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and engage in wholesaling shoes. Their first year's business 

 totaled $110000. In 1881 the business was incorporated, with 

 $63,000 capital, since which time every year has shown an in- 

 crease of business. In 1893 the corporate name of the com- 

 pany was changed to The Brown Shoe Co. The full paid capi- 

 tal is now $r,ooo,ooo, and it is stated that the shipments this 

 year will exceed $5,000,000 in value. Mr. George Warren 

 Brown, the founder of the business, is still at its head, as presi- 

 dent of the corporation. The shoes made by the company are 

 sold not only over the greater part of the United States, but 

 also in several foreign countries. The company have an im- 

 portant rubber department, handling the " Goodyear Glove" 

 and " Jersey " brands, on which their business is one of the 

 best in the West. 



AMERICAN TUBING AND WEBBING CO. 

 The property of this company and its business, as a going 

 concern, was offered at public sale at Providence, by the re- 

 ceivers, on December 1. The purchaser was Joseph W. Green, 

 Jr., treasurer of the Glendall Elastic Fabrics Co., of East- 

 h,ampton, Massachusetts, and the total price bid was $151 475. 

 The plant brought $96,000; the stock in the webbing depart- 

 ment, $52,900; tubing stock, 

 $2025; braiding stock, $450, 

 There being no bids for cer- 

 tain lots belonging to the com- 

 pany in another part of town, 

 their sale- was postponed. =«= 

 The operation of the plant, 

 under the old name, will be 

 continued by the new owners. 

 The weaving department, em- 

 ploying about 200 men, re- 

 sumed operations on Decem- 

 ber 14, and the finishing de- 

 partment, with 100 employes, 

 on December 21. Emplojes 

 of the old company were given 

 the preference. George Astell. 

 connected formerly with the 

 Easthampton plant, has been 



appointed superintendent of the plant at Providence. There 



have been a number of hearings in the case of Dresser & Co., 

 the New York commission merchants whose failure led to the 

 change in the affairs of the above company, but they have not 

 yet been granted a discharge in bankruptcy. 



THE CROCKER RUBBER STORES. 



Isaac Crocker, who for some years past has been president 

 and general manager of the three retail rubber stores — 



Hope Rubber Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 



Lawrence Rubber Co., Lawrence, Massachusetts, 



Lowell Rubber Co., Lowell, Massachusetts — 

 has recently been elected treasurer of the above companies, in 

 addition to his former position. Mr. Crocker first began his 

 connection with the rubber business in Lowell on November 30. 

 1881, under the management of Granville Hayward, brother of 

 the late J. Francis Hayward, who was formerly the owner of 

 the three stores mentioned above. 



RUBBER SHOE PRICES. 



The United States Rubber Co. issued a circular to their cus- 

 tomers, under date of December 16, announcing : " We have 

 thought best to defer for the present the announcement of our 

 prices for the coming season, and shall not be prepared to make 

 known our discounts, terms, etc., until some date after January 

 i, 1904. As soon as the company determines on the policy for 

 the future, we will advise you of the situation. Until further 



notice it will be our pleasure to supply your wants, as far as 

 possible, under the terms of the contract now in force. It is a 

 source of gratification to know that the present season has been 

 in volume of business and profit, satisfactory to our customers, 

 and we hope the. coming season will exceed the past in this re- 

 spect." 



A NOVELTY IN GARDEN HOSE. 

 One of the novelties of the season is the new garden hose 

 offered by the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co, under the 

 brand "Thoroughbred." In construction the hose is strong and 

 serviceable and in appearance it is a work of art. The jacket 

 is woven with black cotton, through which runs a spiral line of 

 red, white, and blue. The couplings are of special pattern, 

 heavy and ornamental, and the smooth attaching band is en- 

 graved with the company's name. It is a handsome piece of 

 goods and will make a fine appearance on any well kept lawn. 



RECEIVER FOR THE INTERNATIONAL RUBBER MFG. CO. 

 In the chancery court of New Jersey, at Jersey City, on De- 

 cember 7, William T. Baird, of South Orange, was appointed 

 receiver for the above company, having a mechanical goods and 

 tire factory in Jersey City and offices at No. 136 Liberty street. 



New York. The appointment 

 of Mr. Baird was confirmed by 

 Chancellor Stevenson Decem- 

 ber 21. At a meeting of credi- 

 tors on December 15, a com- 

 mittee composed of Charles 

 H. Arnold, Henry A. Gould, 

 and Sidney H. March, was ap- 

 pointed to investigate the con- 

 dition of the company and re- 

 port on the best plans for pro- 

 tecting the rights of the cred- 

 itors. At the meeting of 

 creditors $150,000 out of a to- 

 tal of $152,000 indebtedness 

 was represented. The nominal 

 assets are reported at about 

 American tubing and webbing co. $93,ooo. The I n t e r n a t i o n a 1 



[Factory at Providence, Rhode Island, which has changed ownership,] company was incorporated in 



New Jersey in September, 1902, with $100,000 capital reported, 

 and had been in operation for less than a year. Tires were the 

 principal product.— = Later Hays & Hershfield, attorneys of 

 New York, filed a petition in bankruptcy against the Interna- 

 tional company, on behalf of these creditors: Jefferson Bank, 

 $2100; Henry R. Worthington, $870; H. L. Herbert & Co., 

 $80. They are dissatisfied with the insolvency proceedings 

 brought in the New Jersey state court. 



WHAT BECOMES OF WORN OUT FIRE HOSE. 

 The disposal of worn out equipment by the fire department 

 of the city of New York is managed as systematically as the 

 purchase of new supplies, as witness an advertisement in a late 

 issue of the official City Record, wherein 39 lots of engines, hose, 

 and other supplies are advertised for public sale to the highest 

 bidders. There are included 197 lengths of old cotton hose, 82 

 lengths of old rubber hose, about 2000 pounds of rubber tires 

 and one lot of " scran rubber." 



WESTERN FIRE HOSE FOR NEW YORK. 

 An important order for fire department hose for the city of 

 New York has been secured by the Republic Rubber Co. 

 (Youngstown, Ohio). The specifications, in this instance, de- 

 viated from the usual practice of the New York fire depart- 

 ment, in that, instead of being so worded as to point to partic- 

 ular brands of hose, the bidding was open to all, though a high 



