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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 1, 1912. 



the widest part of the Fenway Basin, which will reflect the classic 

 colonnade and add beauty to this portion of Boston's park 

 system. 



The museum, as opened three years ago, was far from fulfilling 

 the plans of the management, but was completed as far as funds 

 on hand warranted. Pictures are now' installed in space which, 

 in the ultimate development of the whole building, was not in- 

 tended for picture galleries. This memorial building will em- 

 body all the features and requisites which years of experiment 

 and investigation have proven desirable. 



The new building is to be 300 feet long and 90 feet wide. The 

 principal exhibition space will be on the main floor, the ground 

 floor to be used for secondary collections, study rooms and ad- 

 ministration offices. The principal entrance is from the Fenway, 

 and opens immediately upon a monumental staircase, leading to 

 a landing on which will be placed a tablet in memory of Robert 

 Dawson Evans, who was one of the trustees of the museum and 

 a special lover of paintings. The stairway here divides into two 

 semi-circular stairways, bringing the visitor to a hall or lobby, 

 in the center of the building, from which lead entrances to pic- 

 ture galleries. First come small rooms in which will be hung 

 works of the early masters. Then come other galleries chrono- 

 logically arranged, where works of the different schools of paint- 

 ing will be grouped together. 



The building will be provided with a special ventilating sys- 

 tem, which will not only supply fresh air at all times, but this 

 air will be humidified to avoid danger of too great dryness, a 

 trouble noted in many galleries which are heated by steam or 

 other means. 



The design, which is the work of Guy Lowell, is peculiarly well 

 handled, and will result in a most pleasing vista in this beauti- 

 ful parkway. 



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A handsome new cruising boat was anchored in Boston har- 

 bor the middle of last month, which was seen and admired by 

 some of the rubber men. It is the property of Chas J. Davol, 

 of the Davol Rubber Co., who is exceedingly proud of his new 

 craft, in which he will cruise the waters of Narragansett Bay, and 

 go to and return from business to Wildacres Farm in Kingston. 

 The cruiser is equipped with two six-cylinder gasoline engines, 

 and develops a speed of 15 miles an hour- 

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The Hub Rubber Co. has been formed in this city for the pur- 

 pose of pushing the sale of Boston (Hub) rubbers up to the full 

 capacity of the two great mills of the company in Maiden. 

 George H. Mayo, of this city, is president and Joseph S. Capen 

 is selling agent. Both these gentlemen are well known to the 

 readers of The India Rubber World. The Boston office is at 

 174 Congress street, and the New York branch at 60 Thomas 

 street, the latter in charge of John J. Cassidy, formerly of the 

 Merchants' Rubber Co. The company will inaugurate an ex- 

 tensive and thorough advertising campaign to make known the 

 value and style of Boston (Hub) and Bay State rubbers. 



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E. M. Freeman & Co. opened an office at 294 Washington street, 

 Boston, early in the year for the sale of crude rubber. They are 

 in daily receipt of offerings from representative New York con- 

 cerns, and are becoming well known among the manufacturers ot 

 New England. 



THE B & R RUBBER CO.S OLDEST EMPLOYE. 



George W. Whitman, a master mechanic of the B & R Rub- 

 ber Co.. has been with that company ever since it opened its 

 works in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, nearly 23 years ago. 

 In point of service he is the veteran of the factory's force. He 

 has had charge of the installation of the company's machinery, 

 and is very expert in this w'ork. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN CHICAGO. 



By a Resident Correspondent. 

 ■"PHE first two weeks in May were bad ones for the rubber 

 trade in Chicago. Instead of bringing forth flowers they 

 brought cold, damp rains which dampened the business of dealers 

 in both tires and garden hose. On all sides were heard complaints 

 that business was "pretty good" but that the weather had kept it 

 from being a lot better. Still even the weather has its com- 

 pensations, for as one dealer put it, "when garden hose is not 

 needed, rubber boots and shoes are." 



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President \V. P. Cowell, of the Cowell Rubber Co., has now 

 taken up his residence in Chicago. The company's store in this 

 city was opened last August and since that time business has 

 increased to such an extent that Mr. Cowell decided to remove 

 to this city from Pittsburgh. The business in the Smoky City 

 shows a very healthy condition, however, and Mr. Cowell makes 

 frequent trips between the two stores. 



The officials of the company report that they are greatly en- 

 couraged by the increase in trade on their new style, high-grade 

 portable tubings for lamps, stoves and general use. They use 

 a special rubber called their "Sandow," with a variety of braided 

 coverings, a decided improvement over the old style wire and 

 glue tubing. 



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Frank D. Mayer, general manager of the Essenkay Co., 2120 

 Michigan avenue, recently received a telegram from Otto Hook, 

 who wagered $1,000 on his ability to travel from (Chicago to 

 San Francisco in his car with Essenkay-equipped tires w'ithout 

 one puncture or blowout. The message read : "Reno, Nev. — I 

 am now starting on my last lap. Will win without a doubt. 

 Have not had a single puncture or blowout so far. The roads 

 have been terrible — absolutely beyond power of description. 

 Went 250 miles before coming into Reno over trails filled with 

 sharp pointed rocks and fragments of quartz, where no other 

 automobile has ever traveled." Mr. Mayer expressed little 

 surprise and said that tire trouble in transcontinental touring 

 has become a thing of the past since the introduction of 



"Essenkay." 



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Mr. C. A. Eldridge, of the Duck Brand Co., reports business 

 as "booming." 



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Chicago motorists who will attend the events at the Indian- 

 apolis speedway are delighted with a comprehensive route book 

 which is being issued by The B. F. Goodrich Co., makers of 

 the famous Goodrich tires. The map shows all the principal 

 cities and intermediate points between Buflfalo and St. Louis 

 and Chicago and Louisville. The routes are very fully and 

 carefully described, with mileages clearly indicated. 



The Goodrich Co. has a large series of other route books, 

 some already issued and others nearing completion, and their 

 touring bureau is always open for tourists planning trips into 

 unfamiliar regions. Crews are now in various parts of the 

 United States gathering data for guides covering 20,000 miles 

 of road from Maine to Oregon, and from Canada to Mexico. 



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The Chicago Rubber Clothing Co. has removed its head- 

 quarters into the new North American building. State and Mon- 

 roe streets, one block from the "busiest corner" in the city. 



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"Although every-day service is what we build for, rather 

 than for contest work, it is to be noted that Ajax tires have 

 done good work in speed and endurance competitions when 

 casually selected as equipment," says J. C. Matlack, secretary 

 of the Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co. "The choice must be casual as 



