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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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aker, si-cretary and treasurer; M. X. Whitakcr and .1. A. Siitli, 

 directors, in addition to the other officers. 



The Hopewell Insulation & Manufacturing Co., Inc., Hopewell, 

 Virginia, will begin about July 15 lo manufacture hard rubber, 

 condensation molded insulation parts, molded high tension insula- 

 tors for all wireless and transmission purposes, etc. It uses the 

 trade marks "Paramold," "Synthck," and "Himconite" on its 

 hard rubber, high heat, and composition products, respectively. 



With headquarters and general offices in Atlanta, Georgia, 

 Couch Cotton Mills, Inc., has been formed by the consolidation 

 of Couch Mills Co.. Atlanta, Georgia, Beaver Duck Mills, Green- 

 ville, South Carolina, and Beaver Cotton Mills, Thomson, Georgia, 

 with a capital and surplus of approximately $2,500,000. The of- 

 ficers are : Asa G. Candler, Sr., chairman board of directors ; W. 

 D. Couch, president; L. J. Powers, vice-president and secretary; 

 and Walter T. Candler, treasurer. In addition to these, the board 

 of directors includes .\. P. Coles, Atlanta, Georgia, A. W. Town- 

 send, New York City, and S. M. Graves, Charlotte, North Caro- 

 lina. No change is contemplated in the management of the 

 separate mills, which are in full operation day and night and 

 manufacture a wide range of fabrics, including light-weight drills, 

 beach cloths, filter twills, wide, sail, army and heavy belting 

 ducks, etc., for both domestic and foreign use. Sales offices are 

 maintained at 320 Broadway, New York City, in charge of A. 

 H. Penfield. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN NEW JERSEY. 



Hy Our Regular CorrespondcnI. 



MISCELLANEOUS NEW JERSEY NOTES. 



A DECREE signed by Chancellor Walker dismissing the bill of 

 Clement Eckrode, of Highland Park, against the Endur- 

 ance Tire & Rubber Co., of New Brunswick, on the ground that 

 the Court of Chancery has no jurisdiction to interfere with the 

 internal affairs of a New York corporation, has been filed with 

 the county clerk of Middlesex county. Mr. Eckrode sought to 

 set aside a conveyance by the company. 



The Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co., New Brunswick, has 

 filed a certificate of dissolution in the office of the Secretary of 

 State. The company was incorporated in 1884 by Samuel Moore, 

 Walter S. Bolton. Charles Clair, Lester Leland, Thomas E. 

 Sawyer and James Deshler. 



The Rubber Tire Co.. of 32 Branford place, Newark, of which 

 Russell T. Binder is president, will erect a three-story addition, 

 26 by 30 feet, to the present structure. The building will be of 

 brick and will cost $16,000. 



The Driver-Harris Company, Harrison, New Jersey, manu- 

 facturer of electrical wire, etc., has just completed a three-story 

 building, SO by 100 feet, which w'ill later be increased to 50 by 

 200 feet. The contracts for the addition have already been let. 

 The top floor will be used as a general office and the second 

 for manufacture. 



The Red Raven Rubber Co.. 152-158 Sussex avenue. Newark. 

 New Jersey, has bought the Ideal Wheel Tire Co. of the same 

 city. 



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

 New Jersey, expects to begin production about the middle of 

 August. Machinery, molds and tire-building stands have been 

 ordered, and the new factory is rapidly being completed. The 

 ofiicers of the company are: Winfield Clearwater, president; 

 Fred W. Smith, vice-president; Dudley Gordon, secretary; and 

 Thomas A. Hopkins, treasurer. 



The Stanwood Rubber Co., Elizabeth, New Jersey, that absorbed 

 the Hardman Rubber Corporation, of New Brunswick, New 

 Jersey, has New York offices at 6 East 30th street. It supplies 

 unvulcanized gums — tread, camel back tread, cushion, tube re- 

 pair and cured-back tube gums ; fabrics — building, bead, breaker 



and cord fabrics; and cements^vulcanizing, patching and rjuick- 

 curing vulcanizing cements and acid-curing solution. 



K. H. Dresser was promoted early in 1920 to the position of 

 branch manager of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. at Newark, 

 New Jersey. Mr. Dresser's first connection with The Goodyear 

 Tire & Rubber Co. -was, in 1912, as assistant manager of the me- 

 chanical goods department at Akron, Ohio. A year later he was 

 sent to Portland, Maine, as branch manager, remaining until April 

 1, 1915, when he was transferred to a similar position at Spring- 

 field, Massachusetts. In the summer of 1917 he was recalled lo .Ak- 

 ron to act as staflf man on motorcycle tires, and was soon placed 

 in charge of the cycle tire department. On January 1, 1918, he was 

 sent to the New York and New England districts in connection 

 with the company's second sale of preferred stock, in which he 

 was exceptionally successful. He was then attached to the manu- 

 facturers' sales department, with headquarters in New York City, 

 and continued this work until transferred to his present position. 



TRENTON NOTES. 



The Bergougnan Rubber Co.. Trenton, has begun the erection 

 of three additions to its plant, and will eventually double the size 

 of the works. One of the buildings is two stories high and 

 measures 60 by 120 feet. .Another is a machine shop, two stories, 

 40 by 170 feet. A good-sized storage building is about to be com- 

 pleted. The company will expend between $50,000 and $60,000 

 for new machinery. The buildings will be of brick and steel with 

 concrete floors. The new operations will cost $100,000. The 

 largest addition will be used for the manufacture of tires. 



The Therinoid Rubber Co., Trenton, will purchase about $100,- 

 000 W'Orth of machinery to be used in the new addition now be- 

 ing erected. The company will not yet disclose the nature of the 

 machinery, \vhich is being purchased through the builders. Karno- 

 Smith Co., of Trenton. 



The Empire Tire & Rubber Corporation has made complaint 

 to the City of Trenton in an eflfort to have portions of the 

 .\ssanpink Creek filled in. The company has suflfered consider- 

 •ibly through water backing up in the creek and flooding the 

 lower floors of the plant. 



The Essex Rubber Co. Mutual Benefit Association, Trenton, 

 has elected the following officers : James Kelly, president ; C. L. 

 Stokes, vice-president ; Walter Gratton, secretary, and E. R. 

 Rogers, treasurer ; Miss Catherine Franks, J. V. Hall and J. 

 Oscar Reynolds, members of the executive committee. 



The employes of the Essex Rubber Co. recently held an enter- 

 tainment and dance at the Crescent Temple, Trenton. W. G. 

 Sanders, J. C. Cartlidge and L. M. Oakley comprised the com- 

 mittee in charge. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



By Our Regular Corresfioiideiit. 

 Expansions and imitsovements at the plant of the Revere 

 •'— ' Rubber Co., on Eagle and Valley streets. Providence, con- 

 tinue, several projects being under way at the present time. 

 .\mong these is the erection of a garage building with all modern 

 appointments and equipment with a capacity to start for 25 cars. 

 The building is so planned that additions can be made as neces- 

 sity demands. 



Work has been started on two large additions to the plant 

 of the Jenckes Spinning Co., Pawtucket, that have been made 

 necessary by the increasing demands upon the company for tex- 

 tiles used in lire production. One of the new structures is to be 

 a four-story manufacturing building of brick, mil! construction, 

 128 feet long and 100 feet in width, to cost about $100,000. The 

 other is a two and one-half story addition on top of the present 

 storehouse, which is about 100 feet long and 70 feet wide, of 

 brick fireproof construction. 



The corporation return of the Jenckes Spinning Co. has been 

 filed at the office of the citv clerk of Pawtucket. It sets forth 



