THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August i, 1908. 



from Great Britain and selling in Holland, Belgium, and the 

 Dutch colonies. The sales for 1907 amounted to £482,277 

 [^=$2,397,223.72]. The profit two years ago was £41,539 

 [^=$245,948], but last year, owing to the business depression, 

 there was a decline. The board of the new company consists of 

 Samuel R. Stokvis, a son of the founder, as chairman ; five mem- 

 bers of the third generation of the Stokvis family, and an English 

 director, Sir George Scott Robertson, m. p., a railway company 

 director. The Stokvis house has taken a prominent position in 

 the automobile accessories trade, handling a full line from lead- 

 ing makers, including the "Gaulois'' tires, made by Bergougnan 

 et Cie., of Clermont-Ferrand. The Stokvis exhibit at the 1908 

 Amsterdam automobile exhibition was one of its leading features. 



SWITZERLAND. 



The rubber goods business of Max Bertschinger, at Ziirich, 

 has been taken over by the firm Lamprecht & Co., composed of 

 F. Lambrecht and F. Sattler, general partners, and A. Bertsch- 

 inger. silent partner. They are representatives in Switzerland 

 of William Warne & Co., Limited (London^, and carry in stock 

 an extensive line of druggist's sundries, surgical goods, and the 

 like. 



AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 



The Internationale Elektricitats-Gesellschaft, electrical supply 

 contractors, of Vienna, made a net profit in 1907 of 2,555,000 

 kronen [=$518,665], as compared with 2,503,000 kronen 

 [^$508,109] for the preceding year. A dividend of 8 per cent. 

 for the year was declared. 



RUBBER NOTES FROM CANADA. 



""PWO rubber exhibits announced for the annual Canadian Na- 

 *■ tional Exhibition, to be held at Toronto, August 29 to Sep- 

 tember 14, are those of the Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal, 

 Limited — to be made by their Toronto branch — and the Dunlop 

 Tire and Rubber Goods Co. 



OUTING OF CANADIAN RUBBER EMPLOYES. 



The fifth annual picnic tendered by the Canadian Rubber Co. 

 of Montreal, Limited, to their employes took place Saturday, 

 July II. Two large boats of the Richelieu and Ontario Navi- 

 gation Co. were chartered, and carried some 2100 people to 

 Lavaltrie, about 45 miles below ^lontreal on the St. Lawrence 

 river. The weather was superb. On arrival at the grove, lunch 

 was served in a large circus tent, followed by racing and danc- 

 ing. The French Canadians simply love to dance, on the boat, in 

 the broiling sun, anywhere ; as long as the music is kept going 

 the French Canadian girl will dance. The First Victoria Rifles 

 band, the best regimental band in jNIontreal, discoursed well 

 known airs, while two orchestras played for dancing, one on 

 each boat. The return trip was in the moonlight, and to ap- 

 preciate a moonlight trip on the St. Lawrence, one has to ex- 

 perience it. The whole staff of the company accompanied the 

 employes, and freely participated in the entertainments. The 

 president. Major G. W. Stephens, was a host in himself, being 

 very popular with the employes. The crowd arrived back at 

 Montreal, a tired but happy people, who voted that it was the 

 "best ever." Mr. A. D. Thornton was in charge, and was not 

 the least satisfied of the ofiicials. 



CANADIAN EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. 



OrnciALLY stated values of exports of Canadian manufactures 

 of india-rubber and gutta-percha for three fiscal years ended 

 March 31 : 



To — 1Q06. 1907. igo8. 



Great Britain $88,007 $37.4o6 $52,947 



United States 199,303 220,902 11.540 



Australasia 50,596 41,409 47,813 



Other countries loj 90a 81,761 92,530 



Total $442,810 $381,478 $204,830 



Officially stated values of dutiable imports of india-rubber 

 and gutta-percha goods for years ending March 31 : 



From — ■ 1906. locr. 1908. 



Great Britain $102,277 $116,285 $182,360 



United States 629,946 640,748 666,307 



Other countries 27,383 41,886 49,457 



Total $■^=9,606 $■'08,889 $898,124 



NEW RUBBER FACTORY IN CANADA, 



The Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited (.Berlin. Ontario), are 

 imderstood to be making good progress with the erection of 

 their rubber footwear factory. The main building is to be 200 X 

 60 feet, with a wing 60X60 feet, the whole to be four stories, in 

 addition to a basement 10 feet in height, with a total of about 

 78,000 square feet of floor space. The building is of reinforced, 

 concrete, square twisted steel bars being used for the reinforce- 



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ment. The cquipnu-nt will include the latest improved ma- 

 chinery, being supphed principally by the Farrel Foundry ani 

 ^Machine Co. (Ansonia, Connecticut). Installation of the ma- 

 chinery will begin early in this month; the company hope to see 

 the building completed by the first of September, and to have 

 the factory in operation by October i. The registered brands of 

 the company appear herewith — "Life Buoy" being their first 

 quality brand and "Rubber Leaf" their second quality brand. 

 Details in The Ixdi.\ Rubber World, December i, 1907 (page 90).- 



STEEL VULCANIZING REELS. 



A X extensive use is made in insulated wire factories, of steel 

 ■'*• reels, such as that shown in the illustration, which, by 

 the way, is 60 inches in diameter. They are used for handhng 

 wire during the processes of manufacture, such as vulcanizing,. 



SixTV Inch Vulc.\nizing Reel. 

 insulating, braiding, twisting, and annealing, as well as for ship- 

 ping. .\nother form of steel reel, from the same makers, has 

 one head capable of being readily removed, while when put in 

 place it will stay without coming loose. Tliere arc occasions when 

 the reel with a removable head is particularly convenient, 

 especially in handling cables during vulcanization. Made by 

 Frank Mossberg Co., Attleboro, Massachusetts. 



