December i, 1902.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



95 



NEWS OF THE AMERICAN RUBBER TRADE. 



ATLANTIC INSULATED WIRE AND CABLE CO. 



INCORPORATED July i, 1902, under New Jersey laws; capi- 

 tal, $150,000. For factory purposes a three story build- 

 ing has been leased at Stamford, Connecticut, with a floor 

 area of about 60,000 square feet, which is being equipped 

 with new, up to date, machinery of the most approved type for 

 the manufacture of rubber insulated wires and cables — sub- 

 marine, aerial, and underground — for electrical purposes. The 

 equipment of the factory is almost completed, and the company 

 expect to begin filling orders by the middle of December. The 

 officers are Edward Sawyer, president and treasurer; E. H. 

 Johnson, vice president and factory manager ; J. M. Woolsey, 

 secretary ; George F. Porter, for ten years past secretary and 

 treasurer for the National Electric Light Association, and for 

 the past five years closely allied with the wire and cable busi- 

 ness, having been latterly with Mr. W. R. Brixey, has been ap- 

 pointed manager of sales. The principal office is at No. 120 

 Liberty street, New York. 



TIRE PATENT SUIT SETTLED OUT OF COURT. 

 The suit filed by the G and J Tire Co. (Indianapolis, Indi- 

 ana) against The Diamond Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio), for 

 alleged infringement on the patents covering the "G & J de- 

 tachable tire, reported in The India Rubber World for 

 October i (page 27). was settled without being carried to trial- 

 The basis of the settlement, it is understood, is the recognition 

 by the Diamond company of the validity of the G & J patents^ 

 in return for which the Diamond company have been licensed 

 to manufacture detachable double tube vehicle tires under 

 these patents. It is reported that no other licenses will be 

 granted under these patents. 



SUBMARINE CABLE FOR EXPORT. 

 The instructions of the United States treasury department 

 dated August i, 1896, providing an allowance of drawback on 

 wire rope manufactured from iron or steel wire, have been ex- 

 tended to cover submarine cable manufactured for export by 

 the Safety Insulated Wire and Cable Co. (New York), the core 

 of which consists of copper wire, rubber, and other domestic 

 materials, and in the further manufacture of which the " steel 

 armor wire " used was in part imported as such and in part was 

 manufactured from steel rods wholly imported. 



RUBBER STATIONERY FOR NEW YORK CITY BUREAUS. 

 The contract for furnishing stationery — including rubber 

 goods — for the use of courts and the departments and bureaus 

 of the city of New York, and of the counties comprised within 

 the city limits, for the year 1902, was awarded on October 28 

 to the L. W. Ahrens Co. The bids were presented in Decem- 

 ber last [see The India Rubber World, January i, 1902 — 

 page no], but the award was delayed by legal technicalities 

 constantly presented in the interest of rival bidders. 



CONVENIENT LOCATION FOR RUBBER WORKERS. 

 A REAL estate development company in Akron, Ohio, in ad- 

 vertising building lots for sale, appeals particularly to rubber 

 workers, and points out that the lands in question are within 

 walking distance of eleven rubber factories, so that employes 

 of these works living in that quarter of the town could save 

 time and expense in getting to and from their work. There 

 are lots within 500 feet of one factory, and none more remote 

 than i}^ miles from any factory on the list. It is further 

 pointed out, by the plausible real estate " boomers," that a rub- 



ber worker never knows when he may "get a better job " at 

 some other plant, and, living in this central location, change of 

 employers would not make necessary a change of residence. 



THE VULCANIZED RUBBER CO. 



The officers of this company were pleasantly surprised, a few 

 days after the laying of the corner stone of their new factory, 

 as reported in the last India Rubber World, at the receipt 

 of an engrossed and framed testimonial from the company's 

 employes, worded as below. The engrossing, an artistic piece 

 of work, was done by Mr. G. E. Van Buskirk, one of the fore- 

 men at the factory, and the whole forms an attractive orna- 

 ment to the walls of the company's New York office. 



resolutions adopted by the employes of 

 the vulcanized rubber CO., morrisville, pa. 



October i8, 1Q02, 



Whereas : We the employes of said Company desire to extend to 

 the Officers and Board of Directors our sincere and earnest thanks 

 for the unexampled generosity shown us on the occasion of the 

 laying of the corner stone of the new factory at Morrisville, Satur- 

 day, October 18, igo2, and to emphasize our desire that the 

 agreeable relations existing be more firmly cemented and always 

 maintained ; 



AV olved. That these resolutions be engrossed, framed, and pre- 

 sented to the Officers and Board of Directors. 

 COMMITTEE. 



A. M. Sawyer, Superintendent. 



John T. Rugaber, F. Taylor, Oscar F. Beck, 



Sup't. Comb Dep't. Office Manager. Slock Dep't. 



C. Nolan, G. E. Van Buskirk, F. Peze, 



W. Carman, T. Lister, T. Quincy, 



C. Parsons, G. Goldenbaum, P. Doherty, 



E. Sutterley, T. Young, G. L. Smith, 



G. Jenkins, E. Newman, F. Wieland, 



S. L. Merideth. 



EXPORTS OF AMERICAN AUTOMOBILES. 



The value of exports of automobiles from the United States 

 during the twelve months ended September 30, 1902, was 

 $1,008,555. Exports during October were at a larger rate. 

 Two shipments made to London, amounted to $20,067 and 

 $25,647, respectively. One shipment to Havre amounted to 

 $6102 and one to British Africa to $5895. There were ship- 

 ments also to Southampton, Liverpool, Hamburg, Lisbon, Mex- 

 ico, Cuba, China, Hong Kong, British East Indies, New Zealand, 

 and elsewhere. It has been estimated that at least half the 

 American automobiles exported are equipped with rubber tires 

 made in this country. 



AN INDEPENDENT CHEWING GUM COMPANY. 

 Large as the business of the American Chicle Co. has be- 

 come, it does not include all the chewing gum manufacture 

 based upon Chicle. The Treasury department some time ago 

 issued an order allowing a drawback on duties paid on Chicle 

 imported by the Newton Gum Co. (San Francisco, California)^ 

 on proof of the use of the material in the manufacture of chew- 

 ing gum for export. Mr. George F. Newton, secretary and 

 manager of the company mentioned, informs The India Rub- 

 ber World: " We use from three to five carloads of Chicle 

 per year in the manufacture of our chewing gums. We are an 

 independent company and in no way connected with the Amer- 

 ican Chicle Co." During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1901^ 

 imports of Chicle at San Francisco were reported for the first 

 time, amounting to 47,243 pounds.=The American Chicle 

 Co. are reported to be earning at the rate of 15 per cent, on 



