January 1; 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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branch will look after distribution and sales in a territory 

 extending north to New York State and south to the 

 CaroHnas. 



The Rogers Rubber Co., Inc., Century Building, Pittsburgh, 

 Pennsylvania, manufacturer and distributer of the Rogers revolv- 

 ing rubber duplex heel, on which patents are pending, has the 

 following officers : B. M. Anderson, president ; B. D. Cochran, 

 vice-president, and H. Woodward Rogers, treasurer and general 

 manager, who is also the inventor of the Rogers heel. 



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THE RUBBER TRADE IN NEW JERSEY 

 By Our Regular Correspondent. 



TRENTON NOTES 



HE RUBBER MANUFACTURERS of Trcnton continue to feel the 

 slump in business, general throughout the country. Both the 

 Bergougnan and the Joseph Stokes Rubber companies are prac- 

 tically closed down. The Joseph Stokes Co. employs about 1200 

 hands, and all except a few have been laid off temporarily. Other 

 Trenton rubber plants have also laid off a number of employes, 

 including the Whitehead Brothers' Rubber Co. It was believed 

 that the depression would not affect concerns making mechanical 

 goods ; however, the slump in this line is due largely to the 

 slackening up of all manufacturing industries. 



At the annual meeting of the Trenton Rubber Manufacturers' 

 Association held at the Trenton Country Club on December 13, 

 the name of the organization was changed to the Rubber Manufac- 

 turers' Association of New Jersey, for the purpose of widening 

 its scope and admitting to membership all rubber concerns in 

 New Jersey. There are about fifteen rubber manufacturers in New 

 Jersey, outside of Trenton, who will eventually become members 

 of the state body. Previously the membership was confined to 

 Trenton rubber concerns and a few others near by. The New 

 Jersey Car Spring & Rubber Co. and the Voorhees Rubber Manu- 

 facturing Co., both of Jersey City, have already become affiliated 

 with the new association. 



The following officers were elected : president, John S. Brough- 

 ton, president of the United & Globe Rubber Co.; vice-president, 

 Charles E. Stokes, of the Home Rubber Co. ; treasurer, A. Boyd 

 Cornell, of the Hamilton Rubber Manufacturing Co. ; secretary, 

 Henry Sayen, of the Mercer Rubber Co., Mercerville, New Jersey. ' 

 Mr. Broughton has held the office of president for some time. 

 Following the business meeting a banquet with music was served. 



The Thermoid Rubber Co., Trenton, has completed the erec- 

 tion of a building to be used for the manufacture of brake lining 

 for automobiles. The structure is one story, SO by 80 feet. Sev- 

 eral other additions were recently added to the plant. 



Harry Knoebel, a traveling salesman for the Thermoid Rubber 

 Co., Trenton, has resigned to join the sales forces of the Neidt- 

 Ertel Motor Co., Trenton. 



The Hamilton Rubber Manufacturing Co., Trenton, has com- 

 pleted a brick building on Mead street, to be used as an entrance 

 for employes. The new entrance is provided with time clocks. 



Charles Howell Cook, treasurer of the Hamilton .Rubber Co., 

 Trenton, has again been elected president of the Mercer County 

 Health League, which was organized two years ago to fight tuber- 

 culosis. Mr. Cook devotes considerable time to this work and 

 also to Boy Scouts of Trentoti. He is frequently called upon to 

 give talks on health at various rubber factories. 



Samuel E. Lovery, for a number of years connected with the 

 Fineburg Auto Tire Co., Trenton, has resigned to follow another 

 line of employment. . 



The City Rubber & Supply Co. has leased the Ashton building 

 at 13 North Warren street, Trenton, and is handling fabric and 

 cord tires. 



The Nearpara Rubber Co. recently completed a new plant at 

 East State street and Whitehead's road, Trenton. A year ago 

 the plant in East Trenton was destroyed by fire, and later llyman 

 A. Rosenthal, the owner, purchased two and one-half acres in 

 the eastern section and erected a more modern plant. The com- 

 pany makes reclaimed rubber for the hard rubber and wire trade. 



H. W. Kugler was elected president of the Globe Rubber 

 Tire Manufacturing Co., Trenton, at the last meeting of the 

 board of directors. 



MISCELLANEOUS NEW JEKSEY NOTES 



The recently incorporated Old Hickory Tire Co., with a capi- 

 talization of $3,500,000, and a principal office at 790 Broad street, 

 Newark, New Jersey, will manufacture automobile, motor truck 

 and motorcycle tires and tubes ; also automobiles, motor trucks, 

 motorcycles and other vehicles and rubber goods of all kinds. 

 The capital stock is divided into 140,000 shares of the par value 

 of $25 each, while 40,000 shares are to be preferred stock and 

 100,000 shares are to be common stock. The holders of the 

 preferred stock will not enjoy any voting privileges, but will 

 receive dividends of eight per cent. The new company con- 

 templates the erection of a factory. 



The Common Council of Vitieland, New Jersey, has a proposi- 

 tion in hand for the location of a large rubber manufacturmg con- 

 cern at that place. It is reported that the new company has pur- 

 chased a plot of ground on the Oak road and will erect a plant 

 there. 



The Uneeda Tire Co. has removed from No. 261 to No. 266 

 Halsey street, Newark, New Jersey, where it has leased a portion 

 of the building. 



Four departments of the American Hard Rubber Co.'s plant at 

 Butler, New Jersey, have been placed on a four-day-a-week 

 schedule. 



The Cigol-Behrens Rubber Manufacturing Co., Lodi, New 

 Jersey, which was recently incorporated to manufacture 

 molded rubber goods, plumbers' supplies, toy balls and hol- 

 low rubber goods of every description, has purchased the 

 plant and equipment of the Lodi Corporations, which manu- 

 factured under the names of Mattson Rubber Co. and E. J. 

 McCormick Rubber Co. The officers include J. H. Behrens, 

 president, and Louis G. Davenport, secretary. 



The Atlantic City Tire & Rubber Co., Atlantic City, New 

 Jersey, has secured a factory site comprising an entire block 

 on Virginia avenue, from Mediterranean to Drexel avenues, 

 and will erect the first unit of its factory for the production 

 of high-grade cord tires and tubes. The officers are: A. 

 Lincoln Pearce, president; Robert M. Pearce, vice-president; 

 Charles P. Hill, treasurer; A. C. Pritchard, secretary. 



For the purpose of conserving the assets of the companies, 

 application has been made by the officers of the Stanwood 

 Rubber Co., Elizabeth, and the Hardman Rubber Corpora- 

 tion, New Brunswick, New Jersey, for the appointment of 

 receivers. John H. Kirkpatrick of New Brunswick was ap- 

 pointed receiver of the Stanwood Rubber Co. ar.d Edmond 

 A. Hayes, also of New Brunswick, was appointed receiver 

 of the Hardman Rubber Corporation. Negotiations are said 

 to be nearly consummated for a merger of these two com- 

 panies with two large solvent companies in the Mid-West, 

 one condition being that the obligations of the Stanwood 

 and Hardman companies shall be discharged as they mature. 



The SERIAL NUMBERS APPEARING ON THE SIDE-WALLS OF AUTO- 



mobile tire casings should be kept on record by their owner just 

 as carefully as he keeps the number of his watch. Casings lost 

 or stolen can often be traced by this means. Repair men will co- 

 operate by keeping these records for their customers. Sudii 

 records are also useful in keeping mileage and service data. 



