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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August i, 1908. 



HARDMAN RUBBER CO. RECEIVERSHIP. 



WiLLi.\M A. Smith, of Xewark. Xew Jcise)-. receiver for 

 the Hardman Rubber Co., of Belleville, X. J. [See The 

 Indi.\ Rubber World, March i, 1908 — page 203], at the end of 

 June paid a dividend of 20 per cent, to the creditors. There are 

 some other matters to be disposed of and some possible litiga- 

 tion. It is stated that a further dividend of 15 to 20 per cent, 

 is expected. 



COTTON DUCK INDUSTRY. 



Baltimore advices are that six mills of the Consolidated 

 •Cotton Duck Co. resumed work lately, after having been 

 closed for a fortnight, and are running four days a week. They 

 are reported to be at work on a good order for government sup- 

 plies. Mt. Vernon mills No. i and No. 3, owned by the Consoli- 

 dated company, did not close down for the usual midsummer 

 overihauling. The latter mills are running live days a week. 



GREENWALD RUBBER CO.'S FIRE. 



The plant of the Greenwald Rubber Co. (Buffalo, Xew 

 York), on June 30, was completely destroyed by fire which 

 started in the laboratory. Mr. Lemon Greenwald, the president, 

 advises The India Rubber World that new and larger premises 

 have been secured, and a new equipment installed that will en- 

 able them to double their former output. They have resumed 

 the manufacture of "Fillem", for tires, an article for which an 

 important demand has grown up both in the United States and 

 in foreign markets. 



THE LARGEST GASKETS EVER MADE. 



Morgan & Wright recently completed an order for 18 rubber 

 gaskets, for use between the tubes of the Michigan Central Rail- 

 way tunnel under the Detroit river, their purpose being to render 

 the tunnel watertight. Each gasket is circular in form, 24 feet in 

 diameter, and weighs 425 pounds. 



SUMMER VACATION OF FOOTWEAR FACTORIES. 



The "Alice" and Millville mills of the Woonsocket Rubber 

 Co. were closed on July 23 for periods of two and three weeks, 

 respectively. Superintendent Schlosser, in giving notice of the 

 shutdown, announced that on resuming work the "Alice" mill 

 would require 100 additional shoemakers. The Fells factory of 

 the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. will begin a three weeks shutdown 

 on August 5. The summer shutdown of the Apsley Rubber Co. 

 began on July 24, to last two weeks. 



MILFORD rubber CO.— FACTORY CLOSED. 



The Milford Rubber Co. (Boston), have closed their water- 

 proofing factory at Milford, Massachusetts. The company was 

 incorporated May 24, 1899, with a capital of $10,000, which 

 was increased gradually to $40,000. The rubber machinery has 

 been removed from the building, which, it is understood, will 

 be occupied by a different line of business. They may resume 

 manufacturing at Milford, Xew Hampshire, removing their 

 oiiices there. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



Triumph Automobile Tire Co., July i. 1908, under the laws 

 of West Virginia; capital authorized, $1,000,000. Incorporators: 

 Henry E. Keyes, Charles O. Derr, and W. E. Johnson, Home- 

 stead, Pa. ; C. K. O'Hara, Akron, Ohio ; W. P. Stewart, Wheel- 

 ing, W. Va. 



The Colorado Fisk Rubber Co., June 22, 1908, under the laws 

 of Colorado ; capital, $5,000. Incorporators : Harry G. Fisk 

 (secretary of The Fisk Rubber Co., of Chicopee Falls, Mass.), 

 Max Meyer, and William G. Philippeau. Principal office, Den- 

 ver, Col. 



Sullivan Co., June 24, 1908, under the Rhode Island laws ; 

 capital, $12,000. To deal in boots, shoes, and rubbers, at Provi- 

 dence, R. I. Incorporators : J. Joseph McElroy, Ambrose E. 

 McElroy, and John M. Humphrey. 



Rubber Import Co. of New York, July 21, 1908, under the laws 

 of New Jersey; capital, $25,000. Incorporators: A. S. Brunn, 

 H. A. Schauber, and C. Newkirk. To deal in waste rubber. Of- 

 fices, Hackensack, N. J. 



