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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1912. 



is expected that operations will be started within a few weeks. 

 Bristol business men are pleased at the prospect of a big increase 

 in the population of the little town. 



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.Mniost simultaneously with the extension of the plant of the 

 Phillips Insulated Wire Works at Darlington, Pawtucket, comes 

 a much needed improvement in that section of the city. The 

 City Council has made an appropriation for curbing and other- 

 wise improving Central avenue, which passes in front of the 

 plant and is the main avenue of travel to and from the center of 

 the city. * * * 



Henry J. Doughty, who for a number of years was prominent 

 in rubber manufacturing circles in Rhode Island, has entered 

 politics actively since the Chicago convention at which ex-Pres- 

 ident Roosevelt failed to secure the Republican nomination. 



Mr. Doughty came into the public eye recently by attending a 

 meeting of Roosevelt supporters in New York and signing for 

 Rhode Island the call for a Progressive Party convention in Chi- 

 cago on August S. Since then Mr. Doughty has started plans 

 for getting out noniination papers in this State to insure Mr. 

 ■Roosevelt the privilege of having his name on the ballots here. 

 Heretofore, Mr. Doughty has not been actively interested in 

 poHtics. 



. . He states that he was asked to sign the call for the Progressive 

 convention by H. R. Lowe, of Providence. Pie is a warm ad- 

 mirer of the former chief executive. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN SAN FRANCISCO. 



By a Resident Correspondent. 

 D EPORTS indicate that business is averaging up fairly well, 

 ■*■ *■ with some improvement over the same time last year. Yet 

 a great many men are now away on their vacation trips, and as 

 one man said, they are not missed, which would make it appear 

 that those who remain are amply sufficient to handle the business 

 at the present time. In spite of the fact that this has been a 

 comparatively dry season, however, the demand from the mines 

 and mills has been considerable, and the mechanical business has 

 not been as quiet as some had feared it might be. The automo- 

 bile tire business is most active of all. This has of course been 

 the case for a long time, but when the price cutting commenced 

 there was some fear that the tire business would suffer. Dur- 

 ing the period of heavy cutting, of course, some people stocked 

 up, and it has taken a little time for conditions to become ■ 

 adjusted. 



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W. L. Eaton, with the San Francisco branch of the New York 

 Belting and Packing Co., is preparing to leave for a month's 

 fishing trip in the mountains near Klamath, Oregon. This is sup- 

 posed to be the best fishing country in the United States, where 

 salmon and trout both abound and put up a great fight before 

 they are landed. 



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The Pacific Mill and Mine Supply Co. is doing a good business 

 in its line, notwithstanding the claim that rubber is being 

 driven out of the l)elting business. "The automobile tire is to 

 blame," they sa>-. "People are getting tired of the prices, and 

 so whenever a new belt comes out made up of a new prepara- 

 tion, they take some for trial, and the market for rubber belt- 

 ing is not very brisk." This firm has a branch store in Los 

 Angeles, and business at the branch store is booming. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co. reports a big sale during the past 

 few weeks of garden hose, from orders sent in by their travel- 

 ing men. This firm has made a few changes in its selling 

 force and is getting everything systematized for a big campaign 

 beginning with fall. This company has organized a baseball 

 team among its employes, and the team went forth and met the 

 unbeatable organization which is made up of the factory em- 



ployes of the American Rubber Manufacturing Co. According 

 to its custom, the latter team carried off the victory with ease. 

 The Goodrich team is being strengthened, and when a return 

 match is held, promises to produce a great deal more talent in 

 all departments of the nine. 



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A. W. Smith, of the Goodyear India Rubber Glove Co., is 

 now visiting in San Francisco. This is his regular annual trip, 

 and he reports that he finds conditions on the coast rapidly 

 improving. 



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The Gorham-Revere Rubber Co. continues to enjoy a steady 

 and profitable business in all departments, although the tire 

 end of the business is mentioned as being particularly good. 

 Mr. Brady has returned from a trip through the branches in 

 the northwest, and he reports a vast improvement in the 

 northern territory. "Business is fine in the northwest," he said, 

 "and I was most agreeably surprised. to find such progress. I 

 found business warranted additional help iii a number of the 

 stores, and consequently added a number of new men." 



W. J. Gorham, of the Gorham-Revere Rubber Co., who is in- 

 terested also in a new pump which his son is perfecting, has 

 an order from the. city of San Diego for his pump and engine 

 apparatus to the extent of $65,000. He now has one of his en- 

 gines and pumps set up for the city of Oakland, which is pump- 

 ing several hundreds of gallons more than the specifications 

 call for, and to all appearances he has a pump that will do the 

 work demanded. It is intended for automobile fire apparatus, 

 the engine used being the same which drives the automobile. 



San Francisco has practically decided, after tests held last 

 week, to substitute automobile fire engines in place of those 

 driven by horse power. The tests were made with a heavy . 

 engine with solid rubber tires, and yet this apparatus made the 

 distance in one-half the time that it took the horses. Engines 

 equipped wih pneumatic tires can increase the speed. 



The city of San Francisco will have fire-hose specifications 

 out this week, and will probably have the bids in by the mid- 

 dle of next month or before. The city has introduced some of 

 the iron-clad specifications which it had one time eliminated, 

 but nobody knows yet just what they are. 



Bids have been opened in Portland, Oregon, for 6,000 feet of 

 fire-hose, and considerable activity has been shown in the bid- 

 ding. In fact the hose men are full of business just now. 

 This is the end of the fiscal year for many small towns, which 

 are now getting in their tax money, and these towns are com- 

 ing into the market for fire hose. 



RUBBER MILL MACHINERY FOR l^ALE— Continued. 



FOR SALE — Duck slitter, latest improved — Farrel Foundry & Machine Co. 

 make — used only three (3) months. Address Box No. 1060, care of The 

 India Rubber World. 



FOR SALE CHEAP— Four (4) slightly used John E. Thropp Sons* jar ring 

 lathes. Address Box No. 1062, care of The India Rubber World. 



A large lot of rubber mill machinery for sale. One (1) new 20-rara Birming- 

 ham press, 20' long by 4' 7" wide, with corrugated platen. This press was 

 never used. One (1) 4-rol] 20 x 61 calender and about seven (7) other calen- 

 ders from the small experimental up to 60". A large lot of mills, washers, 

 crackers, blowers, tubing machines, churns, hydraulic presses, hand presses 

 of all sizes, horse shoe pad moulds, hose-wrapping machines, air-brake wrapping 

 machines, engines, pumps, boilers and other rubber mill machinery too numerous 

 to mention. For sale cheap for cash. Apply to Philip McGbory, Trenton, 

 N. J. ^__^__ (973) 



RUBBER MILL MACHINERY WANTED. 



WANTED— One (1) washer, one (1) mill about 40 inches, one (1) three 



(3) roll calender that is geared for friction and even motion. Would prefer 



to purchase machines that are now being used, with privilege of examining. 



Address Box No. 1059, care of The India Rubber World. 



WANTED — Second-hand three-roll stock calender in good condition; 42-inch 

 or 48-inch roll. Address Box No. 1065, care of The India Rubber World. 



WANTED — Second-hand No. 4 Royle Perfected Tubing Machine. Must be 

 in good condition. Address Box No. 307. Perth Amboy, New Jersey. (1066) 



