THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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Trenton's rubber industry was well represented at the recent 

 annual convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways League, 

 held in Savannah. Georgia. An exhibition of Trenton-made 

 goods was held in the parlors of one of the hotels of Savannah. 

 The display attracted much attention. While it was not int.^nded 

 that any trading should be done, a number of orders were actually 

 booked. Included among the tirms which maintained displays 

 were: United & Globe Rubber Mfg. Cos., Woven Steel Hose & 

 Rubber Co., Aja.x-Grieb Rubber Co., Joseph Stokes Rubber Co., 

 Empire Rubber & Tire Co.. .Acme Rubber Manufacturing Co., 

 Thermoid Rubber Co., DeLion Rubber Co., Mecca Tire Co., 

 Semple Rubber Co.. L. M. .Anderson Raincoat Co., and John A. 

 Roebling's Sons' Co. It seemed a revelation to the people of 

 Savannah to learn that so many products were made in the New 

 Jersey capital, and considerable Southern trade may be influ- 

 enced as a result. Secretary Salter, of the Trenton chamber of 

 commerce, presided at the display, which was under the direc- 

 tion of Mayor Donnelly. 



.\mong the delegates named by Mayor Donnelly to represent 

 Trenton at this convention were : George F. Eberhard, En;pire 

 Rubber & Tire Co. : C. H. Oakley, Esse.x Rubber Co., and repre- 

 sentative? from the Hamilton Rubber Manufacturinsf Co. and 

 the John E. Thropp's Sons' Co. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



/I'v Our Kci;u!ar Corresfondciil. 

 "T^HERE is continued and consistent activity in the rubber iudus- 

 ^ try throughout the State, every line being unusually busy, 

 and with little prospect for any slack period during the next six 

 months, at least. Orders are reported as being plentiful and the 

 majority of available workers are employed in one or another of 

 the different plants. In fact, the number of calls in the daily news- 

 papers for persons to learn the work in the various branches have 

 Decome noticeable by their frequency. Some of the concerns are 

 said to he at the limit of their present facilities and have been 

 forced to refuse additional orders. In this connection the con- 

 cerns are delaying the erection of additional buildings until the 

 present status and future conditions of business indicate exactly 

 what may be expected. 



men to patrol the streets and squares in the vicinity of the com- 

 pany's plant. 



The Revere Rubber Co. has just completed the installation in 

 its plant on Valley street. Providence, of one of the largest 

 Boland patented sand-blast machines made by the manufacturers, 

 for use to sand-blast automobile steel truck rims. Before the 

 solid rubber tire is put on the rim every particle of rust must be 

 removed, and this is done by sand-blasting. The new machine 

 is double. Each part is fitted with a revolving spool, on which 

 the different sized rims are placed, and as the rim revolves, the 

 sand is forced against the face of the rim. 



The blower that furnishes the air blast is a four-cylinder Boland 

 patented positive pressure, which discharges seven hundred cubic 

 feet of air per minute. It occupies a floor space of 24 by 76 inches, 

 the weight of the machine being 5,000 pounds and the speed 150 

 revolutions per minute. .\ 10-hp. motor is used to operate the 

 blower and sand-blast. This new machine is dustless and self- 

 contained. The operator simply places the rim to be sand-blasted 

 nn the revolving spool, closes the door, and the operation proceeds. 



Tlie International Rubber Co., Harrington, is defendant in a 

 damage suit for $25,000 tiled recently in the Superior Court for 

 Providence County by lessees of oyster beds. .Another corpora- 

 tion in Barrington is sued in similar proceedings. Eddie B. 

 Blount and Mary E. Blount, of Warren, Rhode Island, are the 

 plaintiffs in the cases. They claim that refuse from one or both 

 of the corporations named flowed across the oyster beds and de- 

 stroyed the shell fish during a period of live years, causing great 

 damage. 



The Washburn Wir 

 its |)lant at Phillipsdab 

 and 31 feet in height. 



lo. is preparing to erect ; 

 vhich will be 81 X 86 feet 



addition to 

 1 the ground 



The George C. Moore Co.. Westerly, has been incorporated 

 under the laws of Rhode Island to manufacture elastic webs, 

 with a capitalization of $100,000. The incorporators are George 

 C. Moore, Eleanor C. Moore, Emma C. Moore, Thomas F. 

 Moore and John V. Moore. 



It is reported that at the Xarraganselt Rubber Co., Bristol, 

 where 450 hands are engaged in making rubber shoes and tennis 

 footwear, a number of orders have recently been turned away 

 because the company, which is represented solely by Terrence 

 McCarthy, is not able to take over any additional contracts at 

 present, .\fter the installation of a new vulcanizing plant, the 

 shoe output was increased fifty cases daily. 



.\ numlier ol additions and improvements are being made at 

 the plant of the .\ational India Rubber Co., Bristol, upon which 

 a large force of men are at work. An addition of considerable 

 size is being placed on the east end of the calendering department 

 building, and ground was broken a few days ago for an addition 

 to the north boiler room. The paper box and printing depart- 

 ments are also to be enlarged and to receive additional equipment. 



The unusually large amount of business that is being done at 

 I)resent at the National's factory and the large quantities of rubbei 

 shoes to be made, to fill future orders, necessitates the material 

 enlargement of several of the departments, and in order to do 

 this new buildings, or additions to present structures, must be 

 erected. It Is reported that orders for tennis shoes alone, that will 

 require several months to fill, have already been received. .At 

 the present time there are about 3,200 persons employed al the 

 plant. 



It is planned by the Xational Co.'s officials to equip the watch 

 men. both day and night, with uniforms, and to have night watch- 



Edward M. Guild, widely known throughout New England, 

 left his home at Bristol, on the evening of November 9, for New 

 York, on his way to San Francisco. He sailed November 20. on 

 the "Shinyo Maru." for Sumatra, where he will enter the employ 

 of the General Rubber Co. at its great rubber plantations. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN AKRON. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 

 'X'HE outlook for the rubber factories is as l)right as a new 

 •*• dime. But a dime is a poor simile— they're dealing in dollars, 

 followed by a pleasing array of plump and prosperous zeros. 

 The war, of course, has added its quota to sales, but there is a 

 large and growing demand for rubber products that have nothing 

 to do with w-ar requirements. The growth in the domestic sales 

 of automobiles is notable, and rubber factories look forward to an 

 exceptional spurt in this industry next year— which of course 

 means more tires. Price cutting in automobiles has gone to 

 great extremes, but it is reported that tires will not follow suit 

 by any further reduction than that made at the beginning of 1915, 

 any change in price being in the opposite direction. Increase in 

 the cost of fabric and crude rubber has been lessening tire profits 

 for the last half of the year. 



riu- 1'. I". Goodrich Co. is erecting a new machine shop, and 

 additional machinery has been ordered. .Mthough the present 



