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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Seite.muek 1, 1921 



The L'nitcd & Globe Rubber Co., Trenton, is now manufactur- 

 ing the new Globestos brake blocks and is already shipping these 

 products to all parts of the country. They are used principally 

 for industrial machinery and for coal mining machinery of about 

 800 horsepower. The blocks are a combination of rubber and 

 asbestos, fifteen inches square and five inches in thickness, and are 

 cast in steel molds. Kach section is fastened to the other with a 

 bolt, making the circular combination strong and secure. 



The Acme, Ajax, Empire, Bergougnaii, Thentioid and United 

 & Globe rubber companies donated tires to the winner in the 

 athletic events at the Trenton Chamber of Commerce outing re- 

 cently. The Essex, Home, Hamilton, Mercer, Puritan, Joseph 

 Stokes, Semple and Whitehead Brothers rubber companies do- 

 nated hose, mats, etc. 



The importance of the rubber proofing industry was emphasized 

 by Xeil E. Bowman, president of the Pocono Rubber Cloth Co., 

 before a meeting of the Trenton Rotary Club. He reviewed the 

 history from the beginning and described in an interesting man- 

 ner the primitive methods practiced in the early days. 



The Trent Rubber Co., Trenton, that was recently sold by the 

 receiver to a number of creditors, is reported to be turning out 

 100 tires daily, which will be increased shortly to 250 tires a day. 

 The officers of this new company are: Thomas H. Thropp, presi- 

 dent and general manager ; James H. Morris, vice-president, and 

 Newton A. K. Bugbee, secretary-treasurer. 



A petition in bankruptcy was recently tiled by the Zee-Zee Rub- 

 ber Co.. Trenton, New Jersey. The eomoany's liabilities are 

 scheduled at $293,552 and the assets at $434,964. According to 

 Herbert P. Backes, attorney for the corporation, the failure is 

 due to general business depression. The company's plant at Yard- 

 ville, a few miles south of Trenton, was built several years ago, 

 and is valued at $392,000. 



MISCELLANEOUS NEW JERSEY NOTES 



The reorganization of The Braender Rubber & Tire Co., Ruther- 

 ford, New Jersey, has been practically completed. After a peti- 

 tion in bankruptcy was filed last May against the company, the 

 larger creditors decided to form a corporation to take over all 

 the assets of the present company. All creditors, excepting mem- 

 bers of the Braender family, will receive preferred stock in this 

 new corporation in lieu of their claims. Such creditors are ad- 

 vised to communicate with Milton Dammann, 61 Broadway, New 

 York, N. Y., chairman of the creditors committee, in regard to 

 filing proofs of claim, or for any other information concerning the 

 company's reorganization 



The Standard Underground Cable Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- 

 vania, is planning to erect at Washington street, Perth Amboy, 

 New Jersey, a 50 by 150-foot four-story building. The construc- 

 tion of this addition and the consequent enlargement of the plant 

 are, however, dependent upon the action of the Board of Alder- 

 men, to whom application has been made regarding permission to 

 extend railroad trackage to the company's works. J. W. Marsh 

 h president, and C. C. Baldwin, the vice-president, is in charge of 

 the proposed construction at the Perth .A.mboy plant. 



The following arc the new directors of the New Jersey Car 

 Spring & Rubber Co., Inc., Jersey City, New Jersey : 

 J. J. Fields, Milford, Pennsylvania; H. H. Titsworth, J. K. 

 Moore, and F. A. Rogers, New York, N. Y. ; and G. W. Stephens, 

 Charles Hoffman, and P. H. Ober, Mansfield, Ohio. G. 

 W. Stephens resigned as president. F. H. Smith resigned as 

 vice-president and general manager, and Charles Hoffman re- 

 signed as treasurer of the company. New officers were elected as 

 follows : J. J. Fields, president ; H. H. Titsworth, vice-president ; 

 and E. E. Dearth, secretary, treasurer and acting general man- 

 ager. 



