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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February i. 1910. 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



H0D3MAN RUBBER CO. '3 ANNUAL. 



AT the annual meeting of shareholders of the Hodgman Rub- 

 ber Co., held at their offices in New York on January 20, 

 the following directors were elected for the year: G. B. 

 Hodgman, F. A. Hodgman, S. Theodore Hodgman, Newton E. 

 Stout, and Theodore M. Purdy. The board then elected officers 

 as follows : 



dent — G. B. Hodgman. 

 Vice President F. A. Hodgman. 

 - utrer -S. Theodore Hodgman. 

 etary A. W. Warren. 



MOEHAN & WRI-3HT— INCREASE OF CAPITAL. 



Morgan & \\ right, proprietors of the Detroit Rubber \Vork= 

 (Detroit. Michigan), and a subsidiary company of the Rubber 

 Goods Manufacturing Co., have filed with the secretary of state 

 of Michigan a certificate of increase of capital stock from 

 $1,800,000 to $2,500,000. This increase has been called for on 

 account of the large growth of the company's automobile tire 

 business. The additional capital was subscribed for at par, and 

 paid in cash by the old shareholders. It is understood that large 

 additional buildings will be erected this year and the business 

 otherwise extended. 



CHANGE IN THE TRADE AT NEWARK. 



The plant of the Ennis Rubber Manufacturing Co., a corpora- 

 tion located at Newark, New Jersey, and engaged in making 

 automobile tires and inner tubes, was sold at public auction by 

 the receiver on January 17. The purchaser was Grant Lambright, 

 superintendent of the works, with the support of some of the 

 creditors of the company. The business will be continued under 

 the style of the Newark Rubber Manufacturing Co., whose plans 

 are not yet ready for the public, though it is understood that the 

 orders on file alone assure an important volume of business. 



A NEW MICHELIN MANAGER. 



J. Hauvette-Michelin has been elected vice president and 

 general manager of the Michelin Tire Co. (Milltown, New Jer- 

 sey), following the retirement of James C. Matlock, reported 

 recently in this journal. Mr. Hauvette-Michelin, whose head- 

 quarters will be at Milltown, is a nephew of Edouard Michelin, 

 president of the company domiciled at Milltown, as well as the 

 Michelin companies in France, England and Italy. The American 

 company was incorporated March 12, 1907, under the laws of 

 New Jersey. 



AN AMERICAN CHEMIST HONORED. 



The Perkin medal, a gold decoration awarded annually "to the 

 American chemist who has accomplished the most valuable work 

 in applied chemistry during his career," was awarded in December 

 to Dr. Edward G. Acheson, of Niagara Falls. New York, by 

 unanimous vote of the Society of Chemical Industry, American 

 Chemical Society, and the American Electro-Chemical Society. 

 The presentation was made at the Chemical Club in New York, 

 on the evening of January 21. Dr. Acheson is president of the 

 International Graphite Co. and other important companies. 

 Among his many scientific discoveries and inventions the most 

 prominent, perhaps, is a deflocculated graphite, which may be 

 suspended either in oil or water and used as a lubricant. 



SALESMEN GUESTS OF PRESIDENT APSLEY. 



Thirty or more salesmen and employes of the Rubber Manu- 

 facturing and Distributing Co. (Chicago) were entertained at 

 dinner at the Congress Hotel on the evening of January 3, by 

 the president, the Hon. L. D. Apsley. At the beginning of the 

 year preceding prizes were offered to the three salesmen with 

 the largest record of business, of $200, $100, and $50 respectively. 

 These prizes were awarded during the evening, besides which 



at the plate 1 I each guest was an envelope containing a check 

 in appreciation of the good work all had done during the year 

 and for the interest they had taken in promoting the welfare of 

 the company. During the evening Mr. Apsley congratulated the 

 salesmen on their work and spoke at some length on the point! 

 which go to make up a good salesman. He suggested that they 

 do not take all the glory, but concede some to the quality of the 

 goods offered and the prompt manner in which orders are filled. 

 Other speakers were W. E. Carver, treasurer of the company, 

 and Mr. L. L. Murphy, sales manager, besides which each sales- 

 man was given an opportunity to express himself. Mr. Apsley 

 had as a special guest Mr. Charles H. Crump, of Boston. 



BORGFELDT & CO.'S NEW STORES. 



The formal opening of the new stores of George Borgfeldt & 

 Co. (New York), the first occupancy of which was mentioned 

 in the last India Rubber World (page 147), took place on Mon- 

 day, January 3. The new building, of steel and brick construc- 

 tion, fills eleven stories and basement, and has been designed 

 to accommodate all the departments of the great Borgfeldt busi- 

 ness, not the least of which is that of imported india-rubber 

 goods. A booklet issued by the house to celebrate their change 

 of location contains views of the five different premises occupied 

 by them hitherto, beginning with the small building in Leonard 

 street, back in 1881. The longest front of the new building as 

 shown in the accompanying cut is in Sixteenth street ; to the 

 right is shown the front on Irving place. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Beebe-Elliott Co., manufacturers of the "Horseshoe" auto 

 tire, at Racine Junction, Wisconsin, were damaged by fire on 

 New Year's day, to the extent of $4,000, causing an interruption 

 to business of only a few days. 



Mr. Calvert B. Archer, president of the Archer Rubber Co. 

 ( Milford, Massachusetts) since their incorporation, early in 1907, 

 has severed his connection with that concern, and, it is under- 

 stood, will again become interested in the proofing trade some- 

 where else in the state. 



An exhibition of aerial craft of all types is to be held in Boston 

 during the week beginning February 23. under the sanction of the 

 Aero Club of New England and the Aero Club of America. The 

 exhibition will be held in the Mechanics' building. Charles J. 

 Glidden is chairman of the advisory board for the exhibition. 



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The New Borgfeldt Stores. 



