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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[Dece.mbkr 1, 1919. 



The eigliteentli annual automobile show will be held in Me- 

 chanics Building, in Boston, March 13 to 20 inclusive. Ap- 

 proximately 105,000 square feet of floor space will be available 

 for exhibition purposes, and the show is expected to surpass all 

 previous affairs of the kind in this city. 



Among the speakers at the banquet of the Victorian Club, 

 Boston, in November, was Elston E. \Vadl)rook of MacNamara 

 & Wadbrook, Inc.. crude rubber broker. New York City. 



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

 George M. Powell territory salesman out of Springfield, Mas- 

 sachusetts. 



T. E. Kane, formerly chief mechanical engineer of the 

 Plymouth Rubber Co., Canton, Massachusetts, has become asso- 

 ciated with the sales service of the Mansfield Machine Shops, 

 Sydney Birch Co., Mansfield. Massachusetts. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 



RHODE Island concerns engaged in the manufacture of rub- 

 ber goods of every grade and character are busy, running 

 practically to capacity, with encouraging indications for a con- 

 tinuance for an indefinite period. The scarcity of skilled em- 

 ployes and the increased cost of materials have been handicaps 

 that have caused the management of all the concerns consider- 

 able an.xiety and trouble. Labor unrest, involving demands for 

 increased wages, shorter hours and an occasional incipient strike, 

 have added to the perplexities and difficulties of the general 

 situation. Many of the companies have been making additions 

 to their plants, while others would do so if there were favor- 

 able prospects of securing the additional labor required to 

 operate the new machinery. 



The work of improving and extending the plant of the Na- 

 tional India Rubber Co., at Bristol, has been rapidly pushed 

 during the past few weeks. Substantial improvements and re- 

 pairs have been made on the company's wharf and other prop- 

 erty along the water front at the foot of Church street, and 

 arrangements have been made for burning crude oil instead of 

 soft coal for fuel, which, it is claimed, will save the company 

 much labor and expense. A new reinforced concrete tank, 56 

 feet in diameter with a capacity of 150,000 gallons, has been 

 constructed under the surface of the ground near the boiler 

 house, from which the oil will be pumped out and sprayed into 

 the boilers by steam. The same boilers that have been in use 

 for the burning of coal will be utilized with some necessary 

 changes in the attachments of pipes. 



Already the beneficial results of the day nursery that was 

 established last spring are evident, and the great increase in the 

 number of children left at the nursery while their parents are 

 at work has necessitated the erection of an addition with a sun 

 parlor 10 by 25 feet. 



Among other features of the welfare work of the National 

 Rubber Co., the Americanization of the employes is being vig- 

 orously pushed. Miss Evelyn Carter, for several years a teacher 

 in the public schools of Bristol, has been engaged to take charge 

 of this educational work. 



Following conferences between committees representing the 

 employes and the manager of the National India Rubber Co., 

 the matter of establishing a company store for the sale to em- 

 ployes of meats and groceries is under consideration and there 

 are promising prospects of a cooperative store being established. 



The equity suit of the I. T. S. Rubber Co., of Elyria, Ohio, 

 against the United I^ce & Braid Manufacturing Co., of Provi- 

 dence, alleging infringement of patent rights on a rubber heel, 

 has been assigned for December 29 in the United States District 

 Court for the District of Rhode Island. 



The Davol Rubber Co., Providence, Rhode Island, has an- 

 nounced the following promotions and changes in its personnel: 

 R. J. Fries, manager of sales in addition to being advertising 

 manager; Walter L. Davol, assistant sales manager; J. A. 

 Clemens, recently returned from service with the Ainerican 

 Army of Occupation at Coblenz, production manager; Jesse 

 Little, production superintendent ; and T. B. Dowling, factory 

 foreman. 



The George Grow Tire Co., Providence, manufacturer of 

 fabric and cord tires, has enlarged its local retail and whole- 

 sale store, and will occupy the premises at 67 to 75 Exchange 

 street as an office and salesrooin. 



The K. & C. Tire & Rubber Co.. which recently opened its 

 manufacturing establishment at 13-15 Calender street. Provi- 

 dence, is headed by Cornelius F. Kelleher, manager, and James 

 H. Creamer, treasurer. Both young men were recently dis- 

 charged from military service. Mr. Kelleher was for eight years 

 employed by the Sterling Tire Co., where he served as chief 

 chemist. He was also employed in a similar capacity by the 

 United States Rubber Co., at its Valley street plant. The com- 

 pany manufactures both cord and fabric tires, inner tubes, re- 

 pair stocks and vulcanizing cements. A cheaper but longer life 

 inner tube will soon be placed on the market. 



Samuel P. Colt, president of the United States Rubber Co. 

 and of the National India Rubber Co., its Bristol subsidiary, 

 on Thanksgiving Day telegraphed Daniel Frohman, president of 

 The Actors' Fund Home, West New Brighton, Staten Island, 

 .New York, his subscription of five thousand dollars as a "Rhode 

 Island Thanksgiving offering to the Actors' Fund of America," 

 for which contributions are being asked. 



The Collyer Insulated Wire Co., Pawtucket, Rhode Island, is 

 building a two-story concrete addition, 120 by 60 feet, to cost 

 approximately $50,000. 



Two three-story brick buildings on Main and Carver streets, 

 Pawtucket, 60 by 160 feet, are to be erected by the Tubular 

 Woven Fabric Co. It is expected that the structures will be 

 ready for occupancy in about five months. Both will be 

 equipped with modern machinery and will be used in the manu- 

 facture of electrical insulation covering. 



The O'Bannon Corp., manufacturers of carriage cloth at West 

 Barrington, has commenced fitting up a new restaurant on the 

 second floor in the main building of its factory for the accom- 

 modation of the office force. 



The Lynn Rubber Co.'s plant at Warren is very busy on 

 orders for rubber heels. Since the factory- was first opened 

 less than a year ago there has been a constant increase in the 

 number of employes and it has been found necessary already to 

 make additions to the equipment. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN NEW JERSEY. 

 By Our Regular Correspondent. 



TRENTON NOTES. 



"T^HE rubber manufacturers of Trenton report that the early 

 •^ winter finds the trade very brisk with prospects for a 

 good season. All the tire concerns are very busy and expect 

 to continue so through the winter. One prominent manufac- 

 turer informed a representative of The India Rubber World 

 that the mechanical rubber business had lately improved 100 

 per cent. 



Some of the Trenton rubber manufacturers were represented 

 in the parade held in celebration of .\rmistice Day. The Joseph 

 Stokes Rubber Co. captured the second prize of $25 for heavy 

 truck floats. The float, which was brilliantly lighted, was en- 

 titled "Peace, Honor and Purity." .\ number of the girl em- 

 ployes of the plant wore appropriate costumes. Other rubber 

 concerns also had floats. 



The Ajax Rubber Co.. Inc., Trenton, has purchased five 



