May I, 1 90 1.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER ^^^ORLD 



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THE JOSEPH STOKES CO. TO MAKE RUBBER SHOES. 

 An item of considerable interest in the rubber trade at pres- 

 ent is the announcement that the Joseph Stol<es Rubber Co. 

 (Trenton, N. J.) will turn their plant into an up-to-date factory 

 for the manufacture of rubber boots and shoes. The factory, 

 of course, will be reequipped, and the latest improved machin- 

 ery installed. The main building is exceedingly well adapted 

 for rubber shoe work, and the Stokes brothers are acknowl- 

 edged to be capable manufacturers. The proposed plant will 

 have a capacity of about 5000 pairs a day, the goods being high 

 grade. It is reported that overtures have already been made 

 by large handlers of rubber footwear, which practically assures 

 a market lor the goods. 



_ APSLEY RUBBER CO. (HUDSON, MASS.) 



The main mackintosh building of this company is to be 

 turned over to the boot and shoe department. The two build- 

 ings are now being connected with a bridge, and other addi- 

 tions to the boot and shoe department will be made. This 

 does not mean, by the way, ihat the firm are going out of the 

 mackintosh trade. President L. D. Apsley, in an interview in 

 the Hudson l^Kterprise stated : 



"The mackintosh business is going through another change 

 • and I believe that there will be a revival in this business or 

 that there will be some change which will lead to a better con- 

 dition, as the public is surely going to demand for both men 

 and women some kind of garments which will protect them in 

 bad weather. We shall keep prepared to meet this demand 

 when it comes. A demand 'has already come for a new line 

 of rubberized cloths, which we have met, and as a matter of 

 fact we have coated more yards of cloth during the past year 

 than we have ever coated before." 



The Apsley company are mentioned as having booked an 

 order for rubber boots and arctics, from M. D. Wells & Co., 

 Chicago jobbers, amounting to over $300,000. Parker, Holmes 

 & Co (Boston) have placed larger orders with the company 

 than last year. Paul Brothers, shoe jobbers, of No. 333 Mar- 

 ket street, Philadelphia, have arranged to handle the Apsley 

 footwear in Pennsylvania. The company have also good 

 orders from the Pacific Coast Rubber Co. (San Francisco.)== 

 The Apsley catalogue and price list of rubber boots and shoes, 

 April I, 1901, is handsomely gotten up and illustrates a very 

 full line of goods, the prices on which and discounts correspond 

 with those of the other leading manufacturers. [3^'^^^ • 

 56 pages.] 



BELATED RUBBER SHOE WEATHER. 



A HEAVY fall of snow occurred in the middle and central 

 western states on April 20, which in some cases exceeded all 

 recent records, and particularly for so late in the season. 

 There was 6 inches at Buffalo, N. Y., 6 to 12 inches at Lock- 

 port, Jamestown, and neighboring towns, and 15 inches at 

 Dunkirk, N. Y. ; 12 inches at Erie, Pa., 18 inches at Corry, and 

 as much as 36 inches at other Pennsylvania points; 36 inches 

 at Canton and 12 at Chillicothe, Ohio ; 14 inches in eastern 

 Kentucky, and from 4 to 24 inches in eastern Tennessee. Chi- 

 cago shared in the storm, telegraphic communication with 

 New York being cut off, and railway traffic was suspended at 

 many intermediate places. 



CANADIAN RUBBER SHOE TRADE. 

 At a meeting of rubber boot and shoe manufacturers at To- 

 ronto it was decided to make a revision of their lists, to take 

 effect on April 15. One reason, according to the Canadian 

 Shoe and l,ea//ur Journai, viAs "the necessity for more parity 

 with the American list, on account of the present rubber war 

 on the other side of the line. It was felt that in boots and lum- 



bermen's goods the home product was already considerably be- 

 low the American list. A substantial reduction was made in 

 first quality carton goods, which come more into competition 

 with American fine rubbers, and also in second quality arctics, 

 excluders, and light goods. The feeling prevails that the mar- 

 ket here will not be influenced much by present conditions in 

 the United States." 



A REPORTED NEW INSULATED WIRE FACTORY. 

 The newspapers reported early in the month that a gigantic 

 new insulated wire plant was to be established at Newark, New 

 Jersey, in affiliation with the United States Steel Corporation, 

 involving a capitalization of $10,000,000. An official of the 

 American Steel and Wire Co. writes to The India Rubber 

 World : " I have no authority for contradicting such a report, 

 but I am very confident that there is no foundation for it. If 

 anything of the kind was projected, I believe that our company 

 would know something of it." Members of the insulated wire 

 trade who have been interviewed express the opinion that the 

 report is without foundation. 



THE GOSHEN RUBBER CO. REORGANIZED. 

 The machinery belonging to the Goshen Rubber Co. (Go- 

 shen, Indiana) has been purchased by the original stockhold- 

 ers in the enterprise, who have arranged with the Commercial 

 Exchange, the owners of the building, for running the factory, 

 beginning May i. A new corporation has been formed— the 

 Goshen Rubber Works — under Indiana laws, with $30,000 cap- 

 ital, the directors being: William M. Page, N. R. Brackin, H. 

 C. Zeigler, Alexander McDonell, Collins W. Kinnan, B. John- 

 son, Jerry Hayes, and Henry A. Middleton. The position of 

 general manager will be filled by Mr. Middleton, whose experi- 

 ence in mechanical rubber goods justifies a prediction of suc- 

 cess for the new company. 



JOSEPH DIXON CRUCIBLE CO. 



The annual meeting of the stockholders was held at the 

 company's main office, Jersey City, N. J., April 15, and out of 

 a possible vote of 7345 shares there were 7285 shares voted for 

 the reelection of the old board, consisting of Edward F. C. 

 Young, John A. Walker, Daniel T. Hoag, Richard Butler, Wil- 

 liam Murray, Edward L. Young, and Joseph D. Bedle. Presi- 

 dent, E. F. C. Young ; vice president and treasurer, John A. 

 Walker; secretary, George E. Long, were reelected by the 

 directors. Judge Joseph D. Bedle was also reelected as coun- 

 sel. 



B. F. STURTEVANT CO. 'S FIRE. 



The fire which visited the works of the B. F. Sturtevant Co. 

 at Jamaica Plain, Mass., on Sunday, April 14, proved far less 

 disastrous than was first reported. Only the engine and elec- 

 trical departments were injured. The power plant was started 

 up with but a single day's delay, incident to renewing belts 

 damaged by fire, and the entire blower, heater, forge, galvan- 

 ized iron, and shipping departments, with the foundry, pattern 

 shop, etc., were in full operation on that day and the shipments 

 going forward as usual. No valuable office records were lost, 

 the most serious damage occurring in the advertising depart- 

 ment, where a large amount of printed matter was destroyed. 

 Fortunately, however, an entirely new general catalogue was 

 in press at the time, and copies were issued on April 16 in time 

 to meet all demands for information. New offices were estab- 

 lished on Monday morning in a nearby building and on Mon 

 day noon the business was running as usual. With these 

 facilities at its disposal there is no likelihood of any delay in 

 shipments except such as may occur in the electrical and en- 

 gine departments, and arrangements are already made for 

 handling this work. 



