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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June i, 1910. 



Large Rubber Conveyor Belts. 



[Showing Mr. John Forsyth, superintendent of the Boston Belting Co.] 

 LARGE RUBBER CONVEYOR BELTS 



The high price of crude rubber has not prevented an unusual 

 degree of activity in many branches of the rubber industry- 

 Among the mechanical rubber goods manufacturers who have 

 been filling some large orders of late, particularly in belts and 

 hose, for both of which lines the railroads have been good cus- 

 tomers, are the Boston Belting Co. An accompanying illustra- 

 tion relates to two conveyor belts of unusual size lately sup- 

 plied by them to the Boston and Maine Railroad Co., for use 

 in their Mystic wharf grain elevator in Boston. The two 

 belts are 1,777 ar >d 1,433 feet long, four-ply, and 36 inches 

 wide. 



LA CROSSE RUBBER MILLS CO. 



Within a year the La Crosse Rubber Mills Co. (La Crosse, 

 Wisconsin), have doubled their producing capacity, adding new 

 machinery and new lasts, and reorganizing the various depart- 

 ments. They have filed a certificate of increase of capital stock 

 to $400,000, and recently have sold nearly $100,000 in preferred 

 shares. They are making three grades of rubber goods : "Red 

 Fiber," La Crosse Rubber Mills Co., and Wisconsin Rubber Co.; 

 also a special brand of tennis shoes under the name Badger 

 Rubber Co. One of the distinctive 

 features of the "Red Fiber" brand 

 is the red soling. Maurice C. Clark 

 is general manager, and Charles M. 

 Linthicum manager of sales. 



PROFITS OF MANUFACTURED 

 RUBBEE CO. 



At the annual meeting of share- 

 holders of the Manufactured 

 Rubber Co. (Philadelphia, May 

 11)) President Clayton E. Piatt 

 reported a prosperous condition of 

 business. Instead of reporting ac- 

 counts for twelve months ending 

 January 31, 1910, the statement 

 closed with December 31, to 

 comply with the new federal law 

 taxing corporations, so that only 

 eleven months were covered. But 

 the profits for this period were 

 $28,730, against $11,016 for the 

 twelve months preceding. Divi- 

 dends were paid regularly during 

 the year. The directors were re- 

 elected, and one addition was made 



to the board — the last name on the list here: 

 Clayton E. Piatt. John S. Arndt, George G. 

 Peterson, Edward J. Dumee, Isaac R. Penny- 

 packer, Harry S. Plott. The company operate 

 a rubber reclaiming plane at Mctuchen, 

 New Jersey. 



RUBBER FOR PAPER MILL EQUIPMENT. 



The illustration at the foot of this page is based 

 upon a photograph of six rubber covered paper 

 mill rolls, at the works of the Manhattan Rubber 

 Manufacturing Co. (Passaic, New Jersey), where 

 they are made. They are believed to be the 

 largest rolls ever manufactured for paper mill 

 use. The following dimensions are given: 

 Length of face, 182 inches ; length over all, ig J A 

 feet ; finished diameter, 26'4 inches ; weight of 

 iron, S 1 /; tons each; weight of rubber, 1,000 

 pounds each. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The directors of the Boston Woven Hose and 

 Rubber Co. have declared a semi-annual divi- 

 dend of $3 per share on the preferred stock, 

 common stock, and a quarterly dividend of $2 per share on the 

 both payable June 15, 1910 to stockholders of record June 6. 



It is stated that several large rubber manufacturing companies 

 intend exhibiting at the Ohio Valley Exposition, to be held in 

 Cincinnati during August and September. It is planned to have 

 a miniature rubber factory in operation in one or more of the 

 exhibits. Such a plant, it is known, will be installed by The 

 B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron). 



New Jersey Car Spring and Rubber Co. announce the appoint- 

 ment, as manager of their New York branch, of Mr. Frank Y. 

 Stewart, who for a number of years has been connected promi- 

 nently with the rubber goods trade in the metropolitan district. 

 The New York branch is located uptown at Columbus Circle. 



The Voorhees Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Jersey City, New 

 Jersey) have leased the store, basement, and sub basement at 

 Xo. 36 Vesey street, New York. 



The Bayne Subers Tire and Rubber Co. (Cleveland, Ohio), in- 

 corporated in 1907 with $5,000 capital, which a year later was 

 increased to $100,000, in view of a projected increase in the scope 

 of their business, on May 10, 1910, filed with the secretary of 

 state of Ohio a certificate of increase of capital to $250,000. 



Large Rubber Rolls for Paper Mills 



