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NEWS OF THE AMERICAN RUBBER TRADE. 



THE FALCON RUBBER CO. (NEW HAVEN, CONN.) 



THIS new company has acquired title to the B. Manville 

 carriage factory, at Wooster and Wallace streets, New 

 Haven, which is being remodelled to suit the require- 

 ments of their business. The property has a frontage 

 of 148 feet on both streets. The main factory is a large five- 

 story brick structure, and several adjoining buildings will be 

 used aswell. The location is regarded as particularly advanta- 

 geous, being in close proximity to the steamboat and railroads. 

 Orders have been placed for machinery, and it is expected that 

 the factory will be in operation before another month. Drug- 

 gists' sundries will be made. [See The India Rubber 

 World, April 1, 1904— page 250] 



QUAKER CITY RUBBER CO. TO BUILD. 

 The Quaker City Rubber Co. — Charles A. Daniel, proprie- 

 tor (Philadelphia) has taken title to a tract of land in the 

 northwestern section of that city, extending to the Delaware 

 river, on which will be erected a mechanical goods factory, for 

 which plans have been drawn. Mr. W. R. Blowers has been 

 engaged as superintendent of the factory. 



UNITED STATES RUBBER CO. — ANNUAL MEETING. 



The twelfth annual meeting of the shareholders, for the elec- 

 tion of directors and for the transaction of any other business 

 which may properly be brought before the meeting, will be 

 held at the office of the company in New Brunswick, New Jer- 

 sey, on Tuesday, May 17, at 12 o'clock, noon. The transfer 

 books were closed on April 23, and will reopen on May 18 at 



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NATIONAL INDIA RUBBER CO. 

 The New York offices of this company have been removed 

 to No. 42 Broadway, together with the general offices of the 

 United States Rubber Co., through whom the rubber shoe 

 products of the company are marketed. The other, depart- 

 ments of the company's production are represented in the New 

 York office as follows : Rubber-insulated wires and cables, by 

 Henry D. Stanley; hose, belting, and packing, Albert B. Pratt; 

 druggists' sundries, Henry D. Archer. 



ANNUAL MEETINGS AT EASTHAMPTON. 

 At the annual meeting of the Glendale Elastic Fabrics Co. 

 (Easthampton, Massachusetts), on March 26, it was voted to 

 confirm the action of the directors in purchasing the plant of 

 the American Tubing and Webbing Co., at Providence, in 

 December last. The board was reelected, as follows; William 

 G. Bassett (president), Joseph W. Green, Jr. (treasurer and 

 clerk), George A. Alden, Harry E. Converse, William Rapp.== 

 At the annual meeting of the Nashawannuck Manufacturing 

 Co., on the same date, the board was reelected, as follows: F. 

 L. Hine of New York (president), George B. Noble of East- 

 hampton (treasurer), James B. Ford of New York, J. D. Sofford 

 of Springfield, Samuel E. Allen of Boston, Joseph W.Green, Jr. 

 of Easthampton. 



THE CROCKER RUBBER CO. (BROCKTON, MASS.) 

 A retail rubber goods store has been opened at No. 139 

 Main street, Brockton, Massachusetts, by the Crocker Rubber 

 Co., incorporated, of which George I. Crocker is president and 

 manager, Isaac Crocker (Providence, R. I.) treasurer, and Fred. 

 A. Jewell (Lawrence, Mass.) secretary. The store is an attrac- 

 tive one, supplied with a full line, and is the first in Plymouth 



county. At the formal opening of the store, on March 26, in- 

 cluding a concert, there was a large attendance. = = Mr. Isaac 

 Crocker, above named, is also treasurer, as well as president, of 

 the Hope Rubber Co. (Providence, R. I.), Lawrence Rubber 

 Co. (Lawrence, Mass.), and the Lowell (Mass..) Rubber Co. — 

 three prosperous retail rubber goods stores. 



NORTH AMERICAN RUBBER CO. IN BANKRUPTCY. 



On April 9 petition in bankruptcy was filed against this 

 company in the United States district court at New York, by 

 Seton Gordon, representing sundry creditors. It isalleged that 

 the company is insolvent, and that it allowed the Manufactured 

 Rubber Co., a creditor, to obtain a preference by a judgment, in 

 which a sale of the assets was made by a city marshal on April 

 7. The company was originally the American Rubberine Co., 

 incorporated in Delaware, October 13, 1899, the later name be- 

 ing adopted in April, 1900. The product of the company was a 

 composition for the rubber manufacture, called " Rubberine," 

 besides which the company made rubber heels and other mold 

 work, having a factory at Jersey City, New Jersey. The com- 

 pany's office recently was at No. 171 Broadway, New York. 

 Albert G. Voight was president and manager. On April 16 

 Archibald Douglas was appointed receiver of the company, by 

 Judge Holt, in the United States district court. It is reported 

 that a plan of reorganization is now being discussed. General 

 Daniel E. Sickles, of New York, is reported to be the largest 

 creditor of the company. 



THE VOORHEES RUBBER FACTORY- 

 The completed factory of the Voorhees Rubber Manufactur- 

 ing Co. (Jersey City, New Jersey), is one of the most practical 

 of rubber mills in that it is arranged and equipped to produce 

 a very large amount of work. The factory is 285 feet long, of 

 brick, a part of it two stories in height, and the remainder four 

 stories. The machinery equipment is as follows : 20 mixing 

 mills, two of which are of the Jumbo type ; 5 calenders, one a 

 four roll machine; 3 large belt presses; 8 vulcanizers, the 

 whole being operated by three engines, two of 250 HP. each, 

 and one auxiliary of 100 HP. In addition there are many labor 

 saving machines and devices of merit, for special work, which 

 are individual to this factory. 



THE VOORHEES RUBBER FACTORY. 



