August 1, 1913. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



587 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 

 A new building 226 x 80 feet, and 4 stories high, with a floor 

 space of nearly 74.000 square feet, is being added to the plant of 

 the Continental Rubber \\ Orks at Erie. Pennsylvania. 



The Electric Hose and Rubber Co., of Wilmington, Delaware, 

 has arranged for the opening of a new store at Chicago 



.\ new facliiry. with lloor space of 10,000 square feet, is being 

 erected at Seattle. Washington, by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber 

 Co.. of Akron. Ohio. 



The Spokane Stamp Works, of Spokane, Washington, has 

 recently purchased the entire plant and business of the Phoenix 

 Stamp Works of that city, which had been in continuous 

 operation in the manufacture of ruliber stamps for 25 years. 

 The Spokane Stamp Works has now the greatest capacity of 

 any concern of its kind in that section of country. 



Work has been started on a new four-story addition — intended 

 for office and warehouse use — to the plant of the C. Roberts 

 Rubber Co., New street, Newark. New Jersey. It is estimated 

 that this addition will cost $27,000, and it will occupy a space 

 of SO X 100 feet. 



A four-story concrete building, 50 x 200 feet, is being erected 

 by The La Crosse Rubber Mills Co., of La Crosse, Wisconsin, 

 as an addition to its present plant. This extra space will cnal>Ie 

 the company to increase its production of rubber boots and shoes 

 very materially. 



The stockholders of the Columbiana Rubber Co., of Youngs- 

 town, Ohio, recently voted an increase of the capital stock of 

 that company, the additional capital being intended for use in 

 the enlargement of the plant and for the purchase of new ma- 

 chinery. Papers have been liled by the company increasing the 

 capital stock to $-100,000. the former capitalization having been 

 $100.0(X). 



Brandt liros., Indianapolis agents for Lozier and Chandler au- 

 tomobiles, have taken the agency for that city of Braender tires. 



Plans have been prepared for a 32 x 224 feet addition to the 

 plant of The Electric Hose and Rubber Co., at Wilmington, Dela- 

 ware. This addition — which will enable the company to increase 

 its output by abcut 25 per cent. — is to be of brick construction, 

 two stories high. 



The John .X. Roebling's Sons Co.. which includes among its 

 manufactures large quantities of rubber insulated wire, has con- 

 tracted for a new brick and steel building, 65 x 208 feet, to be 

 added to its wire mill at Dollar Bay. Wisconsin. 



A Massachusetts branch, intended to supply the Eastern manu- 

 facturers with their requirements in the way of cement, has been 

 established by the St. Louis Rubber Cement Co., at 652 Summer 

 street. West Lynn. 



The new Philadelphia agency of the Hardman Tire and Rubber 

 Co.. of New York, is to be carried on under the management of 

 J. .\. McTaggart. with location at 1923 Sansom street. 



Gutla Pcrcha and Rubber Limited, formerly the Gutta Percha 

 and Rubber Manufacturing Company, of Toronto. Limited, has 

 just completed, and is now occupying another substantial addi- 

 tion to its factory group in the Parkdale section of the city. 

 This is a six-story and basement building. 170 x 50 feet, with a 

 one-story wing, giving a floor area of 60,000 square feet. The 

 building is of reinforced concrete throughout with fire-proof 

 doors, steel sashes, etc., and is equipped with all modern con- 

 veniences. The greater part of the newly acquired space is 

 devoted to the increased production of Maltese Cross rubber 

 footwear and Maltese Cross automobile tires. 



.\ new Canadian company known as the Sterling Rubber Co., 

 Ltd., is now manufacturing a line of drug sundries at Guelph, 

 Canada. F. S. Friedman is the secretary and treasurer of the 

 company. 



A HANDSOME PENNSYLVANIA PANEL 



The world will never tire of handsome pictures, and many 

 astute advertisers have taken advantage of this unescapable fact. 

 The Pennsylvania Rubber 

 Co., of Jeannette, Pennsyl 

 vania, has recently sent out 

 to its customers a striking 

 panel 15 inches wide and 

 40 inches long, showing the 

 full length figure of a thor- 

 oughly modern young wom- 

 an. She is evidently dresse<l 

 for the opera or some other 

 gala occasion, and she is 

 quite dazzling in costume 

 and millinery, with an op- 

 era cloak which the aver- 

 age woman would undouln- 

 edly describe as "a dream,' 

 but to the hapless male 

 who had to pay for it 

 would doubtless prove a 

 stern reality. The picture 

 is lithographed in ten or 

 twelve colors on heavy 

 paper embossed so as to 

 have the eflFect of canvas. 

 It is a thoroughly artistic 

 piece of work. The pairel 

 is entitled "Vecelia," a 

 name derived from "V. C," 

 the trade mark of the 

 Vacuum Cup Tires made 

 by the company. "V'ecelia" is 

 a companion piece to "Jean- 

 nette."' a striking panel sent 

 out by the company a little 

 while ago, showing the va- 

 cation girl sitting in her 

 canoe. Both of these pic- 

 tures were painted spe- 

 cially for the Pennsylvania 

 Rul)ber Co. by the well- 

 known artist, C. Everett 

 Johnson. 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATE?. 



/^1-MC1.\L Statement of values of exports of manufactures of 

 ^^ india-rubber and gutta percha for the month of April, 

 1913. and for the first ten months of five fiscal vears, beginning 

 July 1 ; 



Belting, Boots .All 



Packing :;nd Other 



Months. and Hose. Shoes. Rubber. 



April, 1913 $188,529 $88,539 $655,466 



Julv-March 1,966,639 1.178,268 6.194.003 



PENNSYLVANU eU^tXoofVWWM COP HIES 



PEWNSYLVANiA RUBBER COMPANY 



Total. 1912-13.... $2,155,168 $1,266,807 $6,849,469 

 Total, 1911-12.... 1,918.285 1.323.0f>0 5.984,379 

 Total, 1910-11.... 1,742,683 1.894.282 5.198,295 

 'I'otal, 1909-10.... 1,580,088 1.593.696 4,082,427 

 Total, 1908-09.... 1,225,882 1.139.271 3.165.096 

 The above heading "All Other Rubber," for th 

 April. 1913. and for the first ten months of three 

 beginning July 1. includes the following details relat 



For All 



Months. Automobiles. Other. 



April. 1913 $305,362 $48,275 



July-March 2,809,917 445.826 



Total, 1912-13... 

 Total. 1911-12... 

 Total. 1910-11... 



$3,115,279 



2.063.603 



1,528.136 



$494,101 

 467.290 

 479.213 



Total. 

 $932,534 

 9,338,910 



$10,271,444 



9,225,724 



8,835,260 



7.256,211 



5,530,249 



e month of 



fiscal years, 



ing to tires : 



Total. 



$353,637 



3,255,743 



$3,609,380 

 2.530.893 

 2.007.349 



