THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January 1, 1916. 



THE PANTHER RUBBER MANUFACTURING CO. 



IN iyU9. iiauk Uereiijtcin and .Miah Marcus, formerly of the 

 * sales force of the Foster Rubber Co., Boston, Massachusetts, 

 at the suggestion of some of their customers, started, at Trenton, 

 New Jersey, the manufacture of rubber heels, under the trade 

 name of "Panther." Soon afterward, William Bernstein was 

 admitted to the business, which was ultimately incorporated as 

 The Panther Rubber Manufacturing Co., with Frank Berenstein 

 as president; Miah Marcus, vice-president. aM<l William Bern- 

 stein, treasurer — offices they still retain. 



The company prospered from the start, and by 1912 the demand 

 for its product had assumed such proportions that its accommo- 

 tions were inadequate and it eventually located in the plant at 

 Stoughton, Massachusetts, which the Plymouth Rubber Co. had 

 shortly before vacated. Since 

 the removal to Stoughton. the 

 company's business has contin- 

 ued to expand, the original 75 

 hands, with four in the office, 

 having been increased to a 

 working force of about 200, 

 and it requires an office force 

 of 12 to handle the business. 

 Several large additions have 

 also been made to the plant, in 

 spite of which, night and day 

 work has been necessary to 

 keep up with the orders. .\ 



new power plant was added. ^Tq 



but only recently a new engine 

 had to be installed, with new machinery, tliat more than dnubled 

 the output, which now amounts to 2,000 to 3.000 pairs of heels 

 per day. 



The demand for the company's goods in Canada showing a 

 consistent development, it was determined to manufacture in that 

 country, and in 1914 a plant was established at Sherbrooke. Que- 

 bec. Canada, which now supplies the Canadian trade with the 

 same goods that are made at Stoughton. 



The company manufactures Panther Tread, Indian. Elwell. 

 Surety and Yankee rubber heels, special heels for the shoe manu- 

 facturing trade, rubber soles, rubber soling and rubber molded 

 specialties, the goods being sold extensively by a staff of twelve 

 salesmen, throughout the United States, Canada. Cuba. Porto 

 Rico. Central and South America and the Far East. 



Ughton fact 



ANNUAL KEETING OF THE S. A. E. 



The Society of Automobile Engineers will hold their annual 

 meeting Jj^nuary 5 and 6. 1916, at the Engineering Societies 

 Building, 29 West Thirty-ninth street, New York. 



Members and guests, including ladies, are requested to reg- 

 ister promptly on arrival in the city. The registration bureau 

 will be open Wednesday and Thursday. Upon registration, 

 badges, programs and papers will be supplied. 



A session of the Standards Committee will be held in tlie 

 rooms of the Society, January 4, at 9:30 a. m. 



A Business and Standards Session of the Societv will be 

 held, January 5, at 9 :30 a. m. 



Professional sessions of the Society will be held. January 

 6, at 9:30 a. m. and 12:30 i: m. in the auditorium. The presi- 

 dent's address will be delivered at the beginning of the Thursday 

 morning session. 



The members will be glad to learn that the annual dinner 

 and entertainment will take the form of the gala occasions of 

 1913 and 1914. and will be held at the Hotel Plaza. Thursday, 

 January 6. at 8 p. m. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Nearpara Rubber Co.. Trenton, New Jersey, has recently 

 installed an up-to-date reclaiming equipment which is motor- 

 driven and includes a special drying process. The reclaimed 

 rubber turned out by this company contains a particularly high 

 per cent of rubber, and the product has become very popular 

 with rubber manufacturers. 



Charles E. Wood, 24 Stone street. New York, has appreciably 

 increased his office space and force. Mr. Wood, formerly 

 identified with the New York Commercial Co., has been uni- 

 formly successful since his retirement from that concern, and 

 among his many present activities is expert examining for a 

 number of manufacturers. 



The Continental Rubber Co., New York, has recently re- 

 moved its offices to the Equitable Building, 120 Broadway. This 

 company, which specializes in 

 guayule, was formerly located 

 at 17 Battery place. 



The Loewenthal Co., 37 West 

 Thirty-ninth street, New York, 

 will remove its offices to the 

 Brooklyn warehouse about 

 January 1. The object of com- 

 bining office and warehouse is 

 !lie promotion of the company's 

 >ervice to its customers, as 

 the increa-sed facilities for 

 liandling. buying and selling 

 will, in ihe opinion of the ex- 

 QpV- ecutives. greatly enhance the 



efficiency of "Loewenthal Co. 

 Ser\iL(." to its trade. The address is 747 Wythe avenue. 



1 he Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co., Beacon Falls, Con- 

 necticut, has extended its welfare work by buildmg a fully 

 CnUipped moving picture theater for its employees. 



The Omo Manufacturing Co., Middletown, Connecticut, 

 maker of dress shields, won suit brought in the Federal 

 court to restrain another manufacturer from using a similar 

 appearing trade-mark on the same sort of goods. The Omo 

 company's goods are marked "oMo." The other manufac- 

 turer used the mark "DMB." written in a way that, in the 

 opinion of the court, decidedly resembled the trade-mark of 

 the Omo company. 



At the meeting of stockholders of the Bucyrus Rubber Co., 

 held at Bucyrus, Ohio, December 9, the following officers and 

 directors were elected: P. J. Carroll, president; George Donnen- 

 wirth, vice-president ; .\nson B. McVay, secretary ; W. A. Blicke, 

 treasurer; Col. C. W. Fisher. A. G. Stoltz, H. A. Paxton. M. R. 

 Lewis, Jacob Colter. 



The General Electric Co., Schenectady, New York, is erecting 

 a one-story factory addition. 60 x 208 feet, which will cost $25,000. 

 C. F. Hulth is superintendent of buildings. 



A Schrader's Sons, Inc., Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 

 has recently added a seven-story building, which adjoins the 

 original factory. The entire plant is constructed of concrete 

 and is conspicuous among the modern factories of Brooklyn. 



The Laurel Co., operating at Garfield, New Jersey, has added 

 a line of plumbers' supplies and tubing to its general product of 

 molded goods and erasive rubbers. The general manager of 

 the Garfield company is George Dyer, Produce Exchange Annex, 

 New York. 



The plant of the S. & L. Rubber Co.. Chester, Pennsylvania, 

 has been sold for $34,825 to Clark W. Harrison, of the Bloom- 

 ingdale Rubber Co., Butler, New Jersey. 



As Akron manager for Charles T. Wilson Co., Inc., New 

 York, dealers in crude rubber, L. N. Le Pan has succeeded 

 Henrv Perlish. 



