March 1, 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



343 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



THE FISK RUBBER CO. CONFERENCE. 



A FOUR-DAY conference of district and branch man- 

 agers of The Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Massa- 

 chusetts, held during the past month, was not only the 

 first gathering of all the executive heads of this company, but 

 also in the nature of a dedication of the enlarged model in- 

 dustrial plant which houses the manufacturing and adminis- 

 trative departments. 



Vice-President E. H. Broadwell welcomed the delegates 

 at the factory, and during the session addresses were made 

 by the following department heads: F. H. Ayers, sales man- 

 ager; J. D. Anderson, factory manager; E. M. Bogardus, 

 comptroller; George L. Sullivan, advertising manager; Charles 

 H. Gage, of the sales department; Leon H. Southmayd, in 

 charge of the bicycle tires and tire sundries department; 

 George B. Hendrick, publicity manager; W. B. Keiser, credit 

 manager; R. B. McGaw, assistant treasurer; W. H. Bogardus, 



per cent on common stock was declared payable March 31 to 



stockholders of record March IS. 



NEW YORK RUBBER CO. 



At a stockholders' meeting of the New York Rubber Co., New 

 York City, held on January 30, the following trustees were 

 elected for the ensuing year : John Acken, Rufus A. Brown, 

 William H. L. Lee, E. S. Woodward, Henry Montgomery, H. F. 

 Hering and George Langdon. At a meeting of the trustees on 

 the same date, officers were reelected as follows : John Acken, 

 president and treasurer; Henry Montgomery, vice-president and 

 secretary; H. F. Hering, second vice-president. 



H. MUEHLSTEIN & CO.'S NEW PLANT. 



The general offices of H. Muehlstein & Co., scrap rubber mer- 

 chants, have been removed from Washington and Hubert streets 



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H. Muehlstein & Co.'s Pi..\xt, New Vohk City. 



manager of the branch auditing department; C^ L Bradley, 

 manager of the service department; William J. Lambe, De- 

 troit district manager, and John B. Maus, export manager. 



Meetings were held at the plant, but the visitors' headquar- 

 ters were at the Hotel Kimball, Springfield, Massachusetts, 

 where a banquet concluded the conference. 



PENNSYLVANIA RUBBER CO. MEETING. 



At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Pennsylvania 

 Rubber Co., Inc., held at Jeannette, Pennsylvania, Monday, Febru- 

 ary 19, the following directors and officers were elected for the 

 ensuing year: Herbert DuPuy, chairman; H. Wilfred DuPuy, 

 president-treasurer; Chas. M. DuPuy, vice-president; Seneca G. 

 Lewis, general manager ; Geo. W. Shiveley, secretary ; Chas. 

 G. Morrill, assistant treasurer. 



The five first named and G. A. McLaughlin compose the di- 

 rectorate. 



A quarterly dividend of 1% per cent on preferred and V/2 



to Tliird avenue, at One Hundred and Thirty-third street and 

 the Harlem River, where they have a large and finely equipped 

 establishment devoted exclusively to scrap rubber and rubber 

 waste. The plant consists of three connecting buildings, each 

 five stories and basement, with an aggregate floor space of 100,000 

 square feet, in addition to considerable yard space, and the 

 property affords exceptional rail and water shipping facilities. 

 Included in the special equipment provided for operating the 

 plant are three large elevators, 10 Minnich steel presses and 

 several 7-ton Hurlburt motor trucks. 



BOSTON BANK ESTABLISHES ARGENTINE BRANCH. 



The First National Bank of Boston will shortly open a branch 

 at Buenos Aires, under the managership of Noel F. Tribe, a 

 banker of experience who has resided in .\rgentina for over 20 

 years. This extension of the bank's activities will be appreciated 

 by mercltants and manufacturers interested in trade with this 

 prosperous South American republic. 



