September 1, 1913.' 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



625 



The factory of the company, which has been closed down for 

 the past live weeks in consequence of having gone into the hands 

 of a receiver, resumed operations on August 20, in charge of the 

 receiver, R. S. Emerson. There are orders for the product of the 

 plant in plenty, and the full complement of upwards of 500 hands 

 will be employed. The plant is being operated by Terence 

 ^IcCarthy of Bristol, the man who instituted tlie industry several 

 years ago and who now is arranging to work up the raw rubber 

 and other ingredients of the shoe business. Messrs. McCarthy 

 and Emerson expect to operate the mill in full, and pernianentl.v, 

 hereafter. 



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Col. Samuel P. Colt arrived at (lis home in Bristol on .August 

 13, after an extended automobile trip with a party of friends, 

 the itinerary including a tour through the White Mountains, 

 Berkshires aiul eastern New York. 



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The big refrigerating plant under construction for the Revere 

 Rublx?r Co. at its home on Valley street. Providence, is nearing 

 completion. It should be ready for use soon after Labor Day 

 and is expected to prove an important acquisition to the com- 

 pany's equipment. 



Electricians have been employed for some time in establishing 

 an extensive auxiliary fire alarm system in the company's new- 

 buildings. 



II. W. Waite. who is the general manager of the plant, has 

 been on his vacation during the month of August, spending much 

 of the time on his boat, ofif Cape Cod. 

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The Davol Rubber Co. has completed the new factory building 

 which has been added to its plant on Point street, Providence, 

 and has begun the installation of machinery. The ground floor 

 has already been equipped and the rest of the building will be 

 fitted up as rapidly as possible. The new structure is of the 

 highest type of up-to-date mill construction and is designed to 

 give a maximum of light to all parts of each room. It is 281 feel 

 in length, 50 feet in width and three stories high. 



The annual outing and field day of the ?ilikado club, composed 

 of employes of this company, was held at Emery Park on 

 .August 3, nearly a hundred participating in the event. They 

 enjoyed a luncheon of shore delicacies early in the day, follow- 

 ing which athletic sports were indulged in, a feature being a 

 six inning game of base ball between teams representing the 

 married and single men. The married men won by a score 

 of 8 to 6. Later in the day a Rhode Island clam bake was 

 partaken of. 



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Plans have been completed for another new building to be 

 erected at Bristol for the National India Rulii>cr Co. It is to be 

 a one-story brick structure, with cement foundation and saw- 

 tooth roof, and will cover 38.000 square feet. It will be of 

 steel beam construction, with fioors of concrete. Large metal 

 ventilators are to be used. Lighting will be by electricity and 

 heating by steam. 



The wire department at the factory was shut down on July 

 31 for a couple of days, to take the annual account of stock. 

 Business in the rubber shoe department is somewhat dull at 

 present, and on August 2 the gum shoe ticket was reduced to 

 fifty cases a day. It was announced that the tennis ticket would 

 remain the same, at 500 cases per day. 



Installation of a steam engine plant has been completed at the 

 factory of the International Rubber Co. at West Barrington. 

 the equipment in regard to boilers, pumps, etc.. being in every 



way complete and strictly up-to-date as to construction. 



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The "moonlight sail to Newport and return," so pleasantly 

 anticipated by employes of the Revere Rubber Co. and their 

 friends, was enjoyed in realization by but a portion of the num- 



ber, either on account of insufficient accommodations or through 

 confusion which occurred at the boat landing, 400 of the 2,400 

 who had assembled with tickets to take the trip having been 

 left on the pier. Those who were successful in getting on board 

 the l>oat were served with refreshments and enjoyed all the 

 usual features attendant upon excursions of this kind. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN TRENTON. 



J!y (/ I\ciidciil Correspoiidciil. 

 T-Wl-; Li:iCESTER RUBBER CO., of this city, composed of 

 ■^ \,ibiam M. Maher. Joseph F. Maher and .\ntonio dePianio, 

 has sold its plant on Pcrrine avenue to David H. Brand and 

 Josepli Gordon. Messrs. Maher and dePianio disposed of the 

 local plant because of the rapid growth of their business, wdiich 

 necessitated larger quarters. They have purchased a large fac- 

 tory building at Catasaqua, Pennsylvania, and will continue the 

 manufacture of rubber specialties, such as rubber soles, fruit jar 

 rings, mats, rubber lieels, etc. 



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David H. Brand and Joseph Gordon, who have acquired the 

 Pcrrine avenue plant, will conduct business under the firm name 

 of the American Rubber Co. and will manufacture specialties, 

 making a feature of rubber soles and heels. 



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The Essex Rubber Co. has had plans prepared for a brick and 

 steel I)uilding addition to its plant in North Trenton. This will 

 be 60 l)y 200 feet and one story in height. Work of construction 

 is to be rushed with all possible speed, as the increasing business 

 of the concern demands more working space for its operatives. 



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Charles Edward Murray, son of Genera! C. Edward Murray, 

 treasurer of the Empire Rubber Co., and the Crescent Belting 

 and Packing Co., is to wed Miss Louise Morrison, of Pittsburgh 

 tiiis fall. Tlie bride-elect is a daughter of Robert Morrison, one 

 of the millionaire iron men of the Smoky City. Cornell Murray, 

 eldest son of General Murray, is to marry this fall, Miss Mildred 

 Apgar, daughter of former Prosecutor W. Holt Apgar, of this 

 city. 



Miss Marguerite Broughton. daughter of John S. Broughton. 

 vice-president of the United & Globe Rubber Co., was married 

 in .\ugust to John Zane Batten, of Montclair. 



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Tlie local rubber plants are almost without exception running 

 day and night, at full capacity, such concerns as the Empire, 

 Hamilton. Mercer, Thermoid, Home, and Essex Rubber com- 

 panies, and the Woven Hose Co., and Ajax-Grieb Tire and Rub- 

 ber Co. being rushed with orders. 



The Woven Hose Co. expects to have the building which was 

 destroyed by fire July 4 replaced with a brick and steel structure 

 by November ne.xt. 



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Serious charges have been brought against a ruliber scrap 

 dealer of Trenton. The complaint— made by the Ajax-Griei) 

 company, a.gainst Harry Freedman of the Trenton Scrap Rubber 

 Co. — charges him with having bribed an employe of the former 

 company to add extra bundles of scrap on bis orders in excess of 

 those supposed to be supplied him, these oflfences covering a 

 period which extends back to February last. Mr. Freedman's 

 interests are being looked after by former prosecutor, W. Holt 

 .\l)gar. while the state is represented by Prosecutor Devlin. 



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The Rubber Workers' Union, formed in Trenton last March, is 

 now said to be one of the largest in the city, having steadily in- 

 creased in membership. Meetings are held weekly, on Monday 

 evenings, in the Ribsani building. 



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A novel use for a discarded fire engine was that devised re- 



