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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August i, 1903. 



Judge Vincent announces that the plant will be operated as it 

 has been in the past. 



Mr. Burton Foster StaufTer, foreman of the specialty depart- 

 ment of The B. F. Goodrich Co., and Miss Minnie Adele John- 

 son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Johnson of Akron, were 

 married on June 30. 



Word has been received here of the sudden death in Bridge- 

 port, Connecticut, of Mr. John H. Campbell, a former well 

 known lawyer of this city. Three of Mr. Campbell's sons are 

 connected with the rubber trade. Charles E. being secretary of 

 the Camp Rubber Co., of Ashland ; Harry E., superintendent 

 of the Republic Rubber Co., of Youngstown, and Arthur E., 

 with The B. F. Goodrich Co., of this city. Mr. Campbell died 

 of heart disease at the age of 54 years. 



The employes of The Whitman and Barnes Manufacturing 

 Co. held their annual outing on July 1 1 at Conneaut Lake, Pa., 

 and a large crowd enjoyed the many forms of amusement at 

 the lake. A special train carried the excursionists to and from 

 the lake. A program of athletic events added to the pleasures 

 of the day, one of the features being a ball game between the 

 shop teams, " Harmonics " and " PoDularics." 



W. L. Wild, of this city, secretary and treasurer of the India 

 Rubber Co., has spent a good deal of time lately in New Bruns- 

 wick, New Jersey, in connection with the plans of the Rubber 

 Goods Manufacturing Co. to open a factory at that place, as 

 reported in the last India Rubber World. It is expected 

 here that Mr. Wild will become secretary of the India Rubber 

 Co. of New Jersey, and A. L. Dickinson, assistant treasurer of 

 the local company, may assume a like position with the new. 

 The. local office will remain open for several months yet, as there 

 is a great deal of business to be taken care of before it is finally 

 closed. The employes in the factory here found no trouble, 

 after the fire, in obtaining employment in other factories. 

 Much of the machinery, which remained uninjured, has been 

 shipped to the Hartford factory of the Rubber Goods Manu- 

 facturing Co. and a large Corliss engine has been sold to parties 

 outside ol the rubber trade. 



Mr. C. C. Goodrich, of The B. F. Goodrich Co., is an enthu- 

 siastic golfer, and in the club tournament at the Portage Golf 

 Club greens |uly 4 made a record which has never been equaled 

 on the local course. In the driving contest for a silver cup 

 presented by Mr. W. B. Miller, secretary of The Diamond Rub- 

 ber Co.. Mr. Goodrich made a score of 48. 



The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. have filed a suit in the 

 common pleas court here against the Consolidated Rubber 

 Tire Co., in which it asks damages to the amount of $26,902.13, 

 with interest. It is alleged that the defendant company are 

 guilty of a breach of contract entered into by the two compa- 

 nies July 27, 1899, whereby the Goodyear company were to be 

 reimbursed for any loss, damage, or expense incurred, due to 

 any suit which the Consolidated company might bring against 

 any parties with whom the Goodyear company had contracts. 

 The complainants allege that they have been put to the ex- 

 pense of $26,902.13 on account of suits brought against Sam E. 

 Finney, of Atlanta, Georgia, and others for alleged infringe- 

 ment of patents, and that payment has been demanded and 

 that the Consolidated company have refused to make it. 



The tile used in the construction of the new Akron City 

 Hospital was donated by Mr. H. B. Camp, who made a fortune 

 in the clay industry before becoming identified with the rubber 

 business through the Faultless Rubber Co. and the Camp Rub- 

 ber Co., of which latter he is president. Mr. Camp is still in- 

 terested in a tile factory, and it has become known through an 

 accident that he supplied $10,000 worth of tile free of charge 

 for the hospital. 



John E. Joseph has resigned his position with The B. F. 

 Goodrich Co. to accept the management of the Union Rubber 

 Co.'s store here. 



James W. Hoffert. assignee of the People's Hard Rubber Co,, 

 Akron, has filed a schedule of the assets and liabilities of the 

 company in the probate court here. It shows that the assets 

 and liabilities have been purchased by Fritz Achellis, president 

 of the American Hard Rubber Co., and that he is the only 

 creditor of the company. The total liabilities amount to $191,- 

 753 07. 



Messrs. T. W. Miller, of the Faultless Rubber Co., Harry C. 

 Miller, formerly of the Union Rubber Co., and Mr. Wolff, pur- 

 chasing agent of The B. F. Goodrich Co., are all interested in a 

 delightful little fishing camp situated on a beautiful lake not 

 far from Akron, Ohio. 



Although the mammoth building, which was the last ad- 

 dition to the plant of The B. F. Goodrich Co., gave one-third 

 more floor space than heretofore, all of it is already utilized and 

 several departments are clamoring for more room. 



It is rumored that the plant of the late Peoples Hard Rub- 

 ber Co. (Akron, Ohio) is to be utilized as an automobile fac- 

 tory. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN TRENTON- 



BY A RESIDENT CORRESPONDENT. 



TO the Editor of The India Rubber World: Exten- 

 sive improvements to be completed early in August are 

 in progress at the plant of the Trenton Rubber Manufacturing 

 Co. A complete fire fighting system is an important feature of 

 the improvements. This consists first of a sunken brick and 

 concrete reservoir 30 X 20 feet and 9 feet deep, placed near the 

 main building, with a water capacity of 125,000 gallons. 



Then 8-inch fire mains are being laid around the yard and 

 through the works, and attached to these will be seven two- 

 way fire hydrants placed at advantageous points. A high water 

 pressure will be provided by a underwriters' fire pump of a ca- 

 pacity of 1000 gallons a minute. The system is being installed 

 by the General Fire Extinguisher Co. (Philadelphia). As soon 

 as this is completed, it is the intention of the company to organ- 

 ize the employes into a fire brigade. The men will be kept 

 thoroughly drilled in the work of operating the system quickly. 

 The threads on the hydrants and hose couplings are of the 

 standard pattern used by the Trenton fire department, so that 

 in case of a serious fire the factory brigade can instantly be re- 

 inforced by the city department. The company are also instal- 

 ing a new hydraulic three platen press, 25 feet by 50 inches. It 

 was built to the company's order by the Farrell Foundry & 

 Machine Co. (Ansonia, Conn.) The new press was made 

 necessary by the rapid growth of the company's business in 

 packings and pure gum goods. The company reports the past 

 year's business as the most prosperous in their history. The 

 increase has also made necessary the installing of new hose ma- 

 chines, mills, jar ring lathes, small hydraulic presses for light 

 work and additional facilities for the manufacture of corrugated 

 matting and mats. The plant is now one of the best equipped 

 in the city. 



The Hamilton Rubber Manufacturing Co. are having an ar- 

 tesian well sunk in the rear of their works on North Clinton 

 avenue. The work is being done by the Rust Well and Ma- 

 chine Co. (Ithaca, N. Y.) and it is the intention to drive to a 

 depth of about 400 feet. The well is expected to produce from 

 150 to 200 gallons a minute. The company expect to draw 

 their entire water supply from this well. At a depth of 7 feet 

 below the surface the drillers struck solid rock, and at this 



