THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



29 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The resolution recently adopted by the American Iron, 

 Steel & Heavy Hardware Association to the effect that the 

 distribution of automobile accessories is to be undertaken by 

 American heavy hardware jobbers will have important con- 

 sequences, according to Secretary John C. Purdle. He be- 

 lieves that this action will eliminate the garage and special 

 automobile repair man and rehabilitate the country and city 

 blacksmith shop, and that this will mean lower repair prices. 



The report of the special investigating committee appointed 

 by Mayor Mitchel, of New York, following the subway fire 

 of January 6, shows an extraordinary lack of proper insula- 

 tion. It is alleged that rubber-covered wire which should be 

 in conduits is left exposed and. moreover, was found to be 

 cracked in many places. The committee recommends that 

 electric wiring be installed in a fireproof manner throughout. 

 The New Jersey Automobile Trade Association is planning 

 to hold an automobile show in Newark, New Jersey, during 

 the last week in February. 



The Ford Motor Co., Detroit, has contracted with the 

 Marion Insulated Wire & Cable Co., Marion, Indiana, for 

 about 300,000 feet of insulated wire— some of it as large as 

 300.000 circular mils— to be used in a large addition to the 

 Ford plant. 



Plans have been prepared and contracts are soon to be 

 awarded by the Lambertville Rubber Co., Lambertville, New 

 Jersey, for the erection of a three-story brick plant 60 x 110 

 feet in dimensions. 



A brief has been submitted to the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission by the National Association of Waste Material 

 Dealers protesting against the restraint of railroads from ad- 

 vancing the classification on rags, waste, etc., in less than 

 carload lots from fifth to fourth class. Specific reasons on 

 behalf of this protest are given and members of the waste 

 material trade hope for a favorable decision on October 13, 

 when the case will be argued. 



At the twentieth annual convention of the International 

 Association of Municipal Electricians held in Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, August 24 to 27, R. A. Smith, of Norfolk, Virginia, 

 read a paper on "The Advisability of Using Concentric Wir- 

 ing in this Country." An extended discussion on this subject 

 followed. 



George A. Hasson & Co.. a new tire concern at Columbus. 

 Ohio, act as agent for the Chester and Traveler lines of tires 

 and tubes. 



The Chester Rubber Tire & Tube Co., Chester, West Virginia, 

 a subsidiary of the New York firm, is extending its plant so as 

 to increase its capacity about eight times. 



D. L. Davis Co.. Fort Madison, Iowa, is planning to erect a 

 large factory building for the manufacture of a tire inflator. 



The McClurg Rubber Co. has been organized to take over the 

 business of the S. & M. Rubber Co., of Coshocton, Ohio, its 

 stockholders having exchanged their stock from the old com- 

 pany to the new, all unpaid stock in the old concern having been 

 canceled by the courts. The reorganized company assumes all 

 outstanding obligations. Machinery is now being installed for 

 the manufacture of tires. 



The Federal Rubber Manufacturing Co., Cudahy, Wisconsin, 

 has erected a five-story addition to its plant, covering 50,000 

 square feet of space. The new building will be used chiefly ft>r 

 the manufacture of automobile casings. 



The New York Electrical Show, ninth annual exposition, will 

 be held at the Grand Central Palace, New York City, Octo- 

 ber 6-16. 



KUBBEH CLUB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 



The meeting of the Executive Committee of the Rubber Club 

 was held at the Union League Club, New York, on September 16, 

 1915, George B. Hodgman presiding. The resignation of Fran- 

 cis R. Peabody of Akron, Ohio, was accepted, and Jesse E. 

 LaDow, secretary of the Mansfield Tire & Rubber Co., Mans- 

 field, Ohio, was elected a member of the legislative committee, 

 vice Eugene H. Clapp, Boston, resigned. 



The following new Firm Members were elected: Brighton 

 Mills, Passaic, New Jersey, representative, Thomas M. Gardner 

 and Fred Stern & Co., 44 Whitehall street, New York, Fred 

 Stern, representative. The following Associate Members were 

 also elected: Geo. W. Sherman, of The B. F. Goodrich Co., 

 Akron, Ohio; J. William Fellows, of the Boston Woven Hose & 

 Rubber Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts; Francis S. Dane. Hood 

 Rubber Co., Watertown, Massachusetts; Homer J. Killion, Kill- 

 ion Rubber Co., Dorchester, Massachusetts ; Harry A. MacKusick, 

 Philadelphia Rubber Works Co., Philadelphia; Ernest C. Clark, 

 Clark Rubber Co., Franklin, Massachusetts. 



The Executive Committee would be glad if out-of-town mem- 

 bers as well as those resident in New York would make use of 

 the club's commodious rooms at 17 Battery Place. Telephone 

 service, stenographic assistance, and other general office con- 

 veniences will be furnished free to all members. 



RUBBER CLUB DINNER TO BE HELD JANUARY 28. 



The annual dinner of the Rubber Club of America will be 

 held on the 28th of next January, at seven p. m., in the .-^stor 

 Gallery and Myrtle Room of the Waldorf-Astoria, New York. 

 The meeting of the Executive Committee and Board of Di- 

 rectors of the club, as well as of the Executive Committee of the 

 Mechanical Rubber Goods Manufacturers' Division and the Rub- 

 ber Sundries Manufacturers' Division, will be held at four p. m. 

 on the same day. at the same hotel. 



AS TO SHIPPING TIRES TO HOLLAND. 



The secretary of the Rubber Club sent out. September 21, a 

 communication to rubber manufacturers regarding a rather pecu- 

 liar situation that has arisen in the export trade to Holland. The 

 Holland-American Steamship Line, according to this communi- 

 cation, has informed forwarding agents that it would receive 

 goods, including rubber— as for instance, automobiles with tires— 

 for direct shipment to Holland in case they were assigned to the 

 Netherlands Oversea Trust, this corporation having entered into 

 an agreement with the British authorities. 



But it appears that this agreement covers general contraband 

 goods and does not refer to the export of rubber goods, which 

 m.ust be governed altogether by the agreement made between 

 American manufacturers and the British government. The secre- 

 tary closes his communication as follows : 



"In view of the attitude of some forwarding agents and some 

 steamship lines, we can only again warn manufacturers to exer- 

 cise extraordinary caution over their export shipments and not 

 let any products for export go out of their factories without posi- 

 tive knowledge that they will be handled in accorda- '''- ''" 



bonds and guarantees." 



ith the 



ICELAND AND THE AZORES CLASSED WITH EUROPEAN NEUTRALS. 



The following communication referring to Denmark, the .\zores, 

 and the Canary Islands, was sent to rubber manufacturers by the 

 secretary of the Rubber Club, September 21 : 



"The British Government has ruled that Iceland, belonging to 

 Denmark, the Azores Islands, belonging to Portugal, and the 

 Canary Islands, belonging to Spain, are to be classed as neutral 

 European territory when making shipments of manufactured 

 rubber goods. Goods consigned to these islands by signers of the 

 British rubber guarantee should he shipped by way of the United 

 Kingdom and license obtained for re-shipment therefrom." 



Verv truly yours. H. S. Vorhis, Secretary. 



