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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[OCTOBl I I. I'/CltJ 



BOSTON WOVEN HOSE IN CHICAGO. 



The Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. report that the in- 

 creasing volume of western trade has made it necessarj to in 

 cre-ase their sales force and facilities for handling trade in and 

 about Chicago R I. Davis, Jr.. who has heretofore been in 

 charge of their Cleveland office, will assume charge of the Chi- 

 cago office and warehouse, and, with a large staff of assistants, 

 will attend to the trade of the surrounding country. .Mr. Jinx 

 ley will devote Ins entire attention to the city of Chicago. The 

 entire building, Nos 0/17 66g West Lake street, is occupied with a 

 very large and complete stock of the company's product, which 

 stock will be further increased. Mr, Davis has been with the 

 company for many years and 1- well known to the trade through 

 out the middle west. 



MeTERNAN RUBBER CO.— A NEW COMPANY. 



The McTernan Rubber Co., incorporated recently under 

 the laws of Maine, have acquired the Commonwealth Rub- 

 ber Co. plant at Reading, Massachusetts, and equipped it 

 for the manufacture of druggists' sundries. At its head is 

 Andrew McTernan, who. upon leaving school, entered the 

 employ of the Iyer Rubber Co. (Andover, Massachusel 



Axi'KI w Mil ERNAN. 



with whom he remained until recently. Latterly, and for a 

 number of years. In- had been superintendent of the Tyer 

 factory. Mr. McTernan was cho en to represent the An- 

 dover district in Massachusetts al thi lasl general election. 



The Commonwealth Rubber Co., referred to above, 

 incorporated in Maine. June S. 1005, with $500,000 capital au- 

 thorized. They secured the plant al Reading occupied by 

 ncy Rubber Co. until 1889, and later operated under 

 iffei nt names. The Commonwealth company 

 heard from principally in connection with exploiting the Mit- 

 chell punctureless pneumatic tire, in 



CONTINENTAL CAOUTCHOUC CO.— NEW APPOINTMENTS. 



'I'm po ition of -.ale- manager of the Continental 

 itchoiu Co (New York) has been filled by the ap 

 pointment of O. S ["weedy, For manj yeai managi 

 the Chi nch of The Diamond Rubbei Co., and 



1 1 cently w ith th< I ederal Rubber Co < 

 in). General Manager Joseph M. Gilbert 



.intment of E. E. McMastei general rep 



company in the West and Harry Sli.-l 

 don era! representative in the East; also E. II. 



Kidder a- branch manager in Boston and Sam S. Foor in 

 Philadelphia 



A NEW FIRM IN CRUDE RUBBER. 

 FRANCIS R. HENDERSON announces that the crude rubber busi- 

 ness formerly conducted by him at No. 82 Beaver street. New 

 Y<>rk. will be continued under the firm name of Henderson &- 

 Korn. at the same location. Mr. Henderson having associated 

 himself with Mr. Ernest A. Korn, who for a number of years 

 was connected with Hagemeyer & Brunn, of New York, gaining 

 a wide experience in Para grades. Mr. Korn is at present in 

 Manaos on business of the firm. 



NEW FIRM IN THE WASTE RUBBER TRADE. 



The two firms, Erie Iron and Metal Co. and B. A. Zacks 

 & Sons, dealers in scrap rubber and other waste materials at 

 Erie, Pennsylvania, have combined their interests and formed 

 a corporation styled Erie Iron and Steel Co., at Twentieth 

 and Ash streets, Erie. The officers are: P. Emerman, presi- 

 dent; P. A. Zacks, vice-president; J. II. Zacks, secretary; 1. H. 

 Emerman. treasurer; Henry Zacks. assist. mt secretary. 



TIRE TRADE NOTES. 



The Empire lire Co. (Trenton, New Jersey) have opened 

 .1 branch at Xo. j,-!^ North Broad street. Philadelphia, in 



which city the trade hitherto had been supplied through a 

 jobbing; house. E. P. Richardson is manager of the new- 

 bra nch. 



Continental Caoutchouc Co. have located their Boston 

 branch at a new location. No. 895 Boylston street. Mr. E. H. 

 Kidder is the resident manager. % . 



Morgan & Wright (Detroit. Michigan) on September 1 

 removed their Minneapolis branch to more commodious 

 quarters, at No. oil hirst avenue. S. 



R. S. Ireland has been made sole sales manager of the 

 Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co., with headquarters at Broadway and 

 Fifty-seventh street. New York. 



O. L. Weaver has resigned the position of Cincinnati 

 branch manager of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., 

 which he held for sj N years, to become connected with the 

 sales department of the Overland Automobile Co. (Indian- 

 apolis. Indiana 1. 



The Diamond Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio), who have not 

 been producing motor cycle tires hitherto, announce that they 

 are about to take on the manufacturing of such goods. 



With reference to reports .if troubles in motoring due to 

 the heating of tires, the manufacturers of Dixon's flake 

 graphite suggest the use of this material on the inner tube, 

 to lessen the friction of the same on the tire easing. 



Mr. J. B. Kavanaugh has resigned from the position of 

 New York manager of The Fisk Rubber Co. on account of 

 ill health, with the idea of resting fur a year. He was formerly 

 in the emplo; of I he Hartford Rubber Works Co. 



The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. (Akron. Ohio) report 

 their production of bicycle tires to lie more active than for 

 several year- past. They refer to more than 400 dealers — 

 on,- to a town — now handling these tins. They have closed 

 contracts for 1910 equipment with some large cycle manu- 



fad liters 



The automobib tire depart: enl of the Republic Rubber 

 Co (Youngstown, Ohio) was reported lately to be expe- 

 riencing the busiest season sinci it; establishment. For 

 SOmi time il had been operated three nights in each week. 



Hagstrom Brothers Manufacturing Co., Inc. (Lindsburg, 

 K.ni 1 1 ri ntly voted to increase their capital stock from 

 0,000, particularly with reference to increasing 

 the outpul il the rubber automobile tire sleeves which were 

 illustrated in Tin; India Rubber World in July (page 

 to automobile rubber sleeevs they are 

 planning to put out a tire sleeve of similar description for 

 motor cycles. 



