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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1917. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



W. H. Salisbury & Co., Inc., Chicago, Illinois, the oldest 

 leather belting and general mechanical rubber goods house in 

 the Middle West, has moved to more spacious quarters at 308- 

 310 West Madison street. 



The Hope Webbing Co. was recently incorporated in Massa- 

 chusetts to take over the business of the Rhode Island corpora- 

 tion of the same name, having an extensive plant at Pawtucket, 

 Rhode Island, where are manufactured tire tapes, elastic web- 

 bing, trunk straps, belting and narrow fabrics. The officers are 

 Joseph B. Mclntyre, president; Charles O. Horton, vice-presi- 

 dent and general manager ; Charles C. Marshall, treasurer ; 

 Attmore A. Tucker, secretary. Hayden, Stone & Co., New York 

 City, is handling the 7 per cent cumulative preferred stock of 

 the company. 



A three-story brick building. 40 by 85 feet, is being erected by 

 the H. O. Canfield Co.. Bridgeport, Connecticut, manufacturer 

 of mechanical rubber goods, to take care of its natural increase 

 in business. 



The L. A. Dreyfus Co., manufacturer of rubber specialties, 

 Rosebank, Staten Island, New York, has increased its capital 

 stock from $100,000 to $1,000,000. 



The Massillon Rubber Co., Massillon, Ohio has increased its 

 capital stock from $25,000 to $60,000 and is erecting a two- 

 story brick building, 50 by 50 feet, to care for increased busi- 

 ness in surgeon's gloves, druggists' sundries and toy balloons. 



The Federal Rubber Co., Cudahy, Wisconsin, is completing a 

 300-foot ell on a recently erected six-story building in its 

 plant, this addition increasing the capacity of the mechanical 

 goods department about 40 per cent and that of the tire 

 department about 30 per cent. New equipment has been ordered. 



The Gillette Rubber Co., Eau Claire, Wisconsin, is installing 

 a 1,000-horsepower boiler plant consisting of the most modern 

 type of water-tube boilers and stokers, including a 175-foot 

 brick stack and a coal-handling apparatus. Edward Hutchins 

 is the construction engineer. 



The natatorium at Kitchener, Ontario, built and furnished 

 by President Reider of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., 

 Limited, was officially opened Saturday, July 21. Expert swim- 

 mers and divers gave exhibitions during the day and evening. 



The Buffalo Foundry & Machine Co., manufacturer of rubber 

 machinery, Buffalo, New York, will build a new pattern shop 

 on Fillmore avenue. 



The Warren Rubber Co., Warren, Ohio, has increased its 

 capital stock from $80,000 to $100,000, in order to finance a 

 steadily increasing business. 



The National Surety Co. recently executed a schedule bond 

 for the United States Rubber Co. for $5,613,000, which guaran- 

 tees the honesty of approximately 2,700 of the company's em- 

 ployes both in this country and abroad. 



The C. H. Gray Rubber Co., Dallas, Texas, selling agent for 

 Hood tires, has moved its retail store into larger quarters in 

 the Masonic building at Main and Pearl streets, where a thor- 

 oughly up-to-date service station is maintained with ten emer- 

 gency cars at the call of customers day and night. This service 

 and tire changes are absolutely free. The wholesale store of 

 this company is located at 1926 Main street. 



The La Crosse Rubber Mills Co., of La Crosse, Wisconsin, re- 

 cently made a record shipment, 995 cases of rubber shoes weigh- 

 ing 26,000 pounds. 



The Gustin-Bacon Manufacturing Co., Kansas City, Missouri, 

 has just completed a fine service station, at a cost of $50,000, 

 at McGee Road and 27th street, about half way between the 

 residential district and the shopping section. Around this is an 

 L-shaped open garage, which has been most advantageous for 

 the tire service business, better than the old method of having 

 car owners stop along the curbing. The company also main- 

 tains a road service, consisting of 11 Ford cars, each of which 



carries a stock of tires in assorted sizes, tubes, patches, etc. 



An increase of 59 per cent in sales and 61 per cent in earn- 

 ings for the six months ended June 30, as compared with the 

 corresponding period of 1916, is shown by the Ajax Rubber Co., 

 Inc., New York City. Net earnings were $1,257,461. 



The business of the Indiana Rubber &• Insulated Wire Co., 

 Jonesboro, Indiana, has so expanded as to make a radical in- 

 crease in floor space necessary. This company has always been 

 one of the uniformly successful concerns of the industry. 



CAPTAIN APPLETON, SECOND. 



pRANCIS H. APPLETON, JR., son of Captain Francis H. 

 Appleton of Boston, is himself a captain, having received his 



commission from Governor McCall. His command consists of 



71 men all mustered in a 

 part of the 67th of the 

 -Massachusetts State 

 • hiards. Young Captain 

 .\ppleton has had consid- 

 erable military training. 

 He is a member of the 

 Ancient and Honorable 

 .\rtillery Co. of Boston, 

 acting as Flanker for the 

 commander. In the rub- 

 ber trade his activities are 

 well known in connection 

 with various committees 

 of the Rubber Association. 

 He is also factory man- 

 ager and treasurer for F. 

 H. Appleton & Son, re- 

 claimers, Boston and 

 Franklin, Massachusetts. 

 Of the same company 

 \\illiam S. Goodwin, first 

 lieutenant, Fred L. Tufts, 

 corporal and three pri- 

 vates are also members of 

 tlie Appleton force at the 

 Franklin factory, and 

 Lloyd E. Appleton, the 

 secretary of the corpora- 

 tion, is a member of the 



/~ IT TT \ T Home Defense company 



Captain Francis H. Appleton, Jr. v v o^ ^u,,,i,anj 



at Rve, New York. 



HAWKEYE COMPANY EXPANDS. 



The Hawkeye Tire & Rubber Co., Des Moines, Iowa, has 

 added two Southwark heaters to its equipment, which will en- 

 able the company to increase its output to 600 tires a day, its 

 previous quota being about 187 tires and 215 tubes. 



It was the intention of this company to do only a local business 

 and supply the various stockholder-dealers throughout the 

 State of Iowa. However, it has been decided by the board of 

 directors to increase the output and enter other territory for 

 the distribution of its tires. Its first outside connection is with 

 the Kissey Auto Supply Co., of Los Angeles, California. 



PROBABLE MERGER OF REPUBLIC AND KNIGHT TIRE INTERESTS. 



The controlling interest in the Knight Tire & Rubber Co., 

 Canton, Ohio, has been acquired for the Republic Rubber Co., 

 Youngstown, Ohio. It is understood that the "Knight" and 

 "Blackstone" tires will be continued, and that a portion of the 

 factory, after enlargement, will be devoted to the construction 

 of Republic tires. Probably a new corporation will be formed, 

 with a capital stock of $20,000,OtX). to acquire both plants, and 

 make extensive additions and improvements. 



