September 1, 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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NEW OFFICERS FOR WESTINGHOUSE. 



The board of directors of the Westinghouse Electric & Manu- 

 facturing Co., East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, recently elected 

 officers for the ensuing year as follows : 



Guy E. Tripp, chairman of board ; E. M. Herr, president ; L. 

 A. Osborne, Charles A. Terry, H. P. Davis, H. D. Shute, H. T. 

 Herr, Walter Cary, vice-presidents ; T. P. Gaylord, acting vice- 

 president ; James C. Bennett, comptroller and secretary; Warren 

 H. Jones, assistant secretary; H. F. Baetz, treasurer and assistant 

 secretary; S. H. Anderson, assistant treasurer and assistant sec- 

 retary ; L. W. Lyons, assistant treasurer ; F. E. Craig, auditor ; 

 W. B. Covil, Jr., and Wm. J. Patterson, assistant auditors. 



In addition to its regular dividends, on July 31 the Westing- 

 house company paid a special Red Cross dividend of 25 cents per 

 share on all capital stock outstanding, both preferred and common. 



STUMGO-EADirM RUBBER CO. WILL OPERATE SOON. 



As a result of action taken by a dissatislied stockholder the 

 affairs of the Stungo-Radium Rubber Co., Washington, Penn- 

 sylvania, were placed in the hands of a temporary receiver on 

 July 20. After a four days' hearing, beginning July 24, before 

 Judge Irwin, of Washington County, however, the receivership 

 was dismissed, it having been shown that the affairs of the com- 

 pany are in excellent condition, but that the inabihty of one 

 stockholder absolutely to dominate the policy of the company had 

 been the cause of some internal dissension which had been nearly 

 eliminated. 



The company has available assets in plant, cash and accounts 

 receivable exceeding $500,000, and liabilities of less than $75,000, 

 of which $50,000 is a mortgage on which no payments are re- 

 quired until 1920. A large portion of the machinery is already 

 in the plant, the first unit of which will be in operation about 

 November 1, with a capacity of 500 tires daily. Equipment for a 

 second unif of the same size is already being manufactured, as 

 the company now has sufficient orders for operation at full ca- 

 pacity for more than a year. 



The officers of the company are : Floyd Rose, president ; R. 

 P. McDonald, secretary and treasurer; Floyd Rose, Bert S. 

 Shafer, John W. Rinehart, R. P. McDonald and Joseph Stungo, 

 directors. The first three directors named comprise the execu- 

 tive committee now in control of the company's effairs. 



MADERO SUED FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT. 



A suit has been filed in the Federal Court, San Antonio, 

 Texas, against Salvador Madero and others, by Ferdinand 

 Ephraim, of San Francisco, California, for damages due because 

 of infringement of Mexican Patent No. 4,079, granted Ephraim 

 October 29, 1904, for a process of extracting gum or rubber from 

 any rubber-bearing plant or shrub. This suit was filed in Texas 

 because the courts of Mexico are closed, and Madero is a resi- 

 dent of San Antonio. The plaintiff claims that for a number of 

 years past Compania Explotadora Coahuilenese, Compania de 

 Hule ."VustraHa and Compania de Las Delicias have been and 

 now are corporations foreign to the United States of America, 

 namely, corporations organized and existing under and by virtue 

 of the laws of Mexico ; that Salvador Madero, Francisco Del 

 Hoyo and Antonio Villalbo, Sr., are associated as copartners 

 under the name of Salvador Madero & Co., and that Salvador 

 Madero is the general manager or agent of these corporations. 

 The claim is made that these firms have, without consent of the 

 patentee, used this patent in the production of upwards of 

 30,000,000 pounds of rubber from the guayule shrub, and have 

 received from the sales of this rubber, principally in the United 

 States, a sum exceeding $8,000,000. Plaintiff asks judgment for 

 that amount, besides costs of suit, counsel fees, etc. 



The result of this suit will be awaited with interest liy the 

 rubber trade of this country and Europe. 



PENNSYLVANIA RUBBER CO. INSURES EMPLOYES. 



The Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette, Pennsylvania, has 

 arranged for the life insurance of its men and women employes, 

 on a graduated scale, depending on the length of employment. 

 The payments of the premiums are made by the company. Those 

 who have been employed one full year or less, are insured for 

 $300; two full years or over, $500; and for each full year over 

 two, an increase of $100 annually until the maximum of $1,000 

 is reached, these sums payable to the beneficiaries, at the death of 

 the employes thus insured. 



NEW TIRE VALVE PATENT. 



On May 15, 1917, patent No. 1,226,608, for Tire Valve, was 

 issued to the Scoville Manufacturing Co., assignor of John 

 Lines, of Waterbury, Connecticut. The application for this 

 patent was filed in the Patent Office on October 18, 1897, 

 but through an unusual situation in the Patent Office was 

 not issued until May 15 of the present year. The owners of 

 the patent, the Scoville Manufacturing Co., and A. Schrader's 

 Son, Inc., who are licensees under the patent, were apparently 

 under the belief that the patent had been actually issued, 

 until upon investigation it was found that the issue had not 

 taken place. This unusual situation apparently occurred 

 through no fault of the Scoville company or its licensee, and 

 upon the facts being presented to the Patent Office the patent 

 was duly and legally issued. 



THE EAGLE RUBBER CO. EXPANDS. 



The new factory building of the Eagle Rubber Co., Ashland, 

 Ohio, shown herewith in a bird's-eye view, is constructed mainly 

 of brick and steel, with a floor space of approximately 25,000 

 square feet and track frontage of 146 feet. It will be ready for 

 occupancy October 1. Toy balloons are the principal product 



of the Eagle company and this addition to its plant will allow 

 for an output of 200.000 of these balloons per day, permitting 

 as well the manufacture of various other items contemplated for 

 the near future. 



STANDARD MALKONITE. 



Standard Malkonite is a new product that is recommended by 

 the Standard Malkonite Co., Arrott Building, Pittsburgh, Penn- 

 sylvania, for a variety of purposes. It may be used in the manu- 

 facture of puncture-proof tires for automobiles, motor-cycles 

 and bicycles. It is said to be adaptable as an insulator for elec- 

 tric wires, conduit tubing, switch-boards, signal insulations, and 

 battery jars. Also it is claimed to be an available material for 

 typewriter platens, ten pin balls, acid proof jars, soles and heels. 



