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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



BI.OOMINGDALE RUBBER CO. BUYS S. & L. PLAUT. 



The Bloomingdale Rubber Co., reclaimers, with general offices 

 in the Singer Building, New York City, and works at Butler, 

 New Jersey, purchased on December 17. 1915, at receiver's sale, 

 the entire plant and assets of the S. & L. Rubber Co., Chester, 

 Pennsylvania, for $34,825, estimated to be one-tliird the actual 

 value of the plant. 



The Chester plant has a capacity of eight to ten tons per day, 

 according to the kind of scrap reclaimed. It is located on the 

 Delaware River and occupies an area 180x1,400 feet, adjoining 

 the Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia & Reading railroad tracks, 

 sidings from both roads running into the grounds of the plant. 

 The Bloomingdale company's business having outgrown its But- 

 ler establishment, it is intended to run both plants. Alterations 

 at Chester are now completed and the plant is running 20 hours 

 a day. 



AMERICAN CHICLE CO. 



The full list of officers recently chosen by the directors of 

 the American Chicle Co. includes Darwin R. James, president; 

 Silas B. Adams, vice-president; M. D. Bromberg, secretary; 

 F. A. Hubbard, treasurer. Walter Bauer is general manager, 

 in charge of production, and George W. Hopkins, formerly 

 vice-president of the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co., has taken the 

 position of general sales and advertising manager. This 

 company manufactures over 100 brands of chewing gum, 

 having factories in 10 American cities, and one each in To- 

 ronto, Canada, and London, England. It owns its chicle 

 plantations, located in Yucatan. 



AN INNOVATION IN SALES PLANS. 



The United States Rubber Co., New York City, is equipping 

 its footwear salesmen with an outfit which should prove of in- 

 terest to all their customers. A neat package contains a folding 

 stereoscope of aluminum and two sets of photographs, one of 

 which comprises views taken at one of the large footwear fac- 

 tories of the company, and showing every process in detail of 

 manufacturing boots and shoes. The other set represents a little 

 journey to the National India Rubber Co.'s factory and illus- 

 trates the manufacture of sporting and outing shoes. Each of 

 these sets consists of 50 stereoscopic views, and these are ac- 

 companied by a little address which the salesman is supposed to 

 deliver in explanation of the photographs as they are pre- 

 sented one after another in the stereoscope. This practically 

 takes the customer through the mills, showing him exactly each 

 step in manufacture, and is really almost as good as a journey 

 to Naugatuck, Maiden, New Haven, Bristol, or to some other 

 mill of the company. It should certainly hold the customer's 

 attention and enlarge his knowledge of the "how" of rubber 

 footwear production. As a selling proposition, it is an experi- 

 ment which will be watched by manufacturers in other lines of 

 business, with a view to determining its success. 



RUBBER SOLED SHOES SAVED A LIFE. 



A peculiar accident is reported in a technical paper on "Safety 

 in Stone Quarrying," issued by the Bureau of Mines, Wash- 

 ington, District of Columbia. A transformer supplying a stone 

 quarry burned out, permitting 4,000 volts to pass to the hoisting 

 motors. The man in charge placed his hand on the lever, and 

 as the machine was electrically charged he could not let go. As 

 he was wearing rubber-soled shoes he sustained no injury. He 

 called for help, and the man who came to his assistance, instead 

 of pulling the switch and cutting off the current, took hold of 

 the engineer's hands and tried to pull them free, and in so 

 doing completed the circuit and was killed. The man with the 

 rubber-soled shoes was uninjured except for slight burns. 



TRADE NOTES. 



The Beacon Falls Rulihcr Shoe Co., Beacon Falls, Connecticut, 

 has leased the entire building at 106 Duane street. New York 

 City, for their New York office, having formerly occupied only a 

 part of it. The extended quarters will be thoroughly remodeled. 



To care for its growing business in Canada, the F. S. Carr 

 Co., Boston. Massachusetts, has purchased the factory prop- 

 erty, including equipment, formerly owned by the Walpole 

 Rubber Co., Limited, Granby, Quebec. 



The Southwark Foundry & Machine Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pennsylvania, has nearly quadrupled its capacity and is now 

 very busy, especially in the manufacture of hydraulic presses 

 and turbines. Machinery costing $250,000 has already been 

 installed and about as much more is contracted for, in order 

 to bring the plant up to its proposed capacity. 



J. E. Gramlich, formerly engineer and superintendent of the 

 Chase Motor Truck Co., Syracuse, New York, has become asso- 

 ciated with the Thermoid Rubber Co., Trenton, New Jersey, as 

 engineer. Mr. Gramlich will give exclusive attention to the 

 development of the lately patented Thermoid-Hardy Laminated 

 Disk, for which this company has the exclusive American rights. 



The Ideal steering device, a recent addition to the numerous 

 specialties designed for Ford cars, is made by Charles E. Miller, 

 Anderson Rubber Works, Anderson, Indiana. 



A contract has been awarded to the New Jersey Car Spring & 

 Rubber Co., Jersey City. New Jersey, by the fire department 

 committee, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, for 1.100 feet of hose, at 

 a price of 67 cents a foot. 



The number of stockholders of the United States Rubber Co., 

 New York City, on January 15 totaled 16,636, as compared with 

 15,572 on January 15, 1915. 



The Aetna Rubber Co.. Cleveland. Ohio, has sold its Perkins 

 avenue property to the Ford-Clark Co., and will build a new 

 plant on East Seventy-ninth street. The foundation is started, 

 and the plans are for a three-story building 55x140 feet, with 

 an addition of 50x60 feet. The new factory will be equipped 

 with the latest improved type of machinery for the manufacture 

 of electricians' and acid-proof gloves. 



The De Silva Rubber Co., 310 East Seventy-fifth street, New 

 York City, manufacturer of rubber heels and other mechanical 

 goods and specialties, is building a two-story factory, 60x70 feet, 

 on Harris avenue, Long Island City, New York. 



The Canton Rubber Co., Canton, Ohio, has recently removed 

 its New York City offices from 1326 Broadway to quarters at 

 240 Broadway, where the premises now occupied are three times 

 the size of the former offices. L. P. Jones is manager. 



The Warren Cotton Mills, West Warren, Massachusetts, will 

 erect a two-story addition to its dyehouse and make alterations 

 on the adjoining building. The addition will be approximately 

 114 X 36 feet; the foundation will be of concrete, and there will 

 be a reinforced concrete floor and a tar and gravel roof. Work 

 will be started immediately and will be completed within about 

 two months. This corporation manufactures, besides other 

 cotton fabrics, goods for mackintosh linings, etc. 



Canadian Consolidated Rubber was selling at 91 when the war 

 started, and there it remained until the middle of the month; 

 when 99 was bid and 105 asked, with no sales reported. The 

 last dividend on the common was paid October 1, 1914, 

 and it is thought that the unusual demand for its products, in 

 the regular trade, as well as its army contracts, make this rise 

 in the value of its stock justifiable. The annual meeting takes 

 place early next month. 



