THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



PRESIDENT ROBINSON OF CANADIAN CONSOLI- 

 DATED. 



VV/ILLIAM HEZEKIAH ROBINSOX, the new president 

 " of the Canadian ConsoHdated Rubber Co., Limited, 

 Montreal, was born in Waterloo, Quebec, Canada, April 17, 

 1&48, and educated at Shefford Academy in that town. Bishops 

 College, Lennoxville, and military schools at Montreal, receiving 

 a first-class certificate in infantry in 1865, and in school gunnery 

 in 1869. 



He began liusiness lite in a general sture in Waterloo in 1867, 

 and in 1870 bought 

 out the business 

 and became head of 

 the firm known as 

 Robinson Brothers 

 & Stevens. He with- 

 drew from that firm 

 in 1874 on account 

 of ill health and 

 two years later en- 

 tered the service of 

 the Eastern Town- 

 ships Bank as ac- 

 countant. Three 

 years later he insti- 

 tuted the branch at 

 Granby of which he 

 became manager, 

 and ten years after- 

 ward established the 

 Huntingdon, Que- 

 bec, branch which 

 he managed until 

 1896. when he re- 

 turned to Granby, 

 where he remained as manager until his retirement from bank- 

 ing in 1908. In the meantime, he went to British Columbia and 

 opened a branch of the bank at Grand Forks. Since 1908 he 

 has devoted his time chiefly to the interests of the Granby 

 Consolidated Mining. Smelting & Power Co., Limited, of which 

 he is vice-president ; to the Crow's Xest Pass Coal Co. and the 

 Granby Printing & Publishing Co., Limited, in which compa- 

 nies he has been a director. 



He was a director of the Granby Rubber Co., Limited, up to 

 the time of its amalgamation with the Canadian Consolidated 

 Rubber Co., Limited. In 1915 he became a director of the 

 Dominion Rubber System, and on the death of President J. 

 H. McKechnie, was elected to that office. 



His military record includes active service during the Fenian 

 raid, when he served as ensign. On the formation of the 79th 

 Battalion, Sheflford Highlanders, he was appointed captain and 

 paymaster and later received a commission as major, retiring 

 in 1879. 



Mr. Robinson is past master of ShefTord Lodge, Xo. 52. A. F. 

 and A. M. He has three sons, two of whom recently left for the 

 defense of the British nation, one being lieutenant of the 73rd 

 Royal Highlanders, and the other a captain in the C. O. T. C. 



rubber footwear trade, he will look up the tire business to some 

 extent. He will appoint local agents in all important cities in 

 this territory. 



TO INVESTIGATE ANTIPODEAN TRADE. 



J. A. McKenzie, manager of the Victoria, British Columbia, 

 branch of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., Limited, sailed 

 last month for Australia and Xcw Zealand where he will spend 

 several months in investigating the footwear needs of those 

 islands, with the idea of establishing a district agency there. He 

 expects to spend about seven weeks in Sydney, a month in Mel- 

 bourne, and a week or two each in Adelaide, Brisbane and New 

 Zealand. While he will devote most of this time in studying the 



TRADE NOTES. 



.Arthur Jackson Wills, manufacturer of special rubber ma- 

 chmery, Xorth Brookfield, Massachusetts, has applied for a patent 

 on what he terms a "bath cap edging" plaiter which, he claims, 

 produces an absolutely correct plaited edging on either cured or 

 uncured rubber sheet. He has also evolved another machine of 

 the same class which will plat around the edges of disks of 

 pure gum stock. 



The Adamson Manufacturing Co., East Palestine, Ohio, is 

 erecting an addition, to be used for the increased production of 

 vulcanizers and new, patented devices of interest to the auto- 

 mobile industry. The building, which will be of brick and glass 

 construction, 50 by 150 feet and three stories high, with a total 

 of 22,500 square feet of floor space, is expected to be ready for 

 occupation some time in July. 



The I. T. S. Rubber Co., Elyria, Ohio, manufacturer of cushion 

 heels, is building a brick warehouse to accommodate increased 

 business. 



The National Rubber Co., Pottstown, Pennsylvania, is erecting 

 a five-story building, 170 by 134 feet, of reinforced cement and 

 glass construction. This company recently donated a set of 

 tires for the new auto ambulance of the Goodwill Fire Co. at 

 Pottstown. 



The Standard Asphalt & Rubber Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, 

 recently qualified to transact business within the State of 

 Oklahoma. 



The toy makers of the United States met at the Hotel McAIpin, 

 New York City. June 9, and formed The National Association of 

 Toy Manufacturers. Permanent offices will be opened in this 

 city and a competent secretary engaged to attend to the associ- 

 ation's afTairs. It is expected the rubber toy manufacturers will 

 become identified with this movement, that will undoubtedly re- 

 sult in benefit to the industry. 



The American Hard Rubber Co.. New York City, is about to 

 erect at its plant at College Point. Long Island, New York, a 

 three-story building 200 by 50 feet, to be used as a paper box 

 factory and carpenter shop. 



The Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Co., Dayton, Ohio, is in- 

 stalling hydraulic vulcanizers and adding to its machinery and 

 mold equipment. The work will be completed within two or 

 three weeks, and will practically double the present capacity of 

 those departments. 



The Cameron Machine Co., Brooklyn, New^ York, was recently 

 favored with an order for ten slitting and rewinding machines 

 from the Russian government. It is understood that these ma- 

 chines will be employed in general commercial work in Russia for 

 converting fabrics, paper and other material into strip for a 

 variety of uses in Russian textile and paper trades, also for med- 

 ical and surgical purposes. 



Following a reorganization of the company, the name of the 

 Dings Electro-Magnetic Separator Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 

 has been changed to the Dings Magnetic Separator Co. The 

 capital stock has been increased from $10,000 to $100,000 and the 

 new officers of the company are : Robert A. Manegold, president 

 and treasurer; Frank W. Manegold, vice-president, and William 

 E. Wehr, secretary. These officers also constitute the board of 

 directors. 



The De Vilbiss Manufacturing Co., Toledo. Ohio, has pur- 

 chased from the Davidson Ruliber Co., Boston, Massachusetts, 

 a portion of its hard rubber equipment, which will be trans- 

 ferred to Toledo and will be used in the manufacture of hard 

 rubber parts in connection with the De Vilbiss company's ex- 

 tensive line of atomizers. 



