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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Gifford K. Simonds, general manager of the Simonds Manu- 

 facturing Co., Fitchburg, has been added to the board of di- 

 rectors of The First National Bank of Boston. 

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Ernest T. Gregory, formerly representative of the American 

 International Corp., and manager of the International Banking 

 Corp., Pekin, China, has been elected vice-president of the First 

 National Corp. of Boston. Mr. Gregory at one time was con- 

 nected with Lee, Higginson & Co., and later was a partner in 

 the firm of Hambleton & Co., Baltimore. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN NEW JERSEY. 



/>'v Our Nriiular Corirsf^oiidi-iil. 



PRODUCTS of the many Trenton rubber manufacturers, as 

 well as some from other sections of the state, were recently 

 on display in the museum of the New Jersey State House. The 

 exhibition lasted two weeks and was visited by thousands of 

 persons inlercsled in the manufacture of rubber goods. Classes 



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& Rubber Co., Inc., contributed $100. The De Laski & Tbropp 

 Tire Co. gave $50, while John A. Lambert, treasurer and general 

 manager of the Acme Rubber Manufacturing Co., and William H. 

 Servis, vice-president of the Hamilton Rubber Manufacturing 

 Co., each gave $25. The Whitehead Brothers Itubber Co. gave 

 $25 towards the hero fund being raised in Trenton to entertain 

 homecoming soldiers. 



Four young Trenton trien, who are well known in the rubber 

 manufacturing industry, have gone to Mexico City, where they 

 will become associated with the Pelzer Rubber Co. This com- 

 pany is the first to establish an automobile tire plant in that section 

 of Mexico. The men are Daniel Henry, who was formerly em- 

 ployed as a cheiTiist by the United & Globe Rubber Co.; John 

 Simkins. Thomas J. O'Hara and Edward Taylor. 



Weldon Roberts Rubber Co., of 18 Oliver street, Newark, will 

 make alterations to its brick factory, to cost $7,000. 



The Empire Rubber and Tire Corp. suffered another fire loss 

 recently when flames destroyed more than $2,000 worth of rub- 

 ber in the drying plant. The firemen had difficulty in reaching 

 the flames and were compelled to flood the rooiu. The blaze was 

 confined to one structure 



F00TWE.\R IN THE NeW JeRSEY RuBBER EXHIBIT. UNITED STATES 



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from the various schools in this section were brought to see it and 

 had explained to them the way in which the various articles are 

 made. Processes of manufacture were shown as well as the fin- 

 ished product, including tires and inner tubes, hose, boots and 

 shoes, rubberized cloth, mechanical rubber goods, combs, rubber 

 bands, fiber soles and rubber heels, fountain pens, etc. 



In one case was shown the process of manufacturing rubber 

 combs as made by the American Hard Rubber Co., Butler, New 

 Jersey. Erasers and rubber bands were shown also, while in 

 another section were the rubber heels and soles made by the Essex 

 Rubber Co., Trenton. Other exhibitors included the Rutherford 

 Rubber Co., Rutherford, "Rubberset" brushes; Empire Rubber 

 & Tire Co., Trenton, rubber bands; Mercer Rubber Co., Trenton, 

 fruit-jar rings; G. W. Heath Co., Newark, fountain pens; the 

 United States Rubber Co., New Brunswick, boots and shoes; 

 Essex Rubber Co., inner tubes ; Thermoid Rubber Co., Trenton, 

 fabric clutch disks; Acme Rubber Manufacturing Co., Trenton, 

 rubber mats; Essex Rubber Co., horse-shoe pads. 



The exhibit was of special interest to tire users, as the Ajax, 

 Delion, Acme, Thermoid, Simplex, Empire, and Globe companies 

 exhibited tires and tubes. 



An interesting exhibit was that of tire making by the United 

 & Globe company, and of radiator hose by the Thermoid com- 

 pany. Gas masks were shown by the Essex Rubber Co. Sup- 

 plementing the exhibit were pictures of the work as it is done in 

 the different factories. There were samples of crude, and also 

 washed and dried rubber. 



The rubber manufacturing companies of Trenton are always 

 willina to contribute substantially to the various Liberty Loan 

 drives" and have given liberally to the various war funds. Dur- 

 iii" ihe drive for the relief of stricken Poland the Delion Tire 



The Page Edwards Tire Corp. has leased for a long 

 iears the store at 830 Broad street, Newark. 



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The Dunbar Manufacturing Co. of New York, capitalized at 

 $100,000, a reorganization of the Para Rubber Co. whose plant 

 was destroyed by fire in November, 1917, will locate in the Lunepp 

 factory building at South River, this state. The company manu- 

 factures rubber gloves and other druggists' sundries. The old 

 Para company employed 100 hands and the new concern w-ill 

 employ a like number. F. M. Dayton, of New Brunswick, and A. 

 H. DuBois, of Bayside, New York, former owners of the Para 

 company, lost $100,000 when the plant was destroyed by fire and 

 explosion. They hold $51,000 worth of stock in the new com- 

 pany. The company formerly conducted offices in England, 

 France, and South American countries, and these will be opened 

 again. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., Newark, New Jersey, 

 a branch of the Goodyear company in Akron, Ohio, has leased 

 a building suitable for its purpose and will move into it shortly. 



The engineering department of the Empire Tire and Rubber 

 Corp. enjoyed a get-together dinner recently at Gaertner's cafe 

 for the object of forming an association for the discussion of en- 

 gineering problems which arise in the plant. Several interesting 

 papers were read, among them being one on the reconstruction 

 period by F. W. Bechtel, toastmastcr. M. J. Rich, electrical 

 engineer of the plant, read a paper on "The Direct Motor versus 

 Line-Shaft Drive." Among those present were the following 

 members of the force: Frederick W. Bechtel, M. J. Rich, and 

 Messrs. Graether, Hagadorn, Martin, Smith, Golden, Filipon and 

 Eh ret. 



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Niblettc has been appointed supervisor of the tire sales 

 division of the Thermoid Rubber Co., Trenton, New Jersey. He 

 was formerly with The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio, and 

 the Quaker City Rubber Co., Quaker City, Philadelphia. 



CONNECTICUT NOTES. 

 The Carlisle Cord Tire Co., Inc., Andover, Massachusetts, has 

 purchased approximately ten acres of land in Stamford, Con- 

 necticut, on which it will immediately build a 



factory, 150 by 



