January 1, 1912.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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ered ourselves very fortunate to have seen any of it, and we 

 must acknowledge our thanks for the great courtesy shown us 

 by the Russians." 



A hip rubbei- boot which was sent as a sample, with a bid for 

 a large contract, was recently returned to the manufacturers in 

 this city in the condition shown by the photograph. A large 

 piece had been removed from the vamp ; nearly a whole cross- 

 section an inch wide had been cut out at the ball, taking pieces 

 of the tap-sole, sole, insole, lining and upper, and from the leg 

 two large sections were cut, one on each side. This shows the 

 great thoroughness with which some large consumers examine 

 samples before placing orders. It is believed that besides the 



RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



A Sample Boot After Being Examined. 



thorough examination into the construction of the boot, as shown 

 by the dissection, each piece was submitted to chemical analysis 

 to determine just how much pure rubber entered into the com- 

 position. And it might be added that the result was a good, 

 large order. 



The Enterprise Rubber Company has a fine pair of show win- 

 dows in its store on Federal street, where thousands pass every 

 hour of the business day, and these windows are always most at- 

 tractively trimmed. During the football season a most appro- 

 priate trim represented a football field, the players being red 

 rubber toys, each decorated with ribbon of the college colors. 

 Another time one window contained a sample of every style of 

 rubber footwear made by the Candee Company, numbering about 

 200 varieties, each one labelled and described. A display of 

 tires and automobile accessories formed an attraction at one 

 time, and along about the holidays the windows were filled with 

 toys and useful articles suitable for gifts. Manager Procter is 

 having a most successful trade, both wholesale and retail, though 

 the early part of the season was not favorable for some of his 

 lines. 



(By a Resident Correspondent.) 

 ""PHE Grand Trunk Railroad Co., the Canadian corporation 

 ■'■ which has been waging a strenuous fight against the New 

 York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. in an endeavor to 

 extend its lines into Providence, has purchased the land recently 

 acquired by the Walpole Rubber Co. for a site in this city. It 

 is to use it for a large freight station. 



The Walpole Rubber Co. secured this land from the Providence 

 Land and Wharf Co. several months ago for the purpose of 

 building a plant here, as its plant at Walpole is being gradually 

 outgrown and the concern wants to get into the midst of the 

 shipping activities of Rhode Island's capital. The tract is in the 

 industrial heart of the city and contains about 83,000 square feet. 



It has been learned from Mr. Baldwin, of the Walpole Co., that 

 his concern has not given up the idea Of coming here, but, on 

 the contrary, is endeavoring to secure another desirable location. 

 Its whereabouts cannot be learned, however, until negotiations 

 have progressed further. 



After experiencing a dull period of several months, during 

 which time the plant was run on a schedule of five nine-hour 

 days a week, the National India Rubber Co. resumed full time 

 on November 26, si.x days a week of 10 hours each. Simulta- 

 neously with the resumption of full-time the working force was 

 increased, and now numbers between 1,600 and 1,700 persons. 



The increase in business came most heavily in the gum-shoe 

 and arctic departments, w'here 3,000 pairs per day were averaged 

 at first. Since that time the daily output of gum-shoes has been 

 increased from ISO to 250 cases, and the arctic output has been 

 increased from 100 to 200 cases. Officials of the concern expect 

 the brisk business to continue. There is also a heavy demand 



for tennis shoes. 



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George A. Sherman, a former resident of Bristol, Rhode 

 Island, and foreman at the American Rubber Co.'s plant, Cam- 

 bridge, Massachusetts, died at his home, Milford, Massachusetts, 

 November 23. He had been ill for a long time. He was a mem- 

 ber of the Knights Templars, and leaves a widow and one son, 

 George S. Sherman, Jr., M.D., of Cambridge. 



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The name of the Banigan Building, one of the largest office 

 buildings in Providence, which until recently was controlled by 

 the estate of Joseph Banigan, a former prominent rubber man 

 here, has been changed to the Grosvenor Building. 



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The American Wringer Co., of Woonsocket, will be benefited 

 by a proposed freight yard of the Grand Trunk Railroad Co. in 

 that city. The railroad corporation's intention to compete with 

 the New Haven railroad has caused it to file a location for yards 

 and freight stations in the center of the manufacturing district 

 of Woonsocket within a few hundred feet of the American 

 Wringer Co.'s plant. 



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John J. Kelly, of Warren, Rhode Island, who has been a book- 

 keeper at the Bristol office of the National India Rubber Co. for 

 several j-ears past, has recently been appointed paymaster of the 

 corporation. 



The good condition of an automatic sprmkler system and the 

 discipline of a fire-fighting brigade made up of employes saved 

 the Bourn Rubber Co. from a disastrous fire on December 4. Its 

 eflfects would have been particularly acute at this time, as the 

 concern is rushing at full capacity turning out rubber overshoes. 

 The fire began in the middle of the afternoon when a "blow 

 down" pipe in one of the boilers exploded and scattered the 



