November 1, 1912.; 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



By (J Resident Correspondent. 



Till', winter season approaches with the rubber industry in 

 KliiuJe Island in as fine a condition as it has been in its 

 history. Three concerns, the National India Rubber Co., Bris- 

 tol; the Phillips Insulated Wire Works, Pawtucket. and the 

 International Rubber Co., West Harrington, are increasing the 

 size of their plants. One new company, in which Providence 

 men are interested, has been chartered under Massachusetts 

 laws. Practically all of the plants in the State are running to 

 their full capacity. 



The opening of a wire-making plant in connection with the 

 insulating work at the plant of the National India Rubber Co. 

 has proved one of the most successful ventures that concern 

 has ever undertaken. It began with a large quantity of orders, 

 and the business has developed so rapidly since the substitution 

 of this work for several departments which were moved to 

 Cleveland, Ohio, that the size of thi' Imlldlng is being increased 

 and new ones are being erected. 



Night and day work did not relieve the congestion, so re- 

 cently the company officials let a contract for the erection of a 

 one-story building on the north side of the insulating plant, to 

 be used as a shipping room. It is to be 68 feet x 63 feet. W. G. 

 Murphy has the contract. The structure is to be of wood with 

 a concrete foundation. The old scrap room in the yard was 

 recently remodeled and put into use as a storehouse. Two 

 thousand persons are employed at the plant — inore than ever 

 before. 



On September 26 the (dant was closed for stock-taking in 

 accordance with the plan of the United States Rubber Co. to 

 have semi-annual inventories in the factories under its control. 

 Operations were resumed on October 2. Repairs to machinery 

 were made during the short period of idleness. 



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The Washliurn Wire Co., Phillipsdale, Rhode Island, declared 

 a quarterly dividend of 1^ per cent, late in September on its 

 first preferred stock, which was payable to stockholders of 

 record September 20 on October 1. 



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Kighty-live persons were entertained by the Mikado Club, an 

 organization made up of employes of the Davol Rubber Co., at 

 an outing and clambake at Emery Park, near this city, recently. 

 One of the interesting features was a ball game between the 

 married and single men, the former winning by a 10-4 score. 

 The committee in charge of the arrangements included L. Page, 

 R. Starritt, A. Cody, William Brennan and John Thornton. 



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Residents of Bristol were elated a few weeks ago when an- 

 nouncement was made that Col. Samuel P. Colt had completed 

 an agreement with the New York, New Haven and Hartford 

 Railroad Co. whereby he will stand half the expense of the 

 elimination of a grade crossing on Asylum road. 



This road leads from the mainland to Poppasrpiash, a neck 

 of land which forms the western side of Bristol Harbor, and 

 has a beautiful frontage on Narragansett Bay. By this ar- 

 rangement a shore walk, corresponding to the famous right of 

 way for the public across millionaires' estates in Newport, will 

 be opened to the public in Bristol. 



Col. Colt will build tar macadam roads as approaches to a 

 bridge which the New Haven road is to erect across its tracks, 

 and will keep the roadway in condition for five years. The 

 estimated cost of the improvement is $20,000. 



Shortly before this agreement was reached. Col. Colt also 

 pleased his townspeople by offering a strip of land to the Gov- 

 ernment, so that it would be unnecessary to have a sharply 

 sloping right of way across a sidewalk in the rear of the post- 

 office. 



During a campaign in Providence recently to raise $350,000 

 for a new Y. M. C. A. building. Col. Colt presented the com- 

 mittee in charge of the work a check for $10,000. 



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Augustus O. Bourn, head of the Bourn Rubber Co. and 

 former governor of the State of Rhode Island, entertained 

 friends at his home, "Sevenoaks," Hope street, Bristol, in honor 

 of his birthday on October 1. Dinner was served early in the 

 evening and an entertainment was provided from 9 until 11. 



Owing to the illness of Mrs. Bourn, the usual reception was 

 not held. I'loral decorations were much in evidence, however, 

 and the sons and daughters of Governor Bourn assisted him 

 in entertaining. 



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William SutclifTe, who was assistant foreman at the Cranston 

 Worsted Mill, Bristol, recently became a member of the office 

 staff of the National India Rubber Co., Bristol. 



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The vulcanizing room, one story high, construction on which 

 was started for the International Rubber Co., West Barrington, 

 about a month ago, is practically complete. It is 70 feet x 70 

 feet. The new room gives much-needed space in the main plant 

 fur the manufacture of sheetings. 



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ICngineer lirnest W. Crawley, of the United States Engineer- 

 ing Department, New Haven, was present at an insulated wire 

 test at the jilant of the National India Rubber Co., Bristol, on 



October 10. 



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Mr. and Mrs. Roswell C. Colt, who were married in London 

 last summer, left Linden Place, the home of Col. Samuel P. 

 Colt, Bristol, for Montreal early in October. Mr. Colt is inter- 

 ested in the rubber business in the Canadian city. 



Shortly before their departiire Col. Colt entertained a large 

 party of friends in their honor. The guests included the towns- 

 people as well as many from Providence, and also a number of 

 members of the Legislature and college friends of Roswell Colt. 

 A clambake was served. Music at the reception was furnished 



by a large orchestra from Providence. 



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Stockholders of the United States Rubber Co. in this State. 

 of whom there are many, were pleased to receive notices on 

 October 3 that the big company had declared from the net 

 profits for the quarter beginning July 1, a dividend of 2 per 

 cent, on the first preferred stock, Xyi per cent, on the second 

 preferred stock, and 1 per cent, on the common stock. 



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Tax lists just published in the city of Pawtucket show that 

 the Collyer Insulated Wire Co. is taxed this year for $37,420 

 on its real property and $20,000 on its personal; that the United 

 Wire and Supply Co. is taxed for $35,000 real and $10,000 per- 

 sonal : the Phillips Insulated Wire Co. for $186,320 real and 

 $120,000 personal. 



Herbert O. Phillips, head of the latter concern, is personally 

 taxed for $44,180 real and $14,460 personal. 



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The National India Rubber Co., Bristol, has purchased two 

 large motor trucks for hauling raw materials and finished prod- 

 ucts between its plant and the New York, New Haven and 

 Hartford Railroad Co.'s freight yards in that town. 



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John J. Patterson, of this city, is president of a newly organ- 

 ized rubber concern, which is to be known as the Patterson 

 Rubber Co. and is to erect a plant of five buildings in Lowell, 

 Massachusetts. The capital stock is $500,000. It will manu- 

 facture automobile tires. 



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George F. S. Singleton, of Franklin, Massachusetts— a town 



