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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1912. 



THADE NOTES. 



The Great American Rubber Co., of Conshohocken, Pennsyl- 

 vania, is making an automobile tire both in the regular clincher 

 and quick detachable clincher type, which, according to the claims 

 of the company, is cured in such a way that all possibility of un- 

 dercuring or overcuring is eliminated. These tires are cured in 

 molds so constructed that the rubber is everywhere equally ex- 

 posed to the steam. They are made in sizes from 28 inches by 

 3 inches up to 37 inches by S inches. 



The Bemis Rubber Co., Watertown, Massachusetts, is equip- 

 ping a rubber reclaiming plant at that place. 



The Fisk Rubber Co.'s new branch building in Pittsburgh is 

 located in the very heart of the automobile district, at 5933 Baum 

 street. It is two stories high, 95 feet long by 30 feet wide. It 

 is finished in white tile front and yellow Tarentum brick on the 

 sides. The name of the Fisk Rubber Co., in raised letters, ex- 

 tends across the front of the building between the second and 

 third stories. Every facility for giving customers prompt and 

 efficient service will be found in this finely-equipped building, 

 and the brisk business that is being done is proof of tlie appre- 

 ciation by- tire users of the company's service. 



The A. S. Brock Rubber Co., 120 Milk street, Boston, during 

 the two years it has been located at that place, has built up a 

 very satisfactory business in the jobbing of general rubber goods. 



The "No-Stone-Bruise," a new type of Bailey Tread Tire, 

 made by the Walpole Rubber Co., has proved exceedingly suc- 

 cessful and already enjoys a wide popularity among users of 

 tires. 



The brokers who recently offered the 7 per cent, preferred 

 stock of the Walpole Rubber Co., report that the entire issue was 

 oversubscribed and that the common stock, which accompanied 

 the preferred as a bonus, is selling at around 60. 



The New York Stock Exchange has listed the following-named 

 securities of the United States Rubber Co.: $175,000 of 8 per 

 cent, non-cumulative first preferred stock, $35,000 of 7 per cent, 

 non-cumulative second preferred stock and $1,334,000 common 

 stock; also $5,000,000 common stock, on July 8 on notice of 

 issue. This will make a total of $40,000,000 first preferred, 

 $10,000,000 second preferred and $30,000,000 common stock to be 

 listed. 



The .\lice and Millville mills of the Woonsocket Rubber Co. 

 will be closed for two weeks, from August 2 to August 16. Su- 

 perintendent Schlosser states that this vacation is for the purpose 

 of giving the employes a much needed rest. 



The Intercontinental Rubber Co. has issued a statement in 

 which it brands as without foundation a report that the Madero 

 interests have obtained control of the company. It says : 



"There is going to be no change in the company's management 

 for the present and nothing in the way of any change in the near 

 future is even contemplated. We are on the best of terms with 

 the Maderos and there is therefore no reason to believe that they 

 would try to force us out now that they are in control of 

 Mexico." 



The two factories of the Boston Rubber Shoe Company, lo- 

 cated at Edgeworth and Essex Falls, Massachusetts, will close 

 down on the first of August for a two-weeks' vacation, the com- 

 pany utilizing the time for general repairs. 



A FINE OPENING FOH SOME GOOD MEN. 



A prominent New England rubber manufacturing company is 

 looking around for salesmen for its mechanical rubber goods. 

 It wants to cover New York and Pennsylvania, the South and 

 .the Pacific Coast. This offers a fine opportunity for three good 

 men. 



CAPT. APPLETON MEETS THE KING. 



On July 11 a detachment of 50 members of the Ancient and 

 Honorable Artillery Company of Boston arrived in London and 

 was greeted at the railroad station by a band and a large escort 

 of the Honorable Artillery Company of London, under the com- 

 mand of the Earl of Denbigh. The Ancients were vociferously 

 cheered as they marched to their hotel. There a reception was 

 held, the Earl of Denbigh making a short speech and Capt. Fran- 

 cis H. Appleton, commander of the Ancient Company, replying. 

 On July 15 King George reviewed the distinguished Bostonians 

 on the Buckingham Palace grounds, and had his photograph 

 taken standing between the Stars and Stripes and the regimental 

 colors of the Boston company. Capt. Appleton and the other 

 officers were presented to King George and Queen Mary. 



MR. DE LISSER WITH THE AJAXGRIEB RtTBBER CO. 



Horace De Lisscr has resigned his position as vice-presi- 

 dent of the United States Motor Co. and become associated 

 with the Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co. as chairman of the board of 

 directors. 



Mr. De Lisser has been with the Motor Co. since its organ- 

 ization, but in going to the Ajax-Grieb Co. he retiyns to the 

 tire business, with which he was formerly connected. He 

 sailed on July 30 on the "Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse," for the 

 purpose of looking into the situation in Europe and with a 

 view of erecting a plant on the Continent for the company's 

 increasing foreign tire business. 



MR. ASKAM WITH THE N. Y. RUBBER RECLAIMING 00. 



It is anounccd that William F. Askam, one of the oldest 

 reclaimers in this line of business, has been secured by the New- 

 York Rubber Reclaiming Co., New York City, to act as superin- 

 tendent of its plant. He expects very soon to be turning out his 

 own well-known grades of shoddy, together with others intended 

 to meet the special requirements of the insulating trade. 



JOSEF SOHERER IN THE UNITED STATES. 



Josef Scherer, a member of the American Association of Com- 

 merce and Trade, Berlin, recently arrived in this country for the 

 purpose of making business connections for the distribution of 

 American rubber shoes throughout the Continent. Mr. Scherer 

 is managing director of B. Strnssberg & Co., Limited, and also 

 manager of the Austro-Hungarian Rubber Shoe Co., and Max 

 Scherer & Co., of Vienna and Berlin. 



PRESIDENT VAIL DONATES A LIBRAkY. 



President Theodore N. Vail, of the American Telegraph and 

 Telephone Co., recently elected a director of the United States 

 Rubber Co., has donated to the ^lassachusetts Institute of Tech- 

 nology a valualjle technical library of 30,000 volumes on elec- 

 tricity and electrical engineering. This library was collected by 

 the late George Edward Dering, of England, and is considered 

 the most complete of its kind in existence. It is valued at 

 $100,000. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Edgar E. Fay, sales manager of the Boston Woven Hose and 

 Rubber Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts, started on Thursday, 

 July 11, for a trip to the Pacific Coast, adding pleasure to busi- 

 ness by a side trip of a few days at Yellowstone Park. Mr. Fay 

 expects to be away from six to eight weeks and is looking for- 

 ward with great pleasure to seeing business friends, whom it 

 has not been his privilege to know personally. 



Col. W. A. Roebling, Trenton, New Jersey, has made a large 

 contribution of current books to the Public Library of the vil- 

 lage of Roebling, New Jersey. 



Benjamin F. Blye has resigned his position as assistant super- 

 intendent of the Stoughton Rubber Co., Canton, Massachusetts, 

 after 20 years association with that company. He has accepted 

 the position as general superintendent of the Walpole Rubber 

 Co., Walpole, Massachusetts. 



