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THE INDIA RUBBER \A^ORLD 



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TO SELL CRUDE RUBBER IN AKRON. 

 The growth in importance of Akron, Ohio, as a rubber con- 

 suming center, is illustrated by the fact this town has been se- 

 lected as the location of the first agencies for the sale of crude 

 rubber that have yet been established in the United States 

 outside of seaboard cities. Mr. R. L. Shipman has been ap- 

 pointed resident agent at Akron of the New York Commercial 

 Co. and George A. Alden & Co. Mr. Frank B. Rickaby has 

 also located at Akron in a similar capacity for Reimers & Co., 

 of New York. In both cases the policy has been observed of 

 selecting a capable and energetic young man, who has had 

 thorough training in the house which he is to represent. 



RUBBER SHOE FACTORY NOTES. 

 The Candee rubber factory (New Haven) started on full 

 time April 8, advertising for 100 skilled shoemakers. For 

 some time before the shutdown in March the factory had run 

 but five hours a day ; indeed, it had been running on short 

 time for the most of two years.==The National India Rub- 

 ber factory (Bristol, R. I.) started April 8, after a shut- 

 down of two weeks, with a large list on boot work,==-The 

 Apsley Rubber Co. (Hudson, Mass.) resumed work in the boot 

 and shoe department April i. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



The Brooklyn Reclaiming Co., April 4, under New York 

 laws, to make and deal in reclaimed or devulcanized rubber ; 

 capital, $io,Goo. Directors: Amadee Spadone, New York; 

 John Murphy, Brooklyn ; Albert E. J. V. J. Theilgaard, Copen- 

 hagen, Denmark. 



= The People's Hard Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio), under Ohio 

 laws ; capital, $200,000. Directors were chosen April 12, as 

 follows : /. C. Aldifi, president of the .'Vlden Rubber Co. ; C. E. 

 Sheldon, vice president and general manager of Whitman Sl 

 Barnes Manufacturing Co.; A. B.Rinehart, president of Akron 

 Belting Co. and former sales manager Whitman & Barnes 

 Manufacturing Co. ; J. R. Null, treasurer Central Savings 

 Bank Co. ; George C. Kohler, lawyer, and son in law of I. C. 

 Alden. The officers are I. C. Alden, president; A. B. Rine- 

 hart, vice president ; J. R. Nutt, treasurer ; G. C. Kohler, gen- 

 eral counsel. It was announced as early as April, 1899, that 

 such a company would be formed, but no definite information 

 was given out until the incorporation of the company during 

 the past month. It is stated that sufficient skilled labor has 

 been obtained, and that an effort will be made to begin work by 

 August I. It IS reported that J. C. Pierrez & Co., No. 107 Cham- 

 bers street, New York, will be eastern selling agents. 



= Diamond Belting and Packing Co. of New York, March 

 27, under New York laws; capital, $10,000. Directors: W. B. 

 Miller, Akron, Ohio ; Ernest L. Baldwin and J. W. Teller, New 

 York city. 



= Kellogg Manufacturing Co. (Newark, N. J.), April 14, 

 under New Jersey laws, to manufacture rubber goods ; capital, 

 $25,000. Incorporators: S. C. Kellogg, F. W. Lestrade, E. C. 

 Lestrade. 



= The Haskell Golf Ball Co. (Akron, Ohio), April i, under 

 Ohio laws, to make golf balls ; capital, $10,000. 



= Dearing-Scott Manufacturing Co. (Jackson, Michigan), 

 March 24, under Michigan laws, to manufacture rubber heels 

 and creepers; capital, $10,000. 



=The Graff Shoe Co. (Philadelphia), March 6, under Dela- 

 ware laws, to manufacture shoes and to deal in the same and 

 rubber goods; capital, $60,000. 



= Northvvestern Rubber Co. (Chicago), March 23, under Illi- 

 nois laws, to do a general jobbing trade in rubber and kindred 

 goods ; capital, $20,000. Incorporators ; A. B. Clark, Ellsworth 



F. Morton, William G. Anderson. Mr. Clark hitherto has rep- 

 resented the Pennsylvania Rubber Co. (Erie, Pa.) in Chicago, 

 and the new concern will be selling agents for that company. 

 A meeting for organization was to be held on April 25. 

 TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Home Rubber Co. (Trenton, N. J.) plan shortly to in- 

 stall a 750 horse power engine, their present power plant being 

 too small for the execution of their orders. 



=Joseph Cantor, dealer in rubDer manufacturers' supplies, 

 and representative in the United States of Typke& King (Lon- 

 don), has removed from No. 149 Church street to Nos. 56-58 

 Pine street. New York. 



= The Crude Rubber Co. have removed their offices from 

 No. 30 Broad street, New York, to the Broad- Exchange build- 

 ing, Nos. 25-29 Broad street. 



= The Groton Rubber Co., organized recently to operate a 

 factory at Poquonock, near New London, Connecticut, have 

 decided not to carry out their plans, and the machinery which 

 has been installed will go back to the manufacturers. 



= The Byfield Rubber Co. (Bristol, Rhode Island) are replac- 

 ing the four boilers in use hitherto in their factory with two 

 larger ones. A new boiler house is being built, and the old 

 boiler room will be used as a compound room. The company 

 are reported to be well supplied with orders. 



=The Mechanical Fabric Co. (Providence, R. I.) have re- 

 cently taken a contract to equip throughout the two new 

 steamers of the American Line, the Zealand and Vaderland, 

 with air mattresses. 



= 1. W. Greene, son of Frank W. Greene, the rubber broker 

 of New York, has become connected with the American Rub- 

 berine Co., and is offering their rubber substitute to the trade, 



= The Manufacturers' Association of Kansas City, Missouri, 

 has established a catalogue library, and requests all manufac- 

 turers and mercantile establishments to forward their cata- 

 logues, receipt of which will be duly acknowledged. Catalogues 

 will be filed and indexed by the card index system both as to 

 firm name and subject matter of the catalogue. 



= The Milford Rubber Co. (Boston) have made several im- 

 provements lately at their factory at Milford, Massachusetts, 

 including the installation of fire sprinklers, the building of a 

 new water tank, and increasing facilities in the spreading room. 



=The Harding Paper Stock Co. (Omaha, Nebraska) have 

 been succeeded by L. Harding. The business dates from 1880, 

 and includes the handling of rubber scrap on a considerable 

 scale, this being the only house in the line in the state. 



= The Eureka Fire Hose Co. (New York) have issued a 

 hanger, fitted for posting in fire department and other hose 

 houses, containing printed •' Directions Concerning Care of 

 Fire Hose," which should be considered by all users of such 

 hose. 



^It is reported that John Kerns, superintendent of the 

 India Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio), will sail this month to take 

 charge of the tire and mechanical rubber factory which the 

 Dunlop interests are erecting at Melbourne, Australia. 



= The Syracuse Rubber Co. and Pierce, Butler & Pierce 

 (Syracuse, New York) have each been awarded a contract for 

 1000 feet of hose for the local fire department. 



= G. Edwin Alden, No. 176 Federal street, Boston, has taken 

 the agency for the special substitutes, solvents, and ingredients 

 prepared for rubber manufacturers by William H, Scheel, of 

 New York. 



= H. S. Randall, who, since 1873, has been in charge of the 

 New York office of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co., resigned on 

 April I, and has been succeeded by E. L. Phipps, for some 

 years past connected with the company's Boston office. 



