January i, 1908.] 



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William S. Montgomery were appointed ancillary receivers for 

 the property of the company within the jurisdiction of that court. 

 The company was organized with Isaac L. Rice as a moving 

 spirit, owned the Selden patent for gasolene cars, and manu- 

 factured electric automobiles largely, with a plant at Hartford, 

 Connecticut, the late George H. Day, of the Pope Manufac- 

 turing Co. being at one time president. The company estab- 

 lished electric cab services in several cities, but of all the sub- 

 companies the New York Transportation Co., controlling the 

 electric cab business in New York City, alone survives. In 

 1899 the company paid dividends of 8 per cent, on the common 

 and preferred shares, since which time no dividends have been 

 paid. On November I last the company defaulted on the pay- 

 ment of $2,600,000 in bonds. The bill asking for the appoint- 

 ment of receivers was filed by the Hartford Rubber Works Co., 

 who allege that the sum of $11,785.65 is due them. It is stated 

 that a plan for reorganization is in preparation. The company, 

 it is declared, was overcapitalized in the first instance, and the 

 business will be restored and conducted under sound manage- 

 ment. 



NEW INCORPOEATIONS. 



John B. Thomson Revolving Rubber Heel Co., November it, 

 1907, under the laws of New York ; capital, $100,000. To make 

 rubber heels and rubber goods. Directors : John B. Thomson, 

 W. J. Benedict, W. J. O'Brien, and Fred Knowlton, all of New 

 York City. 



Rochester Footwear Co., November 12, 1907, under the laws 

 of New York; capital, $25,000. To make rubbers, boots, and 

 shoes. Directors : D. S. Donaldson, S. Schwartzchild, Albert 

 J. Groh, and two others, all of Rochester, N. Y. 



Mears Rubber Co., October 28, 1907, under the laws of New- 

 York; capital, $50,000. To manufacture horseshoe pads. Direc- 

 tors: Camden Mears (No. 84 Saratoga avenue), Elmer E. 

 Mears, and Frank Mears, all of Brooklyn, N. Y. 



SPALDING & BROTHERS IN ENGLAND. 



The plant of A. G. Spalding & Brothers, athletic goods manu- 

 facturers, at Putney Wharf, London, from an extensive descrip- 

 tion in The Sports Trader, also of London, would appear to be 

 the largest establishment of the kind in Great Britain, with a 

 more varied line of products than any other, although it has 

 been in operation only since April, 1906. From being dealers 

 in England in American made products, the London house of 

 A. G. Spalding & Brothers has become thoroughly English in 

 its organization, selling only the output of its own factory on 

 the other side. The general manager of the Spaldings' British 

 business is Mr. Charles S. Cox, an Englishman, who came to 

 America some years ago to take charge of the golf department 

 of the Messrs. Spalding in their store in Nassau street, New- 

 York. In those days the golf balls preferred were those of 

 English origin, little success having been attained by Americans 

 in making such goods. But in an interview in The India Rub- 

 ber World of July i, 1899 (page 265), Mr. Cox declared: "This 

 will soon be the greatest country for golf in the world," and 

 he predicted that the increase in popularity of the game in 

 America would bring into existence here a profitable production 

 of golf balls. The American house of Spalding have now- been 

 for some years extensive makers of golf balls in America, and 

 the British factory, in charge of Mr. Cox, is said already to 

 be making 10,000 per week. The London house of Spalding 

 make also footballs and cricket and hockey balls, and all the 

 appliances of golf — clubs, caddie bags, and so on. In fact, they 

 forge at their plant the only golfing irons made in the United 

 Kingdom outside of Scotland. The most distinctive feature 

 of these works is that they manufacture every part of the 

 goods which they market, as is the rule with the parent house 

 in America. It may be added that the London house does an 

 important export trade, including the supplying of their goods 

 to all the British colonies. 



The business of A. G. Spalding & Brothers was begun in 

 Chicago March i, 1876, by Albert G. Spalding and J. Walter 

 Spalding, who were joined two years later by a brother-in-law, 

 William T. Brown, when the present firm name was adopted. 

 The original capital was $800. Albert G. Spalding had been 

 an enthusiast in baseball from the time it became the national 

 game in the United States, and the first business of his firm 

 was the sale of baseball goods, made for them under contract. 

 Later the policy was adopted of manufacturing all their own 

 goods; their production extending gradually until all forms of 

 athletic goods are now included. A capital of over $4,000,000 

 is employed and over 3000 persons are at work in the firm's 

 factories and stores in the United States, Canada, and Great 

 Britain. 



TRADE NE-WS NOTES. 



The Empire Automobile Tire Co. (Trenton, N. J.) have 

 opened a branch house in New York City, at Seventy-third 

 street and Broadway, under the management of Marcus Allen, 

 formerly manager of the Auto Equipment Co., of Detroit, 

 Michigan. 



The Continental Caoutchouc Co. (New- York) have added 

 two distributing agencies to their list: The Plant Rubber Co., 

 at Minneapolis Minnesota, and Neustadt Auto and Supply Co., 

 at St. Louis. 



The Keasbey & Mattison Co. (Ambler, Pennsylvania), ex- 

 tensive manufacturers of asbestos products, in connection with 

 which they are to an extent rubber manufacturers, have estab- 

 lished a branch house in Omaha, Nebraska, at No. 11 13 Harney 

 street, where they will carry a large stock of their products. 



Twenty-nine salesmen of Morse & Rogers, wholesalers of 

 rubber footwear who are the exclusive handlers in New York 

 and its vicinity of the products of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co., 

 spent a day recently at the factories of this company, taking 

 points on the construction of "Boston" and "Bay State" rub- 

 bers. During the day the visitors were entertained at lunch 

 at the Maiden .Automobile Club. 



Mr. W. H. Sheldon, well known in druggists' sundries, is 

 with the importing house of Radigan, Rich & Co., No. 31 Barclay 

 street, New York. He also has the agency of the Mitzel Rub- 

 ber Co. (CarroUton, Ohio). 



The Bristol Co. (Waterbury, Connecticut) are issuing three 

 new bulletins concerning their electrical measuring instruments, 

 which doubtless will be appreciated by engineers who some- 

 times are in a quandary as to the best type of instrument ap- 

 plicable for the loads for w-hich they intend to design. These 

 bulletins will be found helpful in selecting the proper instru- 

 ment. They are No. 61, No. 62, and No. 63, and may be 

 obtained on application. 



Daimler Motoren-Gesellschaft, of L^ntertiirkheim, Stuttgart, 

 Germany, important manufacturers of automobiles, have had 

 registered under the L^nited States trade mark laws the word 

 "Mercedes,'' for sheet rubber goods, solid and pneumatic tires, 

 rubber boots, shoes and leggings, caps, jackets, waistcoats, cloaks, 

 collars, and capes. 



In answ-er to an inquiry it may be stated that the Chicago 

 Rubber Club, organized at a meeting on April 12, 1905, is no 

 longer in existence. Owing to the inability of some of the 

 gentlemen elected to office to give the necessary time to carrying 

 on such a club, the matter was dropped after a few months, and 

 the preliminary fees returned to the subscribers. 



Federal Rubber Co. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) have appointed 

 as their general sales manager Mr. O. S. Tweedy, who formerly 

 was with The Diamond Rubber Co., and whose headquarters 

 will be at the company's factorv-, at Cudahy, Wis. Mr. E. S. 

 Tw-eedy will represent the Federal company in the states of 

 New York and New Jersey, with headquarters in New York 

 city. 



