October i, 1910.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



31 



EELLY-BACIITE BT7BBEB CO. 

 The nianagemcnt of this company, whose plant is at Racine, 

 Wisconsin, has been referred to ah'eady in The India Rubdhr 

 WoKLD^ is calculated to have a daily capacity of 1,000 automobile 

 tires, 3,000 bicycle tires, and 1,500 motorcycle tires, in addition 

 to inner tubes and solid tires. The company is capitalized at 

 $500,000, of which The India Rubber World is advised that 

 $422,000 has been subscribed by substantial local business men. 

 The officers of the company are : Charles F. U. Kelly, president ; 

 Frank L. Mitchell, vice president; Stuart Webster, treasurer; 

 John H. Dwight, secretary ; and William Seward, general 

 factory manager. 



WOVEN STEEL HOSE AND RtTBBER CO. 



One of the most interesting and attractive catalogues in con- 

 nection with rubber hose recently issued is that of the Woven 

 Steel Hose and Rubber Co. (Trenton, New Jersey), who are 

 manufacturers of a high grade of rubber hose, armored with 

 woven steel under a patented process which has met with much 

 favor in the trade. The same company also offers an attractive 

 list of steam, hydraulic, ammonia, and air p.ickings. [ Sj'a" x 8". 

 40 pages.] 



A NEW FIRM IN CRUDE RUBBER. 



A cop.«iRTNERSHip has been formed, as from September 12, 

 under the name of Schaumann, Talcott & Patteson, to conduct a 

 brokerage business in foreign and domestic raw products, and 

 especially South and Central American and Mexican rubbers, and 

 balata. The members of the firm are Gustave Schaumann, Fred- 

 erick L. Talcott, Jr., and Thomas A. Patteson, all of whom have 

 had business relations for several years past with some of the 

 largest import houses in New York. The location of the firm is 

 No. 61 Beekman street, New York. 



RUBBER SUBSTITUTE TRADE. 



William H. Scheel (No. 159 Maiden lane, New York), in 

 addition to 25 or more grades of rubber substitutes, is importing 

 German barytes, English terra alba, Italian talc, and French o.xide 

 of zinc; also powdered and flake litharge, as well as domestic 

 earths, clays, and fillers. Mr. Scheel is the virtual owner of 

 Tripolite lakes in Nova Scotia, and can supply fossil flour in any 

 quantities desired. 



FIRE HOSE FOR NEW YORK CITY. 



The fire commissioner of New York city advcrti.sed for sealed 

 bids for furnishing and delivering fire hose for his department, 

 to be opened on September 15, as follows : 



Tor the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens: 3o,ono feet of 2'/^ iiicli rub- 

 ber hose. 



For the boroughs of Manll.'ittan, The I'ronx. and Kiehinund; rn.ooo feet 

 of 2K inch rubber hose. 



For the boroughs last named: 1 0,000 feet of 3 inch rubber hose. 



Contracts for the whole amount of hose called for have been 

 awarded to The B. F. Goodrich Co. of New York at $1.18 per 

 foot for the 2]/: inch and $1.66 per foot for the 3 inch hose. The 

 New York fire department advertised for the same amount of 

 hose, inviting bids to be opened on June 16 [see The India 

 Rubber World August i, 1910 — page 401], when the only bidder 

 was the H. W. Johns-Manvillc Co. The fire department advised 

 The India Rubber World that the company named, "failing to 

 comply with the specifications required, their proposal was re- 

 jected." The specifications under which the new award has been 

 made differ in several respects from those advertised on June 16. 



NEW FACTORY AT WEBSTER. 



The transfer is reported at Webster, Massachusetts, of a fac- 

 tory building and adjoining land to the Webster Felt and Rub- 

 ber Co., mentioned in the last India Rubber World (page 444). 

