October i, rgio.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



29 



News of the American Rubber Trade 



THE APSLEY'S SILVER ANNIVEKSARY. 



THE Ap.sley Rabl)er Co. (Hudscm. Massachusetts.), issued, 

 under date of September l. a handsomely engraved 

 suuvcnir "f rh^ir quarterly centeunary. rif wliioh tlic ci'M'r 

 is labeled : 



1 8S5 1 9 1 o 



SILVER ANNIVERSARY 



of 

 APSI.EV RUBBER COMPANY 



Huiison, Massacluisetts 



The marked success of the company is attributed to the adop- 

 tion at the beginning of the principle, "The production of mer- 

 chandise of high quality and honorable dealings in all business 

 relation," to which the entire staff have proved loyal. The 

 souvenir contains views of the original plant of the Apsley com- 

 pany, and of the present plant, reproductions of which appear 

 on this page. 



The last India Rubber World, (page 445), mentioned the dis- 

 tribution of presents by President Apsley to all employes at 

 the factory at Hudson. More recently, on a visit to Chicago, Mr. 

 Apsley made similar presents to the staff of the Rubber Manu- 

 facturing and Distributing Co., of which he is also president. 



FIRE IN A RUBBER FACTORY. 



At the plant of the Rubber and Celluloid Harness Trimming 

 Co., (Newark, New Jersey), fire broke out on the afternoon of 

 September 11, from some cause yet unknown, causing a loss of 

 from ?200,ooo to $250,000. The fire began in the machine build- 

 ing and extending to adjacent structures stored with materials. 

 It did not reach the department in which the rubber harness 

 trimmings are manufactured, so that with the adjustment of 

 losses the company were enabled to proceed at once to fill orders 

 in their harness department. Some parts of the building in which 

 their Rubberset brushes are manufactured were damaged, making 

 necessary a delay of a week or ten days in the work of this de- 

 partment. The loss is reported to have been mainly on new ma- 

 chinery lately installed by the company. 



EXTENSION OF THE EMPIRE RUBBER FACTORY. 



The Empire Rubber Manufacturing Co, (Trenton, New Jer- 

 sey), in view of the large increase in their business this year, 

 have been compelled to add still further to their factory. They 

 are making a three-story addition to their main mill room build- 

 ing, 40 X 70 feet : putting up a new tire shipping and stock room, 

 three stories, 40 x 80 feet ; and erecting a garage for the accom- 

 modation of their patrons and the cars used by their employes. 

 Besides, they are adding a second story to their office building, 

 40 X 100 feet, the entire second floor to be devoted to the ac- 

 counting department. 



STEEL CALENDER STOCK SHELLS. 



The demand for "Universal" steel calendar stock shells [see 

 The India Rubbkr World, June i, 1910 — page 331] is reported 

 to be growing so rapidly that the maker, W. F. Gammeter, of 

 Cadiz. Ohio, has been compelled to double his floor space, and 

 is still crowded for room. More than 8,000 of these shells have 

 been installed in rubber factories since March i last. 

 JAMES BOYD & BROTHER— REMOVAL. 



Announcement is made by James Boyd & Brother, Inc., 

 (Philadelphia), of the removal of their sales department to 

 Twenty-fifth and Wharton streets, where it will be combined 

 under one roof with the factory and warehouse. It is anticipated 

 that through thus consolidating their organization they will be 



better equipped to serve their customers. The firm will continue 

 to represent, as selling agents, the Electric Hose and Rubber Co., 

 and the Eureka Fire Hose Manufacturing Co., and carry a com- 

 plete stock of fire protection equipment and mechanical rubber 

 goods. Their factory is devoted to fire extinguishing apparatus. 



combination in the retail drug trade. 

 The rubber druggists' sundries trade is likely to be very much 

 interested ultimately in the combination which is taking place in 

 the retail drug interest in New York City. A new corporation 

 has been formed, under the laws of New York, under the style 

 Riker-Hcgeman Co., with an authorized capital of $15,000,000, of 

 which $5,000,000 is in preferred shares. Tlie businesses combined 

 are those of William B. Riker & Sons Co., dating from 1846, and 

 Hegeman & Co., operated under the present name since 1875, but 

 for many years earlier under other names. The combined business 

 will control 58 retail drug stores, a few of which are located out- 

 side of New York. The annual sales are estimated at $9,000,000, 

 which covers a very great distribution of goods at retail. The 

 Riker stores particularly have always paid close attention to their 

 rubber sundries department^ and have been large sellers of this 

 class of goods. It is to be presumed that the same policy will be 

 adhered to by the enlarged company. 



officers of the h. o. canfield CO. 

 The list of officers of The H. O. Canfield Co., manufacturers 

 of mechanical rubber goods at Bridgeport, Connecticut, is at 

 present constituted as follows : 



President — A. H. C.^nfield [former vice president; succeeds the late 

 H. O. Canfield.] 



Vice president and treasurer — G. E. Melius (formerly treasurer only.] 

 Secretary — H. B. Canfield. 



The above, with T. W. Bassett, of New Y'ork, and John S. 

 Pullman, of Bridgeport, constitute the board of directors. 



NORTH BRITISH RUBBER CO. IN CANADA. 



Through a regretted oversight within the offices of The In- 

 dia Rubber World, the advertisement of The North British 

 Rubber Co., Limited, has been printed recently with an incom- 

 plete address for their Toronto branch. It should read : 43, Col- 

 borne street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 



TIRE trade NEWS. 



The Fisk Rubber Co. (Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts), have 

 opened branches in Providence, Rhode Island; Rochester, New 

 York; and Oakland, California. The Fisk company now have 

 20 branches, scattered among 14 states. 



The C. A. Shaler Co. (Waupun, Wisconsin), manufacturers 

 of portable electrical vulcanizers for tires, have acquired the 

 patent rights and business of the Stitch-in-Time Vulcanizing Co. 

 (Topeka, Kansas), manufacturers of a gasolene heated vulcanizer 

 of the portable type. 



Mr. D. B. Nally, long connected with the tire trade in New 

 York and the adjacent territory, has joined tlie selling forces of 

 the Pennsylvania Rubber Co. (Jeannettc, Pa.) 



Mr. Wiley F. West has been appointed manager of the St. 

 Louis branch of The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. (Akron, 

 Ohio). He comes from Atlanta, Georgia, where he secured valu- 

 able experience while managing the branch store of another tire 

 company. 



Owing to important developments with the deal for the Ameri- 

 can rights for the pfleumatic tire filler, The India-Rubbcr Journal 

 notes the departure for the United States of Mr. Bertram E. 

 Foster. It is understood that an important American company 

 have agreed to take up the Pneumatic invention, and to establish 

 factories for producing the material. 



