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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 1, 1920. 



'The new plant is on the waterfront, witli the New Haven harbor 

 •on one side and the New Haven railroad on the other, thereby 

 securing direct shipment by both water and rail. The plant 

 •consists of three tive-story buildings connected by one-story 

 ■buildings, covering an area of 240 by 300 feet; thus providing 

 ■seventeen floors above ground, 14,400 square feet to each floor, 

 without counting basements and sub-basements. A separate 

 power plant furnishes steam for vulcanizing as well as power, 

 heat and light. The buildings are of concrete, steel and glass; 

 they are fireproof, light and airy. Every piece of machinery and 

 equipment is new and made to order and every modern method 

 known to the rubber industry will be used. The comfort and 

 welfare of the employes, who will number 1,500 in the new 

 plants, have been fully considered as a roof-garden enclosed in 

 glass, will contain a dining room, a dance hall and an auditorium. 



The specialty of the Seamless company from the beginning had 

 been medical rubber goods, and the new factory will manufac- 

 ture soft and hard rubber druggists' sundries, medical and 

 surgical goods, household goods, medicated plasters, hard rub- 

 ber combs, syringes and specialties; tennis, hand, and squash 

 balls, football bladders and other sporting goods ; rubber toys, 

 balloons and novelties; tubings for all purposes; hard and soft 

 rubber goods for the manufacturing and assembling trades ; 

 jgloves for acid, tanners, surgical, electricians' and general fac- 

 tory work; acid aprons, etc. The factory is the largest in the 

 •world for this class of goods and should be in operation July 1. 



The Seamless Rubber Co. does a yearly business approaching 

 :$2,000,000, and makes goods for the United Drug Co., the Liggett 

 .stores, and other drug stores throughout the country. 



; CANADIAN NOTES. 



■On April 29. 1920, the directors of Ames Holden McCready 

 X,imited, Montreal, Quebec, authorized the incorporation of the 

 Ames Holden McCready Rubber Boot Co., Limited, capitalized 

 at $3,000,000. Light, smart fitting rubbers and rubber-soled can- 

 vas shoes will be made at the Mount Royal plant, adjoining the 

 Ames Holden leather footwear plant, and the new factory will 

 feature rubber boots for fishermen, farmers, sportsmen, and 

 miners, as well as overshoes and heavy work rubbers known 

 as lumbermen's. The Mount Royal plant is increasing its daily 

 output to supplement next fall's lines. 



The Regal Tire & .Rubber Co., Limited, Sherbrooke, Quebec, 

 Ihas purchased an industrial and factory site in that city and is 

 a-emodeling the building to meet its requirements. It is also 

 I)urchasing machinery and equipments, the larger contracts for 

 •which have already been placed. The company is capitalized at 

 ;$750,000, half of which is preferred and half common. Robert 

 W. Hogg is secretary and treasurer. 



The Tiger Tire & Rubber Company, Limited, 1105 Temple 

 "Building, Toronto, Ontario, has purchased the plant and equip- 

 ment of the Belleville Rubber Co. at Belleville, Ontario, and 

 .added enough more equipment to enable it to manufacture 1,000 

 iLTfiS mid tubes daily. It expects to begin manufacturing at once. 

 The officers are: R. J. Graham, president, and Colonel L. W. 

 Marsh, vice-president. The directors include, besides, Frank 

 D. Law and W. A. Seward, general manager and consulting 

 engineer, respectively, of the Oak Tire Co., Toronto. H. H. 

 Hastings is manager. The company is capitalized at $2,000,000, 

 of which $750,000 is eight per cent preferred stcJck and $1,250,- 

 000 common. 



The Canadian General Electric Co., Limited, Toronto, On- 

 tario, is making extensive additions to its plant at Peterboro, 

 Ontario, including one to the rubber department building, 60 by 

 100 feet. 



Scheuer, Normandin & Co., 18 St. Helen street, Montreal, 

 Quebec, are Canadian distributers for the sporting footwear of 

 the Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Massachusetts, U. S. A. 



The second annual convention of The National Shoe Retailers' 

 Association of Canada and Shoe, Leather and Allied Trades 

 Fair will be held in Montreal, Quebec, July 13-15, 1920. The 

 following are in charge; P. A. Doig, general management; 

 Frank Knowlton, space allotment committee; H. Gibbins, billet- 

 ing; R. W. .-Vshcroft, publicity; and George G. Gales, entertain- 

 ment. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN NEW JERSEY. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 



NEWARK NOTES. 



T^HE B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. has leased the three-story 

 and basement building at 13-15 Franklin street, Newark, 

 New Jersey, for branch offices. The building is 53 by 100 feet 

 and has 20,000 square feet of floor space. The first floor will 

 be used as a show room. 



Charles Frankel, of Newark, has been appointed receiver for 

 the Ideal Wheel & Tire Co., 148 Sussex avenue, Newark, New 

 Jersey. The receiver will continue the business and effect a 

 reorganization. Application for a receiver was made by Marcus 

 Robbins, holder of fifty shares of stock. Testimony showed that 

 the company lost $12,000 in six months in the conduct of the 

 business. The company's assets exceed its liabilities by a goodly 

 margin. 



The hearing on the rule to show cause why an involuntary 

 bankruptcy petition should not be granted in the case of the 

 Indian Tire & Rubber Co., New Brunswick, which was sched- 

 uled to be held in the United States District Court at Newark, 

 New Jersey, on May 18, has been postponed indefinitely. In 

 the Chancery Court proceedings in the same case a rule to show 

 cause why an offer of $40,000 from Otto C. Meyer, of Newark, 

 for all the property and assets of the company should not be 

 accepted, is returnable shortly before Vice-Chancellor Foster at 

 Newark. 



THENTON NOTES. 



Tlie United Tire Stores Co., of Trenton, has been 

 incorporated under the laws of the state of New Jersey with 

 a capital of $500,000. The company will operate a number of 

 chain stores for the sale of tires and automobile accessories, 

 and will take over the Fineburg Auto Tire Agency and the 

 United Tire Co., both of Trenton, and the stores of the United 

 Tire Co. in New Brunswick, New Jersey; Bufifalo, New York; 

 and Scranton, Allentown and Pottsville, Pennsylvania. The in- 

 corporators are Isaac Fineburg, Herman Fineburg, Samuel Fine- 

 burg and Albert F. Jeraison. The principal office of the com- 

 pany is at 10 and 12 East Hanover street, Trenton, with Herman 

 Fineburg in charge. 



Earl R. Moore, aged 25 years, cashier of the Acme Rubber 

 Co., Trenton, died recently after a long illness. He is sur- 

 vived by his widow and one son. The interment was in Riegels- 

 ville, Pennsylvania. 



The Ajax Rubber Co. has purchased the entire plant and 

 premises of the McFarland Foundry & Machine Co., situated at 

 Mead street and Breunig avenue. East Trenton, directly opposite 

 the Ajax works. The property consists of several factory build- 

 ings and 55.000 square feet of land. The rubber company re- 

 cently erected a large addition on one side of Breunig avenue 

 and the present purchase will place it among the largest rubber 

 concerns in this section. 



The Trenton rubber companies responded liberally to the drive 

 conducted by the Trenton Welfare Association. General C. 

 Edward Murray, of the Empire Rubber & Tire Corporation, 

 W. J. B. Stokes, of the Thermoid Rubber Co., and George R. 

 Cook, of the Acme Rubber Manufacturing Co., each gave $1,000; 

 the Bergougnan Rubber Corporation and the Home Rubber Co. 

 gave $500 each ; the Essex Rubber Co. and Whitehead Brothers 



