March 



1902.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



191 



NEWS OF THE AMERICAN RUBBER TRADE. 



PENNSYLVANIA WORKS TO MOVE. 



THE Pennsylvania Rubber Co. (Erie, Pa.) have decided to 

 build a new plant, at Jeannette, Pa., a point 26 

 miles from Pittsburgh, and widely known as a center 

 of the glass industry. The demand for the company's 

 goods has led to the working of their present plant night and 

 day, and an urgent necessity exists for much larger facilities, 

 which it has not been possible, conveniently, to install at Erie. 

 Under these circumstances, a complete duplication of the pres- 

 ent machinery was ordered five months ago, including the latest 

 improvements, most of which has been completed and is now 

 being delivered at Jeannette. There was some delay in getting 

 a railroad switch located suitably at the latter point, but at 

 last this obstacle has been removed, and a complete new fac- 

 tory is being pushed to completion as rapidly as possible. The 

 boiler and engine plant are to be of four times the present ca- 

 pacity, and each department is being laid out with a view to its 

 extension whenever desired, without regard to the rest of the 

 factory. The new buildings are mostly of one story construc- 

 tion, having the modern saw tooth roof, with its northern light, 

 and so laid out that the superintendent can survey nearly the 

 whole interior from any part of the factory. The main build- 

 ing is 308 '< 5a feet, three stories, with a basement 80 feet in 

 length. The one story structure is 308 ;< 200 feet, with a base- 

 ment 200 X 200 feet, for storage purposes. The plant at Erie 

 will be run until the new factory is in operation, at which time 

 it will be closed, and such machinery as may be needed at 

 Jeannette will be removed there. The ground occupied at 

 Jeannette consists of 21 acres, with a frontage on the main line 

 of the Pennsylvania railroad of more than 1200 feet. An 

 abundance of water can be obtained from Brush creek, which 

 borders the property. The Pennsylvania Rubber Co. was in- 

 corporated May 26, 1899, and acquired the plant of the old 

 Erie Rubber Co. The officers are : Herbert Du Puy, interested 

 in the Pittsburgh steel trade, president ; Frank A. Wilcox, 

 formerly of the India Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio), treasurer and 

 general manager ; Theron R. Palmer, formerly with The B. F. 

 Goodrich Co., treasurer ; and H. A. Palmer, formerly with the 

 India Rubber Co., secretary. 



UNITED STATES RUBBER CO. 'S BOSTON OFFICES. 

 On Monday, February 10, the Boston offices of the United 

 States Rubber Co. were removed from Bedford street to the 

 elegant new quarters prepared for them in the Converse build- 

 ing No. loi Milk street. The new offices are in an addition re- 

 cently made to the'Converse building, and are on the same 

 floor as the offices of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co., besides in- 

 cluding the basement of the annex. The offices are very hand- 

 somely fitted in oak, and not only afford ample desk room for 

 all, but have arrangements for the most complete sample rooms 

 that can be imagined. The samples arranged for are a full line 

 of all of the VVoonsocket, Wales-Goodyear, Candee, Meyer, and 

 National types of footwear, together with the American Rub- 

 ber Co.'s footwear and clothing. - -A circular dated February 

 3 announces : " Mr. C.J. Pike, for many years connected with 

 this company, having tendered his resignation, which has been 

 accepted, Mr. C. B. Allen, selling agent of VVoonsocket and 

 Rhode Island brands, for some time associated with us at our 

 Chicago office, has been placed in charge of our Boston agency. 

 Mr. H. H. Perrin, who for some time assisted Mr. Pike, has 

 been appointed selling agent of Wales-Goodvear and Connec- 



ticut brands."-= = Mr. Pike was one of the best known and 

 most brilliant salesmen of rubber footwear in the country, for 

 many years selling agent of the Wales-Goodyear Rubber Co., 

 and later, one of the selling agents of the United States Rub- 

 ber Co. 



UNITED AND GLOBE RUBBER MANUFACTURING COS. 

 A PERMIT has been granted by the Trenton authorities for 

 the erection of an additional building by the above corpora- 

 tion, to be of brick, two stories, 49X81 feet. F"or some time 

 past the factory has lacked sufficient facilities (or keeping up 

 with the orders received. 



METHUEN (MAS.S.) RUBBER CO. 

 This company, engaged for some time in manufacturing pat- 

 ent rubber insulators, was incorporated recently under Maine 

 laws [see The India Rubber World, February i— page 155], 

 and is planning an increase of plant and extension of business. 

 Richard P. Osgood is president, John D. Osgood, secretary, and 

 E. J. Castle, treasurer. Besides, Benjamin G. Ward, of Port- 

 land, is clerk in the state of Maine, as required by the corpora- 

 tion laws there. The company has exported insulators to 

 Europe, South America, and Australia. 



MECHANICAL RUBBER CO. 

 DURiNc. the month a call was issued for bonds of this com- 

 pany to the amount of $11,958.75, for retirement, under the 

 terms of the mortgage of January i, 1893, which authorizes 

 the trustees, at their discretion, to apply any moneys in the 

 sinking fund to the purchase of the company's bonds. 



UNITED STATES COTTON DUCK CORPORATION. 



The annual meeting of stockholders was held in Jersey City 

 on January 21. At a meeting of the newly elected directors 

 in New York, on January 31, the following officers were elected 

 for one year : 



Chairman Board of Directors — S. Davis Warfiei.d, reelected. 



President — Trenor L. Park, president of the American Trading Co., 

 who was chosen in October last to succeed Richard Cromwell, reelected. 



l^ice Presidents—]. Spencer Turner and William E. Welling- 

 ton, reelected ; David H. Carroll, of Baltimore, to succeed James E, 

 Hooper; and J, Southgate Lemmon, of Baltimore, making fourin- 

 stead of three vice presidents, as formerly. 



Secretary — David H. Carroll, reelected. 



Treasurer — Charles K. Oliver, reelected. 



Assistant Secretary — John R. Doksey, of Baltimore ; a new office. 



General Manager — Jamks E. Hooper, president of the Mount- 

 Vernon-Woodberry Cotton Duck Co., Baltimore ; a new office. 



Executive Committee — S. Davies Warlield, E. A. Brinckerhoflf, Wil- 

 liam H. Wellington, Thomas M. Turner, Sigmund Lehman — reelected ; 

 David H. Carroll, Thomas J. Hayward, Trenor I,. Park, and C. K, 

 Oliver. 



The charter, dated June 4, 1901, authorizes a capital stock 

 of $50,000,000, of which $26, 100,000 was issued in respect to the 

 cotton duck factories combined last year [see The India Rub- 

 ber World, July i, 1901 — page 291]. At the meeting on Janu- 

 ary 31 it was resolved to retire stock held in the treasury, to 

 the amount of $10,000,000 each in preferred and common shares, 

 thus reducing the capital of the company to $30,000,000. This 

 action was approved at a special meeting of stockholders at 

 Jersey City, on February 14. At a meeting of the directors on 

 the same day it was stated that the earnings from June 30 to 

 December 31, 1901, had amounted to$3i8,203, of which $104,- 

 644 was contributed by the Stark, La Grange, and Hogansville 

 mills, and $211,758 by the Mount Vernon-Woodberry Cotton' 

 Duck Co. group of mills. The earnings of the latter group 



