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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April 1, 1913. 



THE FAMOUS YACHT OF THE MONATiaUOT CREW. 



The sight of boys playing marbles back of the school house 

 is not the only harbinger of spring ; another sure sign that sum- 

 mer is not far away is the restlessness of the chronic yachtsman 

 who begins in March to anticipate the delightful cruises of 

 August. 



The officers of the Monatiquot Rubber Co., of Soutli Brain- 

 tree, Massachusetts, own a little craft which they have named 

 "Hypatia," and which they use during the summer for their own 

 recreation and for the entertainment of their friends. One of 

 the '"Hypatia" crew who is already in anticipation skimming 

 over the blue waters of Boston Harbor on one of those rare 

 June days that Lowell used to write about, affectionately de- 

 scribes his boat as follows : 



"She is about 45 feet of gracefulness and sturdiness, and 

 there's a year for every foot of her. Her timber is as sound 

 as the day she slid from the ways. An engine or something or 

 other furnishes the power, and an awning, or w-hatever is the 

 nautical term, keeps the rain from her deck-house. She was 

 known once to have made nine knots per hour between Hang- 

 man's Island and Hull Gut. and she is said once to have cruised 

 seventy consecutive miles of? Boston Light. But it is her cabin, 

 which can accommodate ten or twelve rubber men and her crew 

 of Indians, known as the "Four Good Indians," that command 

 the most attention. 



"The pilot-captain of the ship is naturally one ".Squantum," 

 who has gained some considerable fame in rubber circles; while 

 the technical member of the crew is "Monatiquot," nominally 

 in charge of the power plant. In the commodious cabin, where 

 there is every delight for the passenger, "Massasoit" and ''Samo- 

 set" act as steward and chief mixer." 



It would appear that a trip on the "Hypatia" is equivalent to 

 a back-to-nature cure, or better still, a "Naturizing" treatment. 



THE UNDERWRITERS' NEW LABORATORIES. 



The Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., have secured ten thou- 

 sand square feet of additional land adjoining their holdings on 

 East Ohio street, Chicago, and ])lan to extend their present 



THE RUTHERFORD RED INNER TUBE. 



The Rutherford Rubber Co., Rutherford, N. J., is making a 

 red inner tube wliich it calls the "Sterling," and it has adopted 

 a method of bringing this to the consumers' attention, which, 

 while expensive, is certainly convincing. It mails a cross-section 

 of the tube about one inch wide attached to a card describing 

 it and giving the price, and also suggesting a good way to test 

 the qualities ot the tube, namely, to make a cut or puncture 

 in the sample and then tear it apart. This red tube is made 

 of floating stock, and will not crack after long usage, as it is 

 not heavily compounded. It lias a cross grain to prevent splitting 

 or "running." 



lOO.OOO GROSS OF JAR RINGS. 



The B. & R. Rubber Co., North Brooklield, Massachusetts, 

 reccnlly shipped off to the South a single order of 100,000 gross 

 of jar rings. This is not the company's record order, but it is 

 the largest yet received this season. 



A STRIKING TIRE ADVERTISEJfENT. 



The Fisk Rubber Co., of New York, recently had a full page 

 advertisement in the humorous weekly "Life" that was certainly 

 different. It w-as printed in colors and in the upper left-hand 

 corner there was a small panel showing a robust native tapping 

 a rubber tree, from which prodigious drops of latex exuded 

 As these drops fell down the page they gradually assumed 

 circular form until finally they appeared as full fledged Fisk 

 tires on a red touring car going at a spanking pace. This ad- 

 vertisement leaves the impression that Fisk tires are made of 

 genuine rubber — you can see it coming out of the tree — and that 

 it is pure rubber and of very recent origin. It is a striking 

 advertisement. 



A RUBBER FACTORY TO BUILD A CLUB-HOUSE. 



The Republic Rubber Co., of Voungstown, Ohio, have just em- 

 barked upon a project that ought to be very effective in making 

 the 1,500 employees of that plant pleased with their lot. The 

 co:iip,-\ny has decided to build a large and commodious club 



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BriLDIXG OF THE L'XDFRWRITERS' L.\nnR.\TORIES. 



buildings to provide additional space for hydraulic and chemical 

 laboratories and offices. This follows the recent completion of 

 a special building for tests of structural methods and materials, 

 and will give the institution a total ground area of 26,600 square 

 feet, a total floor area in buildings of 45,000 square feet and a 

 yard space of 9,000 square feet. When the present extension 

 is completed, the plant will represent an expenditure of $175,000, 

 this amount having been contributed by the stock fire insurance 

 companies. 



house for the use of its operatives. The house will be just 

 across the street from the company's main offices. It will be 

 an attractive three-story brick building 60 x 130 feet in size. 



The first floor will be given over to bowling alleys, pool tables, 

 shower baths, reading and lounging rooms ; the second to a 

 lunch room in which all employees can secure hot coffee and 

 eat their lunch, and the third floor will be devoted to dining room- 

 for office employees. The second floor also will be used for 

 meetings in which employees are interested. 



