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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November i, 1902. 



= The Miller Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Akron, Ohio) 

 recently bought a considerable block of real estate adjoining 

 their factory, but it is understood that no addition to their 

 plant is under consideration at this time, they having just 

 completed a large addition. 



= The Trenton Rubber Manufacturing Co. and John R. 

 Kuser, have made application for a receiver for the Munger 

 Automobile Tire Co., (Trenton, New Jersey) the application be- 

 ing returnable on November 5. If this is granted the company 

 undoubtedly will be reorganized. 



= The Safety Sectional Pneumatic Tire Co., of Binghampton, 

 New York, has been incorporated, with $500,000 capital, of 

 which $200,000 is reported to have been subscribed, to make a 

 tire invented by a Mr. Miller. 



NEW ENGLAND RUBBER CLUB. 



The circular that announces the next dinner of the New 

 England Rubber Club is in the form of an old-fashioned 

 •' Thanksgivynge Proclamation " written in the English of one 

 hundred years ago, and citing " Y<: members of y<= New Eng- 

 lande Rubber Clubbe to appear at y<^ goodly house of enter- 

 taynement, known as y*^ Exchange Clubbe, on y^ evenynge of 

 ye 2oth of Novembre as y<= town clock strykes six." The pro- 

 clamation promises addresses by " worthie citizens, myrth pro- 

 ducing stories, musick, and much entertaynement." 

 THE W. D. ALLEN CO.'S NEW FOUNDRY. 



Owing to the large increase in the volume of their business 

 during the past three years, and also their desire to keep 

 abreast of the times both as regards output and methods of 

 manufacture. The W. D. Allen Manufacturing Co. (Chicago) 

 decided last year to build a foundry that would be fully capable 

 of taking care of their greatly expanded business, and, at the 



same time, fortify them against future needs. Commensurate 

 with this resolve is the new structure shown in the illustration 

 which is conceded to be the best equipped brass foundry in the 

 West, if not in the United States, neither pains nor expense 

 having been spared to add to the efficiency of the plant and 

 the comfort of the employes The building is of substantial 

 stone and brick construction and is equipped with the saw 

 tooth roof, which affords an abundance of light and is of great 

 assistance to the employes. With its new equipment the com- 

 pany will be in a position to cope with any demand, and they 

 hope that they may not again be placed in the embarrassing 

 position of refusing to accept offers, as happened during the 

 past season owing to limited capacity. 



WORK OF THE RUBBER STEALINGS COMMITTEE. 

 For a year past the Committee named above have been work- 

 ing quietly on projects for the suppression of the stealing of 

 crude rubber, which is more prevalent in the United States 

 than most manufacturers may believe. As a result of their 

 work a large amount of material has been collected. The Com- 

 mittee have also conclusive evidence of the existence of organ- 

 ized rings, and have discovered as well the middlemen or 

 "fences" through whom the stolen rubber is marketed. The 

 Committee are not disposed to take the public into their con- 



fidence, but it is understood that an even more vigorous cam- 

 paign against the rubber thieves will be inaugurated very soon. 



AMERICAN GOLF BALLS TO BE MADE ABROAD. 

 The various reports which have got into print in relation to 

 the manufacture o( golf balls in Great Britain under American 

 auspices evidently had their basis in the fact that the St. 

 Mungo Manufacturing Co., of Glasgow, Scotland, have entered 

 into a contract with the owners of the Kempshall golf ball pat- 

 ents to manufacture these balls in Great Britain. It is re- 

 ported that the Kempshall company sent several people over 

 as the nucleus for a working staff at Glasgow, and from an- 

 other source it is learned that balls manufactured at Glasgow 

 are expected to be on the market by December i. As soon as 

 the new product is offered for sale, a suit will doubtless be 

 brought for infringement against the British patents on the 

 Haskell ball. The Kempshall Manufacturing Co. (New York), 

 asked about their foreign enterprise, referred the inquirer to 

 their London offices. 



MILWAUKEE TO HAVE A RUBBER FACTORY. 



Articles of incorporation of the Milwaukee Rubber Works, 



with $200,000 capital, were filed on October 11 under the laws 



of Wisconsin, with the purpose of manufacturing a general line 



of mechanical rubber goods. A tract of 10 acres has been se- 



. cured as a site, and buildings will be erected on special designs. 



NEW RUBBER FACTORY IN NEW YORK STATE. 



On October 10 work was begun on the construction of the 

 factory of the Sweet Tire and Rubber Co. (Batavia, New York), 

 the incorporation of which was mentioned in The India Rub- 

 ber World of September i (page 400). The board of trade 

 raised $i8ooto buy a site. Orders for the Sweet vehicle tire have 

 betn received in encouraging numbers, and the company hope 

 to be making them by New Year. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Mr. Frederic C. Savles, of Providence, Rhode Island, a 

 director of the United States Rubber Co., and largely inter- 

 ested in the woolen industry, has presented to the town of 

 Pawtucket, at a cost of $250,000, a library to be known as the 

 Deborah Cook Sayles Memorial Free Public Library. 



= Mr. P. A. Birley, of the great firm of Charles Macintosh & 

 Co., Limited (Manchester, England), arrived in the United 

 States on the Saxon/a on October 27. Mr. Birley expects to 

 spend about a month in the States and will visit many of the 

 prominent rubber manufacturers while here. 



= Mr. George W. Sherman, of the North Western Rubber 

 Co., Limited, of Liverpool, and formerly with the Diamond 

 Rubber Co., is expected to arrive at Akron early in November, 

 when his marriage to Miss Crumrine will take place. 



= Mr. Walter A. T. Norris, secretary to the Hon. E. S. Con- 

 verse, president of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co., and Miss 

 Winifred Ricker, of Melrose, Massachusetts, were married on 

 the evening of October 7, and will make their residence in Mel- 

 rose. The office force of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. joined 

 in making a handsome wedding present. 



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Receivers have been appointed for the Atlantic Coast Lum- 

 ber Co. and the Export Lumber Co. of America, as a step pre- 

 liminary to their reorganization. They were organized several 

 years ago by Charles R. Flint and his associates for the purpose 

 of developing the lumber industry in the Virginias and the 

 Carolinas. Mr. Flint and Wallace B. Flint, his brother, re- 

 signed as officers and directors of the Export Lumber Co. in 

 January last, but Charles R. is mentioned as being a share- 

 holder at this time. 



