mechanical goods. His son, who, in addition to being a prac- 

 tical man in the factory, is a well known salesman, is also asso- 

 ciated with him and will attend especially to the selling end of 

 the business. The Plymouth Rubber Co., by the way, have 

 added another engine to their power plant, a Rollins of 350 H. 

 p., this being the third engine of that make that they have in- 

 stalled. They have also completed an addition to their fac- 

 tory, 2 >4 stories and 68X'03 feet, which will be used exclu- 

 sively for mechanical work. The calenders and grmders were 

 furnished by the Farrel Foundry and Machine Co. 

 A " CLINCHER TIRE " PATENT SUIT. 



A SUIT for alleged infringement of patents has been filed 

 in the United States circuit court for the southern district 

 of New York by The G & J Tire Co. (Indianapolis, Indiana), 

 a corporation under the laws of New Jersey, against The Dia- 

 mond Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio), a corporation under the 

 laws of West Virginia. The patents referred to are five, 

 granted to Thomas B. Jeflfery, of Chicago. Illinois, and one to 

 Charles Macintosh & Co., Limited, of Manchester, England, as 

 assignee of the inventor, William Golding, their numbers and 

 dates being : 



June 16, i8gi, to Jeffery. 

 January 5, 1892, to Jeffery. 

 January 12, 1892, to Jeffery. 

 July 17. 1894, to Jeffery. 

 April 28, 1896, to Jeffery. 

 March 7, 1893, to Macintosh & Co. 



No. 454.115. 

 No. 466,565. 

 No. 466,789. 

 No. 493,160. 

 No. 523,314. 

 No. 558,956. 



The result of the conjoint use and operation of these patents, 

 according to the complainants in this action, has been what is 

 now known as the "G & J"detachable tire— a tire attached 

 and detached by mechanical means, being provided with beaded 

 edges, which engage with a specially shaped rim, and are held 

 in position by the internal air pressure, without any necessity 

 for cement or other fastening appliances. These patents, hav- 

 ing been acquired by the Gormully & Jeffery Manufacturing 

 Co., of Chicago, were transferred to the Rubber Goods Manu- 

 facturing Co., and. finally, to The G & J Tire Co., the manufac- 

 ture and sale of the tires having been maintained during the 

 whole time. It is alleged that The Diamond Rubber Co. have 

 begun the manufacture of a similar tire, infringing the rights of 

 the complainants, in spite of warnings from the complainants, 

 who now pray for an injunction restraining The Diamond Rub- 

 ber Co. from further making such tires, and an accounting for 

 all profits realized by said company from making the tires. 

 The papers in the case, dated August 28, 1902, are returnable 

 on the first Monday in October. Ernest Hopkinson, of New 

 York, is counsel for the complainants, and C. K. Olffield, of 

 Chicago, for the defense. Meanwhile The Diamond Rubber Co. 

 promise full protection for their customers. 



AMERICAN CHICLE CO. 

 The following is a record of sales reported of shares of the 

 American Chicle Co., in New York, for two months past, with 

 the quotations per share : 



NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS. 



United States Rubber Co. : 



Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co.: 



GOLF AT AKRON. 

 At the Portage Golf Club, among the aspirants for the club 

 championship this fall, are Mr. B. G. Work, Mr. C. C. Good- 

 rich, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Johnston and Mr. Leavitt, of The B. F. 

 Goodrich Co.; Mr. Charles Raymond, of The American Hard 

 Rubber Co.; Mr. Frank A. Seiberling, of The Goodyear Tire 



