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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September i, 1908. 



York. On the death of the late John H. Tuttle, in 1894, the 

 Holyoke factory was offered for sale at auction and purchased 

 by the Jenkins firm, who continued it in operation under the 

 name of Jenkins Rubber Co. In 1897 the rubber factory was 

 transferred to Elizabeth, N. J., ground having been bought and 

 buildings erected for the purpose, and the Jenkins Rubber Co. 

 "became a corporation under the laws of New Jersey. Its busi- 

 ness has continued to be the production of rubber valves and the 

 like for the trade of Jenkins Brothers. 



KR. MINER'S NEW KTTBBEa FACTOKT. 



An extensive new factory building which has been in course of 

 erection at Granby, Quebec, for some weeks past, has been the 

 object of much local interest, but until within the past month no 

 public announcement was made of its purpose. On a report 

 coming out that it is being erected by Mr. S. H. C. Miner, for a 

 rubber footwear factory, great satisfaction was expressed by the 

 Granby people, in view of the success of all of Mr. Miner's enter- 

 prises, not the least important of which, in the past, had been in 

 the rubber industry. At last accounts the first story of the main 

 building had been constructed. The Birmingham Iron Foundry 

 was mentioned as having been given an important order for ma- 

 chinery, and plans were being made for the installation of elec- 

 trical equipment. 



THE VICTOR RirBBEa CO. REBUILDING. 



The Victor Rubber Co. (Springfield, Ohio), whose factory at 

 Snyderville was burned recently [see The India Rubber World, 



August I, 1908 page 383], have commenced the construction 



of new factory buildings at a new location, within the city of 

 Springfield, and expect to have the plant in operation by No- 

 vember I. They have bought land enough to permit of the one- 

 story plan of construction throughout, the buildings being of con- 

 crete, with concrete floors, steel trusses, and fireproof roof. The 

 location with respect to railroads is such that all goods can be 

 received or shipped without the delay and cost of drayage. The 

 machinery and power plant will be the most modern and effi- 

 cient that the market aflfords. 



FROM CHICAGO TO SAN FRANCISCO. 



Mr. John H. Brown has retired from the position of associate 

 manager at Chicago of the Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufactur- 

 ing Co., after having filled it just 25 years, to accept an important 

 position with the same company on the Pacific coast. At the 

 Union League Club, in Chicago, on August 17, a lunch was 

 given to Mr. Brown by his friends in the rubber trade, the occa- 

 sion being an entire surprise to him. The meeting at the club was 

 entirely informal, but Mr. Brown thanked his contemporaries in 

 a feeling speech, and the meeting developed into a love feast in 

 which many kind things were said of the guest and many stories 

 told of old associations and experiences in Chicago. Hardly a 

 rubber house in Chicago is existing to-day under the same name 

 and management as at the time Mr. Brown entered upon his 

 duties 25 years ago. Many of the jobbing houses have retired 

 from business, and but few of the "old guard" remain. 



APSLEY RUBBER CO.— IMPROVEMENTS. 



The Apsley Rubber Co. (Hudson, Massachusetts) have in- 

 stalled grates under their factory boilers for the burning of hard 

 coal screenings instead of soft coal, with satisfactory results in 

 the matter of fuel cost and otherwise. All the draught for the 

 fire is blown by steam, instead of obtaining it from doors under- 

 neath as formerly. In fact, the doors under the firebox are 

 closed all the time. 



Mr. L. D. Apsley, president of the Apsley Rubber Co., has been 

 on a business trip through the West, going as far as Seattle, in 

 connection with the important Pacific coast interests of his 

 company. 



The factory of the Apsley Rubber Co. was visited lately by a 

 party of salesmen from the important shoe firm of De Cau 

 Brothers Co., of Philadelphia, who are distributers of the Apsley 

 company's footwear. The visitors were entertained by President 



Apsley, of the company, assisted by Treasurer Laighton, the 

 program including dinner and attendance at a Boston theater in 

 the evening. 



THE FEDERAL RUBBER CO. BUST. 



The Federal Rubber Co. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), report that 

 of late it has been necessary to run their factory overtime, to 

 take care of the orders received for sheet packing, horseshoe pads, 

 and automobile inner tubes. 



About 160 employes of the Federal Rubber Co. enjoyed their 

 annual outing on August i, at Hilgen's Spray Park, Cedarburg, 

 Wis. The day was spent in athletic sports, boating, dancing, 

 etc., to the pleasure of all concerned. 



E. L. Holly, who has become connected with the sales de- 

 partment of the Federal Rubber Co., formerly held a similar 

 position with The Diamond Rubber Co. 



MILFORD RUBBER CO.— LIQUIDATION. 



The Milford Rubber Co. (Boston), the closing of whose 

 waterproofing plant at Milford, Massachusetts, was reported last 

 month, have presented to the superior court in Boston a peti- 

 tion asking for the privilege of dissolution. The company are 

 stated to have no indebtedness, and the directors at a regular 

 meeting decided to discontinue business. The order of notice is 

 returnable before the court on September 7. A report that the 

 company's factory would be removed to W'orcester, Mass., ap- 

 pears without foundation. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The fortnightly meetings of the Rubber Reclaimers' Club, at the 

 Hotel Belmont, in New York, continue to be well attended, with 

 pleasing and satisfactory results. At one of the recent meetings 

 the usual program was departed from, and the members were 

 the guests of one of their number at Point Shirley Club. Win- 

 throp, Massachusetts. 



The patent controversy, long in the courts, regarding pin hose 

 racks between C. M. Howard. Washington, D. C, and the W. D. 

 Allen Manufacturing Co., Chicago, has been decided by the 

 United States circuit court of appeals in favor of the W. D. 

 Allen Manufacturing Co. 



The factory of the American Rubber Co. (Boston) was closed 

 on August 12 for a two weeks' vacation and inventory. 



The Bentley & Olmstead Co., large distributers of rubber and 

 other footwear at Des Moines, la., are enlarging the branch 

 which they have maintained for a year past at Wichita, Kansas. 



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[Photograph taken in front of the factories of The Canadian Rubber Co. of 

 Montreal, Limited, showing some of the officials of the company in the 

 large automobile usi-d in calling upon the Montreal tire trade. In the 

 large automobile used in calling upon the Montreal tire trade. In the ton- 

 neau is Mr. Frank A. Paulin. manager of the tire department. Those in the 

 rear seat (counting from this side) are Mr. J. C. Nicholson, manager of 

 the general rubber goods department; Mr. J. M. S. Carroll, manager of 

 the Montreal sales branch; and Mr. F. E. Partridge, mechanical factory 

 superintendent. J 



