July i, 1902.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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= William H. Farwell, New England representative of the 

 Empire Rubber Manufacturing Co.. will move this month from 

 No. 289 Devonshire street, Boston, to more commodious quar- 

 ters at No. 276 — almost directly across the street. 



=:It is interestingto notethata number of pairs of aluminum 

 boot trees, which more than six years ago were placed in one 

 of the leading shoe factories, and have been in constant use 

 ever since, show no signs of deterioration or wear, and must 

 have paid for themselves many times over. 



=The regular quarterly dividends of i>2 per cent, on the 

 preferred stock of the American Chicle Co. and i per cent, on 

 the common stock, have been declared, payable July i and 

 July 10, respectively. 



NEW ENGLAND RUBBER CLUB. 



The New England Rubber Club are planning an unusually 

 interesting midsummer outing, for the afternoon and evening 

 of July 22, when, through the courtesy of Arthur W. Stedman, 

 chairman of the Sports committee, they will take possession of 

 the finely appointed clubhouse and extensive grounds of the 

 Country Club, Brookline. Massachusetts. Golf, baseball, ten- 

 nis, squash, pool, and old-fashioned bowling are among the 

 sports of the afternoon. The outing will end with one of the 

 fine dinners for which the Club is famous. 



TO MAKE TIRES AT MILLTOWN. 

 The International Automobile and Vehicle Tire Co., men- 

 tioned in the last issue of this paper as having purchased the 

 Meyer Rubber Co. factory at Milltown, New Jersey, have since 

 been busy in arranging for the manufacture of tires at that 

 place, for which purpose some machinery is being removed 

 from the factory at Newton Upper Falls, though it is not in- 

 tended to close that factory. 



MILLTOWN INDIA RUBBER CO. 



At a receiver's sale in Milltown, New Jersey, on June 19, 

 the plant of this company (in liquidation), including five acres 

 of land, railroad sidings, three story factory building, boilers 

 and engines, and a complete equipment of machinery and 

 tools for the manufacture of rubber boots and shoes, was 

 bought by Fred L. Smith, of Providence, Rhode Island, for 

 $66,500. 



EMPIRE RUBBER MANUFACTURING CO. 



On June 3 General William H. Skirm, of Trenton, bought 

 from George R. Cook 1232 shares in the Empire Rubber Man- 

 ufacturing Co. — a controlling interest. This stock came into 

 the possession of Mr. Cook at a time when General Skirm had 

 become involved through indorsements for Frank A. Magowan 

 — then an important figure in the rubber industry and presi- 

 dent of the Empire company— under an agreement permitting 

 Mr. Cook at the end of five years to fix the price at which Gen- 

 eral Skirm would have the privilege of buying the stock, fail- 

 ing in which he must sell. The shares were at once assigned 

 to Howell C. StuU, as joint trustee for General Skirm and his 

 creditors, for the benefit of the latter. The trustee received an 

 offer of fiio per share for the lot which the creditors felt 

 should be accepted. General Skirm's friends, with a view to 

 having him retain the management, offered a bond to indem- 

 nify the creditors against loss, but at a meeting of the latter on 

 June 20 this plan was rejected, and the stock again changed 

 hands, the consideration being $135,520. Mr. Cook, for fifteen 

 years a shareholder, and for several years past, treasurer and 

 general manager, has resigned these positions and sold his 

 original holdings of stock, and a reorganization of the company 

 is in progress. General Skirm, as a result of these transac- 

 tions, it is understood, will be able to pay his creditors 80 cents 

 on the dollar. = = It is understood that the majority of the Em- 



pire company'sstock has been purchased by C. Edward Murray 

 and Charles H. Baker, of Trenton, and that both General 

 Skirm and William H. Skirm, Jr., will remain connected with 

 the company in their present positions. The company has 

 been doing a very profitable business of late. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



= Mr. E. H. Gorse, treasurer of The Monarch Rubber Co. 

 (St. Louis), has just been elected secretary of the largest trust 

 company in the state of Missouri, and is receiving congratula- 

 tions from all of his friends, and the trust company may con- 

 sider themselves very fortunate to secure his services. It is 

 understood that he retains his interest in the Monarch Rub- 

 ber Co. 



= Mr. George Louis Richards, of the Stoughton Rubber Co. 

 (Boston, Massachusetts), was married on June 1 1 to Miss Helen 

 Raymond Robinson, of Maiden. 



= Mr. S. H. C. Miner, president of the Granby Rubber Co. 

 (Granby, Quebec), will start early this month for British Co- 

 lumbia — an annual trip that he takes to look after his large 

 copper interests in that part of the dominion. 



= Mr. Hermann Reimers, of Reimers& Co. (New York), is at 

 present travelling in Europe, with his family. 



=Among the prominent New England rubber men who are 

 at present abroad are : Henry C. Morse, treasurer of the Re- 

 vere Rubber Co., Boston ; Joseph Davol, president and treas- 

 urer of the Davol Rubber Co., Providence ; end Frederick C. 

 Hood, treasurer of the Hood Rubber Co., Bosion. 



= Mr. R. G.Lockwood, of the Davidson Rubber Co. (Boston), 

 is now in Europe and expects to extend his outing until early 

 in October. 



= Mr. Charles J. Davol, secretary of the Davol Rubber Co. 

 (Providence, R. I,) was married June 2, at the Union Congre- 

 gational church, in Providence, to Miss Helen M.Byrne of that 

 city. Mr. and Mrs. Davol on returning from their wedding 

 trip, will reside at No. 29 Whitmarsh street. Providence. 



= Mr. Charles H. Arnold, of the firm of Riemers & Co., Bos- 

 ton, is taking a summer vacation trip over the Canadian Pacific 

 railway, a trip which, if his engagements permit, will take him 

 to the coast. 



=:Miss Many Wheeler Harrall, daughter of Mr. E. W. Har- 

 rall, of the Fairfield (Conn.) Rubber Co., and Mr. Edwards P. 

 Rowland, of New York, were married June 25. 



OBITUARY. 



William S. Eaton, president of the Boston Belting Co., 

 died June i, at his home. No. 62 Commonwealth avenue, Bos- 

 ton. His death was unexpected, as he had a business engage- 

 ment for the following morning. He was born in Boston, 

 April 12, 1817, and had always made that city his home. His 

 father was rector of Old Christ Church for twenty-seven years. 

 After receiving a liberal education, the son engaged success- 

 fully in the Calcutta trade for many years. He was one of the 

 organizers of the National Tube Works Co., and for twenty- 

 five years was its treasurer, during which time its capital was 

 increased from $200,000 to $2,500,000. Mr. Eaton was also a 

 director in the National Bank of North America of Boston 

 He had been president of the Boston Belting Co. since De- 

 cember 22, 1890, and a director since April 20, 1881. Two sons 

 and a daughter survive. 



=The many friends of Mr. Charles A. Coe, ofthe Boston rub- 

 ber trade, will sorrow with him in the loss of his wife, who 

 passed away at their home in Cambridge, on May 29. In ac- 

 cordance with the wish of the dying mother, their only daugh- 

 ter, who was to have been married in June, was united to the 

 man of her choice at the bedside of the stricken one. 



