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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September 1, 1920. 



America Limited in Buffalo, New York, but will not develop the 

 premises at present. 



Jean Nehmelman has been appointed sales manager of Madi- 

 son Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., New York. Sylvan E. Weil will 

 continue as assistant sales manager. George Shorlmeicr has 

 been appointed manager of the New York branch. All have 

 been connected with the company since its inception. 



The College Point Rubber Mold & Engraving Co., College 

 Point, New York, has changed its name to "College Point Mold, 

 Die Sinking and Engraving Co." 



L. Littlejohn & Co., Inc., crude rubber importers, has re- 

 moved its offices from No. 138 to Nos. 133-137 Front street, Newr 

 York city. 



Elbert & Co., dealers in oils, including cotton, coconut, palm, 

 and copra, removed several months ago from 71 Wall street to 

 27 William street, New York City. 



The Gordon Suspender Co., New Rochelle, New York, has 

 increased its capital stock to the following: 150 shares preferred, 

 par value $100; 150 shares common, no par value; $15,750 to 

 carry on business. 



CONNECTICUT NOTES. 



The Seamless Rubber Co., New Haven, Connecticut, has pur- 

 chased the dipped goods department of The Miller Rubber Co., 

 Akron, Ohio, including household, surgeons' and acid rubber 

 gloves, finger cots, dipped bathing caps styles Nos. 357 and 358, 

 ' drainage gauze covers, dilator covers, and toy balloons. 



The United States Rubber Co., New York City, has promoted 

 L. W. Jerauld, formerly salesman in Boston, to the position of 

 branch manager at the Hartford Rubber Works, Hartford, Con- 

 necticut. 



Goodyear Cotton Mills, Inc., Goodyear, Connecticut, has can- 

 celed operations looking to the immediate building of a 500-foot 

 spinning mill, and the structure will not be erected until some 

 future date. 



PENNSYLVANIA NOTES. 



George W. Kavanaugh, Inc., manufacturer of fabrics for the 

 rubber trade, has removed from 216 Chestnut street to 38 North 

 Second street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 



The officers of the Prudential Tire & Rubber Co., 816 Com- 

 merce Building, Erie, Pennsylvania, include Fred A. Seiberling, 

 president, and D. L. Stouch, secretary and treasurer. 



The Southwark Foundry & Machine Co., Philadelphia, Penn- 

 sylvania, has increased its sales engineering stafT by the addition 

 of James T. Lee, formerly vice-president in charge of sales of 

 the Hanna Engineering Works, Chicago, Illinois. The South- 

 wark company is planning to add a full line of pneumatic and 

 hydro-pneumatic riveters and foundry molding machines to its 

 present line of hydraulic and power machinery, and thereby 

 broaden its field of activity. 



SOUTHERN NOTES. 



The Continental Tire & Rubber Co., Gulfport, Mississippi, is 

 now receiving machinery for its factory and e.xpccts to be in 

 operation by October. 



Fred B. Geary has been appointed branch manager of the 

 Madison Tire & Rubber Co., New York City, with headquarters 

 at 303 Peachtree street, Atlanta, Georgia. 



The Delion Tire & Rubber Co., Baltimore, Maryland, has 

 purchased the plant and equipment of The Dreadnaught Tire & 

 Rubber Co. of the same city and will make extensive alterations 

 and improvements. Considerable new machinery will be installed 

 and it is expected that the plant will be in operation about the 

 middle of November, producing Delion tires and tubes. The offi- 

 cers of the company are : John W. Price, president ; W. C. Price, 

 vice-president in charge of sales ; R. B. Arnold, vice-president 

 in charge of manufacture; and R. L. Swats, sales manager. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN NEW JERSEY. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 



TRENTON TIRE M ANi'hACTURERS are experiencing a little slump 

 in the tire market at the present time. This unusual con- 

 dition is due principally to transportation difficulties. Owing 

 to the shortage of freight cars the automobile manufacturers 

 have been unable to secure needed materials, and were compelled 

 to cancel orders for thousands of tires. As soon as this situa- 

 tion is remedied rubber manufacturers expect to receive large 

 orders for tires and tubes. Business in the mechanical rubber 

 goods trade has been very good for some time and manufactur- 

 ers expect it to continue. 



The Ajax Rubber Co. was the only Trenton concern forced 

 to lay off a number of employes because of these conditions. 

 The company has laid off about 250 tire makers, but according 

 to officials of the company they will be put back to work within 

 a short time. It is not thought by heads of other rubber con- 

 cerns in Trenton that the situation will grow any wor.se in this 

 section. 



Two more Trenton rubber concerns have decided to 'enlarge 

 their plants to take care of future trade. The Thermoid Rub- 

 ber Co., which recently let a contract for a big addition to the 

 plant in Hamilton township, will erect an additional story to 

 the main plant. The new story will be 80 by 200 feet, of rein- 

 forced concrete and steel, and will cost $50,000. The Hamilton 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co. will build a two-story addition to the 

 plant on Mead street. The building will be 20 by 40 feet of brick 

 and steel and will cost $15,000. The Joseph Stokes Rubber Co. 

 has completed the erection of a steel water tank of 70,000 gal- 

 lons capacity with a 125-foot tower. The Acme Rubber Manu- 

 facturing Co. recently let a contract for a big addition, and the 

 Ajax Rubber Co. recently completed large additions. 



The employes of the Essex Rubber Co. and the members of 

 their families, numbering approximately 500, he'd an annual out- 

 ing at Burlington Island Park recently. The rubber plant was 

 closed for the day and the trip was made on a steamer ...n the 

 Delaware River. There were various field and aquatic sports. 



Some of the rubber factories of Trenton have suffered heavy 

 losses through systematic thefts of tires during the past year 

 and the police of Trenton now believe that they have put a stop 

 to these wholesale robberies by the arrest of several young men. 

 The Empire Rubber Co. alone lost nearly $3,000 worth of t-res. 

 How the tires were taken from the plants is a mystery. A tire 

 concern at Perth Amboy, where the stolen goods v.'cre sold, was 

 raided by the police and the proprietors arrested. The tires 

 stolen were of the best grade and easily disposed of -t tiie "fence" 

 raided by the police. 



The United & Globe Rubber Co. recently completed the erec- 

 tion of a new tower and steel tank with a capacity ( f 100,000 

 gallons of water. This is in addition to the company's otlier tanks 

 and will give better service in case of fires in the future. 



The Semple Rubber Co., Trenton, is completing a big order 

 for tires for European dealers and expects more orders from 

 abroad during the coming fall. 



The Bergougnan Rubber Corporation, Trenton, New Jersey, 

 has practically completed its plant additions which have been 

 under construction for a number of months. These consist of 

 a two-story unit of the same size and type as the other two 

 main units of the plant, a warehouse, a rubber cement mixing 

 and storage building, a machine shop, a carpenter shop, and a 

 large garage and repair shop for motor trucks and passenger 

 cars. The sidings which connect with the Pennsylvania railroad 

 are also being improved as well as the facilities for handling and 

 storing coal. 



The .Acme Rubber Manufacturing Co., Trenton, has broken 

 ground for a new factory building, 90 by 300 feet, to be used 



