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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April i, 1910. 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



RUBBER GOODS— ANNUAL MEETING. 



THE annual meeting of stockholders of the Rubber Goods 

 .Manufacturing Co., for the election of directors and the 

 transaction of any other business which may properly be 

 brought before the meeting, will be held at the principal office of 

 the company, Xo. 15 Exchange place, Jersey City, Xew Jersey, on 

 Thursday, April 14, 1910, at 12 o'clock noon. The transfer books 

 will not be closed, but the Xew Jersey corporation law will not 

 allow to be voted at said meeting any share of stock which shall 

 have been transferred after March 25, 1910. 



GETTING READY EOR THE CENSUS. 



The President of the United States issued on March 15 the 

 customary proclamation in respect of the thirteenth decennial 

 census, to be taken this year, beginning on April 15, and calling 

 upon the people to cooperate with the employes of the census 

 bureau with a view to making this great and necessary public 

 undertaking a success. 



STANDARD UNDERGROUND CABLE: — CAPITAL INCREASED. 



The Standard Underground Cable Co. ( Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- 

 vania) have increased their capital from $2,800,000 to $3,500,000, 

 by the declaration of a stock dividend of 25 per cent. Books 

 closed on March 16 and reopened on March 23. The capital was 

 increased from $2,000,000 about three years ago. In addition to 

 the regular 3J/2 per cent, dividend in January last, an extra 3 

 per cent, was declared, and a 14 per cent, special dividend. The 

 stock has been quoted recently around $320. 



BOSTON YARN CO NEW SALES ALLIANCE. 



The Boston Yarn Co., with former headquarters at No. 346 

 Broadway, New York, have recently formed a sales alliance with 

 the J. Spencer Turner Co. and the United States Cotton Duck 

 Corporation, at Xo. 86 Worth street. The Boston Yarn Co. will 

 retain their corporate identity ; the management of the mills will 

 remain unchanged, and the sales management will continue under 

 the direction of Mr. R. P. M. Eagles, well known in the rubber 

 trade. Mr. M. C. Taylor, formerly treasurer of the Boston 

 Yarn Co., has been elected vice-president of the J. Spencer Turner 

 Co. and of the United States Cotton Duck Corporation. This 

 alliance will prove a valuable acquisition to the J. Spencer Turner 

 Co., as it enables them to offer certain completing lines of fine 

 ducks which they did not previously handle, and will undoubtedly 

 tend to facilitate the sales operations of both companies. 



NEW FOOTWEAR FACTORY AT GRANBY. 



The Miner Rubber Co., Limited (Granby, Quebec), are op- 

 erating their new factory, which has been described already in 

 The India Rubber World. Their capacity is referred to as 

 20,000 pairs of footwear per day. The product is marketed 

 under two brands, "Miner" and "Shefford." 



In the same connection may be mentioned the Walpole Rubber 

 Co., Limited, also at Granby, who have begun the active produc- 

 tion of heels. 



CHICAGO RUBBER CLOTHING CO. 



At the recent annual meeting of the Chicago Rubber Cloth- 

 ing Co. (Racine, Wisconsin), the following were elected direc- 

 tors: Charles H. Lee, Mrs. E. V. Laughton, David G. Jaynes, 

 George C. Bryant, F. M. Knapp, and James Murphy. These 

 directors elected the following officers : Charles H. Lee, presi- 

 dent ; Mrs. E. V. Laughton, treasurer ; and George G. Bryant, 

 secretary. This company, under the management of Mr. Bryant, 

 has greatly extended its facilities, and lately has ordered an 

 additional single end spreader for proofing up to 63 inch mate- 

 rials, and a geared double calender wide enough to double fabrics 



of the same width. In addition to a general line of very attrac- 

 tive rubber clothing, including fabrics of practically every type 

 and color, they are making an interesting line of specialties, such 

 as bathing caps, fishermen's hats, toilet cases, and a variety of 

 other very effective novelties. 



JAMES BOYD & BROTHER— CHANGE OF LOCATION. 



The firm of James Boyd & Brother, Inc., so long connected 

 with the rubber goods and fire equipment trade in Philadelphia, 

 are now located at X : o. 15 19 North American building. They had 

 previously been located for twenty-five years at No. 14 North 

 Fourth street. This business is descended from that of James 

 Boyd & Sons, established in 1819 and dissolved in 1886, after 

 which the present firm came into existence, first as a partnership 

 and latterly as a corporation. 



NEW HOUSE IN WASTE RUBBER. 



The firm of Oskar Konary, waste rubber merchants, Berlin, 

 have opened a branch office in New York, at Xos. 16-18 Exchange 

 place, under the management of Mr. Max Pfug. 



A NEW RUBBER RECLAIMING PLANT. 



The Monatiquot Rubber Works . Co., incorporated October 

 21, 1009, have begun the manufacture of reclaimed rubber, 

 for which purpose the company was formed. The location of 

 the factory is at South Braintree, Massachusetts — on the Mona- 

 tiquot river, about 12 miles from Boston. Robert Cowen 

 Harlow, president of the company, is a nephew of the late 

 Robert Cowen, of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co., and 

 Mr. Harlow himself was for several years connected with the 

 Woven Hose company, particularly in their reclaiming branch. 

 James H. Stedman is treasurer of the company. Their head- 

 office is at No. 555 Atlantic avenue, Boston. 



THE SEASON OF INVENTORY. 



Notices are posted at the factory of the National India Rubber 

 Co. (Bristol, Rhode Island), of a shut-down beginning March 

 31, work to resume on Monday, April 18. This is the usual time 

 of the year for taking inventory and making repairs in rubber 

 footwear factories, the business year in that industry ending 

 with the month of March. 



The two factories of the Woonsocket Rubber Co. are closed 

 for inventory and repairs, work to be resumed on Monday, 

 April 11. 



The usual annual shut-down at the factory of the Goodyear's 

 India Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co. (X'augatuck, Connecti- 

 cut) began on March 22, two days earlier than had been intended, 

 on account of the breaking of the main shaft. The management 

 were planning to replace this shaft during the season of repairs. 

 NY'irk is to be resumed on April 4. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The forty-fourth regular quarterly dividend of 1 3/4 per cent, 

 on the preferred shares of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. 

 was payable on March 15. 



At a special meeting of the common council of Butler, New 

 Jersey, announcement was made of the receipt of a check for a 

 handsome amount from the American Hard Rubber Co., one of 

 whose factories is located in that town, to be expended for the 

 improvement of the town's fire apparatus. 



\ newspaper report is that since January 1 something like 3.500 

 men have been added to the working forces of the rubber tire 

 factories of Akron. Ohio. 



William H. Scheel (No. 159 Maiden Lane, New York) sends 

 a monthly reminder to the trade interested in rubber factory 

 supplies, in the shape of a neat little calendar for the month. 



