January 1, 1914.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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THE NEW YORK COMMERCIAL CO. VS, SWINEHART. 



The suit brought against the Swincliart Tire & Rubber Co. 

 of Akron, Ohio, by the trustees in bankruptcy of the New York 

 Commercial Co. in the New York District Court, has been trans- 

 ferred, upon request of the defendant company, to the Federal 

 Court. From the complaint on file it appears tliat shipment of 

 Upriver Fine Para to the value of $22,362.67, on contracts held 

 on February 15, when the New York Commercial Co. was peti- 

 tioned into bankruptcy, were made by the receivers of that com- 

 pany to the Cuyahoga Rubber Co., the arrangement being that 

 several promissory notes of the Cuyahoga company, endorsed 

 by the Swinehart Tire & Rubber Co., were to be given in pay- 

 ment ; and these notes or their equivalent not having been re- 

 ceived, the trustees in bankruptcy have sued for the above men- 

 tioned amount, with interest and costs. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



Airless Tire Filler Co., November 19, 1913; under the laws of 

 Alabama; authorized capital,' $2,000. Incorporators: W. E. 

 Oldham, J. D. Smith and J. F. Kilton. Location of principal 

 office, Birmingham, Alabama. 



AIlen-Keppel Rubber Co., October 1, 1913; under the laws of 

 Virginia — initial incorporation January 21, 1913. under name of 

 Flynn-.Mlen Tire Corporation — authorized capital, $10,000. In- 

 corporators : James J. Flynn, George A, .Mien — both of Rich- 

 mond, Virginia — and C. R. Caldwell, Staunton, Virginia. 



American Waterproof Sole Co., November 29, 1913 ; under the 

 laws of Massachusetts ; authorized capital, $90,000. Incor- 

 porators : Edmund J. Barry, Brockton, Joseph A. Safford, 

 Cambridge, Gustav J. Nord, Dorchester — all of Massachusetts. 

 To buy sell, and deal in boots, shoes, waterproof goods, etc. 



Artillery Auto Tire Protector Co., November 5, 1913 ; under 

 the laws of Delaware; authorized capital, $10,000. Incor- 

 porators: A. J. Coppock, Indianapolis, Indiana; John C. Welling- 

 ton and H. C. May — both of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. To manu- 

 facture and sell protecting devices for tires. 



Barnard-Michael Tire Co., Inc., December 22, 1913; under 

 the laws of New York ; authorized capital, $100,000. Incorpora- 

 tors : Robert S. Barnard, Isidore and Sidney M. Michael — all 

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

 New York. To manufacture auto tires, accessories, etc. 



Central Prest-O-Ceal Co., November 17, 1913; under the laws 

 of Indiana; authorized capital. $50,000. Incorporators: Harry 

 L. Archie, Frank K. Gardner and Grace C. Grimes. 



Eureka Resilient Wheel Co., November 6. 1913; under the 

 laws of Kentucky; authorized capital, $10,000. Incorporators: 

 Thomas Sharp and C. .\. Simpson — both of Ludlow, Kentucky — 

 and Charles E. Schroeder, Cincinnati, Ohio. To manufacture a 

 resilient wheel whereby the use of pneumatic tires may be done 

 away with and solid tires substituted. 



Hanover Rubber Co., December 1, 1913; under the laws of 

 Massachusetts ; authorized capital. $25,000. Incorporators : 

 George J. J. Clark, Calvin J. Ellis and Albert O. Sellman— all of 

 West Hanover, Massachusetts. To buy, sell and manufacture 

 rubber, rubber scrap, etc. 



Henderson Tire Co., Inc., December 3, 1913; under the laws 

 of New York ; authorized capital, $400,000. Incorporators : 

 Chester O. Henderson, 133 Kensington avenue; Ralph R. Hillman. 

 Ellicott Square, and Alfred L. Lyth, 43 West Eagle street — all of 

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

 Y'ork. To manufacture tires, tubes, etc. 



