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THE INDIA RUBBER ^VORLD 



[April i, 1902. 



belong to the legal firm of Clifford, Verrill & Clifford, of Port- 

 land. Nathan Clifford advises The India Rubber World 

 that there is nothing in regard to the new company that they 

 desire to have published now. 



= The Franklin Automobile and Vehicle Tire Co., March 21. 

 under New York laws, to make and deal in rubber tires; capi- 

 tal, $500,000. Directors: Franklin G. Saylor and Carolyn 

 Frost, Franklin, Mass.; Thomas Clark, New York city. 



= Sifety Horseshoe Co., March 00, under New Jersey laws, 

 to manufacture rubber cushion horseshoes; capital, $350,000. 

 Incorporators: A. W. Jones, William L. Jones, Joseph Sutton, 

 Robert Fisher, J. F. Tatem. Principal office, Asbury avenue, 

 Ocean City, New Jersey. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co. have filed with the 

 secretary of state of Connecticut a certificate of increase of 

 capital from $200,000 to $250,000. 



= The Fairfield (Conn.) Rubber Co. were reported lately to 

 be working sixteen hours a day. The recent additions to the 

 factory have been completed, the new machinery is now in good 

 working order, and the working force has been increased. 



= The Standard Underground Cable Co. (Pittsburgh), one 

 of the insulated wire concerns that is taking a lively interest in 

 the prospect for the construction of a Pacific cable in an Amer- 

 ican factory, has removed its Boston offices to more commodi- 

 ous quarters in the Converse building. No. loi Milk street. 



= The regular quarterly dividend (No. 130) of $2 per share, 

 of the Boston Belting Co., is payable in Boston on and after 

 this date. 



= The annual shutdown of the factories of the Boston 

 Rubber Shoe Co. began on March 27, to last until April 10. 



= The Sterling Rubber Co. (Boston), have removed from No. 

 200 Summer street to larger and better equipped offices in the 

 Borden building, at No. 157 Summer street. Mr. J. Percy 

 Whipple, proprietor, informs The India Rubber World that 

 he will there carry on a general wholesale and retail business in 

 fine rubber clothing, druggists' sundries, and general rubber 

 goods. 



= The Merchants' Rubber Co. (Nos. 70-72 Reade street. New 

 York), successors to William Morse & Co., and of which Wil- 

 liam Morse is president and treasurer, has sent out to the rub- 

 ber shoe trade a very attractive circular announcing thechange 

 in firm style. 



= Mr. Alex. P. Mende, whose vacuum driers for crude rubber 

 have been described m The India Rubber World, is install- 

 ing a number of these appliances in American rubber factciies, 

 and has also received a number of duplicate orders. 



= The suit of Charles A. Place, against the Metropolitan 

 Rubber Co., to recover $27,000 for services as president for 

 three years, to March i, igoo, has been transferred from the 

 New York supreme court to the United States circuit court 

 for the southern district of New York. 



= The B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron, Ohio) are reported to have 

 received, through a French automobile firm, an order for a set 

 of solid rubber tires, to equip a machine ordered for the shah 

 of Persia. 



= The factories making the " Meyer" and "Jersey " brands 

 of rubber footwear are still running full time on orders. The 

 lasts and styles in these two brands are constantly revised so 

 as to conform with the latest styles. 



= The new women's " Oxford " toe recently introduced into 

 the Candee line of rubber shoes is proving very popular with 

 the trade. It is a toe about half way between the " Royal " 

 and " Model" toes, medium in width, and with a moderate 

 swing. 



=The I. B. Kleinnert Rubber Co. (New York), the exten- 

 sive manufacturers of dress shields, are reported to be planning 

 a large addition to their factory at College Point, Long Island. 

 The greater part of their work hitherto has been done in New 

 York city. 



= The Bourn Rubber Co. (Providence R. I.), besides having 

 lately become a corporation have added to their regular lines 

 of manufacture that of insulated wire. 



= J. H. B. Howell, who was formerly connected with the 

 Home Rubber Co., has accepted the position of Chicago man- 

 ager of the Joseph Stokes Rubber Co. (Trenton, N.J.) Mr. 

 Howell is at present located in the Western Union building, 

 but expects to locate on or near Lake street, in the heart of the 

 rubber district, by May i. 



= The Hazard Manufacturing Co. (Wilkesbarre, Pennsylva- 

 nia), who have been making wire rope since 1848, adding later 

 a plant for making electric wires and cables, have become users 

 of India-rubber on an important scale in their insulating de- 

 partment. Their lists embrace a full line of rubber insulated 

 wires, together with lead covered and bare wires, and they 

 make a specialty of rubber insulating tapes. 



= The B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron, Ohio) have acquired from 

 the Hill Sewer Pipe Co., 4.94acres of land adjoining the manu- 

 facturing district of East Akron, and about one mile from their 

 main factory. It is understood that the company have no im- 

 mediate use for the land, and have not yet determined to what 

 use it may ultimately be put. 



r=The Barker '■ Hunting " shoe, sold by the Enterprise Rub- 

 ber Co. (Boston), is being made quite a feature in various ex- 

 hibitions of the new and popular sportsmen's shows. All of 

 the sporting goods houses represented at the Boston show, for 

 example, have the shoe on exhibition. 



= The Shoe Wholesalers' Association of the United States 

 (until lately the Shoe Jobbers' Association) includes in its 

 plan of organization a " rubber committee," now composed 

 of Irving R. Fisher, of Nathaniel Fisher & Co., New York; 

 W. H. Andrews, of Dages, Andrews & Co., Columbus, Ohio; 

 /. W. Craddock. of Craddock, Terry & Co., Lynchburg, Vir- 

 ginia; and A. H. Berry, of A. H. Berry Shoe Co., Portland, 

 Maine. 



= C. M. Henderson & Co., the oldest shoe house in Chicago, 

 have been succeeded by the Watson- Plummet Shoe Co., at the 

 same location. The business was established in 1851 and incor- 

 porated in 1886. Fred. A. Watson, of the new company, was 

 associated with the Henderson house for twenty-seven years, 

 and ]. P. Plummer for a considerable time. The Chicago 

 store will be retained, together with the manufacture of shoes 

 at Dixon, Illinois, in the factory formerly owned by C. H. 

 Fargo & Co. Up to 1895 this house sold more rubber foot- 

 wear than any other in the same territory. The " Wales Good- 

 year " brands were handled. The new management, however, 

 will sell leather goods exclusively. 



r=" Walter A. Zelnicker in St. Louis," at No. 408 North 

 Fourth street, is the designation of a house which carries an 

 extensive line of railway, mill, and factory supplies, and has the 

 exclusive agency in that city in this branch for the Diamond 

 Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio). The Zelnicker house has branches 

 in New Orleans, Chicago, and St. Paul. 



arThe annual shutdown of the factory of the National Indi 

 Rubber Co. (Bristol, Rhode Island) began March 29, to con- 

 tinue two weeks, except that the insulated wire department 

 will remain closed only one week. 



= The firm of Hayward Brothers (Wakefield, Massachusetts), 

 are said to use 100,000 sets of rubber tires a year, for baby 

 carriages. 



