April 1, 1911. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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NOHKIS— DE BEROLDINGEN. 



Samuel Norris, secretary of the United States Riiliber Co. 

 (New York), was united in matrimony, on March 18, to the 

 Countess Margot de Beroldingen, at tlie home of Mrs. Joseph 

 F. Stone, the bride's mother, at Newport, Rhode Island. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Norris are at present enjoying a trip in the South. Well 

 known in rubber trade circles, as attorney and subsequently sec- 

 retary of the United States Rubber Co., Mr. Norris was born 

 in 1862 at Bristol, Rhode Island. The greater portion of his 

 youth was passed in Europe, where his father represented E. 

 Remington & Sons, in the sale of small arms. In 1883 he gradu- 



Samuel Norris. 



ated with honors in history and in the general course, from 

 Harvard, and after attending law school at Harvard for two 

 years, was admitted to the bar in Rhode Island in 1883 and 

 spent some time in the study of the law in the office of Colonel 

 Samuel P. Colt, attorney-general of that state. He then took 

 up the practice of law in Providence, which he relinquished, in 

 1897, to become attorney for the United States Rubber Co. In 

 1901, lie was elected secretary of the company and still fills the 

 dual oftice. From 1897 until 1899, Mr. Norris served as a mem- 

 ber of the Rhode Island Legislature. For the past few years 

 he has made his home chiefly in New York, where, as a mem- 

 ber of the University and other clubs and in business circles, he 

 has made many friends. 



The wedding ceremony was attended by a comparatively small 

 gathering of the immediate relatives and friends of both parties, 

 among whom were a number of the directors of the United 

 States Rubber Co., whose gift, a valuable and exceedingly beauti- 

 ful chest of Tiffany silver, was conspicuous among the wedding 

 presents. A wedding breakfast and brief reception, at which the 

 newly-wedded couple received the congratulations of their 

 friends, followed the ceremony. On their return from the wed- 

 ding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Norris will take up their residence in 

 New York. 



DIAMOND RUBBER COMPANY EXPANDING. 



The Diamond Rubber Co. (.Akron, Ohio), have recently com- 

 pleted a new plant, on Jackson street, in that city, which they 

 have equipped for the manufacture of rain coats or weather- 

 proof garments answering that description. The company now 

 has upwards of 40 branch establishments in the different cities, 

 the latest additions to their number being stores for the distri- 

 bution of their tires to the trade at Saginaw, Mich., and in the 

 adjacent city of Toledo, at No. 740 Madison avenue, where 

 C. W. Greene is in charge. 



WESTERN ELECTRIC CO. 



The fiscal year of the above company having been changed to 

 terminate on December 31, in place of November 30, as hereto- 

 fore, the report to stockholders dated March 20, covers thirteen 

 instead of twelve months. The company's sales, during this 

 period, reached a total o£ $68,375,150, as compared with $45,- 

 575,138 for the preceding year of twelve months, an increase 

 equivalent to 38.5 per cent, per annum. This increase was well 

 distributed over the different lines of merchandise and among 

 the various classes of customers. With receipts from other 

 sources, the company's total income amounted to $68,861,455. 

 Deducting from this $63,442,286, the cost of product, there was 

 left the sum of $5,419,169, for distribution, which was disposed 

 of as follows : interest paid, $884,893 ; carried to reserves, 

 $1,150,000; paid in dividends, $1,700,000; carried to surplus, 

 $1,684,276. 



Reference is made in the report to the policy of the com- 

 pany of concentrating its manufacturing operations at the plant 

 at Hawthorne, Illinois, which is undergoing constant enlarge- 

 ment and improvement with this end in view. In furtherance of 

 this plan, the company's Clinton street and Polk street proper- 

 ties in Chicago, were sold for $3,247,204.09. .\s these properties 

 were carried on the books at $2,759,971.14, there was a profit of 

 $487,232.95 on the transaction, which has been carried to re- 

 serve. .Additions to the Hawthorne plant, to cost about 

 $l,000,000,have been authorized for 1911. 



The report also refers to the sale of $6,250,000 first mortgage 

 5 per cent, bonds, held as security for $5,000,000, two year, Ayi 

 per cent, collateral trust notes, issued January 1, 1911. The 

 proceeds of the sale were used to take up the notes, on Janu- 

 uary 1, 1911, and to provide for future' needs of the company. 



The balance sheet that accompanies the report shows assets 

 amounting to $58,385,945, with total liabilities, including general 

 reserves of $2,846,506 and all capital liabilities, of $39,264,883, 

 leaving a surplus of $19,121,062, on January 1, 1911. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



Automobile Tire Innerlining Co., January 3, 1911, under the 

 laws of Ohio ; authorized capital, $25,000. Incorporators : 

 Mark D. Bruner, William Stacey, M. J. Roche, G. A. M'acduff, 

 and C. L. Benz. Location of principal office : Cincinnati, Ohio. 



The Diamond Rubber Co., a New York corporation, qualified 

 January 11, 1911, to do business in Wisconsin, by filing a certified 

 copy of its articles of incorporation at Madison. 



Economy Waste and Packing Co., of New Jersey, March 10, 

 1911, under the laws of New Jersey; authorized capital $100,000. 

 Incorporators : W. F. Gorsuch, E. A. Timlin, and J. St. Clair 

 Mitchell — all of No. 164 Market street, Newark. New Jersey. 



The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co., December 1, 1910, under the 

 laws of Colorado; capital $10,000. Incorporators; F. F. Sar- 

 geant, L. G. Larson and T. M. Morrow — all of Denver, Colorado. 



Gorham-Revere Rubber Co., December 29, 1910, under the 

 laws of California ; capital $50,000. Directors : F. G. Sargent, 

 W. R. Pierce, W. B. Heckmann — all of Alameda, California; 

 J. B. Brady and W. D. Rigdon — both of San Francisco, Cali- 

 fornia. Place of business : San Francisco. 



Halpern & Schoenfeld, Inc., March 2, 1911, under the laws of 

 New York ; capital $5,000. Incorporators : Isaac Halpern, No. 

 231 East Tenth street. New York ; Philip Schoenfeld and Esther 

 Schoenfeld — both of No. 205 South Third street, Brooklyn, New 

 York. The object of the company is to manufacture rubber 

 cement. The office of the company will be located in Brooklyn. 



Hardman Tire and Rubber Co., of New York, March 3, 1911, 

 under the laws of New York; authorized capital $15,000, fully 

 paid and non-assessable. Incorporators : E. W. Tabor (presi- 

 dent), Philip R. Straus (vice-president), and Benjamin G. 

 McCague (secretary and treasurer) — all of No. 1931 Broadway, 

 New York. The company will sell the automobile tires manu- 

 factured by the Hardman Tire and Rubber Co., of Belleville, New 

 Jersey. 



