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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January 1, 1912. 



NEW INCORPOEATIONS. 



Batavia Company of Pennsylvania, November 25, 1911, under 

 the laws of New York; authorized capital, $30,000. Incorpora- 

 tors: Harry \V. Newburger, 2 Rector street, New York; Max- 

 well Lustig, 2646 East 24th street, Shcepshead Bay. New York ; 



D. Weiss, 52 Ravine avenue, Yonkers, New York. Location of 

 principal office, Manhattan. To manufacture tires. 



International .-Vutomobile League Tire & Rubber Co., August 

 h 1910, under the laws of New York; authorized capital, $1,000,- 



(000. Incorporators : Alfred C. Bidwell, 234 Division street ; 

 ■Wm. Preiss, 160 Franklin street, and Chas. H. Bowe, 58 W. 



'Genesee street — all of Bufifalo. New York. Location of prin- 



.iipal office, Buffalo, New York. 



London Rubber Coat Co., December 19. 1911, under the laws 



•of New York ; authorized capital, $2,000. Incorporators : Morris 

 Miller, 1138 45th street, Brooklyn, New York; Jacob Miller and 

 Isaac Karduner, both of 105 W. 137th street. New York. To 

 manufacture auto ccats. etc. Location of principal office, Man- 

 Jiattan. 



The Mercantile Rubber Co., December 4, 1911, under the laws 



-of New York; authorized capital, $3,500. Incorporators: Sid- 

 ney Klausner, 741 East 5th street. New York ; Joseph Cosin, 271 

 Union street, and Louis Cosinsky, 970 Court avenue, both of 

 Brooklyn, New York. Location of principal office, Manhattan. 



Miles Motor Tire Spring Co., November 9, 1911, under the 

 laws of Delaware ; authorized capital, $200,000. Incorporators : 

 M. R. Myers, Huntingdon; Frederick B. Miles, Wilkinsburg, and 

 Charles W. Dressier, Braddock, all of Pennsylvania. 



B. F. Moffat Punctureless Tire Co., December 1, 1911. under 

 the laws of Maine; authorized capital, $2,500,000. Incorporators: 



E. M. Leavitt and L. A. Burleigh, both of Augusta, Me. Loca- 

 tion of principal office, Augusta, Maine. To manufacture resilient 

 tires for automobiles, motor vehicles, etc. 



National Rim Co., December 19, 1911, under the laws of New 

 York; authorized capital, $150,000. Incorporators: Luke G. 

 Fleming, Jost J. Hafner, both of 43 Wilde street, and Erdman 

 N. Brandt, Washington street, all of Tarrytown, New York. 

 To manufacture tires, rims, etc. Location of principal office, 

 Manhattan. 



National Rubber Co., December 5, 1911, under the laws of 

 .New York; authorized capital, $5,000. Incorporators: Max 

 Durst, Henry Durst and Sarah Durst, all of 1525 Fulton avenue. 

 New York. Location of principal office 88 Rcade street. New 

 York. To manufacture rubber clothing, drug and plumliers' 

 sundries. 



National Rubber Co., December 11, 1911, under the laws of 

 New York ; authorized capital, $5,000. Incorporators : Jacob 

 ■Bernstein, 58 Essex street ; Philip Friedman, 334 Grand street, 

 and Abraham Samilson, 236 Madison street, all of New York. 

 Location of principal office, Brooklyn, New York. 



John E. Sias Co., November 29, 1911, under the laws of New 

 York; authorized capital, $100,000. Incorporators: John E. 

 Sias, A. R. Sias, and K. G. Sias, all of 2271 Church avenue, 

 Brooklyn, New York. Location of principal office, Brooklyn, 

 New York. To manufacture rubber, rubber cement, etc. 



Simpson Fibre Tire Co., November 17, 1911, under the laws of 

 Michigan; authorized capital, $100,000. Incorporators: Selden 

 L. Simpson, James D. May and Harry J. Dingeman, all of 

 Detroit, Michigan. To manufacture and sell at wholesale and 

 retail fibre tires for vehicle wheels and the manufacture and 

 sale of vehicle wheels. 



