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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



July I, 1911. 



News of the American Rubber Trade, 



' FROM AKRON TO EUROPE BY BALLOON. 



FA. SEIBERLIXG. president of The Goodyear Tire and 

 ^ Rubber Co., and of the .\kron Chamber of Commerce, 

 is financing a trans-Atlantic <lirigible balloon expedition 

 for Melville Vaniman. Mr. Seiberling says the balloon will be 

 made in Akron of Goodyear balloon fabric and will be 268 feet 

 in length by 60 feet in diameter. The propellers will be driven 

 by a 250 h. p. engine. The balloon will carry six passengers 

 besides lifeboats, food, gasoline, and other supplies. It will be 

 finished some time in .\ugust. Practically all the instruments 

 have been made by Mr. Vaniman himself, and he will have 

 complete charge of every detail of the e.xpedition. Mr. Vaniman 

 is now in .Xkron pushing the completion of the details for the 

 expedition. Mr. Seiberling says that he is financing the expedi- 

 tion because he thinks "it will be of great scientific and practical 

 value to the government and to the work of conquering the air." 

 Glen Curtiss. when asked last week what chance a balloon 

 had of crossing the ocean, is quoted as saying "that it could be 

 done," and that "it depends on the knowledge of the balloon 

 man, on the air currents and everything about air travel for a 

 man to be successful, but I believe that a dirigible balloon, 

 properly handled, will accomplish it. Luck will have a large part 

 in making the trip. If the right air currents are met, it can be 

 done ; if not, it is doubtful. The large amount of provisions 

 and other supplies that are necessary is a great hindrance, and 

 the less there is on board the better chance to be successful." 



MID-SUMMER OUTING OF THE RUBBER CLUB OF AMERICA. 



The executive committee of The Rubber Club of America have 

 decided to hold the mid-summer outing this vear on Friday, 

 July 7. 



Those interested in golfing will have the freedom of the 

 "Sporty" links. Woodland Golf Club, at Auburndale, in the 

 forenoon. For the afternoon there have been arranged a very 

 interesting harbor trip and baseball game which, it is claimed, 

 will be held between two clubs named "North American Rubber" 

 and "Uncle Sam," dressed in costume. Quite a number of 

 sports, new and interesting, have also been planned. 



Members of the club are familiar with Point Shirley and its 

 unapproachable shore dinners, they have not however seen or 

 enjoyed the new club house. To give them both of these oppor- 

 tunities therefore the end of the harbor trip will be at Point 

 Shirley Pier, and the dinner will be in the new banquet hall. 

 Those who are in doubt as to time and place of starting, trains 

 to Point Shirley (in case one misses the boat), etc., are referred 

 to Mr. F, D. Baldcrston, secretary, No. 140 Essex street, Boston. 



Coming earlier than usual, it is expected that a very large 

 attendance will result and that, as always planned in the past, 

 the last outing will be the best. 



AMAX— "MEDIUM" AND "HARD." 



Therh is .always a bit of genius shown in the creation of a 

 good trade-mark. To be perfect it should be easy to pronounce, 

 impossible to forget, attractive to eye and ear, in fact completely 

 euphonic. Such is Amax. One cannot forget it, or confuse it with 

 any other. If the hydrocarbon "Medium" and "Hard" that it 

 represents are equally good and the producers affirm that such 

 is the case, the rubber manufacturers of the world will long be 

 indebted to the .American Wax Co., of Boston, Mass., creators of 

 both product and trade-mark. 



INTERNATIONAL RUBBER CO.— DIVIDEND. 



A regular quarterly dividend of M^ per cent, on the preferred 

 stock, payable June 30, and a 1 per cent, dividend on the com- 

 mon stock, payable -August 1, have been declared by the above 

 company. 



ASSISTANT TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES. 



News comes from Cincinnati, Ohio, that a well-known member 

 of the rubber trade. George Puchta, has been appointed Assist- 

 ant Treasurer of the United States. Mr. Puchta, some years 

 ago, as senior member of the firm of Puchta & Pund, secured 

 the agency of the Boston Belting Co., which was continued when 

 his firm became a curporati n kn wn as the Queen City Supply 



George Pucht.\. 



Co. 'lhrui>;li his r. bbcr coinintKn. ^■r. Puchta liecanie very 

 well known to the Eastern manufacturers. He was a frequent 

 visitor to New York, where his ability as a business man was 

 instantly recognized. Incidentally, and perhaps this should not 

 be cited now that he holds so dignified an official position, he is 

 the owner of a collection of the drollest anecdotes of any man 

 this side of the Rockies and tells them inimitably. It is said that 

 it will take the treasury officials a week to count the government 

 money in tlie Sub-Treasury preparatory to turning it over to Mr. 

 Puchta — and we formerly called him George ! 



NEW JERSEY CORPORATIONS SUSPENDED. 



.Acting on a report from the State Comptroller in regard to 

 their non-payment of State taxes for the year 1908, the governor 

 of New Jersey proclaims the repeal of the charters of the follow- 

 ing named corporations, the titles of which indicate their con- 

 nection with the rubber interest. In some instances these 

 corporations have been reorganized under other titles and the 

 charters issued under the names listed have been voluntarily 

 abandoned : 



Amazon Rubber Co.. .\iitioak Tire Co., .Atlantic Rubber Manu- 

 facturing Co., .Atlantida Banana and Rubber Co., Bar Lock 

 Rubber Tire Co., Bowly .Auto-Pneumatic Tire Co., Bristletite 

 Brush and Rubber Co., British Guiana Rubber Plantations Co., 

 Congo-Brazilian Crude Rubber Co., Coomber Rubber Manufac- 

 turing Co., Delta Rubber Co., Electric Rubber Co., Hardman 

 Rubber Co., International Rice and Rubber Co., New Jersey 

 Antioak Tire Co., Phoenix Rubber Co., Pneumatic Ball Tire Co., 

 Prudential Rubber Co., Rubber Tire Co., Standard Pneumatic 

 Wheel Co., Steel Cushion Tire and Manufacturing Co.. V/illiain 

 H. Skirm Rubber Manufacturing Co. 



