May 1, 1917. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



477 



Trenton Electric Club, scores of Trenton homes are being wired 



for electricity. The campaign was successful far beyond the 



hopes of the club. 



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Work is progressing rapidly on the new plant of the West- 

 inghouse Lamp Co. in North Trenton. The plant will cover 

 several acres. 



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John A. Lambert, of the Acme Rubber Co., presided at a 

 meeting held for the purpose of planning for the mobilization of 

 Trenton's industrial establishments in view of war time needs. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



Br Our Regular Correspondent. 

 rOR many years the manufacture of rubber goods has been 

 * prominently identilied with the industrial history of the 

 State, but the past two years has materially increased its stand- 

 ing and it is now one of the six leading industries. Present in- 

 dications point to still further expansion. Every plant is flooded 

 with orders, many of them for immediate delivery ; but the handi- 

 cap of shortage of labor and the high cost of material are de- 

 terrent factors in necessary enlargements that would, under ordi- 

 nary conditions, be made at once. 



But the help proposition is not merely a local one, as the fre- 

 quent advertisements in the want columns of the daily news- 

 papers attest. These offer very alluring terms and conditions, 

 which, however, have not proved sufficiently tempting to call any 

 great number of operatives f roin the Rhode Island factories. One 

 of the most recent calls has been from the Rubber Insulated 

 Metals Corp., of Plainfield, N. J., for experienced tire makers, 

 offering permanent employment at $4.50 to $5 a day. But local 

 rubber concerns are also calling for additional operatives through 

 the same mediums and there is no necessity for even an ordinary 

 worker leaving Providence and vicinity for steady employment 

 at good wages. 



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Maurice C. Smith, for several years assistant treasurer at the 

 National India Rubber Co., Bristol, has been promoted to treas- 

 urer to succeed A. H. Emerson, who has become sales manager 

 of the company's insulated wire department. 



Alviu M. Bullock, who has been employed at the factory of the 

 National India Rubber Co. for the past 20 years, during 18 of 

 which he has worked in the outsole cutting department, has 

 severed his connection with the company. During the latter 

 period Mr. Bullock estimates that he has cut out more than six 

 million pairs of outsoles. His associates presented to him a hand- 

 some gold monogram ring. 



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The employes of the Crocker System Rubber stores, of which 

 the Hope Rubber Co., of Providence, and the Newport Rubber 

 Co., of Newport, are a part, tendered a reception and dinner to 

 Isaac Crocker, of Providence, at the Narragansett Hotel, that city, 

 in honor of his sixtieth birthday on Easter Sunday. The occa- 

 sion was devoid of all formality, although everyone present was 

 called upon by the toastmaster, Henry J. Callahan, manager of the 

 Salem store. To Mr. Crocker was presented a handsome silver 

 loving cup by his employes, and during the festivities Charles P. 

 Lanning ("Lan"), the famous cartoonist, drew character sketches. 

 The Crocker System Stores represented on this occasion included 

 Hope Rubber Co., Providence, Rhode Island ; Worcester Rubber 

 Co., Worcester, Massachusetts ; Lawrence Rubber Co., Lawrence, 

 Massachusetts ; The Crocker Rubber Co., Brockton, Massachu- 

 setts ; Granite State Rubber Co., Manchester, New Hampshire ; 

 Salem Rubber Co., Salem, Massachusetts; Haverhill Rubber Co., 

 Haverhill, Massachusetts; Newport Rubber Co., Newport, Rhode 

 Island, and Fitchburg Rubber Co., Fitchburg, Massachusetts. 



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Patriotism is manifesting itself throughout this State as never 



before, and the employes of manufacturing plants of all kinds 

 are vying with each other in the display of flags and the holding 

 of patriotic exercises at the ceremonial raising. The various 

 plants representing the rubber industry are among the establish- 

 ments that have placed themselves on record. At the National 

 India Rubber Co., Bristol, not only have large flags been placed 

 in the several departments, but several hundred of the operatives 

 have joined the Red Cross. On one day, recently, eight large 

 flags were unfurled at the factory, six in the stitching room and 

 two in the shoe room. Officers of the company were present and 

 appropriate exercises were held in each room. Addresses were 

 made and all joined in singing patriotic songs. 



The employes of the Revere Rubber Co. held their flag raising 

 on Patriot's Day, April ' 19, more than 1,000 of the employes 

 being present at the celebration, each being presented with an 

 American flag pin. The program included a medley of patriotic 

 selections by an orchestra composed of employes and a very in- 

 teresting address by W. T. Mead, dressed in Colonial costume, 

 on the history of the American flag. At the conclusion of Mr. 

 Mead's address bugle calls were sounded and "The Star Spangled 

 Banner" was sung as the flag was unfurled. A salute was then 

 given the flag together with a pledge of allegiance and the singing 

 of "America." 



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Terence McCarthy, owner of the Narragansett Rubber Co., 

 Bristol, who has been at St. Josepli's Hospital, Providence, for 

 several weeks, returned to his home in Bristol about the middle 

 of the month. He has been suffering from a complication of 

 nervous troubles. 



A new smoke-stack, 65 feet in height, has been erected at the 

 main boiler room of the Narragansett Rubber Co.'s factory to 

 replace the one blown down during a gale a few weeks previously. 



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A dozen or more young women fainted from excitement and 

 fear early on the afternoon of April 5, as they were making their 

 escape from the glove room of the Revere Rubber Co.'s plant 

 on Valley street, after a bottle of strong acid had fallen to the 

 floor in the chemists' rootn adjoining. They were taken to the 

 factory hospital where they were treated. A lire was caused 

 when the acid from the broken bottle mixed with other acids, 

 and the flames spread rapidly, although they were soon extin- 

 guished. The damage did not exceed $500. 



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The Empire Auto Supply Co., 86 Empire street, Providence, 

 is owned and conducted by Maurice Green wald, 611 West 127th 

 street. New York City, and Edgar E. Cohn, Winchester Hotel, 

 Syracuse, New York, according to their statement filed at the 

 local city clerk's office. 



Charles H. Frucht has filed a statement with the city clerk of 

 Providence that he is the owner of the O. K. Cycle Shop, 371 

 South Main street. 



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The 'trade certificate of the Smith Webbing Co., doing busi- 

 ness in West avenue, Pawtucket, was filed recently with the city 

 clerk's office in that city. The name signed as sole owner is 

 Everlastik, Inc., 52 Chauncey street, Boston. 



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Fourteen concerns submitted bids for 3,000 feet of fire hose, and 

 contracts have been awarded by the Woonsocket City Council 

 committee on fire department as follows: C. H. Darling Co., 

 Woonsocket, 500 feet of Grey King brand, 90 cents a foot; Com- 

 bination Ladder Co., Providence, 500 feet safety fire department 

 wax and para gum-treated hose, 90 cents ; Eureka Fire Hose Co., 

 Boston, 1,000 feet at 67K' cents, 



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The New England Tire Co., 144 Fountain street. Providence, 

 is being conducted by Victor P. Hendrick, 181 Magnolia street, 

 •Auburn, according to statement filed at the city clerk's office. 



