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figures in connection with the situation are being put into 

 shape for the consideration of the government. 



FRANKENBURG'S CANADIAN BRANCH. 



Mr. Isidor Frankenburg, the head of I. Frankenburg & 

 Sons, Limited (Manchester, England), has been in Montreal re- 

 cently, on business connected with the reorganization and ex- 

 tension of their Canadian branch. Preparations are being 

 made for manufacturing in Canada in a larger way, and to 

 make the Montreal branch a distributing center for goods 

 made at the Manchester headquarters. A circular has been 

 issued announcing the resignation, on August 5, of E. L. Rosen- 

 thal as manager of the Canadian branch. ==Mr. Rosenthal has 

 become associated with the London Rubber Co., manufactur- 

 ers of waterproof and rainproof clothing, in Montreal. 



OUTING OF THE TYER RUBBER CO.'S EMPLOYES. 



The annual picnic and field day of the employs of the Tyer 

 Rubber Co. (Andover, Massachusetts) was held at Revere Beach 

 Saturday, August 13, about 500 enjoying this outing. Special 

 cars carried all direct to the beach from Andover without 

 change. The day was occupied with the usual sports, and the 

 entertaiments always found at this resort were most thoroughly 

 enjoyed. A basket lunch was served, and toward evening the 

 cars were again taken for a trolley ride of 20 miles through 

 some of Massachusetts's charming scenery. All arrived home 

 without accident, it having been one of the most pleasant of 

 the many outings given by the company. 



MANUFACTURE OF TYPEWRITER CUSHIONS. 



The Typewriter Cushion Key Co. (Newark, New Jersey), 

 hitherto owning and operating the Imperial Manufacturing 

 Co. have filed with the secretary of state of New Jersey a cer- 

 tificate of change of name to the Imperial Manufacturing Co. 

 The business of the company is the manufacture of rubber 

 cushions for typewriter keys, under patents granted in 1895 to 

 Robert S. Graham and W. B. Savell, and also typewriter rib- 

 bons and carbon papers for all purposes. W. B. Savell is presi- 

 dent of the company and E. M. Grower secretary and treasurer ; 

 the capital is $120,000. 



PLYMOUTH RUBBER CO. — EXTENSIONS. 



The Plymouth Rubber Co. (Stoughton, Massachusetts) have 

 completed a fireproof structure 30 X 7° feet, to which have 

 been removed the rubber churns formerly located in their main 

 factory, the object being to obtain greater security against fire, 

 as well as to provide more room. The mechanical rubber goods 

 department started last year has grown steadily, the equipment 

 having been increased lately by the addition of presses, pumps, 

 and accumulators. The company have taken on the manufac- 

 ture of carriage and automobile tires. 



THE SWEET TIRE AND RUBBER CO. 



At the annual meeting at Batavia, New York, on August 24, 

 the following directors were elected : John H. Ward, Ashton 

 W. Caney, George E. Perrin, and John M. Sweet, of Batavia, 

 and Lewis Benedict, of Attica, N. Y. John H. Ward was 

 elected president in place of Frank Richardson, recently re- 

 signed ; A. W. Caney was reelected vice president, and G. E. 

 Perrin was reelected treasurer, with the addition of the duties 

 of secretary, which position was filled formerly by Mr. Sweet. 

 The result of last year's business was eminently satisfactory to 

 the directors, and a larger business is anticipated for the com- 

 ing year. The company make a specialty of the manufacture 

 of solid and cushion rubber tires. 



FISH STORY SPOILED. 



A newspaper story to the effect that the two largest rubber 

 factories in Akron, Ohio, had to stop work recently on account 

 of the water supply pipes leading from the canal becoming filled 



up with thousands of small fish, is categorically denied by the 

 manufacturers. At the Goodrich plant one of the pipes became 

 clogged with sediment from the canal, and there were per- 

 haps a half dozen minnows in the sediment, and this was the 

 basis for the story. It was no small " yarn," by the way, since 

 the Goodrich supply main is two feet in diameter, and water is 

 raised through it by powerful pumps, so that a multitude of 

 fish would have been necessary to stop the flow. 

 NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



The Mitzel Rubber Co., August 11, 1904, under Ohio laws, 

 to manufacture rubber goods; capital, $100,000. This is the 

 company of which an advance notice was given in the last In- 

 dia Rubber World [page 393], and has been formed to con- 

 tinue the business hitherto conducted at Akron under the same 

 name by Harvey F. Mitzel, who becomes president and treas- 

 urer of the new corporation. His brother, R. A. Mitzel, is vice 

 president, and George N. Edy, secretary. The company are 

 having a factory erected at Carrollton, Ohio, to which place 

 their work will be transferred about October 1. They have 

 acquired there three acres of land, and the first building will be 

 of brick, two stories, 200 X 40 feet. It will be equipped with 

 7 or 8 hydraulic presses, 2 tubing machines, 3 vulcanizers, a 

 calender, 2 mills, and a washer. The vapor, dry heat, and 

 steam cure will be used. The production will embrace drug- 

 gists' sundries, air goods, and some mechanical goods. The 

 capacity for making dipped goods will be four times as great 

 as in Akron. 



= The Clarendon Rubber Co., July 29, 1904, under Massachu- 

 setts laws ; capital, $25 000. Incorporators : James F. Pring 

 (president), Hyde Park. Mass. ; Manter M. Jewett (treasurer), 

 Boston ; Sewall E. Newman (secretary), Winchester, Mass. Mr. 

 Pring has erected upon the site of the former morocco works 

 at Clarendon Hill, Hyde Park, a factory building to be used, 

 and the new company will be ready to begin operations early 

 this month, making mackintoshes and waterproof clothing ; 

 hospital and nursery sheeting; mold work, and proofing for 

 the trade. For the last fifteen years Mr. Pring has been super- 

 intendent for S. Klous & Co., at the Boston Gossamer Rubber 

 Works, Hyde Park, which works were closed recently on ac- 

 count of the retirement of the Messrs. Klous from business. 



= The Amazon Rubber Co. (Jamestown, N. Y.), August 9, 

 1904, under New York laws, to manufacture mechanical rubber 

 goods; capital, $100,000. Directors: James B. Ross, Charles 

 H. Walters, Ralph C. Sheldon, George W. Ouinlan, and 

 Brewer D. Phillips. Mr. Walters was recently connected with 

 the Victor Rubber Co. (Springfield, Ohio) and Mr. Quinlan 

 was lately of the Vim Cycle and Hardware Co. (Buffalo, N. Y.) 



= Pneumatic Manufacturing Co. (New York), August 15, 

 1904. under New York laws; capital, $100,000. Incorporators : 

 Charles T. Russell, Henry Young, Robert A. Weber, Alcuin N. 

 Sanders, Jerome H. Koehler, Oswald L. Simpson, and Freder- 

 ick S. Jackson, all of New York city. This company is formed 

 to succeed the Pneumatic Mattress and Cushion Co., incor- 

 porated under New York laws on July 30, 1901, to exploit mat- 

 tresses and cushions under the patents of Albert A. Young, 

 and formerly manufactured at Reading, Massachusetts. On 

 July 14, 1904, Henry Sheldon was appointed receiver in bank- 

 ruptcy for the last named company, their office being then at 

 No. 2 Ssuth street, New York. The property of the company 

 has been purchased from the receiver in bankruptcy by parties 

 who will continue the business. 



= The Newark Pneumatic Puncture Proof Tire Co., August 

 12, 1904, under New Jersey laws, to make vehicle tires ; capital, 

 $25,000. Incorporators : Henry Willoughby, Jr., John Millar, 

 and Edward K. Patterson. Registered office : Kearney, New 



