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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1913. 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



THE DERBY PEOPLE HAVE AN OUTING. 



THE annual outing gi\on fur the fnii)Ioycs of The Derby 

 Rubber Co. was held on July 5 at Morris Cove, near Light- 

 ^ house Point, Connecticut. They were taken by special car 

 to the grove, a ride of about an hour and a half through the 

 Connecticut hills. There were atliletic contests, handsome prizes 

 being awarded the winners, and after an hour of salt water bath- 

 ing the men sat down to a shore dinner. After-dinner speeches 

 were made by General Manager P. B. Price and others. In the 

 afternoon a baseball game was played which lasted until time to 

 return. 



Mr. A. W. Paige, president of tlie company, attended the outing 

 and took part in the sports 



THE WORK OF THE FORSYTH DENTAL INFIRMARY. 



The Forsyth Dental Infirmary for children, recently estab- 

 lished in Boston by Thomas Alexander Forsyth and John 

 Hamilton Forsyth as a memorial to James Bennett Forsyth 

 and George Henry Forsyth, has already been extensively 

 described and also illustrated in this publication. A recent 

 article by a Boston doctor in the "Boston Medical and Sur- 

 gical Journal" calls attention to the enormous field which 

 this institution is bound to fill. An examination of 118,000 

 school children in Boston showed that over 51,000 of them 

 had defective teeth. This Infirmary will be able to take care 

 of this entire number and even more, for it will have a maxi- 

 mum equipment of 106 chairs and it is estimated that 12 

 patients a day can be cared for in each chair. Assuming 

 that each child receives three treatments a year, over 76,000 

 children can be cared for in this great charitable institution. 



OFFICIALS OF REPUBLIC RUBBER CO. ENTERTAINED. 



On Monday evening, July 14, some thirty-six branch man- 

 agers, officials and department heads of the Republic Rubber 

 Co., were entertained by President Thomas L. Robinson at the 

 Country Club, Youngstown, Ohio, .^mong those present were : 

 T. L. Robinson, president; L. T. Petersen, first vice-president; 

 J. H. Kelly, second vice-president and general sales manager ; 

 A. H. Harris, superintendent; C. F. Garrison, secretary, and 

 M. I. Arms 2nd, treasurer. 



In the course of the social session which foUow-ed the dinner, 

 there was some excellent speaking. All the branch managers 

 reported splendid business and were enthusiastic as to prospects 

 of "Quality Tires." 



THE RUBBER CLUB OF AMERICA HAS PERMANENT OFFICE. 

 In accordance with the recommendation of llie Executive Com- 

 mittee and the approval of the directors, a permanent office of 

 the Rubber Club of America has been established at 354 Fourth 

 avenue. New York, occupying a portion of the offices of the 

 Silk Association of America. This new office will hereafter be 

 the center of the activities of the Rubber Club and is in charge 

 of Mr. E. S. Vorhis, who has been appointed Club Secretary. 

 It is expected that with these new facilities the work of the 

 Rubber Club will be broadened and extended and will become an 

 instrument of great usefulness and benefit to its members and 

 tlie trade at large. 



INSTALLING GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. MOTORS. 



The installation of new machinery in the Fisk Rubber Co.'s 

 works at Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, will include a 150 h. p. 

 motor, two 400 h. p. motors and switchboard apparatus, ordered 

 from the General Electric Co. This company is doing an enor- 

 mous business in the way of installing its motors in all sorts of 

 industrial institutions — cement companies, biscuit companies, 

 printing concerns, soap factories — all over the coimtry, as well 

 as in the power plants of a great many railroads. 



STATEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES TIRE CO. 



The United States Tire Co., incorporated under the laws of 

 New York, has filed with the Massachusetts secretary of state a 

 statement of its financial condition, dated May 28, 1913. A com- 

 parison is shown below of this statement and that made by the 

 company in 1912: 



May 28, March 1, 

 Assets. 1913. 1912. 



Real estate $41,784 



Real estate and investment $330,475 .... 



Machinery, fixtures, etc 120,183 



Material, stock in process and equipment.... 9,395,452 2,981,686 

 Cash and debts receivable 4,193,728 2.535,540 



Total $13,919,655 $5,679,193 



Liabilities : 



Capital stock $500,000 $500,000 



Accounts payable 12.925,512 5,148.785 



Surplus, reserve 494,143 30,408 



Total $13,919,655 $5,679,193 



OfFICI.\LS of THE REPUBLIC RuBBER Co. 



