March i, 1910.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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Barclay, vice-president; J. P. Thomas secretary and treasurer; 

 W. F. Taylor manufacturing manager; and James E. Rice, sales 

 manager. 



THE B & B EUBBEE CO.— ANNUAL. 



At the annual meeting of shareholders of The B & R Rubber 

 Co. (North Brookfield, Massachusetts), on February I, the fol- 

 lowing directors were elected for the ensuing year: Alvin F. 

 Sortwell, Robert M. Currier, George R. Hamant, Thomas G. 

 Richards and Charles C. Beebe. The board later reelected the 

 officers : 



President — Thomas G. Richards. 



/ ice-President and Treasurer — Charles C. Beebe. 



It was reported that the business in 1909 showed a gain of 62 

 per cent, over 1908. Also that a fair profit was made and that 

 prospects are very favorable for 1910. 



CENTRAL CITY RUBBER CO.— ELECTION. 



The annual meeting of the Central City Rubber Co. (Syracuse, 

 New York), was held on January 24. The directors were re- 

 elected : David A. Gould, George H. Lloyd, A. Park Sager, and 

 Daniel A. Pierce. The showing made since the incorporation of 

 the company [see The India Rubber World, October 1, 1909— 

 page 24] was very satisfactory, and the prospects for business are 

 bright. The officers were reelected : 



President — David A. Gould. 



Vice President — George H. Lloyd. 



Secretary and Treasurer — John R. Graham. 



The three officers were formerly in the employ of Frank C. 

 Howlett — later the Syracuse Rubber Co. — for an aggregate of 38 

 years, and are thoroughly familiar with the trade in that terri- 

 tory in tires, mechanicals, and general rubber goods. 



WHERE RUEEER AND POLITICS DO NOT MIX. 



An order has been posted at the factory of the National 

 India Rubber Co. (Bristol, Rhode Island), against the participa- 

 tion in local politics of any employee of the company. A caucus 

 had just been held by one of the political parties for the nomina- 

 tion of candidates for town offices, in which some of the factory 

 employees had been successful, and these have withdrawn their 

 names from the list of candidates. 



THE LYMAN TIRE AND RUBBER CO. 



This is a corporation under the laws of Pennsylvania for 

 which a charter was granted on February 2. They have entered 

 into a contract for a term of years with the Republic Rubber Co. 

 (Youngstown, Ohio), whereby they will control the sale of the 

 automobile and other rubber tires made by the latter, in the 

 territory embracing eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, 

 Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. J. 

 W. Lyman, who is president of the new company, has been with 

 The B. F. Goodrich Co. for more than 13 years, the past 9 of 

 which he served as manager of their Philadelphia branch. On 

 severing his connection with the Goodrich agency Mr. Lyman 

 was presented wth a loving cup, inscribed with the names of 26 

 of the employes who united in donating it. The Lyman company 

 are occupying temporary quarters in Arch street, but about May 

 I expect to move into a new building at No. 328 North Broad 

 street, in the center of Philadelphia's automobile row. 



THE GROWING FIELD OF TIRE USERS. 



The United States Motor Co., with an office at No. 15 Ex- 

 change Place, Jersey City, filed an amended certificate with the 

 secretary of state at Trenton, New Jersey, on January 28, in- 

 creasing its capital stock from $2,000 to $16,000,000. The new 

 stock is divided into $8,000,000 preferred, bearing 7 per cent, 

 cumulative dividends, and $8,000,000 common stock. The papers 

 were signed by Lawrence Arnold, president, and Walter F. Cros- 

 by, secretary. The incorporators of the company are Henry E. 

 Torrey, of New York city; James A. Daily, of Ossining, New 

 York; and Kenneth K. McLaren, of Jersey City. The corporation 

 is to manufacture and deal in all kinds of motors, flying machines, 

 automobiles, and all kinds of motor vehicles. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES, 



Lvden C. Lawton, formerly of the Duck Brand Co.— the firm 

 of Lawton & Hall — of Chicago, has been elected president and 

 manager of the Chicago Rubber Co., to fill the vacancy caused 

 by the death of H. N. Johnson, which is reported on another 

 page of this issue. 



The Colorado Rubber Co. (Denver) have filed with the secre- 

 tary of state of Colorado a certificate of increase of their capital 

 to $100,000. The original capital, at the date of incorporation, 

 October 12, 1903, was $25,000. Jacob Hammer and Frank H. 

 Donahower, respectively president and secretary-treasurer, have 

 filled these positions from the beginning. 



The Eureka Fire Hose Manufacturing Co. (New York), have 

 made a change in their western territory. The states of North 

 Dakota, Montana and Wyoming are now under the management 

 of W. S. Nott Co. (Minneapolis), who will be pleased to answer 

 all inquiries. 



It is reported that the best business for years in in hand at 

 the two factories of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. The factories 

 are working full time, and early in the past month the company 

 advertised for more help, for the first time in many years. 

 Superintendent Piper is quoted as saying that stocks in the fac- 

 tory storehouses are exceptionally small. 



Picher Lead Co. (New York and Chicago), have opened a 

 branch office at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the sale of their 

 sublimed white and blue lead, litharge and other supplies for 

 rubber manufacturers. The location of the new office is the 

 Keenan building, and Mr. C. W. Chatham is in charge. 



A reception given by the Converse Rubber Shoe Club at the 

 Young Men's Christian Association building, in Maiden. Massa- 

 chusetts, on the evening of February 18, was attended by over 500 

 employes of the Converse Rubber Shoe Co., and their friends. 

 The reception committee included Mayor Fall, of Maiden ; Mayor 

 Brewer, of Medford ; President Hawley, of the Christian Asso- 

 ciation ; and M. M. Converse, president of the rubber company. 



The semi-annual dividend of 3 T 4 per cent, on the preferred 

 stock of the Converse Rubber Shoe Co. is announced for March 

 IS- At a recent meeting of the directors it was voted to sell 

 1,500 more shares of the preferred stock, the proceeds to be 

 used to enlarge the plant. 



The regular quarterly dividend of \Y 2 per cent, on the preferred 

 stock of the Manufactured Rubber Co. (Philadelphia) is pay- 

 able March I. 



The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio), announce 

 the establishment of the following new distributing agencies 

 for their tires and demountable rims: Central City Rubber Co., 

 No. 129 East Water street, Syracuse, New York ; Shuler Rubber 

 and Supply Co., No. 345 Baronne street, New Orleans, Louisi- 

 ana; Chesapeake Tire and Rubber Co., No. 202 St. Paul street, 

 Baltimore, Maryland. 



It is announced that the Hartford Rubber Works Co. are 

 making tests on an important scale, looking to the substitution 

 of pneumatic for solid rubber tires, at least in so far as the 

 lighter commercial vehicles are concerned. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Mr. Edwin S. Kelly, known to the rubber trade particularly 

 through his former connection with the "Kelly-Springfield" tires, 

 was inducted into office as president of the Springfield (Ohio), 

 Commercial Club on the occasion of the annual banquet on the 

 evening of February 4. 



Miss Virginia Stickney, whose public debut as a professional 

 violoncellist, in Boston, on the evening of February 5. was in 

 every way successful, is a daughter of Mr. Allison M. Stickney, 

 of the Wellman Co., of Medford, Massachusetts, a gentleman 

 widely known in the rubber trade of America and Europe. Miss 

 Stickney's musical education was gained in part at the New Eng- 

 land Conservatory of Music, and latterly she has been an assis- 

 tant to a member of the faculty of that institution. 



