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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April 1, 1917. 



TRADE NOTES. 



Tlie capital stock of tlic Ohio Rubber Co., Cleveland. Ohio, 

 has been increased from $300,000 to $4<^)0,000, to care for a grow- 

 ing volume of business. This company also operates branches 

 at Cincinnati, Ohio, and Detroit, Michigan. 



Tlie Brighton Mills, manufacturer of cotton and special fabrics, 

 Passaic. Xew Jersey, has increased its capital stock from $3,000,- 

 000 to $4,500,000, $1,500,000 of this increase being in preferred 

 and $3,000,000 in. common stock. The company states that owing 

 to the enhanced value of raw- material and linished products, this 

 additional capital is needed to tinance the luisiness properly. 



The Oryden Rubber Co., Chicago, Illinois, has just completed 

 a large two-story addition of reinforced concrete construction 

 to care for the marked increase in its fiber sole and rubber heel 

 business. | 



At the recent annual meeting of the I. B. Kleinert Rubber Co., 

 New York City, officers were elected as follows : Victor Guinz- 

 burg, president: H. A. Guinzburg. vice-president and treasurer, 

 and A. B. Salinger, secretary. 



Alterations and improvements now in progress at the plant of 

 the Chicago Insulated Wire & Manufacturing Co., Sycamore, 

 Illinois, will cost approximately $75,000, and include many new 

 machines of special designs. 



The Dupont Fabrikoid Co., wdiich recently purcliased the plant 

 of the Fairfield Rubber Co., Fairfield, Connecticut, is erecting a 

 large addition to that plant. The enlargement is an extensive 

 one, and it is expected that it will not be completed for several 

 months. 



The New Jersey Zinc Co., Xew York City, has elected the 

 following directors: Charles \V. Cox, William P. Hardcnbergh, 

 August Hecksher, Thomas D. Jones, Edward S. Marston, Edgar 

 Palmer, John J. Riker, Edwin M. Squier and A. B. Schultz. 



The United States Rubber Co., New York City, will open two 

 new branches shortly. One, in Manila, Philippine Islands, will 

 be in charge of Charles E. Guest, formerly with the Mexican 

 branch of the business. This new office will handle a portion of 

 the Oriental trade of the company, hitherto under the direction 

 of the San Francisco, California, branch. The other branch, in 

 Australia, will be under the management of J. A. McKenzie. 



The Winnsboro Mills. Wmnsboro, South Carolina, formed last 

 summer under South Carolina laws to take over the Fairhaven 

 Mill of the Hampden Cotton Mills Co., has changed to a Massa- 

 chusetts corporation, increasing the capital stock to $900,000. On 

 February 1 work began on a large addition to the plant, and 

 when this is completed, probably about July 1, the product will 

 be changed from print cloths to novelty tire fabrics. Ten thous- 

 and new spindles will be installed, bringing the total up to 35.000. 

 Five hundred looms are now operated, and this number will be 

 increased, although to what extent is not known at this time. 

 J. Pennington Gardiner, 60 Federal street, Boston. Massachusetts 

 is the purchasing agent for the company, which is under the man- 

 agement of Lockwood, Greene & Co. 



The board of directors of The Barrett Co., New York City, 

 has voted to increase the capital stock of the company from 

 $20,000,000 to $37,500,000. such stock when increased to con- 

 sist of $25.0f)O,000 of common stock divided into 250,000 shares 

 and $12,500,000 of preferred stock divided into 125.000 shares 

 of the par value of $100 each. 



J. Early Wood, Inc.. manufacturer and exporter of chemicals, 

 New York City, has taken over the exclusive sales control of 

 the L. & R. Organic Products Co., Inc., of Elizabeth, New 

 Jersey, which manufactures nigrosine. The Wood company's 

 own line includes several shades of spirit, oil and water soluble 

 material in powder and crystals. 



The Ravenna Rubber Co., Ravenna. Ohio, has increased its 

 capital stock from $100,000 to $250,000. This additional capital 

 is needed to finarice the increased volume of business resulting 

 from the company's purchase of the entire druggists' sundries 



equipment of The Star Rubber Co. The officers and directors 

 of the Ravenna company are as follows: S. K. Elliott, presi- 

 dent and treasurer; R. W. Beebe, secretary; L. A. Ritzman, E. 

 H. Sniffin. K. M. Elliott and M. H. Beebe. .\n existing vacancy 

 in the directorate will be filled at tlie next meeting of the 

 company. 



The New York City sample room of the Davol Rubber Co., 

 Providence, Rhode Island, has been removed from 299 Broad- 

 vvay to 302 Broadway, where more commodious quarters and 

 better facilities for display are afforded. 



The Rubber Waste Co., New York City, will be located tem- 

 porarily at 247 East One Hundred and Thirty-seventh street, 

 peiuting the completion of its new office and warehouse at Lin- 

 coln avenue and One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street. 



The Seamless Rubber Co., New Haven, Connecticut, has been 

 placed in the hands of a receiver, Vernal W. Bates, on an applica- 

 tion in which 97 per cent of the creditors joined. 



Lockwood, Greene & Co., Boston, Massachusetts, announce the 

 resignation of P. T. Jackson, Jr., as an officer of the Bay State 

 Cotton Corp., Lowell, Massachusetts, and Boston Yarn Co., 

 Boston, Massachusetts, to associate himself with other interests, 

 and the appointment of Allan B. Grccnough as treasurer of the 

 Bay State Cotton Corp. and president of the Boston Yam Co. 



The Passaic Cotton Mills, Passaic, New Jersey, has acquired 

 the remaining cotton mills of the New England Cotton Yarn 

 Co., at New Bedford, Massachusetts. They are equipped with 

 36,000 spindles for the manufacture of tire fabrics. The plant 

 will be operated under the name of the New Bedford Spinning 

 Co.. recently incorporated under Massachusetts laws with a 

 capital of $200,000. 



RUBBER TRADE INQUIRIES. 



'T'lIE inquiries that follow have already been answered; never- 

 theless they arc of interest, not only in showing the needs 

 of the trade, but because of the possibility that additional infor- 

 mation may be furnished by those zvho read them. The editor 

 is therefore glad to have those interested communicate with him. 



[286.] A correspondent wishes to be placed in touch with 

 manufacturers of a magnetic separating machine for separating 

 rubber from wire. 



[287.] A complete estimate is desired of machinery needed for 

 the manufacturing of rubber heels, soles and similar goods, based 

 on using guayule rubber. 



[288.] A Japanese company desires to import reclaimed rub- 

 ber, substitutes, and chemicals for rubber manufacturing ; and is 

 also in the market for tire machinery and machinery for proofing 

 fabrics. 



[289.] A consumer desires to place an order for red atomizer 

 bulbs. 



[290.] Names of makers of golf-ball machinery are requested. 



TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FROM CONSULAR REPORTS. 



A firm in Switzerland is in the market for india rubber cloth 

 for printers. Report No. 23,870. 



A shoe dealer in Spain wishes to purchase rubber soles and 

 heels. Report No. 23,878. 



Representation of .American manufacturers and exporters of 

 druggists' sundries is sought by a firm in Colombia. Report No. 

 23.971. 



Catalogs and full information from American manufacturers of 

 rubber raincoats are desired by a firm in Java. Report No. 2-1.003 



An agency is desired in Spain for boxes of rubber type, rub- 

 ber stamps, etc. Report No. 24,040. 



.\n applicant in the West Indies desires to be placed in com- 

 munication with American manufacturers of elastic webbing. Re- 

 port No. 24.043. 



