September i, 1910.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



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News of the American Rubber Trade. 



REPUBLIC RUSBER CO.— FACTORY EXTENSION. 



THE Republic Rubber Co. (Yo'ungstown, Ohio), continue the 

 expansion of their' plant by the erection of important 

 buildings. They have recently awarded to the Forest City 

 Steel and Iron Co, (Cleveland, Ohio,) a contract for a hve 

 story building. 80x200 feet, of fireproof construction, with 

 sprinkler system throughout. The entire building will be 

 occupied in the making of the company's "Staggard Tread" 

 tires and fire hose, and will provide for the employment of 

 200 or 300 men. The demand for "Lanco" balata belting, 

 made by the Republic company, has made necessary the 

 erection of an additional building for this department, 

 250x90 feet, now under construction. 



THE NEW FACTORY AT RACINE. 



Good progress has been made in the construction of the fac- 

 tory of the recently organized Kelly-Racine Rubber Co. (Racine, 

 Wisconsin). It was expected that the installation of machinery 

 would be begun by September 1. The plant now under con- 

 struction has a frontage of 298 feet, with two wings each ex- 

 tending back 251 feet, the building being three stories and 

 basement. A building 150 x 50 feet has been provided for the 

 electric power plant; no steam power will be used. The product 

 is to be bicycle, motorcycle, and automobile tires, with the 

 accessories usual in this branch. 



THE NEW G & J TIRE CO. 

 [See The India Rubber World, August 1, 1910, page 388.] 

 The change of name of the rubber companies at Indianapolis 

 was effected, not by a new act of incorporation, but by a decree 

 of the Marion county circuit court authorizing the Indianapolis 

 Rubber Co. to take the style G & J Tire Co. of Indiana. The 

 court decree was issued on June 6, and a certificate that such a 

 decree had been filed with the secretary of state of Indiana was 

 issued to the tire company on August 4. 



PLEASING BUSINESS PROSPECTS. 



General C. Edward Murray, who is at the head of two of 

 the largest rubber industries of Trenton, is very optimistic over 

 the business outlook. General Murray's plants make a sufficient 

 variety of goods to give him a line on both the agricultural and 

 building conditions, and he keeps in close personal touch with 

 the different sections of the country. 



"I do not take any stock in talk of panics, or business depres- 

 sions, or hard times," said General Murray to a reporter for 

 this paper. "In our factories, I think we are in a most excellent 

 condition to judge the businesss outlook. We deal extensively in 

 the manufacture of rubber carriage cloth that is used by the 

 large factories in the West, and the demand for this material 

 indicates that the farmers out there are prosperous, and that 

 carriages are very much in demand. 



"A good barometer of the building conditions can be found in 

 our manufacture of insulated wire, where orders are most sat- 

 isfactory. And as for the manufacture of automobile tires, every 

 factory that makes them in the country is rushed with business. 

 Our mail daily brings orders from all sections, and I cannot see 

 anything ahead of us but good times." 



General Murray, by the way, has purchased, for a summer 

 home, what is regarded by many as the most handsome resi- 

 dence in Spring Lake. 



CHEWING GUM PROFITS. 



The new chewing gum combination, Sen Sen-Chiclets, capi- 

 talized at $4,000,000, is reported to be paying dividends at the 

 rate of 6 per cent, per year, in addition to 6 per cent, on 

 $2,700,000 of bonds. The American Chicle Co., organized eleven 

 years ago, is paying 6 per cent, yearly on $3,000,000 of preferred 



stock and 18 per cent, on $6,000,000 of common stock, thus dis- 

 tributing an annual total of $1,080,000. The sale of chewing 

 gum is facilitated by the vast number of vending machines to 

 be seen in stores and on the streets, which are used not only 

 for chewing gum but for chocolate and many other commodities. 

 The National Chocolate and Gum Co. has been incorporated 

 under the laws of New Jersey, with $500,000 capital, to con- 

 trol eleven patents on vending machines and to manufacture 

 and license the use of such machines in the United States and 

 abroad, and also to supply gum and other "fillers" for the ma- 

 chines manufactured for the company under special arrangement. 

 If all the promises of the prospectus of the vending machine com- 

 pany should be realized, their business seems likely to become 

 the most profitable on earth. 



MANY GOODRICH COMPANIES. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron, Ohio), in keeping with the 

 modern practice of incorporating in different States in order, to 

 benefit from the most liberal provision of the laws of each, 

 now have a charter in three States besides Ohio. The list in- 

 cludes The B. F. Goodrich Co. of New York, The B. F. Good- 

 rich Co. of Michigan and The B. F. Goodrich Co. of Texas. 

 Mention may also be made of The B. F. Goodrich Co., Limited, 

 in England. 



A report from Paris is that a concern to be known as the 

 Societe Franchise B. F. Goodrich, being a branch of the 

 American house of the same name, is in course of organi- 

 zation. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Manufacturers' Rubber Co. (Philadelphia) have declared 

 the regular quarterly dividend of lJ/< per cent, on the preferred 

 stock, payable September 1. 



The board of trade of Cadillac, Michigan, have been con- 

 sidering a proposition for adding a $100,000 rubber factory to 

 the city's industry.' 



The moving picture advertising program of the B. F. Good- 

 rich Co., "From Tree To Tree," mentioned in these pages 

 already, continues to meet an interesting reception on the part 

 of the public. The pictures were being shown recently in 

 Michigan towns. Mr. F. M. Tillisch, of the Akron office, con- 

 tinues his kcture course in connection with the pictures. 



Mr. Edward H. Broadwell, long connected with the Fisk 

 Rubber Co. ( Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts), and for five years 

 vice president of that company, has resigned to take charge of 

 the selling department of the Hudson Motor Car Co. (Detroit), 

 of which he has been elected second vice president, to date 

 from September I. 



Schedules in bankruptcy of Henry F. Mayper, manufacturer 

 of silk rubber raincoats, No. 40 West Twenty-second street, 

 New York, show liabilities of $22,825 ; the assets are not stated. 

 A rubber proofing company is mentioned as a creditor for 



$3,785- 



A representative of the New York Royal Rubber Co. was 

 reported recently to be stopping at Terryville, near Middle- 

 town, Connecticut, looking for a location for a rubber fac- 

 tory. 



The directors of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. 

 have declared a quarterly dividend of $2 per share on the com- 

 mon stock, payable September 15, 1910, to stockholders of record 

 September 6. 



"The Commercial Geography of Rubber" is the title of a neat 

 booklet compiled by Mr. Charles B. Whittelsey, superintendent 

 of the Hartford Rubber Works Co., and distributed by this 

 company to their customers as likely to be of interest, particu- 

 larly to the users of their tires. 



