May I, 1908.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



273 



NEW YOEK CITY BUYS MOEE FIRE HOSE. 



A CONTRACT for furnishing 20,000 feet of 3 inch five ply rubber 

 fire hose for use in the borough of Manhattan has been awarded 

 by the fire department of New York city, based upon proposals 

 received therefor at public letting held on April 3. The contract 

 was awarded on that date to the Republic Rubber Co. (Youngs- 

 town, Ohio), through their New York branch, the amount of 

 their bid being $30,800, or $1.54 per foot. This concludes the 

 purchase of 100.000 feet of rubber fire hose by the city since 

 January i of the present year, of which 60,000 feet are to be fur- 

 nished by the Republic Rubber Co. 



The fire commissioner of New York City has advertised for 

 7000 feet of 3J4 inch rubber fire hose for the borough of Man- 

 hattan, and 3000 feet of the same kind of hose for the borough 

 of Brooklyn, for which bids will be received until May 6. 



The Fire Department is a seller of hose, as well as a buyer. 

 At an auction sale on April 27, among the articles offered were 

 5500 feet of old rubber hose, 5000 feet of old cotton hose, besides 

 considerable quantities of old tires, old landing pads, old rubber 

 valves, and material described simply as "scrap rubber." None 

 of the hose offered, by the way, was described in the official cata- 

 logue as "rotten," in spite of the frequency with which the 

 newspapers have referred to the possession of such hose by the 

 department. 



A RUBBER SUBSTITUTE FROM EUROPE. 



A SUBSTITUTE that has long been used in England and Ger- 

 many, where it is said to have stood in connection with rubber 

 the severest tests, for periods ranging from 5 to 7 years, is that 

 manufactured by the National Co. (Chicago). In compound- 

 ing it is said that the rubber used in connection with it is cheap 

 African ball. The manufacturers claim that it not only adds to 

 the wearing power of the manufactured goods, but that it de- 

 lays oxidation and decadence almost indefinite!}'. The company 

 are willing to furnish samples and full information. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



A NEW firm in the elastic webbing trade is Hutton & Lap- 

 worth, at Brockton, Massachusetts. It is composed of Charles 

 A. Lapworth, son of William Lapworth, of Milford, Mass., of 

 the important elastic fabric concern there, and Fred W. Hutton, 

 lately of the Old Colony Rand Co., at the latter place, which 

 concern they will succeed in the premises to be occupied. The 

 company expect to begin about May 15 with 8 looms. 



The address of the Aiton Machine Co., builders of machinery 

 for the rubber and other industries, has been changed from 

 New York City to Elizabethport, New Jersey. 



The National Metal Back Rubber Tiling Co. (Philadelphia) 

 are about to remove the production of their goods from Tren- 

 ton to the factory of the Electric Hose and Rubber Co., ot 

 Wilmington, Del. 



At tlie annual meeting of the American Rubber Co. at Boston, 

 on April 21, William R. Dupee, Samuel P. Colt, Harry E. Con- 

 verse, Lester Leland and Costello C. Converse were elected di- 

 rectors. Mr. Dupee was reelected president and George P. 

 Eustis treasurer and clerk. 



At the annual meeting of the Boston Rubber Co. in Boston, on 

 April 21, William R. Dupee, Samuel P. Colt, Harry E. Con- 

 verse, Lester Leland, and S. Lewis Gillette were elected di- 

 rectors. Mr. Dupee was reelected president and George P. 

 Eustis treasurer and clerk. 



The LTnited States Rubber Co. w-ere reported lately to be 

 operating between 5o and 65 per cent, of their full capacity — 

 an improvement of 25 per cent, over the extreme low point of 

 the past winter. 



W. H. Yule, son of George A. Y'ule, one of the receivers of 

 the Pope Manufacturing Co., has resigned from the Badger 

 Brass iManufacturing Co. to become manager of the golf 

 ball department of The B. F. Goodrich Co. He has long 

 been devoted to golf affairs. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



The Progressive Rubber Co., March 23, 1908, under the laws 

 of Ohio ; capital $25,000. Incorporators : E. Van Kirk, D. O. 

