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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[NOVKMBER 1, 1915 



THE HODGMAN NEW YORK OFFICE TO MOVE UPTOWN. 



The Hodgmaii Rubber Co., in selecting a location for its new- 

 New York City sales office, has followed the inarch of business 

 » northward. The place decided 



.^^<5JJ^j, on is the front part of the third 



^''^^X-?^^&si rtoor of the Munsey building, 8 



West Fortieth street, which is 

 one of the newest and most mod- 

 1^, ■ erii of the large office buildings 



recently erected in that section. 

 This location is very central, be- 

 ing convenient both to the New 

 York Central and Pennsylvania 

 Railroad stations and the hotel 

 district, and is easy of access to 

 out-of-town buyers. The Hodg- 

 nian company intends to main- 

 tain this new office — after re- 

 ts^E^ moval of the main office to 



^Jl^r- ■ Tuckahoe, New 



; ^. -' . ' .; 1 "; . \' o r k • — as a 



sales office only, 



but through 



direct wire 



connection with 



the factory and 



an auto truck 



^ „ service, deliver- 



VVi- ies to the New 



XL . Y o r k 1 o c a I 



^T- trade will be 



promptly made, 

 -rrcix -_ ,. „_anddirect 



'- -•^*^5^^B'"~ freight and ex- 

 'r:^^''^"" ^ '^ "^— ff^*, press shipments 

 -"""''^ ^*'"' to other parts 



of the country 

 will reach their destination witliout any appreciable loss of time. 

 The removal to these new quarters will be made soon after the 

 first of the new year. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS, WITH AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, ETC., 1915. 



Armstrong Rubber Co., Inc., The, October 6 (New York). 

 $200,000. George F. Armstrong, 40 East Newell avenue, 

 Rutherford, New Jersey; Socrates X. Newman, 172 Clay 

 avenue, Rochester, New York; Sadie Mallagh, 60 St. 

 Nicholas avenue, New York City. To manufacture tires 

 and rubber goods of all kinds. 



Auto Tire & Equipment Co., The, October 1 (South 

 Carolina), $5,000. W. K. McDowell, J. H. Young, W. Bur- 

 guson, Charleston, South Carolina. To deal in automobile 

 accessories, etc. 



Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co., September 25 (Massachu- 

 setts), $1,850,000. Louis Bacon, George B. Harris, 111 

 Devonshire street; Daniel E. Gray, 241 Congress street, 

 Boston, Massachusetts. To manufacture and deal in rub- 

 ber goods. 



Dirigo Rubber & Manufacturing Co., October 1 (Maine), 

 $50,000. Ernest C. Wallace, president; E. A. Willard, treas- 

 urer, and William H. Murray, clerk. Office. 415 Congress 

 street, Portland. Maine. All kinds of manufacture. 



Durable Rubber Co., Inc., October 4 (New York), $4,000. 

 David Auster, 895 East 172d street, Bron.x ; Moses Redler, 

 1570 Madison avenue. New York City, and Charles Baron, 

 9 Warren street, Newark, New Jersey. To manufacture 

 rubber goods. 



General Rubber Manufacturing Co., September 29 (Ohio), 

 $200,000. M. O'Neil, Patience J. O'Neil, P. F. O'Neil and 



Lucy A. Mahar. To manufacture and deal in rubber prod- 

 ucts. 



Gregory Rubber Co., The. October 18 (Ohio), $25,O0U. 

 Clyde F. Beery, T. M. Gregory, T. M. Gregory, Jr., Leona 

 Gregory, and Winifred Gregory. To manufacture rubber 

 novelties. 



Independent Rubber Works, Inc., September 29 (New- 

 York), $1,200. Samuel Gordon, 452 Kosciusko street; Mor- 

 ris Solomon, 2002 Douglas street; Jesse Germansky, 198 

 New Jersey avenue, Brooklyn, New York. Auto tires. 



Marion Tire & Rubber Co., The, October 19 (Ohio), 

 $250,000. D. M. Mason, M. B. Mason, Robert G. Berle- 

 kemp, W. E. Sexton and O. M. Mason. Office, Cleveland. 

 Ohio. To manufacture auto tires and rubber supplies. 



New Castle Rubber Co., of Illinois, October 6 (Illinois). 

 $10,000. Directors: L. W. Hottel, H. M. DeSilva and J. 

 S. Wilson. Office, 2724 Michigan avenue, Chicago, Illinois. 

 To deal in rubber goods. 



Pearce-Arrow Tire & Rubber Manufacturing Co.. October 

 1 (Delaware), $500,000. F. R. Hansell, Philadelphia, Penn- 

 sylvania; George H. B. Martin and S. C. Seymour, Camden. 

 New Jersey. Office, Guarantee & Trust Co., Ford Building, 

 Wilmington, Delaware. To manufacture and deal in auto- 

 mobiles and tires. 



Peters Company. Inc., October 5 (New York), $20,000. 

 Henry Trenchard. Jr., Harry E. Trenchard, 252 Ocean Park- 

 way, and Louis J. Peters, 664 10th street, Brooklyn, New- 

 York. To manufacture gummed products and materials. 



Fetters, Inc., O. H., October 6 (New York), $3,000. John 

 W. Suling, 107 West 111th street; Walter E. Wenzel, 122 

 Inihnn street; Levina Leitch. 226 West 123d street, New York 

 Cit\. Rubber stamps. 



Porter Rubber Co., September 13 (Ohio), $125,000. Joseph 

 C. Porter, A. H. Boyd, W. F. Church, C. F. Smith and L. 

 P. Met/.gar. To manufacture and deal in rubber products. 



Scott Pneumatic Action Co., Inc., The, October 6 (New 

 York), $10,000. Ray W. Scott, Harmon, New York; William 

 F. Braun, 16 Sherman place, Jersey City, New Jersey, and 

 George Becker, 934 Jackson avenue. New Y'ork City. To 

 manufacture player piano actions, etc. 



Sebring Tire & Rubber Co., The, September 15 (Ohio), 

 $200,000. John Hotchkiss, William F. Smith, C. B. Smith, 

 II. D. Weaver and W. B. Stevenson. To manufacture and 

 deal in mechanical rubber goods, etc. 



Self Vulcanizing Rubber Co., September 8 (New- Jersey), 

 $25,000. Albert Keedwell, Dodd street. East Orange; Adrian 

 Tichenor, Raymond street; Josiah Decker, ^lontclair, New 

 Jersey. To manufacture and deal in self-vulcanizing rubber. 



Twin City Cord Tire Co., The. September 16 (Minnesota'), 

 $50,000. Charles A. Ennis, Maurice .\. Hessian and C. L. 

 .\rcher. To manufacture automobile tires. 



THE BEACON FAILS COMPANY INCORPORATES IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



Tlie Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co. took out incorporation 

 papers in Massachusetts, September 25, with an authorized 

 capital stock of $1,650,000; $650,000 being 7 per cent, pre- 

 ferred stock, and $1,000,000 being common stock. The incor- 

 porators are Louis Bacon, George B. Harris and Daniel E. 

 Gray. The officers of the company are identical with the 

 officers of the old Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co., of Con- 

 necticut, viz.: Tracy S. Lewis, president and treasurer; A. 

 H. Dayton, vice-president; R. L. I'isher, assistant treasurer, 

 and Lewis C. Warner, secretary. 



A Boston brokerage house has been oflfering the company's 

 preferred stock at 105 and accrued dividend, at which figure 

 the yield is a little over 6^ per cent 



