August i, 1902.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER \VORLD 



367 



East State street, beyond the city line. Orders have been 

 placed for the machinery, and the building will be designed to 

 fit the mechanical equipment, all with the idea of having the 

 new plant in operation at the earliest date possible. The new 

 factory will be devoted to the production of mechanical rubber 

 goods. 



A VISIT FROM MR. BUCKLETON. 

 Mr. Ernest E. Buckleton, general manager of the North- 

 western Rubber Co., Limited, Litherland, Liverpool, England, 

 made a flying trip to the United States in July, returning by 

 the Oceanic on the 23d. Mr. Buckleton is, as of yore, earnest, 

 energetic, and full of geniality. The samples of reclaimed rub- 

 ber in black, tan, 

 and red, that he 

 showed as a pro- 

 duct of the Liver- 

 pool works are 

 *TSs^B wonderful, and his 



VWHk ^Ml^^^^B statement that 



' '""" ^^ a^^^m* European manu- 



facturers are al- 

 ready large buyers 

 is easily credited. 

 During the past 

 m 1^ year Mr. Buckle- 



^^^^ ton, in addition 



■r^^^^^^^^ to his duties at 

 Liverpool, has 

 visited nearly 

 every rubber fac- 

 tory in Great Bri- 

 tain and on the 

 ERNEST E. BUCKLETON. Continent. 



A PRIZE EXHIBIT OF FIRE HOSE. 

 At the convention of International Association of Fire 

 Chiefs, to be held at the Grand Central Palace, New York city, 

 commencing September 16, the Eureka Fire Hose Co. (New 

 York) will make practically the same exhibit as they did at the 

 Pan-American Exposition, at Buffalo, and for which they were 

 awarded a gold medal. They will also exhibit the following 

 medals : 



For Premier Honors, Centennial Exposition Philadelphia, 1876 



American Institute New York 



Decoration Legion of Honor and Gold Medal Paris, 1878 



Gold Medal Barcelona, 1888 



Gold Medal, Pan-American Exposition Buffalo, 1901 



AMERICAN BICYCLE CO. 



It is currently reported that Colonel Albert A. Pope will 

 succeed R. L. Coleman as president, shortly after the beginning 

 of the current fiscal year, which dates from August i, and that 

 several other changes will be made in the board of directors. 

 The annual meeting will occur in October. 



RUBBER GOODS MANUFACTURING CO. 

 The New York Journal of Commerce reported, July 26 : 

 " Wall Street had a rumor yesterday to the effect that the 

 control of Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. had passed into 

 new hands, but this was officially denied. The report proba- 

 bly grew out of the fact that the stocks of the company on the 

 Stock Exchange scored a substantial advance." 



AMERICAN CHICLE CO. 



The annual meeting of stockholders was held at Jersey City, 

 New Jersey, on July 15. The old board of directors was re- 

 elected and the directors reelected the retiring officers. The 

 board is now composed of W. J. White (president), G. H. 



Worthington (vice-president), Henry Rowley (secretary and 

 treasurer), Thomas Adams, Thomas Adams, Jr., E. E. Beeman, 

 S. T. Britton, W. B. White, J. P. Primley, T. J. Jefferson, 

 Charles R. Flint. The financial statement made is understood 

 to have been favorable, but no details were given out for pub- 

 lication. 



LATIMER TIRE AND RUBBER MANUFACTURING CO. 

 The assets of this company, at Huntley, near Chicago, were 

 sold at auction on June 18, by order of the United States dis- 

 trict court, the company having gone into bankruptcy. The 

 amount realized was $2335.60. As advertised by the receiver, 

 the assets included " about $2000 worth of rubber tires," retain- 

 ing wire, channels, friction cloth, rubber shoddy, whiting, etc., 

 together with " ]i ton gum mill, Jg ton gum n.ill, one washer," 

 iron vulcanizer. 40 molds, tire setters, shafting, pulleys, belting, 

 etc. The company owned a patent on a "compound spring" 

 solid rubber tire, which was illustrated in The India Rurijer 

 World [January i, 1901 — page 121] and was incorporated un- 

 der the above title April 30, 1901, with $25,000 capital, to man- 

 ufacture this tire and a general line of rubber goods. This 

 item was inadvertently omitted from our last issue. 



A LARGE ORDER FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT HOSE. 

 The Eureka Fire Hose Co. (New York) recently secured an 

 order for 31,500 feet of cotton rubber Imed fire hose from the 

 New York city fire department. It embraces 2000 feet xyi inch 

 " Paragon " brand ; 8000 feet 2;< inch, 8000 feet 3 inch, and 

 2000 feet y/z inch " Eureka " brand, for the boroughs of Man- 

 hattan and the Bronx. Also, 2500 feet i>^ inch "Paragon" 

 and 6000 feet 21^ inch and 3000 feet ■},% inch " Eureka '" brand, 

 for the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. 



NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS. 

 United States Rubber Co. : 



Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. : 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



The Eureka Rubber Manufacturing .Co. (Trenton), July 15, 

 under New Jersey laws, to manufacture mechanical rubber 

 goods ; capital, $500,000. Incorporators : George R. Cook, 

 Edmund D. Cook, Barker Gummere, Elmer Ewing Green, and 

 William S. Hancock, all of Trenton. 



= Des Moines Rubber Co. (Des Moines, Iowa) July i, under 

 the laws of Iowa ; capital $25,000, paid in. To succeed to the 

 business of A. B. George & Co., wholesale dealers in rubber 

 boots and shoes. The directors are: A. B. George, of Des 

 Moines, and H. H. Perrin and Homer E. Sawyer, of the United 

 States Rubber Co. The business will be continued at the 

 present location. No. 307 Court avenue, under the management 

 of Mr. George. 



