February i, 1910.] 



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THE NEWEST RUBBER TIRE FACTORY. 



The McGraw Tire and Rubber Co. have removed their prin- 

 cipal offices from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to East Palestine. 

 Ohio, where their factory is located. The incorporation of this 

 company was reported in The India Rubber World May 1, 

 1909 (pagi 259). Since then the original name has undei 

 some change, accompanied by a reorganization of its personnel. 

 Meanwhile there has been no interruption of the building up 

 of .1 factory and a business in automobile tires. The line of tires 

 made by this c m-pany is styled the "Imperial." the distinctive 

 feature being in the tread, for which a special fabric is used. 

 The officers of the company are E. C. McGraw, president; R. W. 

 McGraw. vice-president; John S. Wilson, treasurer; and H. G. 

 Morgan, secretary. 



CONFERENCE OF BOSTON BELTING CO.'S AGENTS. 



At the invitation of the Boston Belting Co., their Western 

 agents held a meeting in Boston on December 16-17, to discuss 

 the introduction of some new lines of goods to be made in 

 addition to their well-known manufactures and staples, and to 

 arrange to further increase the large and constantly growing 

 demand for their goods. The time throughout the two days 

 was fully occupied in the inspection of an exhibition of the com- 

 pany's products and by a visit to the factories in Roxbury, in- 

 cluding an inspection of the large new building recently com- 

 pleted for the manufacture of cotton fabric hose, braided hose, 

 and other goods. Two banquets were tendered to the visitors 

 by the Boston Belting Co., and there was a free and general 

 discussion of present conditions regarding the mechanical rubber 

 goods industry. The Boston Belting Co. have reason to feel 

 gratified at the results of the meeting, and all of the company's 

 guests expressed themselves as being highly pleased with what 

 they saw and heard 



GOCD BUSINESS AT BRISTOL. 



Mr. Le Baron C. Colt, of the National India Rubber Co. 

 (Bristol, Rhode Island), is quoted as saying that this has been 

 the best winter for orders for the products of that company for 

 three years. Lately 2,000 employes have been at work in the 

 factory. 



The shipments 1 t rubber footwear from Bristol on January 3, 

 over the New Haven railroad, amounted to 5,000 cases — reported 

 to be the largest shipment ever-, made from there 

 in one day. 



CHANGES IN THE COTTON DUCK TRADE. 



Among the various changes in the cotton goods 

 district cf New York one of special interest has 

 been the withdrawal of the duck department of 

 Catlin & Co., formerly under the charge of Mr. 

 R. P. M. Eagles, who has associated himself with 

 the Boston Ya'rn Co. The product of the Lowell 

 Weaving Co. and the Passaic Cotton Mills will be 

 sold by the new concern, as well as yarns and 

 sheetings heretofore supplied the trade. Mr. J. A. 

 Kurvy, also formerly with Catlin & Co., has allied 

 himself with the new company. 



FIRE HOSE PRICES. 



The Eureka Hose Manufacturing Co. ( New 

 York 1 recently sold 2,000 feet "Red Cross" fire 

 hose to the city of Newburgh, New York, at the 

 price of 90 cents per foot, coupled. An item in a 

 loc; paper stating that the city had bought "Para- 

 gon" hose at go cents has been copied in news- 

 papers throughout the country. The Eureka Hose 

 Manufacturing Co. wish to say that "Paragon" 

 hose is never sold at less than the standard price 

 of $1 per foot. 



CHANGE OF STYLE. 



It is announced that the business heretofore con- 



ducted by the Continental Rubber Co. — in Guayule rubber will 

 be conducted hereafter by the Continental Rubber Co. of New 

 York, at the same address — No. in Broadway — under the presi- 

 dency of Edward B. Aldrich. J. A. Whitcomb has been elected 

 vice-president and selling agent of the company last named. 



CHICLE COMPANY DIVIDENDS. 



The initial quarterly dividend of the new chicle combine, Sen- 

 Sen Chicle Co. (New York), of 1J/2 per cent., is payable on 

 February 1. 



The regular monthly dividend of 1 per cent, on the common 

 stock of the American Chicle Co. is payable February 19. 



"STAR" TIRES IN THE SOUTHERN TRADE. 



The Star Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) have established a 

 branch at Nashville, Tennessee, for the sale of their "Star" 

 automobile tires and tubes to the Southern trade. The location 

 is at the corner of Third avenue and Commerce street, and the 

 management is in the hands of Mr. W. F. Anderson. This 

 gentleman has been connected with the automobile trade prac- 

 tically from the beginning, and for some time past has been the 

 manager of the Rock City Auto Co., of Nashville, at the address 

 here given. Mr. Anderson for the present will retain the man- 

 agement of the automobile company. [See The India Rubber 

 World, January 1, 1910 — page 139.] 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Hood Rubber Co. have increased their preferred capital 

 stock from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000, by the issue of 5,000 new 

 shares which were offered to the shareholders at $125. The 

 company's gross business is stated to exceed $6,500,000. Their 

 goods are sold mostly in the United States, but the export trade 

 is growing steadily. 



The Dearborn Rubber Shoe Co., incorporated for $500,000, have 

 become located at Nos. 153-159 Franklin street, Chicago. They 

 will sell "Hood" and "Old Colony" rubber footwear, the business 

 being under the direction of Mr. John G. McGaw. 



A company incorporated recently as the American Rubber Co., 

 with factory at Jersey City, New Jersey, and general offices at 

 No. 149 Broadway, New York, without first learning that a com- 

 pany by the same name long had been engaged in the rubber foot- 

 wear trade, has, in order to avoid confusion, changed its name to 

 the Rubber Co. of America. 



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WHERE THE "IMPERIAL" TIRES ARE MADE. 

 [Factory of the McGraw Tire and Rubber Co.. at East Palestine, Ohio.] 



