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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April 1, 1917. 



part of tlic general plan, deeds were also filed conveying to the 

 United States Rublier Co. the plants of the Revere Rubber Co., 

 the Joseph Banigan Rubber Co., the Woonsocket Rublicr Co., the 

 National India Rubber Co., the Lawrence Felling Co., all subsidi- 

 aries of the parent company, and the plant of the Mechanical 

 Fabric Co. was conveyed to the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. 



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.■\ lu-w motor ambulance has been purchased by a committee of 

 overseers and others at the factory of the National India Rubber 

 Co., at Bristol, as a memorial to the late Le Baron C. Colt, 

 former vice-president and manager of that corporation and a 

 nephew of Col. Samuel P. Colt, president of the United States 

 Rubber Co. 



The ambulance is to be used in conveying the sick and injured 

 to hospitals or to their homes. It will be housed at the garage 

 of the factory of the National Co., on Wood street, and will be 

 free of charge to all who desire its services. It was purchased 

 from a fund raised by the foremen, office help and others at the 

 National Rubber Co., and by relatives and friends of the late 



Mr. Colt, outside of the factory. 



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The late Robert J. Bowes, of Millville, Massachusetts, for many 

 years manager of the Lawrence Felting Co., and son of the late 

 William J. Bowes, who founded the concern, left an estate of 

 $108,019.25 in personal property and $5,450 in real estate. 



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Some of the departments of the Lawrence Felting Co.'s plant, 

 at Millville, were unable to operate for several days the early 

 part of the past month owing to the high water in the Blackstone 

 river, which was caused by the bursting of a dam at Uxbridge. 

 The river, on March 1, reached a point more than 20 inches above 



its ordinary level. 



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The Fisk Rubber Co., of New York, has given up its branch 

 store at 17 Dorrance street and concentrated its local business 

 at 134 Fountain street, Providence. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN TRENTON. 



By Our Regular Corrcs/'ondciil. 

 TTHF. death of Ferdinand W. Kocbling, Sr., secretary-treasurer 

 •^ and general manager of the great wire mills of the John 

 .\. Rocbling's Sons Co., occurred March 16. Business through- 

 out Trenton was practically at a standstill wliilc the funeral 



services were being conducted. 



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John A. Lambert, treasurer and general manager of the Acme 

 Rubber Co.. gave an interesting talk on the subject of rubber to 

 the members of the Trenton Rotary Club at a recent meeting 



of the organization. 



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Joseph B. Linerd has been made a member of the board of 

 directors and appointed general manager of the Globe Rubber 

 Tire Manufacturing Co., Trenton, New Jersey, with an execu- 

 tive office at 1853 Broadway, New York 



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J^^ Mr. Linerd is a man of ripe experi- 

 ^ ence in the tire industry. After four 

 ^ I years with the Goodyear Tire & Rub- 

 ' her Co., Akron, Ohio, he became as- 

 [_ sociated with the Ajax Rubber Co., Inc., 

 ' . New York City, of which company he 

 ^^^^^ was shortly afterwards appointed sales 

 ^H^^l It is stated that the appointiuent of 

 ^I^^P Mr. Linerd is the first step in an inten- 

 ^^^^U sive, nation-wide sales campaign which 



will be conducted from the new execu- 

 tive office at the above mentioned loca- 

 tion. The Globe company has been manufacturing hand-made 

 automobile tires for four years, and last year it was found 

 necessary to double its capacity. These increased facilities give 

 it a capacity of 1,000 tires per day, with a present demand suffi- 

 cient to market this output. 



J. B. Linerd. 



The Central .\utoninbilc Tire Co., of 111-119 Stanford street, 

 Boston, has opened a l)rancli at 15-17 Dorrance street. Providence. 



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H. T. Mason, of Boston, manager of the sole and heel depart- 

 ment for New England of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 

 was the principal speaker at the annual meeting of the Rhode 

 Island Shoe Retailers Association on March 6. He spoke at 

 considerable length in a description of "Neolin" soles. 



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The Anchor \\'ebbing Co. has had plans drawn for a one-story 

 office building, 50 l)y 60 feet, and a one-story and baseiuent weave 

 shed, 40 by 120 feet, in addition to its plant on Brook street, 

 Pawtucket. The company has recently increased its capital 

 stock from $60,000 to $150,000, according to its statement filed 



at the office of the Secretary of State. 



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By an act of the Rliode Island General -\ssenibly, the cor- 

 porate name of the Phillips Insulated Wire Co. has been changed 

 to Phillips W'ire Co., without any change in capitalization. 



Terrencc McCarthy, jiresident of the Narragansett Rubber Co., 

 Bristol, was removed to St. Joseph's Hospital, Providence, on 

 March 13, to undergo medical treatment. He has been ill since 

 about the first of last December and after a .series of X-Ray 

 pictures had been taken it was decided to remove him to the 



hosiiital He is reported as improving. 



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I. Victor Stone, chief chemist of the Revere Rublier Co.'s plant, 

 Valley- street. Providence, gave an interesting address on the 

 manufacture of rubber, illustrated by stereopticon views, before 

 the Brotherhood id" the Ehnwood Christian Church recentU. 



The private mark of an automobile tire dealer in this city 

 enabled the police of Bridgeport, Connecticut, to trace the ownei^ 

 of an automobile which had been stolen here. The car was 

 found abandoned in Bridgeport, with every mark which might 

 lead to identification apparently removed. The police in their 

 efforts to trace ownership took off the tires and discovered a 

 marking by wdiich a Trenton tire dealer was able to tell to 



W'hom he had sold the tires. 



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The Court of Errors has rendered an opinion upholding a 

 decree of Chancellor Backes in which he ruled that Isaac Fine- 

 berg must pay to Harry Freedman the sum of $12,197 in settling 

 up a partnership in a rubber reclaiming business in which they 



were engaged in this city. 



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The Crescent Insulated Wire & Cable Co. has filed with the 

 Secretary of State, a certificate increasing its capital stock from 

 $250,000 to $1,000,000. General C. Edward Murray is president. 



RUBBER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA MEETINGS. 



.■\t the meeting of the .Arbitration Committee held in the Asso- 

 ciation rooms, March IS, W. F. Bass and M. L. Cramer were 

 elected to serve for one vear ; Horace De Lisser and A. H. 

 Brown, two years ; W. E. Bruyn and R. B. Wo^idbury, three 

 years, and W. G. Ryckman, chairman, three years. 



The Executive Coirimittee of the Rubber Reclaiiucrs' Division 

 met on March 29 and prepared a circular on "Standards of 

 Rubber Scrap Specifications and Packing," to be submitted to 

 the ineeting of the entire division on April 11. 



The Rubber Sundries Manufacturers' Division met March 30 

 to decide on the "Open Price Exchange" matter. 



