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about the middle of February. It will also take the agency for 

 New England of the Mechanical Rubber Co., of Cleveland. R. J. 

 Barker, formerly with the Enterprise and United States com- 

 panies, will be manager of the new branch. 



W. E. Barker, manager of sales of the United States Rubber 

 Co., addressed the members of the National Association of 

 Shoe Wholesalers, at its luncheon incident to its annual meet- 

 ing and election, at the Copley Plaza Hotel on Friday, January 14. 



Francis H. Appleton, of the rubber reclaiming firm bearing 

 his name, will spend tl'.e month of February at Miami, Florida. 



Mr. Alexander, formerly in the efficiency department of the 

 Tyer Rubber Co., Andover, Massachusetts, has resigned from 

 that position to accept a similar one with the Apsley Rubber Co., 

 Hudson, Massachusetts, where he will make a thorough investi- 

 gation into costs of production, methods of manufacture, and 

 plan for greater efficiency throughout the factory. 



The Tyer Rubber Co. reports a steadily increasing demand for 

 its new soling material, "Leatherex." One particularly striking 

 advertisement shows a picture of a sportsman on skiis "leaping 

 into popularity," the skiis being represented as exaggerated 

 specimens of "Leatherex" soles, with the trade-mark on the 

 bottom. 



Howard B. Clifford, who for several years was in the Boston 

 office of the United States Rubber Co., was married on Christmas 

 day at St. Paul's church in Maiden to Miss Tola G. Smith. He 

 has been transferred to the Minneapolis, Minnesota, branch of the 

 company. 



The Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. 

 branch and service station at 698 I 



w located 

 street. 



Edward F. Bragg, of the Alfred Hale Rubber Co., who has 

 been confined to his home by a long period of illness, is said to 

 contemplate retiring from the treasureship of that company in 

 the interest of his health. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



By Our Regular Corrcsf'oiidcnt. 



THE rubber factories throughout Rhode Island are so busy that 

 the usual annual January vacations were passed and present 

 indications are that it will be some time before any of the plants 

 will be closed down excepting for necessary overhauling and re- 

 pairing. One of the greatest drawbacks that the concerns are 

 experiencing is the decided shortage of help which is becoming 

 so serious that some superintendents are considering what they 

 are going to do to keep pace with the demanded production. 

 There is an exceedingly heavy call for all kinds of rubber goods 

 that is constantly increasing. 



Business has increased to such an extent at the several manu- 

 facturing plants at West Barrington. including the International 

 Rubber Co., that enlarged railroad facilities have become neces- 

 sary. Recently the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- 

 road, in response to the request of these concerns, lengthened 

 sidings at the West Barrington freight yard several hundred feet, 

 to admit of improved loading and unloading facilities. Now the 

 increased output makes further extensions obligatory. 



The Revere Rubber Co. has recently completed the installation 

 of a Boland automatic sand blast at its plant on Valley street, 

 Providence, by H. J. Astle & Co. This piece of machinery was 

 specially designed for the Revere company and it is to be used 

 for sand blasting steel automobile truck rims, making them per- 

 fectly smooth so as not to cut the rubber tires. The new ma- 

 chine, which removes the rust and imperfections from the rims 

 more quickly than was formerly done, is double, each side being 

 fitted with a spool to take the different sizes of rims. The rims 



are revolved in order that every portion of the face may come 

 into contact with the blowing sand, which operation is done en- 

 tirely within the machine. 



Although this sand blast has been in operation but a short time, 

 the Dunlop Rubber Co., Limited, of Birmingham, England, has 

 placed orders for a number of similar machines, the first ship- 

 ment, of which was made about the middle of the past month.- 

 Other shipments are to be made later to several of the Dunlop 

 factories throughout Europe. These sand blast machines are 

 14 feet long by 4 feet wide and 8 feet high. A Boland four- 

 cylinder blower is used to supply the blast to each machine. 



The factory of the National India Rubber Co., at Bristol, did 

 not have the usual January shut-down this year on account of 

 the pressure of business. The plant was recently closed from 

 Friday afternoon until the follow-ing Monday morning, during 

 which necessary repairs were made to machinery. During the 

 past few weeks considerable new machinery has been installed, 

 including stitching, eyelet and stenciling machines. 



Several hours are taken up each night in making up freight 

 trains of rubber goods at the yards of the New York, New 

 Haven & Hartford Railroad. 



Colonel Samuel P. Colt, president of the United States Rubber 

 Co., who reached his sixty-fourth birthday on January 10, enter- 

 tained a few friends at his home, Linden place, Bristol, that 

 evening in honor of the event. 



Theodore Wood, for the past two years agent of the American 

 Yarn Co., at Pawtucket, has removed to ,'\kron, Ohio, where he 

 has accepted a position as head of the te-xtile department of 

 The B. F. Goodrich Co. Before coming to Pawtucket he was an 

 official at the Dartmouth Mills, New Bedford. Massachusetts. 



Jefferson F. Galvin, for several years foreman of the calender- 

 ing department at the National India Rubber Co., Bristol, but 

 now engaged in a responsible position with a rubber concern in 

 Watertown,. Massachusetts, is at his old home in Bristol, con- 

 valescing from a serious illness. 



The Hill & Lacrosse Co., manufacturer of elastic webbing 

 materials, Howard, because of increasing orders, is erecting 

 a one-story addition to its plant. The new structure is 83 feet 

 in length by 27 feet wide. 



The Co-operative .A.uto Supply Co. has removed from 134 to 

 166 Washington street, corner of Empire street, Providence, 

 where they are specializing in Racine tires. 



The Republic Tire agency, Frank Glover, proprietor, formerly 

 located on Washington street, has moved to larger quarters in 

 the new building, 165 Empire street, Providence. 



A contract has been given for a lounging and rest room to be 

 fitted up at the plant of the Phillips Insulated Wire Co., Paw- 

 tucket. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN TRENTON. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 



TIRK and accessory manufacturers are deeply interested in the 

 automobile show to be held in the Trenton armory some 

 time in the month of February. .-Xrrangements will be made with 

 automobile dealers in a number of surrounding counties to co- 

 operate in making the show a success. R. V. Kuser is chairman 

 of the committee in charge of the preparations. In this connec- 

 tion it may be interesting to state that there are more than 90,000 

 motor cars in use in New Jersey, of which about 79,000 are pas- 

 senger cars and about 11,000 are trucks. 



Work has been begun on a three-story tire-making wing for 

 the -Ajax Rubber Co., Inc., which will be 250x350 feet in size, 

 with foundations built to hold additional stories. Rapid progress 

 is being made on the additions to the vulcanizing works. A new 



