July i. 1908.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



347 



A TIRE FILLER IN LITIGATION. 



In the superior court at Boston Charles P. Cummings ob- 

 tained a temporary injunction to restrain William S. Daniels 

 from selling or revealing a secret process for a substitute for 

 rubber, said to be especially valuable as a tire filler. The process 

 is described as the invention of Dr. Joseph P. Bodge, of Port- 

 land, Maine, with whom Cummings has contracted for an in- 

 terest. The party here enjoined evidently is the W. Smalley 

 Daniels lately appointed manager of the Elastic Tire Filling 

 Co., No. 52 Church street, Boston. 



UNITED STATES RUBBER CO.'S SHARES. 



Trans.\ctions on the New V' rk Stock E.xchange for four 

 weeks ending June 20: 



Co.MMON Stock. 



Week May 29 Sales 2,530 shares High 2SH Low 24% 



Week June 6 Sales 2,960 shares High 26 Low 25 



Week June 13 Sales 2,045 shares High 26 Low 255/2 



Week June 20 Sales 625 shares High 255^2 Low 255/2 



For the year — High, 26^, May 18: Low, i/J^, Feb. 26. 



Last year — High, 52J/S: Low. I3J4. 



First Preferred Stock. 



Week May 29 Sales 600 shares High 9i;.-2 Low- 90J4 



Week June 6 Sales 1,445 shares High 935/2 Low 9054 



Week June 13 Sales 1.720 shares High 94 Low 925^ 



Week June 20 Sales 760 shares High 935^ Low 92J4 



For the year — High, 95. May iq; Low, 76, Feb. 19. 

 Last year — High, 109^^; Low, 61 14. 



Second Preferred Stock. 



Week May 29 Sales 700 shares High 6054 Low 58 



Week June 6 Sales . . . shares High . . Low . . 



Week June 13 Sales 300 shares High 60 Low 60 



Week June 20 Sales . . . shares High . . Low . . 



Fcr tlie year — High, 61^, Jan. 23: Low, 42. Feb. 21. 

 Last year — High, ySJ^; Low, 39. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The thirty-seveiitli regular quarterly dividend of Ij4 P^r cent 

 on the preferred shares of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing 

 Co. was payable on June 15. The disbursement amounted to 

 $181,149.50. 



It has been proved many times that a man who is familiar 

 with the rubber manufacture is particularly well equipped to 

 market supplies. This is why the Rubber Trading Co., of New- 

 York, have been fortunate in securing Mr. Frank F. Fox as 

 their Trenton representative, as Mr. Fox w-as formerly con- 

 nected with several Trenton factories. 



Peerless Cement Co. (Lynn, JNIassachusetts) are manufactur- 

 ing, in addition to a full line of rubber cements, waterproof 

 box toe gum and other shoe factory supplies. Henry McDermott 

 is the manager, and the offices are at Nos. 218-220 Broad street, 

 Lynn. 



John A. Rocbling's Son? Co. (Trenton, New Jersey) applied 

 recently for a perinit to erect new buildings, at a cost of $55,000, 

 to replace those destroyed by fire on February 5 last. 



The business in crude rubber conducted hitherto by Robin- 

 son & Stiles at No. 140 Pearl street. New York, will be con- 

 tinued under the name of Robinson & Co., Mr. W. H. Stiles hav- 

 ing retired. The new firm consists of Francis H. Robinson, 

 Francis R. Henderson, and Thomas Desmond. 



The Swinehart Clincher Tire and Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) 

 liave filed with the secretary of state of Illinois the certificate 

 required of foreign corporations to entitle them to do business 

 in that state. 



The New^ Jersey Car Spring and Rubber Co. (Jersey City) 

 announce that their "Tuebor" underwriters' cotton fire hose, 

 which brand is registered in the United States patent office, is ap- 

 proved by the Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Com- 

 panies and the National Fire Protection Associations. 



