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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



(October 1. 1920. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN NEW JERSEY 



By Our Regular Correspondent 



TRENTON NOTES 



WHILE the tire industry in Trenton is suffering to some extent, 

 as is the case in other sections of the country, manufac- 

 turers are hopeful that conditions will soon reach normal again. 

 The Ajax Rubber Co., Inc., one of the largest tire manufacturing 

 concerns in this section, has laid off nearly 500 hands during the 

 summer. 



The United & Globe Rubber Co. felt the slump in its tire 

 branch, but placed the majority of its lire makers at work m the 

 various mechanical departments. The hose, belting and packing 

 departments are very busy at this time and the tire makers were 

 needed to help out. John S. Broughton, president of the com- 

 pany, says conditions are getting brighter and that he beheves 

 business will reach normal late in the fall or in the early winter. 

 The Zee Zee Rubber Co., Yardville, laid off about one-third of 

 its working force a few weeks ago. Conditions have begun to 

 improve and the company is gradually taking the tire makers 

 back again. Officials of the company say they do not fear any 

 further lay off from now on. 



The Luzerne Rubber Co. will shortly begin work on the erection 

 of the first unit of a new rubber plant adjoining the present works 

 on Muirhead avenue. Trenton. The new unit will be one-story, 

 60 by 60 feet, of steel, brick, timber and concrete. Plans for the 

 other units will be drawn later. The Luzerne company some time 

 ago purchased a parcel of land adjoining the present plant meas- 

 uring 200 by 208 feet. The growth of the business has prompted 

 the owners to decide upon additions. 



Trenton dealers announce a twenty per cent increase in the 

 prices of all motorcycle and bicycle tires. Motorcycle tires took a 

 jump a few weeks ago and the prices of bicycle tires were recently 

 advanced. The demand for bicycle and motorcycle tires has been 

 greatly increased during the latter part of summer. 



The Trenton School of Industrial Art will establish a depart- 

 ment of rubber technology. For many years through its course 

 in chemistry and mechanics the school has served the rubber 

 industry indirectly, but as the rubber industry in Trenton has 

 grown to such large proportions it was decided that a course more 

 closely allied with the industry should be offered. J. B. Wishart, 

 a chemist employed by the United & Globe Rubber Manufacturing 

 Co., has been appointed instructor of elementary chemistry. This 

 action on the part of the school authorities has met with the hearty 

 approval of the rubber manufacturers, who contend that rubber 

 workers can gain a thorough knowledge of the business at little 

 expense at the Trenton school and not have to attend institutions 

 in other cities. 



MISCELLANEOUS NEW JERSEY NOTES 



The Michelin Tire Co., Milltown, New Jersey, has awarded a 

 contract for the erection of a two-story reinforced concrete fac- 

 tory building, 60 by 125 feet. 



The Watson-Stillman Co., 190 Fulton street. New York City, 

 manufacturer of pumping machinery, brass and other metal cast- 

 ings, etc., has awarded a contract to H. VVilhelmcs & Son, Eliza- 

 beth, New Jersey, for a one-story addition at .'Kldine, New 

 Jersey, to be used as a pattern storage building. The structure 

 will cost about $12,000. 



The Howe Rubber Corporation, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 

 which has been cutting down production somewhat for several 

 weeks past, is resuming its normal output and more employes are 

 being placed at work. It is said that the factory will be ruiming 

 on a maximum basis shortly. 



The United States Rubber Co. is making a number of improve- 

 r-~'ts to its plant on Little Burney street. New Brunswick, New 

 Jc sey. A new plant for refrigeration and circulation of drinking 



water is being installed. .\ new sixty-inch, electrically driven, 

 three-roll lining calender is being set up in the mill. .\ big 

 switchboard is being installed to control the electric power and 

 lighting system, and there will also be a large steam turbine driven 

 generator to produce current for light and power at 550 volts. 

 The power-house equipment will also include a series of trans- 

 formers. When the work is finished the production capacity of 

 the plant will be about doubled. 



The J. Claude English Rubber Co., .Xsbury Park, New Jersey, 

 suffered a serious loss by lire recently, estimated at more than 

 $15,000 in automobile tires, tubes, etc., which was partially covered 

 by insurance. The upper floor was divided into three store rooms 

 and two other rooms we."e used as offices. Valuable records and 

 papers were lost. The origin of the blaze is unknown. 



The Tru-Matis Tul)e & Tire Co. has leased the building at 484 

 Central avenue, Newark, New Jersey, for a term of several years 

 and will use it for showrooms and storage purposes. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN MASSACHUSETTS 



By Our Regular Correspondent 



IN THE I'RESENCE of 1,000 Or more persons, a new movement 

 in education was both launched and dedicated with impressive 

 and picturesque ceremonies at Plymouth Rock, September 17, by 

 the State Department of Education and the Associated Indus- 

 tries of Massachusetts. 



Following these ceremonies there occurred in the Hotel 

 Pilgrim the first serious conference on the problem of edu- 

 cating non-English-speaking adult immigrants who are em- 

 ployed in the industries of Massachusetts, .\bout 350 representa- 

 tives of educational institutions and various industries were 

 present to hear addresses by prominent educators in schools and 

 factories. Among those who read papers at the morning session 

 were Mortimer H. Millen, educational director of the General 

 Electric Co. at West Lynn, and A. G. Warren, director of educa- 

 tion of the American Steel and Wire Corporation at Worcester. 

 These papers and the discussion which followed showed that the 

 industrial representatives were fully as enthusiastic regarding 

 the movement as the educators and indicated with what encourag- 

 ing results many big industrial establishments have already 

 begun this educational work. All of the speakers maintained 

 that the education of the adult immigrant was not a one-sided 

 affair by any means, and that much was to be learned from the 

 immigrant. 



The industrial representatives had a separate conference in the 

 afternoon at which Cyrus S. Cling, in charge of industrial rela- 

 tions for the United States Rubber Co., presided. The speakers 

 included T. J. Dwyer, superintendent of labor for The Fisk Rub- 

 ber Co., Chicopee Falls, and Harold L. Robinson, manager of 

 the service department of the Crompton & Knowles Loom Works, 

 Worcester. 



John J. Mahoncy, State .Su]iervisiir of .\mericanization, sub- 

 mitted a list of propositions from the educators to the industrial 

 leaders for discussion. The educators were also asked to con- 

 sider eight propositions which embodied what industry expects 

 from the public schools. There was much discussion as to the 

 time to be devoted to the educational work and the cost. Most 

 of the industries seemed willing to allow the workers the neces- 

 sary time without loss of pay if it was deemed best to conduct 

 the schools in the plants during working hours. 



Despite adverse manufacturing conditions common to all New 

 England the close of the factory output of the Boston Woven 

 Hose & Rubber Co., Cambridge, for the fiscal year 1919-20, re- 

 cently ended, reached a greater volume than ever before. The 

 total poundage reached something over 37.000,000 pounds, as com- 

 pared with 22.000,000 pounds for the previous year. The best 

 previous mark was 30.000.000 pounds in the year 1917-18. 