 Henry C. Richardson, the inventor of a combined felt and rub- 

 ber boot is stated to have transferred to the company $17,000 

 worth of machinery owned by him in Canada, and the manufac- 

 ture of these boots is locally looked for as soon as the machinery 

 can be moved. Arthur H. Racicot is treasurer of the corporation. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Diamond Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) arc mentioned as 

 having made a single shipment of over 125,000 feet of their 

 rubber covered wire and cable for the equipment of the new 

 $500,000 plant of the Marathon Paper Co., at Rothschilds, Wis- 

 consin—the first paper mill in the United States erected for 

 electrical operation solely. 



Among the visitors at Colombo, Ceylon, during the past months 

 was mentioned Lieutenant T. G. R. Pierson, of Mansfield, Ohio, 

 who is studying rubber cultivation preparatory to planting in the 

 Philippine islands. 



The suit brought by the Buffalo Specialty Co. (Buffalo, New 

 York), against Patrick F. Peters (Natick, Massachusetts), in the 

 United States circuit court for the district of Massachusetts, al- 

 leging infringement of the patent granted to Charles E. Duryea 

 for the tire puncture filling compound "Neverleak," has resulted 

 in a decision in favor of the plaintiffs. 



The Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. have de- 

 clared back dividends on the preferred stock, amounting to 8-)4 

 per cent., payable in installments up to April 15 next. The 

 regular quarterly dividend of 1^4 per cent, is payable October 15. 



Morgan & Wright (Detroit, Michigan), have opened a branch 

 in Denver, Colorado, at No. 217 Sixteenth street, for the sale of 

 their tires in that territory, in charge of James Maginnis and 

 Henry Althens. 



Tlie Fisk Rubber Co. of Texas has been organized by local 

 capital at San Antonio, to handle Fisk tires in that state. In ad- 

 dition to headquarters in San Antonio, distributing depots will 

 be maintained in Dallas and Houston. 



The eminent French traveler and scientist, Auguste Chevalier, 

 whose contributions to the world's knowledge of African rubbers 

 have been so important, is reported to have nearly lost his life 

 recently from a snake bite. He was saved when in a desperate 

 condition by treatment with the Calmetta serum. 



The International Aviation Meet, to be held October 22-30, at 

 Belmond Park, Long Island, New York, promises to be the most 

 spectacular and interesting aero meet ever held. It is to be under 

 the auspices of the Aero Club of America, which is the aviation 

 section of the Automobile Club of America, It is expected that 

 about 30 aviators will take part, of which at least a dozen will 

 come from Europe. The International Trophy event, for the 

 Gordon-Bennett cup, will occur on October 29. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron, Ohio), state that they arc 

 manufacturing garden hose at the rate of 6.000.000 per anr-.;-r). 

 and other types of hose in proportion. They devote e"clusive'> 

 to their hose manufacture a five story building 400 x 60 feet. 



About 100 members of the force of the Fi'^h Ri''<'rr C ■. 

 (Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts), had an outing on Septcn-bc 

 10, a principal feature of which was a clamb:ikc prep:'ri'l h. 

 some of the women employes of the compafiy 



The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co, (.Xkron, Ohio), have re- 

 moved their branch in Los Angeles. California, to a handsoTie 

 new building erected for them in that city at No. 1239 South 

 Olive street. Mr. J. F. Lemon is manager in charge. 



Mr. Burton R. Parker, who has assumed the duties of ad- 

 vertising manager of the Willyss-Overland Co., automobile manu- 

 facturers, at Toledo, Ohio, was connected some time in a similar 

 position with the Hartford Rubber Works Co,, and later with 

 the Michelin Tire Co, 



DIVIDENDS DECLARED. 



The directors of The Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. de- 

 clared tlie regular quarterly dividend of i^ per cent, on the pre- 

 ferred stock, payable September 15 to holders of record Septem- 

 ber I. 



Tlie W.iliiole Rubber Co, (Walpole, Massachusetts), have de- 

 clared the regular (|uarterly dividends of i per cent, on the com- 

 mon stock and iJ4 per cent, on the preferred stock, payable Octo- 

 ber 15 to holders of rocnrd on October I, 



