THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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that April 26, 1920, an addition of common stock of $1, 

 issued, making lO.CKX) shares of preferred stock, par vahie $100 

 each share, total $1,000,000. now outstanding; and 36,000 shares 

 of common stock of par value of $100 each, total par value $3,- 

 600.000 now outstanding, and that of said stock had been paid in. 

 The certificate is signed by LeRoy Fales, president ; F. L. j'enckes, 

 treasurer ; J. \V. Baker, secretary ; also by LeRoy Fales, Albert A. 

 Jenckes and F. L. Jenckes, a majority of the board of directors. 



The Elastic Webbing Co., Pawtucket, Rhode Island, has com- 

 pleted plans for the erection of its proposed new plant at Dix- 

 iield, Maine, to consist of a four-story mill, 100 by 150 feet, to 

 cost about $100,000. The structure will be located on a site near 

 tha Webb river. 



The American Wringer Co. is to erect a three-story brick 

 manufacturing building near its plant on Clinton street, Woon- 

 socket, Rhode Island, the plans for which are all ready. It is 

 to be 90 by 42 feet, of the slow-burning type of construction, 

 and is to cost about $20,000. 



Philias J. Savoie and Frank R. Larson are the proprietors 

 of the Savoie Rubber Manufacturing Co., 17 Blackstone street, 

 Woonsocket. Rhode Island, according to their statement filed 

 at the city clerk's office in that city. 



The National India Rubber Co., Bristol, has decided to operate 

 a branch factory of the shoe division in Newport, Rhode Island, 

 where a site has been selected and a building is to be erected 

 at once. The branch factory will include the stitching depart- 

 ment and about 200 young women will be employed at the start, 

 and this number will be increased as the work progresses. It is 

 planned to have the new branch ready for operation by Sep- 

 tember. 



Leon F. Ballou has resigned his position with the shipping 

 department of the Alice Mill, Woonsocket Rubber Co., having 

 been appointed traffic manager for the Alice and Millville plants 

 of the Woonsocket company. On the day that he left his old posi- 

 tion, on behalf of his former associates John Riley, who suc- 

 ceeded him as foreman of the shipping department, presented 

 him $25 in gold. 



A factory paper is to be organized at the plant of the National 

 India Rubber Co., Bristol, in the near future, all plans and ar- 

 rangements having already been made. An editor has been 

 appointed and an office is being fitted up for his use. A contest 

 for the name by which the paper shall be known is under way, 

 and a prize will be given for the winner, a ballot to be taken 

 on the best eight names proposed. 



The additions and improvements that are' being made at the 

 plant of the Mount Hope Spinning Company, at Warren, Rhode 

 Island, are being pushed toward completion as rapidly as possi- 

 ble. The new addition to the main section, 100 by 200 feet, is 

 practically finished ; the sprinkler system is already installed 

 throughout and the electric power is ready for use; the piping 

 has been completed and the plumbing is nearly done. The 40 by 

 70 addition to the old plant is also nearly completed. 



George W. Romprey, a repairman of Woonsocket, Rhode 

 Island, has been adjudged a bankrupt upon an involuntary pe- 

 tition filed by three creditors who were : The Goodby-Rankin 

 Co. of Rhode Island, with a claim for $2,576.35 ; The Fisk Rub- 

 ber Co. of New York, $2,096,31 and The B. E. Goodrich Rub- 

 ber Co., of Ohio, for $2,352.42. Elisha C. Mowry has been ap- 

 pointed receiver. 



.\ new 100,000-galIon steel water tank is being erected by the 

 O'Bannon Corporation at its rubber plant at Bay Spring in West 

 Barrington, Jthode Island, for protection against fire. 



"Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredients" .'vnd "Rub- 

 ber Machinery," by Henry C. Pearson, should be in the library 

 of every progressive rubber man. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



By Our Regular Corri-sfoiulciil. 

 BOSTON NOTES. 



