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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October 1, 1915. 



H. MWEHLSTEIN & CO. 



The accompanying half-tone shows the waste rubber ware- 

 house of H. Muehlstein & Co.. located at 391-5 Washington 

 street, New York. It has a floor space of 43,000 square feet, and 

 is in close nroxiniitv to important railroads and steamship docks. 



The Xcu- York staff cuUiibts of 11 members, and the house has 

 branches in Chicago, Akron and London. The Chicago agency 

 takes care of all western territory, while the Akron branch covers 

 the central states. Mr. Muehlstein, still a very young man, has 

 developed his present elaborate organization by close attention 

 to business and the exercise of unusual executive capacity. 



PTTRCHASING AGENTS DINE AND TALK. 



The Purchasing Agents' .Association of New York held its 

 first meeting of the season at the Hotel Breslin on the evening 

 of September 21. After the dinner had been duly appreciated 

 there were some interesting addresses, and, in addition, a three- 

 reel motion picture entertainment showing the various processes 

 used in the manufacture of steel pipe, the pictures covering the 

 whole process froin the mining of the ore to the finished product. 



A number of men interested in the rubber trade are members 

 of this association, including F. W. Lingley, of the American 

 Hard Rubber Co., New York ; A. H. Searle, of the Barrett Man- 

 ufacturing Co., New York ; J. A. Lampe, of the Strong Rubber 

 & Asbestos Manufacturing Co., New York ; F. M. Moore, of 

 Alexander & Baldwin, New Y'ork ; E. M. Eisenkraft, of A. 

 Schrader's Sons, Inc., Brooklyn ; J. I. McComb, of the Joseph 

 Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, New Jersey ; G. W. Skirm, of 

 the United & Globe Rubber Manufacturing Cos., Trenton, and 

 G. Winters, of the La Favorite Rubber Manufacturing Co.. 

 Paterson, New Jersey. 



SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF COTTON MANUFACTUEEES. 



The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers met at the 

 Hotel Griswold, New London, Connecticut, from September 9 to 

 11. The annual banquet was the special feature of the meeting. 

 After dinner addresses were made by President Albert Green 

 Duncan, Charles G. Bancroft and Hon. John W. Weeks. Several 

 papers of interest to the trade were read during the meeting. 

 A golf contest, baseball and tennis games with suitable trophies, 

 added to the general entertainment. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The durability of the United States Tire Co.'s inner tubes was 

 recently demonstrated in a novel manner by a member of the 

 advertising force. The tube was placed around the man's waist, 

 a rope being tied to it and drawn over a jiulley. He was then 

 lowered from the sixth floor of the First National Bank Build- 

 ing. New York, his entire weight being held by the rubber tubing 

 until he reached the ground. 



J. P. Devine Co., of Buffalo, New Y'ork, is actively engaged in 

 tlie manufacture of machinery for numerous aniline plants, some 

 of which are to be installed by -American rubber companies, 

 whose demand for aniline can, at present, be met in no other 



The Boston Belting Co., Boston, has lately placed the Mem- 

 phis. Tennessee, agency for its goods with the well known rubber 

 liouse of Towner & Co., who will carry in stock a line of the 

 Boston Belting Co.'s well known goods, and will be in position 

 to supply the requirements of their trade in the Memphis ter- 



The retail trade in United States tires in St. Louis will be 

 handled by the United States Sales Co., recently organized with 

 the following officers: Edgar Gartside Niggeman, president; 

 George J. Breaker, treasurer, and Frederick C. D. Dobson, secre- 

 tary. The salesroom will be at 3567 Lindell avenue. 



The Quality Tire & Rubber Co.. of Hartville, Ohio, has in- 

 creased its capital stock from $75,000 to $500,000 and will en- 

 large its plant. The sales offices of the company are located in 

 Akron. 



.\ complete vulcanizing plant has been installed at Nashville, 

 Tennessee, as the home of a new tire sales company. The con- 

 cern will be known as the Federal Tire Service Co. Its per- 

 sonnel consists of Alvin Winglield and F. W. Reynolds, both of 

 Little Rock, Arkansas, and both experienced in the tire business. 

 Besides the line of Federal tires the company will carry a com- 

 plete stock of inner tubes, as well as all other rubber accessories 

 manufactured by the Federal Rubber Manufacturing Co., of 

 iMilwaukee, Wisconsin. 



Plans have been prepared for a new power-house, to be 

 erected by the Falls Rubber Co., Cuyahoga Falls. Ohio. 

 Two 150-h.p. high-pressure water-tube boilers, as well as vacuum 

 pumps, will be installed, for power, heating and vulcanizing pur- 

 poses. 



Receivers have been appointed for the Morgan & Marshall 

 Rubber & Tire Co., of East Liverpool, Ohio, on petition of 

 Charles Stein, C. Cronin and P. McNicol, the first of whom has 

 a suit pending against the company on a claim of $1,600. 



L. \V. Hewitt, a stockholder in the Southern Tire Co., 

 Louisville, Kentucky, has filed suit in the Circuit Court to 

 have a receiver appointed to collect the outstanding accounts, 

 pay off the debts of the concern, and wind up the business. 



The American Fountain Pen Co. has opened a new office 

 at IS to 19 Maiden Lane, New York, to be occupied jointly 

 by this company and the firm of Lewis & Hill, its export 

 agents. F. S. Latremore. for the past two years manager of 

 the Chicago office, will be in charge. 



The Gordon Rubber Co., of Canton. Ohio, has changed its 

 name to Gordon Tire & Rubber Co. Its capital stock of 

 $300,000 has been increased, and an addition to its plant is 

 contemplated. 



It is probable that Somerset County. Maine, will become 

 a large source of supply for asbestos, valuable deposits 

 having been found in Skowhegan by Charles H. Warren, 

 mineralogist of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

 An extensive report has been made by Mr. Warren, in which 

 he states that an investment of $400,000 would be needed to 

 make the supply available. 



