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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 1, 1913. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES, 



A branch of the St. Louis Tire and Rubber Co., of St. Louis, 

 has recently been opened in Chicago. It is located at 2027 

 Michigan avenue and is in charge of Mr. Alexander llendel. 



Walpole tires will be distributed in the southern part of Xew 

 York State and the State of Xew T<r';ey liy Meyers S: Crayson, 

 1608 Broadway, New York. 



The Goodyear India Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co., one 

 of the constituent plants of the LTnited States Rubber Co., is 

 making arrangements to increase its office space liy a two-story 

 addition. 



The F. S. Carr Co., of South Framingham, Massachusetts, has 

 just started on a four-story brick and cement building 150 x 75 

 feet, and a one-story frame building 200 x 60 feet. These addi- 

 tions will practically double the capacity of the plant. 



One of the most successful lines of fire hose now on the market 

 is the wax and Para gum-treated cotton rubber-lined fire hose 

 made by the Fabric Fire Hose Co,, with factories at Sandy Hook, 

 Connecticut, and offices at 127 Duane street, New York. The 

 manager of this company, Mr. William T. Cole, is one of the 

 best known rubber men in the trade, and his administration of 

 this company is responsible for one of the most complete and 

 efifectivc organizations of its kind in this country. 



Theodore Hofeller & Co., of Buffalo, large dealers in old 

 rubber, have distributed some color barometers in the form of 

 little cards to be hung upon the wall, which, by the changing 

 color in the piece of sensitized cloth, indicate whether we may 

 expect fair weather, rainy weather or a change of any kind. It 

 is perhaps not quite as accurate as the government barometers, 

 but it serves its purpose. 



W. F. Gammeter, of Cadiz, Ohio, who manufactures Universal 

 Steel Calender Stock Shells, had a very wide distribution for 

 his product in the last week in ^lay. He not only made ship- 

 ments to Boston, Lowell, Woonsocket and various other New 

 England points, and to Buffalo, Wilkes-Barre. Trenton, Akron, 

 Cleveland and other middle state and middle west localities, but 

 he sent shipments to various places in Ontario, some to Cali- 

 fornia and some as far away as St. Petersburg, Russia. 



The Mexican Mutual Planters Co. has moved its offices from 

 167 West Washington street to 123 West Madison street, Chi- 

 cago, Illinois. 



COSHOCTON TO HAVE A RUBBER PLANT. 



The town of Coshocton, Ohio, is to have a rubber factory. 

 The S. & M. Tire and Rubber Co., capitalized at $400,000, has 

 signed a contract with the representatives of the Coshocton 

 Board of Trade to locate a factory in that town. The town con- 

 tributes two acres of land with a factory building formerly used 

 for another purpose, and it is expected that the citizens of the 

 town will subscribe to $100,000 worth of stock. The company 

 expects to remodel the factory building at once, and hopes to be 

 manufacturing tires within three months. It intends at the start 

 to employ 200 men, and expects within the next two years, at 

 any rate, to increase this numlicr to 500. 



THE COLUMBIA RUBBER CO. 



The Columbia Rubber Co. has been incorporated, the pro- 

 moters being the owners of the L. & M. Rubber Co., of Carroll- 

 ton, Ohio, to manufacture rubber tires in a factory now being 

 built at Columbiana, Ohio. It is expected that the factory will 

 be completed by July 1, with a capacity of 300 tires per day. 

 The capital stock is $1,000,000, and the officers are: E. L. Hen- 

 derson, president ; A. E. Albright, secretary, and J. H. Richards, 

 treasurer. 



The directors of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. have 

 declared a semi-annual dividend of three dollars per share on the 

 preferred stock, and a quarterly dividend of three dollars per 

 share on the common stock, both payable June 16, 1913. to stock- 

 holders of record June 5, 1913. 



the HUTHERFOHD C0,'S new BRANCH. 



Teie Rutherford Rubber Co., Rutherford, New Jersey, has just 

 opened a new branch in Boston, at S3 Church street, near Park 

 square. In addition to this Boston store it has branch stores at 

 438 West Forty-second street, New York City; 240 North Six- 

 teenth street, Philadelphia, and in Bridgeport, Newark and 

 Reading. 



.\n item lias recently appeared in some of the papers to the 

 effect that the Rutherford company is increasing its capital stock. 

 This, however, refers to an increase which took place last De- 

 cember, when $200,000 additional preferred stock was issued, 

 making the present capitalization consist of $.500,000 preferred 

 7 per cent, cumulative stock and $300,000 common stock. This 

 increased stock was issued to take care of certain e.v;tensions in 

 the business and for the purpose of opening further sales 

 brandies. 



A VERY CONVENIENT SHIPPING BOX. 



"The Behrendt Knock-Down Shipping Box" ought to be a great 

 convenience to almost every shipper. It is constructed entirely 

 of galvanized sheet iron (24 or 26 gg.), and while it weighs only 

 half as much as the ordinary wooden box, it is strong enough 

 for the heaviest merchandise or machinery. In its collapsed state 

 it stands only 4 inches high and can be put together by a boy 

 in a few minutes. It can be locked up in a minute and opened 

 just as quickly. It has no visible nails, screws or bolts. It 

 can be skidded around like any ordinary box, and can be used 

 over and over again, as it is practically indestructible. It is made 

 liy the !^Ietal Package Corporation, of Newark, New Jersey. 



REPORT OF THE CONSOLIDATED RUBBER TIRE CO. 



The annual report of the Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. of 

 Xew York for the year ending December 31 last, recently pub- 

 lished, shows that during the year $4,276,993 worth of goods 

 were sold, an increase of $893,461 over the previous year. The 

 total income of the company from all sources during 1912 was 

 $4,513,358, while the expenses amounted to $4,399,338. leaving a 

 net profit of $114,020. 



THE ECONOMY OF THE AUTO ENGINE. 



In an address given by Ex-Chief Loller of Youngstown. Ohio, 

 at the recent semi-annual meeting of the New Jersey Fire Chiefs' 

 .Association, he made this statement, showing the comparison be- 

 tween the horse drawn steamer and the auto engine : 



"The first motor engine placed in service in Ohio was of the 

 Webb type. During the recent flood it worked from 7 o'clock on 

 Sunday morning until the following Monday night, taking suc- 

 tion from the river, which was covered with oil and other waste. 

 The same engine was used to pump out cellars, and I do not think 

 a steam engine could have done any better. In fact. T think the 

 automobile engine proved to be a little better than the steamer. 

 From the point of economy it is far ahead. Three men are re- 

 quired to operate a steamer and take care of horses, besides the 

 expense of fuel, while only one man was needed for the automo- 

 bile engine, and half the time he was strolling around with his 

 hands in his pockets. From the point of operation, the auto 

 engine costs about one-sixth of the amount needed to run a 

 steamer. The tire question is the largest item in the automo- 

 bile expense list, although I had a machine equipped with one 

 set of tires which lasted three years, and they were pneumatic 

 tires at that. Several solid and cushion tires are now being 

 manufactured which nearly approach the pneumatic in resiliency." 



THOSE RUBBER EARS AND NOSES. 



The "New Goods" department of this publication described 

 and illustrated in the May issue the rubber ears and noses manu- 

 factured by a surgical appliance house of New York City. These 

 artificial members were ascribed, in that article, to the well- 

 known Xew York surgeon, Dr. William B. DeGarnio. That was 

 an error. They should have been attributed to the G. J. DeGarmo 

 Co., 33 West Forty-second street. 



