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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1, 1911. 



COLONEL COLT AND THE INDUSTRIAL TRUST CO. 



Colonel Samuel P. Colt, president of the United States Rubber 

 Co., has issued a circular for proxies to be used at the annual 

 meeting of stockholders of the Industrial Trust Co., Providence, 

 Rhode Island, to be held January 16 next. Colonel Colt is now 

 chairman of the board of directors of that company and was for 

 many years its president, giving up that position two or three 

 years ago at a time when his health necessitated the lessening of 

 some of his business burdens. The Industrial Trust Co. was 

 created by Colonel Colt and reached its present highly successful 

 condition very largely through his ability. It would seem to be 

 only right, therefore, that he should resume control of this insti- 

 tution now that his health will permit him to take on these 

 additional duties. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The United States Tire Co. have just placed on the market 

 a new tire called the United States Standard Tire (Demount- 

 able). The distinguishing characteristic of this tire lies in the 

 fact that by its use both single and dual tires can be changed 

 without removing the wheel from the truck. This demountable 

 feature is rendered possible by making the inside diameter of 

 the tire band three-eighths of an inch larger than the outside 

 band of the wheel, which gives a clearance between the tire 

 band and the wheel band of three-si-xteenths of an inch. Into 

 this space wedges are forced, which are part of the flanges. The 

 tire itself is built on a steel band with a layer of hard rubber 

 between the band and the soft rubber tread. 



The American Rim Co. has just opened quite extensive quar- 

 ters at No. 250 West S4th street. New York, and intends to 

 carry on an active campaign in marketing the Lambert Rim, 

 which is claimed to have some remarkable demountable and 

 quick-detachable features. 



The Diamond Rubber Co., .\kron, Ohio, has received a letter 

 from a user of diamond tires, who says that his two front tires 

 have passed the 7,000-mile mark and still hold the original air, 

 which is certainly not a discreditable record. 



Hood Rubber Co., Boston, Massachusetts, paid its regular 

 quarterly dividend of 1^4 per cent, on its preferred stock on 

 November 1. 



The Jonesboro Rubber Co., whose factory is located in Jones- 

 boro, Indiana, is said to be making preparations to resume opera- 

 tion, after having been shut down. 



It is reported that the Banner Rubber Co., St. Louis, Mis- 

 souri, has filed an application to increase its capital stock from 

 $100,000 to $400,000, 3,000 shares of preferred and 1,000 shares 

 of connnon stock. An officer of the company explains that the 

 increase is to enable the company to engage in the manufacture 

 of rubber boots and shoes and automobile tires on a larger scale. 



The Bridgeport Elastic Web Co., Bridgeport, Connecticut, has 

 filed a certificate of a change of location from Bridgeport to 

 Mansfield, Ohio. v 



There are rumors, coming from sundry quarters, that a com- 

 pany has been formed in Paris, capitalized at $500,000, for 

 the purpose of manufacturing synthetic rubber from tur- 

 pentine oil. 



The United States Tire Co. has just issued a twenty-four- 

 page pamphlet, very tastefully printed in colors, entitled, "Where 

 Bicycle Tires Come From." The story is intended for juvenile 

 readers. It begins in the Amazon jungle and describes how the 

 trees are tapped, latex collected, coagulated, and the crude rubber 

 shipped to this country. It then follows its course through the 

 various factory processes, until the tires are completed and 

 ready for the bicycle. It is generously illustrated with cuts 

 made from photographs showing all the different stages men- 

 tioned in the story, and has a cover that will attract the eyes 

 of the young people. 



The Fisk Rubber Co., of Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, is es- 

 tablishing a branch at No. 1207 Bedford avenue, Brooklyn, New 

 York. Three other branches are being established, located as 

 follows : No. 814 Main street, Cincinnati, Ohio ; No. 5933 Baum 

 street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ; No. 101 East Broadway, Butte, 

 Montana. 



The National India Rubber Co., Bristol, Rhode Island, is run- 

 ning on a full-time schedule, the mills being in operation for ten 

 hours a day for the full week, with the expectation of continu- 

 ing this schedule through the winter. It employs about 900 

 operatives. 



Theodore Hofeller & Co. (Buffalo, New York), sends out a 

 monthly calendar of convenient size and tasteful design, in the 

 corner of which is to be found this statement, "Largest dealers 

 in old rubber in the world." 



The St. Louis branch of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. 

 has moved from its former quarters in Olive street to its new 

 location on Locust street, near Nineteenth. The new building 

 is finely equipped for the display and distribution of tires. 



The Bundy Steam Trap, a device familiar to a large number 

 of rubber manufacturers and favorably regarded by many, is 

 now being handled by its manufacturers, the Nashua Machine 

 Co., with Boston offices at No. 127 Federal street. 



The Manufactured Rubber Co. declared a regular quarterly 

 dividend of 1^ per cent, on preferred stock, payable December 1 

 to stock of record November 25. 



The Interstate Rubber Co., of New York City, with a factory 

 for the manufacture of rubberized raincoats and autocoats in 

 South Norwalk, Connecticut, has recently purchased the plant 

 of the Robert Kerr Bros., located in Springdale, Connecticut, to 

 be used as an additional factory. 



The B. & R. (Beebe & Richardson) Rubber Co. (North Brook- 

 field, Massachusetts), has recently installed a new 250-horse- 

 power boiler in its factory. 



It is stated that the American Tire and Rubber Co., recently 

 incorporated in Akron, Ohio, for the purpose of manufacturing 

 inner tubes and repair stock, will be ready for business in about 

 a month's time. 



The E. H. Clapp Rubber Co., Boston, Massachusetts, have 

 secured for a western representative Mr. J. A. Kendall, who 

 has offices in the Garfield building. Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Kendall 

 is well known in crude rubber and reclaiming lines, and both 

 he and the company are to be congratulated on the arrangement. 



The stockholders of the Miller Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, have 

 been called to attend a special meeting to be held on December 

 15, to vote on a proposed increase of the company's capital stock 

 from $500,000 to $1,000,000. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Frederick T. Sloan has resigned the position which he held 

 with the National India Rubber Co. (Bristol, Rhode Island), 

 for which he traveled the territory of Massachusetts, Rhode Is- 

 land and Connecticut, and has accepted the position of manager 

 of the rubber department of the Phoenix-Hermetic Co. (Chi- 

 cago). 



Charles B. Whittelsey, of the Hartford Rubber Works Co. 

 ("Hartford, Connecticut), is a member of the truck standards 

 division of the committee appointed by the Society of Automo- 

 bile Engineers for standardizing motor truck wheels and tires. 



Paul J. Valentine, chief clerk in the footwear sales departments 

 of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., Ltd., Montreal, was 

 recently presented with a purse of gold by his fellow employes 

 on the occasion of his approaching wedding. 



Judge William H. Moore, director of the United States Rubber 

 Co., took twenty-two blue ribbons at the horse show, held the 

 latter part of November in New York. 



