December 1, 1913.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



130 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Braender Rubber & Tire Co. is adding to its plant on 

 Paterson avenue, Rutherford, New Jersey, work having been 

 started on a new factory building. 



Baker & Hamilton, of San Francisco, have recently been given 

 the agency for the new Savage tire in northern California. 



Contracts to furnish supplies for forty-one motor-trucks re- 

 cently purchased by the government for use in various cities in 

 the parcel post service, for the remainder of the fiscal year end- 

 ing June 30, 1914. have recently been awarded to the B. F. Good- 

 rich Co., Motz Tire & Rubber Co., and the United States Tire 

 Co. 



The Easyride Tire Filler Co., formerly located in New Orleans, 

 lias removed to 123 Locust street, St. Louis Missouri, where 

 headquarters have been established for the sale of its new tire- 

 filling material known as "Easyride." 



Reports on a test of fire hose recently purchase<l by llu- city 

 of Davenport, Iowa, from the Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing 

 Co., of Passaic, New Jersey, indicate an excellent showing for 

 this company's product. In this test, made before fire commis- 

 sioner, chiefs, etc., the hose is said to have stretched only SO 

 inches in 50 feet, which is 14 inches less than the allowance by 

 fire underwriters' regulations. 



The cost and inconvenience of the necessary frequent replacing 

 of planks in the promenade at Atlantic City has led to a decision 

 on the part of the city rulers to cover certain sections of the 

 walk with a preparation of rubber, and. this experiment showing 

 satisfactory results, to extend its use over the entire length of 

 the promenade. 



A new company has been formed in Canada for the manu- 

 facture of rubber tires. It has been incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $40,000, under the name of The Michelin Tire Co. of 

 Canada, Limited, Montreal, the list of incorporators including 

 A. E. Woodworth and A. B. Wright. 



The Northland Rubber Co., with J. Clark Milsom as general 

 manager, has opened salesrooms at 1239 Main street, Buffalo, 

 New York. 



A tire factory is soon to be erected at Macon, Georgia, for 

 the Southern Tire & Rubber Co., which, when completed, will be 

 operated imder the management of H. Dcch. 



The Ford Motor Co. is to establish an agency at Buenos Aires 

 in South America, with the E. H. Hampton Co. of that place. 



The Walpole Tire & Rubber Co.'s salesroom, recently removed 

 from Boston to Cambridge, will again be established iu the 

 former city upon the completion of a building now under course 

 of erection more favorably located and arranged to meet the 

 requirements of the tire business. 



The Progressive Tire Co., Limited, with headquarters at 137 

 Church street, Toronto, Ontario, has secured a Canadian agency 

 for Ajax tires. 



M a meeting of directors of the .Mliance Rubber Co.. held at 

 the company's office at Alliance, Ohio, on November 1. it was 

 decided to call a meeting of stockholders for December 1 to 

 consider a $50,000 increase in capitalization over the present 

 $100,000 capital stock. 



A new brake lining known as "Bestbestos'' is being introduced 

 by the Federal Asbestos Co., of Paterson, New Jersey. This 

 is made of closely woven asbestos and is said to be unaffected 

 by oil, gasolene, grease or acid. 



Contracts have been awarded by the Consolidated Rubber Co., 

 of Calgary, Alberta, for the erection of a five-story warehouse, 

 to be built of reinforced concrete, at an estimated cost of 

 $100,000. 



The New England Cable Co. has been organized at Lowell, 

 Massachusetts, with D. J. Macdougal, president, and Samuel 

 Dunsford. treasurer and general manager, for the manufacture 



of cables for electrical purposes, etc. Mr. Dunsford was formerly 

 very prominently identified with the Lowell Insulated Wire Co., 

 and has had long experience in this line of manufacture. 



THE STANDARD WOVEN FABRIC CO.'S NEW PLANT. 



■ I 'HE Standard Woven Fabric Co. is now located in its new 

 •^ factory at South Framingham, Massachusetts. Its expan- 

 sion started three years ago when the present management bought 

 out the Multiple Woven Hose & Rubber Co.. manufacturers of 

 fire hose and belting. .After this reorganization the new company 



.Sta\ii.\ri)s New F.\ctory .\t South Fr.miingham. 



began rapidly to extend its lines in the manufacture of friction 

 materials and woven mechanical fabrics of every kind. 



Perhaps the best known of the company's products are its 

 "Bi-Moore" and "Solid Multiple" grades of hose fabric. The 

 "Bi-Moorc" is a two-ply fabric, both jackets being woven and 

 bound together on the loom at a single operation. The two 

 jackets are secured together for a part only of their circumfer- 

 ence, leaving hinged sections at opposite sides of the fabric. This 

 feature affords lightness and flexibility and maximum resistance 

 to water pressure. The "Solid Multiple" grade of fabric is similar 

 in weave and form to the "Bi-Moore" grade. Its chief point of 

 difi'erence is that its two jackets are bound together with bind- 

 ing warps throughout their entire circumference. 



All of the machinery which has been installed in the new 

 plant is of the most modern and advanced type. It is particu- 

 larly interesting to note that every one of the machines in the 

 weave room was made in its own machine shop under design 

 and direction of Mr. E. E. Waitc. the factory manager, and un- 

 der patents held by the company. Special machines and 

 processes for the treatment of the finished fabric are also pro- 

 vided. 



The building itself is of fireproof construction and of the type 

 known as "the daylight factory" with a great expanse of window 

 space. The foundations, floors and columns are reinforced con- 

 crete and the walls are brick. Power is furnished by the Boston 

 Edison Illuminating Co.. while the heating is looked after by a 

 Robb-Brady Scotch boiler of 150 h. p. Connected with the boiler 

 is a Sturtevant-Carrier system which insures a uniform tem- 

 perature and humidity in the building the j'ear round. 



With such a thoroughly modern equipment the company will 

 doubtless be able not only to increase its production, but to main- 

 tain high standards of quality and service. 



The officers of the company are George D. Moore, president ; 

 W. B. McSkimmon, vice-president; T. J. Daley, secretar>-; A. H. 

 Burdick, treasurer and general manager, and E. E. Waite, factory 

 manager. 



Much of the new equipment has been paid for out of the com- 

 pany's earnings, altho additional preferred stock for more than 

 $100,000 has been issued in this connection. The authorized cap- 

 ital of the corporation is $400,000, All of the stock which has 

 been issued so far has been sold privately and is held by men 

 connected with the active management. 



