August i, 1910.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



401 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



A LARGE SCRAP RUBBER BUSINESS. 



THREE important firms trading in scrap rubber have lately 

 been incorporated into one, with $1,000,000 capital, under 

 a charter from the State of New York. The firms are 

 B. Loewenthal & Co., J. Loewenthal & Sons, and R. Loewenthal 

 & Co. These houses individually heretofore have conducted a 

 very extensive business in rubber scrap. By combining their 

 resources and perfecting an extensive organization, they are 

 placed in a very formidable position to compete for business all 

 over the world in their line. The originators of the three firms 

 were practically the pioneers of the business in scrap rubber — 

 which has become so important as the basis of the rubber re- 

 claiming industry — and their combined experience, together with 

 the enterprise and enthusiasm of the large number of young 

 men interested, points to a continued progress and prosperity 

 of the company. The officers are : 



President — B. Loewenthal. 



Chairman Board of Directors and General Manager — Herman Muehl- 

 siein. 



Vice president — Victor Loewenthal. 

 Second vice president — R. Loewenthal. 

 Third vice president — J. Loewenthal. 

 Secretary — Paul Loewenthal. 

 Treasurer — E. B. Friedlander. 

 Assistant secretary — R. M. Loewenthal. 

 Assistant treasurer — Milton Loewenthal. 



The New York offices and warehouses will be located at 

 Nos. 481-483 Washington street. In Chicago, besides two ware- 

 houses, there will be a downtown office at No. 162 Fifth avenue. 

 The Boston branch is at No. 161 Summer street, and the Akron 

 branch at 504 Hamilton building. 



THE B. F. GOODRICH CO.— $20,000,000 CAPITAL. 



A special meeting of shareholders of the B. F. Goodrich Co. 

 (Akron, Ohio), has been called for August 24, for the purpose 

 of increasing the capital stock from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000. 

 The increase is to be 7 per cent, cumulative preferred stock, the 

 existing capital to continue to be common stock. It is the pur- 

 pose of the directors at once to declare a stock dividend of 

 $5,000,000 in preferred shares, at par, and the balance of the in- 

 crease in capital ($5,000,000), before being sold elsewhere, will 

 be offered to the stockholders of the company at par, pro rata. 

 Arrangements will be made for the listing of both preferred and 

 common shares on the New York Stock Exchange. Recent 

 newspaper reports have mentioned quotations for Goodrich stock 

 as high as $325 for $100 shares. 



FIRE HOSE FOR NEW YORK CITY. 



The fire commissioner of New York City advertised for sealed 

 bids for furnishing and delivering fire hose for his department, 

 to be opened on June 16, as follows : 



For the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens: 30,000 feet of 2}'a-inch 

 rubber hose. 



For the boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx, and Richmond: 20,000 feet 

 of 2Y2 inch rubber hose. 



For the boroughs last named: 10,000 feet of 3 inch rubber hose. 



The only bid under the specifications was from H. W. Johns- 

 Manville Co. (No. 100 William street, New York), who quoted 

 $1.44 per foot on the 2>i-inch hose, and $1.74 per foot on the 

 3-inch hose. The India Rubber World was informed at the 

 headquarters of the fire department on July 22 : "The award of 

 contract was deferred." H. W. Johns-Manville Co. have not 

 figured in the manufacture of fire hose or other rubber goods, but 

 have the largest establishment in the country for asbestos goods, 

 for electrical and other purposes. They have deferred giving 

 any information in response to an inquiry regarding their in- 

 terest at this time in fire hose. 



FAULTLESS RUBBER CO.— FACTORY EXTENSION. 



For the past year The Faultless Rubber Co. (Ashland, Ohio), 

 have been engaged in changing and rebuilding their entire plant. 

 At present they have under way two new buildings— a three 

 story office and factory building, 50 x 175 feet, with brick walls 

 and reinforced concrete floors, and a 50 x 50 feet addition to 

 their present power plant. They also expect to begin work 

 shortly upon another building, 75 x 150 feet, two stories, which 

 likewise will be a fireproof structure. In the principal building 

 now under way the latest appliances for the comfort of the em- 

 ployes will be installed, including an emergency hospital, a room 

 where those who care to do so may assemble for their lunches, 

 and a rest room for the girls. 



NEW PROOFING WORKS AT SOUTH FRAMINGHAM. 



A new company has been incorporated in Massachusetts under 

 the style A & A Rubber Co., to engage in the proofing of rub- 

 ber fabrics for the trade and the manufacture of rubber novelties 

 at South Framingham. The company start with an up-to-date 

 factory and purpose specializing in high grade goods. They are- 

 reported to be beginning with a good lot of orders. Calvert B. 

 Archer is president and Leon Aronson treasurer. Mr. Archer 

 was superintendent for a number of years of the Milford Rub- 

 ber Co., at Milford, which after a successful career went into 

 voluntary liquidation in 1908. Mr. Aronson, one of the incor- 

 porators of the Milford company, was president of it through- 

 out its career. 



INTERESTING DECISION IN A SUIT OVER LEAD PROCESSES. 



In the United States circuit court for the eastern district of 

 Missouri, eastern division, in the matter of the Picher Lead Co. 

 v. St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co., in a decision by Judge 

 Pollock on July 15, the defendants were enjoined from using 

 certain apparatus necessary for the production of sublimed white 

 lead, and covered by patents owned by the Picher Lead Co. 



RECOVERY FROM A FIRE. 



The McFarland Foundry and Machine Co., Inc. (Trenton,. 

 New Jersey), advise The India Rubber World that, while the 

 fire in their plant early in July caused them considerable incon- 

 venience, it was not necessary to shut down, and they have been 

 able continuously to take care of orders, both in their machine 

 shop and in their foundry. The firm mentioned are specialists 

 in molds for mechanical rubber goods. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The office building of the Hartford Rubber Works Co. 

 (Hartford, Connecticut), 44 x 65 feet in area, will have another 

 story added. 



The Apsley Rubber Co. (Hudson, Massachusetts), have a new 

 artesian well on their property, 700 feet deep and capable of sup- 

 plying 55 gallons of water a minute. 



The General Asbestos and Rubber Co. (Charleston, South 

 Carolina), have opened an office and warehouse at No. 96 John 

 street, New York. They have obtained permission under the 

 laws of South Carolina to increase their capital from $25,000 

 to $50,000. This company formerly was The Charleston Metallic 

 Packing Co. [See The India Rubber World, March 1, 1910- 

 page 222]. 



Jenkins Brothers (New York), are distributing a picture of 

 Hero's first steam engine, made over 2,000 years ago, pointing 

 out how much better it might have been if "Jenkins' '96 packing" 

 had been used, instead of the grass and water and sand which 

 Hero had to be content with. 



The Revere Rubber Co. have removed their Boston store to 

 No. Devonshire street. 