The Ennis-Ruff Tire Co., now occupying the building No. 22 

 Commercial street, Newark. New Jersey, are about to add the 

 ■adjoining factory. Grant Lambright, for many years connected 

 ■with prominent Akron ruliber factories, is the superintendent. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The mills of the Woonsocket Rubber Co. were not closed 

 this year for "circus day," as has been the custom hitherto. 

 The question of closing was put to the employes, who, in 

 view of the recent long shutdown of the factories, preferred 

 to work on that day. 



The Republic Rubber Tire and Shoe Co. of New York point 

 out that much damage has been done to motor car tires by the 

 oiling of roads in the parks and boulevard system in some of the 

 larger cities, and also country roads on Long Island. To 

 avoid damage from such cause the company have brought out 

 a detachable anti skid leather cover, which entirely envelopes 

 the rubber tire by hooking in under the rim, and on which there 

 are series of steel studs which prevent the wear of the leather. 

 The idea, of course, is that the oiled thoroughfares will not dam- 

 age the leather in the tire cover. 



The Seamless Rubber Co. (New Haven Connecticut), owning 

 to the increased business of their Chicago branch, have found it 

 necessary to move into larger quarters and are now located at 

 No. 120 Franklin street. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



For two weeks in June Mr. Arthur F. Townsend, presi- 

 dent of the Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing Co., who is 

 captain of Troop i. Squadron A, National Guard of New 

 York state, has been in camp near Middletown, N. Y.. at 

 the annual muster of both the regular and volunteer troops. 



Dr. Erwin Mej'er, who for some years has had charge of 

 research work in chemistry for the Rubber Goods Manu- 

 facturing Co., at their laboratory at New Brunswick, New 

 Jersey, has resigned that position. It is understood that he 

 has plans, after devoting part of the summer to rest and 

 some writing, for engaging in work as a rubber chemist on 

 his own account. 



Major J. Orton Kerbey, some time L'nited States consul at 

 Para, and connected now with the International Bureau of Amer- 

 ican Republics, at Washington, sailed from New York on June 22 

 on the Lloyd Brazileiro steamer Goya: for Para and other 

 Brazilian ports, intending to reach Rio de Janeiro in time for 

 the Brazilian international exhibition. Afterward he probably 

 will go up the Amazon to the leading rubber districts, including 

 the Acre territory, after which another book from his pen on 

 South America may be forthcoming. 



A notable wedding in New Jersey society occurred at New 

 Brunswick on the afternoon of June 3, uniting Miss Margaretta 

 Meyer and Mr. James Kearne\' Rice, Jr. Miss Meyer is a 

 daughter of Mrs. John Christopher Meyer, whose husband was 

 the oldest son of the one time "rubber king" Christopher Meyer, 

 and who was left in charge of his father's rubber interests. 

 Among the 400 wedding guests were two daughters of the late 

 Christopher Meyer and their husbands — Mr. and Mrs. George 

 Lowther, of Riverside, Connecticut, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles 

 Greer, of Rye, New York. The bride was escorted to the 

 altar by her brother, John Christopher Meyer, and her sister 

 Katherine was maid of honor. Two of the bridesmaids were 

 her cousins, Misses Marguerita and Clara Low-ther. .Another 

 cousin, Mr. George Greer, was one of the ushers. The bride- 

 groom is connected with the important banking house of Hatch 

 & Co., of New York. The wedding tour is being made in 

 Europe. 



Mr. Ira F. Burnham, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, president 

 and general manager of the Stoughton Rubber Co.. and Mrs. 

 Gertrude De Laite Paul, of Everett, Mass., were married in the 

 latter city on the evening of May 5. 



Mr. E. E. McConnell, after a connection for 11 years with the 

 New York Belting and Packing Co., Limited, as manager of 

 their rubber tiling department, has resigned to accept the posi- 

 tion of manager of the rubber tiling department of The Good- 

 year Tire and Rubber Co. (Akron. Ohio), with headquarters at 

 Sixty-fourth street and Broadwav, New York. 



