May I, 1908.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



275 



THE SEWARD RUBBER CO. RECEIVERSHIP. 



The shareholders of The Seward Rubber Co. (Berlin, Con- 

 necticut), as reported already in these cohimns, brought a suit 

 praying for dissolution and winding up of the corporation. The 

 statutes provide in such case for the appointment of a receiver, 

 and Mr. Lucius C. Ryce, of Hartford, was appointed, with the 

 permission of the court to continue the business for two months, 

 from March 6. The greater part of the manufactured goods and 

 raw material have been disposed of, and the next step will be the 

 sale of the factory plant. 



A TIRE IN A MAGAZINE STOEY. 



Of the many monthly magazines devoted to American fiction 

 The Argosy is as well known to a certain class of readers as 

 any. In its pages the first story is always a complete novelette. 

 For example, one that thrills of the most thrillful kind was a 

 "Crack-A-Jack Craftsman," by E. V. Preston. The same author 

 in the May issue writes an equally original novelette entitled 

 "Section 539." The crux of the story, aside from the remark- 

 able adventures of the hero, is his accidental discovery that 

 feathers mixed with a certain kind of dope make a tire punc- 

 ture proof. The result is that he gets a $io,ooo job with the 

 Alexander Puncture Proof Tire Co. The story points so defi- 

 nitely toward the Dow Puncture Proof Tire Co., with its com- 

 pound of paste and feathers, and its worthy head, whose fore- 

 name is "Alexander," that the reader is filled with wonder and 

 admiration. Is it a coincidence, or only good advertising? 

 TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



One of the buildings of the Middlesex Last Co. (Maiden, 

 Massachusetts) was burned on March 31, causing a loss of about 

 $20,000. The company do a large business in supplying lasts for 

 rubber shoe factories. 



The United States Graphite Co. having been adjudged bank- 

 rupt, the first meeting of creditors was held at West Chester, 

 Pennsylvania, on April 13, at which time those attending ap- 

 pointed as trustee William C. Wilson, of No. 1416 South Penn 

 square, Philadelphia. The property of the company is to be sold 

 on May 7. 



Hardivarc, of New York, is a paper that is well known to 

 the mechanical end of the rubber trade, and it will therefore 

 interest manufacturers in that line to know that control of it 

 has been secured bj' Mr. Harold S. Buttenheim, an exceedingly 

 well equipped and up-to-date young journalist. He is a nephew 

 of Mr. John J. Voorhees, president of the Voorhees Rubber 

 Manufacturing Co. (Jersey City, New Jersey). 



Professor William H. Bristol, whose inventions the Bristol Co., 

 of Waterbury, Connecticut, has been manufacturing since it was 

 first organized, in 1889, assumed active charge of the management 

 on March 28, and now owns the majority interest. The busi- 

 ness which has been carried on under the personal name of 

 William H. Bristol, in New York, has been combined with the 

 Bristol Co., the combination giving the latter the most complete 

 line of recording instruments in the world for pressure, tem- 

 perature, electricity, and various other applications. 



Two products of the Rubbertex Cloth and Paper Co. (Logans- 

 port, Indiana) that are meeting with a wide sale are "Rubber- 

 tex" and "Lonabond." The first is a textile packing for steam 

 and cold water, and the second a textile "ready roofing." The 

 base of these products is heavy duck, which is saturated with a 

 certain petroleum product, by a process patented by Lon A. 

 Bond. A special feature of these goods is that they are not in- 

 jured by contact with oils. 



A live organization is the Eastern Paint Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation, which has been active lately in opposing some legisla- 

 tion proposed for the control of the sale of linseed oil, while 

 lead, and so on. The chairman of the legislative committee is 

 C. H. Spotts, of the Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., and another 

 member is Maximilian Toch of New York, whose firm are sup- 

 pliers of chemicals to the rubber trade. 



TIRE COMPANY NOTES. 



The Auto Tire Co. (Kansas City, IMissouri) have removed to 

 Nos. 605-607 Fifteenth, where they are referred to as having one 

 of the most complete repair plants in the West. They have the 

 agency for Morgan & Wright tires. Victor Nelson is the pro- 

 prietor. 



The interest coupons on the debenture bonds of the Consoli- 

 dated Rubber Tire Co. were payable April i at The Trust Co. of 

 America (New York), the rate for the year being 2 per cent. 



The Milford Rubber Works (Milford, Illinois), manufacturers 

 of tires and molded goods, announce as their New York branch 

 the Hayes Rubber Co., No. 57 Warren street. 



The National Cement and Rubber Manufacturing Co. 

 (Toledo, Ohio) are in the possession of George C. Bryce, 

 receiver in bankruptcy. The appointment of a permanent 

 receiver has been expected to occur about May i. The busi- 

 ness was founded about 11 years ago, and at one time, during 

 the palmy days of bicycling, was accounted very profitable. 



Harry G. Smith, of the Cleveland branch of the Diamond 

 Rubber Co.. who has charge of the Diamond supply car in the 

 Glidden tour last summer, was captain of the Diamond tire camp 

 on the course at Savannah for the races March 18-19. Twelve 

 of the seventeen cars entered were equipped with Diamond tires, 

 and fifteen with the Diamond dismountable rim. 



The Empire Automobile Tire Co. (Trenton. New Jersey) have 

 established a branch at Detroit, Michigan, in charge of W. M. 

 Perrett, who formerly represented The Diamond Rubber Co. 

 in the last named city. 



The Continental Caoutchouc Co. (New York), so long es- 

 tablished at No. 43 Warren street, have removed "up town," to 

 Nos. 1788-1790 Broadway, at the corner of Fifty-eighth street. 



It is gossiped that E. D. Winans. who formerly held the 

 sole agency for the sale of Michelin tires in the United States, 

 netted the very neat sum of $200,000 in the sale of his com- 

 pany and the American rights to the present American 

 Michelin company. 



The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) have ob- 

 tained consent, as a foreign corporation, to transact business in 

 Missouri, and filed a certificate to this effect with the secretary 

 of state. 



The Fisk Rubber Co. (Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts) were 

 reported lately to be working practically full time. An improve- 

 ment in trade was reported, particularly in the west. 



The Rutherford Wheel Co., manufacturers of the Rutherford 

 pneumatic wheel, are now located at Stamford, Connecticut. The 

 company as now constituted was incorporated under the laws of 

 Maine in ;May, 1907. Mr. E. S. Watson is manager of the com- 

 pany. 



The Hartford Rubber Works Co. began last month with run- 

 ning overtime, which condition has continued. The company 

 were reported recently to be advertising for additional tire 

 makers. 



A new line of tire inner tubes branded "Kantleek" and made 

 by the Seamless Rubber Co. (New Haven, Connecticut) has at- 

 tracted favorable attention at some recent automobile shows. 



The Automobile Club of America having decided not to 

 continue active in the automobile show interest, the show 

 with which it has been identified hitherto will be promoted 

 exclusively this year by the American Motor Car Manufac- 

 turers' AssociatSon. which announces that; ,the Grand Cen- 

 tral Palace in New York has been leased for next winter's 

 show, to be held probably in January next. 



The recivers of the Pope Manufacturing Co. report that 

 from August 14. 1907, to March 31, 1908, they recived $880,- 

 496.04 and disbursed $822,952.34, leaving a balance of 



$i7,79i-25- 



The Boston Rubber Shoe Co.'s Edgeworth factory re- 

 sumed operations on April 22 and their Fells factory is due 

 to open two weeks later. 



