January 1, 1911.] 



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NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



The Vail kiil)her Co., Octnhcr 2b. 1910, under the laws of Illi- 

 nois; capital, $16,000. Incorporators: William A. Vail, Joseph 

 Wright, and William E. McCoy. Principal office: No. 301 West 

 Indiana street, Chicago. The business referred to has been car- 

 ried on at the same address hitherto as the Vail Rubber Works, 

 engaged in the manufacture of molded goods. 



Hartford Tire and Auto Repair Co., November 15. 1910, under 

 the laws of Coimecticut ; authorized capital, $5,000. Incorpo- 

 rators : W. E. Johnson, E. A. Cordonnicr, and E. S. Fletcher — 

 all of Hartford, Connecticut. 



Hood-Savage Rubber Co., Novifinber 16, 1910, under the laws 

 of Maine; authorized capital, $1,000,000. Incorporators: Fred- 

 eric W. Savage, Granville, New York, and No. 36 Lincoln 

 street, Boston ; Frank G. Farrington, and Norman L. Bassett — 

 both of Augusta, Maine. Some time ago was reported the incor- 

 poration of the F. W. Savage Rubber Co., to exploit some patents 

 granted to Mr. Savage and to contract for the sale of certain 

 products through the Hood Rubber Co., Boston. [See The 

 India Rubber World, May 1, 1910 — page 293.] The incorpo- 

 ration last formed is to succeed, that mentioned formerly. 



Frontier Rubber Co., October 28, 1910, under the laws of New 

 York; capital, $10,000. Incorporators: Charles F. Benzing, 

 John G. Stovve, and Charles A. Castor — all of Buffalo, New York. 



Ironclad Tire Protector Co., December 2, 1910, under the laws 

 of Illinois: capital, $50,000. Incorporators: George S. Pines, 

 Waller S. Baer, and Edward R. Newmann — all of Chicago. The 

 attorneys of record filing the incorporation papers were Pines 

 & Newman, Monadnock block, Chicago. 



Interstate Rubber Co., November IS, 1910, under the laws of 

 New York ; capital, $25,000. Incorporators : Charles Josephson, 

 Alorris Siebernian, and Charles H. Horowitz — all of No. 42 

 West Eighteenth street. New York. 



London Waterproof Co., November 15, 1910, under the laws 

 of New York; capital $25,000. Incorporators: Julius Roggen, 

 Sol Roggen — both of No. 1350 Madison avenue, and Louis 

 Wener, No. 623 East One Hundred and Seventy-eighth street, 

 New York city. The New York location of this business is No. 

 55 East Eleventh street ; there are establishments abroad in 

 Manchester and Paris. 



Fear-Naught Tire and Rubber Co., December 7, 1910, under 

 the laws of New Jerse\-; authorized capital, $125,000. Incor- 

 porators : E. J. Forhan, G. F. Martin, and H. P. Jones — all 

 of No. 154 Nassau street. New York. The office of the company 

 is at No. 144 Water street, Paterson, New Jersey, where Dr. 

 J. T. Cooper is the agent in charge. The purpose of the com- 

 pany is to exploit a tire patented by Dr. Cooper, and which has 

 been described more than once in the pages of The India Rub- 

 ber World. 



Detachable Wheel Co. of America, December 10, 1910, under 

 the laws of Delaware ; authorized capital, $50,000. Incorporators : 

 Warren N. Akers, Millard C. Taylor, and William J. Maloney — 

 all of Wilmington, Delaware. This incorporation was obtained by 

 F. E. Lomas, Esq., 53 Courttield garden, S. W., London, England. 



The Federal Rubber Co., a corporation of Wisconsin, with a 

 factory at Cudahy in that state, qualified to do business under 

 the corporation laws of Illinois, November 30, 1910. The prin- 

 cipal office in the latter state is at No. 1350 Madison avenue, 

 Chicago. 



