THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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porium for automobile accessories. He will make a feature of 

 factory seconds of all makes of tires. 

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 George H. Campbell, for 21 years employed as foreman at the 

 plant of the CoUyer Insulated Wire Co., Pawtucket. died at his 

 home in Mansfield, Massachusetts, September 1, 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN TRENTON. 



By Our Regular Corrcspondoit. 



TRENTO.X is pushing steadily ahead as one of .America's 

 most important rubber centers and in line with this pro- 

 gram comes the announcement that many thousands of dollars 

 are to be expended at once in adding to the capacity of the fac- 

 tories here. 



The Aja.x-Grieb Rubber Co. has announced that it will erect 

 an extensive addition to its plant, enabling it to give employment 

 to five hundred additional hands — practically doubling the firm's 

 output. The new addition will be made on land already owned 

 by the company. The main new building will have a frontage of 

 350 feet and a depth of 60 feet. It will be three stories high. .An- 

 other mill room ISO by ISO feet will also be constructed. 



In announcing the company's intentions in this direction it i> 

 also stated that a dividend of 7 per cent, on preferred and 24 

 per cent, on common stock has been declared. 



The Thermoid Rubber Co. is building a $25,000 addition to its 

 plant. Part of the new structure will be devoted to the making 

 of hose, and the rest of it will relieve other departments of tlie 

 factory already overcrowded. A contract for additional ma- 

 chinery has already been placed. The new building, which is 

 to be of brick and steel, will be 190 feet long and 71 feet wide, and 

 two stories high. With the completion of the new structure the 

 company will be enabled to place about 75 more operatives at 

 work. 



The FitzGibbon Company, large users of rubberized cloth in 

 the making of automobile tops, have placed a contract for the 

 erection of a new factory 90 feet wide and 700 feet long, which 

 will enable the firm to increase its capacity many times. 



Tlie Mecca Tire Co. has begun to make tires in its newly ac- 

 quired factory on Mulberry street. It will market the line under 

 tht name of "Peerless." The tires are to be white with a tread 

 ln'aring a triangular design. The plant, which is being fitted up 

 liy the William R. Thropp & Sons' Co., is not in full operation as 

 yet : Ijut one vulcanizer is now employed and another is to be in- 

 stalled soon. 



nrk oi: 

 januar 



■lit is made that the Z. Z. Tire Co.. which is rush- 

 its Yardville plant, will be ready for operation 

 1. 



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sually wet weather since the first part of June has 

 uiscd a big falling ofT in orders for garden hose. Salesmen re- 

 )rt that dealers have thousands of feet of garden hose piled up 

 I their warerooms. .As this is the normal time to take orders 

 ir next year's delivery the real effect of the present situation 

 ill be felt next year. The raincoat and footwear peojjle have. 

 ' the other hand, experienced an increased demand for goods. 



Mc(.ui 

 Rubbei 



c. who has Ijeen an inside man for tin 

 Manufacturing Cos., has taken a road 

 territory, for the same firm. 



Cnite 



of this city is the head. Mr. 

 with ruljber interests at l.amlie 

 kidnev troulile. 



Solliday 

 tville, is 



vho is also connected 

 t-ry ill at present with 



John .A. Lambert, of the .Acme Rubber Manufacturing Co., has 

 iiccn nominated for trustee of the Trenton Chamber of Com- 

 merce, the election being held October 12. The Chamber of Com- 

 merce is endeavoring to have the Pennsylvania and the Phila- 

 delphia & Reading railroad companies erect additional freight sta- 

 tions at points more advantageous for some of the rubber mills. 



.\mong the concerns filing articles of incorp<. ration in the of- 

 fice of the Secretary of State this month is the Montclair Rub- 

 ber Co., with offices in the Wilkinson Building, Trenton. The 

 capital stock is given at $10,000. The incorporators are Walter 

 1". Smith, .Alice F. Smith and J. Clifford Strieker. 



in connection with an accident ulnch resulted in the death of 

 a man at the plant of the Essex Rubber Co., Judge Marshall of 

 the Mercer Court of Common Pleas has interpreted the Work- 

 men's Compensation .Act in a way which is of particular interest 

 to manufacturers. The workman was employed by a rigger who 

 was erecting some scaffolding at the plant. The rigger loaned 

 the workman to a structural iron contractor who was erecting 

 an addition to Jhe factory. It was while he was actually em- 

 ployed by the structural iron man that he was killed in a fall. 

 The court held the original employer liable, and a verdict for 

 $3,000 damages was awarded. ,- '' 



It is stated that tlie Colorado Tire & Leather Co. of Denver. 

 Colorado, which has hitherto had its milling and calendering 

 done by an Ohio factory, intends after the first of Noveinber 

 to do this work in its own plant. With this in view the com- 

 pany, according to reports, has liecn interviewing several de- 

 partment heads in Trenton mills in regard to taking positions 

 in the Denver factory. 



Joseph Thropp, secretary i 

 o.. makers of rubber machi 

 on for appendicitis. 



William R. Thropp & Soii> 

 is recovering from an opera 



The John .A. Roebling's Sons Co. is erecting a new auditorium 

 at the corner of Sixth avenue and Main street, to accommodate 

 desired entertainments. It will have a dance hall, a stage, a 

 convention platform, and a basketball floor. 



The Roebling Construction Co., a subsidiary of the John .\. 

 Roebling's Sons Co. has filed a certificate of dissolution with tlie 

 Secretary of State. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN AKRON. 



By Our Regular Correstoiideiit. 



AKROX is no "fair weather friend'' of industry, according to 

 the report of the chief statistician of the state industrial 

 commission, recently made public. In spite of the thousands of 

 unemployed last year, few business concerns and industries shut 

 down absolutely ; and two of .Akron's rubber plants gave their 

 emjiloyecs full time during the year ; one ran overtime and com- 

 paratively few operated less than 300 days. Thirteen rubber fac- 

 tories worke<l their employees between 54 and 60 hours a week. 



Ki|)ort.i of an exceptionally prosperous year for The B. F". 

 Goodrich Co. are back of the marked advance in Goodrich com- 

 miiii stock, which touched its highest point since 1912 on the 

 .\ew York Stock l-'xchange and in the Akron market during 

 the month of September. Nearly 15,000 shares changed hands 

 on the Xew York Stock Exchange in one day. and there was 

 a large volume of private trading in .Akron 



