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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October i, 1902. 



that effect has been made, but it is understood to be the policy 

 of the Goodrichcompany to similarly treat all faithful employes 

 in old age. Mr. Metzler is in his sixtieth year. 



C. C. Goodrich, of The B. F. Goodrich Co., offered a hand- 

 some cup as a trophy in a putting contest at the Portage Golf 

 Club on Labor Day. George A. Barnes, of The Whitman & 

 Barnes Manufacturing Co., and F. E. Andrews tied for the cup. 



The Goodrich Fish and Game Club enjoyed a clambake at 

 Long Lake on September 20. " As we journey through life let 

 us live by the way," is the club's motto. 



The Haskell golf ball has sold splendidly all season. The 

 Saunders" pneumatic ball will not be marketed until next year. 

 The '■ King William," the new ball The Diamond Rubber Co. 

 are putting on the market, has not been pushed much as yet. 



The Diamond Rubber Co. lately sent to the secretary of state 

 of Ohio a check for $1200, being the largest tax yet reported in 

 this state under the new Willis law, which requires corporations 

 to pay a tax upon their capitalization. 



Francis H. Holton, manager of The Rubber Specialty Co. 

 since their organization, has tendered his resignation, and is no 

 longer connected with the company. Mr. Holton was for sev 

 eral years identified prominently with The B. F. Goodrich Co. 



The India Rubber Co. contemplate the erection of a new 

 building for office purposes, owing to the fact that their pres- 

 ent quarters, which are rented, have been sold recently. 



The India Rubber Co. report that the rubber sponge they 

 are putting upon the market, while it has not been pushed 

 aggressively, has met with decided favor. 



President Charles H. Wheeler, of The India Rubber Co., has 

 been on a vacation of a few weeks in South Dakota. 



The large addition being erected by the Goodyear Tire and 

 Rubber Co. is about half completed and will be ready for occu- 

 pancy in 60 days. There will be many changes in the arrange- 

 ment of the company's factory when this addition is ready. 



Since not many rubber men take an active part in politics, 

 it may be worth mentioning that General Charles Dick, the 

 " right-hand man " of United States Senator Hanna in Ohio 

 politics, and who is a candidate for reelection to Congress from 

 the Akron district for the fourth term, is vice president of The 

 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. 



The Camp Rubber Co. will soon be ready for business in 

 their new factory at Ashland, Ohio. They will manufacture 

 pneumatic horse collars on a large scale for Eastern parties, 

 and meanwhile The Faultless Rubber Co. are making many of 

 these for the Camp company. 



THE RUBBER TRADE AT TRENTON. 



BY OUR RESIDENT CORRESPONDENT. 



TO THE Editor of The India Rubber World: The 

 plant of the Modern Rubber Manufacturing Co., just 

 outside of the city limits, was destroyed by fire on the even- 

 ing of September 24. The premises comprised a main build- 

 ing 100X40 feet, engine and boiler rooms, press room, re- 

 claiming department, and office, all of frame construction. 

 The flames were discovered in the roof of the main building, 

 near the engine room, about 10 o'clock, when several employes 

 were at work, the company having been so busy of late that 

 it was necessary to operate the plant at night. The firm had 

 a fire pump, but so rapid was the spread of the flames that 

 the men who tried to work it had to flee for their live=. The 

 factory was beyond the reach of the city fire department. The 

 loss on buildings and machinery, roughly estimated at $10,- 

 000, is partially covered by insurance. About $3000 worth of 

 manufactured goods was burned and several tons of rubber 



scrap and a quantity of chemicals. The Modern company was 

 incorporated December i, 1898, and manufactured rubber 

 corks, mats, and other specialties, Allan Magowan being the 

 superintendent and a large owner of the stock. 



The buildings of the Eureka Rubber Manufacturing Co. are 

 being hurried to completion and are now above the second 

 story. The engineers in charge of the work promise that they 

 will be ready to operate by January i. The buildings are a 

 main structure 307X55 feet, and three stories high ; a store- 

 house 104 X 40 feet, one story high; and a one-story curing 

 room, 84X42 feet. The power plant will occupy a one story 

 building 100X60 feet. The structures are all substantially 

 built of brick. The engines will be of 500 h.p. of the Watts- 

 Campbell build. The plant will be in every respect modern 

 and up to date. 



The new office building recently occupied by the United and 

 Globe Rubber Manufacturing Cos. is a handsome brick 

 three story structure, 40x50 feet. The interior is elegant- 

 ly finished in hardwoods with tiled fireplaces. The first 

 floor contains the entrance hall, reception room, president's 

 office, general offices, and private telephone exchange, the lat- 

 ter communicating with all parts of the works. The second 

 floor contains the offices of the general manager and the treas- 

 urer, and the accounting department. Old records are stored 

 on the third floor. The company have doubled their floor 

 space during the past year and have just put in two additional 

 looms for the manufacture of cotton hose. 



The Home Rubber Co. are building a new two-story brick 

 structure with stone trimmings, 212X33 feet. It will be used 

 for a storehouse and a general work room. The company ex- 

 pect to occupy it in about three months. 



The hard rubber department established about a year ago by 

 the Joseph Stokes Rubber Co. has now reached a solid com- 

 mercial basis, and together with the other department of the 

 factory is busy, with orders booked ahead. 



The Whitehead Brothers' Rubber Co. are installing a new 

 hose machine and a new 35 H. P. engine and boiler to operate 

 it. An extension of the engine room will be necessary. The 

 company are also adding another mixing machine. 



The Union Rubber Co., recently incorporated to deal in rub- 

 ber goods, have organized by electing W. H. Harding president 

 and general manager; Richard C. Chamberlain, secretary, and 

 Nelson L. Pettie, treasurer. 



In common with a general policy to interest the factory em- 

 ployes of the city in its work in general, and its evening school 

 in particular, the local Young Men's Christian Association has 

 been advertising itself among the rubber mills. In each mill a 

 noon day meeting was held by the association, at which phono- 

 graph selections were given, the evening school presented, and 

 the association prospectus distributed. Committees to aid in 

 pushing the educational scheme were appointed in each mill 

 from among the employes. The committees follow : Home 

 — Charles Troup, S. Percy Gifford, Herbert Smith. United 

 and Globe — Charles H. Grady, Malcolm Salter. Grieb — Mr. 

 Oakley, A. Combe. Hamilton— \}x\s.)\ Pittman, J. J. Swan, 

 Jesse Sooy. Crescent — H. C. Everingham, Charles D. Wilking, 

 Thomas Keating. Joseph ^/t^/vj — Dunbar Phillips, G. W. Wil- 

 gus. Trenton — Edgar H. Goodwin, George H. G. Chamber- 

 lain, E. O. Titus. Whitehead — Lyman L. Titus, T. W. Cub- 

 berly, John Brink. A goodly number of rubber workers have 

 joined the evening classes. 



The annual outing of the employes of the Empire and Cres- 

 cent rubber mills took place on August 30. The men gathered 

 in a grove near the city, and indulged in sports. The girls had 

 a picnic in Cadwalader Park. Over 400 attended in all. 



