I n >ir, !. 1915.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



203 



MECHANICAL RUBBER GOODS MANUFACTURERS' 

 ASSOCIATION BECOMES A DIVISION OF THE 

 RUBBER CLUB OF AMERICA. 



A T a meeting of the Mechanical Rubin i G 1- Manufac- 



*» turers' Association, held at the Union League Club, New 

 Vork, December 10, it was unanimously decided thai thej should 

 become a division of the Rubber Club of America. 



A dinnei preceded the business meeting, at which about 35 

 representative manufacturers .^at down to a tabic handsomely 

 rated with chrysanthemums and autumn loaves. At the 

 business meeting Mr. George B. Hodgman, president of the 

 Rubber ( lub of America, proposed them as a division of the 

 Club. 



He was followed b\ Mr. William T. Cole, of the Fabric Fire 

 Hose i o. and president of the association; Mr. George E. Hall, 

 of the Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co.; Mr. Howard E. Ray- 

 mond, of The I'.. 1'. Goodrich Co.; Mr. John I Voorhees, presi 

 dent "i tin Voorhees Rubber Manufacturing Co and secretary 

 and treasurer of the association, and Mr. S. D. Baldwin, pn 

 dent of the Cincinnati Rubber Manufacturing i o 



Upon motion of Mr. Raymond it was voted that the Mechani- 

 cal Rubber Goods Manufacturers' Associati lisband and that 



the membership be transferred to the Rubber Club of America. 

 with the recommendation that all firms in the mechanical branch 



of the rubber trade join this division. This was unanimously 

 passed Mr. William T. Cole was then elected chairman of this 

 division. 



President Hodgman has done notable work in merging this 

 association with the Rubber Club of America, as it will greatly 

 strengthen I - ,: oi ganizati* ms. 



Mr. Cole i- also just the man for the position oi division 

 chairman -he i> callable, energetic and popular. 



I [MS REPRESENTED AT THE BANQUET. 



The Acme Rubber Manufacturing Co.. Trenton. N. J. 



Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., Cambridgeport, Mass. 



Boston Belting Co., Boston, Mass. 



Beck, Win. & (has., Lawrence. Mass. 



Continental Rubber Works, Erie. Pa. 



Canfield Co., The H. ().. Bridgeport, Conn. 



Cincinnati Rubber Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



C. C C. Fire Hose & Rubber Co., Canton Junction, Mass. 



Callahan i b„ Cornelius. Boston, Mass 



Hick. R & J., Limited, Passaic. X. J. 



Empire Rubber &• Tire Co., Trenton. N. J. 



Essex Rubber Co., Trenton, N. J. 



Electric Hose & Rubber Co., Wilmington, Del 



Eureka Fire Hose Manufacturing Co., New York 



I abric hire Hosi Co., New Vork. 



G h ear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron. Ohio. 



Goodrich Co., The B. F., Akron, Ohio. 



Gutta Percha & Rubber Manufacturing Co., New York. 



Home Rubber Co., Trenton. N. J. 



Howe Rubber Co., New Brunswick, X. J. 



Keystone Rubber Manufacturing Co.. Erie, Pa. 



New Jersi I u Spring & Rubber Co., Jersey City, N. J. 



New York Rubber Co., Matteawan. N. Y. 



New York Belting & Packing Co., New York. 



Nn dii i '- -i i - ( o, Charles, Maiden, Mass 



Peerless Rubber Manufacturing Co., New York. 



Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeanette, Pa. 



Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown, Ohio. 



Rubber Stopple Co., Long Island City, N. if. 



Revere Rubber Co., Chelsea, Mass. 



Rubber Hood, Manufacturing Co.. New York. 



Thermoid Rubber Co., Trenton, X. J. 



United & Globe Rubber Manufacturing Cos., Trenton, N. J. 



Voorhees Rtibl i i Manufacturing Co., Jersey City, N. J. 



Whitehead Brothers Rubber Co.. Trenton. X. J. 



THE RUBBER CLUB RELIEE FUND FOR EUROPEAN WAR SUFFERERS. 



Contributions to the relief fund for the European war suffer- 

 ers, started by the Rubber Club of America, to the amount of 

 f2.603.50, had been received up to December 26. Donations of 

 $25 or more, in addition to those published in our issue of 

 December 1. are as follows: 



WII.KK VN RED CROSS. 



United States Rubber Co., New Vork $100 



American Hard Rubber Co., New York 50 



Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., Boston.... 25 



$175 



i.i i GIAN KKl.lll 11 M' 

 Rubber Sundries Manufacturers' Association (in 



lieu of llu ir annual dinner I $200 



Tver Rubber Co., Andover, Mass 100 



$300 



I he amount contributed to the Belgian Relief Fund has been 

 forwarded to the Belgian consul, Liverpool, Account No. 8, the 

 particular branch of this work in the interest of which Mil 

 Buckletoa, of the Northwestern Rubber Co., of Liverpool. .. 

 cently visited this Country. 



Besides the sums above noted and those ahead) published, 



$828.50 [las' been contributed in lieu of tickets for the sixteenth 



annual banquet which has been abandoned this Season. 



THE RUBBER TRADE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK HOLDS ANNUAL 



MEETING. 



The first annual meeting of the Rubber Trade Association oi 

 New York, an organization formed in October last by about 

 20 New York rubber importers, brokers and dealers in crude 

 rubber, and mentioned on pages 665 and 79 of the September and 

 November numbers of this publication, held its first annual meet- 

 ing on November 2, when a few changes were made in the board 

 of directors and committees. On the list of directors the name 

 of A. V. W. Tallman has been substituted for that of H. V 

 Astlett. The membership committee has been increased by two 

 additional members. Charles T. Wilson having resigned and the 

 names of W. G. Ryckman, L. W. Bayles and T. 11. Desmond 

 been added. 



The association reports rapid progress and encouraging sup- 

 port, its membership being about double that at time of organiza- 

 tion, with further applications before the committee, and many 

 manufacturers having expressed willingness to co-operate in any 

 way likely to benefit the trade. 



A fire has done $30,000 damage to the wool boot factory at 

 Hastings, Michigan, belonging to the United States Rubber Co. 

 It was started by friction in machincrv on an upper floor. 



A NEW RUBBER COMPANY AT BUCYRUS. 



The Bucyrus Rubber Co. has incorporated for the manufac- 

 ture of rubber goods and has secured a factory at Bucyrus. 

 Ohio. Thi- company has an authorized capital stock of $150,000. 

 in 6.000 .-.hares of $25 each. Morgan Howells, the general man- 

 ager — who is also vice-president and general manager of the 

 recentlj organized Penn Rubber Traffic Co.. and who claims re- 

 sponsibility for the organization of the Morgan & Marshall Rub- 

 ber & Tire Co. and the Chester Rubber & Tire Co. — states that 

 it is the hope of the company to be manufacturing on or about 

 March 1, the output to include tires and tubes, belting, hose 

 rubber, soles and heels. The old plant of the Bucyrus Steam 

 Shovel & Dredge Co. has been secured and will be equipped 

 for this line of manufacture. This property covers an area of 

 3 l /i acres, the buildings having a floor area of 47,715 square 

 feet. The officers and directors of the company are: Elmer E. 

 Gallup, president: Patrick J. Carroll, vice-president; Jay Tay- 

 lor, treasurer; George B. Smith, secretary; Morgan Howells. 

 general manager, and David C. Thornburg. The company also 

 has a Pittsburgh office, at Third avenue and Wood street, in 

 charge of G. B. Smith, general sales manager. 



