November 1. I^IQ. 



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employed in the factory, and a dance followed the formal exer- 

 cises. The new recreation room is large, well-lighted, has an 

 excellent dancing floor, a new piano and will accommodate about 

 400 persons. A matron and teacher of dancing and of physical 

 exercises will be present when the hall is opened for the brief 

 recess period in the forenoon, in some departments, and during 

 the noon hour. 



The Associated Industries of Massachusetts held a two-day 

 annual meeting in Boston October 22 and 23, which was presided 

 over by its president, Frederic C. Hood, treasurer and general 

 manager of the Hood Rubber Co., of Watertown. Mr. Hood made 

 two addresses during the conference, one at the opening, and 

 another on the second day, this latter being on the subject of 

 "Employment Relations." The address was an able one and re- 

 ceived the hearty approval of the entire assemblage. Mr. Hood 

 retired from the presidency at this meeting and was succeeded by 

 Charles A. Andrews, who is prominently connected with a leading 

 fisheries company. William H. Gleason, formerly of the Revere 

 Rubber Co., Chelsea, Massachusetts, was reelected treasurer. 



Chester J. Pike, who for several years was New England 

 selling agent for the United States Rubber Co., but who for the 

 last decade has occupied a prominent position in the advertising 

 world as New England manager of Hoyt's Service, Inc., was 

 chairman of the entertainment committee at the convention of the 

 American Association of Advertising Agencies, which was held in 

 Boston the middle of October. 



The Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., Cambridge, finds the 

 growth of its leatherette department increasing to such an extent 

 that it is erecting a special building on a lot adjoining its present 

 plant on Portland street, Cambridge. The plan of the building 

 is to have each operation of the manufacture isolated from all 

 others and each room is separated by a twelve-inch fire wall. 

 Four concrete storage bins are provided for the storage of 

 chemicals. 



An interesting feature is the arrangement for carrying off 

 vapors peculiar to the manufacture of leatherette. These vapors, 

 heavier than air, are carried away through the floor. The com- 

 pany is developing an extensive foreign trade for its leatherette. 



The Converse Rubber Shoe Co., Maiden, will soon build a five- 

 story reinforced concrete storehouse, 75 by 52 feet, at an esti- 

 mated cost of $75,000. 



The United Shoe Machinery Corporation is building a three- 

 story reinforced concrete building at its Beverly, Massachusetts, 

 plant. It will be 400 feet long and 120 feet wide, and will be used 

 mainly as a storage warehouse. 



The Tyer Rubber Co., Andover, Massachusetts, has greatly 

 enlarged the scope of its machine shop, where a large amount of 

 new equipment has been installed, thus better enabling the com- 

 pany to handle its repairs, and also to manufacture its own mold 

 equipment for tires and sundries. The company reports a marked 

 increase in its export trade in druggists' sundries during the 

 present year. A dinner gathering of the management and em- 

 ployes was held at the Phillips Inn, the evening of October 27, 

 when plans for closer cooperation and mutual service were 

 discussed. 



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

 organized an educational department, to which all boy employes 

 are eligible. It is under the supervision of Miss Louise Scott. 

 English, spelling and bookkeeping are the subjects now taught, 

 and shorthand and typewriting may be added later. The class is 

 held three nights a week, the sessions lasting from 5.30 to 6.45 

 o'clock. 



The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, has appointed 

 G. I. Engle, formerly manager of its branch at Springfield, Massa- 



chusetts, to be special manufacturers' representative for the New 

 England district. 



EASTERN NOTES. 



The Norwalk Tire and Rubber Co., Inc., Norwalk, Connecticut, 

 is building a five-story addition to its factory, 85 by 160 feet 

 The foundations are now being put in and it is expected that the 

 building will be completed by March 1, 1920. 



The Goodyear Cotton Mills, Inc., Killingly, Connecticut, re- 

 cently offered its employes an opportunity to subscribe to its seven 

 per cent cumulative stock. About 200 responded, of whom 13 

 took stock to the amount of about $1,000 each and 36 others 

 $500 each, the average subscription being $270, and the total, 

 $54,000. This stock carries a bonus of three per cent to all who 

 subscribe and remain employes of the company. 



The Mechanical Tire Co., Inc., 49 North Third avenue, Mount 

 Vernon, New York, has increased its capital to $100,000 but no 

 stock has as yet been issued. Aron Rubin is secretary. 



The Amalgamated Tire Stores Corp. of Delaware has been or- 

 ganized to acquire the assets of the Newman Tire & Rubber Co., 

 Inc., New York City, now operating eleven stores in New York 

 and Pennsylvania and one in Baltimore, Maryland. No in- 

 debtedness will be incurred and the new corporation will open 

 thirty to forty more stores in other cities. The officers are: 

 Stanley Newman, president; Arthur Newman, vice-president; and 

 William Freiday, secretary and treasurer; directors — J. Robin- 

 son-Doff, Edward R. Hewitt, George M. L. LaBranche, Jay Rath- 

 bun, Jason Rogers, and Frederick A. Travis, in addition to the 

 officers named above. The audit and inventory were made by 

 A. H. Wahn & Co., 120 Broadway, New York City. 



The Crompton & Knowles Loom Works, Worcester, Massachu- 

 setts, has disposed of its branch plant at 17th and Glenwood ave- 

 nue, Philadelphia, but has not yet vacated the premises. New 

 property has been purchased on the northwest corner of Rose- 

 hill street and East Allegheny avenue, where such changes as 

 may be necessary will probably be made in the building already on 

 the site. The company is also building an addition to its Wor- 

 cester foundry and increasing the foundry capacity at its works 

 at Providence, Rhode Island. 



The Keystone Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., Keystone Building, New 

 York City, has expanded its system of chain stores for auto- 

 mobile tires and tubes so that the number is now 171. They are 

 to be found in every state in the Union and in all the import- 

 ant cities. Each is incorporated separately as a subsidiary of 

 the parent company. The company expects $20,000,000 worth of 

 business a year. 



A. J. Sandhoff, who has been interested in various lines of 

 rubber production for many years, has been made assistant sup- 

 erintendent of the Habirshaw Electric Cable Co., Yonkers, New 

 York. Mr. Sandhoff had been connected with rubber companies 

 in the middle west for the past six years. 



Adolph Hirsch & Co., Inc., 53 Park Row, New York City, has 

 been incorporated by Adolph and I. Henry Hirsch, the members 

 of the former copartnership of Adolph Hirsch & Co., to continue 

 the business of importing rubber and other products from 

 Brazil. The officers are: Adolph Hirsch, president; I. Henry 

 Hirsch, vice-president and treasurer; and Arthur A. Glass, sec- 

 retary. 



The following tire and rubber companies incorporated within 

 the last few years in the State of New York, have been dis- 

 solved : Durable Tire Co., Ironclad Tire Co., Overroad Tire Co., 

 Queen Rubber Co., and the Worthmore Tire Co. The address 

 of all at the time of incorporation was 1789 Broadway, New York 

 City. 



The L. H. Butcher Co., Inc., having outgrown its quarters, has 

 removed from 100 William street to 239 Front street. New York 

 City, where it has consolidated its office and warehouse in the 

 five-story and basement building on which it has taken a long 



