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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



(November 1, 1918. 



Hamilton Rubber Manufacuiring Co 25.000 



Crescent Insulated Wire & Cable Co 2,1. oon 



Delion Tii- & Rubber Co 18,^.^0 



Luzerne Rubber Co lh.500 



Whitehead Bros. Rubber Co 16,100 



Trenton scrap rubber dealers 15,000 



Sanhican Rubber Co 5.300 



Mercer Rubber Co 5,000 



Woven Steel Hose & Rubber Co 5,000 



Semple Rubber Co 3,800 



Zee Zee Rubber Co 3,800 



Frank Millner 1,000 



Alfred Whitehead, Whitehead Bros 1,000 



Influenza and pneumonia seriously hampered the work in the 

 Trenton rubber industry during the last month and greatly 

 delayed important Government work. In one rubber mill alone 

 nearly one-half the working force was laid up and several of 

 the employes succumbed to the disease. Aside from this the 

 rubber concerns are unable to secure enough help. Nearly all 

 the local rubber concerns are engaged on Government work 

 and tlierefore their employes will not be placed at other work 

 as will be done in some other manufacturing establishments. 



John T. Spicer, a traveling salesman in the employ of the 

 Thermoid Rubber Co., remained off the road for the entire three 

 weeks during the Fourth Liberty Loan drive to assist in the 

 Liberty Loan office in the Commonwealth Building as secretary 

 for William J. P. Stokes, chairman of the last Trenton drive. 



The Essex Rubber Co. was the only concern of its kind to 

 occupy a space at the Trenton fair. The company leased a big 

 booth and had young women in charge, attired in bloomers, dis- 

 tributing cards bearing the following : "Men and women who 

 wish to devote their energies toward the production of essen- 

 tial? required for the national welfare and equipment for Per- 

 shing's army, address Essex Rubber Co." 



The Union Auto Tire Co., Atlantic City, New Jersey, has 

 leased the entire Hardiman Building, 141 North Warren street, 

 for the sale of tires. Several improvements will be made. 



William J. B. Stokes, president of the Thermoid Rubber Co., 

 who was chairman of the Fourth Liberty Loan, was so well 

 pleased with the campaign in Trenton that he offered a $50 bond 

 to the Boy Scout Troop selling the most bonds among boys. 



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

 Rubber Manufacturing Co., represents the Trenton rubber indus- 

 try on the Sub-Regional Committee of the Resource and Con- 

 version Division, War Industries Board. General C. Edward 

 Murray, former treasurer of the Empire Rubber & Tire Co., is 

 chairman of the board. 



In order to provide the funds required to pay off the General 

 Rubber Co.'s five per cent debentures due November 1, 1918, 

 the United States Rubber Co., owner of the General Rubber Co., 

 has sold to Kuhn, Loeb & Co., New York City, $6,000,000, princi- 

 pal amount, of its five year seven per cent secured gold notes 

 and has agreed to provide the balance of cash required to pay 

 the maturing debentures. The new notes will be secured by 

 deposit with Industrial Trust Co., Providence, Rhode Island, as 

 trustee, of $9,000,000, principal amount, of United States Rubber 

 Co. first and refunding mortgage five per cent gold bonds, will 

 bear interest from December 1, 1918, and mature December 1, 

 1923, and will be redeemable at the option of the rubber com- 

 pany, as a whole but not in part, on any interest payment date 

 on or after December 1, 1920, at a premium of one per cent for 

 each six months between the redemption date and the date of 

 maturity, together wtih accrued interest. 



ARMY AND NAVY AWARDS. 

 PANAMA CANAL AWARDS. 



■ I 'HE following awards have been made for furnishing suuplies 

 •^ for the Panama Canal : 

 Gaskets, Asbestos.— 60, $47.81, Belmont Packing & Rubber 

 Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 



Valves.— 75, $60, Empire Rubber & Tire Co., Trenton, New 

 Jersey. 



NAVAL SUPPLY AWARDS. 



The following awards have been made fur furnishing sup- 

 plies for navy yards : 



Balloons, Red.— $28,220.— The Miller Rubber Co., Akron, 

 Ohio. 



Buttons, Harp Rubber.— 4.750,000 dozen, $243,200 (part), 

 American Hard Rubber Co., New "^'ork City. 



Combs.— $78,300, American Hard Rubber Co., Trenton, New 

 Jersey. 



Ferrules. — $17.50, Western Rubber Co., Goshen, Indiana. 



Grommets.:— $55.25, La Favorite Rubber Mfg. Co., Hawthorne, 

 New Jersey. 



Hose, Engineer and Wash Deck.— $1,560, Boston Belting 

 Co., Boston, Massachusetts. 



Hose, Garden. — $187.50, Acme Rubber Manufacturing Co., 

 Trenton, New Jersey. 



Hose, Water.— $165, Manhattan Rubber Mfg. Co., Passaic, 

 New Jersey. 



Packing Rings.— $275.04, The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, 

 Ohio. 



Packing, Sheet. — $4,700, Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing 

 Co., Passaic, New Jersey. 



Tape, Insvlatinc.— $36,312.50, The Okonite Co., New York 

 City. 



Tubing, Gum.— $147, New Jersey Car Spring & Rubber Co., 

 Inc., Jersey City, New Jersey. 



AWARDS FOR QUARTERMASTER'S SUPPLIES. 



The following awards have been made by the office of the 

 Quartermaster General : 



Army Nurse's Raincoats.— $30,240, United States Rubber Co., 

 Boston, Massachusetts. 



Raincoat.':.— $279,000, United States Rubber Co., Boston, Mas- 

 sachusetts; $33,480. H. B. Gordon & Co. (Inc.), Bostpn, Mas- 

 .sachusetts; $55,800, Adolph Deutsch & Co. (Inc.), New York 

 City; $167,400, C. & E. Raincoat Co., Boston, Massachusetts; 

 $225,200, Cliicago Rubber Clothing Co., Racine, Wisconsin ; 

 $111,600, Apsley Rubber Co., Hudson, Massachusetts; $200,880, 

 Cambridge Rubber Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

 ARMY SIGNAL SERVICE AWARDS. 



Tlie following award has been made for furnishing supplies 

 for the Army Signal Service : 



Wire, Twisted, Pair.— 7,500 miles, at $113.50 per mile. The 

 B. F. Goodrich Co., .\kron, Ohio. 



GENERAL ENGINEER DEPOT AWARDS 



The following awards of rubber goods have been announced 

 at the General Engineer Depot, United States Army : 



Hose, Suction, Two-Inch.— 40,020 feet, $5,547.60, Hewitt Rub- 

 ber Co., Buffalo, New York. 



Hose, Suction, with Fittings.— 45,000 feet, $67,050, The B. F. 

 Goodrich Co., Washington, D. C. ; 5,960 feet, $23,764.44, Boston 

 Woven Hose & Rubber Co., Boston, Massachusetts; 45,000 feet, 

 $64,350, and 7,500 feet, $10,725, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 

 Co., Washington, D. C. 



Hose, Water, with Fittings.^16.960 feet. $68,984, The Re- 

 public Rubber Co., Washington, D. C. 



