January I, 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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to 55,000, necessitating an increase of employes, who now num- 

 ber upwards x>i 4,000. There are said to be orders enough on 

 hand at present to keep the factory going for two years. 



A number of important changes among the office force at the 

 factory of the National India Rubber Co. have been made dur- 

 ing the past month, several resignations making room for promo- 

 tions in various departments. Arthur H. Emerson, who has been 

 treasurer of the company for several j'ears, has been appointed 

 credit manager and assistant general sales manager of the wire 

 division of the concern, and entered immediately upon the duties 

 of his new position. 



Maurice C. Smith, Jr., who has been a clerk in the office for 

 a number of years, has been appointed assistant treasurer and 

 will have full charge of the office and accounting department. 

 Ralph W. Holt, formerly of Hudson, Massachusetts, who has been 

 at the factory for the past two months, has beeij permanently 

 assigned to take charge of the footwear department, under the 

 management of the order, ticket and shipping departments. 



William H. Gardiner has been appointed to succeed James H. 

 Hoar, resigned as overseer of the varnishing and vulcanizing de- 

 partment. Mr. Hoar had been foreman of this department for 

 nearly thirty years. He entered the employ of the National Rub- 

 ber Co., as it was then called, in the autumn of 1866, working for 

 several years in the varnishing and curing of rubber goods, until 

 he acquired a skilled knowledge of his work. In 1877 he was 

 appointed assistant foreman, Stephen Bourn, a former well- 

 known rubber man, being then in charge of the department. In 

 1887 Mr. Bourn retired and Mr. Hoar succeeded him. 



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At the Narragansett Rubber Co. factory, at Bristol, the 700 

 employes are working full capacity in order to fill all demands 

 and there are orders on hand sufficient to keep the plant in 

 operation to its limit for many months to come. The concern 

 has recHtly purchased a lot of land with a dwelling house there- 

 on, at the corner of Wood and Catherine streets, which will be 

 used in the expansion of the company's plant, made necessary by 

 the constantly increasing business demands. 



Terrence McCarthy, owner of the Narragansett Rubber Co., 

 formerly the Consumers' Rubber Co., who has been confined to 

 his home by a severe attack of the grip during the greater part of 

 the past month, is able to be about again. 



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A contract for the erection of an addition to the box factory 

 of the Alice Mill of the Woonsocket Rubber Co., at Woonsocket, 

 has been awarded. Two stories will be added to the present 

 building, in which are manufactured boxes used in the shipment 

 of the products of the factory. 



John F. McBride, who resigned last April as foreman of the 

 packing department of the Alice Mill, of the Woonsocket Rub- 

 ber Co., died at his home, 416 Second avenue, Woonsocket, on 

 December 13 after a few weeks' illness of heart trouble. Last 

 March he had an attack of pneumonia and never fully regained 

 his health. He was born in Elderly, Scotland, but coming to this 

 country with his parents, resided at Woonsocket from infancy. 

 He was educated in the parochial school connected with St. 

 Charles church and after leaving school entered the employ of 

 the Woonsocket Rubber Co. He had been foreman of the pack- 

 ing department for more than 17 years when he resigned. 



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The Rhode Island Tire Co., 109-111 Broadway, Providence, is 

 being conducted by Leonard Hinchclifife, according to informa- 

 tion filed at the office of the city clerk. 



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James R. Newbold, who for the past five years has been head 

 calender man at the International Rubber Co., at West Barring- 

 ton, has been promoted to the foremanship of that department. 



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Richard Unsworth, the old-time watchman at the Revere Rub- 

 ber Works, on Valley street. Providence, had a narrow escape 



recently from being killed on one of the elevators at the com- 

 pany's plant. He was confined to the Rhode Island Hospital 



several days. 



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William Howe has been made superintendent of the night 

 forces at the Revere Rubber Co., and Charles Donovan, who had 

 held that position for a number of years, has been promoted to 



the day service. 



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The creditors of George H. Decker, who conducted a retail 

 rubber goods store under the style of The Decker Rubber Co., 

 at 76 Weybosset street. Providence, held a meeting in bank- 

 ruptcy recently at the office of the referee, Nathan W. Little- 

 field, and appointed Rhodes U. Eldred as trustee. The business 

 has been disposed of by the trustee, who is now adjudicating 

 the estate. The business is being continued by the Arcade Rub- 

 ber Co. at the same address. 



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Frank S. Bowkcr, of Worcester, Massachusetts, has been ap- 

 pointed assistant superintendent at the American Wringer Co. 

 plant, at Woonsocket, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the promo- 

 tion of Jesse P. Walsh to the superintendency on the death of 

 Michael M. Flynn, who had been superintendent for more than 

 a quarter of a century. Mr. Bowker was connected with the 

 Scotia Worsted Co., of Woonsocket, a number of years ago, but 

 of late has been employed as supervisor at the Du Pont Powder 

 Works, in New Jersey. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN TRENTON. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 



OHORTAGE of soft coal has become a serious factor in Tren- 

 *-^ ton. Many of tlie rubber manufacturers have been hard 

 pressed for fuel on more than one occasion, but they have 

 managed to keep steam up and the wheels moving. The local 

 trolley line was unable to operate its cars for a short time last 

 week because of inability to get coal. 



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A compressed air tank in the plant of the Joseph Stokes 

 Rubber Co. exploded recently. Damage to the extent of about 

 $200 resulted. No one was seriously hurt, although several em- 

 ployes were in grave danger. 



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The John A. Roebling's Sons Co. has purchased 3,000 tons of 

 structural steel for building operations it proposes starting in 

 the spring. A considerable part of the steel, it is said, will be 

 used in erecting an insulated wire mill. 



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Tlie Delion Tire &. Rubber Co. recently entertained its 

 employes at a forma! dinner in Geartner's. George H. Graham, 

 Jr., secretary of the company, was toastmaster. H. H. Coleman, 

 president of the company, was among the speakers. 



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Employes of the Empire Rubber & Tire Co. gave a generous 

 contribution toward a fund to provide Christmas toys for the 

 poor children of Trenton. 



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Trenton's first electrical show, recently brought to a close in 

 the Masonic Temple, was a big success and largely attended. 

 Insulated wire makers and other lirms making rubber specialties 

 for electrical goods participated. 



Included in the number were the Thermoid Rubber Co., 

 Joseph Stokes Rubber Co., Hamilton Rubber Co., U. & G. Rubber 

 Manufacturing Co., John A. Roebling's Sons Co., and Home 

 Rubber Co. 



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When the newly furnished State Museum is opened in the 

 Capitol there will be an exhibit showing the method of making 

 an automobile tire and the macliinery employed in the operation. 



