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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September 1, 1913. 



cently !)>• John E. Thropp, president of John E. Thropp's Sons 

 Co. and a director of the Eureka Tire Co. This engine was used 

 to pump water from the Delaware river into ditches which had 

 been dug through his potato patch, the potato crop being en- 

 dangered by drought. The plan is said to have been entirely 



successful. 



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Rumors that have been afloat regarding the contemplated re- 

 moval of the India Rubber Co.'s plant from New Brunswick, Xew 

 Jersey, to Xew York City, have been denied by Mr. W. L. Mel- 

 vin of that company, who explains that these have arisen prob- 

 ably from the fact that its laboratory is to be transferred to the 

 city, where a new building has been erected for its accommo- 

 dation. The factory will continue to be operated at New Bruns- 

 wick, as heretofore, with a force of about 300 operatives. This 

 laboratory removal will transfer from New Brunswick to New 

 York some of the Ijright young men of the former city, 30 of 

 whom are expected to continue their work in the new quarters, 

 where also any of tlie young women now employed by the com- 

 pany in this department will be transferred should they desire. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN SAN FRANCISCO. 



By a Resident Correspondent. 



WHILE tlie rubber trade in this city is somewhat slack, 

 as usual at this season, manufacturers are well satis- 

 fied witli tlie prospects of an early trade revival. 



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The local industry has just lost one of its most popular 

 members, by the death of C. H. Chase, manager of the 

 Bowers Rubber Works. Mr. Chase was sixty years of age, 

 had been with the Bowers company for seven years, and 

 was highly esteemed by all who knew him. His death, which 

 was due to heart failure, terminated an illness of only a 



few days. 



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Tlie injuries .sustained by R. D. Barr. manager of the Fire- 

 stone Tire & Rubber Co.'s Los Angeles branch, in the auto- 

 mobile accident at Encinitas recently, resulted jn his death, 

 physicians being unable to check the progress of blood- 

 poisoning which was caused by the fracture of his leg. Mr. 

 Barr was well known not only in Southern California, where 

 he has met with excellent business success, but in New 

 Y'ork as well, having been previously connected with the 



Firestone company at that point. 



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A. J. Straney. who some time ago left the employ of the 

 Diamond Rubber Co. to take a position with another con- 

 cern, has returned to the employ of the Diamond company. 



W. D. .\lbright. who has been in charge of the company's 

 branch at Sacramento, has been transferred to the Portland, 

 Oregon, house operated by this company, in a similar 



capacity. 



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The factory of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is being 

 operated at full capacity and reports a very satisfactory 



business. 



J. E. .-\rgus, newly-appointed agent of this company for 

 the Pacific Coast, has recently returned from a visit to the 

 factory, and assumed his new duties, for which he is es- 

 pecially qualified, baving been for sixteen years connected 

 with the Diamond Rubber Co., for some time past in charge 

 of its Pacific Coast Mechanical department. 



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l\Ir. Bennett, president of the Los Angeles Rubber Co., 

 visited this city late in August and bought out the stock of 

 rubber goods on hand at the store of Eccles & Smith Co. 



W. L. I'^aton, with the San Francisco office of the New 

 York llelting & Packing Co., has gone to the Hawaiian 

 Islands on a trip in the interests of the firm. 



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W. J. Gorham, president of the Gorham Revere Rubber 

 Co., is now in Seattle, Washington, looking after the inter- 

 ests of the firm in that territory. He writes that conditions 

 in the Northwest are very favorable. 



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The Pneumatic Hose Co., of Chicago, has given up its 

 branch store on Howard street, and Mr. Anderson, the man- 

 ager, has returned to Chicago. 



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The Acme Rubber Co., incorporated with the object of 

 putting on the market a new substitute for rubber, has closed 

 down, temporarily at least, owing to internal dissensions. 

 This firm had installed some special machinery and ap- 

 peared to be successful. The substitute is a mineral com- 

 pound, prepared in a certain patented manner which pro- 

 duces an article to all outward appearance much like gen- 

 uine rubber. 



* * * 



The Perfection Autotube Co., of Colorado, located at 

 Denver, has dissolved partnership. 



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The Diamond Rubber Co.'s branch at Oakland. California, 

 will be managed hereafter by Mr. W. A. Knapp, who has 

 been for a long time connected with Diamond tire interests. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is erecting a factory 

 building at Seattle, Washington. The latest Goodyear plant 

 is to be of modern construction, two stories high, with 

 basement, and will give a total floor area of about 10.000 

 square feet. It is located at Eleventh avenue and East 



Pike street. 



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The Savage Tire Co., of San Diego, California, is one of 

 the most prosperous and progressive concerns on the coast. 

 It is also thoroughly loyal to San Diego, its entire plant, 

 building materials, machinery, etc., having been purchased 

 from home firms, and all its factory operatives being obtained 

 from the home supply. The company is said to carry a 

 stock of rubber valued at $100,000 and to be making every 

 day 400 tires and 400 inner tubes. 



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Recent California incorporations in industries employing 

 or associated with rubber are: 



The Oakland Tire Company, at Oakland, California. 



The National Cushion Inner Tire Co.. at Los .\ngeles, 

 California. 



The Vinson Indestructible Pneumatic Tire Co., at Los 

 .•\ngeles, California. 



The King Rulibemid Co. at Los .Angeles, California. 



LARGE PRIZE FOR A GOOr AUTO-TRUCK TIRE. 



If there are any .American inventors who are hoping to 

 submit automobile truck tires to the Austrian War Depart- 

 ment for the $10,000 prize that the .Austrian Minister of 

 War has otTered for the best tire of this sort, they must use 

 some expedition in entering their designs, for the competi- 

 tion—which is open to people of every nationality— closes on 

 October 1 next. The prize is oflfered for a tire which will 

 combine the greatest cheapness with durability. Those who 

 contest are required to furnish models in either natural or 

 in reduced size, together with ])roiier drawings and de- 

 scriptions. 



