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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June i, 1901. 



GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER CO. (aKRON, OHIO). 

 This company have planned to begin extensive additions to 

 their plant, to obtain a site for which they have made an ar- 

 rangement with the city of Akron to have vacated a portion of 

 Factory street, which runs alongside their premises. The com- 

 pany in turn are to give land tor the extension of another 

 street, to take the place of the section which is to be closed, 

 by means of which the Factory street crossing over the Valley 

 railroad will be abolished and a safer crossing provided on the 

 other street. The new building will be three stories high and 

 200x60 feet.-^=^It is reported that D. A. [Harrison, a leading 

 member of the carriage trade at Clarksville, Tennessee, will go 

 to Atlanta, Georgia, to open a tire depot for the Goodyear 

 Tire and Rubber Co. 



BATCHELDER & LINCOLN CO. (BOSTON.) 

 There is coming into existence a new class of rubber trade 

 catalogues — catalogues of rubber footwear issued by wholesale 

 and jobbing houses in the leather shoe trade. One of the best 

 examples has just been issued by the important firm named 

 above, being a " Net Price List of Rubber Goods, Wool Boots, 

 Leggins, Combinations, and Tennis Goods, 1901." The brands 

 included are the " Boston," " Bay State," " Woonsocket," and 

 "Rhode Island" boots and shoes; " Medford," "Michigan," 

 " Milwaukee," " Hastings," " Grand Rapid=," and "Concord" 

 wool boots ; and the United States Rubber Co.'s tennis goods. 

 The catalogue is splendidly illustrated and contains some inter- 

 esting matter in regard to the source and properties of India- 

 rubber. [7" X 8'. 44 pages.] 



WEIMER, WRIGHT & WATKIN (PHILADELPHIA.) 

 This leading shoe house has been mentioned already in this 

 paper as having largely extended its rubber shoe department, 

 becoming distributing agents in Philadelphia for the United 

 States Rubber Co. The rubber department has been placed in 

 charge of R. H. Griffin, for many years with the New Jersey 

 Rubber Co. and later with the United States Rubber Co. The 

 latest catalogue of the firm devotes an unusual amount of 

 space to the rubber footwear carried. [4J^"X8^". 56 pages.] 



A DUNLOP TIRE FACTORY AT AKRON ? 



Press dispatches from Akron, Ohio, dated May 4, stated 

 that a Dunlop tire factory, on a large scale, would be erected 

 shortly in that city. The India Rubber World's correspon- 

 dent at Akron writes: "There is talk of the Dunlop people 

 starting a factory here, but Mr. John J. Kearns, who recently 

 resigned as superintendent of the India Rubber Co., of this 

 city, to go to Australia to run the Dunlop factory at Mel- 

 bourne, says it will probably be two years before they start a 

 factory here." The following letter has been received : 



To THE Editor of The India Rubber World : Reply- 

 ing, to your inquiry of the iSth, we do not know any more 

 about our proposed factory in Akron, or the gentleman who is 

 to superintend the business, or any other of the details men- 

 tioned, than were given in the paper, which we understand pub- 

 lished these " facts." We are anxiously awaiting the next issue 

 of the paper in question in order to learn something more of 

 our plans. Very truly yours, 



THE AMERICAN DUNLOP TIRE CO. 

 Belleville, N. J., May i6, 1901. Kirk Brown [Prcsirleiit.] 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 

 The Northwestern Rubber Co., Limited, April 26, under 

 West Virginia laws, to manufacture rubber goods ; capital, 

 $1,000,000. The charter was signed by Lucien Oudin, of the 

 New York law firm of Oudin & Oakley, and four residents of 

 Charleston, W. Va., the names of the stockholders in the com- 

 pany not being revealed. It is reported, however, that the 



principal works of the company are to be located in England, 

 and it is possible that the details involved, when announced, 

 will prove of more than ordinary interest to the trade. 



=The Spink Manufacturing Co., April 26, under New Jersey 

 laws, to manufacture athletic goods and rubber specialties; cap- 

 ital $100,000. Incorporators : Walter T. Johnson, Fent E. 

 Spink, and Edward J. Thobaben, all of Cleveland, Ohio. 



=.Latimer Tire and Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Chicago), 



April 30, under Illinois laws; capital $25,000. Incorporators: 



Edward J. Newberger, L. M. Ritterband, and M. D. Evers. The 



company control a patented tire and have a plant at Huntley, 



llinois. 



= The Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Co. (New 

 York) have formed a corporation in Indiana, to cover their 

 business in that state, with $4000 capital. 



= The Hygienic Rubber Co. (Boston), May 6, under Dela- 

 ware laws; capital, $50,000. The history of this company^ 

 which succeeds the " Don't Slip " Heel and Sole Co. (Lynn, 

 Mass.), was given briefly in The India Rubber World for 

 February i [page 158J. 



= The Ailing Rubber Co. (New Haven), May 9, under Con- 

 necticut laws, to sell rubber goods at wholesale and retail ; 

 capital, $6000. Incorporators : N. E. Ailing, A. E. Ailing and 

 E. L. Ailing. Under the name Ailing Rubber Co. three stores 

 have been maintained for some time past, at Bridgeport, Nor- 

 wich, and Stamford, Connecticut, the business having origin- 

 ated eighteen years ago. The New Haven store, which makes 

 the fourth, is located at No. 13 Church street, and is one of the 

 handsomest in the state. 



= The Blackstone Rubber Co., May 15, under Maine laws; 

 capital, $250,000. To manufacture the Harris leather soled 

 rubber boot. Ira R. Wilbur, of the Wilbur Shoe Co., is presi- 

 dent ; Samuel J. Harris, vice president; J. William Peacock, 

 secretary; Herbert Ainsworth, treasurer — all of Providence, 

 Rhode Island. The location of the factory has not yet been 

 determined. 



= United States Tire InflatorCo., May 19, under New Jersey 

 laws; capital, $125,000. Incorporators: Ansley D. White, 

 John Laughlin, Maurice B. Fitch, Thomas W. Symons, Rowell 

 Park. Principal office: The Corporation Trust Company 

 building, Jersey City, N. J. 



= Sectional Pneumatic Tire Co. (Binghamton, N. Y.), May 

 20, under New York laws; capital, $50,000. Directors: E. C. 

 Underlied, B. A. Baumann, H. J. Baumann — all of Bingham- 

 ton. The company will exploit a sectional pneumatic tire, 

 patented by Charles Miller, and described in The India Rub- 

 ber World (or April i [page 206]. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 

 The Trenton Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Trenton, N. ].) 

 have just installed another large hydraulic belt press 30 feet 

 long and 76 inches wide. The improvements that the Trenton 

 company have made during the last year in buildings and me- 

 chanical equipment make it to-day a very complete and up-to- 

 date plant. 



=The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) are 

 sending out fine packages of assorted bands. In the top of 

 each box is a neat card calling attention to the trade mark, 

 " Imperial," and giving the purchaser the excellent advice : 

 " Keep them in a dry, dark, cool place, and they will last for 

 years. Strong light and artificial heat destroy the life of 

 rubber." 



=The Stephen Ballard Rubber Co. (New York) have re- 

 moved their office to the Gerken building, corner of Chambers 

 street and West Broadway. Their warerooms will remain at 

 the former address, No. 123 Chambers street. 