W. R. Thropp & Sons Co., July 21, 1908, under the laws of 

 New Jersey; capital, $50,000. Incorporators: W. R. Thropp, I. 

 E. Thropp, and J. W. Thropp. To make and deal in rubber and 

 other machinery, at Trenton, N. J. 



International Automobile League, May 20, 1908, under the 

 laws of New York; capital, $50,000. The incorporators include 

 Alfred C. Bid well (No. 234 North Division street) and William 

 Preiss, both of Buffalo, N. Y. 



Rubberlife ]\Ianufacturing Co., June 12, 1908, under the laws 

 of ^lichigan ; capital authorized, $30,000. Incorporators : Alfred 

 D. Rathbone. Benjamin S. Hanchett, and X^orman Bellon. Offices 

 in Grand Rapids, Mich. The company control "Rubberlife", a 

 filler for tires. 



Fisk Rubber Co. of New York, July 6, 1908, under the laws 

 of New York state; capital $5,000. Incorporators: William G. 

 Philippeau and Max Meyer, of New York city, and Alfred N. 

 Mayo, treasurer of The Fisk Rubber Co. (Chicopee Falls, Massa- 

 chusetts). 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



Tyson Brothers, successors to Robert E. Tyson in the manu- 

 facture of rubber substitutes, at Fairfield, Connecticut, state that 

 they have increased their equipment and are prepared to handle 

 promptly orders for any grade of substitute. 



King & Leatherow, Limited, who began at Newark, New 

 Jersey, early in 1906, the manufacture of seamless air and gas 

 balloons and seamless nipples, have removed to Bloomfield, N. J., 

 where they are established at >Jo. 463 Bloomfield avenue. 



The National India Rubber Co. (Bristol, Rhode Island) are 

 mentioned as having received government orders for 15,000 rub- 

 ber ponchos, of which 5000 are for the navy and 10,000 for the 

 army. 



.\ recent report was to the effect that representatives of Bel- 

 gian manufacturing interests were in Woonsocket, Rhode 

 Island, considering the purchase of the factory buildings occupied 

 by the Woonsocket Rubber Co. before the building of the com- 

 pany's "Alice" mill. 



The rubber goods store of Oliver R. Howe was one of several 

 business places damaged by fire in Lynn, Massachusetts, on 

 July 9. The stock was only partially injured, however, and the 

 loss amply covered by insurance. 



A damage suit for $20,000 has been filed against the Boston 

 Rubber Shoe Co. by Daniel J. Sullivan, of Maiden, Massachu- 

 setts, who claims to have been injured by an explosion of oil in 

 one of the company's factories. 



The Stoughton Rubber Co. was prominently represented in the 

 military and trades parade, on July i, which formed a leading 

 feature of the celebration of "Old Home Week" at Stoughton, 

 Massachusetts. 



"Get Ready for Prosperity" is the title of a readable booklet 

 which Mr. Frederick J. Maywald, a consulting chemist, of No. 

 89 Pine street. New York, is sending out to rubber manufacturers. 

 If one should be overlooked, the gentleman named will be pleased 

 to have a request for the booklet. 



The Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Dayton, Ohio), 

 have taken on the manufacture of the Fawkes airless tire, in- 

 vented by Charles G. Fawkes, of Denver, Colorado, who formed 

 a company to market it, but which came to an end through litiga- 

 tion. The tire has withstood the test of time creditably, and 

 has undergone some modifications for which patents have been 

 granted. 



H. S. Cover, of South Bend, Indiana, to whom several patents 

 have been granted on rubber goggles for the use of motorists and 

 others, has filed a suit in the United States circuit court at Chi- 

 cago against The Beckley-Ralston Co., to maintain his rights 

 under these patents. 



A new edition has been issued of the constitution and by-laws 

 of the X''cw England Rubber Club, together with a list of mem- 

 bers and their addresses, revised to June I, 1908. The member- 

 ship is shown to be 238. 



