September !, 1911.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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NEW INCOHPOBATIONS. 



Belto Company, August 2, 1911, under the laws of Xew York. 

 Authorized capital, $25,000. Incorporators : Abraham Rabino- 

 witz, 68 Lenox avenue; Henry J. Levy, 64 West 144th street; 

 Isidore P. Levy, 561 West 163rd street; all of New York City. 

 Location of principal office, Manhattan. To manufacture pat- 

 ented rubber belt device for trouser bands, etc. 



Eagle Rubber Company, July 5, 1911, under the laws of Con- 

 necticut. Authorized capital, $25,000. Incorporators : Louis C. 

 Bullock, Benjamin Sack and Francis S. Tipper; all of Stam- 

 ford, Conn. To manufacture and sell rubber substitutes, etc. 



Germelite Manufacturing Company, July 26, 1911 under 

 the laws of New Jersey. Authorized capital, $500,000. Incor- 

 porators: Thomas F. Farrell, Arthur C. Reeves, both of 15 Ex- 

 change place, Jersey City, N. J., and Hugh E. Western, 150 Madi- 

 son avenue, New York City. To manufacture, sell and use and 

 deal in Germelite ; to buy, sell, manufacture and deal in gener- 

 ally, at wholesale and retail, rubber goods, etc. 



R. H. Hoskins Company August 10, under the laws of New 

 York. Incorporators: Roy H. Hoskins, 628 West 114th street, 

 New York City. Location of principal office, Brooklyn, New 

 Y'ork. 



Kutz Auto Tire Company, July 28, 1911, under the laws of 

 Delaware. Authorized capital, $1,000,000. Incorporators: M. 

 H. Kutz, 20 Plymouth street, Springfield, ]\lassachusetts ; Percy 

 Heap, 540 Canal street, Holyoke, Massachusetts, and Morris 

 Friedberg, ISO Nassau street. New York City. To manufacture 

 the woven leather tire for automobiles. 



La Masica Banana & Rubber Plantation Company, Limited, 

 June 14, 1911, under the laws of Louisiana. Authorized capital, 

 $100,000. Incorporators: H. W. Hullinghorst and Dr. Mary 

 Armand. both of New Orleans, Louisiana. The company has 

 been incorporated to purchase, acquire, lease, etc., real estate, 

 for the purpose of growing bananas, rubber, etc. 



McKenna Rubber Company, August 1, 1911, under the laws 

 of New York. Authorized capital, $2,000. Incorporators : James 

 H. and Kathryne E. McKenna, both of Schenectady, New York, 

 and Frank L. McKenna, Whitehall, New York. Location of 

 principal office, Schenectady, New York. To manufacture rub- 

 ber bushing to be used on glasses. 



Mystic Rubber Company, August 3, 1911, under the laws of 

 Massachusetts. Authorized capital, $15,000. Incorporators: 

 William B. Marshall, Everett; John W. Meldrum, Everett, and 

 Edwin P. Fitzgerald, Somerville — all of Massachusetts. To 

 manufacture, purchase and sell goods, wares, merchandise, etc. 



Oceanic Raincoat Company, August 25, 1911, under the laws 

 of New York. Authorized capital, $5,000. Incorporators: 

 David L. Soloman, Harriet Hyams and Maurice B. Hartman^ 

 all of 54 West 21st street. New York city. Location of principal 

 office, Manhattan. To manufacture rubber coats. 



Overman Motorcycle Tire Company, July 28, 1911, under the 

 laws of New York. Authorized capital, $25,000. Incorporators : 

 John J. Reilly, 854 West 181st street; Henry W. Torney, 65 Park 

 Row^ and James A. Beha, 171 West Ninety-fifth street, all of 

 New York City. Location of principal office, Manhattan. To 

 manufacture tires for cj'cles; also supplies. 



Progressive Raincoat & Clothing Company, July 29, 1911, 

 under the laws of New York." Authorized capital, $10,000. In- 

 corporators : Alexander Sweetgall, 100 Hart street ; Jacob 

 Freedgood, 220 Throop avenue, and Israel Pearlman, 223 Throop 

 avenue, all of Brooklyn, New York. Location of principal 

 office Brooklyn, New York. To manufacture rubber clothing, etc. 



