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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September i, 1910. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



Arkay Rubber Co., June 30, 1910, under the laws of New 

 . capital, $25,000. Incorporators : George J. Knies, Arthur 

 J. Knies, and Edward F. Rolle, all of New York. This business, 

 founded in 1900, and located at No. m Chambers street, New 

 York, is devoted to the sale of mechanical rubber goods, and 

 particularly of elastic bands. 



The Loewenthal Co., July 13. 1910, under the laws of New 

 York; capital, $1,000,000. Incorporators: Herman Muehlstein 

 (No. 481 Washington street), Louis S. Levy and Stephen S. 

 Rosenthal (No. 2 Rector street), all of New York city. Further 

 details appeared in The India Rubber World, August 1 

 (page 401). 



A & A Rubber Co., February 7, 1910, under the laws of Massa- 

 chusetts ; authorized capital, $16,000. Incorporators : Calvert B. 

 Archer, Milford, Mass.; Leon Aronson, No. 572 Warren street, 

 Boston; John S. Slater, No. 18 Tremont street, Boston; and 

 Isidor Fox, Barristers' Hall, Boston. Further details were given 

 in the last India Rubber World (page 401). 



Webster Felt and Rubber Co., June 30, 1910, under the laws 

 of Massachusetts; authorized capital, $200,000, par value, $10 

 each share. Incorporators : Henry C. Richardson, Haverhill, 

 Mass. ; Arthur H. Racicot, Joseph N. Roy, and Alexander N. 

 Racicot, Webster, Mass. The Mr. Richardson named here is the 

 inventor of a felt and rubber boot which has attracted attention 

 in the trade at various times, though it has not been manufactured 

 to an important extent. At one time it was proposed to take 

 up its manufacture in Canada, in connection with which The 

 India Rubber World treated the invention, in the issue of Feb- 

 ruary 1, 1908 (page 151). 



Guarantee Rubber Tire Co., July 16, 1910, under the laws of 

 New Jersey ; capital, $10,000. Incorporators : E. J. Forhan, G. F. 

 Martin, and H. P. Jones, all of No. 154 Nassau street, New 

 York. 



Mayflower Rubber Works Co., June 30, 1910, under the laws 

 of Massachusetts; authorized capital, $10,000. Incorporators: 

 Frank M. Sawtelle, Maiden, Mass.; Robert J. Cram, No. 46 Mt. 

 Vernon street, Boston; and Atherton N. Hunt, Braintree, Mass. 

 Location : Braintree, Mass. Mr. Cram is president of the com- 

 pany and Mr. Hunt treasurer. 



The Sillcocks-Miller Co., July 1, 1910, under the laws of New 

 Jersey; authorized capital, $100,000. Incorporators: Warren S. 

 Sillcocks, Horace E. Miller, Henry Sillcocks, all of No. 44 St. 

 Francis street, Newark, N. J. This company has taken over 

 from The Celluloid Co. its "Texoderm" department. The manu- 

 facture will be carried on of texoderm, which has become recog- 

 nized as a high grade of artificial leather, and also of certain 

 specialties in celluloid. The president of the company, Mr. W. S. 

 Sillcocks, is a director of The Celluloid Co., and both he and 

 the vice-president, Mr. H. E. Miller, have been connected with 

 that company from the beginning. 



Electrose Manufacturing Co., June 17, 1910, under the laws of 

 Xew York ; capital, $100,000. Incorporators : Louis Steinberger, 

 No. 33s Madison avenue, Brooklyn; John H. Poggenburg, No. 

 744 Beck street, New York; and Felix Steinberger, Bradford, 

 Pennsylvania. This succeeds to the business carried on here- 

 tofore by the Electrose Manufacturing Co., incorporated under 

 the laws of Illinois. The product Electrose, a substitute for 

 hard rubber used for electrical purposes, was invented by Louis 

 Steinberger. The factory is at No. 127 North 10th street, 

 Brooklyn. New York. 



Schwab-Chubb Tire Protector Co., June 13, 1910, under the 

 laws of New York; capital, $50,000. Incorporators: Abraham 

 Schwab, and Frederick T. Barry, No. 641 Madison avenue; 

 Nathan Schwab, No. 6 East Fourteenth street— all of New 

 York City. 



