Mav 1, 1919. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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250 feet, of concrete and steel saw-tooth construction, one-story 

 high, to take care of its increasing business. 



C. N. Turner has succeeded W. I. Bullard, resigned, as assist- 

 ant secretary and assistant treasurer of the Goodyear Cotton 

 Mills, Inc., Killingly, Connecticut. 



The Foremen's Club, of the Hartford Rubber Works, gave a 

 dinner on Saturday evening, April 12, 1919, to about 200 at the 

 Hotel Garde. The addresses by officers of the company dealt 

 with the outlook for business prosperity following the war. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 



WHILE all indications point to a continuation of business 

 activity among the rubber manufactories of Rhode Island 

 during the coming months, there is at present a cessation in 

 the drive that has been experienced for many months pre- 

 viously. During the respite the managements of the various 

 plants are taking advantage of the opportunity of making a 

 general overhauUng, renovation and repairing, and are pre- 

 paring for another period of rushing business, especially among 

 such plants as are making automobile tires and accessories. 



Just at present additional orders appear to be slow in coming 

 along, but with the reestablishment of normal trade conditions 

 throughout the country, there is no doubt that the rubber busi- 

 ness will enjoy another record-making period. General trade 

 conditions throughout the country appear to be gradually im- 

 proving. During the past month the Alice and Millville rubber 

 mills of the Woonsocket Rubber Co. have been running five days 

 weekly, being closed all day Saturday. 



It is interesting to note that a canvass that was recently made 

 of the business conditions in 440 large firms of the country 

 that are members of the National Association of Manufacturers 

 nidicates that only two districts reported business as very active. 

 These were the .A.ttleboro-Providence district and the Detroit 

 district. Jewelry, musical instruments, rubber and tobacco prod- 

 ucts, and vehicles, including automobiles, are the only lines of 

 business reporting great business activity. 



The entire plant of the Narragansett Rubber Co., Bristol, in- 

 cluding factory buildings, machinery, complete manufacturing 

 equipment and a large tract of land on Wood, Catherine, and 

 Richmond streets, has been sold to the United States Rubber 

 Co. This property has a ta.xabile valuation of $41,500. It is 

 understood that the main buildings will be used for storage pur- 

 poses in connection with the National India Rubber Co., doing 

 away with those the company has been using in Providence for 

 that purpose. 



This rubber factory has been in existence since 1895, and was 

 started by the late Terance McCarthy, who resided in Bristol 

 all his life. Under his direction the factory grew from a small 

 concern into a large factory which put out daily between 11,000 

 and 12,000 pairs of arctics and tennis shoes, and employed over 

 700 hands. When the factory first started it was known as the 

 Byfield Rubber Co.; a few years later it was changed to the 

 Consumers' Rubber Co., and during the last seven or eight years 

 has been known as the Narragansett Rubber Co. Mr. McCarthy 

 was recognized throughout the trade as a thorough rubber man. 

 and it is safe to presume that had it not been for his death 

 the factory would have continued doing business under its own 

 name. Practically all of the operatives from this plant have 

 obtained employment either at the National India Rubber Co. 

 or one of the rublier concerns in Providence. 



The Goodyear Raincoat Co., 252 Westminster street. Provi- 

 dence, is owned by Nathan Hynian, Providence, and S. Born- 

 stein, Portland, Maine, according to their statement filed at the 

 City Clerk's office. 



The United States Tire Co. has removed its Providence branch 

 from 18 Snow street to the corner of Westminster and Jackson 

 streets, where it will have two of the largest show windows 

 in Providence, one on each street, and about 5,000 square feet 

 of floor space, besides a large basement. Howard E. Crocker 

 is manager. 



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In accordance with its policy of bringing the company's service 

 direct to motorists, the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, 

 Ohio, has opened a branch at 50 Weybosset street. Providence, 

 in charge of H. J. Aitken, who for the last two years has been 

 attached to the Boston branch of the Firestone company. 



Abraham C. Golden has filed his statement with the City Clerk 

 of Providence that he is the sole owner of The American Tire 

 Co.. 131 Fountain street, that city; also of the National Tire Co., 

 at the same address. 



The International Rubber Co.'s plant at West Barrnigton, 

 where carriage cloth is being manufactured in large quantities, 

 is being operated at night as well as days, due to the unusual 

 rush of orders. 



Business at the factory of the Lynn Rubber Co., in Warren, 



where rubber heels and soles are manufactured, and which was 



dull for a while, is beginning to show marked improvement,, 



and orders are increasing. * 



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The Reliable Vulcanizing Co., 40 Aborn street, Providence, is 

 being Conducted by August, Charles and Vincent Gagliano. 



PACIFIC COAST NOTES. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 

 T^RANK R. Carroll, district manager of The B. F. Goodrich Co. 

 *■ in San Francisco, has been chosen to 

 undertake a special mission in the Orient 

 to develop the foreign trade of the Good- 

 rich company. Mr. Carroll is well adapted 

 to this work as he is well acquainted with 

 conditions in the Orient, having been witli 

 the first contingent of American troops 

 sent to China during the Boxer rebellion. 

 He was also in the Philippines during the 

 Spanish American war and, later, was en- 

 gaged in business in China and the Philip- 

 pines. During his absence the San 

 Francisco business will be in charge of 

 T. Powell. 



Frank R. Carroll. 



The Tire Service Co., Limited, has been appointed distributer 

 for Southern California, with headquarters in Los Angeles, 

 for the products of the Pennsylvania Rubber Co. H. C. Edelman 

 is manager. Mr. Edelman has been with the Pennsylvania Rub- 

 ber Co., Omaha, Nebraska, for the past decade. 



B. F. Greenstone of New York City, for the past seven years 

 sales manager for L. Adier Bros. & Co., of Rochester, New York, 

 has been made assistant manager to Mat ShifTner, president of 

 the Tire Co. of California, Los Angeles. 



Howell Tatuni, agent for the Fisk tire in Seattle, has gone east 

 to visit the factory and superintend an advertising campaign to 

 assist the dealers in his territory. 



Allen & Hebard. agents for the Thermoid tire in Portland, 

 Oregon, announce that they have taken over additional territory 

 in southern Washington, a large part of eastern Oregon, and the 



