February 1, 1914. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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THADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Xcw York ComiiK-rcial Gi. i)ai(l another (hvidend of 5 

 per cent, on January 20. This makes a total of 30 per cent, that 

 has been paid to its creditors since the company went into liquida- 

 tion last April. Acording to the trustees, another dividend may 

 be looked for before the affairs of the importing house arc 

 finally closed. 



A voluntary petition in bankruptcy has 1)cen liled by tlic Spring- 

 field Tire & Rubber Co. of Springlield, Ohio, claiming liabilities 

 amounting to $15,223.02 against assets valued at $8,441.94. The 

 Citizens National Bank of Springfield is named as the principal 

 creditor. 



Certificates of dissolution have been filed with the Secretary 

 of State by the Empire Tire Co. and the Empire Rubber Co. — 

 both of Trenton, New Jersey — the dissolution of these companies 

 being necessitated by the formation of the Empire Tire & Rubber 

 Co. of that city. 



The council of the city of Ithaca, New York, has authorized 

 the purchase of 500 feet of fire hose, while recommendations 

 have been made for similar supplies in other cities, as follows: 

 Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1,000 feet; .'Kustin, Texas, 7,000 feet; 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, 10,000 feet ; Holyoke, Massachusetts, 3,000 feet ; 

 Jersey City, New Jersey. 12,000 feet; Lima, Ohio, 1.000 feet; 

 Seaford, Delaware. 500 feet; Utica, New York, 2,000 feet; and 

 at Ludlow. Massnchusftts, tlie purchase of hose is lieing con- 

 sidered. 



The Minneapolis headquarters of the Pennsylv.mia Rublier Co., 

 makers of Vacuum Cup Oil Proof Tires, has been moved to 12 

 ."^outh Eighth street, additional space having been required. This 

 branch, under the management of F. J. Walpole, is the dis- 

 tributing center for the entire Northwest, and its business is said 

 to have doubled every year for the past three years, a rate of 

 increase the same as that enjoyed by the factory. This branch 

 has recently established an office in St. Paul, to handle the busi- 

 ness of that city. 



A new foundry is being erected at .Akron, Ohio, for the Dia- 

 mond Foundry Co., a concern of which Mr. Emil Krill is the 

 head, and which has been organized with a capital stock of 

 $30,000, for the manufacture of rubber molds and parts for 

 rubber working machinery. The company expects to commence 

 operations some time in February. 



The capital stock of the Mecca Tire Co., of Philadelphia, Penn- 

 sylvania — a Delaware corporation — has been increased from 

 $100,000 to $500,000. 



A company has been incorporated at Wilmington, Delaware, 

 for the establishment of a tire manufacturing industry at 

 Toronto, Ontario. The capital stock of the new concern — The 

 Blowers-Rheubottom Rubber Co. — is $500,000, and the incor- 

 porators are: VV. R. Blowers, of Toronto; A. Rheubottom, of 

 Pittsburgh, and Geo. D. Hopkins, of Washington. 



.\ review of the value of materials used in the electrical industry 

 of the United States during tlie year 1913 places the value of 

 rubber-covered wire at $21,000,000. this amount being $3,000,000 

 in excess of the quantity used in 1912, $6,000,000 greater than the 

 requirements for 1911, and $9,000,000 above those of 1910. 



THE MECHANICAL CO.'S WELFARE WORK. 



The Mechanical Rubber Co. of Cleveland. Ohio, has a factory 

 welfare organization. .X "Welfare Committee,'' made up of 

 various employes, meets regularly, and through its organization 

 the employes enjoy many benefits. There are classes in English 

 and library privileges for both men and women, classes in sew- 

 ing and embroidery for the girls, also gymnastics and basketball 

 games. The unthrifty are helped to save in order to enjoy an 

 outing in the summer at some healthful place. The results 

 show clearlv how beneficial the work to the general welfare. 



THE REPORT OF THE WALPOLE RECEIVERS. 



