THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[Septembkk 1, 1916. 



present position of the leather belting industry being such 

 that the demand for rubber belting has very largely increased. 

 Druggists' sundries manufacturers report a good season- 

 able business. 



The Hood Rubber Co. will remove its Boston office from 

 Bedford street, where it has been ever since it started in 

 business, to the new 11-story building at the junction of 

 Summer and High streets, which is now nearing completion. 

 The Hood company will occupy a portion of the eighth floor, 

 which is now being fitted up for a sales room and sample 

 room. The accounting, business and executive offices will 

 remain at the factory in East Watertown. The Boston 

 headquarters will be presided over by W. W. Richardson, 

 who for some years has welcomed all visitors to the factory 

 and guided them to the several departments. With him will 

 be Proctor Caldwell, city salesman for the Hood Tire Co., 

 Inc. 



This new building, which is one of the most noticeable in 

 the vicinity of the South Terminal Station, stands upon his- 

 toric ground. For years Daniel Webster made his home 

 in the granite residence which had to give way to the onward 

 course of business. He was living there when he took part 

 in the historical India Rubber case. The new building repre- 

 sents a monument to the indomitable energy of William B. 

 Rice, who began life as a shoemaker and who, before his 

 death, had made his name and his shoes known in five con- 

 tinents, and who, for several years, placed upon the market 

 a line of rubber footwear branded with the name of Rice 

 & Hutchins. 



The 700 men and women employed by the Revere Rubber 

 Co. who went on a strike about the first of June are now 

 back at work, the company having agreed to raise wages $1 

 per week, to make the working week for men 54 hours and 

 for women 53 hours, and to settle departmental grievances 

 by conferences with shop committees. 



Mention was made in The India Rubber World of the for- 

 mation of the Rubber Heel Club of America for the purpose 

 of securing closer relations between manufacturers and job- 

 bers; correcting trade abuses; educating the general public 

 in the use of rubber heels, and improving conditions relating 

 to the rubber heel industry. Since that time the organization 

 has been perfected at a meeting held in this city, resulting 

 in the election of the following officers: Robert H. Cory. 

 O'Sullivan Rubber Co., president; George A. Stetson, Elastic 

 Tip Co., secretary and treasurer, whose office is at 370 

 Atlantic avenue, Boston. Mr. Cory is also on the board of 

 directors, of which the other members are C. H. Oakley. 

 Esse.x Rubber Co., and Charles Measure, Federal Rubber Co. 

 The present membership includes the following firms: 



Elastic Tip Co., Boston, Massachusetts. 



Essex Rubber Co., Trenton, New Jersey. 



Federal Rubber Co., Cudahy, Wisconsin. 



Foster Rubber Co., Boston, Massachusetts. 



Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. 



O'Sullivan Rubber Co., New York City. 



Panther Rubber Manufacturing Co., Stoughton, Massachu- 

 setts. 



Plymouth Rubber Co., Canton, Massachusetts. 



Revere Rubber Co.. New York City. 



Mention was made in The India Rubber World last month 

 that the business of the B & R Rubber Co. had been pur- 

 chased by Thomas G. Richards. Since that time a Massa- 

 chusetts corporation has been organized, with a capital stock 

 of $125,000, under the name of the Quabaug Rubber Co., 

 which has purchased from Mr. Richards all the assets and 



business of the B & R Rubber Co. Mr. Richards is president 

 and treasurer of the new company, and the board of directors 

 consists of Mr. Richards, of North ^rookfield; J. Otis Sibley 

 and Frank C. Smith, Jr., of Worcester. There has been no 

 interruption of the work since the B & R company went 

 into the hands of the receiver and the plant is now running 

 to nearly full capacity in the same lines of goods which 

 were manufactured by the old company, prominent among 

 which are tubings, baby carriage tires, mats and the Armor- 

 tred and Barco soles, the former for shoe repairers and the 

 latter for shoe manufacturers. 



Several hundred employes of The B. F. Goodrich Co. from 

 all over New England participated in the annual outing held 

 at Riverside recreation grounds on August 8. It was one of 

 the hottest days of the season, but the water in the Charles 

 River was found to be most comfortable for bathing pur- 

 poses and there was no lack of canoeing up and down the 

 river. There were a variety of field and river contests, the 

 latter including a 20-yard dash under .water and a diving 

 contest,* and some of these events afforded great amusement 

 for the onlookers. A prize was given the handsomest baby 

 attending the outing. The committee having charge of the 

 outing is to be congratulated on the perfect success of the 

 whole affair. This committee consisted of Fred T. Moore, 

 the New England manager; W. H. Moore, F. W. Tucker 

 and C. F. Conner. The committee on sports was "Tom" 

 Dnnnellan, E. S. Clark and H. J. Slaman. 



The second annual field day of the employes of the Boston 

 Woven Hose & Rubber Co. was held at Riverside recreation 

 grounds on July 29, more than 1,000 persons attending. 

 Special trains carried the party to and from the grounds. 

 There were track and field events and a baseball game. A 

 band concert and dancing were also features of the occasion. 

 The tennis team of this company was defeated 4-3 by one 

 from the Edison Illuminating Co., which carried off the prize, 

 a handsome loving cup. The outing was under the auspices 

 of the Mutual Benefit .Association of the company and the 

 arrangements were in charge of a committee of which James 

 H. O'Brien was chairman. 



The clothing factory of the American Rubber Co. at 

 Stoughton, formerly the Stoughton Rubber Co., is now 

 adding a story to one of its big wooden buildings, the object 

 of which is to still further systematize the progress of ma- 

 terials, from the arrival of the raw materials of the factory 

 to the finished product ready for shipment. 

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Guy D. Niles has been appointed manager of the Boston 

 branch of the Portage Rubber Co. at 683 Boylston street, 

 succeeding Judson C. Eubank. I am informed that the com- 

 pany has taken a ten-year lease on a new building that is 

 being erected for its use at 700 Beacon street, but does not 

 expect to be able to move from the present location for 

 some months. 



Charles A. Coe. Eastern selling agent of the United States 

 Rubber Co., who has been ill at his residence at Essex 

 Junction for a protracted period, has sufficiently recovered 

 to be at his office in this city a portion of the week. He 

 has hosts of friends in the trade who will be glad to hear 

 of bis recovery. 



E. T. Foote, formerly of the New York office of The 

 Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing Co., whose clutch brakes and 

 calender controllers are used in many rubber mills, has re- 



