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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October i, 1902. 



and Rubber Co ; Mr. A. H. Noah, of The Diamond Rubber Co.; 

 and Mr. R. L. Chipman, local agent of the New York Com- 

 mercial Co. Mr. R. P. Marvin, of the (ioodrich company, has 

 ofTered a handsome cup to the winner, which is a work of art 

 and is arousing unusual interest and enthusiasm among 

 golfers. 



LARGE SHIPMENT OF FIRE HOSE. 

 An illustration on this page gives a view of a stock of fire 

 hose lately delivered by the Eureka Fire Hose Co. to the fire 

 department of New York city. This is believed to have been 

 the largest order for fire hose ever placed and filled. It em- 

 braced 31,500 feet of " Eureka" and " Paragon" brands, and 

 seven heavily loaded trucks were required to transport the 



hose from the factory to its destination. The order comprised 

 2000 feet \%" " Paragon " brand, 8000 feet 2%", 8000 feet 3", 

 and 2000 feet 3>2" " Eureka " brand for the boroughs of Man- 

 hattan and Bronx; also 2500 feet lyi" "Paragon" and 6000 

 feet 234". and 3000 feet 3)^" " Eureka " brand, for the boroughs 

 of Brooklyn and Queens. By looking at the picture closely, 

 the different sizes of hose comprising the order may be distin- 

 guished, the smallest (i '/i" " Paragon "), being shown at the top 

 in the upper view. Those who know Mr. B. L. Stowe, vice 

 president of the Eureka Fire Hose Co., will recognize him in 

 the upper view and thus gage the height of the pile shown. 

 Attention may be called here to the phenomenal record of fire 

 hose sales made by the Eureka company from 1875 to 1902. 

 During this period, the company have sold 1,785.938 teet of 

 " Eureka " and " Paragon " fire hose to the fire departments 

 of thirty of the largest cities in the United States. Altogether 

 the Eureka Fire Hose Co. have supplied the city of Greater 

 New York with a total of 307,900 feet of their popular brands 

 o hose. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



The Combination Tire Co., September 20, under New York 

 laws ; capital, $100,000. Directors: Thomas Clark, New York ; 

 William R. Harris and William B. Tuttle, Akron, Ohio. 



=Gregory Rubber Co., August 22, under New Jersey laws ; 

 capital, $125,000. Directors : Frank L. Dunlap, Fred L. Mixer, 

 Edward P. Fay, and Walter I. Gregory, Springfield, Massachu- 

 setts, and Willard R. Gregory, Brooklyn, New York. Frank L. 

 Dunlap, president; Fred L. Mixer, vice president ; Edward P. 

 Fay, secretary ; Walter I. Gregory, treasurer and manager. 



The company control a patent on a solid rubber tire, of which 

 the base is the widest portion, granted August 26, 1902, to 

 Walter I. Gregory. 



= The Empire Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Chicago), June 

 24, under Illinois laws, to cover the business in Illinois of the 

 New Jersey manufacturing company of the same name ; capi- 

 tal, $2,500. Incorporators: Russel D. Smith, Robert J. White 

 Thomas S. Kiernan. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 

 The Republic Rubber Co. (Youngstown, Ohio) lately re- 

 ceived a large order from Chicago for grain elevator belting, in 

 competition with other makers, based on the quality of their 

 goods. 



=The directors of The Rubber Goods Manufactur- 

 ing Co., on September 3, declared the fourteenth regu- 

 lar quarterly dividend of i J^ per cent, on the preferred 

 shares, payable on September 10. The last dividend 

 on the common stock was paid July 15, 1901. 



=The Elastic Tip Co. (Boston) have purchased the 

 patents of Scott's combmation cushion chair tips, and 

 also the Foster patents for the friction plug, as applied 

 to boot heels and shoe soles. 



= The lately formed International Rubber Manu- 

 facturing Co., (New York) — Ed. Loewenthal, general 

 manager — have taken possession of the plant at No. 

 144 Provost street, Jersey City, New Jersey, operated 

 until recently by the U. S. Rubber Reclaiming Works. 

 = The India Rubber and Gutta Percha Insulating 

 Co. (Yonkers. New York), are installing alternating 

 current motors to replace a number of small isolated 

 steam engines formerly used for driving the carpenter 

 shops and the winding and braiding departments. 



= The Bonner substitutes are beginning to be very 

 well and favorably known by rubber manufacturers, 

 both here and abroad. It will interest the trade to 

 know that Mr. Bonner has erected a new plant in At- 

 lantic, Massachusetts, and incorporated a company known as 

 the Bonner Manufacturing Co., where a variety of high grade 

 substitutes are manufactured. 



= The Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co., in order to in- 

 crease the facilities of their Philadelphia business and to give 

 prompt attention to orders and inquiries in that section, have 

 opened an office and sample room at No. 744 Drexel building, 

 Philadelphia, the office to be in charge of their Mr. R. F. 

 Hayes. 



= The salvage of Stewart Brothers & Co., the burning of 

 whose store at Pittsburgh, Pa., was mentioned in the last India 

 Rubber World, was offered at auction in Chicago, on Sep- 

 tember, 24-25, by the Western Salvage Wrecking Agency. The 

 stock invoiced $300,000, of which 95 per cent, was stated to be 

 in practically perfect condition, and included 8500 cases of 

 " Hood " and " Old Colony " rubbers. 



= The Lambertville Rubber Co. (Lambertville, New Jersey), 

 by enlarging the dam at their factory, have increased their 

 water supply. They have also put an extension upon the 

 smoke stacks of the factory to increase the draft, which has 

 been made necessary by the use of soft coal. 



= Two judgments aggregating $5900 were filled in a New 

 York court, September 5, against The American Pegamoid 

 Co. This company was incorporated on December 17, 1897, 

 with $5 000,000 capital, to manufacture artificial leather, paints, 

 and waterproofing materials, and expended $25,000 in deco- 

 rating its offices at No. 11 Broadway. It has steadily dimin- 

 ished the rale of its expenditures since that date, and now ap- 

 pears to have suspended payments. 



