March 1, 1920] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Co., Eau Claire. Wisconsin, has been appointed factory manager 

 of the Empire Rubber & Tire Co., Trenton. 



J. Cornell Murray, formerly treasurer and a director of the 

 Empire Rubber & Tire Co.. Trenton, has associated himself with 

 The Crescent Insulated Wire & Cable Co., Trenton. 



The Crescent Insulated Wire & Cable Co., Inc., Trenton, has 

 contracted for a one-story addition to its factory, 50 by 132 feet. 



W. E. Sanders, of the Essex Rubber Co., Trenton, recently 

 gave an address on "Rubber" before the Trenton Knights of 

 Columbus. He told of the various processes the material goes 

 through from the tree to the finished products. 



The Delion Tire & Rubber Co., of Baltimore, Maryland, which 

 purchased the name and good will of the Delion Tire & Rubber 

 Co., of Trenton, is preparing plans and specifications for its new 

 building. A nine-acre tract of land has been purchased along the 

 West Shore railroad, where the erection of the new buildings 

 will begin at an early date. The plant will cost more than 

 S200.000. including buildings and power equipment. 



The annual meeting of the Woven Steel Hose & Rubber Co., 

 Trenton, was held February 2. when the following directors were 

 elected: John S. Broughton, Karl G. Roebling, Horace B. Tobin, 

 all of Trenton ; John H. Janeway, of New York City, and Albert 

 Rogers, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The directors will meet 

 later to elect officers. 



John S. Broughton, president of the United & Globe Rubber 

 Co.. Trenton, has been appointed one of the commissioners to 

 condemn land for the city for the erection of a new city wharf. 



Bruce Bedford, president of the Luzerne Rubber Co., Trenton, 

 and Mrs. Bedford will leave here early in March for a trip to 

 Jamaica. West Indies, for several weeks. 



Bruce Bedford, president of the Luzerne Rubber Co., has been 

 appointed a member of the Trenton City Planning Committee, to 

 aid in the development of Trenton. 



William J. B. Stokes, J. Oliver Stokes and General C. Edward 

 Murray, prominent rubber manufacturers of Trenton, have each 

 contributed $25.0CO towards the erection of a new $500,000 home 

 for the Young Men's Christian Association. Clifford H. Oakley, 

 president of the Essex Rubber Co.. and C. Edward Murray, Jr., 

 second vice-president of the Empire Tire & Rubber Corp., each 

 ..ntributed $500. while Horace L. Boyer gave $1,000. Horace B. 

 Tobin. secretary and treasurer of the United & Globe Rubber Co.. 

 i^ave $500. General Murray was chairman of the general com- 

 mittee and spent considerable time in the work. 



The Joseph Stokes Rubber Co., Trenton, will build a steel and 

 brick addition to the plant on Taylor street. The structure will 

 be two stories, 70 by 100 feet, and will cost $35,000. 



Plans are being drawn for a three-story brick and steel build- 

 ing for the Ajax Rubber Co.. Inc., Trenton. The structure will 

 be 60 by 350 feet and will cost $39,000. 



MISCELLANEOUS NEW JERSEY NOTES. 



The Sterling Tire Corp., Rutherford. New Jersey, has in- 

 creased its capital from $2,500,000 to $3,700,000. The company 

 has 19 factory sales branches. 



The Smith Rubber & Tire Co., Inc., 625 Main avenue, Passaic, 

 New Jersey, has broken ground at Garfield, New Jersey, for its 

 cord tire factory which is to be two stories high, 60 by 200 feet, 

 with an initial daily capacity of 600 cord tires. The excavating 

 and grading has been completed, the concrete foundations put in, 

 and the concrete forms for the corner posts and side walls par- 

 tially constructed. Machinery and equipment has been ordered 

 and the date for delivery set. It is hoped the factory will be in 

 operation by May 15. 



The officers are : Winfield Clearwater, president ; Fred W. 



Smith, vice-president: Dudley Gordon, secretary, and Thomas A. 

 Hopkins, treasurer. 



The Zee-Zee Rubber Co.. Yardville, New Jersey, has increased 

 its capital from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 and expects to open SO 

 chain stores this year in addition to those already in operation. 

 Irvin Zimmerman is president. 



William G. Zimmerman, vice-president of the Zee-Zee Rubber 

 Co.. Yardville, who has been ill of pneumonia for several weeks 

 at his home, has recovered and is now able to be about again. 



The National Oil Products Co., Harrison, New Jersey, has 

 elected M. A. Richards, formerly vice-president, its president, 

 succeeding the resignation and withdrawal from the company of 

 .■Xrthur Phillips, the former president. 



The Gibraltar Tire & Rubber Co., New York City, is having 

 plans drawn for a modern rubber plant to be located in West 

 New York, New jersey. The plot has a frontage along the Hud- 

 son County boulevard of 90 feet and a depth of 150 feet. The 

 company will engage in the manufacture of tires. 



MILLER TIRE REPAIR SCHOOL A SUCCESS. 



Many prominent tire men believe the time is not far distant 

 when it will be necessary for the tire repair men to shew proof 

 of training and study under competent authority. Already there 

 are being operated in .\kron. Ohio, a few tire repair schools, 

 among the largest of which is that conducted by The Miller 



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Rubber Co. This institution has averaged 35 graduates a 

 month since last August and plans are nearly completed for 

 doubling the size of the school. 



Every graduate of the Miller school receives a diploma certi- 

 fying that he has finished the regular course of instruction, con- 

 sisting of lectures, text-book study, and practical repair work. 

 The student is first made thoroughly acquainted with the de- 

 tails of tire construction before he is actually trained in repair 

 work. Repair stocks, fabrics of all descriptions, air bags, vul- 

 canizing machines and methods, common sources of tire trouble, 

 etc., are among the subjects taken up. The chief instructor and 

 his assistants in the school are thoroughly experienced lire men 

 from both the factory and retail business standpoints. 



Because of the great demand for the training, the course has 

 been made as brief as is consistent with turning out expert tire 

 repair men. It is said that the average man can complete it in 

 a month. Some, however, require longer training. None is given 

 a diploma until his work has passed the necessary high average 

 standing. The w^ide interest taken in the school is evidenced by 

 iho class roll which shows students from nearly all of the stales 

 in the union. 



