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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 1, 1912. 



supports for the increased weight which the new machinery is 

 expected to put upon the floors of the structure. It is expected 

 that other buildings which have been empty since the removal of 

 some departments to Cleveland ^f/i\l also be utiHzed for part of 

 the wire making equipment. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN SAN FRANCISCO. 



By a h'csijciit Correspondent. 



DUSINESS during the past month has been fairly good with 

 *-' all of ihe rubber merchants in San Francisco. Owing to 

 the dry weather in the early part of the season, there was quite 

 a demand for garden hose, which induced considerable activity 

 in thi.s branch of the business. Since then there has been plenty 

 of rain to insure big crops and a prosperous year for the farmers, 

 and this seems to have started a better business in all lines. 



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The San Francisco headquarters of the Seamless Rubber Co. 

 will be moved to larger quarters at 216 Market street. E. Mil- 

 burn, the manager, states that increasing business has made it 

 imperative to make a change, and a location further down town 

 is deemed to be better adaptable to the lines they have to sell. 

 Mr. Milburn has a very full and complete stock of druggists' 

 sundries, and reports that business has been steadily increasing 

 during the past few months. 



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Austin Kanzee has opened attractive sales offices at 541 Golden 

 Gate avenue. Here he will act as selling agent for the Seamless 

 Rubber Co.'s tires and Kantleek inner tubes. 



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Clyde S. Thompson has succeeded James A. Braden as adver- 

 tising manager of the Diamond Rubber Co.. the latter resigning 

 because of poor health. 



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Stanley W. Main and Ben. W. Copeland have formed a part- 

 nership for the purpose of carrying on the retail business for- 

 merly conducted by the W. D. Newerf Rubber Co., in this city. 

 Their specialty will be the automobile tire business. In order to 

 start in his new line of business, Mr. Main resigned his position 

 with the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. He has been adjuster 

 with this company since its factory branch was first started in 

 this city. 



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Fred H. Bowerman, who was formerly connected with the 

 Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., has joined the Goodyear Tire 

 and Rubber Co., of California. He has taken a responsible po- 

 sition, and has his headquarters with the San Francisco branch. 



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Considerable interest is shown by all of the merchants here in 

 the merger of The B. F. Goodrich Co. with the Diamond Rubber 

 Co. ; but it is not believed that it will make any change in the 

 conduct of the business on this coast for some time to come. 

 The merger is considered as a thoroughly natural move. 



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W. A. Daggett, manager of the Eureka Fire Hose Manufac- 

 turing Co., has returned from a three weeks' trip to the North- 

 western territory. While aw-ay he selected three representatives 

 for the company, who will be located in the larger cities of the 

 Northwest, to look after the company's interests in that territory. 



He believes that there is a tendency towards improved busi- 

 ness conditions all through the Pacific coast territory. 



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J. E. French, manager of the Pacific coast branch of the Penn- 

 sylvania Rubber Co., is now visiting the company's Los Angeles 

 branch. This firm reports a good active automobile tire business. 

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W. J. Gorham, of the Gorham-Revere Rubber Co., has left 

 for the Northwest to pay a visit to the company's branches in 



that territory. This firm reports an improved business in all 

 lines, although, as before, the business in automobile tires is 

 taking the lead. 



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The new auxiliary high pressure fire protection system is 

 nearly co.mplcted in San Francisco. This consists of reservoirs 

 containing vast amounts of water, and situated on the tops of the 

 highest near'oy hills. These are supplemented by big cisterns 

 scattered about throughout the city. In case a big fire should 

 break out now the fire department will not be helpless as it was 

 in 1906, owing to the bursting of the regular water mains. The 

 city will shortly be in the market for a large quantity of 3'/2-inch 

 hose for the new high pressure system. They will also adver- 

 tise for big bids on lJ/2-inch and 2J^-inch hose. Owing to the 

 fact that the city is now permitting the manufacturers to bid 

 under their own specifications, it is believed that there will be 

 some lively bidding this time. 



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J. B. Lippincott, representing the interests of the Boston 

 Woven Hose and Rubber Co. in Southern California, with head- 

 quarters in Los Angeles, and Herbert K. Selby. who represents 

 the interests of this company in Oregon. Washington and Idaho, 

 with headquarters in Portland, have both been the guests of 

 Mr. Joseph V. Selby in San Francisco for a week past. Mr. 

 Joseph V. Selby is the Pacific coast manager for the company, 

 with headquarters in San Francisco. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN TRENTON. 



By a Resident Correspondent. 



One of the 23 huge vulcanizers in the plant of the Empire 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co., Trenton, New Jersey, recently e.x- 

 ploded from some cause that could not be ascertained. Though 

 the vulcanizer was 22 feet in length, 6 feet in diameter, and 

 weighed 14 tons, it was thrown a distance of 20 feet, while the 

 door, weighing between 3 and 4 tons, was thrown a distance of 

 40 feet in the opposite direction. The machine was tested a 

 short time previous and was supposed to stand 135 pounds of 

 steam. At the time of the explosion the gauge showed 110 

 pounds. 



The boiler inspectors and insurance adjusters who made an 

 investigation declared the accident was unavoidable. The dam- 

 age amounted to about $3,000, fully covered by insurance. The 

 explosion did not interfere with the operation of the plant or the 

 filling of orders in any way. 



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General C. Edward Murray, treasurer of the Empire Rubber 

 Manufacturing Co. and Empire Tire Co., who is a candidate for 

 district delegate from the Fourth Congressional district of New 

 Jersey, has been making a most vigorous campaign in the inter- 

 ests of President Taft. The fight has been the most bitter in 

 this section of any primary battle in years. 



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Increasing demand for the product of the textile mills of 

 Morris & Co., at Groveville, has necessitated the enlargement of 

 the company's force of operatives, and day and night shifts are 

 now employed in the plant. Two hundred operatives are en- 

 gaged in manufacturing cotton duck, etc. In the past sixteen 

 months the sales have increased 200 per cent. 



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The Thermoid Rubber Co. is filling many orders for tires, and 

 shipments are being made to Europe and Australia in addition 

 to the trade centers in tht L'nited States and Canada. 



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The United and Globe Rubber Mfg. Co. reports a large busi- 

 ness in air brake hose couplings. This concern is now supplying 

 a large number of the railroads of the South with couplings. 



