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1H£ INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January i, 1904. 



NEWS OF THE AMERICAN RUBBER TRADE. 



THE INDIA RUBBER CO. (NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.) 



THIS new company, incorporated in July last, with $500,- 

 000 capital, to succeed to the business of the India 

 Rubber Co. of Akron, Ohio (burned out in March), 

 will begin active operations on January 5, having re- 

 modelled the factory of the old New Brunswick Rubber Co. 

 The new plant is one of the completest in its class, and it is 

 the most modern in its equipment. All of the machinery, 

 both for making tires and mechanical rubber goods is new and 

 up to date and constructed with especial view to safety and 

 speed. The plant will start operations with 350 workmen, 

 which number it is expected will be increased before a great 

 while. John Rathers will be the superintendent of the mechan- 

 ical goods department and Frank Donnell the managar of the 

 same department. The production will include a general line 

 of mechanical goods. The company will be ready to offer a 

 novelty in tires at the automobile shows. 



THE PENNSYLVANIA RUBBER CO. WIN. 

 When the Pennsylvania Rubber Co. began the manufacture 

 of double tube bicycle tires, they were sued by Morgan & 

 Wright for alleged infringement of their patent No. 502,047, of 

 July 25, 1893, covering the method of closing the ends of inner 

 tube tires. In January, 1903, Judge Burlington, in the United 

 States circuit court for the western district of Pennsylvania, at 

 Erie, rendered an adverse decision, holding that the Pennsyl- 

 vania company had " found a different method of closure, and 

 such mode is not by a flattened end.'' An appeal was taken by 

 Morgan & Wright, and on December 7 a decision was handed 

 down by the United States circuit court of appeals at Philadel- 

 phia, affirming the decision of Judge Buffington. In a number 

 of suits previously brought by Morgan & Wright against vari- 

 ous rubber tire manufacturers, decisions were rendered in their 

 favor, but in the latest case the defendants have been success- 

 ful in presenting a method of manufacture that is held not to 

 infringe the Morgan & Wright patent. As the matter now 

 stands, this firm and the Pennsylvania Rubber Co. seem to 

 control the field in double tube bicycle tires. 



CONSOLIDATED RUBBER TIRE CO. 

 A circular has been issued by Russell H. Landale, an at- 

 torney, at No. 170 Broadway, New York, to the debenture 

 holders and shareholders of this company, announcing the 

 abandonment of a project for the reorganization of this 

 company proposed in June last. Such reorganization being 

 impracticable without the cooperation of a majority of the 

 bondholders as well as of the shareholders, and the holders of 

 a majority of both classes of securities being unwilling to de- 

 posit the same, the plan has been abandoned. The idea was to 

 substitute shares for the debentures, and to scale the amount 

 of both common and preferred stock. Since the issuance of 

 the Landale circular there has been a decided improvement 

 in the market value of the bonds, and the holders feel more 

 encouraged as to the future of the company. 



THE G & ) TIRE CO. 



Harold O. Smith has been eleeted president of The G & J 

 Tire Co. (Indianapolis, Indiana), having held this office prior 

 to October, 1902, when it was filled by the election of Lewis 

 D. Parker. Mr. Parker lately resigned the position, to devote 

 his attention more closely to the affairs of the Hartford Rubber 

 Works Co., of which he is the president. J. D. Anderson, who 



has been identified with The G & J Tire Co. for some time, 

 after having been connected with the Hartford company, has 

 been elected vice president, treasurer, and general manager of 

 the company. 



BOSTON STANDARD RUBBER CO. 

 The above company have purchased the plant at Campello, 

 Massachusetts, operated prior to 1901 by the Standard Rubber 

 Co., and acquired in that year by the New York firm of Cava- 

 naugh Brothers & Knapp, who have since continued the busi- 

 ness under the style of the Standard Rubber and Oilcloth Co. 

 The plant is being enlarged and will be devoted to proofing 

 cloth and to the manufacture of rubber specialties. 



THE COMING AUTOMOBILE SHOWS. 



The fourth annual automobile show under the auspices of the 

 Automobile Club of America, and the National Association of 

 Automobile Manufacturers, will be held at Madison Square 

 Garden, New York, January 16-23. The interest in the coming 

 show is widespread, the applications for space from manufactur- 

 ers of automobiles and accessories pointing to a more exten- 

 sive exhibition than even that of last year. Last year there 

 were 143 exhibitors, of whom 76 showed completed vehicles. Up 

 to date space has been allotted to 155 exhibitors, of whom 89 

 will show complete automobiles. The rubber tire trade 

 promises to be well represented, the following manufacturers 

 having obtained space at last accounts : 



Continental Caoutchouc Co New York. 



Diamond Rubber Co Akron, Ohio. 



Firestone Tire and Rubber Co Akron, Ohio. 



Fisk Rubber Co Chicopee Falls, Mass. 



G & J Tire Co Indianapolis, Indiana. 



B. F. Goodrich Co Akron, Ohio. 



Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co Akron, Ohio. 



Hartford Rubber Works Co Hartford, Connecticut. 



Morgan & Wright Chicago. 



Also: 



Stodder Tire Co New Yoik. 



Whalebone Rubber Co New York. 



The Chicago automobile show will follow, on February 6-13, 

 when most of the rubber companies named above will be rep- 

 resented. 



MALDEN BOOTMAKERS' ASSOCIATION. 



The first annual concert and ball of the Bootmakers' Relief 

 Association of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co., Factory No. 1, at 

 Maiden, Mass., was held on the evening of November 25, in 

 the Maiden Auditorium Hall. The India Rubber World 

 has been favored with a copy of a " Souvenir Book and Pro- 

 gram," of the occasion, the same comprising 24 pages, with 

 portraits of the officers of the company, and employes promi- 

 nent in the organization. This association was formed April 8, 

 1896, for purposes of mutual benefit. There is now a member- 

 ship of 1 16, and during seven years over $1600 has been paid 

 out in relief to sick or disabled members. Charles A. Chris- 

 tianson is president ; Michael T. Rooney, vice president ; Lewis 

 E. Bennett, secretary; and Frank M. Hungerford, treasurer. 

 Over 200 couples attended the ball, besides several officials of 

 the company. 



ANNIVERSARY OF A ST. LOUIS SHOE HOUSE. 

 The Brown Shoe Co. (St. Louis) early in the month cele- 

 brated their twenty-fifth anniversary, in connection with which 

 some interesting details of the history of the house were made 

 public. In 1878 the copartnership of Bryan, Brown & Co. was 

 formed, with Si 2,000 capital, to manufacture shoes in St. Louis 