The company manufactures mechanical rubber goods and auto- 

 mobile tires and tubes. 



The boot and shoe department of the Lambertvillc Rubber Co., 

 Lambertville, New Jersey, has been closed down because of the 

 lack of orders and the employes have no promise when work will 

 be resumed. The toy, ball and band departments are operating 

 live days a week. 



PENNSYLVANIA 



The F. J. Stokes Machine Co., manufacturer of pharmaceutical 

 and chemical machinery, and vacuum drying apparatus, has moved 

 into its new plant at Tabor road and Cedar Grove Station, Phila- 

 delphia, (Olney P. O. ), which occupies S'/: acres of ground, and 

 is equipped with all modern facilities for handling light and heavy 

 work. 



F. A. Drake, who formerly sold the output of the Semple Tube 

 Co., is now general representative of the Howe Rubber Co., Inc., 

 Cleveland. Ohio, with headquarters in Philadelphia. 



.An encouraging report from the Nu-Cord Rubber Co., Greens- 

 burg, Pennsylvania, states that this plant is now running 24 hours 

 a day, while the company expects to have its Jeannette, Pennsyl- 

 vania, factory in operation in a few weeks. The Nu-Cord Rubber 

 Co. manufactures tires and tubes. The present officers are: J. B. 

 Reed, president and general manager; T. B. Dilts, vice-president; 

 H. M. Donaldson, secretary-treasurer. 



The Lehigh Rubber Co., New Castle, Pennsylvania, began opera- 

 tions on .-August IS as successor to the New Castle Rubber Co. 

 The business is now being conducted as a partnership consisting of 

 F. A. and C. W. Sieberling. H. W. Smith is general manager. 

 The coiTipany will manufacture automobile tires and tubes. 



The Standard Underground Cable Co. is having plans and speci- 

 fications prepared for a new building adjoining the present plant 

 at 16th and 17th streets, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The proposed 

 enlargement will be a four-story and basement construction, ap- 

 proximately 300 by 100 feet. The contract for the new building 

 will probably be let about September 1. 



SOUTHERN NOTES 



The Virginian Rubber Co., Charleston, West Virginia, elected 

 on July 11 the following officers: A. A. Lilly, president; H. G. 

 Young, vice-president; E. P. Stroman, secretary; and W. J. John- 

 son, treasurer. The factory of the Virginian Rubber Co. is a 

 new building, with every modern facility for the manufacture of 

 fabric and cord tires and gray tubes. Factory operations are 

 under the supervision of T. A. Conger, a pioneer in tire manu- 

 facturing. Sales are made mainly through established jobbers 

 located in all sections of the country. Virginian tires are made 

 oversize and very rugged in construction, with an unusually thick 

 tread, to meet the unusual conditions imposed on tires by the 

 mountain roads of West Virginia. 



The pulverizing mills and mine of the Franklin Soapstone 

 Products Corporation, Henry, Virginia, which were purchased 

 about a year ago by the Blue Ridge Talc Co., Inc., have been 

 supplied with new equipment and are now in full operation. Open- 

 quarry methods are being used at the mines, where the formation 

 in the side of a mountain is about 80 feet deep, and approximately 

 300,000 tons are in sight. At this plant of the Blue Rid.iie Talc 

 Co. soapstone and talc of differing grades of fineness are pre- 

 pared for use in the manufacture of rubber goods. The rock 

 mined is sorted into three grades, and then brought to the crusher 

 hoppers. Mine material which has not been air-dried is passed 

 through an indirect-fired rotary dryer. The pulverizing mill has 

 a daily capacity of 65 to 70 tons of 200 mesh product. Tests 

 recently made by the Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. 

 showed 99.9 per cent passing 200-mesh screens. 



The Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Co., with factory and gen- 

 eral offices at Dayton, Ohio, has recently opened a new direct 

 branch at .Atlanta, Georgia. Fred W. Gorman, formerly with 

 the Brunswick Tire & Rubber Co., has been appointed local man- 



