February i, 1908.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



163 



News of The American Rubber Goods Trade. 



UNITED STATES BITBBEB CO DITIDENrS. 



THE board of directors of the United States Rubber Co., 

 on January 2, declared the regular quarterly dividend 

 of 2 per cent, upon the first preferred stock and the 

 regular quarterly dividend of ly^ per cent, upon the second 

 preferred stock, for the quarter beginning October i, 1907, from 

 the net earnings of the company for the fiscal year beginning 

 April I, 1907. the dividends being payable January 31, to share- 

 holders of record January 15. The net earnings for the nine 

 months (December partially estimated) are reported at ap- 

 proximately $3,240,000, including dividends of $583,108.75 re- 

 ceived upon the stock of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. 

 in the company's treasury. The earnings reported for the cor- 

 responding period one year ago amounted to $3,206,176, includ- 

 ing $552,247 of Rubber Goods dividends. 



GEORGE A. ALDEK & CO. HEORGANIZED. 



The copartnership existing between Messrs. George A. Alden, 

 Adelbert H. Alden, and Arthur W. Stedman, under the firm 

 name of George A. Alden & Co., in Boston, having expired by 

 limitation on December 31, a new copartnership has been formed 

 under the name and style of George A. Alden & Co., composed 

 of Messrs. Adelbert H. Alden, Arthur W. Stedman, G, Edwin 

 Alden, Fred W. Dunbar and J. Frank Dunbar, for the purpose 

 of continuing the business. The present firm style was adopted 

 in 1878, but the business of importing india-rubber was estab- 

 lished by the late George A. Alden as early as 1855, and has been 

 continued since without intermission. Adelbert H. Alden, a 

 son of the founder, became a member of the firm in 1878; Mr. 

 Stedman, after several years of connection with the house, be- 

 came a partner in 1898; G. E, .Mden is a younger son of the 

 founder, and the Messrs. Dunbar have been employes of the 

 house for a number of years. 



A HUBBEE TIEE STTIT— DECISION AND AFPEAX. 



In re Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. v. Pennsylvania 

 Rubber Co., a suit for infringement of United States Patent No. 

 466,577 (for a pneumatic tire), issued January 5, 1892, to 

 Frederick Schrader, of Philadelphia, in the United States cir- 

 cuit court for the district of Massachusetts, a decision has been 

 filed in favor of the defendant. The Schrader patent, which 

 was illustrated in The India Rubber World June i, 1907 (page 

 290), will expire January 5, 1909. The court holds that the 

 defendant is not using an invention made by Schrader and that 

 Schrader did not anticipate in any degree the principle of the 

 modern pneumatic ("clincher") tire. The decision in the above 

 case was rendered by Judge Brown on November 14 last. Ap- 

 peal papers have been prepared and the record on appeal entered 

 in the United States circuit court of appeals on or about De- 

 cember 30, 1907. 



MATTSON RUBBER CO.— INCREASE OF CAPITAL. 



The Mattson Rubber Co., incorporated under the laws of 

 New York, have increased their capital stock from $100,000 

 to $150,000, the increase being issued in preferred shares. The 

 company during the past year bought an extensive plant at 

 Lodi, New Jersey, and having ample facilities for enlarging 

 their business it was decided to make this increase of capital 

 in order to take advantage of them. It was understood that 

 their business has been very prosperous notwithstanding the fact 

 that they were considerably upset by their fire at Bellevilles 

 in April last. In order to avoid a similar occurrence as much 

 as possible a very complete automatic fire sprinkler system has 

 been installed throughout their new plant and office buildings, 

 together with other fire fighting appliances. The Mattson com- 

 pany make druggists' sundries. 



MR. ANDRUS LEAVES LA CBOSSE. 



Mr. George S. Andrus, one of the founders of the La Crosse 

 Rubber Mills Co. (La Crosse, Wisconsin )and from the begin- 

 ning its general manager, has withdrawn from the company. 

 Just what his plans are he does not divulge, except that before 

 he takes hold of anything he is going to take a vacation, some- 

 thing that he has not done in ten years. 



LOANSO HARD RUBBER CO.— CHANGE OF NAME. 



The company at Boonton, New Jersey, which existed for a 

 number of years as the Loando Hard Rubber Co. has been 

 reorganized, involving a change of corporation style to Boonton 

 Rubber Co. Charles Brock is president ; R. A. Anthony, treas- 

 urer ; and R. W. Seabury, secretary. A. Hall Berry is sales 

 agent, with headquarters at No. 27 Warren street, New York, 

 and a London office is maintained at 12 Manchester avenue, 

 E. C. Besides continuing to make a high grade of reclaimed 

 rubber suitable for hard rubber goods requiring a low ash test, 

 the Boonton company make a full line of insulating materials. 

 THE FISK RUBBER CO'S ANNUAL. 



The annual meeting of shareholders of The Fisk Rubber Co. 

 (Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts) was held on December 16, 

 when the old board was continued m office, after which the 

 officers of the company were reelected as follows : Harry T. 

 Dunn, president ; Harry G. Fisk, secretarj- ; and Alfred N. Mayo, 

 treasurer. 



THE PEERLESS COMPANY'S NEW TORK STORE. 



The Peerless Rubber Manufacturing Co. (New York) have 

 recently opened their new retail department at No. 88 Chambers 

 street, which connects with their long established store at No. 16 

 Warren street. Owing to their somewhat limited space they 

 have not been able to carry a large stock, but with the addi- 

 tional store, they will always have on hand a full and complete 

 line of mechanical rubber goods to fill immediate demands. 



THE "M. R." HYDROCARBON. 



George A. .'\lden & Co. (Boston) are out with a circular 

 letter in which they state in dignified terms their position as 

 manufacturers and marketers of "M. R," hydrocarbon. In the 

 first place they control the United States patents for its manu- 

 facture. The product is made from an exceedingly pure but 

 intractable natural hydrocarbon of the elaterite series, for a 

 long time useless because of its intractability, it was finally 

 fluxed by the use of a special solvent, the base of which iS 

 heavy, high grade, Kansas oil. The discovery of this fluxing 

 process is the subject of patents controlled by Messrs. Alden 

 & Co. They made a contract with a certain company to manu- 

 facture this for a time, but at the expiration of that contract 

 gave the work to another company. The quality of their M R 

 has never been changed and they are the only company in the 

 United States who are able to supply it. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



Two corporations formed December 27, 1907, under the laws 

 of Massachusetts, are the Maiden Rubber Co. and the Melrose 

 Rubber Co., each with $5000 capital, all issued for cash. The 

 incorporators in each case are Major Harry P. Ballard (as- 

 sistant treasurer of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co.) ; George L. 

 Huntress, of Winchester, Mass. ; and Charles E. Dow, of Boston. 

 It is understood that the corporations will not be active but 

 have been organized merely to protect certain trade names used 

 by the Boston Rubber Shoe Co., and have been capitalized at the 

 lowest figure possible under the Massachusetts laws. 



Dissolvene Co., December 24. 1907, under the laws of New 

 York state; capital, $ro,ooo. Incorporators: Horace G. Stripe, 

 No. 220 Broadway, New York; Paul C. Haan, Midland Park, 

 New Jersey; and Lilian L. Steurer, Brooklyn, N. Y. To con- 



