October i, 1902.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



29 



= H. N. Wayne, a well known New England rubber man, is 

 at the head of a prosperous plant located at Oakland, Califor- 

 nia, known as the West Coast Rubber Co., manufacturing 

 dipped goods and small mold work. Rubber heels have been 

 made by him from cultivated Mexican rubber, supplied by La 

 Zacuilpa Plantation Co. 



= The I. B. Kleinert Rubber Co., who have been extending 

 their factory at College Point, Long Island, have obtained a 

 permit for the erection of two 4^ story brick factory buildings, 

 to cost $50,000. The company have purchased land on which 

 to erect three brick tenement buildings, three stories high, for 

 the accommodation of their employes and their families. 



=The Chicago Inter Ocean says that William J. RafTerty, 

 treasurer of the International Rubber Workers' Union, did 

 not take part in the Labor Diy parade on September i, be- 

 cause he was under arrest on a charge of embezzling $400 from 

 the organization — part of the proceeds of a picnic held by the 

 Union a few weeks before. 



=The name Rubber Tire Wheel Co. has been discarded at 

 the Boston headquarters for the Kelly-Springfield tires. The 

 business will be conducted by C. S. Meisick & Co., No. 33 

 Haverhill street, with 

 branches at Provi- 

 dence, R. I., and New 

 Haven, Conn. 



= T h e Hazelton 

 Boiler Co. (Ruther- 

 ford, Newjersey) 

 have received an or- 

 der from the Brook- 

 lyn Union Gas Co. 

 for five new boilers 

 of 1000 HP. An ad- 

 ditional Hazelton 

 special boiler 235 h.p. 

 has been ordered by 

 the North Adams 

 (Mass.) Gas Light Co. 

 = A contract for 

 supplying 10,000 pairs 

 of arctic overshoes 

 for the army, under 

 bids opened at the 

 Philadelphia depot of the Quartermaster's department on 

 August 26, was awarded to John Wanamaker, at $i.87j''„ per 

 pair. 



= Mr. W. S. Huffman having resigned as Eastern sales man- 

 ager for the Victor Rubber Tire Co. (Springfield, Ohio), Mr. A. 

 J. Moyer, Jr., as acting manager, is in charge of the company's 

 Boston branch, visiting the local trade, and Mr. Herbert C. 

 Comstock, who is connected with the New York branch, call- 

 ing on the other New England trade. Mr. Huffman has 

 secured patents on improvements in solid rubber vehicle tires, 

 and, it is reported, is engaged in the organization of a new man- 

 ufacturing company. 



= The Singer Manufacturing Co., who have been so success- 

 ful in designing sewing machines for stitching rubber goods, 

 have removed their principal salesrooms in New York from 

 Nos. 561-563 Broadway to the corner of Broadway and Prince 

 street. 



= R. J. Owens, for over twelve years associated with the 

 sales department of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. 

 (Cambridgeport, Massachusetts), will take the position of Bos- 

 ton representative for that company, on or about October i, 

 with headquarters at No. 170 Summer street, Boston, 



THt^WHI IhHhAD KLIBBBR WCiRKS. 



= Hdmilton F. Morse, for some time past connected with the 

 Globe Rubber Works of Boston, has accepted a position with 

 the Empire Rubber Manufacturing Co., and will travel in New 

 England. 



= The three steam steel devulcanizers, each 60 inches in dia- 

 meter by 40 feet in length, and the two supply boilers for them, 

 embraced in the plant of The U. S. Rubber Reclaiming Works 

 at Buffalo, described in the last India Rubber World, were 

 furnished by Thomas F. Stevenson, No. 120 Liberty street. New 

 York, from the company's special designs. The weight of each 

 devulcanizer is 36,000 pounds. They are now carrying 125 

 pounds working steam pressure, for which they were thoroughly 

 tested by The Hartford Steam Boiler and Insurance Co. They 

 are of perfect workmanship in all their details. 



= The Rubber Trading Co. (New York) have secured the 

 general agency for the products of the Manufactured Rubber 

 Co., of Philadelphia. 



= The B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron, Ohio) have begun to put 

 out a hne of tennis balls under their own name and are meet- 

 ing with gratifying success. For years they have made the 

 centers for other dealers, but are now marketing the ball entire 



as used by experts at 

 Newport and else- 

 where. 



= T he Summit 

 Rubber Co. (Akron, 

 Ohio) had finished 

 their factory, the ma- 

 chinery was set up, 

 and samples were be- 

 ing made, when an 

 annoying breakdown 

 occurred early in 

 September, necessi- 

 tating a wait of a few 

 weeks. They will 

 make the usual line 

 of rubber specialties 

 for which Akron is 

 famous, and the sam- 

 ples that they show 

 are fine specimens of 

 this class of goods. 



They now have several salesmen on the road. 



IMPROVEMENTS AT THE WHITEHEAD RUBBER WORKS. 



The Whitehead Brothers Rubber Co. (Trenton, New Jersey) 

 have just completed notable improvements in their plant, and 

 to day have an up-to-date factory equipment throughout. 

 These improvements include the continuation of the main 

 building some 50 feet, and the erection of a 65 foot brick tower, 

 on top of which is a water tank of 12,000 gallons capacity, 

 while inside of the tower is another 3000 gallon tank. In the 

 basement of the tower is a large Worthington pump, and this, 

 together with the other fire pumps, their sprinkler system, and 

 an inexhaustible water supply, makes their fire protection com- 

 plete. They are also adding to their machine equipment addi- 

 tional grinders, and have increased the capacity of their hose 

 room about 50 per cent. It is interesting to note that they 

 have installed a new type of hose machine, one which instead 

 of having 50 foot continuous rigid rolls, is supplied with three 

 series of rolls, each series made up of many short rolls set on 

 powerful springs, the whole being a little more than 50 feet in 

 length. This machine was perfected by an inventor who was 

 backed by the late Samuel K. Wilson. The Whitehead Rubber 



