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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 



1904. 



A. W. FABER SUES A RUBBER COMPANY. 



Suit has been filed in the United States circuit court (or the 

 district of New Jersey, against the C. Roberts Rubber Co., of 

 Newark, by Ottilie von Faber-Castell and Alexander von 

 Faber-Castell, trading as A. W. Faber, in Germany and New 

 York, alleging infringement of the plaintiff's trade rights in the 

 manufacture of lead pencils, erasive rubber, and rubber bands. 

 The complainant avers that the C. Roberts Rubber Co. sell their 

 product of stationers' rubber goods only to the firm of Eberhard 

 Faber, in New York, which firm owns a majority of the shares 

 of the Roberts company, and that the said goods are manufac- 

 tured in imitation of those of A. W. Faber, and are put up 

 under labels similar to those of the complainant. The bill re- 

 cites that on May n, 1901, the plaintiffs sued in the United 

 States circuit court in the southern district of New York, for 

 an injunction to restrain the firm of Eberhard Faber from 

 using the name " Faber " without some distinguishing prefix, 

 as " Eberhard," and that such injunction was granted. Not- 

 withstanding the decision in the former suit, it is alleged that 

 the Roberts company, with J. Eberhard Faber as its principal 

 stockholder, is violating the terms of the injunction. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Fire Hose department of the Boston Woven Hose 

 and Rubber Co. has been placed in charge of Mr. P. G. Alex- 

 ander, who succeeds Mr. J. M. Hardy. The company will con- 

 tinue to make the same grades of cotton and rubber fire hose 

 as heretofore, and the same high standard will be maintained. 

 The many cities and towns throughout the Union where the fire 

 hose of this company is in use are the best evid'ence of the ap- 

 preciation in which it is held by fire departments and chief en- 

 gineers. 



=*R. C. King has become manager of the St. Louis branch of 

 the New York Belting and Packing Co., Limited. Mr. King 

 was previously for 10 years connected with this company as a 

 traveler, after which, for four years, he had charge of The B. F. 

 Goodrich Co.'s branch house at Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. 



= Mr. Alonzo P. Spear has been appointed manager of the 

 Boston selling branch of the Gutta Percha and Rubber Manu- 

 facturing Co., at No. 71 Pearl street. Mr. Spear was connected 

 formerly with the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. 



= It is understood that the suit of the Gutta Percha and 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co. against the Peerless Rubber Manu- 

 facturing Co., for alleged infringement of patent No. 543.583 

 on rubber floor tiling, granted to John Murphy July 3c, 1895 

 [see The India Rubber World, November 1, 1903— page 59] 

 has been settled out of court. 



=The Inter-State Rubber Co., jobbers of rubber footwear, 

 Omaha, Nebraska, in addition to their store at No. 1 109 Harney 

 street, have leased the building Nos. 1206- 1208 Douglas street, 

 for storage purposes. 



=The Akron Dental Rubber Co., mentioned in the last India 

 Rubber World as having been incorporated by Arthur C. 

 Squires and his associates, will build a factory at Akron, Ohio. 

 The capital named is §25,000. 



= The annual meeting of the Consolidated Rubber Tire Co., 

 scheduled to take place in Jersey City on May 2, was adjourned 

 until June 2. 



=The factory of the Goodyear Rubber Co., at Middletown, 

 Connecticut, resumed work on May 13. 



= It is reported that the plant of the Cable Rubber Co. (Ja- 

 maica Plain, Massachusetts), purchased recently by the Read- 

 ing Rubber Manufacturing Co., has been sold by the latter to 

 the Clifton Manufacturing Co. (Boston), who will probably re- 

 sume the operation of the plant. 



=The Laurel Rubber Co. have removed from Passaic, New 

 Jersey, to New York city, their office being located at No. 346 

 Broadway, and their factory at Nos. 556 560 West Twenty-fifth 

 street. The company was incorporated early in 1903, and has 

 been engaged in making erasers and other stationers' supplies. 

 It is now intended to take on other lines of production. 



= Wilmer Dunbar, for some years past superintendent of the 

 Alden Rubber Co., has accepted a position as assistant super- 

 intendent with the Chicago Electric Hose Co. (Wilmington). 



= The t. B. Kleinert Rubber Co.. whose Toronto factory, at 

 Nos. 26-28 Front street, was destroyed by the recent fire, were 

 insured to the extent of $24,000. Their new address is No. 

 1487 King street, West, Toronto. 



=The Stodder tire, the essential feature of which is a spe- 

 cially treated fabric, intended to lessen liability to puncture, is 

 now manufactured by the International Automobile and Vehi- 

 cle Tire Co. (Milltown, New Jersey). 



=The T. S. Buck Manufacturing Co. (New York), mentioned 

 in our last issue as a new corporation under New York laws 

 to manufacture rubber stamps, had previously existed for a 

 number of years as a New Jersey corporation. The change 

 was made as a matter of convenience. 



=George A. Alden & Co. have removed from No. 170 Sum- 

 mer street to No. 60 Chauncy street, Boston, where they have 

 elegantly appointed offices, arranged particularly with a view 

 to handling their constantly increasing business. 



= Wirt & Knox Manufacturing Co. (Philadelphia) report hav- 

 ing closed a contract to supply their " Hump" swinging hose 

 rack for all the buildings at the St. Louis World's Fair this year, 

 for which purpose something more than 1000 racks will be re- 

 quired. 



=C. J. Bailey & Co., No. 22 Boylston street, Boston, have 

 enlarged their already extensive retail rubber goods store, add- 

 ing a department for ladies' walking suits and skirts. 



=The Paragon General Manufacturing and Trading Co., a 

 New Jersey corporation, with $50,000 capital authorized, is in 

 the hands of a receiver — August Zeigruer, Jr., of Jersey City. 

 The company was formed to make golf balls, and did turn out 

 300 dozen, but gave up business on these proving unsalable. 



=The Hohmann & Maurer Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, 

 New York), well known makers of high grade thermometers 

 and other measuring instruments, have just issued a new cata- 

 logue which is replete with valuable and useful information, 

 with particular reference to heating and ventilating; also min- 

 ing, engineering, etc. 



=The Franklin P. Shumway Co. (Boston), is a Massachu- 

 setts corporation, just formed, with $30,000 capital, at No. 373 

 Washington street, to continue the advertising business which 

 Mr. Shumway has built up during 27 years of personal en- 

 deavor in this field. Besides having a large office force, the 

 new company will be capably represented by a number of 

 experienced canvassers outside. 



=The first meeting of the creditors of the Victor Rubber 

 Co., in bankruptcy, whose affairs are reported in some detail on 

 another page, will be held at Springfield, Ohio, on June 3. 

 Frank M. Krapp, referee in bankruptcy, announces that at such 

 meeting an application for the sale of property of the bankrupt 

 will be considered. 



=The Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Co. of To- 

 ronto, Limited, whose premises were burned recently, have 

 purchased the building and site on the southeast corner of 

 Yonge and Wellington streets, Toronto, occupied formerly by 

 the Royal Insurance Co., and will at once proceed to alter and 

 improve the same to adapt them to their requirements as an 

 office and warehouse building. 



