July 1, 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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CANADIAN CONSOLIDATED NOTES. 



The new building at 201 Inspector street, Montreal, Canada, 

 now occupied by the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., Limited, 

 contains the executive offices, the sales department of the Mon- 

 treal branch, and the raincoat manufacturing department. The 

 location of this building is very central, and its nearness to the 

 railroad stations will be a decided convenience to out-of-town 

 customers. 



At the Dominion Tire Factory of the Montreal company a first 

 aid department has been installed, one of the buildings having 

 been remodeled for 

 the purpose. It will 

 comprise an operat- 

 ing room, rest room 

 and ante-room and 

 will be equipped with 

 complete surgical 

 and nursing equip- 

 ment in charge of a 

 graduate nurse. 



Contracts have 

 been let for the erec- 

 tion of a home 

 building at Port 

 Dalhousie for the 

 female workers of 

 the Maple Leaf fac- 

 tory of the company. 



The Granby Rub- 

 ber Co., Granby, 

 Quebec, Canada, is 

 building new offices 

 and warehouses, 

 which are needed 

 for the growing business there. As soon as the new building can 

 be occupied the present office building will be demolished, and the 

 new warehouse will be extended over the ground thus vacated. 



THERMOID RUBBER CO. 



Through the addition of new hydraulic press equipment, the 

 Thermoid Rubber Co., of Trenton, New Jersey, has increased 

 its yearly output of Thermoid Hydraulic Compressed Brake 

 Lining nearly 30 per cent. This department is running over- 

 time at full capacity, averaging an output of over 37,000 feet 

 per day. The output for the year of 1916 totaled over 9,000,000 

 feel, which will be increased this year by the addition of the 

 new press equipment to nearly 12,000,000 feet. 



Harold F. Blanchard, former district manager of Philadel- 

 phia, Pennsylvania, office of the Thermoid company, has been 

 transferred to the factory as manager of sales and advertising. 

 He succeeds D. O. Pohlman, who has taken charge of the 

 Central Western District, with headquarters at the Chicago 

 branch office. J. H. Liston, formerly in charge of the Chicago 

 territory, has joined the sales organization of the Standard Parts 

 Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 



MACKINTOSH WITH MAPLE LEAF TIRES, LIMITED. 



Maple Leaf Tires, Limited, Belleville, Ontario, Canada, has 

 elected as president W. AL Mackintosh, formerly with the 

 North British Rubber Co., Limited, Edinburgh, Scotland, and 

 several other European rubber concerns. It has also made a 

 contract for his services for three years. Mr. Mackintosh has 

 transferred to the company the Canadian rights for "Galbu- 

 lose," a chemical combination of fossil resin and cellulose for 

 proofing fabrics (described in The Indi.\ Rubber World, 

 November 1, 1914"). 



New E.kecutive Buildixg of C.-\n'adi.\n 



M0NTRE.\L, 



THE SEAMLESS RUBBER CO., INC. 



The real estate, machinery, trade-marks and good will of the 

 Seamless Rubber Co., New Haven, Connecticut, having been 

 purchased at public sale for $681,000, the business will 

 be continued by a corporation capitalized at $1,500,000, un- 

 der the name of the Seamless Rubber Co., Inc., wtih office 

 and factory at New Haven. The new company will not inanu- 

 facture tires and inner tubes, having disposed of the equipment 

 formerly used in this branch of the business, but will continue 

 on a larger scale the production of druggists', stationers' and 



surgical sundries, 

 hospital supplies and 

 sporting goods. Y0ie 

 new company is fapr 

 idly taking backthe 

 700 employes of the 

 older company ; is 

 adding new machin- 

 ery and equipment; 

 is sending the sales- 

 men out on their 

 former territories, 

 and will continue 

 the branch offices in 

 New York City; 

 Chicago, Illinois ; 

 San Francisco, Cali- 

 fornia, and Toron- 

 to, Canada, but will 

 carry no stocks of 

 goods at these 

 branches, shipping 

 all goods from New 

 Haven. 



The officers of the company are F. O. Williams, president and 

 general manager; F. W. Dodge, vice-president and assistant man- 

 ager; H. W. Gordon, secretary and sales manager, and W. C. 

 Hutton. treasurer. 



RUBBER SCRAP DIVISION OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION MEETS. 



The meeting of the Rubber Scrap Division of the National 

 Association of Waste Material Dealers was held June 19 at the 

 Hotel Astor, New York City, with Paul Loewenthal in the chair. 

 The increased attendance and active interest of those present 

 were favorable indications of the progress of this division. The 

 most important business transacted w-as the discussion attending 

 tlie adoption of the new standards of rubber scrap specifications 

 and packing known as Circular C, that will be sent out to the 

 trade July 1. Full text of this circular is published on page 598 

 of this issue. 



Consolidated Rubber Cc 

 Canada. 



, Limited, at 



Copy of Inde.x to ''Rubber Machinery" will be sent free upon 

 request. 



WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE. 



For some time past the National Association of Waste Mate- 

 rial Dealers has been endeavoring to secure lower rates for 

 workmen's compensation insurance. At present, rubber stock 

 dealers enjoy the lowest rate among waste material classifica- 

 tions, but it is expected that metal scrap and scrap iron dealers 

 will soon be granted much lower rates than hitherto, and that 

 the term "junk dealers" may be eliminated entirely, a new classifi- 

 cation being provided to cover dealers handling waste paper 

 exclusively. Present rates in various states for rubber stock 

 dealers receiving, handling, baling and shipping old rubber, not 

 available for division of payroll, are as follows : New York, 

 $2.01; Pennsylvania, $0.88: Massachusetts, $1.21; IlHnois, $1.64; 

 Michigan, $1.43; New Jersey, $1.06; Maryland, $1.15; Wisconsin, 

 $1.33; Indiana, $1.56; Connecticut, $1.23: Iowa, $1.09; Louisiana, 

 $1.22: Maine, $1.01; Nebraska, $1.22; Rhode Island, $1.10; Ver- 

 mont, $1.01: Kansas, $0.89; Minnesota, $1.17. 



