June i, 1908.^ 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



307 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



NEW RUBBER FACTORY AT LOCKPORT. 



ANEW mechanical rubber goods company has been incor- 

 porated as the Lockport Rubber Works, at Lockport, 

 New York. The president of the companj- is Charles 

 F. U. Kelly, widely known in connection with the rubber tire 

 trade, having been in charge until recently of the tire sales of 

 the Continental Rubber Works (Erie, Pennsylvania). The vice 



Ch.\rles F. U. Kelly. 



[President I^ckpnrt Rubber Co.] 



[\'ice 



J. Edwin D.wis. 

 President Lockport Rubber Co.] 



president is J. Edwin Davis, who has had a long experience in 

 the manufacturing and selling of mechanical rubber goods, hav- 

 ing been for some years past in charge of this branch of the Con- 

 tinental works. Harry M. Wood, lately of Erie. Pa., is secretary 

 of the new company. The Lockport Rubber Works is capital- 

 ized at $300,000. It has leased property of the International Steam 



Pump Co., known as the Holly plant, of which it will occupy 

 for the present buildings containing floor space of over 110,000 

 square feet, and exceptionally well suited for the rubber manu- 

 facture. The company will have electric power from Niagara 

 Falls as cheap or cheaper than any other in the country, and 

 have been planning to have ready for operation by June I an 

 outfit of machinery of the most modern make. The products 

 will include belting, packing, hose, matting, molded goods, baby 

 carriage tires, cycle tires, automobile tires, and tire tubes. The 

 plant embraces a very complete laboratory for the inspection of 

 all raw materials used and also for finished goods before ship- 

 ment. The new company have taken pains to organize an 

 efficient staff and have had encouraging indications of business 

 in prospect. 



AJAX-GBIEB COMPANY'S NEW FACTORY. 



The new factory of the Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co., at Trenton, 

 New Jersey, was formally opened on May II, when three car- 

 loads of representatives of the tire trade accepted the invitation 

 of President Horace DeLisser to take part in the formalities. 

 The company's branch managers were present, one coming from 

 so far away as San Francisco. Among those who made addresses 

 was the Hon. J. Franklin Fort, governor of New Jersey, who by 

 pressing an electric button started the wheels of the factory. 

 The building just opened is 60 x 180 feet and three stories high. 

 The visitors were shown through the factory and entertained 

 at luncheon, after which there was a vaudeville entertainment 

 until the time of the departure of the special train for New York. 



AITON MACHINE CO.— NEW CONNECTIONS. 



The Alton Machine Co. (New York), have made connections 

 with the Samuel L. Moore & Sons Corporation, Carl D. Bradley, 

 president, of Elizabethport, New Jersey, for the manufacture and 

 sale of Aiton machinery. The company will in the future 

 solicit patronage in the name of the Samuel L. Moore & Sons 

 Corporation. Thomas A. Aiton, vice-president of the Aiton 

 Machine Co., will make his headquarters at the plant of the 

 Moore corporation at Elizabethport. All business connected with 

 the Aiton Machine Co. will receive his personal direction and 

 supervision. 



BALTIMORE HOUSE MAKES A CHANGE. 



TiLLlNGH.^ST Rubber Co. (.Baltimore, Maryland) have re- 

 moved to a new location. No. 109 North Liberty street, where 

 the amount of floor space occupied is three times as large as for- 

 merly. They have been established in Baltimore— being a branch 

 of the Philadelphia firm B. C. Tillinghast— for 18 years, making 

 steady progress all of this time. Since the Baltimore fire four 

 years ago the business has increased rapidly. At present it is 

 under the management of Mr. C. H. Friant, who was formerly 

 with the Philadelphia house. 



CHANGES OF LOCATION. 



The Swinehart Clincher Tire and Rubber Co. have removed 

 their New York headquarters to larger premises, at No. 875 

 Seventh avenue. The Chicago branch has been removed to 1720 

 Michigan avenue. 



The Massachusetts Talc Co. have removed their general offices 

 from Boston to North Adams, Massachusetts, adjacent to their 

 mills, with a view to facilitating the filling of orders. 



Jenkins Brothers, manufacturers of the Jenkins rubber valves 

 and packing, have removed their Chicago store to larger premises 

 at No. 226-228 Lake street. 



S. F. Hayward & Co. (New York), long important factors in 

 the fire department supply business, have removed from No. 30 

 Warren street to No. 39 Park place. 



