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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1920. 



Mccke & Co., New York City, importers of crude rubber. 

 etc., have admitted Nicholas Bruning, Orange, New Jersey, to 

 the partnership whose other members are Hugo Volkeiiing and 

 Henry A. Ahrens. 



The Hodgman Rubber Co., Tuckahoe, New York, is adding 

 four additional stories to a one-story, reinforced concrete build- 

 ing already constructed, for the purpose of consolidating certain 

 manufacturing operations. 



The newly elected officers and directors of The Polack Tyre 

 & Rubber Co., Broadway and 62d street. New York City, are 

 as follows : Samuel Mundheim, chairman ; Hugo Hoffstaedter, 

 president; Reuben Mundheim, treasurer; Milton Damniann, 

 secretary, and John F. Crowley, auditor. 



The Powertown Tire Corporation, Rochester, New York, 

 which was formerly The Rochester Tire & Rubber Co., has 

 announced the following officers : Thomas J. Costello, president 

 and general manager ; Henry J. Crowder, vice-president ; Dr. 

 Ernest W. Ewell, treasurer ; .-Vrthur M. Johnson, secretary, and 

 E. O. Benning, director. 



The Niagara Rubber Manufacturing Co., 246 Herman street, 

 Buffalo, New York, is a partnership of brothers organized for 

 the pulling or reclaiming of fabric for manufacturers and to 

 make blow-out patches, reliners, and skived patches. H. Heimerl 

 is manager. 



The Ajax Rubber Co.. Inc., has found it necessary to move 

 its Philadelphia branch office to larger premises, at 846 North 

 Broad street. 



CONNECTICTTT NOTES. 



The Kelley Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., New Haven, Connecticut, 

 has increased its capital stock from one million to five million 

 ■dollars. The company inoved from its temporary headquarters 

 into its new office building on July 14. The foundation and 

 part of the first story of the main factory are well under way. 

 indicating that the plant will be in operation late this fall, and 

 making 500 cord tires and 2,500 inner tubes daily. 



The New Haven Sherardizing Co. announces the removal of 

 its main office from New Haven, Connecticut, to 868 Windsor 

 street, Hartford, Connecticut. The factory was removed some 

 time ago, as previously stated in our news columns. 



SOUTHERN NOTES. 



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

 Virginia, which was incorporated in March, 1920, has installed 

 extensive equipment for the manufacture of insulating compo- 

 sitions, insulators, and parts for electrical transmission, as well 

 as for use with wireless apparatus. It expects to begin pro- 

 duction at an early date and be able to build dies in addition to 

 making molded insulation parts for electrical use. S. S. Sonne- 

 born is president and general manager. 



The Dixie Rubber Co., 768 Randolph building, Memphis, 

 Tennessee, has practically completed the sale of its stock and 

 authorized placing of contracts for its new factory, which it 

 expects to have completed and in operation by January of next 

 year. The factory equipment will cost approximately $220,000 

 and the powerhouse equipment over $100,000. The total cost 

 of the plant and equipment is estimated at $434,600. William J. 

 Greene is factory manager. 



The Cord Tire Corporation, Chester, West Virginia, maker 

 of "Superior" cord tires, has raised its capitalization from 

 $500,000 to $1,000,000, in order to take care of increased busi- 

 ness. The officers are: J. D. Comstock, president; H. B. Wood- 

 bury, vice-president, and H. J. Powers, secretary-treasurer. 



E. T. Dempsey has been appointed manager of the Baltimore 

 branch of the Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Kent, Ohio. 



"Truckport.mion" is proposed .\s a term to repl.\ce the 

 words "truck transportation," in the interests of ease in use, 

 descriptive value, and headline adaptability. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN NEW JERSEY. 



By Our Regular Corrcsfondcnt. 



TRENTON NOTES. 



'T'he Li'ZER.NE Rubber Company, Trenton, has purchased a large 

 ■*• tract of land along Brunswick avenue, fronting on the East 

 Trenton Railroad. Since it was bought for investment purposes 

 the consideration was not given. The property has a front- 

 age of 60 feet and a depth of 900 feet and contains about five acres 

 of land. It is an excellent one for manufacturing purposes, with 

 good railroad facilities. 



The K. B. Rubber & Tire Co., 117 East Hanover street, 

 Trenton, New Jersey, has been made the New Jersey distributer 

 for Bergougnan tires and tubes. 



Charles H. Semple. president of the Semple Rubber Co., 

 Trenton, has been made a director of the Carteret Club, which 

 organization will shortlv erect a new club house at a cost of 

 $200,000. 



Thomas Hydes, a crude rubber broker, has purchased a three- 

 story factory building at 109 Chancery street, Trenton. Mr. Hydes 

 has had his headquarters on East Hanover street for the past 

 twenty years and will now have considerably more room in his 

 new location. 



Three of the Trenton rubber manufacturing companies have 

 taken out permits for the erection of additions. The Woven Steel 

 Hose & Rubber Co. has let a contract to John Carrigan for 

 a one-story boiler house on Prospect street to cost $2,000. The 

 United & Globe Rubber Co. will erect a one-story cement 

 block addition to cost $1,500. The Home Rubber Co. will 

 build a one-story frame building on Woolverton avenue to cost 

 $1,500. 



The Thermoid Rubber Co. has awarded a contract to the 

 .American Metallurgical Corporation, Philadelphia, for the in- 

 stallation of electric oven equipment to take care of the produc- 

 tion of a special processed product to be placed on the market by 

 the Trenton concern. The installation involves a number of new 

 principles, especially pertaining to solvent recovery and automatic 

 control of heat temperatures. The ovens will be placed in the 

 new addition now being erected. 



John E. Thropp's Sons Co., Trenton, New Jersey, has a 

 new foundry under construction, which will cost about 

 $80,000. The building will be 75 by 250 feet, and all neces- 

 sary equipment has been purchased and is ready for instal- 

 lation. 



MISCELLANEOUS NEW JERSEY NOTES. 



The Duratcx Co.. Newark, New Jersey, expects to occupy 

 the new addition to its plant by September 1. Ground for the 

 new buildings was broken in December, 1919. 



Announcement is made of the removal of the Bayonne, 

 New Jersey, store of The Hudson Packing Co. to 67 East 

 21st street, Bayonne. 



The Braendcr Rubber & Tire Co., Rutherford, New Jer- 

 sey, has practically completed a one-story power house ad- 

 dition, which is expected to be in operation by the first of 

 the year. The new building is 73 by 75 feet. 



The Ford Tire Co., Erie, Pennsylvania, contemplates estab- 

 lishing a tire manufacturing plant at Burlington, New Jersey 

 William James Whittom and Harry Raflovich, of the Ford com- 

 pany, called upon the city officials of Burlington and said they 

 wanted to erect a plant for the manufacture of reconstructed tires 

 and new tires. They announced that about $250,000 would be 

 raised to start the factory and that the concern would eventually 

 be capitalized at $2,000,000. 



The factory will be two stories high and will employ about 300 

 men. Messrs. Whittom and Raflavich are said to have purchased 

 a tire factory at Erie and the machinery is now being made at 

 Trenton. The company claims to have a new mold which cuts 