Kapit & Greenberg, Inc., December 3, 1913 ; under the laws of 

 New York; authorized capital, $3,000. Incorporators: Nathan 



Kapit, Bernard A. Greenberg and Samuel B. Tomberg — all of 

 47 East Broadway, New York. Location of principal office. New 

 York. To manufacture and deal in waterproof clothing, etc. 



Lackawanna Rubber Co., December 5, 1913; under the laws of 

 New Jersey ; authorized capital, $10,000. Incorporators : Walter 

 F. Smith, Alice F. Smith and J. Clifford Strieker — all of Trenton, 

 New Jersey. To manufacture, purchase and sell all kinds of 

 goods of which rubijer is a component part. 



Lansing Rubber Works, December 5, 1913 ; under the laws of 

 Michigan; authorized capital, $50,000. Incorporators: .\rthur 

 C. Haite, Frank Preuss — both of Lansing, Michigan — and Harry 

 Shepherd. Birmingham, Michigan. Location of principal office, 

 Lansing, Michigan. To manufacture mechanical lines of rubber 

 goods, and mattresses. 



The Raincoat Co., Inc., December 1, 1913; under the laws of 

 New York ; authorized capital, $20,000. Incorporators : Jacob 

 Manne, 231 Park Place, Brooklyn, New York; William Eastman, 

 Roslyn, New ^'ork, and May R. Mevelle, 422 First avenue, 

 Elizabeth, New Jersey. Location of principal office. New York. 

 To manufacture and deal in rubber coats, etc. 



The Sanford Rubber Co., November 5, 1913; under the laws of 

 Connecticut ; authorized capital, $25,000. Incorporators : Wilbert 

 Sanford, Bridgeport, Connecticut; William Seward, New 

 Kochelle, New York, and Charles E. Williamson, Bridgeport, 

 Connecticut. 



Voico Rubber Co., Inc., November 26. 1913; under the laws 

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

 Charles Claghorn, L. W. Newbcry and William Durbrow — all 

 of 206 Broadway, New York. 



Wisconsin State Rubber Co., November 6, 1913; under the 

 laws of Wisconsin ; authorized capital, $10,000. Incorporators : 

 H. D., D. E. and S. B. Detienne, and J. L. Wallis. To buy, sell 

 and deal in rubber goods, and to do a general jobbing business of 

 everything in rubber. 



The Worcester Tire Fabric Co., December 10, 1913; under the 

 laws of Massachusetts ; authorized capital. $50,000. Incor- 

 porators : Arthur D. Sykes, Rockville, Connecticut ; Peter 

 Reilly, Union street, and Edwin G. Norman, 311 Main street — 

 both of Worcester, Massachusetts. To buy, sell, manufacture, 

 and deal in rubber and all fibrous materials, and machinery, tools 

 and appliances used in connection therewith. 



Wynn Pneumatic Puncture-Proof Tire Co., December 1, 1913; 

 under the laws of Michigan; authorized capital, $25,000. In- 

 corporators : Robert J. Wynn, Henry Hickler and Marshall N. 

 Hunt — all of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Location of principal 

 office, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. To manufacture and sell 

 pneumatic tires, wheels and other rubber goods. 



San- Air Co., November 25, 1913; under the laws of Kentucky; 

 authorized capital, $500. Incorporators : J. T. Lockridge, W. F. 

 Smity and J. W. Christy. To manufacture a preparation to 

 prevent pneumatic tires from puncturing. 



COTTON GINNING FOR ELEVEN MONTHS OF 1913. 



According to the early December report of the Census Bureau, 

 12,081,100 bales of cotton had been ginned in the United States 

 up to December 1 of 1913, 61,516 of this number being Sea 

 Island. Included in this total are 86,760 round bales, counted as 

 half bales. This quantity is supposed to represent approximately 

 83 per cent, of the entire 1913 crop, this calculation being based 

 on the average ginnings of the same period for the last seven 

 years. The total number of bales ginned during the correspond- 

 ing eleven months of 1912 was 11,954,541, and for the same period 

 in 1911, 12,816,807. Texas figures most prominently in this 

 showing, with 3,571,331 bales, Georgia, Alabama and South 

 Carolina following next in importance. 



