April i, 1908.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Standard Welding Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) have arranged 

 to take on the production of the Alidgley motor car rim. 



It is rumored that Mr. Harrison C. Frost has secured an 

 option on a well known rubber reclaiming plant and is offering 

 part of the stock as an investment. 



The Continental Caoutchouc Co. have arranged for their 

 representation at Buffalo, New York, by the Centaur Motor Co., 

 No. 59 Franklin street. 



Pirelli & Co., the Italian rubber manufacturers, issued from 

 their New York branch. No. 296 Broadway, on March 15, a 

 revised price list of their tires. 



T. & S. C. White Co. (New York) notify the removal of the 

 office of Bergen Port Sulphur Works to No. 100 William street. 



The Bay State Machine Co. (Erie, Pennsylvania), manufac- 

 turers of rubber machinery, have been absorbed by the Erie 

 Pump and Engine Works, which concern has not yet decided as 

 to whether they will continue the rubber machinery department. 



The B. & G. Rubber Co., manufacturers of automobile and 

 bicycle tires and packings, are a new concern located at No. 519 

 French street, Erie, Pennsylvania. Anthony Birnbaum and R. F. 

 Gunther compose the firm. The last named has had an ex- 

 tensive experience in the rubber manufacture, having been for 

 several years with Whitehead Brothers at Erie, together with 

 other prominent rubber manufacturing concerns. 



The India Rubber Specialty Co. (Erie, Pennsylvania) have 

 added to the lines of goods handled by their house an extensive 

 assortment of mechanicals. 



The products of the Lake Shore Rubber Co. (Erie, Pennsyl- 

 vania) are being marketed in Chicago by The Mcllroy Hose 

 and Belting Co. 



The Erie Rubber Works (Erie, Pennsylvania) manufacture 

 a complete line of government standard bevel stoppers, in addi- 

 tion to which they are now putting on the market a new patent 

 self-sealing stopper, the special feature of which is its resistance 

 to internal pressure, rendering it especially adaptable for corking 

 bottles containing charged liquids. The management of this com- 

 pany is in the hands of Mr. F. E. Hopkins, who was connected 

 for some years with the Lake Shore Rubber Co. and later with 

 the Pennsylvania Rubber Co. 



Mr. Maximilian Ekert, of Ekert Brothers, Hamburg, Germany, 

 importers of rubber footwear, is visiting the United States in 

 search of any novelties in the rubber or shoe findings lines. 

 Messrs. Ekert Brothers are doing a very important business on 

 American goods, especially rubber shoes, in Europe, and any 

 manufacturer wishing to do business on the continent may com- 

 municate with Mr. Ekert, in care of the United States Rubber 

 Co., New York. 



A petition in bankruptcy has been filed in the United States 

 court against Leon Rubay (a corporation), of New York, dealers 

 in automobile supplies. Two of the subscribing creditors are rub- 

 ber tire concerns with claims aggregating $85. Peter Zucker 

 has been appointed receiver. The company was incorporated 

 November 20, 1905, with $25,000 capital authorized. 



The regular quarterly dividend of 2 per cent, on the capital of 

 the Boston Belting Co. is payable on April i. 



The regular quarterly dividends of Ij^ per cent, on the pre- 

 ferred and 2 per cent, on the common stock of the United Shoe 

 Machinery Co. were payable on March 31. 



The Star Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) have begun the manufac- 

 ture of an extensive line of seamless goods. They have recently 

 built a five-story fireproof factory on modern lines, and equipped 

 it with the best machinery and apparatus. The whole force of 

 employes is made up of experienced rubber men from Akron 

 factories. The sales department is in charge of Mr. A. G. Hum- 

 phrey, who has been familiar with the trade for a number of 

 years. The general manager of the Star Rubber Co. is Mr. 

 J. D. Slater, who likewise has been identified with the rubber busi- 

 ness for a considerable time. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The G. & J. Tire Agency, in Philadelphia, has been removed 

 to larger quarters, at Nos. 713-715 Broad street. 



The Fairmount park commission, in Philadelphia, have passed 

 a resolution forbidding the use of tire chains on automobiles 

 within the park limits. 



A large number of American manufacturers were represented at 

 the automobile and Sportsmen's Show, at Toronto, during the last 

 week in March. All the tire manufacturers and the leading tire 

 distributers in the Dominion were represented, as well as a few 

 American firms, notably the Diamond Rubber (3o. 



The Rochester Footwear Co. (Rochester, N. Y.), incorporated 

 November 12, 1907, under the laws of New York, are reported 

 to be planning to increase their capital from the original figure 

 ($25,000) to one much larger. They are referred to as having a 

 good trade in the "Lady's Companion" overshoe, the invention 

 of S. Schwartzchild, the president of the company, and a modi- 

 fication of what was called the "Emergency" shoe. This was 

 marketed for a while by the Emergency Rubber Co., which has 

 been superseded by the business referred to above. 



The United Shoe Machinery Co., it is reported, are to build 

 more of their machines in England, to prevent revocation ot 

 their patents under the new law in that country, for which pur- 

 pose they are enlarging their works at Leicester. 



The Hohmann & Maurer Manufacturing Co. (Rochester, 

 New York) are specializing on a new temperature regulator, 

 adapted particularly for use on hydraulic and other presses in 

 rubber mills, many of which are already equipped with this de- 

 vice, and with satisfactory results. The purpose of the device is 

 to control the temperature automatically. 



An exceedingly good piece of work of its class is the "Amer- 

 ican Shoemaking Directory" for 1908, being the fifth annual 

 edition of this work issued from- the office of American Shoe- 

 making (Boston). It is a complete list of manufacturers ot 

 leather shoes in the United States and of tanners and the prin- 

 cipal machinery and shoe supply firms. 



The Pennsylvania Rubber Co. (Jeannette, Pa.) have filed with 

 the secretary of state at Harrisburg, a certificate of increase 

 of capital authorized from $750,000 to $1,500,000. 



The Canton Rubber Co. (Canton, Ohio) are specializing on 

 linemen's gloves, in which they are doing an extensive business. 

 .-\ prominent electrical concern which tested these gloves states 

 that "The linemen's glove designed to withstand 10,000 volts, 

 which was submitted for test broke down at point of middle 

 finger at 22,000 volts. On measuring thickness at point of break- 

 age, we find that the glove withstood a voltage of 595 volts per 

 millimeter of thickness." 



The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) report a 

 volume of business for February and March this year in excess 

 of that for the same period last year. They have issued an 

 attractive booklet illustrated with cuts of 24 different standard 

 motor runabouts equipped with their side wire tires. They have 

 recently erected an additional building which is devoted to drying 

 rubber. 



The Progressive Rubber Co. (Mineral City, Ohio) are suc- 

 cessors to the Excelsior Hard Rubber Co. One of their special- 

 ties is a new line of hard rubber ten pin balls, covered by letters 

 patent. 



The plant of the Aladdin Rubber Co. (Barberton, Ohio), re- 

 claimers of rubber, destroyed by fire some time ago, has been re- 

 built and is now in operation. 



The D. E. Foote Rubber Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) are now 

 handling the G. & J. tires. They have recently enlarged their 

 tire repair department. 



A certificate of the assignment of the Emergency Rubber Co. 

 (Rochester, New York) to Albert Vogt was filed in the office 

 of the county clerk at Rochester, on March 19. The company 

 was incorporated October 4, 1905, to exploit a patented rubber 

 shoe. 



