July 1, 1913.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



519 



A system of pensions is being established in the factory of 

 the National Rubber Co. at Bristol, and for several months 

 past half a dozen of the former employes of the concern have 

 been receiving weekly pensions. Two of the beneficiaries 

 under the pension system, John Newbold and William H. 

 Young, had served in the factory for upward of forty years 

 each. 



A new shipping shed, of wood with a concrete foundation, 

 has been erected at the factory of the National India Rubber 

 Co. at Bristol, for the shipment of insulated wire. It is 160 

 feet in length and 70 feet in width. 

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The Woonsocket Rubber Co. of Woonsocket, recently 

 called for fifty girls to learn rubber shoemaking. The com- 

 pany is running to capacity to keep up to the demands on these 



goods. 



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The Woonsocket Rubber Co., the Joseph Banigan Rubber 

 Co. and the Marvel Rubber Co., all subsidiaries of the United 

 States Rubber Co., held annual meetings of stockholders on 

 May 27. The meeting of the Woonsocket Rubber Co. was 

 held at the company's office at Woonsocket, and Walter S. 

 Ballon, Samuel P. Colt, Walter A. Read, John W. Ellis, 

 James Harris, George Schlosser and Clarence H. Guild were 

 elected directors. All of the seven, with the exception of 

 Messrs. Schlosser and Guild, were re-elected, these two fill- 

 ing the vacancies caused by the death of Edward R. I^ice and 

 the resignation of Homer E. Sawyer. Walter S. Ballon was 

 re-elected president and Clarence H. Guild, of Providence, 

 secretary and treasurer. Homer E. Sawyer was chosen gen- 

 eral manager in place of Walter S. Ballon, who previously 

 held the latter position in addition to being the corporation's 

 president. George Schlosser, of Woonsocket was again 

 chosen general superintendent and Henry C. Wagner, of 

 Woonsocket, superintendent. 



At the meeting of the Joseph Banigan Rubber Co. Walter 

 S. Ballou, Samuel P. Colt, Walter A. Read, John W. Ellis 

 and Clarence H. Guild were elected directors. Messrs. Read 

 and Ellis are new meji on this board, taking the places of 

 Homer E. Sawyer, resigned, and Edward R. Rice, deceased. 

 The directors again chose Walter S. Ballou president and 

 Clarence H. Guild secretary-treasurer. Mr. Sawyer was ap- 

 pointed general manager in place of Mr. Ballou, who had 

 previously held that position. 



The meeting of the Marvel Rubber Co. resulted in the elec- 

 ti.n of Samuel P. Colt, Walter S. Ballou, Walter A. Read 

 John W. Ellis and James Harris as directors. Samuel P. 

 Colt was re-elected president and Clarence H. Guild secre- 

 tary-treasurer. Homer E. Sawyer was appointed general 

 manager in place of Col. Colt. 



.Among the corporations doing business in Rhode Island 

 that have a corporate excess of $50,000 or more, according 

 to the latest assessment made by the Rhode Island Tax 

 Commission, whose report was filed a few days ago with the 

 General Treasurer for collection, are the following: Ameri- 

 can Emery Wheel Works, excess $51,450.58, tax $205.80; 

 American Multiple -Fabric Co., excess $99,897.70, tax $399.59; 

 American Wringer Co., excess $1,252,579.21, tax $5,010.31 : 

 Joseph Banigan Rubber Co., excess $1,338,900, tax $5,355.60; 

 Bourn Rubber Co., excess $101,407.11, tax $405.62; Collyer 

 Insulated Wire Co., excess $62,580, tax $250.32; Da vol Rubber 

 Co., excess $109,079.62, tax $436.31; Glendale Elastic Fabric 

 Co., excess $229,733.76, tax $918.93; International Rubber Co., 

 excess $78,506.99, tax $314.02; Mechanical Fabric Co., excess 

 $636,676.93, tax $2,546.70; National India Rubber Co.. excess 

 $1,845.566.95,, tax $7,382.26; Phillips Insulated Wire Co., ex- 

 cess $1,543,680. tax $6,174.72; Revere Rubber Co.. excess $851,- 



627.42, tax $3,406.50; Washburn W ire Co., excess $691,922.68, 

 tax $2,767.69; Woonsocket Rubber Co.. excess $955,512.28, 



tax $3,822.04. 



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C. L. Stockbridge, of Boston, sales manager for the Hood 

 Rubber Co., was a member of the party which accompanied 

 the delegation of the Institute of Automobile Engineers of 

 England on their visit to a number of the maimfacturing 

 plants in this city and other sections of New England early 

 this month. 



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William J. Golden, formerly of Bristol, who went to 

 Mu.^kcgon, Michigan, a year ago last April to take the fore- 

 manship of the mechanical department in the factory of the 

 Vulcanized I^roducts Co. of that city, was recently appointed 

 superintendent of the plant. He was for a number of years 

 foreman of the mechanical department at the factory of thi 

 National India Rubber Co. at Bristol. 



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Col. Samuel P. Colt, president of the United States Rubber 

 Co., gave a dinner at "Linden Place," his summer home at 

 Bristol, on Friday, May 30, at which he entertained friends 

 from New York, Washington, Boston, Providence and 

 Bristol. On June 1 the party left this city for Boston en 

 route for the Colonel's hunting camp — as described in the 

 general news columns of this issue. 



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"Two years ago today we started in business here in 

 Providence," said A. N. Bannister, local agent for the Good- 

 year Tire and Rubber Co., of Akron, Ohio, speaking reminis- 

 cently on June 13. ".At that time we had five employes. In 

 the two years this number has grown to 13 and the business 

 has grown correspondingly." 



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A cablegram received at Woonsocket early in the month 

 stated that Hugo Hammann died in Paris, France, May 28. 

 where he was stricken several weeks ago. Mr. Hammann 

 was for more than twenty years an overseer in the Millville 

 rubber mill of the Woonsocket Rubber Co. and later he-was 

 superintendent of the Joseph Banigan rubber mill at Olney- 

 ville. From the latter place he went, four years ago, to the 

 Kaufmann Rubber Co. at Berlin, Ontario, as superintendent. 

 He remained there for three years, returning to East Black- 

 stone last year. On .April 12 he sailed for Paris on a business 

 trip and while there suffered a shock, which resulted in his 

 death. He was well known throughout rubber circles of New 

 England. 



Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Ballou will sail on the Steamship 

 "Baltic" of the White Star Line on July 10 for a motor trip 

 through England and Scotland. They expect to be absent 

 for several weeks. 



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The contract for the big refrigerating plant to be erected 

 by the Revere Rubber Co. at its Valley street plant, this 

 city, was awarded a few days ago to a Providence contractor. 

 The building is to be one of the largest of its kind used by 

 rubber manufacturers in this part of the country. It will be 

 used in cooling the rooms where the rubber goods are stored. 

 The dining hall for the use of officials of the concern is 

 nearly completed. This will be a great accommodation to the 

 heads of the several departments. A number of other im- 

 provements are under contemplation, but very few will be 

 attempted for the present, as the concern is very busy, op- 

 erating two full shifts — night and day. 



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"The latest step in the growth of the Goodyear Tire and 

 Rubber Co.," said A. M. Bannister, manager of the Provi- 



