December i, 1909.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



95 



Following his retirement from the United and Globe. Mr. 

 Sickel has associated himself with the interests controlled by 

 C. M. and H. H. Hewitt, comprising a chain of large manu- 

 facturing establishments in the East and West, including the 

 Hewitt Rubber Co., of Buffalo, New York; the Magnus Metal 

 Co., with fourteen plants scattered throughout the United States ; 

 the Featherstone Foundry and Machine Co., with works at 

 Chicago ; the National Brake Shoe Co., with works at Depew and 

 Chicago ; and the Hewitt Supply Co., with works at Chicago. 

 Mr. Sickel will have charge of the direction of sales, a position 

 of very great responsibility. He will be located in a suite of 

 offices in the Trinity building, No. in Broadway, New York. In 

 an interview with The India Rubber World correspondent, Mr. 

 Sickel declared that he was still comparatively a young man, with 

 a large acquaintance among the railroad officials of the United 

 States, a large and valuable asset, and he would not be doing 

 himself justice to retire from the field he has occupied so long. 

 His interests with the Hewitts will be such that he will spend 

 most of his time in New York, although he said no doubt he 

 would in the future, as in the past, travel at times to all sections 

 of the country. Aubrey Love will accompany Mr. Sickel. He 

 will act as general office manager, at the same address. 

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The American Inner Tube Co., with a capital of $500,000, was 

 incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, at Trenton, on 

 November 13. It is to manufacture and deal in automobile tires, 

 inner tubes, all parts of automobile tires and other rubber goods, 

 as well as parts of automobiles and accessories to automobiles. 

 The stock is divided into 50,000 shares, of a par value of $10 

 each. The incorporators are H. O. Coughlan, S. A. Anderson 

 and John W. Stout, and their registered address is at No. 15 

 Exchange place, Jersey City. The New Jersey office is at No. 

 1041 Clinton street, Hoboken, with O. F. Bugg as the registered 

 agent. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN SAN FRANCISCO. 



BY A RESIDENT CORRESPONDENT. 



' I 'HIS is not the season wherein the mechanical rubber lines are 

 ■*• expected to do particularly well, and the present time is no 

 exception to the rule. Mechanical goods departments are very 

 quiet, and owing to the fact that there is still a scarcity of money 

 in this city are perhaps more quiet than they should be, and 

 the rubber establishments will be glad to see the time come 

 when business is again moving along at a more lively rate. The 

 high price of rubber is making the problem more complex. When 

 high prices come during good times it is all right, but the 

 way it is now it is a hard combination. On the other hand, the 

 rubber footwear and clothing lines find a good sale, and all 

 of the wholesalers are clearing their shelves of immense stocks. 

 The rains started early, and each week or so there have been 

 general storms sufficient to start up a lively demand for such 

 goods. Each big rain is felt immediately by the wholesaler, be- 

 cause the retailers leave off their buying of such goods until 

 the last minute, and then they want them in a hurry. 



Mr. W. A. Daggett, of San Francisco, who held the position 

 of specialty salesman of fire hose for the Bowers Rubber Works, 

 has left the employ of that firm and will start into business for 

 himself. He will take up the western agency for the Eureka 

 Fire Hose Co., with offices, salesroom and stockroom in San 

 Francisco. 



Mr. W. F. Bowers, president of the Bowers Rubber Works, 

 has lately been in the East, where he attended the rubber manu- 

 facturers' convention. One of the salesmen connected with the 

 establishment will be selected to take the place of Mr. Daggett 

 in the fire hose department. 



There has been a reorganization of the Sterling Rubber Co. 

 Mr. W. L. Conry, one of the original organizers, and who has 



been acting as vice president since the organization of the 

 corporation, has been elected president and general manager, tak- 

 ing the place of William Perkins, who has severed his con- 

 nections with the firm. Mr. Willard Wells has been elected vice- 

 president, and Mr. A. R. Ellert, formerly traveling for the firm, 

 has been elected secretary and treasurer. Under the new ar- 

 rangement it is the intention to devote more attention to the 

 druggists' sundries end of the business. Mr. Conry is a drug- 

 gists' sundries man, and a large number of new lines will be 

 taken on. 



Mr. L. L. Torrey, manager of the coast branch of the Penn- 

 sylvania Rubber Co., states that business keeps up very well. The 

 new branch which this firm has started in Los Angeles has been 

 doing especially good work, and a new location has been se- 

 cured in a modern store at No. 930 South Main street. 



Mr. William Perkins, formerly manager for the Sterling Rub- 

 ber Co., is now connected with the Gorham Rubber Co., and 

 lately has been looking after the business in Oakland, Alameda, 

 and Berkeley. 



Mr. A. T. Dunbar, who was formerly the coast manager for 

 the Revere Rubber Co., has secured the agency for the Boston 

 Rubber Co.'s lines, and is coming out to establish an office in 

 San Francisco to act as the western representative of that firm. 



Mr. C. E. Mathewson, Pacific coast manager for The Diamond 

 Rubber Co., has returned from his visit to the factory at Akron, 

 Ohio. He was accompanied on his trip by Dan McKay, manager 

 of the branch of the company at Seattle, and by F. O. Nelson, 

 the manger of the Los Angeles branch. 



The Barton Packing and Rubber Co. are keeping quite busy 

 in its work of manufacturing, and new machinery is now installed 

 and in operation. 



There is considerable manufacturing now in this vicinity, with 

 the American Rubber Manufacturing Co., the Bowers Rubber 

 Works, and the Barton Packing and Rubber Co. engaged, and they 

 are getting the work down so that they can make very close prices. 



"Dad" Tracy, who was formerly salesman for the Sterling 

 Rubber Co., has been employed by the Pennsylvania Rubber Co., 

 and he is expecting to be sent to that company's branch store in 

 Los Angeles. 



Mr. W. J. Gorham, president of the Gorham Rubber Co., is 

 now in Seattle, visiting the firm's branch store. Mr. F. A. Sar- 

 geant. secretary of the San Francisco firm, is now taken from his 

 duties for the time being while serving on the Federal jury. 



F. S. Winslow, manager for the Pacific Coast Rubber Co., 

 states that on account of the favorable weather the boot and shoe 

 business has been unusually good. The mechanical goods trade, 

 however, is light. 



The Gutta-Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Co. report that 

 business is quiet now, especially in the mechanical lines. 



Mr. Kanzee, of the Phoenix Rubber Co., states that his firm 

 is meeting with good success in their new compound for valve 

 and discs, called Ralkanite, the name being a combination of 

 that of the two proprietors, Ralph and Kanzee. 



Mr. R. H. Pease, of the Goodyear Rubber Co., states that 

 conditions in a general way are showing improvement. The 

 rains in through the country have been the means of reducing the 

 stocks of boots and shoes, rubber clothing and mackintoshes. 



Mr. Benjamin H. Pratt, the new coast representative of The 

 Fisk Rubber Co., has reached the city to take charge of the 

 company's business, vice George E. Johnson, who resigned to 

 take the agency for the Mitchell cars in the Northwest. 



Rims Cheaper than Tires. — If a tire cannot be repaired when 

 punctured it is best to remove the inner tube before driving any 

 distance on the flat tire. It is even better to remove the casing 

 also and run on the bare rim. The rims will stand a great deal 

 of hard usage and are cheaper than tires. Running for even a 

 short distance on a flat tire will generally damage the casing 

 beyond repair. 