ONE of the latest problems added to the already long list of 

 rising costs is that of motoring in general and of tires in 

 particular. If the life of a set of automobile tires can be prolonged 

 25 per cent, the saving is four times the increased cost of gasoline 

 for a season. With this in mind, and to help combat the high 

 cost of motoring. The B. F. Goodrich Co. recently inaugurated 

 a "Save-Your-Tires" week in Boston, as it has done in other 

 cities. As an important part of the program many local motion 

 picture houses e.Khibited during that week the Goodrich film 

 entitled "Striking Tires." It is of the humorous cartoon type 

 ami drives home in an entertaining manner the most serious 

 features of tire neglect and points out the things a motorist 

 should avoid in order to extend the life of his tire equipment. 



The Pennsylvania Rubber Co. has appointed L. J. Waldron 

 as its New England manager. Mr. Waldron has been selling 

 Pennsylvania tires for five years, previous to which he was 

 connected with The B. F. Goodrich Co. for a like period. 



The Gillette Rubber Co. agency, the Gillette Tire Co., at 587 

 Boylston street, Boston, has been taken over as a factory branch 

 wiih Frank C. Stetson as district manager. Mr. Stetson was 

 formerly with the Lee Tire & Rubber Corporation. He has been 

 selling tires in New England for eighteen years, and is one of 

 the oldest tire salesmen in the country in point of service. 



The Lambert Tire & Rubber Co., .Akron, Ohio, has opened 

 a store for the New England distribution of the Lambert 

 "Trublpruf" cord tire at 823 Boylston street, Boston. The offi- 

 cers of the Boston concern are -A. J. Millward, James J. O'Brien 

 and L. H. Plummer. The Lambert tire is built with stretchless 

 cord belts placed between layers of rubber with air holes placed 

 around the tire in such a way as to give it the resilience of a 

 pneumatic. It contains no inner tube and requires no inflation. 



The old Park Riding School, in the center of the tire district 

 at Ipswich and Lansdown streets, where the elite of Bostorj 

 learned to ride horseback, has been remodeled and equipped as- 

 a storage warehouse for tires by The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. 

 The premises consist of three buildings, affording a total of 

 73,000 square feet. Here the company will garage its cars and 

 maintain a large distributing center. F. D. Keen, formerly assis- 

 tant operating manager, has been placed in charge. 



The India Tire & Rubber Co., .'Xkron, Ohio, has appointed 

 W. W. Alexander as its factory representative in New England, 

 with headquarters in Boston. Mr. Alexander is well acquainted 

 with the New England trade through long association with the 

 Diamond Rubber Co. in the early days of the industry. He 

 comes to the India Tire & Rubber Co. from the Daj-ton Tire Co. 



The Converse Rubber Shoe Co., Maiden, has opened a Boston 

 salesroom at 801 Boylston street for the sale of Converse cord 

 tires. F. R. Goodell, formerly in charge of New York footwear 

 sales for the company, is manager. 



The Joseph E. Greene Co., 113 Federal street, Boston, has been 

 appointed New England distributer for Empire tires and tubes. 



R. R. Cowen, of the sales force of the E. H. Clapp Rubber 

 Co., Boston, was married on June 19 to Miss Mabel S. Thomp- 

 son, an alumna of Smith College, class of '18. Mr. Cowen is a 

 graduate of Harvard College, class of '16. He enlisted in the 

 .■\rmy during the late war and was assigned to Camp Zachary 

 Taylor, where he earned a commission as a lieutenant of artillery. 



Boston's .Ancient and Honorable .Artillery Company observed 

 its 282nd anniversary on June 7, 1920, and al the annual drum- 

 head election chose Captain Francis II. Appleton, Jr., adjutant. 

 He is following close in the steps of his father, who, as Com- 

 mander of the organization, led the peaceful "invasion" of 

 England. In the war the son was Captain of the 67th Company 

 of the State Guard. 



