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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



[May 



1 90 1. 



=It is interesting to note that the very highest grades of 

 talc are now being mined in the United States, and spficially 

 prepared for the rubber trade. The writer recently saw some 

 beautiful specimens of talc, and also a great variety of grades 

 of barytes, at the office of the Carolina Mineral Co., No. 140 

 Maiden lane, New York. These goods all came from North 

 Carolina, and are being prepared particularly for consumption 

 in rubber working and compounding. 



=George T. Case, formerly superintendent of the hard rub- 

 ber department of The Seamless Rubber Co., has severed his 

 connection there and accepted a position with the rubber fac- 

 tory of Morgan & Wright (Chicago). 



= The employes of the Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing 

 Co., at Passaic, New Jersey, have formed a benevolent associa- 

 tion, incorporated under the laws of the state. 



-George Watkinson & Co. (Philadelphia) have filed plans 

 with the city authorities for an engine room and boiler house 

 addition to their rubber shoe plant. 



= The Lambertville (N.J.) Rubber Co. have recently built 

 an addition, 18 <40 feet, to their vulcanizing department. 



= The " Transporteur Robins," for which Henry La Burthe 

 is general agent in France (20, avenue Herbillon, Saint- 

 Mande), is the system manufactured by the Robins Convey- 

 ing Belt Co. (New York). 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Mr. Charles R. Flint, of New York, was the principal 

 witness, on April 8, at Washington, before the Industrial Com- 

 mission which, under an act of Congress, is conducting an in- 

 vestigation into the industrial conditions of the country. Mr. 

 Flint was called on account of his prominence in connection 

 with the consolidation of large industrial enterprises, and gave 

 his views on, the advantages of combination. Incidentally he 

 gave many details regarding the organization and control of 

 the United States Rubber Co., the Rubber Goods Manufactur- 

 ing Co., and the American Chicle Co. 



= Mr. E. E. Buckleton sails for Europe on the Lucania. May 

 4, for an extended tour covering England, France, Germany, 

 Norway, and Sweden. 



= Recenl visitors to the United States have been Ernest 

 Berlyn, of Paris, and John W. Knott, of London, representa- 

 tives of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. It was the first visit to 

 this country of M. Berlyn. 



= Mr. J. H. Stearns, of Parker, Stearns & Sutton (New York) 

 will shortly leave for Lake Spofford (New Hampshire), where 

 he owns a fine summer hotel known as the Pine Grove Springs 

 Hotel. As a health resort of the highest type Mr. Stearns' 

 place is rapidly becoming noted. Indeed it is confidently pre- 

 dicted that it v/ill soon be a rival of Poland Springs. 



= Mr. O. C. Barber, one of the prime factors in the Diamond 

 Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio), and president of the Diamond 

 Match Co., is reported to be concerned with Mr. H. C. Frick, 

 of Pittsburgh, In the establishment of the Columbia National 

 Bank, at Barberton, Ohio. 



= Mr. Albert T. Holt, superintendent of The Victor Rubber 

 Co. (Springfield, Ohio), was married April 17 to Miss Mary L. 

 Widdicombe. The newly married pair went East for an ex- 

 tenaed wedding tour. 



= Mr. Joseph Everett Stone, cashier of the Hood Rubber 

 Co., and Miss Sadie lioyle, of Swampscott, Massachusetts, were 

 married April 10. 



= In the death of Mr. Richard P. Rothwell, editor of the 

 Engineering and Mining Journal (New York), on April 17, the 

 scientific world and the cause of high class technical journalism 

 suffer a distinct loss. He was born in Ontario in 1837 and 

 studied and worked in many countries. It may not be known 



generally that at one time he filled an important position in 

 the cable works of W. T. Henley & Co., at North Woolwich, 

 London, which entitles him to be considered to have had an 

 experience in the rubber industry. Later he became a mining 

 engineer of high distinction. 



UNITED STATES RUBBER STOCKS. 

 The following is a record of transactions on the New York 

 Stock Exchange, for several weeks past: 



RANGE OF QUOTATIONS LAST YEAR. 



Common — Highest, 44 ; Lowest, 21. 

 Preferred — Highest, 104?^ ; Lowest, 74^. 



The Boston Advertiser reported, March 28, relative to the 

 stock trading of the preceding day : " Towards the close a sharp 

 upward movement took place in Rubber preferred, which lifted 

 the stock seven points. This was attributed to reports that the 

 directors, at to-day's meeting, will announce an advance in 

 prices of rubber goods, to take efTect April i. ::nd to semi-offi- 

 cial statements that sales during the past quarter have been un- 

 usually heavy."^=The New York Times, one day later, said : 

 "So far as the movement in United States Rubber stocks was 

 concerned, a movement quite contrary to the market — the com- 

 mon breaking 2 points and the preferred 3^^ — the only explana- 

 tion offered was that the rise upon the previous day had been 

 brought about solely by manipulation, and that yesterday's de- 

 clines resulted in selling by the manipulators in an endeavor 

 to take profits. "=^Referring to the passing of the quarterly 

 dividend, the Times said, on April 5 : " This decision had gen- 

 rally been expected in the Street, but it was followed never- 

 theless, by a break in Rubber Trust preferred stock of 2^ points 

 while the common declined 1]/%." 



U. S. RUBBER RECLAIMING WORKS. 



Mr. Otto Meyer, who has long represented Livesey & Co. 

 (Liverpool) in crude rubber, with headquarters at No. 90 South 

 street, Boston, has made arrangements to add to his business 

 by accepting the New England agency for the United States 

 Rubber Reclaiming Works. The arrangement should prove a 

 most profitable one, both for the able young representative 

 and the successful and enterprising house whose goods he 

 handles. 



WOONSOCKET RUBBER CO. 



At the annual meeting held at Providence, Rhode Island, 

 on the 22d of April, the following directors were elected; Colonel 

 Samuel P. Colt of Providence, Frederick C. Sayles of Paw- 

 tucket, F. C. Sayles, Jr., of Providence, John W. Ellis of Woon- 

 socket, and Walter A. Read of Providence. The directors 

 organized by electing Colonel Samuel P. Colt president and 

 general manager, Charles H. Guild of Providence secretary, 

 and Frederick Cook treasurer. Colonel Ellis succeeds Henry 

 R. Barker, deceased, of Providence, on the board of directors. 

 He is the only Woonsocket man on the board. 



