October 1, 1913.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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WOVEN STEEL HOSE & KUBBER CO. ADDS TO PLANT. 



Extensive additions to the plant of the Woven Steel Hose 

 & Rubber Co., of Trenton, New Jersey, have been contracted 

 for, and land adjoining the present site has been purchased, more 

 than equaling in area that formerly occupied by the company. 

 A number of patented machines have recently been installed for 

 the production of its "Protector" brand of Woven Steel Pneu- 

 matic Tool Hose. An officer of the company, however, is au- 

 thority for the statement that its greatest expansion has been 

 in automobile brake lining and friction clutch rings, as well as 

 for the information that 5,000 locomotives are now equipped 

 with its squirt hose. The new building, for which contracts have 

 been let, is to be 60 x 130 feet, two stories high, of concrete, 

 brick and steel, and is to contain, besides offices, the receiving 

 and shipping departments. 



HEPORT OF THE ASBESTOS CORPORATION OF CANADA. LTD. 



The llrst annual report of the .Vsbostus Corporation of Can- 

 ada, Ltd., which in June, 1912, took over the old Amalgamated 

 Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., shows for the seven months end- 

 ing December 31, 1912. net earnings to the amount of $150,304, 

 leaving a surplus of S6cS.082 after deducting bond interest 

 amounting to $82,222. The directors' report speaks of these 

 earnings as "fairly satisfactory in view of the conditions that 

 obtained prior to the beginning of operations by the company." 

 The company at the time of the report was operating three 

 plants— the Kings and Beaver properties at Thetford Mines, 

 and the British Canadian property at Black Lake. The sum- 

 marized balance sheet is given below : 



ASSETS. 



Plant $9,112,012 



Bonds, treasury 25.000 



Asbestos, etc. ' 404,208 



Bills receivable '. 129,536 



Cash 490,479 



Insurance, etc 8.648 



Total $10,169,883 



LI.\BII.ITIES. 



Bonds $3,000,000 



Preferred stock 4.000.000 



Common stock 3.000.000 



Accounts payable 71.210 



Accrued liabilities 5.590 



Other liabilities 25.000 



Surplus 68.083 



Total ....$10,169,883 



A NEW ASBESTOS PLANT IN MARYLAND. 



A company has just been organized known as the Baltimore 

 Roofing and Asbestos Manufacturing Co.. to erect a plant at 

 Finksburg, Maryland, for the manufacture of various asbestos 

 articles, including roofing and table cloths. The company has 

 been capitalized at $350,000, and includes business men of Bal- 

 timore, and Winchester, Maryland, and York, Pennsylvania. 

 The plant will be under the management of O. R. Eniigh. who 

 was for some years general superintendent of the Central Roof- 

 ing Mfg. Co., at East St. Louis. Illinois. 



CLEANING METAL WITH A RUBBER ERASER. 



A new use has been discovered for the ordinary rubber ink 

 eraser, viz., the removal of tarnish from metal. It has been found 

 that, except for very fine surfaces, where the grit in the rubber 

 is liable to make slight scratches, the eraser is quite effective 

 in restoring polish to soiled and discolored metals. 



Should be on every rubber man's desk — The Rubber Trade 

 Directorv of the World. 1912. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The tire selling agency of The Hood Rubber Co., at Hartford, 

 Connecticut, is now located at 30 Mulberry street, where a steam 

 vulcanizing i)lant has been installed. 



A Philadelphia branch has been established by the Pennsylvania 

 Rubber Co. of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, at 651 North Broad 

 street. 



The Bowling Green Rubber Co.. recently organized, and capi- 

 talized at $25,000, will locate its plant at Bowling Green, Ohio, 

 where it will manufacture, in addition to various rubber special- 

 ties, a line of rubber tire accessories. 



Notice of dissolution has been filed at Madison, Wisconsin, 

 by the Diamond Rubber Co. of New York, whose branch at 

 Milwaukee was discontinued at the time that this company merged 

 with the Goodrich, 



The Motz Tire & Rubber Co. will hereafter be represented in 

 Boston by The Columbia Tire & Top Co., of which Mr. R. J. 

 Brine is manager. 



The Syracuse Rubber Co. of Syracuse New York, has added 

 to its sales force and also to its floor space, having recently 

 leased a five-story building adjoining its present location, with 

 the intention of utilizing both premises. 



The agency for Miller tires in Cincinnati. Ohio, is now vested 

 in The Miami Vulcanizing Co. 



The Auto & Tire Sales Co. has been incorporated, with office 

 at Wilmington, Delaware, to deal in auto accessories as well as 

 automobiles. It has a capital stock of $100,000, and the incor- 

 porators arc : E. D. Buck. G. W. Dillman and B. M. Grawl. 



The Pennsylvania Rubber Co. of New York— a branch of the 

 Jeannette, Pennsylvania, company of the same name — will soon 

 open New York headquarters at Broadway and Sixty-third street. 

 The main floor of the building at that location has been leased 

 for this purpose and is now undergoing the necessary alterations. 



The name "Motobestos" as applied to motor car brake band- 

 lining and other asbestos-copper wire fabrics was allowed by the 

 examiner of patents to The Asbestos & Rubber Works of 

 .■\merica. after two years' litigation with the American Asbestos 

 Co. over this trade mark as against the name "Motorbestos." 



The Lee Tire & Rubber Co. of Conshohocken. Penn.sylvania. 

 is to open a department in New York City, at 1966 Broadway, 

 to supply both the wholesale and retail trades of the city and 

 vicinity as well as the New England territory. 



A third story is to be added to the building now occupied 

 by The Tucker Duck & Rubber Co. at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

 This will enable the company to add to its operating force 

 and afltord space for the installation of the necessary ma- 

 chinery for the increase of its output. 



The Oshkosh Pneumatic Hub Co. has recently been or- 

 ganized at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with a capital stock of $20.- 

 000, to manufacture a new invention for automobile and 

 motor triick wheels. The organizers are Fred E. Zuehlke, 

 Frank Doemel and Joseph Laus, Jr. 



The Electrical Exposition and Motor Show of 1913 will be 

 held in the new Grand Central Palace, New York, from October 

 15 to the 25th. 



A BRITISH GOODYEAR COMPANY. 



Tourists can now obtain the same Goodyear service in Europe 

 that is possible in America. A new company has been in- 

 corporated under the name of The Goodyear Tyre & Rubber 

 Company. Great Britain, Limited, organized under British laws. 

 This company will control all business with the exception of 

 North and South America. The company's headquarters will 

 be located at Central House, Kingsway. London, with agencies 

 in Vienna. Copenhagen. Helsingfors. Berlin. The Hague, Chris- 

 tiana. Bucharest. Odessa, Stockholm. an<l Zurich; also at Cape 

 Town and Johannesburg. South .Africa. 