 Van Kirk, M. E. Fisher, E. F. Upton, and J. Edward Van Kirk. 

 About a year ago the Excelsior Hard Rubber Co., at Mineral 

 City, Ohio, went into the hands of a receiver, and the plant was 

 purchased from the receiver last August by E. Van Kirk, who 

 has since operated the plant under the name of The Progressive 

 Rubber Co., which now has become incorporated. They are 

 manufacturing Upton's hard rubber ten pin balls, covered by 

 patents, and it is understood will add other lines shortly. 



Detachable Twin Rubber Heel Co., April i, 1908, under 

 the Massachusetts laws; capital authorized. $50,000. In- 

 corporators: Charles L. Riley, Eugene H. Walker, and Samuel 

 W. Culver, all of Boston. Mr. Riley is president and Mr. 

 Walker treasurer, with offices at No. 28 School street, Boston. 



Van's Auto Tire Co., February 24, 1908. under the laws 

 of New York state; capital, $2,000. The incorporators in- 

 clude Frank Van Tassel, No. 220 West Forty-eighth street, 

 New York. 



Noslip Tire Protector Co., February 21. 1908, under the 

 laws of New York state. Worlsey A. Shepard, No. 1 1 1 

 Broadway, is one of the incorporators. 



New Y'ork Auto Tire and Repair Co., March 25, 1908, under 

 the laws of New York state; capital, $10,000. Directors: 

 Henry Rothschild (No. 208 East Seventy-fifth street), Frank 

 D. Gable, and John S. Wiese, all of New York city. 



The Braintree Rubber Cement Co., March 23, 1908, under the 

 laws of Maine, to make and deal in rubber cement and allied 

 goods ; capital $30,000. Edmund H. Talbot, of Sharon, Massa- 

 chusetts, is president and treasurer. 



O'Brien Rubber Thread and Webbing Co., April I, 1908, under 

 the laws of New Jersey; capital authorized, $250,000. To make 

 and sell elastic and non-elastic webbing. Incorporators : Will- 

 iam J. O'Brien and Richard Barlow, Trenton, N. J. ; and Spencer 

 B. Hibbs, Hulmeville, Pennsylvania. Agent and registered office 

 in New Jersey: Anthony T. Williams, No. 147 East State street, 

 Trenton. 



National Web Co., April 18, 1908, under the laws of New 

 Jersey ; capital $50,000. To manufacture elastic and non-elastic 

 webbing. Incorporators: Charles H. Weller, Abraham Naar, Sr., 

 and William M. Rysdyk. Registered address: No. 260 Wash- 

 ington street, Jersey City, N. J. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Milford Rubber Co. (Boston) are reported to have re- 

 sumed work on full time at their proofing factory at Milford. If 

 is understood that the output of the factory is 10,000 yards per 

 day when running full. 



Charles B. Archer, president of the Archer Rubber Co. (Mil- 

 ford, Massachusetts), is reported to be looking for a larger 

 factory. 



Robert E. Tyson (Fairfield, Connecticut) has got his rubber 

 substitute factory working regularly and is reported to be mak- 

 ing some good shipments. 



The Seamless Rubber Co. (New Haven, Connecticut) 

 have filed with the secretary of state a certificate of capital 

 stock from $300,000 to $500,000. The India Rubber World 

 has repeatedly announced such increases of this company's 

 capital, since back in the early years, when the first increase 

 was from $50,000. 



Arthur Reeve, of the selling department of the United States 

 Rubber Co., left New York recently for a trip to the Far West, 

 including the principal Pacific coast towns, and intended to cover 

 about 8,000 miles. 



A. Petersen Co. (Akron, Ohio), extensive manufacturers of 

 paper boxes, are making a specialty of supplying the rubber 

 goods trade, from which they have received liberal support 

 from points as remote as St. Louis and Boston. 



