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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1, 1913. 



bank and three promoters of New York and Mexico were 

 closely watched, as it was rumored that other ofiicials of the 

 bank were also to be indicted. The suspension of a Lowell bank 

 in which Alva Baldwin, of the Walpole Rubber Co., also a direc- 

 tor of the Atlantic bank, was largely interested, made another 

 connecting link in the chain of affairs. The report of the Wal- 

 pole company's receivers will be found elsewhere in this number. 



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

 Co., is to spend the winter in New York, and has closed his 

 Bristol residence, "Linden Place," this month. It is stated that 

 Colonel Colt intends making a visit next spring to Java and 

 Sumatra, for the purpose of looking over large rubber interests 

 recently acquired. In a letter received a few days ago by Lewis 

 Herrcshoff, of Bristol, from his cousin, Thomas Prentiss, of 

 Batavia, the latter writes: "If Brazil doesn't take a brace, Java 

 and Sumatra will soon be passing her in the amount of raw gum 

 exported for use in the rubber industry. 



"Colonel Colt's rubber proposition in Sumatra is by all ac- 

 counts a wonderful one," writes Mr. Prentiss. "He has been 

 very fortunate in picking out winners to work for Iiiiii, and 

 therein lies the success of the whole undertaking." 



The business at the Davol Rubber Co., Point street, this city, 

 is rapidly expanding, and the concern has recently been callir.g 

 for a large number of girls over 16 years of age for steady em- 

 ployment in the several departments. 



Extensive improvements have been going on at the plant of 

 the National India Rubber Co., on Wood street, Bristol, for sev- 

 eral months, and some big changes have been made there. It is 

 understood that others are under contemplation, including the 

 pulling down of the old carpenter shop, a wooden structure, as 

 well as all other wooden buildings on the property, and replacing 

 them with stone buildings. The management is also considering 

 the erection of another extensive addition to the wire plant. This 

 branch of the business has grown to great proportions during 

 the last few years, and the present indications are that the ca- 

 pacity will be doubled in a short time. It is planned to change 

 the time of taking the annual inventory at this factory from the 

 spring to the last week of the year. 



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The Woonsocket Rubber Co. has just received permission 

 from the authorities of that city to erect an addition to its mills 

 there. Work will begin at once. The new addition to the plant 

 of the Alice Rubber Mill at Woonsocket is practically complete, 

 and the placing of the machinery has already commenced. 

 Business is reported as having been unusually good during the 

 entire year, and the new addition has been badly needed for 

 some time to keep pace with the orders. 



The recent shipments of tlie International Rubber Co. of West 

 Barrington are said to have been the largest in the history of the 

 concern. The departments are being operated on full time and 

 there is every promise of a continuance of rush work during 

 the winter. 



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The petition of Charles H. Graves, president of the Invincible 

 Tire Co., at 53 Sabin street, this city, for the appointment of a 

 receiver of that concern was heard before Presiding Justice 

 Tanner in the Superior Court for Providence county recently, 

 and Arthur A. Thomas, an attorney, was appointed as permanent 

 receiver of the corporation, with a bond of $5,000. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN SAN FRANCISCO. 



liy a l\^\iidci:t Correspondent. 



FAURING the past two weeks there has been an unusual i.ill 

 •'-^ of rain, sufficient to make up for the previous shortage, and 

 more than ample to surpass the total rainfall up to the same 

 time last year. This condition has started the rubber clothing 

 lines so that they are now exceptionally active, a condition most 

 pleasing to the heads of these departments. 



The big building on the corner of Fremont and Mission streets, 

 formerly occupied by the Studebaker Co., is now being equipped 

 to accommodate the Western offices of the B. F. Goodrich Co. 

 and the Diamond Rubber Co. The present quarters of the B. F. 

 Goodrich Co., at No. 345 Market street, are to be leased. There 

 will be some reduction in the size of the force of employes, but 

 in the main it is intended to continue the business of both es- 

 tablishments along the old lines, each firm looking after its own 

 customers. 



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The Roblito Rubber Plantation Co. has been incorporated with 

 its principal place of business in San Francisco, with a capital 

 stock of $600,000. The incorporators are G. Scalmanini, L. \. 

 Carter. E. L. Fischer, J. Cassarelto, and O. M. Goldaracena. 



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The Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co. lias placed an 

 order with the American Rubber Manufacturing Co, for 10,000 

 ft. of cotton rubber fire hose. 



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The Hendrie Rubber Co. is now successfully operating its 

 automobile tire factory at Torrence, California, and the owners 

 are satisfied that they can compete with Eastern tires. This 

 company has established a branch in San Francisco, placing Mr. 

 E. Milburn in charge as sales manager. Mr. Milburn states that 

 already his factory is able to manufacture forty-four tires per 

 day, and by the first of the year they expect to be turning out at 

 least a hundred a day. Not only is the tire a California prod- 

 uct, but also all the cotton used in the fabric, this being grown 

 in the now famous cotton-growing belt of the Imperial Valley, 

 and worked into shape for use in tires in California cotton mills. 

 Mr. Milburn is satisfied with the showing so far made by his 

 selling force. This State is second only to New York in the use 

 of automobiles, and there is a great demand for tires, and as 

 his factory is able to produce a tire which compares favorably 

 with Eastern lines there is no reason why he should not do 

 well in open competition. 



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The breaking of ground for the factory of the Panama Rubber 

 Co. at Compton, California, was marked by quite a celebration, 

 the day having been declared a holiday, and the ceremony, wit- 

 nessed by 3.000 persons, being presided over by the mayor and 

 ]\Ir. W. D. Newerf, president of the company. The factory build- 

 ing will cost about $125,000, and tlie industry will no doubt be a 

 valuable aid to the community. 



Arthur W. Savage, president of the Savage Tire Co.. also the 

 maker of the Savage firearms, was a recent visitor in this city. 

 His tire factory is a comparatively new venture, and is located 

 at San Diego. The tire is distributed in this territory by Baker 

 & Hamilton. 



The Playa Vicente Rubber Co. has been incorporated at 

 Tucson, Arizona, with $500,000 capital stock. The incorporators 

 are : J. .-\. Pritchard, W. V. Olschewski, M. Christman, H. L. 

 Rotchschild and I. M. Golden, all of San Francisco. 



The Pasadena Rubber Co. has been incorporated at Pasadena, 

 California, by .K. R. Riley, F. B. and Nellie L. Cole, with a cap- 

 ital stock of $10,000. 



The B. F. Wade Tire & Rubber Co. has been incorporated at 

 Los Angeles. 



A tire factory is soon to be established at Port Mann, British 



