March 



1902.] 



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De F. Brown, secretary; L. B. C. Colt, assistant superintend- 

 ent ; E. R. Burley, manager of the Chicago branch ; and several 

 others, including C. A. Emerson, of the United States Rubber 

 Co. The menu was pleasing, the banquet room was beautifully 

 decorated, and good music was provided. 



WOONSOCKET RUBBER CO. 



Frederick T. Co.mee has resigned the superintendency of 

 the boot factory at Millville, to take efTect April i. John Rob- 

 son, superintendent of the " Alice " mill, at Woonsocket, is to 

 be general superintendent of the two factories. The " Alice " 

 mill is due to resume work on March 3. The Millville plant 

 has also been idle for some time, new machinery being in- 

 stalled.' 



SNOW AND THE RUBBER SHOE TRADE. 



The February snowstorms had a most favorable efTect upon 

 the demand for rubber boots and shoes, though occurring at a 

 period usually regarded as too late to counteract a shortage of 

 snow in the early winter months. The territory covered by 

 the snow was in the thickly settled upper Atlantic coast region 

 — the best field in the country for the rubber shoe trade when 

 the weather conditions are right. The official record of snow- 

 fall on February 17-18 was as follows, in inches : 



Portland, Me 7.8 New York. .. . 9.3 Scranton 4.6 



Boston II. Albany q.4 Philadelphia 10,8 



But the official record does not always adequately express 

 the amount of snowfall, from a practical standpoint. The depth 

 of the fall in New York was estimated in the trade at 12 inches, 

 and it was increased measurably two or three days later, before 

 the city streets had been cleared and while the suburban dis- 

 tricts were still snowed under. Earlier in the winter the com- 

 bined snowfall in New York had amounted to about 10 inches. 



As a result of the February weather, while the jobbing trade 

 was little affected — a very large volume of goods having been 

 distributed early in the season — retailers' stocks, in the district 

 of which New York is the center, were very generally cleaned 

 out. This opens the way for a good trade for the coming season 

 when the jobbers will share the benefit of the late storms. 



There were reports of snow storms from various other parts 

 of the country during February, but nowhere to the same ex- 

 tent as along the Atlantic. The following is a summary of 

 weather reports for the earlier months : 



November 26. — Blizzard throughout northern New York ; 

 heavy snow at Malone,; 6 inches at Plattsburgh and still fall- 

 ing. 



December 3. — Heaviest snowfall in New England, at this sea- 

 son of the year, since 1898. Maine has had sleighing for a 

 fortnight, and New Hampshire fields have been white for some 

 time, but Massachusetts has been without snow worth men- 

 tioning until now. — Hoosick Falls, N. Y., heavy snowstorm all 

 day. — Scranton, Shamokin, and Wilkesbarre, Pa., 8 to 10 

 inches. — Kansas City, heavy snow westward to the Rocky 

 mountains. — Snow at Charlotte, N. C. 



December 4. — Eastern half of Kansas covered. — Three to 6 

 inches heavy wet snow in Nebraska, Wyoming, and lower 

 South Dakota. 



December 5. — Charlotte, N. C, had second snow of the sea- 

 son. — Snow throughout middle and upper South Carolina. — 

 More snow at Chattanooga, Tenn., than all last winter. Two 

 inches at Holly Springs, Miss. 



'^December 9. — Snow at Indianapolis, Indiana; estimated that 

 10,000 pairs of rubbers were retailed the next day. 



December 12. — Heavy snow in Wisconsin ; 4 inches at Osce- 

 ola, and still falling.— Travel delayed in Colorado by snow in 

 the mountains. — General snowstorm in Wyoming. 



December 13.— Severe snowstorm in western Nebraska; 4 to 

 6 inches generally reported. — Storm throughout western Mis- 

 souri, most of Kansas, and Oklahoma ; snow in many places. 



December 16. — Storm still raging in parts of. Wyoming. — 

 Snow in southeastern Nebraska. 



December i8. — Four inches of snow in Nebraska. 



MILLTOWN INDIA RUBBER CO, 

 At a meeting of the directors, at Milltown, New Jersey, on 

 February 14, the vacancy in the board caused by the death of 

 John C. Evans [see page 189 of this issue! was filled by the 

 election of William Sanford, who also was appointed to the 

 position of general manager. Mr. Sanford has had more than 

 twenty years experience in the rubber shoe industry, having 

 been superintendent of the New Brunswick Rubber Co. 



RUBBER SUPPLIES FOR THE GOVERNMENT. 

 The bureau of engraving and printing of the treasury de- 

 partment, at Washington, will receive bids until March 3 for 

 the following rubber supplies, for the fiscal year beginning July 

 I : About 500 yards rubber cloth, 45 inches wide ; samfe amount, 

 36 inches wide; 200 pounds rubber bands for truck wheels; 

 150 pairs men's rubber boots, friction lined. ==The annual re- 

 ports of the department of justice, at Washington, record in 

 great detail the incidental expenses of that office. There were 

 expended, for rubber goods, for the year ending June 30, 1901, 

 the following sums: 



Rubber stamps and type. .$ 63.86 Rubber coat $ 5.00 



Rubber bands (3384 gross) 231.20 Horseshoe pads &5.50 



Rubber erasers 213 



Typewriter cushion keys. . 5.00 Total $378.75 



Cuspidor mats 5 .60 



Besides which are entries of the purchase of a rubber tired 

 vehicle, and items for the replacement and repairs of other 

 tires. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



The H. p. & E. Day Co. (Seymour, Connecticut), December 

 31, 1901, under Connecticut laws; capital, S4°.oco. Incorpo- 

 rators : Henry P. Day (199 shares) and Edmund Day (200 

 shares), both of Seymour ; Harry G. Day (i share). New Haven. 

 The business to be continued by the above company was estab- 

 lished in 1853 by the late Austin G.jDay, a licensee under Nelson 

 Goodyear's patent, for the manufacture of hard rubber pencils, 

 penholders, and other stationer's articles. In 1858 Day ob- 

 tained a hard rubber patent in his'own name and ceased to pay 

 a royalty under the Goodyear patent. The firm style of H. P. 

 & E. Day has been in use for a number of years. 



= The Inter-State Rubber Co. (Omaha, Nebraska), January 28, 

 under Nebraska laws, to deal in rubber goods at wholesale and 

 retail ; capital, $150,000. To succeed to the business of Zach- 

 ary T. Lindsey, established in Omaha in 1886. The incorpo- 

 rators are Z. T. Lindsey, Eben H. Paine (of the United States 

 Rubber Co.), and Carroll S. Montgomery. Mr. Lindsey is pres- 

 ident, treasurer, and general manager of the new company, 

 which would indicate that there will be little change in the 

 conduct of the business. 



= The Omaha Rubber Shoe Co. (Omaha, Nebraska), January 

 28, under Nebraska laws, to deal in rubber shoes at wholesale; 

 capital, $1 50,000. To succeed t e firm of E. H. Sprague & Co., 

 established April i, 1897, an outgrowth of the Omaha branch 

 of E. G. Stearns & Co. (Chicago). The incorporators are E, 

 H. Sprague, Eben H. Paine (of the United States Rubber Co.) 

 and Carroll S. Montgomery. 



= The Detroit Rubber Co. (Detroit, Michigan), February 6. 

 under Michigan laws; capital, paid in, $25,000 in $10 shares. 

 To succeed the partnership firm of A. H. Krum & Co., jobbers 

 of rubber boots and shoes. Incorporators: Albrun H. Krum, 



