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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June i, 1906. 



The Wright Rubber Manufacturing Co. have purchased a 

 large piece of property in Mansfield, on which they will 

 locate their plant. The plans for the new factory are now 

 being prepared and as soon as they are finished work will be 

 started on its erection. 



The Ailing Rubber Stamp Co., of Akron, in response to 

 the appeals for aid sent out from San Francisco, wrote to 

 Mayor Kemple offering to replace at cost of production all 

 rubber stamp goods lost in the San I'rancisco disaster. 



Tlie Mit/.el Rubber Co., of Akron, which has its factory lo- 

 cated at Carrolton, Ohio, is preparing to build extensive ad- 

 ditions to its plant this summer. Atpie.sent the company's 

 plant is taxed to its capacitj', and the steady growth of its 

 product has demanded more room. The new additions will 

 be erected upon the three acre tract of land owned by the 

 company adjoining its plant. With the advent of spring the 

 company has been obliged to work at night to turn out its 

 products such as gloves, druggists' sundries, and water bot- 

 tles. 



Mr. Joseph Dangel, of the American Hard Rubber Co., has 

 tendered his resignation as councilman in Akron, owing to 

 not having time to attend to the duties of the position. Mr. 

 Dangel has served four years in the council. 



The warning sent out to all cities in Ohio by the state fire 

 marshall, to the effect that cities must pass ordinances pro- 

 hibiting the use of rubber hose for gas connections where 

 natural gas is used, has caused a decided slump in the de- 

 mand for rubber hose or tubing. Inspections are necessary 

 by gas companies to see that consumers are not using lubber 

 tubing in connecting gas stoves. 



Charles S. Scott, of Cadiz, Ohio, inventor of a detachable 

 pneumatic tire for which a patent was recently granted, has 

 assigned his patent rights to the Goodyear Tire and Rubber 

 Co., who have begun the manufacture of the new tire. 



C. C. Shults has been appointed general manager and 

 superintendent of the Alden Rubber Co., at Barberton. Re- 

 ports from this company are most encouraging. 



The plant in Barberton of the Pure Gum Specialty Co., 

 which has merged with the Alden Rubber Co., is now occu- 

 pied by a branch of the International Harvester Co. in the 

 manufacture of small farm iniplements. 



THE NEW JERSEY RUBBER INDUSTRY. 



I3V A RESIDENT CORRESPONDENT. 



npo THic Editor of The Indi.v Rubber World: The 

 -*- case of Colton Fulton, against the Grieb Rubber Co., 

 of Trenton, in which three verdicts have been rendered, is 

 again before the courts of New Jersey, a writ of error having 

 been granted which will carry it to the court of errors and 

 appeals for the June term. The litigation has been pending 

 over four years, and the suit is looked upon as one of the 

 famous ones in Mercer county. Fulton was an employe of 

 the Grieb company, and on September 22, 1899, lost both 

 hands in a mi.xing machine while at work. He claimed that 

 he was shocked by an electric light vi-ire, causing him to fall 

 against the machine, with the result stated. Fulton brought 

 suit against the company' for $25,000. In January, 1902, he 

 was awarded a verdict of §6500, which the supreme court set 

 aside upon the ground that the weight of evidence was 

 against the plaintiff's version of how the accident happened. 

 A new trial was ordered, and in January, 1904, a jury in 



Mercer court rendered another verdict for Fulton, for $6800. 

 The Grieb company secured a rule to show cause why a new 

 trial should not be granted. The third trial also resulted in 

 a verdict for Fulton, which the supreme court reversed. 

 Now the writ of error has been .secured by counsel for Fulton, 

 carrying this decision to the coiirt of last resort for reargu- 

 ment. The only point upon which the supreme court set 

 aside the last verdict was that the electric plant had only 

 been installed in the Grieb mill three months, therefore the 

 company was not bound to show that the electric wire in 

 question had been inspected. This was a question of law. 

 On all questions of fact the verdict for Fulton was sustained. 

 The particular point referred to will be contested by Fulton's 

 counsel. 



Mr. Allan Magowan, of the Modern Rubber Manufactur- 

 ing Co., who has been ill for the past five months, is now about 

 again, though not able yet to resume control of his business. 

 The factory, under the management of a son, has been run- 

 n ng at full capacity. 



The Asbury Park fire commissioners have placed an order 

 for 500 feet of fire hose with the Eureka Fire Hose Co. and 

 1000 feet with Woodhouse & Co., a New York jobbing firm. 



C. Edward Murray, head of the Crescent Belting and Pack- 

 ing Co., accompanied by Mrs. Murray, has recently been on 

 a month's tour through the West, visiting Chicago, Denver, 

 Colorado Springs, San Francisco, and other points. Gover- 

 nor Stokes granted Mr. Murraj' a month's leave of absence 

 from his duties as quartermaster general of the state. 



The new addition to the plant of the Whitehead Brothers 

 Rubber Co. is about completed. The increase of business in 

 the hose and belting lines made more room necessary, and a 

 new brick building, 55 )< 50 feet, two stories, was erected. 

 With the added facilities the companj' now have a hose room 

 200 X 50 feet. In the belting department a newFarrell press 

 50" X 26' has been .set up, and a new hydraulic pump in- 

 stalled. The fire fighting appliances throughout the factory 

 have been given a complete overhauling, and new sprinkler 

 heads been put in both the old and the new buildings. The 

 plant also has a fire pump with a capacity of 1000 gallons per 

 minute. Beside these improvements, one new building for 

 storing materials and stock has been erected and two more 

 are contemplated. 



The Trenton Rubber Reclaiming Co., the name under 

 which Mr. Newman London has started Trenton's latest 

 rubber industry, began operations during the past month. 

 This concern occupies the building formerly used bv' the 

 Trenton Athletic Club. The alterations are not completed 

 yet, but the engine and grinders have been installed and the 

 work of reclaiming bj' the acid process has been started. 

 Several carloads of scrap rubber and a car of acid are on 

 the grounds and the work is being rushed. In addition to 

 the building already purchased, two lots on Olden avenue, 

 30 X 100 feet, have been secured and will be utilized for 

 storage purposes at present. 



The Trenton Daily Tine American of ]\Iay 5 embraced a 

 large Industrial supplement, devoted to the leading manu- 

 facturing establishments of this thriving city, in which 

 special prominence was given to the rubber industry, which 

 is estimated to have increased in volume by 25 percent, dur- 

 ing the past five years. The Home Rubber Co. and the 

 Joseph Stokes Rubber Co. are each the subject of a special 

 article. 



