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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September 1, 1913. 



to conform with the state laws of Massachusetts. The board 

 of directors, elected in 1899. comprised: J. X. Smith, president; 

 B. F. Spinney, vice-president; H. B. Sprague. treasurer; J. Q, 

 Bennett, secretary, and W. A. Bullard. 



All of these directors served in their various capacities until 

 1912, when death very suddenly claimed Mr, Bullard, and less 

 than two months later, Mr. Smith. Vice-President Spinney was 

 elected president to succeed Mr. Smith, and Mr. Creighton has 

 been chosen as a successor to i\Ir. Bullard, and these w-ere added 

 to the board: George E. Hall and J. Newton Smith. 



Soon after the reorganization Mr. A. M. Paul became general 

 manager, continuing in that position until April, 1907, when he 

 resigned to become owner and manager of the Davidson 

 Rubber Co. of Charlestown, Mass. Mr. George E. Hall, the 

 present manager, succeeded Mr. Paul, taking active charge July 

 15, 1907. 



The grow^th of the concern has been phenomenal, as is 



produced at the rate of 16,000 pairs per day. Both woven and 

 braided tire hose are manufactured, a million pounds of yarn 

 being used annually for this purpose, while for garden hose, etc., 



Two 750 K. \V. Westinghol'.se-Parso.vs Turbines. 



graphically told in tabular form, showing the gradual yet steady 

 expansion during the last fourteen years: 



Pounds 

 No. Employed, Sq. Ft. Occupied. Produced. 



1S99 530 247.530 2,327.000 



1900 582 •• 3.732,112 



1901 612 " 3,589,60S 



1902 679 " 6,072,532 



1903 726 " 6.149,655 



1904 750 '• 6,27X.74S 



1905 815 250,400 7,144.853 



1906 987 '• 8,672.515 



1907 1.011 " 10,399.711 



1908 1,012 378,200 9,456,028 



1909 1.050 470,575 12.745.216 



1910 1.127 600,566 13,727.532 



1911 1,196 601.943 13.379.156 



1912 1.288 627.780 17,891.811 



1913 1.304 719,310 18,996,410 



To date. August 2. 



The product of the company comprises nearly every variety 

 of mechanical rubber goods, the largest or principal items being 

 garden hose and fruit jar rings, altho ruliber belting, fire 

 hose and rubber tape are hard pressing these lines for supremacy. 

 Over ten miles of garden hose are produced daily, tho some- 

 times the production of a single day is more than double that 

 amount. The jar ring output is tremendous. If one day's 

 product were piled, one ring above another, the column would 

 be 3.8 miles high. These rings laid down in a straight line, 

 touching at their edges, w-ould extend 208 miles. The tape pro- 

 duced each day, figured on J4-'nch width, if run in one con- 

 tinuous line would reach nearly 350 miles. Rubber heels are 



The Co.\l Conveyor. 



over 3.500.000 pounds of cotton duck and sheeting are required. 

 This is claimed to be the only concern in the country making 

 the hose complete, with all the fittings and metal accessories; a 

 large foundry and machine shop being an auxiliary of the factory 

 Connected with this concern, but operated at Plymouth, Massa- 



Electric Switchbo.krd. 



chusetts, is a reclaiming plant producing over 5.000,000 pounds 

 of reclaimed rublier annuallv. 



A MOTOHCYCLE FOR A HOKSE. 



There is a hardware man in a little town in Missouri who is 

 evidently willing — living up to the peculiar reputation of his 

 state — to "show" people. He is proving that a motorcycle can do 

 the work of the horse. He has hit upon a device which is not 

 only a great convenience in his business, but must necessarily 

 prove a good advertisement. He has made a light delivery 

 wagon, equipped with bicycle wheels, and has arranged it so 

 that it can be attached to the back of a motorcycle. He puts 

 his wares in his delivery wagon, the boy rnounts the motor- 

 cycle, which, taking the place of the horse, draws the wagon 

 about town. And it has this further advantage over the horse, 

 that when it isn't working it isn't eating. 



