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THE INDIA RUBBER W^ORLD 



[March i, 1902 



2400 shares ; Mans S. Peters, 50 shares ; Eben H. Paine (of the 

 United States Rubber Co.). 50 shares. 



= Merchants' Rubber Co. (New Yoric city), February 14, un- 

 der New \ork laws; capital, $25,000. Incorporators : William 

 Morse, Hackensack, N.J. ; Eben H. Paine, New York ; Homer 

 E. Sawyer, Maiden, Mass. The new corporation, on March i, 

 succeeds to the business of William Morse & Co., established 

 for ten years past at Nos. 70-72 Reade street, as jobbers of rub- 

 ber footwear and clothing. Mr. Morse is president and mana- 

 ager ; the other members of the corporation are connected with 

 the United States Rubber Co. 



= Hird Cushion Tire Co. (Providence, Rhode Island). De- 

 cember 15, under New Jersey laws; authorized capital, $200,- 

 000. Incorporators: Louis B. Dailey, Clifford W. Perkins, and 

 Aug. O. Meeker. The object of the company is to manufact- 

 ure a new rubber vehicle tire of the cushion type, for which 

 three patents have been issued to Charles Hird, of Woon- 

 socket, Rhode Island. It is described as having a circular cel- 

 lular core made of rubber molded in sectional lengths, placed 

 within a casing of rubber, fabric, and braid. Mr. Hird is now 

 negotiating for capital with which to exploit his invention. 



= International Wheel, Tire, and Rubber Manufacturing 

 Co. (New Brunswick, New Jersey), January 15, under New 

 Jersey laws ; authorized capital, $3,000,000. Incorporators : 

 William F. Ellis, Springfield, Mass.; Henry L. Prentice, New 

 York city ; William Sanford, New Brunswick]; H. B. Schofield, 

 Denver, Colorado; F. D. Palmer, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. The 

 purpose is to manufacture a patented cushion tire, for bicy- 

 cles and vehicles, known as the "Common Sense," patented 

 by E. C. Davis and William F. Ellis, and illustrated in The 

 India Rubber World March i, 1901 [page 178]. Messrs. 

 Davis and Ellis have also obtained a patent [No. 688,399 — De- 

 cember 10, 1901] for a vehicle wheel, wire spokes, ball bearing, 

 and with adjustable hub, so designed that the owner of several 

 vehicles might use the same wheels on any one of them. The 

 new company expects to sell tires separately, or wheels com- 

 plete, and is in negotiation for a rubber factory. W. F. Ellis is 

 president, F. D. Palmer secretary, and William Sanford (late 

 of the New Brunswick Tire Co.), manager. 



ANNUAL MEETINGS. 



The Warren Rubber Co., (Warren, Ohio),jobbers, January 27. 

 Officers elected : H. H. Pierce, president and general manager ; 

 Richard Sibson, vice president ; H. E. Pierce, secretary ; E. F. 

 Nash, treasurer. 



= Rubber and Celluloid Harness Trimming Co. (Newark, 

 New Jersey), January 13. Officers elected: Andrew Albright, 

 president; Andrew Albright, Jr., vice president; Thomas M. 

 Kays, secretary; William McMurtry, treasurer. 



= La Crosse (Wisconsin) Rubber Mills Co., January 25. Of- 

 ficers reelected: A Hirshheimer, president; M. Funk, vice 

 president ; Albert P. Funk, secretary and treasurer ; George S. 

 Andrus, general manager. 



=Tuscarora Rubber Co. (Beach City, Ohio), February lo-ii. 

 Officers elected: I. J. Miller, president; N. J. Hadley, vice 

 president; J. O. Wilhelm, secretary; J. D. Martz, treasurer; 

 S. F. Sweilzer, manager. Directors: The above and Rev. A. 

 J. Houk and Anton Weigert. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 

 The E. H. Clapp Rubber Co. (Boston) are erecting a two 

 story addition, 50X70 feet, to their factory buildings at Han- 

 over, Massachusetts, to the great delight of the townspeople, 

 who at one time heard rumors that the factory, which supports 

 a good part of the population, might be removed to another 

 locality. 



=The Revere Rubber Co. (Boston) have entered suit in the 

 United States circuit court for the southern district of New 

 York, against the Consolidated Hoof Pad Co., for an injunc- 

 tion and accounting of profits and damages for their alleged in- 

 fringement of the Kent patent of March 27, 1900, by the pad 

 which they have placed on sale under the name " Air Cushion." 



= The Robins Conveying Belt Co. (New York) are under- 

 stood to have received an important order for their conveyors, 

 for mining use, to be shipped to Fremantle, Australia. 



=The Harper & Reynolds Co., of Los Angeles, California, 

 are reported in a local newspaper to have received a consign- 

 ment of 150,000 feet of hose, entirely of American production, 

 including the rubber used, manufactured by the ^Bowers Rub- 

 ber Co. (San Francisco). 



= It seems likely that there is to be a considerable colony of 

 Akron men in Liverpool, England. The Akron Democrat 

 mentions the departure at one time of three men from that 

 town who have accepted positions with the North Western 

 Rubber Co., Limited, at Litherdale, near Liverpool, in wnich 

 Akron capital is invested, and others are expected to follow. 

 There are also several Akron men employed at the Liverpool 

 factory of the Diamond Match Co. 



= The annual report of the secretary of the board of trade 

 of Hartford, Connecticut, states that 1901 was the most pros- 

 perous year in the history of the Hartford Rubber Works Co., 

 their output, measured in money values, having been about 20 

 per cent, larger than in the preceding year. 



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

 that they are now licensed by Morgan & Wright (Chicago), 

 under the patents held by the latter, to manufacture closed end 

 inner tubes for double tube tires. 



=The copartnership of H. N. Nice & Brothers, dealers in 

 rubber goods, No. 1215 Filbert street, Philadelphia, was suc- 

 ceeded on February i by the copartnership of Nice & Gerhard 

 (Harper N. Nice and William L. Gerhard), at^thesame ad- 

 dress. 



= The employes who stopped work in the Hood Rubber 

 Co.'s factory last April are still " on strike," though practically 

 all of them are said to have secured places elsewhere. They 

 have organized Rubber Worker's Union No. 8622, at Cam- 

 bridgeport, Massachusetts, with a reported membership of 400 

 men and women. They were addressed on February 9 by 

 Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of 

 Labor. 



= The Trenton (New Jersey) Times'says: "The year just 

 closed was a most successful one for the rubber manufacturing 

 industry in this city. One thousand men are now employed in 

 this city in the manufacture of rubber goods " 



= The Detroit (Michigan) Trade says: "The distribution 

 of boots and shoes from Detroit during the past year has been 

 very large, amounting in value to about $5,000,000, or about 15 

 per cent, more than for the previous year." The distribution 

 of rubber footwear increased proportionately. 



= W. L. Kinsley, who has the reputation of being one of the 

 most expert pattern makers in the line of rubber boots and 

 shoes in the United States, has accepted a position with the 

 Atlantic Rubber Shoe Co. 



= H. L. Davis, for a year past manager of the New York 

 house of the Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing Co., has re- 

 signed to take charge of the Chicago depot of the Home 

 Rubber Co. Mr. Davis is a Chicago man, with many years 

 experience in the sale of rubber goods in the western states. 



=The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. have opened a depot 

 for their detachable motor tires, at No. 127 Duane street. New 

 York, in charge of H. J. Dingman. 



