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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September i, 1905. 



bci- icam won the trap shooiing contest fioni the Giodrich 

 team, G. B. Coniey winning the free-for-all contest. The base- 

 ball game between the Goodrich and Hard Rubber teams was 

 won by the former. There were a number of other contests, in- 

 cluding a waltzing competiton. the first prize in which was won 

 bv C. E. Kelley and Miss May Ross. This was the twenty- 

 fourth annual outing of the Goodrich employt-s, and one of the 



most successful and enjoyable of the series. 



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The annual excursion by the Diamond Rubber Workers' Re- 

 lief Association to Cedar Point, near Sandusky, Ohio, on Au- 

 gust 19, was the largest ever run by the employes of the Dia- 

 mond Rubber Co. M. A. Flynn was the chairman of the 

 committee on general arrangements, W. N. Filz was treasurer, 

 and H. J. Bittaker secretary. Lewis Grather and Harvey Sny- 

 der were in charge of the transportation. The Baltimore and 

 Ohio railway sentsomeof their best men to lock after the ccm- 

 fortand safety of the excurnon. There were 1879 tickets sold 

 and 22 coaches were required. The Diamond Rubber Co. con- 

 tributed a handsome sum toward the expense of the outing. 

 There was no formal program, but dancing and bathing were 

 indulged in largely, and the day was thoroughly enjoyed. 

 FACTORY IMPROVEMENTS AT NAUGATUCK. 



The factory of the Goodyear's Metallic Rubber Shoe Co. — 

 the WalesGoodyear factory— at Naugatuck, Connecticut, has 

 been run practically without a shutdown for several years, un- 

 til this summer, when it has become necessary to close for sev- 

 eral weeks for the purpose of making important improvements 

 in the plant. The company are installing two Hewes & Phil- 

 lips tandem compound condensing engines, one 22" >; 40" X 54" 

 to develop 850 HP . and one I7"X34"X48" to develop 575 HP., 

 each engine having one independent horizontal jet condensir g 

 apparatus. An additional building has been constiucltd for 

 the electric light plant, and in it installed a new i7>2"Xi7" 

 Harrisburg " Fleming " four valve, self oiling, automatic cut oflf 

 engine, 192 HP., direct connected to a 125 k\v no volt 

 Crocker-Wheeler generator. The same building includes the 

 old 15" X 14" 125 HP. Harrisburg engine, direct connected to a 

 75 KW. 1 10 volt General Electric generator. There is being in- 

 stalled a 7" X 10" vertical triplex single acting boiler feed 

 pump, to be driven by a 30 HP. 106 volt C. & C. motor. There 

 has recently been built an addition to the boiler room and in- 

 stalled three new Manning type vertical tubular boileis. The 

 company expect to have their improved equipment in opera- 

 tion early this month. 



STOCKTON RUBBER CO. 



The Stockton Rubber Co., the incorporation of which, unri< r 

 the laws of New Jersey, to manufacture reclaimed rubber by ^n 

 original acid process, was reported in the last India Rubber 

 World, will be under the direct supervision of Mr. Dominic J. 

 Price, who has had over 25 years' connection with reclaiming 

 mills, and for the past 14 years has been superintendent of the 

 New Jersey Rubber Co. The daily capacity of the new com- 

 pany will be about 5 tons, and the factory is expected to be in 

 operation by September 15. 



FAILURE OF A HORSE COLLAR COMPANY. 

 Ashland Horse Collar Co. (Ashland, Ohio), lately has been 

 involved in bankruptcy proceedings. This company was in- 

 corporated in October last under Ohio laws, with $25,000 capi- 

 tal, to succeed the Pneumatic Horse Collar Co. (Ashland, 

 Ohio) incorporated in March, 1904, with §100,000 capital, and 

 which was forced to make an assignment in October. The 

 company as first formed included Dee Allen, of Holland, 

 Michigan, president of the American Pneumatic Horse Collar 



Co., owners of certain patents. Tne company organized at 

 Ashland was one of several branch or subsidiary companies, 

 which it was intended to operate throughout the United 

 States. Mr. Allen was not included in the reorganized com- 

 pany at Ashland, but is one of the creditors interested in the 

 bankruptcy proceedings. In May, 1905. he filed a petition in 

 bankruptcy. The Faultless Rubber Co. (Akron) have been 

 reported to be interested in the horse collar company. It is 

 understood that the Faultless company did expect to make 

 some of the pneumatic collars at their factory at Ashland, and 

 that H. B. Camp, president of the Faultless, made a donation 

 of land for a factory site for the collar company. 



NEW RUBBER FACTORY AT BOWMAN VILLE. 

 On July 27 ground was broken for the new factory building 

 to be erected by The Durham Rubber Co., Limited (Bowman- 

 ville, Ontario), in connection with which were public ceremo- 

 nies participated in by Mayor Archie Taft, the officials of the 

 rubber compiny, and a number of leading citizens, including 

 the editors of the BowmanviUe newspapers. There is to be a 

 main building, 225 X 75 feet, and in addition a boiler house and 

 pumping station. The site comprises 7 acres, most eligibly sit- 

 uated. Negotiations are under way for the construction of a 

 spur track from the main line of the Grand Trunk railway to 

 connect with the new factory. The India Rubber World of 

 April I, 1905 (page 247) reported the action of the electors of 

 Bowmanville in voting a by law authorizing a loan to the rub- 

 ber company named above, and the new building has been 

 planned in accordance with the conditions on which the vote 



was based. 



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The Sherin Rubber Co. has been formed at Toicnto, On- 

 tario, as importers and dealers of rubber gccds. and to act 

 as selling agents for The Durham Rubber Co.. with offices 

 and warerooms at No. 20 Wellington street. West. The new 

 company includes D. P. Sherin, formerly a selling agent for 

 the Durham company, and P. C. Hogarty who had been a 

 traveler for that company. 



RUBBER BELTS FOR A GRAIN ELEVATOR. 



The new grain elevator just completed for the Atchison, 

 Topeka, and Santa Fe railway, at Argentine, Kansas, near Kan- 

 sas City, embodies the lastest improvements in grain elevator 

 construction, in connection which special care has been given 

 to the specifications for the rubber belts required. There are 

 all told 36 belts, of varying dimensions, with a total length of 

 9838 feet, or 1.86 miles. The greater part of the belting is from 

 32 to 36 inches in width. The conveyor belts are 4 ply. and the 

 elevator belts (those provided with buckets) 5 and 6 ply. Tl e 

 elevator was planned by John S. Metcalf Co. (Chicago) and the 

 construction work was by WItherspoon-Englar Co. (Chicago). 

 The rubber belting was supplied by The B. F. Goodrich Co. 

 (.Akron, Ohio). 



ASBESTOS workers' UNION. 



The second annual convention of the National Association 

 of Heat, Frost, and General Insulators and Asbestos Workers 

 of America began at the Reveie House, Boston, on August 

 8, being attended by delegates from 15 cities, as widely sepa- 

 rated as Boston and Seattle. Seventeen locals were repre- 

 sented, of which seven were formed during the year. It was 

 stated that only one labor dispute— at St. Louis— had occurred 

 since the last convention. The union was reported in a good 

 financial condition. On the closing day of the convention, Au- 

 gust 13, the following officers were elected : A. J. Kennedy, of 

 St. Louis, president; Charles Uhr, of Boston, vice president ; 

 P. G. Jessen, of St. Louis, secretary and treasurer; C. G. Rice, 



