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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April i, 1904. 



NEWS OF THE AMERICAN RUBBER TRADE. 



DINNER OF MECHANICAL GOODS MANUFACTURERS. 



A CALL has been issued for a meeting of manufacturers of 

 mechanical rubber goods, the officers of such companies 

 and employes holding official positions, at the Savoy 

 Hotel, Fifty-ninth street and Fifth avenue, New York, 

 on the evening of Thursday April 21, at 6.30 o'clock. The pro- 

 gram includes a dinner to be served at 7 o'clock promptly, fol- 

 lowed by brief addresses by well known rubber manufacturers, 

 on topics that are of special moment to that branch of the trade. 

 This call "is the result of many informal meetings of various 

 members of the trade, which have finally resulted in the forma- 

 tion of a committee empowered to arrange for the meeting and 

 for the dinner. The committee appointed are among some of 

 the younger and more active men connected with the New 

 York mechanical goods trade who are working with the cordial 

 assent and support of both the older and the younger element. 

 The committee who signed the circular calling for the dinner 

 are, William Hillman, President New York Revere Rubber Co., 

 J. J. Voorhees, President Voorhees Rubber Manufacturing Co., 

 and A. F. Townsend, President Manhattan Rubber Manufac- 

 turing Co., Mr. Hillman occupying the position of secretary 

 pro tern. 



PENNSYLVANIA RUBBER CO. 



At the annual meeting at Jeannette, Pennsylvania, on March 

 17, the following officers were were elected for one year: Her- 

 bert Du Puy (Pittsburgh), president; Frank A. Wilcox, vice 

 president and general manager; H. W. Du Puy (Pittsburgh), 

 treasurer ; George W. Shively, secretary. The directors are H. 

 W. Du Puy, F. A. Wilcox, and H. W. Du Puy. The company 

 was reported to be in a most prosperous condition, and all the 

 stockholders present expressed themselves as being pleased 

 with the manner in which the affairs have been conducted in 

 the past year. The business outlook for the coming year is 

 very encouraging, there being plenty of orders on hand to keep 

 the plant busy for some months to come, with new orders 

 coming in. 



REMODELING A RUBBER FACTORY POWER PLANT. 



The Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal recently remodeled 

 their power plant and found that the tall brick chimney, no 

 feet high, would not give the proper amount of draft necessary 

 in connection with the four new Stirling boilers they were to 

 install. Mechanical draft was necessary and for this purpose a 

 large Sturtevant steel plate fan driven by a Sturtevant hori- 

 zontal engine was installed, and now the proper amount of 

 draft is easily attained and regulated at will, regardless of the 

 weather conditions. This installation is another illustration of 

 the necessity of mechanical draft, especially in connection with 

 the remodeling of old boiler plants. 



THE BELTING AND PACKING COMPANY TO MOVE. 

 The New York Belting and Packing Co., Limited, will re- 

 move on May 1 from their present place of business, No. 25 

 Park place, New York, to more commodious quarters at Nos. 

 91-93 Chambers street. The concern has been cramped in its 

 present location and is making the change on that account. 

 In the new place it will occupy about twice as much space and 

 will fit up a very handsome establishment. The new quarters 

 will include ground floor space 50 )< 150 feet, with two cellars 

 of the same size, running through from Chambers to Reade 

 street. The place is now in the hands of the company's archi- 



tects and will be elaborately fitted up and decorated. The New 

 York Belting and Packing Co. moved to the building they are 

 now leaving in 1900, after having been on Park row since 1846. 

 The original location was at No. 38 Park row, at the corner of 

 Nassau street, but after having been burned out there the com- 

 pany located at Nos, 13-15, on the same street, where they re- 

 mained until the great Park Row office building was projected 

 four years ago. In the new place the offices and sales depart- 

 ments will be at the Chambers street end of the building, while 

 the shipping will be done from Reade street. 



WHY THEY WILL NOT EXHIBIT AT ST. LOUIS. 



It is generally known that the Rubber Goods Manufacturing 

 Co. planned at one time to make a very elaborate exhibit at the 

 St. Louis Fair, but just why they did not carry out their plans 

 has not until lately transpired. President Charles H. Dale, 

 with his usual frankness, made no secret at all of his reasons. 



" We had contracted for several thousand square feet of 

 space," he said, "and were going to spend some $10,000, show- 

 ing the goods of all of our sixteen companies, but things were 

 not made at all easy for us. In the first place, the manage- 

 ment wanted to put ' Rainbow ' packing on all of their bearings 

 and have it free. As it would take several tons, I simply told 

 them that we didn't have to seek that sort of advertising and 

 that they would better pick out some packing not as well 

 known. After that we didn't seem to be able to make much 

 progress. Finally I insisted on finding out why we could not 

 finish our exhibits as others had, and was politely told that we 

 would have to wait until all of the foreign exhibits had been 

 put in place. So I promptly withdrew our exhibits. Oh yes ! 

 publish it if you like; I have all the documents necessary to 

 prove what I say." 



THE VICTOR RUBBER CO. (SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.) 

 Mention was made in these pages last month of a change 

 in management of the above company. The new officers are : 

 G. G. G. Peckham, president; A. G. Marshall. secretary ; C. H. 

 Marvin (of W. H. Marvin & Co.) treasurer. The India Rub- 

 ber World is advised that, having increased their capital to 

 $600,000, the company propose to enlarge their factory and 

 triple their present capacity. 



NEW ENGLAND RUBBER CLUB "SMOKE TALK." 

 At the annual meeting and election of officers of the New 

 England Rubber Club, which is to be held at the Massachusetts 

 Automobile Club No. 751 Boylston street, Boston, on Mon- 

 day, April 18, Mr. Henry C. Pearson, secretary of the Club, will 

 give a description of his visit to the island of Ceylon and the 

 Straits Settlements, in pursuit of more definite knowledge re- 

 garding the plantations of Para rubber now being installed 

 there on a large scale by British capital. The talk will be illus- 

 trated by more than a hundred stereopticon views made espe- 

 cially for the occasion. The Club are to gather at 7.30 P. M, light 

 refreshments being served at the conclusion of the lecture. 



THE SPRINGFIELD RUBBER TIRE CO. 

 The Springfield Rubber Tire Co. (New Haven, Connecticut 

 — with branches in several cities), who have been engaged in 

 selling rubber tires, principally in New England, for the past 

 seven years, are now having made for them a special line of 

 solid and cushion tires which they are marketing as their own. 



