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THE INDIA RUBBER ^VORLD 



[December i, 1901. 



= Benning& Barsalou, auctioneers, of Montreal, on Octo- 

 ber 24 held their thirty-fourth annual sale for account of the 

 Canadian Rubber Co., of rubber boots and shoes. Over 6000 

 cases were disposed of, for nearly S'°o,ooo. There were more 

 than 300 buyers present, and prices averaged from 10 to 20 per 

 cent, higher than at the sale last year. 



=The Canadian General Electric Co., Limited (Toronto), 

 publish a folder with illustrations of what they describe as the 

 largest shipment of electrical apparatus ever made in Canada. 

 A view is shown of a railway freight train, of 21 cars, carrying 

 646.650 pounds of material consigned to the Chambly Manu- 

 facturing Co., to be installed in their powerhouse at Richelieu, 

 Quebec, supplying current to the Royal Electric Co., for the 

 city of Montreal. 



=Thirty shares of the Singer Manufacturing Co., $100 par, 

 were sold recently at auction in New York at $285.50 each. 



= The B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron, Ohio) issued in limited 

 numbers last winter a souvenir picture which attracted wide 

 attention. The supply was quickly exhausted but the demand 

 for the reproductions of the painting, a portrait by Asti, of 

 New York, has been such that Akron art dealers have oflFered 

 fancy prices for copies of the lithos. 



= A. T. Saunders, an artist, of Akron, Ohio, is the inventor 

 of a golf ball of which much is expected. Some who have 

 tried it say it will rival the Haskell ball, the demand for which 

 has been almost beyond the supply this year, notwithstanding 

 that it is probably the highest priced ball on the market. It 

 has not been decided where or by whom the Saunders ball will 

 be made. 



=The Safety Insulated Wire and Cable Co. (New York) have 

 been awarded a gold medal at the Pan American Exposition 

 for their display of electric wires and cables. 



= The American Tool and Machine Co,, whose advertise- 

 ment on another page is familiar to India Rubber World 

 readers, received a gold medal at the Pan American Exposition 

 for an exhibit of centrifugal machinery. 



= H. O. Canfield (Bridgeport, Connecticut) has acquired a 

 piece of ground, fronting 500 feet on Staples street and 200 

 feet on Wood avenue, on which it is understood that he intends 

 erecting buildings for the extension of his rubber factory, the 

 capacity of which for some time past has been inadequate for 

 the growth of the business. 



= Hugh McCaugherty, an employe of the Gutta Percha and 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co. of Toronto, Limited, while at work 

 at a calender, met with a serious accident, and sued the com- 

 pany for Sio.ooo damages and $2000 for doctor's bills, etc., 

 alleging negligence on the part of the company. The case was 

 tried September 30, resulting in a verdict for $2000 for the plain- 

 tiff. 



^Proceedings have been brought, in the Chicago courts, to 

 enforce the payment of a judgment entered in the English 

 chancery high court of justice, against the Gormully & Jefifery 

 Manufacturmg Co., in favor of the North British Rubber Co. 

 and William Erskine Bartlett, for infringement in England of 

 the " Clincher " tire patent. 



=J. C. Pierrez, of New York, who will be manager of the 

 People's Hard Rubber Co., of Akron, Ohio, was lately in the 

 latter town, where he stated that the company expected to 

 have their factory in operation by the beginning of the new 

 year. 



= A lire alarm was sounded from the factory of the Canton 

 Rubber Co. (Canton, Ohio) on the afternoon of October 30. 

 The solution in the trough of a spreading machine had caught 

 fire, but the flames were extinguished before much damage was 

 done. 



= The Alden Rubber Co. (Barberton, Ohio) believe in mak- 

 ing the surroundings of their factory attractive. Ornamental 

 vines have been set out which, by another summer, are ex- 

 pected to cover almost all the outer wall. The buildings over- 

 look Lake Anna, and, thanks to a well kept lawn, and two foun- 

 tains, the appearance at a short distance is that of some well 

 cared for public institution. 



=The Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal have moved their 

 offices from their long established address. No. 333 St. Paul 

 street, to the corner of Papineau avenue and Notre Dame 

 street. 



= Manufacturers of golf balls say that sales this year have 

 been the largest in the history of golf in America. 



= A fire in the waterproofing department of the Canadian 

 Rubber Co. of Montreal, on the evening of November i, caused 

 a loss reported at $5000, which is covered by insurance. The 

 fire occurred in the third story of No. 983 Notre Dame street, 

 and was prevented by the firemen from spreading to the lower 

 floors. 



=:At a recent auction sale of securities in New York 125 

 shares of The Celluloid Co. ($100 par) brought 102X to 103. 



= Progress and prosperity are evidenced in the extended ac- 

 commodations which the Manufacturers' Advertising Bureau 

 will occupy after November i, at its old time location. No. 126 

 Liberty street, New York. The new offices give increased fa- 

 cilities, which have become necessary by the continued growth 

 of the business done by the Bureau since its establishment in 

 1877. The methods of the Manufacturers' Advertising Bureau 

 have received the endorsement of the technical press, and 

 many representative manufacturing concerns of this country 

 and Europe, some of which have been its clients for twenty 

 years. Mr. Benj. R. Western, the originator and proprietor, 

 was the pioneer in the management of a firm's newspaper work 

 and advertising in what are generally termed the "trade jour- 

 nals" as a business by itself, and is a recognized authority in 

 his special field. 



=The estate of the late Samuel K. Wilson, of Trenton, New 

 Jersey, an extensive woolen manufacturer who had many out- 

 side interests, including at one time a rubber factory — seems 

 likely to be settled in the courts. Mr. Wilson was supposed to 

 be very wealthy, and his will contained many bequests to char- 

 itable and benevolent institutions, but it is reported that, on 

 account of a shrinkage in values of some of his property, the 

 estate will not suffice to pay the debts charged against it. 



= The duty on imports of rubber boots and shoes into the 

 Australian commonwealth, under the rates which became ef- 

 fective on October 9, is 25 per cent, ad valorem. 



= In the New Jersey court of chancery a decree has been en- 

 tered dismissing the application of Frank A. Magowan and his 

 brother-in-law. Dr. Robert H. Winn, of Canada, to be made 

 parties to the suit in which 1048 shares of the old Empire Rub- 

 ber Co. (Trenton) are involved. For several months they have 

 been fighting for an equity in this stock, now in the name of 

 General William H. Skirm, whose aflairs are in litigation. It 

 is stated that this action of the court is due to Mr. Magowan's 

 refusal to produce testimony in substantiation of the claim, and 

 that it Magowan and Winn come within the jurisdiction of the 

 court, they may be arrested for contempt. 



= The building erected for the Groton Rubber Co. (Pcquon- 

 nock Bridge, Connecticut), which failed before getting to work, 

 has been purchased by Nelson Morgan, from the parties who 

 held possession under a lien for lumber furnished. 



= Gustave Kush, manufacturer of mechanical rubber spe- 

 cialties, late of No. 63 Gold street. New York, has removed to 

 larger quarters, No. 60 Beekman street. 



