August 1, 1912.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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STILL ANOTHEH NEW PLANT FOK THE WALFOLE RUBBER CO. 



About a year ago the Walpole Rubber Co., controlling the 

 Massachusetts Chemical and certain other companies, made ex- 

 tensive additions to its plant at Walpole, Massachusetts. Al- 

 though these were expected to meet the needs of the company 

 for some time to come, only a few months had passed before the 

 need of larger space became evident. 



Not only has there been a very rapid increase in the production 

 of insulating tapes and compounds, mechanical and other rubber 

 goods of particular interest to the electrical industry and the 

 electric railway field, but also in the manufacture of druggists' 

 supplies, including the "Walpole" seamless hot-water bottles and 

 syringes, of rubber heels for man and horse, and of a great 

 variety of rubber clothing, while coincidently there has been de- 

 veloped a new automobile tire known as the "Walpole No-Stone- 

 Bruise Tire," which has so quickly jumped into public favor 

 as to still further overburden the plant. 



Action looking to an immediate increase in manufacturing 

 space became so imperative that it appeared undesirable to wait 

 for the construction of additional buildings. Fortunately it has 

 been possible to secure 



only five miles away, in 

 Foxboro, Massachusetts, 

 a complete plant designed 

 with unusual care for the 

 manufacture of a product 

 since discontinued. This 

 plant embraces something 

 over three acres of floor 

 space. As soon as the in- 

 stallation of the ma- 

 chinery is completed it 

 will be possible to turn 

 out at least a thousand 

 tires per day. Additional 

 space will then be re- 

 leased in the Walpole 

 plant for the manufac- 

 ture of an increasing 

 variety of products in 

 the lines still retained at that point. 



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New Pla.n't of Walpole Rubber Co. 



NEW INCOKPORATIONS. 



Canadian Overman Co., Inc., July 4, 1912 ; under the laws of 

 New York ; authorized capital, $50,000. Incorporators : W. Al- 

 bert Pease, Jr., 340 Madison avenue; Albert Z. Gray and Lusius 

 Wilmerding, both of 5 Nassau street, all of New York. Loca- 

 tion of principal office. New York. To deal in tires, etc. 



Princes Rain Coat Co., June 28, 1912; under the laws of New 

 York; authorized capital, $1,500. Incorporators: Harry Stern, 

 1006 Intervale avenue, Bronx; Henry J. Block, 2412 Seventh 

 avenue, and Elias Kantor, 1172 Jackson avenue, Bronx, all of New 

 York. Location of principal office, New York. To manufacture 

 rubberized clothing, etc. 



Rolo Manufacturing Co., June 10, 1912; under the laws of 

 Delaware ; authorized capital, $100,000. Incorporators : W. F. P. 

 and W. I. N. Lofland and John S. Collins, Jr., all of Dover, Dela- 

 ware. To manufacture and deal in the sale of rubber and rubber 

 substitutes. 



Russian Tyre Sales Co., July 2, 1912 ; under the laws of New 

 York ; authorized capital, $30,000. Incorporators : Otto Braun- 

 warth, 601 "West 162d street, and H. Ray Paige and Maud Stein- 

 way Paige, both of 304 West 107th street, all of New York. 

 Location of principal office. New York. To deal in rubber, 

 tires, etc. 



Tanney Rubber Co., July 1, 1912; under the laws of New 

 York ; authorized capital, $10,000. Incorporators : Harry, Jacob 

 and Philip F. Tannenbaum, all of 498 East 171st street, New 

 York. Location of principal office. New York. 



THE HOOD RTTBBER CO. MOVES FOUR DEPARTMENTS. 



On August 1, 1912, the Hood Rubber Co., Boston, Massa- 

 chusetts, moved four of its departments, namely : Footwear 

 Sales Department, Purchasing Department, Bookkeeping Depart- 

 ment and Correspondence Department from its Boston office to 

 the Factory Administration Building, Watertown, Massachusetts. 



HOOD COMPANY TAKES OVER SHAWMUT TIHE 00. 



Under date of July 21, 1912, the Shawmut Tire Co., 103 Bed- 

 ford street, Boston, Massachusetts, sent out the following an- 

 nouncement : 



"Our tire and tire accessory business has now reached such 

 a volume that we find it expedient to reorganize our methods 

 of handling the same. In order to further enlarge and econo- 

 mize the facilities in the tire business we have decided to move 

 the different departments to the Administration Building of the 

 Hood Rubber Co. at Watertown, Massachusetts. 



"The final result of this move is that the Hood Rubber Co., 

 who, as you know, are the manufacturers of these goods, will, on 

 August 1, 1912, take over and sell, bill, collect accounts and 



assume the business for- 

 merly done by the Shaw- 

 mut Tire Co. All obliga- 

 tions of this company 

 will be assumed by the 

 Hood Rubber Co. All 

 accounts due this com- 

 pany and all merchandise 

 or property of this com- 

 pany will become the 

 property of the Hood 

 Rubber Co. After August 

 1, therefore, you will ad- 

 dress all your communi- 

 cations, make all remit- 

 tances and conduct your 

 business with and in the 

 name of the Hood Rub- 

 ber Co., Watertown, 

 Massachusetts." 



TRADE NOTES. 



The Hood Rubber Co., Boston, Massachusetts, has become a 

 member of the Motor and Accessories Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation. 



A. L. Devault has resigned from the United States Tire Co., 

 with which he has been connected in Detroit, and has associated 

 himself with the Federal Rubber Manufacturing Co., of Mil- 

 waukee, for which he will shortly open a Detroit branch. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co. has declared an initial dividend of 

 1 per cent, on the common stock, payable August 15 to stock of 

 record August 5. 



William O. Porter tendered his resignation as president of the 

 Intercontinental Rubber Co. on July 21 to accept the vice- 

 presidency of the Guaranty Trust Co. Mr. Potter will serve as 

 chairman of the board of directors of the Intercontinental 

 company. 



The general offices of the United States Tire Co. have been 

 moved to the new United States Rubber building, Broadway and 

 Fifty-eighth street. New York. This structure, the tallest north 

 of Forty-second street, has recently been completed and will be 

 utilized in future as the home of the United States Rubber Co. 

 and its subsidiary companies. The building is twenty stories high. 

 The United States Tire Co. will occupy the basement and sub- 

 basement as a stock room; the ground floor for its New York 

 branch and the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth floors as 

 general offices. The company has over 400 employees in its 

 general offices. The New York branch store will be moved into 

 the new quarters about August 15. 