Hercules Suspension Tire Co., June 14. 1910, under the laws 

 of New York; capital, $50,000. Incorporators: George E. Arm- 

 strong. No. 1 West One Hundred and Fourth Struct; L. G. 



Billings. Jr.. No. 115 Broadway; and Darius E. Peck, No. 30 

 West Forty-fourth street — all of New York. 



International Automobile League Tire and Rubber Co., July 

 15, 1910, under the laws of New York; capital, $1,000,000. In- 

 corporators: Alfred C. Bidwell (No. 234 North Division street); 

 William Preiss (No. 160 Franklin street) ; and Charles H. Bowe 

 (No. 58 West Genesee street), all of Buffalo. New York. 



A letter to The India Rubber World states that this company 

 has been formed for the purpose of building a factory for making 

 automobile tires for its shareholders, and for the members of 

 the International Automobile League, which is stated to have 

 40,000 members. The idea is held out that automobile tires 

 are unduly expensive, and that by reason of the co-operative 

 scheme outlined users of tires may cover their requirements 

 more economically than at present. The letter here quoted is 

 typewritten, on a piece of paper 6x9 inches in size, without a 

 printed heading, and signed simply "International Automobile 

 League Tire & Rubber Company," without the name of any 

 individual. 



Bartica Co., May 27, 1910, under the laws of Maine ; author- 

 ized capital, $2,000,000. Incorporators : T. L. Croteau, Albert F. 

 Jones, B. M. Maxwell. Clarence G. Trott, J. R. Griffin, L. H. 

 Palmer, and C. L. Doane, all of Portland, Maine. To engage in 

 cultivation of rubber and other crops in British Guiana. 



CHARLES GOODYEAR ON BROADWAY. 



A replica of the bronze bust of Charles Goodyear recently 

 placed in the railway station at Naugatuck, Connecticut, by 

 Colonel Samuel P. Colt [see The India Rubber World, August 

 1, 191 — page 387] now stands in the directors' room of the 

 United States. Rubber Co. (New York), of which company 

 Colonel Colt is president. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Consumers' Automobile Tire and Tube Co. have estab- 

 lished a store at No. 1515 Michigan avenue, Chicago, with a 

 view to carrying a full stock of tires and tire accessories of 

 leading makes. The manager is Mr. J. J. Casey. 



Mr. F. H. von Boemble, at No. 35 Warren street, New York, 

 is representing the Cleveland Rubber Works of the Mechanical 

 Rubber Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) for a number of their special- 

 ties. 



The demand for the "Staggard Tread" tires, made by the 

 Republic Rubber Co. (Youngstown, Ohio), is said to have 

 doubled within a year, and the company are preparing for a 

 still larger business in 191 1. 



Morgan & Wright (Detroit, Michigan), have built for dis- 

 play purposes one of their "Nobby Tread" pneumatic tires, the 

 dimensions of which are 96 x 12 inches. An ordinary sized man 

 can stand upright inside the rim. The only larger tire on record 

 was one 11 feet in diameter which the Boston Woven Hose and 

 Rubber Co. built in 1897. This was a much simpler piece of 

 work, however, being a single tube. 



The Progressive Co. (Chicago), have issued a circular to 

 dealers in their "Knickerbocker" spray brushes, asking their co- 

 operation in maintaining prices. They state that the retail price 

 was fixed and restricted by them, as the owners of four United 

 States patents under which the brushes are manufactured. 



The Yulcalose C<>. (No. 5254 West Madison street, Chicago), 

 report that they are preparing to market a new product, which 

 they term "Vulcalose." This is described as being similar to 

 vulcanized fiber, possessing the advantages of not warping, and 

 being waterproof. It is composed of plastic cellulose and rub- 

 ber vulcanized together. 



Mr. Charles A. Emerson, who lias been the purchasing agent 

 of the United States Rubber Co. ever since the company was 

 organized, in 1892, and who for a year or two has also acted 

 as purchasing agent of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co., 

 lately has been overcome by the temptation to run a touring car. 

 in which he has become very efficient. 



