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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March 1, 1916. 



Co. Le.ster Leland remains president of the company, Homer E. 

 Sawyer general manager, H. H. Nance treasurer and E. F. 

 Dewing clerk. Tlie remaining directors are .\. L. Comstock and 

 li. E. Converse. 



The Converse Rubber Shoe Co. has let tlie contract to enlarge 

 its jiresent factory building, making its width 90 feet, instead 

 of 60 feet. There will also be built a four-story, reinforced 

 concrete addition 150 feet long, 68 feet wide. The present store- 

 house on the west side of the Boston & .\laine Railroad track 

 will be used exclusively for the increasing tire business of the 

 company. A new four-story storehouse 200 feet long is now 

 being erected. This will give the company much needed storage 

 room. The capacity of its footwear department will be increased 

 from the present output of 8,000 pairs to a daily capacity of 

 15,000 pairs. 



The stockholders recently voted to increase the capital stock 

 from $700,000 to $950,000 by selling 2,500 shares of non-redeem- 

 able, 7 per cent, cumulative preferred stock. 



The Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co. will advertise its 

 business by a series of moving picture lilms. showing all the 

 processes pertaining to the various lines of goods it makes. The 

 photographs are being taken under the direction of Mr. Conder. 

 who is preparing a lecture to accompany them. When the fac- 

 tory films are added to those illustrating the various stages of 

 gathering, smoking and shipping the crude rubber, every step 

 will l)e shown from the trees in the forests of South America 

 or on the plantations of the Far East, to the perfected goods as 

 made in the rubber factory in Cambridge. Such an illustrated 

 lecture will be instructive as well as entertaining, and at the 

 same time should prove a practical advertisement. 



Artistic window cards and posters announce the Automobile 

 Show, which will be held at Mechanics' Building beginning Sat- 

 urday evening. March 4, and lasting through the following week. 

 I'rom present indications this will l)e far nmrc elaliorate than 

 any previous show. 



.\mnng tlie members of the trade who have lieen fleeing from 

 the frozen north to summer climes, we might mention E. H. 

 Clapp, who, at last accounts, was playing golf at F.ellair, Florida. 



I-'rancis H. Appleton is at Miami Beach. Florida. Friends arc 

 expecting him to send north a few dozen tarpon. 



W. H. Porter, manager of the United States Ruliber Co.. of 

 Xew England ; D. E. Gray, manager of the Beacon F'alls Rub- 

 ber Shoe Co;, and Horace G. Cressenger, manager of the .\rco 

 Rubber Co., were special guests at the meeting of the New Eng- 

 land Shoe Wholesalers' Association held February 2 at Young's 

 Hotel. * * * 



The Monatiquot Rubber Works Co., of South Braititree, man- 

 ufacturers of "Naturized" rubber, has completed additions to 

 its plant, which will increase its output 25 per cent. This 

 factory is running day and night, and it is understood that plans 

 are under way for additional equipment. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN TRENTON. 



By Our Regular Corrcs/<ii)idc)il. 



THE Rubber Manufacturers' .Association of Trenton has been 

 formed in this city and its membership list includes the 

 represeniatives of every plant in Trenton. The main object of 

 the organization is to pronK)te cooperation between the men of 

 the shops and the heads of the concerns. It is believed the 

 formatinn nf tlie association will prove mutually beneficial to 

 the <iii|il..Mrs and employes alike. 



.At tin iii~l meeting the following officers were elected: John 

 .■\. Lambert, treasurer of the Acme Rubber Manufacturing Co.. 



president; John S. Broughton, president of the United & Globe 

 Rubber Manufacturing Cos., vice-president; Robert J. Stokes. 

 secretary of the Thermoid Rubber Co., secretary; Alfred White- 

 head, treasurer of the Whitehead Bros. Rubber Co., treasurer. A 

 constitution and by-laws were adopted and a number of com- 

 mittees will shortly be named to look after the various activities 

 of the association. .\ permanent meeting place will also be 

 provided shortly. Meetings are to be held monthly. 



John S. Broughton is the new president of the United & Globe 



Rubber Manufacturing Cos., having been chosen at a recent 



meeting of the stockholders to succeed the late Watson H. Lin- 



lnirg. whose death was chronicled in 



Hthe last issue of The Indi.\ Rubber 

 World. Mr. Broughton is one of the 

 best-known rubber men in the country. 

 He has been connected with the trade 

 Inr the past 25 years, having become 

 associated with the United Rubber Co. 

 before it was consolidated with the 

 lllol)e company about 15 years ago. 

 1 1 . B. Tobin, a son-in-law of the late 

 Mr. Linburg, has been elected secre- 

 tary and treasurer of the company. 

 I'here will be no change in the 

 policy of the concern, and the same 

 luH.N .^ Hkiii i,hi i,\ lines as formerly will be manufactured. 

 The ownership of the extensive plant 

 is now \ested in the estate of Watson H. Linburg and Mr. 

 Broughton. The company is prospering and found it necessary 

 not long ago to erect a three-story building 200 x 50 feet to take 

 care of increasing business. 



E. B. De Vere, who has been covering the Middle West as a 

 traveling man for the Essex Rubber Co., has been placed in 

 charge of the Chicago, Illinois, office of this firm. No announce- 

 ment is made as to a successor to Mr. De Vere on the road. 



Tlie Essex Rubber Co. is running night and day, turning out 

 orders. The new inner tube department is working at capacity. 



The Royal Rubber Co. will shortly begin manufacturing a 

 line of rubber toys. If tlie venture is a success the business will 

 be taken up on an extensive scale. Considerable new machinery 

 has already been installed in the plant for this purpose. The 

 company is now making a specialty of ice bags. 



General C. Edward Murray, treasurer of the Empire Rubber 

 & Tire Co. and of the Crescent Insulated Wire Co., was in- 

 formed that the employes of his plants intended taking up a 

 collection to lie given as a ''free will offering" to Billy Sunday. 

 He promptly announced that whatever sum the men raised he 

 would double. It is said the men were most generous in their 

 donations. The Genera! had to write a pretty fat check, but 

 he ke[it his word. 



Tlic late William S. Hancock, who was extensively identified 

 with the rubber trade, was honored at a meeting of the board of 

 Directors of Mercer Hospital, when a bronze memorial tablet 

 was unveiled. Mr. Hancock was a director of the hospital for 

 20 years and contributed generously toward the support of the 

 institution. By his will, he made the hospital the residuary 

 le.gatec of his estate. 



At the annual meeting of the Globe Rubber Tire Co.. which 

 was held on February 1, the following officers were elected: 

 Horace B. Tobin, president: John S. Broughton and Henry I.. 

 Joyce, vice-presidents; Harry B. James, treasurer, and Joseph P. 

 Hall, secretary and assistant treasurer. 



