October 1, 1916. J 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



31 



TRADE NOTES. 



Concerning the item uf news of the Wilson Rubber Co., 

 Canton, Ohio, which appeared in the September issue of The 

 India Rubber World, it should be noted that the Wilson com- 

 pany has leased the plant formerly occupied by the Canton Manu- 

 facturing Co., and not that of the Canton Rubber Co., as was 

 stated in the above mentioned paragraph. The Canton Rubber 

 Co. is still located in the same factory building in Canton as 

 heretofore, and is in no way connected with the Wilson Rub- 

 ber Co. 



The Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown, Ohio, is planning for 

 additions which will include one new building and the remodel- 

 ing of one of the existing buildings. Mills, calenders, boilers 

 and various machinery will also be added, which will more than 

 double the company's capacity in its pneumatic tire department, 

 a.i well as considerably increase its capacity in other departments. 



William H. Stiles, crude rubber importer and broker, has 

 removed his office to 79-85 Wall street, New York City. 



A. G. Spalding & Bros., manufacturer.? of sporting goods. 

 have removed to ihe six-story building at 523 Fifth avenue, 

 New York City, which has been completely remodeled to 

 fill the requirements of their business. 



The Falls Rubber Co., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, has removed its 

 Cleveland, Ohio, branch from 2001 to 1844 Euclid avenue. 



Among the wide range of exhibits at the Canadian National 

 E.xhibition at Toronto was that of the Dunlop Tire & Rubber 

 Goods Co,, Limited, showing an extensive line of mechanical 

 goods and an interesting presentation of its popular rubber heels. 

 Gutta Percha & Rubber, Limited, also made a creditable showing 

 of military rubbers, lumbermen's rubber boots, leather tops, plain 

 overs, croquets, tennis and sporting shoes aiiil other offerings 

 ill the rubber footwear line, ' - 



The New York City office of the Boomer & Boschert Press 

 Go. is now located at 25 West Broadway, Room 27. 



H. B. Niblette, manager of the New York City branch of the 

 Rubber Products Co., Barberton. Ohio, announces that this 

 office is now settled at its new location, 148 West Sixty-eighth 

 street, just west of Broadway, 



The Electric Hose & Rubber Co., Wilmington, Delaware, will 

 shortly erect a new one-story machine shop, 40 by 100 feet, to 

 cost about $11,000. 



The Lycoming Rubber Co., Lycoming, Pennsylvania, employs 

 more than 500 persons, and now has a daily capacity of 5,000 

 pairs of rubber shoes. 



The new steel and concrete building of the National Rubber 

 Co,, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, is practically completed. The com- 

 pany recently declared its first quarterly dividend of 2 per cent, 



A certificate of increase in the capital stock of the Stungo 

 Radium Rubber Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, lias been filed 

 with the State Department at Dover, Delaware, increasing the 

 capital from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000. 



W. H. Jones, Southern selling agent for the United States 

 Rubber Co., with headquarters at Baltimore, Maryland, was re- 

 cently elected temporary chairman of the branch organization 

 of The Rubber Club of America, Inc. lately effected at a meet- 

 ing held at the Hotel Belvedere, Baltimore. 



The net earnings of the United States Rubber Co., New York 

 City, for six months, from January 1 to June 30, 1916, after de- 

 ducting all interest charges, were $4,920,649.80. 



It is stated that an eastern syndicate has arranged to take 

 over a large ranch in the vicinity of Redlands, California, for 

 the planting of guayule and the erection of a factory for ex- 

 traction of the rubber from the plant. The proposed enterprise 

 will require an outlay of about $1,000,000 and the; employment 



of at least a thousand men. It is said that about 70 beds or 

 2,000,000 plants have already been set out. 



On account of the high prices of materials, tlie shoe repairers 

 in various parts of Canada have formed local associations in the 

 larger cities of Canada for the purpose of establishing uniform 

 rates for repair work. It is noted that in St. Catherines, soling 

 men's rubber boots is priced at $1.85, while in Welland $1.50 is 

 charged for similar repair. Attaching rubber heels on men's 

 boots is established at 50 cents (including cost of the heels) in 

 all of the various cities, but for women's rubber heels, attached, 

 tlie charges vary from 40 to 50 cents in the different localities. 



The board of directors of the Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., New 

 York City, has decided to retire from the retail field in that city, 

 and is notifying its patrons of the names of dealers and distrib- 

 utors of its tires to whom retail orders should be given. The 

 company states that if a customer desires to have his require-^ 

 nients filled direct, the orders will be executed, but the invoice 

 covering the goods delivered will be mailed from one of tl\e.- 

 iobbing houses. ,. ^.... 



ROYAL CORD TIRES HOLD BOTH TRANS-CONTINENTAL RECOa.JJSS n^ 



Last month a new' record of 5 days 

 3 hours and 31 minutes from San Fran- 

 cisco to New York was made by a car 

 equipped with Royal Cord tires manu- 

 factured by the United States Tire Co. 

 This breaks the world's record by 14 

 liours and 59 minutes. The men who 

 drove the car in relays reported that 

 they experienced no tire trouble what- 

 ever. 



Not satisfied with this remarkable rec- 

 ord, a return trip was immediately ar- 

 ranged for and made in 5 days 17 hours 

 and 23 minutes, breaking all previou.s 

 records from New^ York to San Fran- 

 cisco. 



THE GRYPHON RUBBER & TIRE CORPORATION. 



Tlie Gryiiht>n KliIiIilt & Tire Curpnratioii i> iinu located in 

 its commodious new factory overlooking the Harlem River at 

 Kiiigsbridge. New York, on the line of the New York Central 

 Railriad. This li.ratioii i-. admiraliK- with respect to cheap elec- 

 tric power, 

 suitable Iions- 

 iiii; for labor, 

 shipping fa- 

 cilities, a n d 

 c o 11 V cnience 

 to the market 

 for raw ma- 

 terial as well 

 IS for the sale 

 iiul distribu- 

 iiiiii nf prod- 

 ucts. The com- 

 |iany expects 

 III begin the 

 niamifact u r e 

 of tires abdut 

 the first of November, and mcdcrii equipment is being in- 

 -talled which will allow for an output of 400 completed tire.s — 

 shoes and inner tubes — per day. The president is Joseph \\'. 

 Jones, a promiiieiit engineer and manufacturer of wide experi- 

 ence, and the general mana.scr, .\, E. Gordon, has had over 15 

 years' experience in. the manufacture of 'tires and other rubber 

 goods. , : 



