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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January 1, 1915 



recently by an extensive lire on the street floor of the building, 

 as a consequence of which he has moved the Boston salesroom 

 to 170 Summer street, the main office of the company being at 



Chelsea. 



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The A. B. S. Cement & Rubber Co., Inc., notice of whose in- 

 corporation appeared in the December issue of The India 

 Rubber World, has moved into a new factory at Haverhill, 

 Massachusetts, where it will manufacture rubber cement for the 

 shoe trade and other industries. Tlie officers are as follows: 

 A. B. Alden, president; D. C. Smith, vice-president; M. A. 

 Smith, treasurer; W. E. Bixley and G. H. Bixley, directors. 



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L. D. Apsley, president of the Apsley Rubber Co., Hud- 

 son, Massachusetts, is using his best endeavors to secure good 

 housing for the employes of his company. He recently bought 

 two estates on which he has built 16 houses, and there are 

 now eight more in process of erection. He is also encouraging 

 other operators to build suitable homes both for sale and for 

 rent. It is safe to say that few manufacturing towns have better 

 accommodations for workers than .Hudson, and for this Mr. 

 Apsley is to a large extent responsible. The Apsley Rubber 

 Co.'s factory is running to the largest ticket in its history, with 

 a force of about 1,500 hands. 



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The Dexter Manufacturing Co., 727 Atlantic avenue, Boston, 

 manufacturer of rubber cements, with a factory at South Brain- 

 tree, Massachusetts, has enlarged the scope of its activities, and 

 is selling rubber soles and heels to the shoe manufacturing trade. 



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J. Frank Dunbar is president and Griswold Stowe treasurer 

 of the J. Frank Dunbar Co., dealers in crude rubber and allied 

 products. Mr. Dunbar has been prominent in this trade for 

 years, being connected with Geo. A. Alden & Co., of this city. 

 Mr. Stowe was formerly of the Stowe & Woodworth Co., 

 proofer and manufacturer of mechanical goods, Campello, Massa- 

 chusetts, selling out his interest in that concern to join Mr. 

 Dunbar in forming the new company. The Boston office is at 

 201 Devonshire street, and the New York office at 71 Beaver 

 street, the latter being in charge of J. Frank Dunbar, Jr. 



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A serious fire occurred at the plant of the Plymouth Rubber 

 Co., in Canton, Ohio, on the morning of December 15, when the 

 reclaiming department was entirely destroyed by fire, at an 



estimated loss of $10,000. 



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Thomas A. Forsyth, president of the Boston BeUing Co., was 

 signally honored late in November in being made an honorary 

 member of the Sigma Delta Sigma fraternity, this being the 

 first instance in over half a century that this fraternity has 

 admitted to its membership any one outside of the dental pro- 

 fession. This was, of course, because of Mr. Forsyth's great 

 benefaction, the Forsyth Dental Infirmary, presented to the City 



of Boston. 



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Robert W. S. Cox, formerly New England salesman, and for 

 the last few years sales manager for the insulated wire depart- 

 ment of the National India Rubber Co., Bristol, Rhode Island, is 

 now in business on his own account, having recently opened an 

 ofRce at 10 High street, this city. He will deal in insulated 

 wires and cables, confining his trade to large jobbers and central 

 stations. He has an unusually large acquaintance in this line 

 of business throughout the country. 



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Harry G. Fisk, treasurer of the Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee 

 Falls, purposes to add to his various other activities by entering 

 the dairy business on a rather extensive scale. He has purchased 

 three adjoining farms in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, 

 comprising, in the aggregate, 125 acres, the highest and most 



sightly land in the town. ;ring he will begin the erec- 



tion of a handsome summer residence, and later farm buildings. 

 He hopes, in a few years, to be the owner of a valuable herd of 



cattle. 



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P. D. Hammon|l, who will have charge of the new footwear 

 department of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, 

 Was in Boston early last month. Mr. Hammond was formerly 

 connected with the Diamond Rubber Co., the Goodyear Tire & 

 Rubber Co., and The B. F. Goodrich Co. 



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M. S. Connelly, formerly of Hoyt's Service and the Greenleaf 

 Co., Boston, has been appointed advertising manager of the 

 Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Massachusetts. 



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Charles Bonney has been appointed manager of the factory 

 of the E. H. Clapp Rubber Co., at Hanover, Massachusetts, and 

 Martin Mullin, who has been connected with this concern for 

 more than a quarter century, has been made superintendent. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



liy Our Kcgnlar Corrcsj^ondcnt. 

 ■ I "HE rubber plants throughout the state continue to be 

 •^ rushed with work, as they have been during the past 

 year, and there are no evidences of any immediate diminution 

 of the demand. For the first time in many weeks there is 

 practically no trouble brewing among the employes of the 

 different plants. In consequence of the increase in wages that has 

 been put into effect during the past month, labor troubles have 

 entirely disappeared and the managers and superintendents are 

 correspondingly happy. Many of the manufacturers, however, 

 are worried over the continued lack of expert or even competent 

 employes, but this seems to be a situation that cannot be rem- 

 edied under existing conditions. 



Large shipments, many of them abroad, are being made daily 

 from most of the plants, and it seems to be the general belief 

 that the present schedule of work will be maintained for another 

 year at least, this prediction being based upon the amount of 



orders now on hand or in prospect. 



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James Morrison, well known throughout New England from 

 his connection with the rubber manufacturing industry in Chico- 

 pee, Massachusetts, and Providence, died at his home, 360 Lock- 

 wood street, in the latter city, late Monday afternoon, December 

 18. Early in the month he met with a severe accident at the 

 service station of the Invincible Tire Co., 93 Fountain street, 

 where he was foreman, by which one of the fingers of his left 

 hand was so badly crushed in a pumping machine that it had 

 to be amputated. Blood poisoning developed and resulted in his 

 death. He was in his forty-fifth year. 



Mr. Morrison was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in June, 1872, 

 first coming to this country about a quarter of a century ago. 

 With the exception of two or three years while he was in 

 his native country, he had been in America since that time, mak- 

 ing his home in Albany, New York, Springfield, Massachusetts, 

 and Providence. He was first connected with The Fisk Rubber 

 Co., as foreman of its factory at Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. 

 After a few years he moved to Providence to accept the position 

 of inspector at the Revere Rubber Co., but for the past five 

 years he had been in charge, as foreman, of the service station 

 of the Invincible Tire Co. He is survived by his wife and one 

 son. Fraternally, he was prominently identified with Clan Cam- 

 eron of the Royal Scottish Clans. 



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Business at the factory of the National India Rubber Co., at 

 Bristol, has been increasing to a great extent during the past few 

 weeks and it is probable that steps will be taken with the com- 

 mencement of the new year for a still further increase in the out- 

 put of sporting and outing shoes. It is understood that the pres- 

 ent output of 48,000 pairs each working day will be increased 