Security Reliner Company, July 24, 1911, under the laws of 

 New York. Authorized capital, $50,000. Incorporators : Elmer 

 I. and Grace A. Emerson, and Orrin T. Barbe, all of Mont- 

 gomery, New York. Location of principal office, Montgomery, 

 New York. To manufacture auto tire reliners and other acces- 

 sories. 



Spring Tire Company, August 9, under the laws of New 

 York. Authorized capital, $8,000. Incorporators : Henry B. 

 Hill, 180 Montague street; William Eiermann, 1981 Fulton 

 street, and William A. Crane, 49 Stone street all of Brooklyn, 

 New York. Location of principal office, Brooklyn, New York. 

 The company has been incorporated to deal in rubber tires. 



Triplex Tube Company, July 6, 1911, under the laws of Maine. 

 Authorized capital stock, common, $700,000; preferred $300,000. 

 Incorporators: Edward J. Connor, C. F. Tennant and William 

 H. Culiiver all of Portland, Maine. To manufacture, sell and 

 deal in wheel tires of all kinds. 



United Rubber Company, August 12, 1911, under the laws of 

 New York. Authorized capital, $100,000. Incorporators: Ada 

 A. Sands, Eva C. Baker and Frank B. Vermilya, all of 5 Nas- 

 sau street. New York City. Location of principal office, Man- 

 hattan. To manufacture rubber goods. 



MORE RUBBEE MILLS? 



The Naugatuck Daily Nexus advocates the appointment of an 

 "Industrial Commissioner," whose business it would be to at- 

 tract new industries to that city. 



A FORTUNATE ESCAPE. 



Philip McGrory, of Trenton (the well-known scrap rubber 

 dealer), accompanied by Mrs. McGrory, two daughters and his' 

 brother-in-law, recently had a narrow escape in a head-on col- 

 lision between his automobile and that of Fritz Guittner, of 

 Philadelphia. 



A GOODRICH RUBBER EXTRACTION DISPLAY. 



Carrying the onlooker back to the original sources of rubber, 

 the windows of the Goodrich Tire Company's Philadelphia 

 branch were recently arranged to represent a South American 

 rubber forest. Natives could be seen tapping the trees, smoking 

 the latex and performing other work connected with extraction. 

 All the implements used in gathering and preparing rubber were 

 shown, and thousands stopped to witness the display. 



ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF "IMPERIAL" TRADE MARK ENJOINED. 



The United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of 

 New York has issued an injunction at the suit of the McGraw 

 Tire & Rubber Company directed against Edward C. Griffitli, 

 Automobile Tire Company, Griffith Tire & Rubber Company, and 

 Imperial Tire Company. The defendants and their representa- 

 tives are restrained, during the pendency of this action, from 

 manufacturing, selling or offering for sale, any automobile tires 

 with the name "Imperial" branded or moulded thereon, as their 

 trade mark or trade name. 



AUTO HOKN DUTIES. 



According to a recent customs decision, rubber bulbs imported 

 in one package and an equal number of auto horns in another 

 package by same steamer, could not be treated separately at 35 

 per cent, and 45 per cent. They had to be regarded as entireties, 

 paying 45 per cent, as manufactures of metal. 



A NEW SCRAP RUBBER COMPANY. 



Under the style of H. Muehlstein & Company, Mr. Herman 

 Muehlstein has entered business for himself, having on July 25, 

 severed connection with the Loewenthal Company. He will deal 

 exclusively in all grades of rubber scrap, both foreign and do- 

 mestic, and in addition to a seven-story New York warehouse 

 (with the newest labor-saving devices), will operate branches at 

 Akron and Chicago, under the skilled management, respectively, 

 of Mr. Charles Freshman and Mr. Charles Muehlstein. 



HAMILTON RUBBER COMPANY EXPANDING. 

 The Hamilton Rubber Company, Trenton, New Jersey, are 

 making preparations to double their capacity by the erection of a 

 three-story building 70 x 180 feet, as an addition to their 

 present plant. 



