March i, 1904.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



215 



sylvania road offered every facility, shipping the hose on regu- 

 lar passenger trains without expense, and doing everything 

 possible to expedite delivery. Notwithstanding that couplings 

 had to be threaded especially, the Eureka company shipped 

 4000 feet on the night of February 8, keeping their factory 

 open until midnight. On the morning of the 9th they shipped 

 3500 feet, with 5500 feet on February 1 1, and 7000 feet on Feb- 

 ruary 13, practically completing the entire order within three 

 days, and threading 400 sets of couplings specially to conform 

 to Baltimore fire department requirements. 



THE RELIABLE RUBBER CO. — A CORRECTION. 

 In reporting the incorporation of this new rubber manufac- 

 turing concern, at Akron, Ohio, in the last India Rubber 

 World (page 175), the name was inadvertently printed "The 

 Reliance Rubber Co." The latter name belongs to a new con- 

 cern at Trenton, New Jersey. 



"NO GREAT LOSS WITHOUT SOME SMALL GAIN." 

 Even the appalling fire which recently swept a large part of 

 Baltimore out of existence will benefit some. The salvage 

 companies, who salvage goods damaged by fire and sell them 

 for the benefit of the fire insurance companies, will profit by 

 this loss. The goods damaged must be carefully dried before 

 they become salable, much depending upon the success of 

 this drying. The Underwriters Salvage Co. of New York re- 

 cently placed an order with the B. F. Sturtevant Co (Boston), 

 for the complete equipment of a kiln for drying such goods by 

 the Sturtevant fan system. The kiln is divided into small 

 rooms of various widths served by overhead tracks from which 

 are suspended frames for supporting two tiers of baskets for 

 the reception of the water soaked material. These rooms are 

 of fireproof construction and the size is governed by the mate- 

 rial to be dried. Hot air is diffused through tne rooms while 

 the amount of air and its temperature is easily controlled. The 

 drying is positive, economical and always independent of the 

 weather. The kiln is not only equipped with the Sturtevant 

 apparatus for drying, consisting of a Sturtevant steam fan con- 

 nected to a Sturtevant fireproof heater and galvanized iron dis- 

 tributing pipes, but the entire material and workmanship for 

 making the rooms fireproof was furnished by the B. F. Sturte- 

 vant Co. 



TRENTON NOTES. 

 The taking of testimony in the application of the Eureka Fire 

 Hose Co., of Jersey City, for an order restraining the Eureka 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co., of Trenton, from using the word 

 " Eureka " as a trade mark upon goods it manufactures was re- 

 sumed before Vice-chancellor John R. Emory, in Newark, on 

 February 24. The hearing in this case was begun before the 

 vice-chancellor on December 21, and on December 24 was ad- 

 journed until the February date. Former Judge Gilbert Col- 

 lins, Krouse & Perkins, and R. V. Lindabury represented the 

 plaintiffs, and the defendants were represented by former Judge 

 William M. Lanning and J. V. B. Wicoff. The questions at 

 issue have already been stated in The India Rubber World. 

 = The Farrier Hoof Pad Co. applied to the court of chancery 

 on February 19 for an injunction to restrain Albert E. Wheat- 

 croft from assigning or in any manner disposing of an inven- 

 tion in hoofpads. The Farrier Hoof Pad Co. was organized in 

 the fall of 1902 for the purpose of manufacturing hoofpads ac- 

 cording to letters patent No. 682,302, issued to Wheatcroft. A 

 plant was established at the works of the Trenton Rubber Man- 

 ufacturing Co., and it is claimed that an agreement was made 

 with Wheatcroft by which he was to assign to the company an 

 undivided one-hal( interest in the patent and any other patent 

 that might be issued to him. Then Wheatcroft was to receive 



21 shares of stock and was to be em ployed as agent of the com- 

 pany on a salary. The bill alleges that Wheatcroft is about to 

 enter the employ of a concern making hoofpads of a different 

 kind, and that he refuses to execute an assignment of his in- 

 vention to the plaintiff company. 



= George Ashmore, 49 years old, was injured in an accident 

 at the Home Rubber Co.'s factory on February 11. He was 

 mixing packing at a mill when his arm was caught in the rolls 

 and the limb was drawn into the mill to the shoulder before the 

 machinery could be stopped. His arm was mashed to a pulp, 

 his neck and shoulder gouged and his back broken. He was 

 taken to McKinley Hospital where his arm was amputated. 

 Then the broken piece of the vertebrae was removed and the 

 spinal column fastened together with a silver wire. Ashmore 

 died in the hospital two days later. He had been employed in 

 he factory for 1 5 years. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



The Vehicle Apron and Hood Co. (Columbus, Ohio), Janu- 

 ary 13, 1904, under Ohio laws; capital, $100,000; to manufac- 

 ture and sell rubber curtains, storm fronts for carriages, etc. 

 Incorporators : John P. Gordon, J. E. Jones, F. O. Henson, C. 

 A. Charles, E. M. DuBois. The business has been in existence 

 since March, 1901, and the products have been mentioned be- 

 fore in these pages. 



= American Pneumatic Cushion Co., January 29, 1904, under 

 New York laws, to manufacture pneumatic rubber cushions ; 

 capital, $5000. Directors: C. B. F. Benton, East Orange, 

 New Jersey; T. L. Buck, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; H. Hoelger, New 

 York city. The India Rubber World is informed that the 

 company are not yet prepared to make any statement for publi- 

 cation. 



= The Canton Waterproof Clothing Co., January 19, 1004, 

 under Ohio laws ; capital authorized, $10,000. Incorporators: 

 E. G. Howe, Joe Klosterman, R. E. Working, Ed. L. Smith, 

 George W. Butler. Mr. Howe, the manager, reports: "We 

 manufacture coats from rubberized cloth of different grades; 

 also rubber sleeve protectors. We also make a large line of 

 canvas waterproof suits, using an oil interlining. We also in- 

 tend to manufacture several other kinds of rubber goods as 

 soon as we can complete arrangements 10 do so." 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Chicago Rubber Brokerage Co. have opened an office 

 at No. 154 Lake street, Chicago, for the handling of all kinds of 

 manufactured rubber goods, representing several factories. 

 The manager is J. Hurd Thompson, formerly of the rubber trade 

 in Omaha, Nebraska, and who for several years past has been 

 traveling in the middle west, selling mechanical rubber goods. 

 The new house does not carry any stock at present, but prob- 

 ably will do so later on. 



=The Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co., on Monday, 

 February 8— the day following the outbreak of the great fire in 

 Baltimore, and while the fire was still raging — received an or- 

 der by long distance telephone for 20,000 feet of fire depart- 

 ment hose for prompt shipment to that city. This order was 

 of interest for its size, as well as for the promptness with which 

 the Baltimore officials acted. 



=The G & J Tire Co. (Indianapolis, Indiana) have received 

 an order for 3600 pairs of bicycle tires, for use in the Japanese 

 military service. The company inform The India Rubber 

 World that the Japanese government are building their own 

 bicycles, and using the " G & J " tires as their equipment. 



=George Peckham, a capitalist of Springfield, Ohio, has 

 been elected president of the Victor Rubber Co., of that city, 

 with a factory at Snyderville, Ohio, and it is understood that he 



