November 1, 1920 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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One of the feature events of the automobile races was the 

 Ajax Trophy Sweepstakes. The distance was fifteen laps and 

 the prize money amounted to $1,200, in addition to a handsome 

 trophy donated by the Ajax Rubber Co., of New York. 



Barney Oldfield, president of the Oldfield Tire Co., Cleveland, 

 Ohio, who was one of the judges, distributed several hundred 

 miniature automobile tires — made of real rubber — to his friends 

 and to those whom he met at the fair grounds. The tires were 

 four inches in diameter and can be used as paper weights. Old- 

 field's special automobile, used in many famous races, was 

 demonstrated. 



TRENTON NOTES 



While automobile tires and tubes are at present selling at 

 greatly reduced prices, the Trenton dealers announce a 20 per 

 cent increase in the prices of all motorcycle and bicycle tires. 

 This is the second recent jump in motorcycle tires. The demand 

 for bicycle and motorcycle tires has greatly increased of late. 



The Bergougnan Rubber Corporation, Trenton, announces that 

 it is the only Trenton tire manufacturer selling tires with 

 mileage insurance. The company claims that buyers are entitled 

 to protection and that mileage insurance protects them. With 

 each tire sold the company gives a written agreement. 



Papers of incorporation have been filed by the Ewing Rubber 

 Co., of Trenton, for the purpose of manufacturing inner tubes, 

 patches, etc. The authorized capita! stock is $100,000. The of- 

 fices and plant of the company will be located at Homan and 

 Hilton avenues, where the A. F. Updike Rubber Co. 

 recently ceased business. The incorporators of the new 

 company are Archibald F. Updike. James Schultz and Alice 

 Emrick. The Updike Rubber Co. recently erected a plant in 

 the Hillcrest section, where it manufactured tubes and patches. 

 Edwin H. Steel was president of the corporation, while A. F. 

 Updike was secretary-treasurer. 



John A. Lambert, treasurer and general manager of the Acme 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co., and president of the Trenton Cham- 

 ber of Commerce, is at the head of a committee to urge the 

 building of new homes with the aid of building loans. 



The Montclair Rubber Co., Trenton, has changed its name 

 to the Montclair Linoleum & Rug Co. 



The Para Rubber Co., 121 East Hanover street, Trenton, has 

 recently changed hands. Irving L. Wright, president and treas- 

 urer of the company, has retired from the business. C. E. Beving- 

 ton and Vernon Jones are the new owners. 



J. Cornell Murray, secretary and treasurer of the Empire 

 Tire & Rubber Corporation, Trenton, who recently underwent an 

 operation for appendicitis at the Mercer Hospital, Trenton, has 

 recovered. 



The firm of Joseph S. Papier and Philip Papier, dealers in 

 automobile tires and accessories, Trenton, has been dissolved. 

 The former takes over two stores, while Philip Papier will con- 

 tinue the East Front street tire shop. 



Judge Lynch in the United States District Court has named 

 John O. Bigelow, of Newark, as receiver for the Trent Rubber 

 Co., Trenton, tire manufacturer. The receiver was named upon 

 the petition of the McLain, Hadden, Simpers Co., a Pennsyl- 

 vania corporation, and Carl Ludwig, New York, on behalf of 

 themselves and other creditors and stockholders of the company. 



ri. A. Ludeke, president of the company, in an affidavit, con- 

 tends that the corporation is solvent, but that because of in- 

 ability to get its plant in operation upon the date desired, it 

 lost the spring trade, and that it is without sufficient ready cash 

 to meet its obligations. The present stringency of the money 

 market also added to the difficulties of the concern. L A. Worth- 

 ington is vice-president of the company, and E. H. Unkles is 

 secretary and treasurer. All are Trenton men. 



"The Story of the Tire." a three-reel picture, was recently 



shown at the K. B. Motor Sales Shop, Trenton, by The Good- 

 year Tire & Rubber Co., of Akron, Ohio. A special representa- 

 tive was sent from the factory to explain the various abuses 

 which cause a tire to go out of service before it has rendered 

 normal mileage, aiid how they can be prevented. Just how a 

 tire is made by workers in the Goodyear plant was also shown. 



MISCELLANEOUS NEW JERSEY NOTES 

 De Mattia Brothers, Inc., manufacturers of tire building equip- 

 ment, will erect a three-story machine shop addition to the plant 

 at Garfield. New Jersey. 



The Rubber Products Co., of 411 Wilson avenue, Newark, 

 will shortly erect a one-story brick and cement machine shop 

 to cost $5,000. 



The Smitli Rubber & Tirt Co., Inc., 625 Main avenue, Passaic, 

 Xew Jersey, invited all of its stockholders to make a personal 

 inspection of its new factory on Columbus Day. A large number 

 responded and refreshments and music were furnished. The com- 

 pany owns eight acres of land on which it plans to build other 

 structures in the spring. The present factory is located on the 

 Erie Railroad, ten miles from New York. Mechanical rubber 

 goods will ho added to the company's lines. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN MASSACHUSETTS 

 By Our Regular Correspondent 



A CHANGE in buying sentiment is being felt in the New England 

 rubber trade, especially in tires. People are still buying 

 conservatively, but it is believed that the bottom has about been 

 reached. The publicity given by The B. F. Goodrich Rubber 

 Co. to the fact that tires are actually 20 per cent cheaper and 

 of better quality than in 1910, whereas the prices of most other 

 commodities have been sky-rocketing, has had telling effect. Af- 

 ter a thorough survey of the national market most Massachusetts 

 dealers are agreed with James J. Rosenfield, general manager of 

 the Boston Auto Tire Exchange, who regards the 1921 outlook 

 most encouraging, as a result of the stabilizing influences of the 

 past few weeks. 



Keeping the highways open during the winter months is one 

 of the big problems in making truckportation the success it must 

 be to meet present and future traffic needs. Urged by the lead- 

 ing industries of the state, Massachusetts has taken up the mat- 

 ter with characteristic promptness. The legislature of 1920 

 passed an act authorizing the Department of Public Works to 

 cooperate with city and town authorities, and to accept financial 

 or other assistance from individuals, partnerships and corpora- 

 tions. The state is to furnish suitable equipment, to supervise 

 its use, and during the years 1920 and 1921 may expend such 

 sums as may be appropriated by the General Court not exceed- 

 ing $50,000. Forty plows have been imrchased to be operated 

 in conjunction with motor trucks, and the commissioner of pub- 

 Mc works desires to ascertain what individuals or corporations 

 will in time of need furnish trucks and operators to work these 

 plows, as the appropriation is insufficient to carry out the project 

 without considerable cooperation from the industries which are 

 to benefit by it. 



The plan is to keep open the trunk line highways in the terri- 

 tory about Boston, including Lowell, Lawrence, Ljnin, Salem, 

 I laverhill, Fitchburg, Taunton, Brockton, Fall River, New Bed- 

 ford, to the State line on the Providence road, Worcester. Spring- 

 field to the Connecticut line, Holyoke and Chicopee Falls. 



BOSTON NOTES 



Highway and housing conferences featured the annual meeting 

 of the Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce at the Hotel Ven- 

 (lome, Boston, October IS. E. F. Broadwell, vice-president of 

 The Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, spoke on 

 "The Business End of Highways; Are Good Highways Good 

 Business?" 



