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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1, 1915. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Paint Grinders' Convention, held in Cleveland, Ohio, 

 during the week ending November 13, was attended by a num- 

 ber of manufacturers and distributors of compounding in- 

 gredients used in rubber manufacture. Among them was R. 

 W. Evans, of the Picher Lead Co., with factories at Joplin, 

 Missouri, and offices in the Tacoma Building, Chicago, 

 Illinois. 



A 60x200 feet addition, of tile and concrete, is being built 

 for the J. P. Dcvine Co., Buffalo. Xew York, manufacturers of 

 vacuum drying apparatus. 



A unique enterprise is being conducted by the Samson Co., 

 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rubber bands are made in 

 special sizes and weights adapted for the particular uses 

 stipulated by the customer. This business, less than a year 

 old, has shown considerable progress and indicates the 

 possibilities of even the humble rubber band. 



The Electric Hose & Rubber Co., Wilmington, Delaware, 

 which has been in a continuous state of e.xpansion for the 

 past ten years, is erecting a building 30x225 feet, to be 

 used as a storehouse for raw material. 



The Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, has 

 secured the services of Dr. W. H. Coon, of Haverhill Massa- 

 c h u s e 1 1 s , as 

 medical inspect- 

 or in charge 

 of the welfare 

 work in their 

 factories. 



The Turner, 

 Vaughn & Tay- 

 lor Co., Cuya- 

 hoga Falls, 

 Ohio, is putting 

 up an addi- 

 tion to its plant 

 to accommodate 

 two 10 -t o n 

 cranes. -^<.»m.-«ir ji ™ ^ - ^ ^^ 



The Buffalo "^ --«-Vv^ ^^S^^ 



Foundry & Ma- 

 chine Co., Buf- 

 falo, New York, 



has opened a New York office at 1432 Whitehall Building, Bat- 

 tery Place, this city. The company manufactures the "Buflovak" 

 apparatus, which includes vacuum dryer, of all types for drying 

 all sorts of materials ; dry vacuum pumps ; condensers ; vacuum 

 drying and impregnating apparatus, etc. They also make com- 

 plete plants and apparatus for the manufacture of aniline, phenol, 

 beta-naphthol, picric acid, caustic soda, and acids. They do a 

 general jobbing, foundry and machine business, and can quote 

 on castings up to 200 tons weight each, including all necessary 

 foundry and machine work. 



The I. T. S. Rubber Co., Elyria, Ohio, is putting out a 

 rubber heel, said to be designed by a practical shoemaker. It is 

 claimed that this heel solves the problem of tight joints without 

 cementing. It may be nailed on any leather heel regardless of 

 shape, and the back pressure on the edge insures a tight 

 joint. 



The Clement Restein Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 

 changed its name on September 28 to the Belmont Packing 

 & Rubber Co., the personnel of the company remaining as 

 before. 



On October 12, patent No. 1,156,523 was granted to the 

 Davol Rubber Co., Providence, Rhode Island, for the "Rest 

 Easy," non-slip Bed Cushion, described on page 268 of the 

 February, 1915, issue of The Indi.\ Rubber World. 



MoN.\TiQuoT Rubber Works Co.'s Pl.\nt at South Br.mntree, M.\ss.\chusetts, 



The St. Mungo Manufacturing Co. of America, makers of 

 golf balls, now occupies new quarters at 121-123 Sylvan 

 avenue, Newark, New Jersey. 



The Quaker City Rubber Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 

 has recently arranged to have the John O. Flautt Carriage 

 Co., of Memphis, Tennessee, act as its representative in selling 

 tires and rubber accessories in Memphis. 



BTIILDING AIRSHIPS AT NAUGATUCK. 



The first of the proposed fleet of dirigibles for the L'nitcd 

 States is now under way and the important order for the balloon 

 fabric has been awarded to the United States Rubber Co. The 

 work of constructing the fabric, which requires much skill and 

 care in manufacturing, the success of the airship depending largely 

 on the strength and capacity of the envelope, is now in progress 

 at the India Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co.'s plant at Nauga- 

 tuck, Connecticut. 



The airship is being built by the Connecticut Aircraft Co., New 

 Haven, Connecticut, under the supervision of Captain T. S. Bald- 

 win, who supervised the building of the first German dirigible, 

 and also the only dirigible ever owned by the United States Army. 

 The enormous envelope will have a tremendous lifting capacity 

 and a new and improved shape, which by test has been proved to 

 offer a minimum wind resistance. The airship, when completed, 



will be shipped 

 to F 1 o r i d a, 

 where it will be 

 tested. 



MONATIQUOT 

 RUBBER WORKS 



CO. CONSOLI- 

 DATE OFFICES. 



T h e Boston 

 offices of the 

 M o n a t i q u ot 

 Rubber Works 

 Co. have been 

 c o n s o 1 i dated 

 with the general 

 offices of the 

 company at 

 South Brain- 

 tree, Massachu- 

 setts. This 

 move eliminates 

 the duplication 

 of records which were necessary before and makes for better 

 efficiency throughout. All of the company officials are now 

 located at the factory office building, which has been altered and 

 improved to take care of the additional offices. 



TWIN-CITY COMPANY ENLARGES. 



The Twin-City Cord Tire Co., Inc.. whose incorporation was 

 mentioned in the November issue of The Indi.\ Rubber Woruj, 

 has main offices in the Plymouth Building, Minneapolis, Minne- 

 sota, and branch sales offices in St. Paul and Duluth, Minnesota. 

 We are advised that the company has decided to reorganize as a 

 national company, with a probable capitalization of $2,000,000. A 

 site is being considered for a new plant in St. Paul, which covers 

 about 30 acres and has, at the present time, suitable buildings on 

 it with 100,000 square feet of ground floor space. 



NO REASON TO FEAR A "DUMPING" OF FOREIGN GOLF BALLS. 



A. G. Spalding & Bros., of New York, call attention to the ex- 

 piration next April of the Haskell patent on golf balls, and 

 confidently announce that they will be fully prepared to meet all 

 competition, whether from manufacturers in this country or in 

 England. Further, as they put it: "The Dimple marking is 

 patented and we shall most assuredly protect our rights in it." 



Replete with information for rubber manufacturers— M 

 Pearson's "Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredients." 



