THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



THE CONKECTICUT MILLS CO.'S NEW ACaUISITION. 



The Nemaskct Spinning Mill at Taunton, Massachusetts, 

 lately acquired by the Connecticut Mills Co., Inc., Danielson, 

 Connecticut, has been reorganized under the name of the Taun- 

 ton Cotton Mills Co. The mill has 30,000 spindles and will give 



about 6,000,000 pounds product, somewhat less than two-thirds 

 of the consumption of yarn at the Danielson factory. This is 

 independent of the 3,000,000 pounds product of fabric at the 

 company's Canadian plant at Sherbrooke, Quebec, which contains 

 its own spinning equipment. 



DOUBLES BY GEOMETKIC PHOGRESSION. 



The Morse Chain Co., Ithaca, New York, manufacturer of the 

 "Morse Rocker-Joint Power Transmission," used in many rubber 

 mills, has increased its capital from $400,000 to $1,500,000, for the 

 purpose of greatly enlarging its plant. The business was estab- 

 lished in Trumansburg, New York, in 1904, and two years later 

 removed to a new factory at Ithaca, double the size of its former 

 one. Six years later the plant was enlarged to more than twice its 

 former capacity, and present plans contemplate again doubling 

 the size of the plant. The addition of a large storage building is 

 nearly completed, and additions to the steel and wire mills, and a 

 new gas producer building are well under way. The main build- 

 ing is to be increased to more than 900 feet in length, and when 

 these additions are all completed, the company will have a total 

 floor space of approximately seven acres. 



CONVENTION OF THE CONTINENTAL SALES STAFF. 



The third annual convention of the sales staff of the Con- 

 tinental Rubber Works, Erie, Pennsylvania, was held in Erie 

 last month. The attendance embraced branch managers from 

 New York, Chicago, and San Francisco agencies and factory 

 representatives from Middle and Atlantic States and from the 

 South and Southwest. The convention lasted a week, combining 

 business and pleasure, including daily conferences, dinners, lunch- 

 eons, motor rides, picnics and country club diversions. This 

 company has, under the efficient direction of Theron Palmer, 

 become one of the important rubber manufacturing organiza- 

 tions of the country. 



KAUFMAN EUBBEE CO., LIMITED. 



The representatives of the Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited, 

 Berlin, Ontario, Canada, during the week of June 19, held 

 an important conference at the company's headquarters in that 

 city. The branch managers came from all parts of Canada, 

 and the object of the convention was to discuss business 

 topics and to plan the campaign for the coming season. The 

 entire plant was inspected under the direction of Manager 

 A. R. Kaufman and Superintendent J. H. Roedding. There 

 were business sessions for the discussion and interchange of 

 business views, and between times, various entertainments, 

 such as automobile rides, a clam-bake, and a banquet at one 



of the principal hotels, at which several interesting addresses 

 were given. A handsome bear rug was presented to Man- 

 ager A. R. Kaufman, and a set of leather-upholstered living- 

 room furniture to Sales Manager W. E. Wing. The business 

 of the company was reported as excellent and the output 

 this year will be larger than ever before. 



TRADE NOTES. 



The Willard Storage Battery Co., 274-276 East One Hundred 

 and Thirty-first street, Cleveland, Ohio, will erect four new 

 buildings in addition to its present plant. These buildings will 

 cover 150,000 square feet, and when completed will double the 

 present floor space. The new power house and plant will be 

 modeled along the lines of the best engineering practice and 

 40,000 amperes at 110 volts will be generated. 



Joseph Chalfin, well-known dealer and importer of scrap rub- 

 er, has removed his offices from 36-38 Whitehall street, New 

 1 cirk Cify, to 42-44 Whitehall street, where he occupies larger 

 luarters, equipped with every convenience. 



A newly organized rubber concern is the Scioto Rubber Co., 

 located at 5th avenue and the Big Four tracks, Columbus, Ohio. 

 The plant is well equipped for the manufacture of clothing, toy 

 balloons, and hospital sheeting. The officers are C. M. Linthicum, 

 managing director ; Guy C. Bowman, president ; C. F. Johnson, 

 vice-president, and C: L. Lament, secretary. 



The Lycoming Rubber Co. (U. S. Rubber Co. factory), Will- 

 iamsport, Pennsylvania, recently inaugurated a graduated bonus 

 system for the encouragement of apprentices while learning the 

 making of rubber footwear. The schedule in force shows that 

 the first week apprentices will receive 75 cents per day. After 

 that they will receive piece-work pay and a bonus graduated 

 down from $2.00 the second week to 50 cents the eighth week, 

 after which straight piece work rate will be paid. Any girl 

 whose entire ticket is transferred from tennis to gum shoes will 

 receive similar graded bonuses for the first seven weeks. 



T. J. Jones, for twenty years with the Mechanical Rubber 

 Co., Cleveland, Ohio, where he was manager of the belting 

 and hose department, and for the past three years assistant 

 general manager of the Ohio Rubber Co., of that city, has re- 

 cently incorporated the latter concern, which deals in mechani- 

 cal goods, canvas belting and tires. 



In The India Rubber World of June 1, 1916, a note appeared 

 to the effect that we understood that W. M. Mackintosh con- 

 templated starting a factory in the neighborhood of Montreal 

 for the purpose of treating fabrics with "Galbulose," of which 

 he is the inventor. Mr. Mackintosh writes that the information 

 we received was somewhat premature." The use of this process 

 and material is already established in Canada with two con- 

 cerns, and is showing satisfactory results, and Mr. Mackintosh 

 predicts a great future before it in several directions. At pres- 

 ent the inventor is not promoting a company, his time being 

 practically monopolized as a specialist in a munition factory. 



GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. PROMOTIONS. 



M. D. Montgomery, who has been acting as manager of 

 the Denver, Colorado, district for the Goodyear company 

 during the illness of the late S. E. Gillard. has been appointed 

 to the managership. 



F. C. Moyer, formerly in charge of the Des Moines, Iowa, 

 branch, is now branch manager at Minneapolis, Minnesota, 

 succeeding G. H. Barmore, who has been made manager at 

 the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, branch. The position of manager 

 at Des Moines has been filled by F. W. Telford, formerly 

 supervisor of motor truck tire sales in Chicago, Illinois. 



The branch managership at El Paso, Texas, left vacant by 

 the death of G. F. Dennis, has been placed in the hands of 

 T. J. Fitzgerald. 