The Troy Steam Vulcanizing Works. November 25, 1911, 

 under the laws of New York ; authorized capital, $5,000. Incor- 

 porators: Harry E. Titus, Josephine Titus and Geo. Taylor, 

 all of Troy, New York. Location of principal office, 414 River 

 ■street, Troy, New York. The company has been incorporated 

 for the purpose of tire vulcanizing. 



PEESONAl MENTION. 



Richard C. Hall, of Chicago, has been appointed Chicago sell- 

 ing agent of the United States Rubber Co., in place of E. G. 

 Stearns, who recently resigned that position, to take the selling 

 management of the products of the Banner Rubber Co. Mr. 

 Hall, while originally from Boston, has been in Chicago the 

 greater part of his life, and has been for some years past presi- 

 dent of the Duck Brand Co., of that city. 



The directors of the Rubber Club of America met at the Lotos 

 Club, New York, on December 6, to make arrangements for 

 the holding of the annual midwinter dinner. F. C. Hood, presi- 

 dent of the Hood Rubber Co., presided at the meeting, and 

 among those present were H. E. Sawyer, E. S. Williams, E. H. 

 Clapp, H. P. Fuller, F. H. Appleton, ex-Gov. A. 0. Bourn, G. F. 

 Mayo, F. D. Balderston, R. L. Rice, F. B. Dunbar and H. C. 

 Pearson. 



W. J. Mulvihill lias resigned as superintendent of the Newark 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co., Newark, New Jersey. 



A. C. Leonard, who recently resigned as Pacific coast rep- 

 resentative of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, 

 is planning to enter the local tire field in San Francisco on his 

 own account. 



COMMODOEE BENEDICT AND HIS AMAZON WIRELESS 



CoiiMODORE E. C. Benedict, a director of the United States 

 Rubber Co., and interested in the development of the Amazon 

 country, especially in the promotion of wireless telegraphy 

 between Para and Manaos, sailed from New York on Decem- 

 ber 19 for a four months' cruise in southern waters. The party 

 consisted of Colgate Hoyt, L. L. Benedict, Commodore Frank 

 S. Hastings, Edward Beers, A. J. Hutter of Para, and the com- 

 modore's daughter, Mrs. Clifford Harmon and some of her 

 friends. 



The itinerary of the trip as arranged before sailing, subject 

 to later changes, provides for a straight journey to St. Thomas, 

 to Barbados, to Para, up the Amazon River to Manaos, and then 

 back to Para. From there the party expects to go to Rio de 

 Janeiro, to Buenos Ayres, and thence by rail to Valparaiso. 

 Here a considerable stop may be made, and then the party will 

 return to Buenos Ayres and to Rio de Janeiro. After this it is 

 possible that there may be a trip to the Madeira Islands, and 

 also the Island of Sicily. 



The "Alvina." chartered by the coinmodore for the trip, is 

 214 feet over all, 26 feet 10 inches beam, has twin screws, and 

 was fitted specially for this trip in a particularly fine fashion with 

 ample accommodations for the party which accompanies the 

 commodore. 



Some time ago the commodore obtained a license from the 

 Brazilian Government to operate a wireless from Para to Manaos, 

 a distance of about one thousand miles. Recently word came that 

 the Brazilians had revoked his license. The commodore went 

 to Washington and had a talk with Secretary Knox, who 

 promised to look into the matter and see that his rights were 

 protected. The commodore was asked why his license had been 

 revoked. He anwered, according to an interview in the New 

 York Times : 



"I don't know anything about it. How should I know why 

 they have deprived me of it. The only reason that I can think 

 of is that they want all of those privileges themselves." The 

 same paper goes on to say : 



"The commodore, after he had obtained his license, built the 

 necessary stations. The frequency of his trips to the Amazon 

 made the investment look good enough, for it could be used by 

 all vessels fitted with the wireless apparatus. The sudden revoca- 

 tion of the license looked like a great injustice and every effort 

 will be made to protect the conmiodore and permit him to use 

 this equipment." 



