July i, 1908.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



345 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



GENERAL EUBBER CO.— ELECTION. 



THE annual election of the General Rubber Co. (New York, 

 June 4) resulted in the choice of the following as direct- 

 ors : Samuel P. Colt, Lester Leland, William F. Bass, John 

 J. Watson, Jr. ; Homer E. Sawyer, Walter S. Ballou, James 

 Dcshler, Anthony N. Brady, and Charles H. Dale. Messrs. Bass 

 and Sawyer succeed E. C. Benedict and James B. Ford. The 

 following were elected officers : 



President — Samuf.l P. Colt. 



Vice President^^ESTER Lel.^nd. 



Second Vice President (a new office) — William F. Bass. 



Treasurer — John J. Watson, Jr. 



Secretary — Samuel Norris. 



Assistant Treasurer — W. H. Blackwell. 



Assistant Secretary — John D. Carberry. 



The executive committee consists of the president (_ex-officio) 

 and Messrs. Dale, Leland, Bass, Watson, and Sawyer. The 

 General Rubber Co. are the purchasing agency of crude rubber 

 for the United States Rubber Co. and the Rubber Goods Manu- 

 facturing Co. 



ESSEX RTJBBEH CO. ACdUIRE A FACTORY. 

 The Esse.x Rubber Co, (Trenton, New Jersey) have acquired 

 the plant at May and Beak streets, equipped for factory purposes 

 in 1903 by the late Dyson Rubber Co. The Essex company for 

 some time past have manufactured rubber specialties for the 

 shoe trade, in leased premises, at Bloomfield, N. J., which have 

 now been given up. The new plant acquired will be enlarged to 

 permit of adding the manufacture of rubber mats and tiling. 

 Mr. Oakley has had a long experience in the rubber industry, 

 including several years spent in connection with the Gricb Rub- 

 ber Co., who made a line of shoe specialties, such as Mr. Oakley 

 is now marketing. Mr. Oakley is president of the Essex Rub- 

 ber Co. ; W. F. Bainbridge is vice-president and New England 

 sales manager, and L. M. Oakley secretary. 



HASKELL GOLF BALL CO. VERSUS FIELD. 



The case of the Haskell Golf Ball Co. vs. Marshall Field Co., 

 No. 28,363 in chancery, for alleged infringement of patent, is 

 still pending in the L^nited States circuit court in Chicago. The 

 bill of complaint was filed August 10, 1896, and the complainant 

 was ruled to close its prima facia proofs by February i lasv. 

 The defendant has not yet completed its proofs, however, and 

 the case cannot now come on for hearing before autumn. Tn 

 behalf of the Field company Samuel D. Castle, of Des Moines, 

 Iowa, deposed that he is the original inventor and patentee of 

 the modern method of making golf balls. Castle produced papers 

 taken out in 1880, covering a rubber centered gutta-percha golf 

 ball. 



CHANGE or NAME. 



The name Atlantic Rubber Co. has been adopted for the busi- 

 ness at Clarendon Hills, Massachusetts, carried on hitherto as the 

 New England Rubber Manufacturing Co. The business is the 

 manufacture of waterproof clothing. 



RUBBER SHOES FOR THE INDIANS. 



Contracts for supplying rubber footwear for the Indians, at 

 the expense of the government, for the fiscal year beginning 

 July I, next, have been awarded to J. Edmund Strong, of Chi- 

 cago, who for several years past has secured most of this business, 

 and to Siegel Cooper Co. (New York), who get a considerable 

 share of it this year. Details as to the goods called for appeared 

 in The India Rubber World of May i, 1908 (page 271). 



HABIRSHAW WIRE CO.'S ANNUAL. 



At the annual meeting of tlie Harbirshaw Wire Co. (New- 

 York, April 15), the following officers were chosen: Herbert 

 L. Satterlee, president, reelected; Richard Irwin (formerly 



vice president and treasurer), first vice president; R. S. Sat- 

 terlee (formerly secretary), second vice president; Fred J. 

 Hall, treasurer; James B. Olson, general sales manager, was 

 also elected secretary. Dr. William M. Habirshaw was re-elected 

 chairman of the board of trustess. 



DIXON CRUCIBLE CO.'S ELECTION. 



The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Joseph 

 Dixon Crucible Co. (Jersey City, New Jersey), was held on 

 April 20. Edward F. C. Young, George T. Smith, George E. 

 Long, Harry Dailey, William Murray, Edward L. Long and 

 William H. Corbin were elected members of the board of 

 directors. The officers — Edward F. C. Young, president; 

 George T. Smith, vice president; George E. Long, treasurer; 

 and Harry Dailey, secretary — were unanimously reelected. 



WOON8OCKET RUBBER CO.'S AFFAIRS. 



The report of conditions filed by this company as of March 

 31, 1908, with the Massachusetts state authorities, with the corre- 

 sponding figures for two years preceding, is as follows : 



ASSETS. 



1906. 1907. 1908. 



Real estate $897,543 $887,218 $887,218 



Machinery 292,842 281,745 281,745 



Material 2,429.532 2,918,842 1,971,966 



Cash and receivables . . 324,322 152,714 358,860 



Adjustment inventory.. 1.198,994 1,198,994 1,198,994 



Loans receivable 1,800,000 1,800,000 2,800,000 



Miscellaneous 1,178 1,263 



Total $6,943,233 $7,240,691 $7,500,045 



LIABILITIES. 



Capital stock $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 



.•\ccounts payable 185 631,927 26,371 



Special debt 1.800,000 1.800.000 2,800,000 



Surplus fixed 1.613.900 1,613.900 1,613,900 



Profit and loss 529.148 194.864 59,775 



Total $6,943,233 $7,240,691 $7,500,046 



BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CO.'S AFFAIRS. 



The report of conditions filed by this company as of March 31, 

 1908, with the Massachusetts state authorities, with the corre- 

 sponding figures for two years preceding, is as follows : 



ASSETS. 



1906. 1907. 1908. 



Real estate $768,525 $768,525.00 $768,525.00 



Machinery 375.515 375.5lSo6 375,5i5o6 



Merchandise 3,540.004 4,394,856.51 2,722,804.26 



Cash and receivables.. 2,041,383 1,932,444.34 2,220,921.88 



Patent rights 2,000.00 9,500.00 



Special contract U. S. R. 



Co 4,800.000 4,800,000.00 4,800.000.00 



Miscellaneous 16.620 16,670.00 16,670.00 



Total $11,542,047 $12,290,010.91 $10,913,936.20 



LIABILITIES. 



Capital stock $5,000,000 $5,000,000.00 $5,000,000.00 



Accounts payable 428,114 706,146.11 



Funded debt 4,800,000 4,800,000.00 4,800,000.00 



Floating debt 650,000.00 



Accrued interest 40,000 40,000.00 40,000.00 



Profit and loss 1.273.933 1,093,864.80 1,073,936.20 



Total $11,542,047 $12,290,010.91 $10,913,936.20 



LARGE ORDER FOR RUBBER TILING. 



What is probably the largest order for rubber tiling ever placed 

 has been received by the New York Belting and Packing Co., 

 Limited, from Andrew Dall & Son, of Cleveland, Ohio. The 

 order is for the company's Interlocking tiling, for the new 

 Cuyahoga county courthouse, at Cleveland. It will be laid in the 

 large court rooms, corridors, judges' chambers, ante rooms. 



