September 1. 1 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



665 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



CANADIAN CONSOLIDATED COMPANY WINS SUIT AGAINST RAILROAD. 



A SUIT in a New York court brought by the Canadian Con- 

 lidati Ru iber I .... Limited, of Montreal, Quebec, against 

 tin- New Vi rk Central railroad, to 70 for loss 



of raw rubber in transit, lias been decided in favor of the 

 plaintiff, the court holding that the defendant as a con 

 carrier was liable for the loss unless it could prove that this 

 was the result of fortuitous event or irresistible force, or a 

 in the rubber itself, and that the defendant had failed 

 ake such proof. The railroad company had denied both 

 the shortage and the liability. 



THE MARKS RECLAIMING PATENT UPHELD IN NEW YORK. 



In the suit brought by the Philadelphia Rubber Works Co., 

 of Philadelphia, against the U. S. Rubber Reclaiming Co., 

 hi. . of Buffalo. Judge Hazel, sitting in the United States 

 District Court for the Western District of New York, has 

 decided in favor of the complainant, with costs. The suit 

 was tor an injunction and accounting, and alleged infringe- 

 ment of patent No. 6.35,141, October 17, 1899, to Arthur II 

 Mark- and assigned to the complainant, for a process of re- 

 claiming rubber from vulcanized rubber waste. 



Judge lia/el from the evidence presented holds that the 

 has the merit of accomplishing a new result by 

 the application of a new process to the reclamation of rubber 

 waste and that as the defendant appropriated the essential 

 features of the process, thereby achieving the same results. 

 he must be held t" have unlawfully appropriated the process. 



It will be recalled that the opposite view was held by Judge 

 Clarke in the Northern District of Ohio. Eastern Division, 

 wherein he held invalid the same patent in suit, for want of 

 Ity and invention. 



RUBBER COMPANY SHARE QUOTATIONS. 



The following market quotations i I thi I ires oi rubber manu- 

 facturing companies on August 25 last are furnished by John 

 Burnham & Co., 31 Nassau street, New York, and 41 South La 

 Salle street, Chicago: 



Bid 



Ajax-Grieb Rubb i 300 



1 i 



1 .' 525 530 



Rubbei Co., pre! red Ill . 



i I 61 Y* 62}$ 



1 107 109 



rire & Rubbei I >., 270 274 



Goodyear Tir ,v I ' Co., preferred 10SJX 110 



Kelly S I Tire Co., < ommon 175 182 



85 86 



Kelt) S Co., 2d ' !75 185 



R I i., common 190 194 



Mill, r Rubber Co., preferred 10755 



Portage Rul>i I immon 46 48 



ige Rubber I 93 94 



Rubber Goods Manufacturing i 



Swinehart Tire & Rubber Co 88 90 



United States Rubber Co., common 51 53 



United States Rubber Co., first preferred 104 106 



RUBBER COMPANY DIVIDEND. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co.. of Akron. ( >hio. has declared a divi- 

 dend of 1m per cent, on the preferred capital stock of the 

 tny, payable October 1 to stockholders of record on Sep- 

 tember 20. 



VULCANIZED PRODUCTS CO. TO MAKE TIRES. 



The Vulcanized Products Co., of Muskegon. Michigan, which 

 in the past has confined its activities to the production of elec- 

 trical and mechanical goods and tire accessories, is adding a new 

 factory building for the manufacture of automobile tires and 

 tubes. This will probably be ready for operation early in Octo- 

 ber, will have a capacity of about 200 tires and tubes daily and 

 will provide employment for about 50 operatives. 



INTERNATIONAL STAMP MAKERS' CONVENTION. 



Intern, itii .u. il Stamp Manufacturers' Association held 

 n- fourth annual i Inly 14-16 at Portland, Oregon, 



with headquarters at the Multnomah hotel. Owing to ill- 

 ident, ( harles Everson, of New York, was un- 

 able to be present, and M. L. Willard, uperior Rubber 

 type Co., Chicago, presided in his stead, The meeting was 

 cessful one, both from point of attendance and general 

 interest. Resolutions of regret at the absence of the Asso- 

 nt were adopted and a copy sent to Mr. Ever- 

 New officers were elected for the coming year, the 

 president being E. J. McArdle, of Omaha, Nebraska; treas- 

 urer, A. Woodruff, Vuburn, New York; vice-presidents, E. 

 M. lilden, Washington, D. I .; E. T. Rinehart, Los Angeles, 

 California; F. 11. Bronner, Portland, Oregon, and B. B. 

 ' airnes, Toronto, Ontario. A proposal that the next con. 

 vention be held at Chicago met with approval, and a motion 

 ti > thai effei 1 W as carried. 



RUBBER COMPANIES AFFECTED BY STRIKES. 



Vmong the rbbber companies affected by recent strikes among 

 the workers are two in Bridgeport, Connecticut— the Canfield 



Rubber Co. and the Siemon Hard Rubber Corporation. At the 

 former plant rei I the worker.' demands for shorter hours 

 and increased pay resulted in a strike of about 260 operatives on 

 Vugust 2.5 and 24. The president of the Siemon Hard Rubber 

 Corporation, Carl F. Siemon. i- q\ -tating that the de- 



mands of 200 employees on strike for abolition of piece work 

 and substitution of a flat wage scale at the plant of that i 

 pany will not be granted. 



FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS. 



A tire of mysterious origin occured at the plant of the 

 National Conduit & I 1. I .... at Hastings. New York, Au- 

 gust 17. but was extinguished with damage amounting to only 

 a few hundred dollars This company employs about 3,00*0 

 "ten and 1 irning out large orders for ship- 



ment to the allied and neutral European countries. 



\t the Turtle < reek plant of the Westinghouse Electric 

 Co., which has been running to capacity on army orders, an 

 explosion on August 13 — following the receipt by a Pitts- 

 burgh paper of a letter stating that the plant was to be 

 blown up — killed two men and injured 6 others, in addition 

 to the damage done to the plant. 



ASBESTOS PRODUCTION. 



The asbestos production of the United States in 1914 showed an 

 increase of 13 per cent, over that of the previous year, reaching 

 1.247 short tons, valued at $18565. This is a 72 per cent, in- 

 crease in value as compared with tite 1913 production, one of 

 the most notable features of the industry being the development 

 of a new neld in Arizona which produces a higher grade of as- 

 >s than any hitherto found in this country. 



A compart} is being organized in Oakland. California, with 

 L. V. Stevens, a mining engineer, at its head, to operate an 

 asbestos plant in that city. This organization is said to be the 

 result of a discovery of asbestos in Trinity county, in the north- 

 ern part of the stati 



Valuable deposits of asbestos of good quality have recently 

 been found in western China, near the city of Pachow. 



Should be on every rubber man's desk — Crude Rubber and 

 Compounding Ingredients; Rubber Country of the Amazon; 

 Rubber Trade Directory of the World. 



