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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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Incorporators: Samuel B. Beardsley, Joseph B. Bloomingdale, 

 Henry Kern. Registered office in New Jersey: Bloomfield. 

 New York office: No. 157 Cedar street. 



=Goodyear Hard Rubber Heel Co., March 3, under New 

 Jersey laws, to manufacture rubber boot and shoe heels ; capi- 

 tal. Si 00.000. Incorporators : Joseph VVichert, Emil Philipson, 

 Anton C. Eggers, Adolph A. Eisell, Morris Hillquit. 



= The Vulcanized Rubber Co., March 8, under New Jersey 

 laws, to manufacture and deal in rubber goods ; capital. $500,- 

 000. Incorporators : Meyer Dittenhoe/er, George Pellmger, 

 Theodore E. Studley. 



= Straus Rubber and Tire Co., March 8, under New York 

 laws; capital, $25,000. Directors: J. A. Straus, Ale.xander Straus, 

 Annie Straus — all of New York city. 



= Morgan Rubber Co., March 14, under New Jersey laws, to 

 make and deal in rubber goods ; capital, $200,000. Incorpora- 

 tors: Hubert W. Morgan, Hugh S. Townsend, Warren Dixon. 

 Registered office in New Jersey : No. 259 Washington street, 

 Jersey City. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Cable Rubber Co. (Jamaica Plain, Mass.) have put in 

 a new and complete steam plant, together with a new Slater 

 engine. They have also added a calender and additional em- 

 bossing machines. In spite of the new equipment, however, 

 they are so crowded with orders that they are running nights. 



=The College Point factory of the American Hard Rubber 

 Co. has been working overtime of late in most departments. 

 It is reported that more combs are now being made there than 

 at any time in the past. 



= The Pure Gum Specialty Co. (Barberton, Ohio) are put- 

 ting on the market an exceedingly attractive red glove. It is 

 seamless, of course, and beautifully finished, and catches the 

 eye instantly. 



= " P. P. S." are letters that the Home Rubber Co. (Tren- 

 ton, N. J.) are making almost household words, to use a mixed 

 metaphor, and they refer to a new packing which is making 

 remarkable records for itself and is known as " Perfect Steam 

 Packing." 



= Nubian packing (The Voorhees Rubber Manufacturing 

 Co.) is making a splendid record on the Great Lakes, where it 

 is used under a working pressure of 250 pounds strain, and 

 under such pressure does not harden, but remains pliable and 

 practically indestructible. So say C. E. Squires & Co., the en- 

 gineering and contracting house of Cleveland, Ohio. 



= William Lapworth & Sons, of Milford, Massachusetts, 

 manufacturers of elastic webbing, are reported to have in- 

 creased the capacity of their mill by the addition of six new 

 looms. 



=The Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co.'s Chicago 

 branch, in view of their removal to new and larger quarters, 

 have issued a series of " Special Sales Sheets," relating to cer- 

 tain brands of mechanical goods, which they wish to dispose 

 of promptly, for cash, rather than remove them to the new 

 warerooms. 



=Joseph W. Elberson, of Setauket, Long Island, informs 

 The India Ritbber World that no basis in fact exists for the 

 report recently current that the plant at one time devoted to 

 the manufacture of rubber footwear at Setauket, is to be run 

 again this season in the production of the same line of goods. 



=The war department during the past month awarded con- 

 tracts for 150,000 rubber ponchos, large size, one half the num- 

 ber with grommets and the others with glove fasteners. Pro- 

 posals were invited at Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, and San 

 Francisco. Further proposals were invited up to March 25 

 for 80,000 ponchos. 



= A grain elevator now being planned for the New York 

 Central railroad, at Weehawken, New Jersey, will have a ca- 

 pacity of 2,000,000 bushels, and will require an important 

 amount of rubber belting. The contractors are George M. 

 Moulton & Co., of Chicago. 



= H. Herman, son of the founder of the Brockton Rubber 

 Scrap Co. (Brockton, Mass.), will hereafter visit the rubber 

 trade along the Atlantic coast, securing orders for cement balls 

 and other specialties which the company handle. 



= There has been some very seasonable weather — for the 

 rubber shoe trade — during the past month, particularly in the 

 northwest. As late as March 20 a snowstorm raged over Wis- 

 consin. Minnesota, the Dakotas, and portions of Michigan and 

 Nebraska, which doubtless had its effect in helping the sale of 

 rubbers. 



=The agency for the Hood Rubber Co.'s goods in Chicago 

 has been taken by The Duck Brand Co., No. 252 Franklin street. 



= F. W. Whitcher & Co., the Boston shoe manufacturers' 

 goods firm whose " Velvet " rubber heels have become so well 

 known, have removed from No. 4 High street, after twenty- 

 one years' occupancy of that store, to larger quarters at No. 14 

 Albany street. 



= A. Kern & Co. (No. 157 Cedar street. New York), the 

 American representatives of the Frankfort Asbestos Works, 

 Limited — formerly Louis Wertheim, Frankfort o/M., report 

 that the demand for asbestos goods increases steadily. 



^Early on the morning of March 15 fire broke out in the 

 upper part of the building, Nos. 70-72 Reade street. New York, 

 the lower floors and basement of which were occupied by 

 William Morse & Co., rubber shoe jobbers. Their stock and 

 storerooms were considerably damaged by water. Messrs. 

 Morse & Co. have established themselves temporarily at No. 64 

 Reade street, but expect to be able to occupy their old location 

 again by May i. 



= The Atlas Foundry and Machine Co. (Belleville, N. J.) is a 

 concern that has lately equipped itself for the manufacture of 

 all types of rubber machinery. The company has among its 

 active men those who are fully acquainted with the needs of 

 the rubber trade and who have already been machinery 

 builders. 



= That Akron is a most important rubber center has been 

 newly emphasized by George A. Alden & Co. (Boston) and 

 the New York Commercial Co., who have sent their Mr. W. L. 

 Chipmsn to the city named as resident agent. Mr. Chip- 

 man is an active and popular man of twenty-six years, who 

 made an excellent record in crude rubber among New England 

 manufacturers. 



= The V'oorhees Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Jersey City, New 

 Jersey) are advertising their Nubian packing very attractively, 

 one indication of which may be seen by reference to their an- 

 nouncement in the advertising pages of The India Rubber 

 World this month. 



= The Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Co. of 

 Toronto, Limited, have acquired the rights for Canada to 

 manufacture the " Berry " rubber heel, which for some time 

 past has been on the market in the United Siates. 



=Charles Bond, general mill furnisher. No. 520 Arch street, 

 Philadelphia, has completed extensive alterations to his store, 

 making it 200 feet in length, with basement of the same di- 

 mensions, besides a four story addition in the rear. Mr. Bond 

 carries one of the largest stocks of shafting, hanging, and belt- 

 ing in Philadelphia. 



=The Joseph Banigan Rubber Co. will have an exhibit of 

 their rubber footwear at the Pan American Exhibition under 

 the supervision of E. R. Rice, their representative at Buffalo. 



