June 1, 1912.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



457 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Walpole Rubber Co.. 185 Summer street. Boston, re- 

 cently opened a store at 757 Boylston street, for the distribu- 

 tion of its tires, made under the famous Bailey tread patent. 



The Elwell Rubber Manufacturing Co., 170 Summer street, 

 Boston, manufacturers of Panther heels, recently acquired the 

 former works of the Plymouth Rubber Co., Stoughton, Massa- 

 chusetts, the Plymouth Rubber Co. having moved its business 

 to its new factory at Canton, Massachusetts. 



The Corona Rubber Co., Montreal, Canada, has been absorbed 

 by the Columbus Rubber Co., of that city. 



The factory of the Interstate Rubber Co., South Xorwalk, Con- 

 necticut, was badly damaged by fire on May 4. The fire occurred 

 in the forenoon in a room containing 120 men and women, all of 

 wliom fortunately escaped with the exception of one boy, who was 

 painfully but not fatally burned in his attempt to fight the flames. 

 It is supposed that the fire originated in a can of cement and the 

 large amount of inflammable material made its progress extremely 

 rapid. The damage was estimated at $15,000. 



The company will not resume operations in South Norwalk, 

 liut expects to move to Springdale. a suburb of Stamford, Con- 

 necticut. 



All those people who have reason to desire to keep out of the 

 way of the police of Newark, New Jersej', will be sorry to learn 

 that the bicycles in use in the police department of that alert 

 city have all been equipped with Fisk tires. 



The American Rubber Co. will build, this summer, a two- 

 story brick administration building at a cost of about $30,000. 



J. \Y. Coulston & Co., of New York, importers and manu- 

 facturers of dry paints and colors, recently moved to 80 Maiden 

 Lane, where they have larger and more commodious quarters. 



The executive offices and New York showrooms of the H. W. 

 Johns-Manville Co., manufacturers of asbestos, magnesia and 

 electrical supplies, have been moved from 100 William street, 

 where they have been located for the past fifteen years, to the 

 new twelve-story "H. W. Johns-Manville Building," Madison 

 avenue and Forty-first street. New York City. 



The Manufactured Rubber Company has declared a regular 

 quarterly dividend of !;< per cent, on preferred stock, payable 

 June 1. 



In order to accommodate the very large increase in the volume 

 of its general business, the Loewenthal Company of New York 

 has just taken a long time lease on an exceptionally commodious 

 warehouse in Akron, Ohio. The building contains about 30,000 

 square feet, all on one flotir. It has three team doors for loading 

 and unloading, also " ve doors for the loading and unloading of 

 cars. There is trackage for the entire length of the building — 

 340 feet. 



The Connecticut Mills Co., Danville. Connecticut, are com- 

 pleting the installation of their latest addition of looms and other 

 equipment, which fills to its capacity their mill No. 1, and partly 

 fills mill No. 2 recently added. They will proceed now with a 

 complete equipment of mill No. 2. This mill has had an un- 

 usually fortunate record, due to the fact that all its officers are 

 experienced in the business and familiar with the peculiar tech- 

 nical requirements of the product they manufacture, namely, 

 auto tire fabrics. They also have an extensive acquaintance 

 among tire manufacturers. 



Mr. Tracy S. Lewis, treasurer of the Beacon Falls Rubber 

 Shoe Co. (Beacon Falls, Connecticut), is president and treasurer 

 of the Connecticut Mills Co. ; Mr. R. J. Caldwell, vice-president ; 

 William B. Fittz, secretary and manager, and Messrs. R. J. Cald- 

 well & Co., 374-378 Broadway, New York, selling agents. 



The United States Rubber Co. has organized a new distribut- 

 ing agency under the name of The Hub Rubber Co., with George 



H. Mayo, of the firm of W. F. Mayo & Co., as president and 

 treasurer. This new company will have two distributing points 

 — one at 174 Congress street, Boston, and the other at 60 Thomas 

 street. New York. It will be devoted to the distribution of the 

 "Hub" brand of rubbers, made by the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. 



The Gorham-Revere Rubber Co., which has offices in San 

 Francisco, Seattle, Spokane, Los Angeles and other points on 

 the Pacific Coast, has recently opened a new office in Sacra- 

 mento, California. 



The Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, has re- 

 cently opened its new Pacific coast headquarters on Van Ness 

 avenue, San Francisco, California. The building is two stories 

 in height, of reinforced concrete, fronting 50 feet on Van Ness 

 avenue, 150 feet on Austin avenue, with an "L" 25 feet on Pine 

 street. The salesrooms, general and private offices, are on the 

 main floor, which is finished in mahogany, with the walls artistic- 

 ally decorated. The basement and second story of the main 

 building are used for storage and stock purposes. The main 

 floor is used for changing tubes and cases, and the second floor 

 for vulcanizing and repairing, with the most modern and com- 

 plete equipment for handling any make of tire. 



The Fisk direct branches in Seattle, Portland (Oregon) Fresno, 

 Sacramento and Los Angeles are all included in the Pacific coast 

 territory, with headquarters at San Francisco. 



At a recent non-stop run made at Oakland, California, by the 

 Warren car, the equipment consisted of Fisk tires, and during 

 the entire run of 17,800 miles, covering 49 days, only seven 

 casings were used, giving an average of over 10,(X)0 miles of 

 service for each casing. 



THAT EUBBEE FROM KELP. 



We mentioned in our issue of October last the prospectus 

 issued by the National Rubber Co. (not the company of Bristol,. 

 Rhode Island, but a Pacific Coast company) setting forth its 

 expectations of producing much rubber, and incidentally of 

 making a great deal of money from kelp. Their prospectus was 

 not, on the face of it, one to promote enthusiasm among the 

 initiated, but the company — which has since changed its name 

 to the National Pacific Rubber Co. — has evidently progressed 

 far enough to begin the equipment of a factory, for we read in 

 the San Pedro, Cal., "News," of recent date, that the building 

 formerly occupied by a canning company at Terminal is being 

 equipped for the new rubber company. The paragraph proceeds 

 as follows : 



"The manager says they will manufacture some goods within, 

 thirty days. They will make crude rubber from kelp, also iodine, 

 potash and fertilizer. They have big scows by means of which 

 the kelp is gathered, one of which is rigged with a large cutter, 

 similar to that of a mowing machine. The company expects to 

 run three eight-hour shifts, and to consume sixty tons of kelp 

 per day. They intend to put in vats, furnaces and driers. There 

 is a good wharf attached to the mill, and therefore good facilities 

 for shipping." 



So manufacturers who have been waiting patiently for kelp- 

 rubber need now wait no longer. 



PIONEER PRINTEES ON RUBBER SURFACES. 



J. C. Milne & Co., located at 244 Fourth avenue. New York: 

 City, inaugurated the process of printing patterns on rubber sur- 

 faces in England fifteen years ago. Three years ago Milne &- 

 Co. introduced the process into this country and are said to have- 

 developed a most satisfactory line of business in the domestic: 

 rubber trade. 



The Essex Rubber Co. (Trenton, New Jersey) are sending out 

 for a souvenir, a heart shaped eraser with the inscription on it,. 

 "Trenton, the heart of New Jersey. Famed for its great indus- 

 tries in clay, iron and rubber and its political freedom." It is 

 an excellent bit of advertising. ' 



