December 1, 1913.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



141 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The l>"edcral Rubber Manufacturing Co., of Milwaukee, Wis- 

 consin, announces the removal of its Xew England branch from 

 261 Dartmouth street, Boston, to a permanent location in the 

 company's own new building at 173 Massachusetts avenue, that 

 city. A complete stock of Federal tires, tire accessories, horse 

 shoe pads and mechanical rubber goods will be carried at this 

 address, where commodious show and stock rooms have been 

 provided, with facilities for prompt attention to orders. 



The formation of a company is being considered for the con- 

 tinuation of the business of The Xenia Rubber Manufacturing 

 Co. of Xenia, Ohio, in the manufacture of tires of all kinds, me- 

 chanical rubber goods, etc. The new company will probably be 

 incorporated during February, 1914, and $60,000 is given as the 

 amount of its capitalization. 



The Fairfield Rubber Co., which recently installed electricity 

 in part of the plant at Fairfield, Connecticut, and replaced some 

 of the old machinery with other of later and improved design, 

 is now adding to its equipment a new set of boilers, besides hav- 

 ing contracted for a one-story 45 x 75 feet brick addition to the 

 plant. The company expects also to make further important 

 changes in the spring. 



The Endurance Tire & Rubber Co. of Xew Brunswick, Xew 

 Jersey (with general offices at 1789 Broadway, New York), has 

 recently opened a branch at 1514 Michigan avenue, Chicago, in 

 charge of A. \V. Shattuck, in addition to the one mentioned in 

 our November number, located at 755 Boylston street, Boston, 

 in charge of John L. Hamilton. 



The Plymouth Rubber Co., Canton, Massachusetts, instead 

 of equipping each mill and calender with safety stops, has 

 put electrically operated friction clutches at the drive end of 

 each main shaft. A cord from each clutch runs over each ma- 

 chine in ea.sy reach of the operator. The driver works quickly 

 and is said never to be out of commission. 



A new building has been added to the plant of the Plymouth 

 Rubber Co.. at Canton Junction, Massachusetts, for the manu 

 facture of leatherette. The product is used by shoe, novelty, 

 upholstery and automobile manufacturers, and is called 

 "Plymouth Leather." 



The trust agreement, under which the stock of The Boston 

 Woven Hose & Rubber Co. has been held for the shareholders 

 by trustees, which terminated on November 2 last, was, by a 

 vote of the stockholders, extended for another five years, con- 

 tinuing until November 2, 1918. 



The new factory of the Double Fabric Tire Co., at Auburn. 

 Indiana, is now nearing completion. The main building is 84 

 X 140 feet, and so designed that it can readily be added to when 

 occasion requires. It is built of brick, full mill construction, is 

 equipped with sprinkler system, and has a vacuum plant. A 

 36 X 40 foot two-story building is also being added to the boiler 

 die rooms, and Birmingham 60-inch calender, 40-inch mills and 

 a washer are being installed. 



The El Paso Rubber Vulcanizing & Auto Supply Co., Incor- 

 porated .August 12, this year, at El Paso, Texas, with a capital 

 of $10,000, by C. M. Morse, W. Morse, and C. F. Fovvser, suc- 

 ceeds the El Paso Rubber & Auto Supply Co., first established 

 in 1908 under the name of the El Paso Rubber Co. The pur- 

 pose of this recent incorporation is to prevent the use by other 

 companies similarly engaged in the automobile supply and ac- 

 cessory business of the names under which this concern has been 

 operating. 



The Eureka Resihent Wheel Co. has been incorporated at Lud- 

 low, Kentucky, with a capital of $10,000 for the manufacture of 

 a patented automobile wheel. The principal incorporators are 

 G. A. Simpson, of Ludlow, and Charles Schroeder, of Cincinnati. 

 Ohio. 



Mahlow & Wyckhoff, manufacturers of hard rubber negatives 

 and soft rubber molds, have recently removed from 325 South 

 Warren street, Trenton, New Jersey, to Brunswick avenue, and 

 East Trenton Railroad, in the same city. 



The "Thermoid 100 per cent. Perfect Brake Lining," made by 

 tlie Thermoid Rubber Co., of Trenton, New Jersey, is now used 

 by twenty-six of the popular motor cars of the United States 

 and Europe. 



THE HARTFORD RUBBER PLANTATION. 



Many ruljlier manufacturers here and abroad own rubber plan- 

 tations situated somewhere in the tropics. It remains, however, 

 for the Hartford Rubber Works to install their own idantation 

 right in the factory. In the warm, light boiler room there are 

 growing today healthy specimens of the Heiea Brasiliensis, Cas- 

 lilliHi Elastica. and the ficus l-.hstica. So far, these trees have 



Rubber Plant.^tion of the Hartford Rubber Works Co. 



not been tapped, and will not be until a new tapping device pro- 

 jected by Mr. Whittlesey is completed. 



Confidentially, the device is to be a cutting-knife attached to a 

 vacuum extractor which will draw the latex as far as the mill 

 room, coagulate it over the mixing mills, and automatically feed 

 it into the rolls for massing. 



Should be on every rubber man's desk— Crude Rubber and 

 Compounding Ingredients : Rubber Country of the Amazon ; 

 Ruliber Trade Directorv of the World. 



