August 1, 1911.1 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



447 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



STANDARD WOVEN FABRIC CO.— A NEW CORPORATION. 



The Standard Woven Fabric Co., Worcester, Mass., organized 

 in .March last, with a capital of $400,000, and of which George 

 D. Moore is president, A. H. Burdick, treasurer, and T. J. 

 Daley, clerk and secretary, has taken over the business of the 

 Multiple Woven Hose & Rublicr Co., of that city. The latter 

 company, founded in 1904 by George D. Moore, established a 

 flourishing business as manufacturers of woven hose and woven 

 belting and of the "Multibcstos" brake lining, a friction fabric 

 largely used as a lining for automobile friction brakes, and the 

 brake bands of hnisting, cable-winding and similar machinery. 

 Under tlie new company it is proposed to considerably extend 

 the manufacturing facilities and provide for the increased 

 output whioli the t,'r<i\ving Inisincss demands. 



THE BOSTON BELTING CO.S OLD AND NEW FACTORIES. 



Aw.w back in 1828, before the discovery of vulcanization by 

 Goodyear, there was 

 a three-story build- 

 ing belonging to the 

 R o X b u r y Rubber 

 Works that later 

 become historic. 

 The building still 

 exists in good re- 

 pair and is part of 

 the present plant of 

 the Boston Belting 

 Co. In the accom- 

 panying illustration 

 it shows in the 

 middle of the pic- 

 ture, distinguished 

 by being lighter 

 colored than the 

 rest. At the •ex- 

 treme right in con- 

 trast to the pioneer 



factory is the latest addition to the company's plant, a fine modern 

 "mill construction" edifice. 



SOME NEWS OF THE UNITED STATES RUBBER CO. 



The recent interpretation of the anti-trust law by the Supreme 

 Court of the United States, and its effect upon the Standard Oil 

 Company, has given rise to many rumors. There was, for ex- 

 ample, a rumor that the United States Rubber Company was 

 planning to re-organize. President Samuel P. Colt was there- 

 fore at once interviewed. He said: 



'"There is absolutely nothing to warrant any such impression. 

 We do not know of anything that we have to reorganize. In 

 every respect, we are conducting our affairs within the law, as 

 interpreted by the Standard Oil and .-\merican Tobacco cases." 



In another interview given to the U'all Street Journal (New 

 York) Colonel Colt said : 



"Our output of mechanical goods for the last two months has 

 been about 25 per cent, below the corresponding months last 

 year. Boot and shoe sale* are also much below 1910, and we 

 find very little desire to purchase by the jobbers. Our plants at 

 present are working only about 60 per cent, of capacity. 



"If business conditions in the fall show improvement I expect 

 to see a betterment in the demand for rubber goods. Retailers, 

 I find, are not anxious to purchase, although I do not believe 

 that they had any great quantity of goods left over from last 

 year. A year ago they showed the same feeling as now in 



regard to buying and for that reason no large stocks were held 

 over. If better weather conditions prevail in the fall I expect 

 to see business improve. 



"According to present indications it is possible that our usual 

 summer shutdown will be of longer duration than has been cus- 

 tomary of recent years. We usually shut down our plants dur- 

 ing the month of August, but this summer we may also close 

 during the latter part of July. Our summer shut-dowm is par- 

 tially necessitated because the crude materia! is sticky during 

 that time and difficult to work with. 



"All of our tire plants are working at capacity. We have 

 also opened our Providence plant which formerly turned out the 

 Continental tires and which has been shut down for some time. 

 I find that the demand for tires is steadily increasing as the 

 season progresses and do not believe early estimates of a pessi- 

 mistic nature will be realized." 



"The automobile industry," Colonel Colt continued, "I believe 



to be still in its in- 

 fancy and I expect 

 to see a steadily in- 

 creasing demand 

 over the next few 

 years. I do not be- 

 lieve that we can 

 even attempt to 

 estimate the output 

 of cars of all classes 

 ten years from now. 

 Naturally the great- 

 est increase will be 

 in the commercial 

 cars, but I expect 

 that there will be a 

 steady increase in 

 all classes." 



F.\LTORiEs OF Boston Belting LuMr'.sNV, Boston, M.\ss. 



A FLOURISHING 

 BUSINESS. 



H.SRMER Rubber Reclaiming Works, East Millstone, N. J., 

 are distributing to the trade a blotting stone with a photograph 

 of their works — a souvenir of their first anniversary. The com- 

 pany has made very satisfactory progress during the first year 

 of their career. In addition to a full line of mechanical re- 

 claimed rubber, they have just completed the installation of new 

 machinery for reclaiming boots and shoes and auto tires on a 

 large scale. The officers of the company are: Thomas W. 

 Harmer, president and general manager; I. Laurie, vice-presi- 

 dent; A. Marcus, secretary and treasurer. 



B. & R. RUBBER COMPANY INCREASE CAPITAL. 



By the issue of 1,000 shares of preferred stock, at a par value 

 of $100 per share, the B. & R. Rubber Co.. North Brookfield, 

 Mass., has increased its capital stock from $400,000 to $500,000. 

 The increase in capital will be utilized for additional equipment 

 and for an addition to the present mill room, the added 

 facilities being warranted by a growth of the company's business 

 this year, as compared with 1910. of about 22 per cent. 



CONTINENTAL HOSPITALITY. 



On their way to the recent meeting of the Federation of 

 .American Motorcyclists, held in Buffalo, N. V., the delega- 

 tion from Cleveland, Ohio, and vicinity, upwards of a hundred 

 in number, were entertained at lunch by the Continental Rubber 

 Co., Erie, Pa., a large tent having been erected for the purpose. 



