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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



[October 1, 1911. 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



THE PLYMOUTH RUBBER CO.'S NEW PLANT. 



The Plymouth Rubber Co. (Stoughton, Massachusetts), is 

 ipushing as rapidly as possible the building of its new plant in 

 Canton. The last building, which is of brick construction, meas- 

 uring 80 X 184 feet, and three stories high, is nearly completed. 

 The company expects to move into this new plant in about four 

 •months' time ; meantime occupying its Stoughton plant. 



DIELECTRITE— A MOLDED INSULATION. 



This is an invention by Gray Staunton. The claims made for 

 "it are as follows : That it resists high temperatures without 

 softening; is impervious to moisture and oils; is not effected by 

 alkalies or dilute acids; is not brittle; is mechanically hard and 

 tough ; can be molded in any form, even with threads ; is not 

 injured by ozone and has great tensile strength. It is manu- 

 factured by the Staunton Dielectrite Rubber Co., Muskegon, 

 Michigan. 



THE ELECTRICAL EXPOSITION OF 1911. 



The Electrical Exposition, which will be held in the Grand 

 Central Palace, New York, from October 11, to the 2Ist, next, is 

 ■expected to be the largest and most complete exhibit of electrical 

 appliances ever seen in this city. It will show electrical apparatus 

 of every kind, and be in operation both day and night. 



THE SECOND ANNUAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHOW. 



The Electric Vehicle Association of America will hold its 

 second annual convention in New York, on October 10, the con- 

 vention being held at the same time and the same place, namely, 

 the Grand Central Palace, as the Electrical Exposition. 



A great many important papers will be read during the conven- 

 tion referring to electric vehicles, storage batteries, and other 

 important accessories of the electric vehicle. Papers will be 

 read at that time on "Electrical Vehicle Commercial Problems," 

 by L, L. Lloyd and John Meyer, of the Philadelphia Electric 

 'Company; E. S. Mansfield, of the Boston Edison Company; and 

 •E. W. Curtis, Jr., of the General Vehicle Company. J. G. 

 Henninger, of the National Electric Lamp Company, of Cleve- 

 land, Ohio, will contribute a paper on "The Proper Equipment 

 and Lighting for an Electric Garage." 



One entire floor of the Grand Central Palace will be devoted 

 to the demonstration of various electric vehicles on a track pro- 

 vided for that purpose. 



AUTOMOBILE SHOWS FOR THE COMING SEASON. 



Six automobile shows have been announced for the coming 

 season. Of these five will take place in New York, three of 

 them in Madison Square Garden, and the other two in the 

 Grand Central Palace. The sixth show will be given in the 

 Chicago Coliseum. The different exhibits with their dates are 

 -given below. 



Jan. 1-5, 1912 New York City, Grand Central Palace, Annual 



Show, Automobile Manufacturers' Association 

 of America. 



Jan. 6-13 New York City, Madison Square Garden, 



Twelfth Annual Show, Pleasure Car Division, 

 Automobile Board of Trade. 



Jan. 10-17 New York City, Madison Square Garden, An- 

 nual Show, Motor and Accessories Manu- 

 facturies. 



Jan. 10-17 New York City, Grand Central Palace, Twelfth 



Annual Show, National Association of Au- 

 tomobile Manufacturers. 



Jan. 15-20 New York City, Madison Square Garden, 



' Twelfth Annual Show, Commercial Divi- 



sion, Automobile Board of Trade. 



Jan. 27-Feb.lO Chicago Coliseum, Eleventh Annual Automo- 

 bile Show under the auspices of the Na- 

 tional Association of Automobile Manufac- 

 turers. 



DIVIDENDS DECLARED, 



The board of directors of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing 

 Company declared, on September 13, the fiftieth regular quarterly 

 dividend of 1% per cent, on the preferred stock, and a dividend 

 of 2 per cent, on the common stock, both payable September 19 

 to stockholders of record September 16, 1911. 



The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company has placed its 

 common stock on the same dividend basis as the preferred stock, 

 both now paying at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum. 



The Diamond Rubber Company has declared the regular 

 ■quarterly dividend of 3j^ per cent, on its stock, payable October 

 20. Books close October 14 and reopen on the 20th. 



The Intercontinental Rubber Company paid a dividend of 154 

 per cent, on its preferred stock, September 30. It is expected that 

 action on the common stock will be taken early this month. 



The Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. has declared a regular 

 quarterly dividend of Ij^ per cent, on its preferred, and 1 per 

 cent, on its common stock, both payable October 2, to stock 

 holders of record on September 23. 



RUBBER MEN IN THE MOTOR TRUCK CLUB. 



The Motor Truck Club, established in November last, and 

 which now has about 60 members, is actively engaged in pro- 

 tecting the interests of the motor truck industry. Its offices 

 are at 8 West Sixty-second street. New York, the president be- 

 ing Mr. F. B. Porter, manager of the Chase Motor Truck Com- 

 pany, and the secretary, Mr. Charles E. Stone, of the United 

 States Motor Company. 



Its membership includes various prominent rubber tire manu- 

 facturing firms, among others : Diamond Rubber Company, 

 B. F. Goordich Company, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, 

 United States Tire Companj', Republic Rubber Company, 

 Swinehart Tire & Rubber Company. 



Through the combined efforts of the Motor Truck Club and 

 the Automobile Club of America, motor trucks are now admitted 

 to the piers of the domestic steam lines. They are, by latest 

 accounts, still excluded from the piers of the foreign lines. 



THE WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE REPORT. 



The financial report of the Westinghouse Air Brake Co., for 

 the fiscal year ending July 31, 1911, has recently been made public. 

 Its manufacturing profit on sales of brake apparatus, com- 

 pressors, repair parts and draft gear, aggregating $8,036,193.44, 

 as compared with $12,463,004.91 last year, together with a sub- 

 stantially increased income from investments, enabled the com- 

 pany to pay the dividends declared during the year under re- 

 view, totaling 20 per cent., to charge off $161,667.12 on account 

 of depression, development work and patents purchased, and to 

 pass $123,133.81 to the credit of general profit and loss account. 



While the manufacturing profit was materially smaller than 

 last year, the president expresses the hope that in view of the 

 depressed condition of the railway supply business during the 

 large part of last year, the stockholders will find the results 

 satisfactory. A dividend of 5 per cent, was received in August 

 on the company's holdings in the Russian Brake Co., showing a 

 revival of equipment business in Russia. The other foreign com- 

 panies in which the Westinghouse company is interested have 

 also done an improved business during the last year. The com- 

 pany declares a regular dividend of 2^4 per cent., an extra divi- 

 dend of 1^ per cent, and a special dividend of 1 per cent., all 

 payable October 10, to stockholders of record, on September 23. 



