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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October 1, 1915. 



The Banigan line in New England is now represented by A. 

 E. Barney, formerly with the LaCrosse Rubber Mills Co., of 

 LaCrosse, Wisconsin. 



Walter F. Thomas, of the Tver Rubber Co.. of .Andover, 

 ^lassachusetts, was married at the i lotel .Somerset. I'.nston. Sep- 

 tember 18, to Miss Helen K. Goss, of Melrose. 



Arthur W. Stcdman, before his plunge into the crude rublier 

 business at his new office, 69 Beverly street, made the week of 

 September 20-25 a "golf week." It is said that he lowered his 

 previous scores by many points and re-enters the rubber trade 

 with a. firm belief that were rubber not his manifest destiny 

 he could easily become the champion golfer. 



The New England men, even when they are transplanted to 

 New York, get back home for vacations. For example. Charles 

 W. Barnes, the assistant inanager of sales of the United States 

 Rubber Co., spent his vacation at Du.xbury. Massachusetts. 



George H. Mayo, manager of branch stores of the United 

 States Rubber Co.. put in tlie heated term at Wdlflioro. New 

 Hampshire. 



H. C. Kalish has returned frnm a trip to the I'anama-Facitic 

 Exposition. Mr. Kalish, it will be recalled, is manager of the 

 Wales-Goodycar department of ibe L'nited States Rubber Co., 

 of New England. 



Mark M. Converse, of ibe Converse Rubber Sbov Co.. of .MaF 

 den, owns a farm in Lyme, New llam;isbire. wliere be spent bi^ 

 summer vacation. 



The many friends of William S. Mayo, that veteran of the 

 rubber shoe trade in Boston, will be glad to know that the 

 operation he recently underwent at Corey Hill Hospital, in 

 Brookline, was successful and that he is rapidly convalescing. 



North Brookfield, in this State, is possessed of an inventor 

 of rubber devices of a great deal of value. This inventor is 

 Arthur J. Wills. Some of his machines are : Overflow trimmer 

 for mold work, such as heels and mats ; automatic blister prick- 

 ing apparatus for rubber mats ; a cutter for baby carriage tires ; 

 jar ring cutting lathe ; duck plug cutter for rubber heels, etc. 



George E. B. Putnam. Boston correspondent for The Indi.\ 

 RfBBER WoRLu. is Spending his vacation at Camp Kingfisher. 

 Norway, Maine. 



In the exceedingly comfortalile parlor of the Point Shirley 

 Club, Point Shirley, Massachusetts, are two . fine oil paintings. 

 One is of Capt. Francis H. Appleton. the present president of 

 the club, and the other is of Joseph Work, the c.x-president. 

 Both are very well known in the rubber trade. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



By Our Regular Corrcxfomtcut. 



NOW that the summer vacation season has passed, the rub- 

 ber factories of the State are resuming their stride, and 

 overtime is again becoming the rule in several of the plants. 

 Whether or not business is rushing depends largely on whether 

 the particular plant under consideration deals in those supplies 

 which are most necessary to the European nations now at war 

 or to the automobile trade, in which there never seems to be any 

 cessation of activity. 



The increased call for rubber footwear, and for tennis shoes in 

 particular, which has been prevalent throughout the United 

 States during the last few months, has made itself felt at the Xar- 

 ragansett Rubber Co.'s plant in Bristol. This corporation has 

 been and is now busy shipping large quantities of tennis shoes. 

 arctics and other rubber footwear, the demand being not only 

 large but well distributed. 



The Bourn Rubber Co.. Providence, reports a keen demand 

 for rubber shoes of all kinds. While there are large orders for 

 arctics, rubber boots, lumbermen's and Alaskans, tennis shoes 

 have enjoyed a marked popularity, the sale for this class of goods 

 exceeding all previous years. 



The annual returns of the Board of Tax Assessors of the city 

 of Providence were filed with the City Treasurer on September 1 

 and show a total levy of $5,063,520.76. In the list of corporations, 

 concerns and individuals assessed for $50,000 or more, together 

 with the valuation placed upon their property by the Board are 

 the following: Joseph Banigan estate ct al. $450,640; Joseph 

 Banigan estate, $1,000,480; Joseph Banigan Rubber Co., $160,100; 

 Augustus O. Bourn, $113,640; Bourn Rubber Co., $147,000; Wal- 

 ter S. Ballou, $248,880; Samuel P. Colt, $210,100; Davol Rubber 

 Co., $400,000; Mary E. Davol. $748,600; Glendale Elastic Fabric 

 Co. of Massachusetts, $175,300; Mrs. Lotta P. Kelley, widow of 

 Arthur L. Kelley, $91,610; Mechanical Fabric Co., $342,740; New 

 England Butt Co.. $193,420; Samuel M. Nicholson, $249,600: 

 Trustee under will of Joseph Davol, $450,000; Revere Rubber Co., 

 $1,447,280. ■ ' 



Ibe International Rubber Co.. of West Barrington, is to have 

 a spur track from the line of the I'all River and Bristol division 

 of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, put in to- 

 facilitate the handling of raw material and the manufactured 

 product-carriage cloth. The New Haven railroad officials have 

 consented to the plan and permission has also been granted by 

 the Town Council, and the rails will be continued into the com- 

 pany's yards. 



The work of erecting a new vulcanizing room at the plant of 

 the International Rublier Co. is completed and the new structure 

 is now being equipped for use. The company has been granted 

 permission for the erection of a one-story brick dry house, 25 x 

 76 feet, to be steam heated. 



The Revere Rubber Co. has plans for the construction of a 

 new laboratory, of one story, reinforced concrete, as an addition 

 to its plant on Eagle and Valley streets. Providence. Dr. W. P. 

 Bradley, one of the chemical experts of the corporation, has 

 compiled data for a new method of manufacture, and the new 

 building, when completed, will be used for the mixing of chem- 

 icals for the new process. It is said that the new laboratory will 

 be one of the finest of its kind in this country. 



The old sugar relinery building on Thames street, Bristol, has 

 been taken over by the National India Rubber Co., and is being 

 completely remodelled from foundation to roof. When completed 

 it will contain four stories and basement, and will be made to 

 look like an entirely new structure. .\ shell of brick is being con- 

 structed on the outside and new and more shapely windows are 

 l)eing placed. Vice-president LeBaron C. Colt says that the build- 

 ing is to be used by the National company as a storehouse and 

 that separate departments will be arranged on each floor for the 

 \arious kinds of finished goods manufactured by the concern. 



Several improvements have been made recently upon the build- 

 ings of the Narragansctt Rubber Co., Bristol. 



The Rutherford Rubber Co.. a corporation of East Ruther- 

 ford. New Jersey, has filed notice with the State -Secretary of 

 Rhode Island that William O. Cook, of Providence, is the ac- 

 credited legal representative in this State. 



the Phillips Insulated Wire Works has commenced the erection 

 of a new three-story brick building on Central avenue and Free- 

 man street. Pawtucket. It will he of mill construction. 100 x 70 

 feet. 



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

 Co.. on September 10 made a general inspection of the plant of the 

 Xational India Rubber Co., at Bristol, of which he is also presi- 

 dent, visiting every department. 



W. Mnlry has opened at 97 En 



reel. Providence. 



