February i, 1904.] 



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STANDARD UNDERGROUND CABLE CO., PITTSBURGH. 

 The annual report of this company shows gross business for 

 1903 of $9,192,618, and net earnings of $704,438, or about 35 per 

 cent, on the company's $2,000,000 capital. Dividends amount- 

 ing to 12 per cent, were paid, leaving $474,706 to add to sur- 

 plus, which now amounts to $1,229,112. The company's busi- 

 ness for 1903 was more than double that of 1902. The com- 

 pany has no outstanding notes, mortgages, bonds, or preferred 

 stock, and no contingent liabilities on business paper of cus- 

 tomers. The mills of the company handled during 1903 copper 

 equal to 5 per cent, of the total production of copper of North 

 America for that period. On December 31, 1903, the company 

 had unfilled orders amounting to over $1,000,000 and orders 

 have been booked since that date amounting to over $600,000. 



ANNUAL DINNER OF THE NEW ENGLAND RUBBER CLUB. 



A preliminary notice has been issued to the members of 

 the Club that arrangements have been made for the annual din- 

 ner on Wednesday, February 17, at which several distinguished 

 citizens have promised to speak, including the Hon. William H. 

 Moody, secretary of the navy, on " Our Navy " ; Hon. David A. 

 De Armond, congressman from Missouri, on " Civil Service " ; 

 Hon. Frederick H.Gillett, congressman from Massachusetts, on 

 a subject to be announced later. Further particulars will be 

 mailed later by the Entertainment and Dinner committees, but 

 in order to facilitate the completion of the necessary arrange- 

 ments, members are asked to assist by promptly advising Mr. 

 E. E. Wadbrook, assistant secretary, No. 150 Franklin street, 

 Boston, of their intention of being present, and also, if possible, 

 the number of guests they expect to have. The preliminary 

 notice is signed by L. D. Apsley, president of the Club, and Mr. 

 Wadbrook, the assistant secretary. 



THE COMBINATION RUBBER AND BELTING CO. 

 [See The India Rubber World, January i, 1904— page 138.] 



Willard P. Clark, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, receiver 

 for this company, on January 14 submitted a report at a meet- 

 ing of the creditors at the office of F. W. Leonard, referee in 

 bankruptcy, at Newark. The liabilities, as before stated, were 

 reported at $286,284.52 and the assets at $97,231.87. All the 125 

 creditors have filed claims. It was the sentiment of those pres- 

 ent that the concern might be extricated from financial diffi- 

 culty if the business was continued. According to Mr. Clark t 

 he had increased the assets $7.°°° since he assumed the duties 

 of receiver. 



INTERNATIONAL RUBBER FACTORY FOR SALE. 



The receiver of the International Rubber Manufacturing Co. 

 announces for sale or lease the plant of that company in Jersey 

 City, New Jersey. The plant is well equipped for the manufac- 

 ture ol air brake hose, rubber tires, horseshoe pads, and the like, 

 on which it has been run for the past two years. The factory 

 has been operated since December by the receiver, in coopera- 

 tion with a committee who desire to end their trust without 

 dismantling the plant. Further details will be found in the ad- 

 vertising column of this Journal. The details of the receiver- 

 ship have appeared in our recent issues. 



DECISION IN A SUIT OVER SYRINGE PATENTS. 

 The suit of the Marvel Co. against The Tullar Co., in the 

 United States circuit court in the southern district of New 

 York, has been dismissed, in an order signed by Hoyt H. 

 Wheeler, judge. December 8 last. This action was begun in 

 May, 1901. the complainants, who had purchased from Eugene 

 Tullar Pearl the rights to his invention known as the " Marvel" 

 whirling spray syringe, suing for an injunction to restrain Tullar 

 from selling an alleged infringing article under the name of the 



" Tullar " syringe. The defense was that the " Tullar " syringe 

 was a later and distinct invention, and not an infringement on 

 the original patent granted to Pearl and now controlled by the 

 Marvel Co. 



LECTURE COURSE IN A RUBBER FACTORY. 

 A novel and progressive policy has been adopted by the 

 management of a leading rubber factory in Canada, the nature 

 of which may be best outlined, perhaps, by presenting here the 

 full text of a circular issued recently by the company : 



THE CANADIAN RUBBER CO., LIMITED. 



Montreal, Que., December 28, 1903. 

 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL MANAGER. 

 [Circular No. 16.] 

 To all employes : In order to inculcate more practical information 

 to employe's of the company, it has been decided that a series of weekly 

 or semi-weekly lectures be given, commencing with the New Year. The 

 following officers of the company have generously offered their services 

 in this connection: 



Mr. McLaren, subject, Chemistry. 

 Mr. McEvoy, Mechanical Engineering. 



Mr. Thornton, Crude Rubber and Processes of Manufacture. 

 Mr. E. A. WRIGHT, Accounting and Financing. 

 Mr. D. L. McGibbon, System and Organization. 

 It is the desire of the management that all employe's, and more espec- 

 ially the juniors, should attend regularly. The lectures will be strictly 

 confined to practical information regarding the rubber industry, and will 

 no doubt be of great assistance to any one anxious to acquire " Knowl- 

 edge." Mr. A. D. Thornton, general superintendent, will supervise all 

 details in connection with these lectures, and will issue a notice of the 

 date and place of the first lecture. d. lorne mcgibbon, 



General Manager. 



The lectures are to be given in one of the large rooms of the 

 factory, suitable for the accommodation of all who may wish to 

 attend. Mr. D. Lorne McGibbon, in his new position as gen- 

 eral manager of the Canadian Rubber Co., has proved a very 

 active man, and the new departure indicated above is an in- 

 dication of the progressive spirit which he has displayed, and 

 in which he is supported by an able staff of assistants, coupled 

 with the organization of one of the oldest and most substantial 

 rubber concerns in the country. Under his management the 

 plant of the company is being completely reconstructed, and 

 when it is finished will be one of the best rubber mills in ex- 

 istence. 



THE WIRE AND CABLE CO. (MONTREAL.) 



This company, with offices and works at No. 241 Grey street, 

 Montreal, are manufacturing brass and copper wires, including 

 copper wires for all electrical purposes, with insulation of rub- 

 ber, paper, etc. It is understood that they contemplate the 

 installation of rubber machinery, but at present they are buy- 

 ing compounded rubber from factories at Montreal and Toronto. 



THIS SHOE COMPANY NOT IN COAL MINING. 



The Boston Rubber Shoe Co. was mentioned recently in the 

 Boston newspapers as included in a number of manufacturing 

 corporations in that city and its vicinity about to form a syndi- 

 cate for the purpose of purchasing valuable coal lands in the 

 New river section of West Virginia with the idea that it could 

 mine coal and transport it to Boston cheaper than it can be 

 purchased from the dealers. The purpose of the movement 

 was stated to be to obtain coal at all times at cost prices and 

 be independent of any combination that can raise prices of 

 fuel, either because of a strike of miners or for any other rea- 

 son. Colonel Harry E. Converse, one of the directors, in- 

 formed an India Rubber World correspondent that the 

 Boston Rubber Shoe Co. would not be a party to the arrange- 

 ment, since they could already procure all the coal they needed 



