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EASTERN NOTES. 



The General Electric Co., Schenectady, New York, has ac- 

 quired the plant of the Symington Works, Leighton avenue, 

 Rochester, New York, comprising about 125,000 square feet of 

 floor space, to be used for the manufacture of electrical goods. 

 The company will also open a factory at Providence, Rhode 

 Island, for the manufacture of small electrical devices, and will 

 construct a large machine shop at Erie, Pennsylvania. 



The Link-Belt Co., Nicetown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is 

 planning a new office at its Philadelphia works, the present office 

 to be remodeled into a shop extension. 



The Consumers Tire & Rubber Co., 16 Beaver street, New 

 York City, has increased its capital stock from $100,000 to $1,- 

 500,000. 



The Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., East Pitts- 

 burgh, Pennsylvania, will build a two-story addition to its plant 

 at Essingfton, in the same state, 130 by 500 feet, at an estimated 

 cost of $500,000, including equipment. 



The Westmoreland Chemical & Color Co. has removed its 

 general office to the southeast comer of 22d and Westmoreland 

 streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 



The Vulcan Rubber Co., Erie, Pennsylvania, will build a factory 

 addition for the manufacture of cord tires on West Lake Road. 

 The addition will be two stories high, of steel, brick, and con- 

 crete, and the machinery and equipment have been ordered. The 

 company is at present at work on a government order for tires to 

 equip all postoffice automobiles east of the Mississippi river. 



The Achilles Rubber & Tire Co., Inc., Binghamton, New York, 

 which was reorganized in January, 1919, has been producing tires, 

 tubes, mechanical goods and belting since August of this year, 

 mostly for export. Plant additions are now being made which 

 will give a capacity of 800 tires and tubes daily. The mechanical 

 department is also being enlarged and plans are being drawn 

 for further factory additions. The officers of the company are 

 H. J. Smith, president; A. W. Caney, vice-president; G. L. 

 O'Neil, secretary and treasurer. 



The Hooven, Owens, Rentschler Co., Hamilton, Ohio, manu- 

 facturer of steam engines, com.pressors, etc., has opened branches 

 at 2129 Land Title Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in 

 Richmond, Virginia, in charge of C. M. Decker and E. H. Fair- 

 child, respectively. 



The Motor and Accessory Manufacturers' Association will 

 hold its annual banquet at the Hotel Commodore, New York City, 

 Wednesday, January 7, at 7.30 p. m. 



The following members of the Motor and Accessory Manufac- 

 turers' Association allied to the rubber industrj- will exhibit at 

 the New York automobile shows : Breeze Manufacturing Co., 

 Essankay Products Co. ; General Electric Co. ; Morse Chain Co., 

 A. Schraders' Son, Inc.; C. A. Shaler Co.; Story Rubber Co.; 

 Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. ; William-Seaver- 

 Morgan Co. 



The Atlantic Rubber Manufacturing Corp., 239 Fourth avenue. 

 New York City, has acquired the entire capital stock of the Traun 

 Rubber Co. and consolidated its business with its own, taking over 

 and assuming all the assets and liabilities of the acquired busi- 

 ness. The officers and management of the Atlantic company will 

 remain the same. 



As the first of a number of welfare projects in the interest of 

 its employes, the Ajax Rubber Co., New York City, announces 

 that an extensive insurance plan has been put into effect. The 

 policies cover every individual in the organization whose service 

 extends over a period of three months or more. By this insur- 

 ance, which is the gift of Ajax to its workers, every man and 

 woman in both the Trenton, New Jersey, and Racine, Wisconsin, 

 factories, and sales offices, and all other people in general will 

 benefit. ' f 



THERMOID SALES MANAGER. 



JOHN T. Spicer, who has been made sales manager of the 

 Thermoid Rubber Co., Trenton, New Jersey, is a splendid 

 example of the self-made man with 

 an inflexible determination to suc- 

 ceed. 



After completing grammar school 

 and attending high school two years, 

 he entered Exeter Preparatory 

 School, where he remained two years. 

 Part of one year he attended States 

 -School, and from there entered the 

 employ of the Maddock Pottery Co., 

 of Trenton, as stock clerk. During 

 this period he attended night school 

 for one year and then took a finish- 

 ing course at a West Philadelphia, 

 Pennsylvania, school of business, 

 later completing a full course in ad- 

 vertising in a correspondence school. 

 Winning promotion to the office 

 of the Maddock Pottery Co., he re- 

 mained there three years, when, he 

 was made a salesman in the western territory for four years. 

 Meanwhile between trips he assisted in compiling the firm's cata- 

 logs and in planning its advertising. 



Early in 1918 he resigned to become assistant advertising 

 manager of the Thermoid Rubber Co. In October of the same 

 year he was promoted to the position of advertising manager 

 and has since assumed the duties of sales manager. 



TOF 



T. Spicer. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN NEW JERSEY. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 



TREKTON NOTES. 



'T'he co.al situation kept rubber manufacturers guessing for 

 ■^ a few days and resulted in the Empire Rubber & Tire 

 Corp. appealing to the Government for a supply of bituminous 

 fuel to keep the plant going. The company had but a few days' 

 supply on hand, several carloads having been commandeered by 

 the United States Railroad Administration. The Government 

 finally released the coal. The other Trenton rubber concerns 

 had larger supplies on hand, but were preparing to operate only 

 three days a week when the ban was lifted. 



Charles Howell Cook, treasurer of the Hamilton Rubber 

 Manufacturing Co., Trenton, has been made president of the 

 Mercer County Tuberculosis League. Mr. Cook recently de- 

 voted considerable time to visiting factories with physicians to 

 give talks on the health of workmen and the improvement of 

 sanitarj- conditions. l\Iany of the Trenton rubber concerns also 

 contributed financially towards the work. 



Henry Young, of Trenton, has been made vice-president of 

 the Hamilton Rubber Manufacturing Co. to fill the place made 

 vacant by the death of William H. Servis. No other changes 

 were made in the management. 



The office force of the Thermoid Rubber Co., Trenton, held 

 its annual Christmas dinner and minstrel show at Hildebrecht's 

 Restaurant on December 22. About 150 persons were present, 

 including Robert J. Stokes, secretary of the company; John T. 

 Spicer, general sales manager, and Edmund W. Craft, pur- 

 chasing agent. Harry McGowan, Warren C. Hunt, Fred C. 

 Birkholtz, Harry W. Searfoss and Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Grey- 

 wacz contributed vocal and instrumental selections. Miss Mar- 

 jorie Pilger was chairman of the general committee. 



The Globe Rubber Tire Manufacturing Co., Trenton, has con- 

 tracted with I. Harper Clayton for a one-story building adjoin- 

 ing the plant on Prospect street, to cost $6,300. 



