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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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1920. 



ployes and their families. All the higlier officials of the company 

 were present when manager Louis P. Destribats announced that 

 the concern had decided to grant free life insurance to all the em- 

 ployes of the works. At the entertainment exclusive motion 

 pictures were shown and the guests enjoyed a banquet and 

 dancing. The company reports conditions prosperous and will 

 shortly enlarge the plant. 



William J. B. Stokes, treasurer of the Thermoid Rubber Co., 

 and Mrs. Stokes- have left for an extended trip through the West 

 Indies and Panama. They will be absent for several weeks and 

 will stop at Havana, Kingston, Santiago, Costa Rica, Panama and 

 tlie Bahama Islands. 



MISCELLANEOUS NEW JERSEY NOTES. 



The Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing Co., of Passaic, New 

 Jersey, will build a plant on the Whippany River, near Morris- 

 town, for the purpose of reclaiming rubber. Several buildings of 

 reinforced concrete, to cost $500,000, will be erected and the 

 company will employ 250 men. Later, homes for the workmen 

 •will be erected. 



The Lambertville Rubber Co., Lambertville, New Jersey, will 

 .erect a large brick building along the creek and will eventually 

 do away with the present frame factory buildings. The company 

 ■will also erect a brick building for its printing office. 



The Rubber Celluloid Products Co. will erect a one-story brick 

 ;Storage building at its plant at Newark, New Jersey, 39 by 69 

 ieet, at a .cost of $11,000. 



During the recent transportation tie-up the Somerset Rubber 

 Reclaiming Works, New Brunswick, New Jersey, maintained a 

 fleet of motor trucks in constant operation to afford their cus- 

 tomers prompt service. 



The Intercontinental Rubber Company, Jersey City, New Jersey, 

 at its annual meeting on April 5, elected the following officers and 

 directors: G. H. Carnahan, president; E. B. Aldrich, vice-presi- 

 dent : J. C. Treadwell, vice-president ; W. P. Smith, secretary and 

 treasurer : G Harrington, assistant secretary ; directors — G. H. 

 Carnahan, chairman ; E. B. Aldrich, H. A. Bingham, C. A. Cor- 

 liss, W. Dutton, J. R. Morron, Elton Parks, W. C. Potter, F. T. 

 •Rosen. C. H Sabin, W. P. Smith, and H. H. Vreeland. 



The Fulton Rubber Type, Ink and Pad Company, which was 

 incorporated imder the laws of New Jersey, December 13, 190S, 

 changed its name on June 11, 1915. to Fulton Specialty Company. 

 The principal office is now located at 128-142 Fulton street, Eliza- 

 beth, New Jersey, and the agent in charge is E. Rogers Under- 

 wood. The authorized capital stock of the company is $150,000, 

 and the company manufactures stamp pads, rubber type, daters, 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 



WHILE there is little change in the business situation among 

 the Rhode Island rubber mills, the textile establishments 

 engaged in the production of tire fabrics throughout the state, 

 are being driven to their utmost capacity with day and night 

 shifts. Nearly every concern now identified with this growing 

 branch of the rubber industry either has new buildings in process 

 of construction, or is planning extensions of a material size. 



The majority of the rubber industries are still rushed with 

 work and have plenty of orders ahead, but the problem of secur- 

 ing enough help is a handicap to many manufacturers who are 

 also confronted by labor unrest. Nor is the shortage of help 

 the only contingency. Railroad strikes with the consequent tie- 

 ups, embargoes, and congestions of freight by rail and by boat, 

 prevent the transportation of supplies and finished products, 

 while the steadily skyrocketing of wages and shortening of 

 hours add to the general disorganization. 



Because of the embargo on freight, by both rail and water, 

 the National India Rubber Co., Bristol, early in the month char- 

 tered a small 200-ton steamer to help out in the unusual emergency 

 that arose primarily through the strike of longshoremen in New 

 York, and was added to by the consequent strike among the 

 railroad employes. The steamer brought to Providence 175 tons 

 uf freight from New York, and loaded all she could carry of 

 the nearly 1,000 tons which had accumulated at the State Pier 

 waiting for transportation. Otto B. Munroe, traffic manager of 

 the Revere Rubber Co., was in charge of the work. 



One of the most interesting and important events of the past 

 month in connection with the whole rubber industry was the 

 transportation of upwards of 1,000,000 pounds of cotton fabric, 

 valued at $2,500,000 from Providence and vicinity, to Akron, 

 Ohio. The shipment was made on 100 automobile trucks and 

 was for the purpose of relieving the shortage of tire fabric, due 

 to the railroad strike through the Middle West and the resultant 

 express and freight embargoes. This is said to be the biggest 

 truck transportation venture ever attempted from the East, both 

 in point of distance and volume, as well as in value. The mate- 

 rial was collected from the following mills in this vicinity, which 

 usually ship the cotton fabric to Akron by the railroads: Con- 

 necticut Mills, Danielson, Connecticut ; Naushon Weaving Co. 

 and Passaic Cotton Mills, New Bedford, Massachusetts ; Jenckes 

 Spinning Co., Pawtucket, Rhode Island ; Ninigret Mills and 

 Westerly Textile Co., Westerly; and Goodyear Cotton Mills, Inc., 

 Killingty, Connecticut. 



Each fleet averaged twenty trucks, headed by a pilot car. Spare 

 trucks for use in case of emergencies were placed along difficult 

 parts of the route in the mountains where the regular machines 

 might break down. The contents of each truck was insured at 

 $25,000 for the trip. The cotton fabric is valued at $2.50 a pound, 

 so that the 1.000,000 pounds which were moved within a week 

 was worth $2,500,000. The use of trucks will be continued at 

 least until freight service becomes normal, the trucks returning 

 here from Akron loaded with western products which have a 

 market in this vicinity, so that no truckage distance is wasted. 



About 500 members and friends were present at the first an- 

 nual dance of the Davol Rubber Company Benefit Association, 

 Providence, held on April 16. A short address on the benefits 

 to be derived from membership in the association was given by 

 general manager Wesley. The association is open to all persons 

 over 16 years of age employed by the concern. The officers are 

 as follows: president, Joseph Harris, Jr.; vice-president, M. 

 Burnham ; secretary, A. GofI ; treasurer, C. Bamford ; directors — 

 Frederick Keenan, Anna Riley, Nellie Ward and Thomas Ryan. 

 The Goodby-Rankin Co., with headquarters at Providence, has 

 opened its new quarters at 37-49 Snow street, removing thereto 

 from 57 Westminster street, where the company has been lo- 

 cated for nearly twenty years. The new building has four floors 

 and a large basement, with two elevators for freight and a large 

 sunny show and salesroom, with every facility for handling the 

 firm's large tire trade. 



The Hayward Rubber Co. is fitting up a new store on Union 

 street, near Washington street, Providence. There will be new 

 lialconies, show cases, counters, new entrance, new windows, 

 hardwood floors, steel stairways and paneled work. 



The O'Bannon Corporation, at West Barrington, Rhode Island, 

 will erect a 100,000-gallon water tank on its premises, for fire 

 protection. 



Good progress is being made on the new mill being erected 

 for the Mount Hope Spinning Co., Warren, Rhode Island. This 

 concern has been operating 13.000 spindles on tire fabric, but 

 with the new mill 26,000 spindles will be available. The new 

 structure, which is 200 feet long, and two stories high, will be 

 occupied the first of August. .^ new warping room extension 



