December 1. 1919.; 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



dwelling houses adjoining ihe plant on North Olden avenue and 

 will later have them razed for the purpose of building an ex- 

 tension to the works. 



Sixty employes of the Ajax Rubber Co. have recently taken 

 out naturalization papers at the Mercer County Court House, 

 making the company 100 per cent .American. English classes 

 will be opened for the men in the .Ajax plant. 



The two-story brick plant of the Puritan Rubber Manufactur- 

 ing Co., situated at the foot of Perrine avenue, Trenton, was 

 destroyed by lire early on the morning of November 17. The 

 blaze started in the packing room and was of unknown origin. 

 The Puritan Rubber Co. recently changed hands and is now 

 owned by Boston business men. The concern manufactured 

 mechanical rubber and molded goods and had a large stock on 

 hand. All the office effects not in the safe were destroyed, and 

 the machinery was wholly ruined. The company officials have 

 not yet decided on rebuilding plans. 



The Delion Tire & Rubber Co. has filed a certificate of dis- 

 solution in the office of the Secretary of State at Trenton. The 

 plant of the company was recently taken over by the Bergoug- 

 nan Rubber Corp., of which details were published in The 

 Indi.\ Rlbber World, September 1, 1919. 



Walter C. Price and associates, Baltimore, Maryland, have 

 bought the business, name, good-will, trade-marks, etc., of the 

 Delion company, which has been reorganized with the same 

 name under the laws of Maryland, with offices at 131 West Mt. 

 Royal avenue, Baltimore. A modern factory will be built, hav- 

 ing a daily capacity of 400 tires, and high-grade fabric and 

 cord tires and tubes will be made. 



Fay, Miller & Youngs, manufacturers of druggists' rubber 

 sundries, with a factory at Barberton, Ohio, has purchased the 

 plant of the Fidelity Pottery Co., at Trenton. The property 

 consists of three buildings of 50,000 square feet of floor space, 

 and a good portion of land. The company is making a number 

 of alterations, and when these are completed the machinery and 

 equipment of the Barberton plant will be removed here and that 

 plant closed. The officers of the company are : Charles L. Fay, 

 president ; Arthur M. Youngs, vice-president ; Merle L. Youngs, 

 secretary and treasurer, and Fred H. Miller, assistant secretary 

 and treasurer. The company has offices at 75-77 Spring street. 

 New York City. 



MISCELLANEOUS NEW JERSEY NOTES. 



The Duratex Co., 768 Frelinghuysen avenue, Newark, manu- 

 facturer of rubber goods, will expend about $300,000 for con- 

 struction and about $200,000 for equipment in a series of build- 

 ings to be erected. The compan\' has a tract of seven acres 

 of land and will erect nine buildings. The main factory build- 

 ing will be 100 by 500 feet. The storage building will be 200 

 by 60 feet, two stories high. The laboratory will be 40 by 40 

 feet. There will also be an addition to the power plant. 



Vice-Chancellor Backes has granted an order directing parties 

 in interest to show cause why Elgin L. McBurney, of Jersey 

 City, receiver for the Indian Tire & Rubber Co., of New Bruns- 

 wick, should not be permitted to accept a bid of $50,000 for the 

 company's business and assets. The concern manufactured solid 

 rubber tires for trucks. Mr. McBurney was appointed receiver 

 last May in a proceeding instituted by Bilder & Bilder before 

 Vice-Chancellor Lane in behalf of Virginia A. and Rose L. 

 Cavagnaro, of New York, stockholders and creditors of the 

 company. Immediately after Mr. McBurney's appointment, the 

 corporation's directorate, in violation of an order restraining 

 the corporation from the exercise of its franchise, had counsel 

 file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, with the result that cer- 

 tain directors were adjudged in contempt. No penalty was ever 

 imposed, however. In the schedule incorporated in the bank- 

 ruptcy petition, the liabilities were put at $94,118.74, while the 

 assets were inventoried at $121,614.87. the principal items being 

 real estate. $39,000: machineiy. $37,000, and material on hand. 



