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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



ISiirTEMniiR 1, 1913. 



It is set forth in the petition to the court, and corroborated 

 through other channels, that the company's plant is now in 

 full operation, with a line volume of orders ahead, upon whicli 

 substantial profits will naturally be realized — so that it would 

 appear that the creditors need not feel any particular ap- 

 prehension about the outcome. 



Anyone who is at all familiar with the rubber trade can 

 recall to mind other companies which in past years have 

 been temporarily embarrassed but which have emerged most 

 successfully from their difficulties and for years have been 

 numbered among the most prosperous members of the 

 rubber manufacturing fraternity. 



On .-\ugust 26, Judge Dodge in the United States District Court, 

 appointed Robert O. Harris of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, co- 

 receiver of the Walpole Tire and Rubber Co., to act in associa- 

 tion with Robert M. Fisher of Xew York, appointed receiver 

 early in August. 



THE CONSUMERS' RUBBER CO. RECEIVERSHIP. 



The Consumers' Rubber Co., of Bristol. Rhode Island, which 

 was organized in 1905. and whose experience during tlie past 

 eight years has not been altogether a bed of roses, was pe- 

 titioned into bankruptcy and a receiver appointed on August 1. 

 The chief petitioner was R. L. Curtis, receiver of the Atlantic 

 National Bank of Providence, to recover $42,685.54 loaned on 

 notes. The receiver is Robert S. Emerson, of Pawtucket, 

 Rhode Island, clerk of the Tenth District Court. This com- 

 pany was petitioned into receivership a year ago last spring, 

 but the Walpole Tire and Rubber Co. took over a controlling 

 interest in its common stock and assumed its general man- 

 agement, with the hope that it might be put upon a paying basis. 

 For the first few months after this arrangement went into effect 

 the prospects of the company seemed fairly bright, Init its 

 business during the last few months has been carried on at a 

 considerable loss. The petition states that the company is will- 

 ing to be adjudged bankrupt and unable to pay its debts. 



Our Providence correspondent, in his letter. 'The Rubber 

 Trade in Rhode Island." in this issue, goes into the affairs of this 

 company in considerable detail. 



A RUBBER MILL STOREHOUSE BLOWS UP. 



The population of Reading, Massachusetts, particularly that 

 part of it nearest the Reading Rubber Works, was thrown tem- 

 porarily into a condition of panic on August 5 by the blowing 

 up of the storehouse belonging to the rubber company, in whicli 

 there was stored a variety of explosives and inflammables, in- 

 cluding several tons of celluloid, 50 gallons of naphtha and 

 solvent, 50 barrels of alcohol and a number of barrels of a 

 combination of alcohol and lamp black. Tlie roof of the build- 

 ing, which was made of steel, was blown 60 feet away. Three 

 of the brick walls of the building were blown out and scattered 

 over a radius of several hundred yards. Fortunately the 50 

 barrels of alcohol, being protected by a wall, did not explode. 

 By rare good fortune, the rubber works, about 150 feet from the 

 storehouse, were closed down, only a few workmen repairing 

 machinery being in the building. These escaped without injury. 

 There was no one in the storehouse at the time, so there was 

 no loss of life. The building, however, was a complete wreck. 

 and its contents, valued at $13,000. were also destroyed. The 

 fire department appeared on the scene but was unable to get 

 near enough to the building to be of any assistance, owing to 

 the tremendous heat, the flames rising to a height of 200 feet. 



FOR WEEK-END AUTO TOURS NEAR NEW YORK. 



The touring bureau connected with the B. F. Goodrich Co. 

 has issued a map of a fine week-end tour near New York City. 

 The map covers the distance from the city to the Delaware 

 Water Gap, through Tuxedo. Port Jcrvis and Bushkill, and a 

 return trip through German \alUy and Morristown. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



When the new mill of the LaCrosse Rubber Mills Co., La 

 Crosse. Wisconsin, now under construction, is completed, the 

 company will have a building 260 .x 70 feet, entirely of concrete 

 and steel, and its manufacturing capacity will be doubled. The 

 company makes rubber footwear and employs a very large corps 

 of traveling salesmen. 



The annual conventinu of the Federation ot .American Motor- 

 cyclists, held late in July in Denver, was attended by rep- 

 resentatives of a number of tire companies, among them — C. J. 

 \\'elch of the United States Tire Co.. New York: J. F. Reddick 

 and A. C. Goodwin of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., 

 Akron. Ohio, and L. B. Lyman of the Diamond Rubber Co., 

 Akron, Oliio. 



Additions which will cost approximately $75,000 are being 

 made to the plant of the Pennsylvania Ru1)ber Co. at Jeannette, 

 Pennsylvania. These consist of a four-story concrete and brick 

 building 40 x 120 feet, and a one-story concrete and brick struc- 

 ture 120 X 120 feet, both supplied with all the latest ideas in the 

 way of factory equipment. 



The Ten Broeck Tyre Co., of Wilmington, Delaware, recently 

 incorporated, will operate a factory in Louisville. Kentucky, de- 

 voted to the manufacture of automobile tires. 



The value of the automobile tires exported from the United 

 States during May of the present year was $396,816, and for 

 June. $431,125. 



.A service station intended exclusi\ely for the convenience of 

 users of Goodyear tires is to be established in Cleveland, Ohio, 

 by The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., of Akron, as soon as 

 tlie three-story building at 5213 Windsor avenue, which has been 

 leased for the purpose, can be remodeled. 



The National Leather and Shoe Finders' .Association — formed 

 in 1904. and now having a membership of 387 — held its ninth 

 annual convention this year from July 22 to 24. in Philadelphia; 

 and on Tuesday, the 23. after the regular meeting of the asso- 

 ciation, the members were entertained by the Foster Rubber Co., 

 the steamer "Columbia" having been chartered for a trip on the 

 Delaware river, with a view of Cramp's shipyards and the 

 League Island navy yard, where all those who wished were 

 permitted to visit the warships in dock. The return trip was 

 devoted to dinner, which was served on deck, and to admiration 

 of the beautiful souvenirs of the occasion which were presented 

 to the members of the association and the ladies who accom- 

 panied them. These souvenirs consisted of leather vanity cases 

 for the ladies and brown ooze leather collar boxes for the men. 



The Philadelphia branch of the Federal Rubber Mfg. Co.— of 

 which Edward J. McCaffrey has been made manager — has be- 

 come one of the busiest in that companj's chain of agencies, and 

 has been instrumental in greatly increasing the demand for its 

 product. 



Mr. J. B. .Abler, who has been connected with rubber manu- 

 facture in .Akron for the last 20 years, is now acting as superin- 

 tendent of the Sterling Rubber Co.. Ltd.. sf Guelph. Canada, of 

 which company Mr. F. L. Freudeman is secretary and treasurer. 

 This company was organized in September. 1912 and has been 

 making goods since the beginning of this year. It manufactures 

 high grade rubber specialties for surgeons and electricians, and 

 druggists' sundries. 



The Boston, Massachusetts, branch of the Dayton Tire Co. 

 will in future be managed by Joseph M. Everett, whose interests 

 in the tire business of that city have heretofore been divided 

 between tlie Walpole and Diamond companies, with both of 

 which lie lias been connected. This appointment was made 

 jiossible by the promotion of E. C. Newcomb. former manager. 



