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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January i, 1904. 



standard was required. A contract for the whole amount of 

 rubber fire hose for which bids were opened on November 9 

 was awarded to the Republic company over seven competitors, 

 and delivery of the hose is to be completed within 60 days of 

 the date named. The hose called for comprised 10,000 feet \]4 

 inches in diameter, 36,000 feet 2% inches, and 3000 feet 3 inches 

 in diameter — total, 49,000 feet. 



NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS. 



United States Rubber Co. : 



RANGE FOR TWO YEARS. 

 Common. 



Preferred. 



1902 High 19% Low 14 



1903 19% 7 



Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. : 



High 64 

 58 



Low 49^ 

 30^ 



RANGE FOR TWO YEARS. 



Common. Preferred. 



1902 High 25}^ Low it% High 74 Low 63 



1903 30 12 84}^ 60 



THE CABLE RUBBER CO. PLANT FOR SALE. 

 There is announced for sale, by the trustees in bankruptcy 

 of the Cable Rubber Co., the entire plant, stock, and other as- 

 sets of the estate, including the buildings on Erookside avenue, 

 Jamaica Plain, Boston ; adequate mechanical equipment, all in 

 good condition and much of it practically new; and a consid- 

 erable supply of raw materials and some manufactured products. 

 The plant has not been in operation since the assignment of 

 the company July 15, 1903. Further details regarding the sale 

 appear in the advertising columns of this Journal. 



THE "EUREKA" TRADEMARK SUIT. 



Trial of the suit of the Eureka Fire Hose Co. against the 

 Eureka Rubber Manufacturing Co. of Trenton, N. J., to have 

 the latter permanently enjoined from the use of the word 

 " Eureka " as a part of their corporate title and as a trademark 

 for their products, mentioned in The India Rubber World 

 of July 1, 1903 (page 350), was begun on December 21 before 

 Vice Chancellor Emery, at Newark, New Jersey. Both compa- 

 nies are incorporated under New Jersey laws. The complain- 

 ant's bill shows that their use of the word " Eureka " was begun 

 in 1875, when their business was first established, under the 

 laws of New York, and that the incorporation was transferred 

 to New Jersey December 28, 1899. The Eureka Rubber Manu- 

 facturing Co. of Trenton, N. J. was incorporated July 15, 1902. 

 The complainants assert that the word " Eureka" had been 

 duly registered by them as a trademark and that, upon the or- 

 ganization of the defendant company, they protested against 

 the use by the latter of the name " Eureka," and called atten- 

 tion to the statutes pertaining to trademarks. The answer of 

 the defendants is a denial that the complainants have valid 

 and exclusive title to the use of the word " Eureka," as claimed, 



and the controversy before the court will assume the phase of 

 a test suit of trademark laws of great significance to manufac- 

 turers. The taking of testimony was continued during the 

 week, after which there was an adjournment to February 10, 

 when the case is to be heard continuously until concluded. 



THE COMBINATION RUBBER AND BELTING CO. 



[See The India Rubber World, November I, 1903 — page 59-] 



Schedules in bankruptcy were filed on December 2, show- 

 ing liabilities of $286,284.52, and assets of $97,231.87. The 

 referee will next call a first meeting of creditors for the elec- 

 tion of a trustee, of which due notice will be sent to the parties 

 concerned. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 

 The Dayton Rubber Co. (Dayton, Ohio), December 9. 1903, 

 under Ohio laws, to manufacture rubber goods ; capital, $250,- 

 000. Incorporators: William S. Huffman, Albert T. Holt, 

 Claude C. Hooven, Harrie N. Reynolds, Nathaniel P. Ramsey, 

 Oscar F. Divieson. Tires and pneumatic air cushions are men- 

 tioned as intended specialties of the new company's produc- 

 tion. ==In July last several of the persons above named filed 

 incorporation papers in New Jersey, for the Dayton Rubber 

 Manufacturing Co., and the Ohio corporation is to take the 

 place of the former project. ==Mr. Daviesen has been elected 

 president, Mr. Ramsey vice president, Mr. Huffman secretary, 

 and Mr. Hooven treasurer. The factory management will be 

 in charge of Mr. Holt and the selling department in charge of 

 Mr. Huffman. 



= Langill Fountain Pen and Brush Co., December 17, 1903, 

 under New Jersey laws, to manufacture fountain pens ; capital, 

 $100,000. Incorporators: John T. Langill and John E. Langill, 

 Brooklyn ; Alexander M. Lowry, New York city. Registered 

 office : No. 76 Montgomery street, Jersey City. 



= Smith & Longyear Co., December 1 5, 1903, under New York 

 laws, to deal in waterproof materials ; capital, $25,000. Direct- 

 ors : A. F. Smith, P. D. Longyear, and W. H. Smith — all of 

 New York city. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 

 The regular semiannual dividend of S3 per share on the 

 preferred stock of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. 

 was payable on December 15, to shareholders of record of De- 

 cember 10. 



=The Diamond Rubber Co. have had registered in Chicago 

 a lease of the premises No. 167-169 Lake street, now occupied 

 by them for their business in Chicago, for a term of years, for 

 $24,000. In an interview with an India Rubber World repre- 

 sentative, their manager reports that the year's trade has been 

 very satisfactory. The demand for automobile tires has been 

 exceedingly good, while the bicycle tire business has more than 

 held its own. 



= The blowing out of two cylinder heads at the factory of the 

 Goodyear's Metallic Rubber Shoe Co. (Naugatuck, Connecti- 

 cut) on December 9, caused a suspension of work for two days. 

 = The Ailing Rubber Co. (New Haven, Connecticut) have 

 filed with the secretary of state a certificate of increase of capi- 

 tal stock from $24,000 to $30,000, to cover the business which 

 this corporation is doing in New Haven, Meriden, and Bridge- 

 port. 



= In a letter to Morris & Co. (Yardville, New Jersey), in re- 

 gard to their spring bottom baskets, the New York Rubber Co. 

 wrote recently : " In reply to your inquiry as to what we use 

 duck baskets for, would say that they are generally used for 

 balls and toys. They give us very good satisfaction and we 

 think they are great floor savers. We cheerfully recommend 

 them to all wanting baskets of that kind where they have to be 

 dragged over the floors." 



