October i, 1901.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



23 



NEWS OF THE AMERICAN RUBBER TRADE. 



RUBBER GOODS MANUFACTURING CO. 

 '"1 ""HE directors at a meeting in New York on Sept. 5, de- 

 I Glared the regular quarterly dividend (No. 10) of 134 

 per cent, on the preferred stock, out of the earnings, 

 payable Sept. 16 to shareholders of record on Sept. 7. After the 

 meeting a statement was made to the press representatives, re- 

 porting this action, and adding : " The common stock dividend 

 will come up in the regular course at the meeting of the 

 directors the first week in October." It had generally been 

 expected that a common stock dividend would be declared at 

 the September meeting. Dividends at the rate of 7 per cent, 

 per year have been paid on the preferred stock regularly since 

 June 15, 1899. The first common stock dividend, of i per cent, 

 was paid July 16, 1900, and dividends at the same rate declared 

 quarterly up to and including that paid on July 15, 1901. 



RECLAIMING WORKS AT BURLINGTON. 

 The New Century Rubber Co., the incorporation of which 

 has already been mentioned in The India Rubber World, 

 appear this month as advertisers, and are now in an excellent 

 position to fill orders of any size. The company manufacture 

 reclaimed rubber by a new and secret process, their claim being 

 that their goods are absolutely free from ingredients that are 

 in any way harmful to the manufacture of rubber goods, and 

 that their rubber is superior in quality and texture to ordinary 

 reclaimed stock. The company in order to introduce their 

 goods are willing to send sample lots for trial to any manufac- 

 turer without charge. The offices of the company are in the 

 Drexel building, Philadelphia, the works being at Burlington, 

 New Jersey. The company's officers are : W. E. Sharps, presi- 

 dent; J. J. Mulconroy, vice-president ; and C. W. Gouert, sec- 

 retary and treasurer. 



GUARANTEE RUBBER CO. (aKRON, OHlO) 

 This company succeeds the Betzler & Wilson Rubber Co., 

 manufacturers of soft rubber specialties and also of the Betzler 

 & Wilson fountain pens. The officers of the new company, 

 which is not a corporation, are : Oakley C. Herrick, formerly of 

 the Herrick & Sons Co., of Akron, president and treasurer ; 

 T. M. Gregory, for nineteen years with the Akron Rubber 

 Works, secretary and manager; R. T.Griffith, for nine years 

 with the Akron Rubber Works, vice-president and assistant 

 manager. A new factory has been equipped by the company, 

 in South street, in which work was begun during the last 

 month. They will manufacture soft rubber goods, including 

 druggists' sundries. 



RUBBER SCRAP IN SWEDEN AND NORWAY. 

 The India Rubber World has received an inquiry, through 

 an official channel, from Sweden and Norway, for information 

 regarding the market for rubber scrap, particularly old shoes. 

 There are four rubber shoe factories in the countries named, 

 and doubtless a considerable amount of scrap will ultimately 

 be collected there. Germany last year imported over 500 tons 

 of such material from Sweden and Norway, and now an outlet 

 is sought in this country. 



HARTFORD RUBBER WORKS EXTENSION. 



This company has purchased a tract of land, opposite its 



plant on Bartholomew avenue, Hartford, having a frontage of 



785 feet on the avenue, 400 feet on Park street, and about 1000 



feet on Park river. It is understood to be the purpose of the 



company to erect on the property a substantial addition to its 

 plant. An old residence on the property has been under lease 

 for some years by the company for a tire repair shop. 



HARTFORD RUBBER WORKS CONFERENCE. 



The annual conference of branch house managers and sales- 

 men of the Hartford Rubber Works Co. with the officers of 

 the company was held in Hartford during the last week in Au- 

 gust, ending with a dinner at Lake Compounce on the after- 

 noon of August 29. The managers in attendance were : 

 E. R. Benson, Koston. D. L. .Scoville, Washington. 



\V. B. Fewell, Philadelphia. V . P. Hoy, Minneapolis. 



E. H. Brandt, New York. M. J. Tansey, San Francisco. 



A. H. Scoville, Cleveland. F. H. Ayers, New York uptown. 



E. E. McMaster, Detroit. B. Brandt, Denver. 



James How, Buffalo. P. B. Kavanaugh, Chicago. 



Twenty salesmen were present. J. C. Wilson, who lately re- 

 signed as secretary of the company to become connected with 

 the Seamless Rubber Co. (New Haven), was also present at the 

 dinner, during which he was the recipient of a handsome gold 

 watch and chain from his friends in the company officers and 

 employes. 



RUBBER BELTING FOR AN ELEVATOR. 



The contract for equipment of the new Grand Trunk grain 

 elevator, at Portland, Maine, with capacity of 1,500,000 bushels, 

 embraces the following items of rubber belting : 



14 each 375' long 12" wide 5 ply 32 oz. duck. 

 7 " 107' " 30" " 5 '• 30 " 



2 " 592' " 36" " 4 " 32 " 



— and one belt each of these lengths, all 36 " wide, 4 ply, 32 oz. duck : 

 552' 578' 353' 376' 596' II22' 1130' 1152' 1245' 

 The total length is 12,287 feet, or about 1]'^ miles. The 

 superficial area is 30,271^ leet. These details are supplied by 

 the John S. Metcalf Co. (Chicago), engineers for the construc- 

 tion of the elevator. 



STANDARD RUBBER AND OILCLOTH CO. 

 This new company, now operating the plant of the old 

 Standard Rubber Co. (Campello, Mass.) purpose making a 

 line of oilskin coats, for motormen, conductors, fishermen, and 

 others who are obliged to work out of doors, regardless of the 

 weather. 



A Ni;W HARD RUBBER PLANT. 



The Joseph Stokes Rubber Co. (Trenton, N. J.), after 

 some months of preparation and the installation of up-to-date 

 machinery, are now prepared to manufacture a full line of hard 

 rubber, with the exception, perhaps, of combs. Their vulcanite 

 department is under the supervision of an expert and the goods 

 already turned out are of the best grade. 



THEFT OF CRUDE RUBBER. 

 Recently some crude rubber was offered for sale to Reim- 

 ers & Co., importers, at No. 67 Pine street. New York, which 

 appeared to Mr. Reimers very much like some rubber which he 

 had acquired through the ordinary channels of trade, and 

 should then be lying in a bonded warehouse in Brooklyn. Mr. 

 Reimers called upon the proprietor of the warehouse, and 

 found a considerable quantity of rubber missing, whereupon 

 detectives were called in, and several arrests were made, of 

 truckmen and junkmen. The warehouse had been entered 

 through a courtyard in the rear, and rubber removed to the es- 

 timated value of $9600. The prisoners were held in $2000 

 bail each. 



