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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October 1, 1914 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



rhe selection of a date for the sale oi the Walpole Tire & 

 Rubber Co., of Walpole, Massachusetts, has been postponed until 

 October IS, although the matter ma) be brought up before that 

 time by any interested part) on service of a week's notice. 



It is underst I thai plans have been proposed -and a stock- 

 holders' meeting called for their consideration— for taking this 

 company out of the receivers' hands and placing it under the 

 management of new directors. Under such a reorganization 

 the board of dit composed of John II MacAl- 



man (president), Fayette S. Curtis (first vice-president), George 

 E. Keith (second vice-president), Charles 11. Keith (treasurer), 

 Franklin 11. Downs, John S. Rand and Elisha B. Powell — all, 

 with the exception of Mr. Powell, who is an attornej of Oswego, 

 New ing prominent Massachusetts business men. 



An endurance test in which twenty-four motor trucks of vari- 

 nakes took part was recentlj held in California oxer an ex- 

 tremely rough 200-mile course, starting and ending at Los Angeles 

 and leading through Riverside, Redlands and San Bernardino. 

 I hi best record was made by a 1,500-pound Menominee truck, 

 equipped with Firestone tires. 



According to statistics filed in the office of the I'.oard of As- 

 sessors for Chicopee, Massachusetts, the Fisk Rubber Co. will 

 pay this year taxes amounting to $16,066, the third in size of the 

 city's assessments on manufacturing or business concerns. 



Owing to the war in Europe and to the fact that many 

 members of the Society would probably neither care to attend 

 nor be welcome in Canada at this time, the American Chem- 

 ical Society decided not to hold its annual meeting at Mont- 

 real during September, as had been planned. The annual 

 meeting for 1915 is scheduled for April 1 to 3, at New Orleans. 



An inflated tire tube recently saved the life of a young 

 woman, who, while bathing in a New Jersey lake, got in be- 

 yond her depth and, being unable to swim, had sunk for the 

 second time when her companion pushed the inflated tube out 

 within her reach and so assisted her to safety. 



The Carriage Builders' National Association is holding its 

 forty-second annual convention at Atlantic City, from Sep- 

 tember 26 to October 2. Among those taking part in the 

 exhibition at the Million-Dollar I'ier. held in connection with 

 this convention, are the Firestone, Goodyear and Kelly- 

 Springfield companies, exhibiting tires, and the F. S. Carr 

 Co., the L. C. Chase Co. and the Fairfield Rubber Co. show- 

 ing artificial leather. 



During the year 1912 there were 20,248,326 miles of wire 

 in use in the telephone lines of the United States — a gain of 

 15,347,875 miles over the quantity in use ten years ago. 



The desirability of wearing rubber gloves while engaged in 

 certain electrical work is very strongly impressed upon work- 

 men in rules for men engaged in electrical work recently 

 submitted at a convention of southern electrical associations; 

 while those operating switchboard- are just as strongly urged 

 to always stand on a rubber mat. 



A canvass of the automobile industry by the National Auto- 

 mobile Chamber of Commerce -bows a quick recovery from the 

 effects of the war, shipments of 6,870 carloads having been made 

 durii: t; and it is believed that the fall trade will very 



nearly reach previous expectations. 



Protests have been entered by various ambassadors against the 

 export of American automobiles to the warring nations, and 

 there seems to be some intention of classing such shipments as 

 "munitions of war and supplies." 



Statistics show about one automobile for every two miles of 

 country road in the United States. 



DATES OF THE AUTOMOBILE SHOWS. 



The Electrical Vehicle Show will be held in the Grand 

 i entral Palace, New York, from October 7 to 17. 



The National Automobile Show, promoted by the National 

 Automobile Chamber of Commerce, will be held in the Grand 

 I Palace, New York, January 1 to 9. 



The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce will also 

 promote a National Automobile Show to be held in the 

 i oliseum and First Regiment Armory, Chicago, January 23 

 to 30 I hi hows under the auspices of the National Chamber 

 are to be imitation affairs, only such motor car and accessor) 

 manufacturers as are members of the Chamber, and to the 

 number that can be properly cared for, being invited to 

 exhibit. 



The Automobile Dealers' Association of Pittsburgh is pro- 

 moting an automobile show to be held October 17 to 24. 



At San Francisco the Panama-Pacific Exposition Co. is 

 promoting the following race-,, to be held at the exposition 

 grounds: Vanderbilt Cup Race, February 22; Grand Prize 

 Race, March 7; Panama Pacific Cup Race, March 14. 



KEATON TAXEN OVER BY IKE COMBINATION. 



The Combination Rubber Manufacturing Co., with factory and 

 general offices at Bloomfield, New Jersey, and a tire department 

 branch at 1790 Broadway, New York, has taken over and will 

 continue the business of The Keaton Tire & Rubber Co., which 

 manufactured special brand tires and tubes for a number of the 

 large tire jobbing concerns. Mr. H. A. Forbes, former general 

 manager of the Keaton company, is manager, and Mr. Frank C. 

 Braden, sales manager of the tire department of the new con- 

 cern. 



A FAMILY HEIRLOOM CARRIED IN A RUBBER HEEL. 



A lucky turn of events in which a rubber heel and an honest 

 bootblack each played a part recently restored to a certain 

 fortunate young woman a jewel of much beauty and great value, 

 highly prized as an heirloom, which she had lost en route from 

 Europe to New N ork on board the "Imperator." A thorough 

 search failed to disclose the whereabouts of the lost jewel — a 

 large pigeon-blood ruby — and it was not until after arrival in 

 New York, when a bootblack of the Hotel Astor was polishing 

 the shoes of the young woman's father, that the discovery was 

 made. The ruby had become lodged in the rubber heel, in a re- 

 cess formed to receive a nail for attaching the heel to the shoe. 



TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FROM CONSULAR REPORTS. 



A firm in Spain desires to represent American houses dealing 

 in crude and manufactured rubber of all kinds. Correspondenci 

 and catalogs should be in French and Spanish and metric units 

 should be used ; prices to be in gold pesetas (peseta equals 19.3 

 cents) f. o. b. any American seaport having direct connections. 

 Report No. 13,595. 



A business man in Oceania would be glad to receive catalogs 

 and price li-ts from American manufacturers of surgical elastic, 

 hosiery, abdominal belts, rubber gloves, etc. Report No. 13.678. 



A large engineering company in Great Britain desires to cor- 

 respond with manufacturers in a position to quote favorably on 

 armored cables for high and low tension service. Report No. 

 13,758. 



A dealer in Great Britain wishes correspondence with Amer- 

 ican manufacturer- of ducks, drills, sheetings, etc., with a view 

 to securing representation for that country. Report No. -13.779. 



A leading wholesale chemist and druggists' supply house in 

 Great Britain is reported in the market for a number of Amer- 

 ican sundries— vulcanite goods, douche fittings, syringes, surgical 

 rubber goods, atomizers, etc. Report No. 13,761. 



An import agent in Europe wishes to purchase, for cash, 

 rubber shoes, etc. Correspondence may be in either English 

 or Norwegian. Report No. 13,805. 