$20,000. The corporation was said to have $167,700 of capital 

 stock outstanding. 



The Jenkins Rubber Co., Elizabeth, New Jersey, has made 

 arrangeincnts to take over the brass founding section of the 

 Crane Co.'s plant at Bridgeport, Connecticut, where formerly 

 luuch of the metal parts of their valves were manufactured 

 under contract. Busines- with the company is reported ex- 

 cellent. 



George W. Johnson, for some years a salesman in the employ 

 of the Lambertville Rubber Co., died at a Trenton hospital on 

 November 12 after an illness of several weeks. The deceased 

 was 39 years old and a member of the Citizens' Band of Lam- 

 bertville and New Hope. He is survived by his widow. Mr. 

 Johnson was born at Flemington, this state. 



The Victory Tire & Rubber Co., Asbury Park, New Jersey, 

 has changed its name to the Rydon Tire & Rubber Co. 



The Stanwood Rubber Co., Newark, New Jersey, has acquired 

 the majority of the stock of the Hardman Rubber Corp., New 

 Brunswick, New Jersey, and has completed arrangements for 

 the distribution of the Stanwood company's output in twelve 

 different cities through branches, in addition to twenty-four 

 other retail distributers. 



The Overland Tire Co., formerly at 15-25 River street, New- 

 ark, New Jersey, has removed to Cortlandt and Holmes streets, 

 Belleville, New Jersey. 



The Okonite Co. has established its executive offices at its 

 factory at Passaic, New Jersey. 



The Braender Tire & Rubber Co., Kutherford, New Jersey, 

 has transferred its advertising account from the Manufacturers 

 Publicity Co., 30 Church street. New York City, to Collin Arm- 

 strong, Inc., 1463 Broadway, to which all correspondence con- 

 cerning advertising should be addressed. 



EASTERN NOTES. 



The Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette, Pennsylvania, hai 

 made arrangements for displaying its products in five rooms on 

 the nortlicrn end of the Garden pier, Atlantic City. C. B. 

 Williamson will be in charge. 



The Kelley Tire &■ Rubber Co., 962 Chapel street. New Haven, 

 Connecticut, has purchased land and expects soon to let a con- 

 tract for the erection and equipment of a plant costing about 

 $250,000, for the manufacture of Kelley Kord and Kelley K 

 tread tires and Kelley Blue tubes. Edward J. Kelley is presi- 

 dent and the other officers are: Charles H. Bortelle, Jr., vice- 

 president and treasurer, and William F. Alcorn, secretary. 



The Goodyear Cotton Mills, Inc., Killingly, Connecticut, is 

 planning another cotton mill of 30,000 spindles, 140 by 430 feet, 

 two stories in height, to balance its weaving capacity. Yarn is 

 now being bought in anticipation but contracts have not been 

 let. The new unit will require about 60 additional tenement* 

 for housing employes. 



E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (incorporated), Wilmington, 

 Delaware, has bought about 65 acres of land near Baltimore, 

 Maryland, for storage purposes. 



The Reliance Tire & Rubber Corp., Wilmington, Delaware, 

 has been authorized to do business in the State of New York, 

 capitalized at $250,000. E. Holway, 50 East 42d street. New 

 York City, has been appointed representative. 



The Oldfield Tire Co., Cleveland, Ohio, has been authorized 

 to do business in the State of New York, w^th a capital of 

 $500,000, and has appointed R. L. Mills. Bush Terminal, Brook- 

 lyn, New York, its representative. 



The Rochester Tire & Rubber Co., Rochester, New York, has 

 increased its capital from $500,000 to $750,000. 



The National Wholesale Druggists' Association held its forty- 

 fifth annual meeting at the Hotel Grunewald, New Orl««fn, 

 Louisiana, November 3-7. inclusive. .Among those present were 

 the following representatives of the Davol Rubber Co., Provi- 