The receivers for the Walpole Tire & Rubber Cu. liled their 

 report on January 5 in the United States District Court of East- 

 ern Massachusetts. The report shows that they received claims 

 numbering 461 for a total sum of $1,680,671.84. Of that sum they 

 recommended to the court that payment in full be made on claims 

 aggregating $505,599.16. The receivers reconunend that payments 

 to the amount of $114,638.65 be paid out of a total amount of 

 $119,524.52, and suggest that claims of $581,347.49 be adjusted by 

 agreement or by the court, and if by the latter the same be 

 referred to a master to be heard. 



They disallow claims aggregating $345,903.64 and suggest that if 

 olijection to the disallowance is made by any creditor the claim 

 of the latter be referred to a master for hearing. They recom- 

 mend until further order of the court claims of $118,586.65, based 

 on notes held by banks, be suspended. 



On January 26 word was received from Boston that claims 

 amounting to $.500,000 against the Walpole Tire & Rubber Co. 

 had been allowed by the Federal Court. The receivers, Robert 

 O. Harris and Robert C. Fisher, were awarded $6,000 each. 



HOSE AWARDS. 



Contracts awarded during the month for fire hose to cover 

 the requirements of the various cities include the following: Bi- 

 Lateral JMre Hose Co., 300 feet. Savannah, Georgia: 1,000 feet. 

 La Crosse, Wisconsin. Chicago Fire Hose Co., 1,500 feet, Peru, 

 Indiana. Diamond Rubber Co.. 400 feet. Savannah, Georgia. 

 Empire Rubber & Tire Co., 400 feet. Savannah, Georgia. Eureka 

 F'ire Hose Co., 1,000 feet, Savannah, Georgia; 1,500 feet, Jack- 

 sonville, Florida; 1,000 feet, Davenport, Iowa; 350 feet. Council 

 Bluflfs, Iowa. Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing Co., 2.000 feet. 

 South Omaha, Nebraska : 650 feet. Council Bluffs, Iowa. New 

 Jersey Car Spring & Rubber Co., 400 feet. Savannah, Georgia. 

 United & Globe Rubber Manufacturing Cos., 1,000 feet, Flint, 

 Michigan. The Isthmian Canal Commission has awarded to the 

 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. contract to supply 100 feet of rub- 

 ber suction hose. 



THE ALLIANCE RUBBER CO 



The Alliance Rubber Co., of Alliance. Ohio, recently com- 

 menced the manufacture of a diversified line of rubber merchan- 

 dise, including molded and mechanical goods and drug sundries, 

 in its new plant, located in the factory section of Alliance. The 

 new factory is 150 feet long and SO feet wide, and is well equipped 

 with an up-to-date line of motor driven machinery. 



An interesting specialty made by this company is a line of 

 electrician's gloves, subjected before shipment to an electrical 

 test ranging from 50 to 100 per cent higher than the voltage for 

 which the gloves are guaranteed. The company was organized 

 and is being operated by Milton Bejact and George C. Russel, 

 local men, and is largely supported by local capital. 



RECENT CUSTOMS RULINGS. 



Protests by the F. W. Woolworth Co. and L. Mendelson & 

 Co., of New York, against the classification of rubber brooches 

 under "Jewelry" — on which the duty is 60 per cent. — have been 

 sustained by the board. Collector Malone writing that his office 

 erred in returning them under this classification, these articles 

 being properly dutiable under the old law as "manufacturers 

 of hard rubber," at 35 per cent, ad valorem duty. 



The Board of United States General .Appraisers has sustained 

 the protest of O. G. Hempstead & Son, of Philadelphia, against 

 the classification under paragraph 479 of the tariff act — "waste 

 not specially provided for" — of a consigninent of split and de- 

 fective rubber balls, and has permitted these to enter free of 

 duty, as provided under paragraph 591 — "crude India rubber, 

 scrap and refuse, fit only for remanufacture." 



