July r, 1910.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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RUBBER CLUB OF AMERICA— MIDSUMMER OUTING. 



The annual midsummer outing of the Rubber Club of America 

 will take the form this year of a baseball carnival, arrangements 

 for which have been completed by the executive committee. The 

 date is Tuesday, July 19. The place is the beautiful Riverside 

 Recreation grounds, at Weston, on the Charles river, near Bos- 

 ton, which have been secured for the exclusive use of the club 

 and its guests for the day. Besides the "water baseball" and 

 other aqueous sports, there will be regulation baseball, golf (at 

 the Woodland Golf Club), tennis, swimming, and so on. The 

 banquet will be served in the balcony dining room at 6.30 P. M. 

 The famous Lynn Cadet band will be in attendance from first to 

 finish. The entire cost wil be $5 per person. The secretary of 

 the club, Mr. George H. Mayo, No. 197 Congress street, Boston, 

 will be pleased to be informed, as early as possible, of what 

 members will attend and the number of guests which each will 

 invite. An aeroplane glider will be shown. 



A NEW RUBBER RECLAIMING PLANT. 



The plant of the Harmer Rubber Reclaiming Works (East 

 Milestone, New Jersey), recently incorporated, as mentioned in 

 The India Rubber World (May 1 — page 291), has been prac- 

 tically completed. It is equipped with machinery of the latest 

 design and best quality. The president, Mr. Thomas W. Har- 

 mer, has had many years of experience, both in the manufacture 

 of mechanical rubber goods and in reclaiming rubber. Situated 

 on the Delaware and Raritan canal and on the Pennsylvania rail- 

 road, the new company have shipping facilities such as can 

 hardly be surpassed. A. Marcus is secretary and treasurer. 



PENNSYLVANIA RUBBER CO.— INCREASE OF CAPITAL. 



The capital of the Pennsylvania Rubber Co. (Jeannette, Penn- 

 sylvania) has been increased to $2,000,000 by the issue of $500,000 

 in additional preferred stock, subscribed for at par in cash by 

 the former shareholders. The officers of the company today are : 



r>. tident — Herbert DvjPly. 



Vice Przside-.it — Charles M. DuPuy. 



Secretary — George W. Shtvkley. 



Treasurer — It. Wilfred DuPly. 



General Manager — Seneca G. Lewis. 



Mr. Lewis is a recent acquisition to the company's staff, having 

 been connected before with the sales department of the Win- 

 chester Repeating Arms Co., from which he resigned to assume 

 his present duties. The factory manager is John J. Moriarty, 

 some time with The B. F. Goodrich Co., and later with the Gutta 

 Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Co. of Toronto, Limited. 

 The additional capital reported is to be utilized in the erection 

 of additional buildings and the installation of new machinery. 



INCREASE OF CAPITAL. 



L. J. Mutty Co., manufacturers of rubber carriage cloth in 

 Boston, have increased their capital stock to $250,000, fully paid. 

 They were incorporated February 4, 1909, with $120,000 capital 

 authorized, succeeding to the business of a partnership under 

 the same style. The present address of the business 

 is Nos. 91-93 Federal street, Boston. 



INCREASED FACTORY SPACE. 



Wearweix Rubber Co. (Marion, 

 Indiana) advise The India Rubber 

 World that they have lately trebled 

 their space, and are now occupying 

 three floors instead of one. They 

 make inner sleeves and other acces- 

 sories for rubber tires, cements, tire 

 paste, and the like. They have also 

 an extensive repair department. S. 

 Hal Smith is the president of the 

 company ; G. R. Van Aucken, vice 

 president and manager, and G. D. 

 Lindsay secretary and treasurer. 



ST. LOUIS CEMENT IN THE EAST. 



The business of the St. Louis Rubber Cement Co. (St. Louis) 

 has grown until it has become necessary to establish a distribu- 

 ting center of their product in the East. Tbey have therefore con- 

 cluded negotiations with C. A. Spencer & Son., No. 183 Essex 

 street, Boston, for handling their cements and tape in New Eng- 

 land and Canada, and also in the states of New York, New Jer- 

 sey and Pennsylvania. Messrs. Spencer & Son are thoroughly 

 equipped to handle this character of business, and anticipate car- 

 rying large stocks of cement in or near Boston ; also in Phila- 

 delphia, Newark, N. J., and Rochester, N. Y. 



TWO NEW INSULATING MATERIALS. 



The Dickinson Manufacturing Co. (Springfield, Massachusetts) 

 are manufacturing several new insulating materials under proc- 

 esses originated by Mr. Kurt R. Sternberg, general manager and 

 treasurer of the company. One of these is known as "Sternoid," 

 and another as "Stern-Bakelite," the binder of which consists of 

 "Bakelite." the invention of Dr. L. H, Baekeland. 



TIRE MEN IN THE AUTOMOBILE TRADE. 



At the latest election of officers and directors of the New York 

 Automobile Trade Association, there was a more equal distribu- 

 tion of officers among kindred lines affiliated. Of the twelve 

 members of the board, four are car dealers, four represent big 

 garage interests, and four represent the accessories trade. W. H. 

 Yule, of The B. F. Goodrich Co. of New York, is the new treas- 

 urer of the association, and E. H. Broadwell, of The Fisk Rubber 

 Co., is a director. A new committee has been formed devoted to 

 aviation, and including Mr. Yule, of the Goodrich company. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES 



Mr. Alfred Passler, of Binghamton, New York, lately con- 

 nected with the rubber trade as a traveling man, has gone to 

 London as a special representative of the Kempshall Tyre Co. of 

 Europe, Limited. 



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

 taken a ten years' lease on property in San Francisco, at Fulton 

 street and Van Ness avenue, on which they will erect a three- 

 story and basement brick building 30 x 109 feet. 



The Easton Rubber Manufacturing Co. is being organized at 

 Easton, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of reclaiming rubber by 

 a new process, and ultimately of manufacturing mechanical rub- 

 ber goods in which the reclaimed material may be utilized. 

 Wilmer Dunbar, of Greensburg, Pa., is mentioned as president 

 and general manager. 



The Southern Packing Manufacturing Co. has been organized 

 in New Orleans, with $25,000 capital, to make packings of rub- 

 ber, asbestos, hemp, etc., for various purposes ; also roofing and 

 other building materials, and to act as manufacturers' agents 

 for similar lines. The officers are C. T. Sondley. president; 

 P. F. Strieman, vice-president and manager ; and D. B. Rogan, 

 secretary and treasurer. The location is No. 801 Baronne street. 



THE RIVERSIDE RECREATION GROUNDS. 



