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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



locating one of their plants here. Several sites have been con- 

 sidered and the Trenton Water Commissioner was visited by the 

 representatives to learn whether sufficient water would be piped 

 to certain sites in the event of their selection. They were assured 

 that the required water would be furnished. There is no positive 

 that the company will decide to open a Trenton plant. 



The tjlobe Tire Co. is encouraging its men in the field of 

 athletics. A large ball park on the company's land adjoining 

 the mill has been fenced in and bleachers erected. A grand 

 stand is contemplated and next season the outfield is to be im- 

 proved and sodded. Nearly all the rubber mills have been repre- 

 sented on the diamond this year, but the Globe boys have the 

 most pretentious grounds. It is said the heads of the rubber 

 concerns find that it pays in dollars and cents to encourage their 

 men in activities of this sort and that there has been a corre- 

 sponding falling oflf in saloon patronage. 

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W ilham L. Doyle, who served as sales manager of the In- 

 sulated Wire Department of the John A. Roebling's Sons Co. 

 for many years, has resigned his position with the intention of 

 opening a wire plant at Easton, Pennsylvania, in the near future. 

 Robert C. DaCosta, for several years manager of the enameled 

 wire department of the Roebling mills, has resigned his position 

 to become associated with Mr. Doyle in the new venture. 



Several of the plants are 

 and plans are now l)ein_i; 

 ments. 



[September 1, 1916. 



msidering tlie erection of additions 

 -awn to provide for these improve- 



The .Mice Mill of the Woonsocket Kulilier Co. closed down on 

 l''riday night, .\ugust 4, for repairs and improvements and 

 resumed on the 16th. One new boiler of the Dillon type, 18 feet 

 by 72 inches, was installed, the other three boilers were reset 

 and a new elevator pump was also installed. 



The Millville plant of the same company was shut down for 

 the same period. One of the most important additions to the 

 equipment of this plant is the installation of three new electrically 

 operated freight elevators, by the Otis Elevator Co., of Boston, 

 Massachusetts. This is but one of a number of improvements 

 that have been contemplated and which are now being made as 

 rapidly as possilile without interfering with the operation of the 

 plant. 



.At the factory of the National India Rubber Co. at Bristol the 

 constantly increasing business calls for large additions to the 

 buildings and equipment and new work is being planned or 

 carried out. The building formerly used as an auxiliary for 

 the curing heats has recently been torn down and a new building, 

 the same height as that of the building adjoining to the east- 

 ward, is to be erected adjoining the older structure. 



A permit has been issued to the John .\. Roebling's Sons Co. 

 for the erection of an addition to their Hancock street shop, 

 to cost $35,000. 



T. T. Tams and VV. -A. Bagby have arranged to handle Fisk 

 tires ill Trenton. They will also carry Delion. Eureka and 

 Mohawk tires in their recently opened shop. 



All rubber goods, in common with other commodities, used by 

 the State of New Jersey, will after November 1 be bought by 

 the State Purchasing Agent, Edward E. Grosscup. This is in 

 conformity with a law passed at the last session of the Legis- 

 lature. 



General C. Edward Murray of the Empire Rubber Co. has 

 been made a member of the general committee to arrange for 

 the local reception of the delegates to the Atlantic Deeper Water- 

 ways cotivention on the occasion of their visit to Trenton this 

 month. 



Walter P. .\ustiii. one of the managers at the Delion Tire 

 and Rubber Co.'s plant, has moved bis family from Washington, 

 D. C, to Trenton. 



John S. Broughton, president of the United and Globe Rubber 

 Manufacturing Cos., recently returned from a vacation spent at 

 Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 



C. H. Oakley, president of the Essex Rubber Co., is recover- 

 ing at St. Francis Hospital from an operation for appendicitis. 

 Mr. Oakley was suddenly stricken with the trouble and an 

 operation was at once performed. His condition was at no time 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



By Our Regular Corrcsl'ondent. 



ALL of the rubber factories are running to full capacity and in 

 many cases double shifts would be utilized if sufficient num- 

 bers of workers could be obtained. Large orders continue to be 

 received for all kinds of rubber goods and carload lots are being 

 shipped daily for both domestic and foreign consignment. 



The Universal Winding Co. has filed intentions, at the office of 

 the city clerk of Cranston, to erect two new buildings at its 

 plant, (^ne of the buildings is to be used for foundry work in 

 connection with the plant and is to be 220- by 161 feet. This is 

 to be located 150 feet north of the No. 1 building and is to be 

 constructed of brick and steel. The cost is given as $40,000. 

 The second building is to be 96 by 17 feet, one story in height 

 and will cost about $5,000. 



E. C. Southwick. secretary cf the foreign trade committee of 

 the Providence Chamber of Commerce, has received a com- 

 munication from a company located in Jaffa. Palestine, that 

 desires to receive catalogs, quotations, etc., from manufacturers 

 of certain goods including rubber goods, for early shipment at 

 the expiration of the European war. 



Officials of the Hope Webbing Co.. Pawtucket, on Monday 

 morning, August 21, unfurled two large flags over their office 

 buildings in that city, one a national flag and the other a state 

 flag. In speaking of the occasion, General Manager Charles S. 

 Sisson said that it was an innovation among industrial plants 

 and that the object was to indicate the company's loyalty to both 

 the country and the State. 



The Pliillips Insulated Wire Works, at Pawtucket, closed down 

 on .August 10 for an indefinite period. Numerous strikes have 

 lieen called at the plant during the past few months. 



Walter Norton, assistant superintendent of the United States 

 Rubber Co.'s plant at Lycoming, Pennsylvania, who has been 

 making a trip through Ne v England visiting the various plants 

 of the United States Co., was an interested visitor at the factories 

 of the Woonsocket Rubber Co. at Woonsocket and Millville and 

 of the National Rubber Co. at Bristol. 



John Conrick, for several years in the office of the National 

 India Rul)ber Co., Bristol, has resigned to accept a similar posi- 

 tion with tlie Lee Rubber Tire Co.. of Conshohocken, Penn- 



