THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



FEBRtAR\ 1. 1921 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN THE EAST AND SOUTH 

 By Our Regular Correppoiuiem 

 NEW YORK AND EASTERN NOTES 



Wi'RK IS progressing on the new factory building which the 

 Hudson Tire & Rubber Corporation is erecting at Yonkcrs, 

 Now York, the foundations being already completed. The con- 

 tract was awarded and the building will l>e erected under the 

 suiiervision of the Osborn Engineering Co., Cleveland, Ohio, who 

 desiyiied it. Reinforced concrete construction will be employed 

 and the building will be adapted lor extension as business war- 

 rants. Machinery of the latest l>pc w'll be installed to manu- 

 facture the Hudson non-skid cord tire, in all sizes, including giants 

 for heavy duty truck service, and the Hudson solid truck tiro. 

 Production is expected to start in the Spring. 



.After forty years of service as manager qi ihe sundries sales 

 department of the .'\mericau Hard Rubber ("n . N'ew York City, 

 Pliilip H. Campbell has retired. The company has sent out a 

 handsomely engraved card announcing with regret Mr. Campbell's 

 retirement and naming G. Brette (jiaenzer sales manager of the 

 sundries sales department. 



Par-imount Rubber Consolidated, hicorporaled. Philadelphia, 

 Pennsylvania, will open offices on the twelfth floor of the Cuyler 

 building, 120 West 32d street, .N'ew York City, on February 1. 

 The new address will combine the company's New York office 

 and display rooms. Paramount Rubber Consolidated, Incor- 

 porated, has a factory at Little Falls, New Jersey, for the manu- 

 facture of rubber play balls, .solid balls, plain and decorated, 

 and patented molded designs. 



Among the thirty-live new members elected to The Merchants' 

 Association by the directors at a recent meeting of the board 

 were : Joseph Chaltin, 80 Washington street, dealer in crude and 

 scrap rubber; and S'. A. Pardee, R. & J. Dick Co., Inc., 55 Barclay 

 street, manufacturer of balata belting, both of N'ew York City. 



The Kelly-Springlield Tire Co., New York City, has rented 

 for a term of years its new building at lOtli avenue and .54th 

 street, originally intended for a storehouse and service station. 



The .\dvance Rubber Cn., formcrl\ :it Stb aveiiir het-'cfi 17tli 

 and 18th streets, has removed lo its new plant at 21-39 Gardner 

 aveiuie. Brooklyn, New York, where it is now operating. The 

 company reports orders for fires coming in daily and good busi- 

 ness in mechanical lines. The additional space in its new plant 

 will be utilised in mainifactnring additional linos of mocbanical 

 goods. 



The Rouden Manufacturing Co., Inc., 1361 .Vtlantic avenue, 

 Brooklyn, manufacturer of rubber goods and metal ware, has 

 been declared bankrupt. Ralph K. Jacobs has been appointed 

 receiver. 



The Powertown Tire Sabs C'om|)any, 955 Main street, lUitfalo, 

 New "^'ork, was incorporated under the laws, of Delaware in 

 November, 1920, with a capitalization of $1,200,000. H. J. Crow- 

 der is general manager and the company has a contract with the 

 Powertown Tire Corporation of the same address to handle the 

 entire output of Powertown cord tiros. The company has taken 

 over the store of Spencer B I'.oiloll, W.itorbury, Coinioclicut. who 

 has the exclusive sa!-; of I'owertuwii cord tires in Bristol and 

 Torrington in the same state and in Springfield, Massachusetts. 

 The British-.\merican Mainifacturing Co., Springdale, Con- 

 necticut, manufacturer of waterproof textiles and fabrics, lias 

 been placed under the receivership of William F. Gillespie and 

 Clinton R. Martin. Suit was brought by the Hankers Trust Com- 

 pany of New York, one of the principal creditors. 



PENNSYLVANIA NOTES 



A petition in involuntary bankruptcy against the New Castle 

 Rubber Co., New Castle, Peruisylvania. was fded in the United 

 States Court at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, December 23, 1920. 

 v.. M. Underwood, local referee of the Court, appointed E. W. 



Bedel as receiver for the company. Liabilities were reported to 

 be $4,500,000 and assets $I,.W.OOO. The New Castle Rubber Co. 

 was originally incorporated for $500,000 and acquired the property 

 of the New Castle b'orge & Bolt Works. The plant was well 

 equipped and did a large business under the management of 

 W. E. Dursten until the slump in the rubber business last summer. 

 The accompanying photograph of the .Allen Tire & Rubl)er Co.'s 

 new plant at .Allentown, Peiuisylvania, shows the t'lrst and second 

 units which were completed and went into production last month, 

 fuming nut ".Allen" tires and tubes. The company, of which 

 Wilmor Dunbar is president, started building operations in April. 

 1920, and on January 3. 1921. the plant was in operation — a re- 



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markablo record under present conditions. The main building is 

 260 feet long and 60 feet wide, two stories in height, and is of 

 brick, concrete and steel con.struction. .A power house 80 by bO 

 feet is located on the north side and does not show in the picture. 

 The company is reported to be plentifully supplied with raw 

 materials and to have orders on hand for its product for months 

 ;ihead. 



SOUTHERN NOTES 



-A. M. Fisher has been appointed manager of the .\tlanta. 

 (ioorgia, branch of The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Cleveland. 

 Ohio. 



The Dolion Tiro & Rubber Co. has moved to its new plant in 

 Kaltimorc, Maryland, which is considered one of the most up-to- 

 date tire factories in the country. The company is planning an 

 oxfensivo advertising campai.gn fnr l'-21 and oiitirely new policies 

 in effective dealer cooperation. 



Earl E. Harrington, who has ju>l l,ogun his service as general 

 superintendent of the Delion Tire & Rubber Co., Baltimore. 

 Maryland, is a native of .Akron, and has grown up in the rubber 

 industry. Since leaving college lie has been connected with the 

 .Vlarafboii Tiroo^- Rubber Co., Cuyahoga Ealls, Ohio; Firestone Tire 

 S: Rubber Co.. .\kroii, and the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co- 

 working on tire production and construction engineering prob- 

 lems in the technical service division of the development depart- 

 ment of the latter company for the past live years. Mr. Harring- 

 ton is considered one of the mou Drogressive young superintend- 

 outs in the country. 



The textile mill and tire faclnry of the CuiTiberland Tire iK: 

 Rubber Co.. I.ouisvillo, Kentucky, are about ready for operation. 

 The company will produce a cord fabric exclusively and has a 

 capacity of aliout live times its own requireinents. The surplus 

 l>roduction has practically been contracted for. The officers of 

 the company are: .A. L. Henry, p.esidont ; F. W. O'Brien, vice- 

 president and general inaiiagcr; D. D. Thomp.son, treasurer; 

 C. C. Hagan. secretary. The company's capitalization is 

 $1,500,000. 



"Criiie RtBnER .\xi) Comi>oini>i.ng Incredien-t.s" .\.nd "Rip- 

 i:iK M.\CHINERV." by Henry C. Pearson, should be in the Ubrary 

 iif every progressive rubber man. 