The American Belting and Fabric Co. (Oakland, California), 

 the incorporation of which was reported in The India Rubber 

 World, December 1, 1910 (page 100), has been formed to oper- 

 ate a factory for the treatment of fabrics, paper, and leather 

 with a coating proof against water and acids. This treatment 

 is referred to also as rendering such substances proof against 

 oils, which they may come in contact with in protecting work- 

 ing machinery. The same application has been made in cheese- 

 cloth, rendering it waterproof. F. L. McGillan is president of 

 the company. 



MR. FIELD LEAVES THE HARTFORD. 



Harrv E. Field has resigned from the positions of vice-presi- 

 dent and general manager of the Hartford Rubber Works Co. 

 (Hartford, Connecticut) to become president of the Rambler 

 Automobile Co. of New York, which is the Eastern branch of 

 The Thomas B. Jefferey Co. (Kenosha, Wisconsin). Mr. Field 

 will have the management of the Jefferey interests in all of the 

 territory east of Buffalo and Pittsburgh, including New Eng- 

 land and the South Atlantic states. Mr. Field has been con- 

 nected with the Hartford company for six years. The change 

 dates from January 1. 



ELECTRIC HOSE AND RUBBER BRANCHES. 



The Electric Hose and Rubber Co. (Wilmington. Delaware), 

 manufacturers of a full line of rubber hose by their special 

 methods, have opened two new branch stores, in order to better 

 serve their trade. One is in New York, at No. 19 Warren 

 street, in charge of Mr. A. W. Archer, Jr., manager; the other 

 is in San Francisco, at No. 562 Howard street, with Mr. 1-". C. 

 Anderson, manager. 



A NEW SCHOOL OF RUBBER CHEMISTRY. 



The Kensington Association Institute, of Philadelphia, have 

 opened a school of industrial chemistry. The lectures and 

 laboratory work are limited to organic chemistry and arc car- 

 ried on under four departtnents, one of which is Chemistry of 

 Rubber and Forest Products. The work in this department is 

 designed to include a study of the raw materials, processes, and 

 products characteristic of this field. The curing, loading, vulcan- 

 izing, and reclaiming of rubber, and the use of the same in the 

 manufacture of decorative and useful articles. It is considered 

 desirable to extend the field so as to cover the related forest 

 products, as some of these are used to a considerable extent in 

 the rubber industry. The director of the school is Dr. Frederic 

 Dannerth, No. 204 Walnut place, Philadelphia. 



DIVIDENDS DECLARED. 



A quarterly dividend of 1 per cent, on the preferred stock 

 and 1 per cent, on the common stock of the Walpole Rubber Co. 

 (Walpole, Massachusetts) has been declared, payable January 

 15, to holders of record January 1, 1911. 



The semi-annual dividend of 7 per cent, on the preferred 

 stock of the Converse Rubber Co. (Maiden, Massachusetts) was 

 payable on December 19. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The distributing agency for Firestone tires and demountable 

 rims for his territory has been secured by Joseph H. Walsh, No. 

 12 East Adams street, Jacksonville, Florida. 



The "Hinge Edge" line of conveyor belts patented and owned 

 by John J. Ridgway, are now made exclusively by the Quaker 

 City Rubber Co. (Philadelphia). These belts are sold to the 

 consumer only. 



A recent display of india-rubber in its various stages from 

 the crude product, through the processes of manufacture, to 

 finished goods in great variety, made by The Maumee Rubber 

 Co. (Toledo, Ohio), of which Mr. A. D. Wentz is president and 

 manager, is referred to as having been viewed with interest by 

 many visitors, during two weeks. 



Tlie Canadian Rubber Co., of Montreal, Limited, have taken 

 out a building permit for an additional factory near their existing 

 plant in Montreal, the estimated cost of which is $220,000. 



The W. D. Allen Manufacturing Co. (No. 151 Lake street, 

 Chicago) advise that they will be issuing shortly a new catalogue 

 of lawn sprinklers and other like goods, to be known as Cata- 

 logue No. 29, and which the trade is invited to ask for. 



The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., of Canada, who, as has 

 been stated in these columns, have acquired a factory at Bow- 

 manville, Ontario, where they are at work already, state that it 

 is their intention to introduce their products— tires and mechani- 

 cal goods — in British territory all over the world. 



