June 1, 1919.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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The shoe division of the Xatioual India Rubber Co.'s fac- 

 tory at Bristol, was closed on Friday, May 16, for two weeks, 

 resuming Monday, June 2. The announcement was made by 

 the management that the shut-down of the two sections of the 

 division was to curtail production and for general repairs. Dur- 

 ing the period of the shut-down the company continued to 

 make samples and small productions of particular grades of 

 shoes. 



The Revere Rubber Co. of the United States Rubber System, 

 has just added another plot of land to its holdings on Valley 

 and Eagle streets. Providence. It is located at the northeast 

 corner of the two thoroughfares and contains 3,506 square feet. 

 It is a valuable acquisition as it completes the holdings of the 

 concern on that block. 



The Davol Rubber Co. of Providence, has just received a 

 large contract to furnish ice bags to the Medical and Hospital 

 Supplies Division, Office of the Director of Purchase and Stor- 

 age, at \Yashington. 



CONNECTICUT NOTES. 



The Raybestos Co., Bridgeport, Connecticut, manufacturer 

 of brake linings and clutch facings, is building a one-story 

 brick and steel addition to its factory, 160 by 170 feet, to cost 

 approximately $75,000. 



The Goodyear Rubber Co., Middletown, Connecticut, is 

 ■expending about $10,000 in enlarging its cutting room. 



The New Haven Sherardizing Co., New Haven, Connecticut, 

 has increased its capital from $30,000 to $50,000. 



NEMOURS TRADING CORP. OPENING FOREIGN OFFICES. 



The Nemours Trading Corp., 151 Fifth avenue, New York 

 City, recently incorporated to do a general export business, 

 in addition to its branch offices in the principal foreign cities, 

 has opened a house in Mexico City and will open others in 

 Johannesburg, South Africa, and Melbourne, Australia, early 

 in the autumn. W. P. Berrien, export sales manager, was for 

 eight years connected with the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. 

 Among otlier products the Nemours corporation will specialize 

 in Perfection tires, made by the Perfection Tire and Rubber 

 Co., Fort Madison, Iowa. 



WHAT GOOD BRAKE LININGS SHOULD DO. 



The accompanying chart, published by the Thermoid Rubber 

 Co., Trenton, New Jersey, and showing the distance within which 

 it should be possible to stop an automobile traveling at various 

 speeds when equipped with suitable brake linings, is of interest 

 to associations, railroads, and motorists in general. It was pre- 

 pared to show in a graphic manner how directly the safety of 

 the car and the security of all who ride depend upon the brake 

 linings, and also to provide a fair and reliable test which every 

 motorist can easily make with his own car. 



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A RUBBER RESEARCH SPECIALIST. 



Moxc Americ..\n Rubber Chemists the name of George D. 

 Kratz is recognized as that of a rubber research chemist 



bility. Following his graduation from Cornell University in 

 1912 with the degree of Bachelor 

 of Chemistry, Mr. Kratz began his 

 professional career with the for- 

 mer Diamond Rubber Co. in his 

 native city of Akron, Ohio, con- 

 tinuing as one of the laboratory 

 staff of The B. F. Goodrich Co., 

 after the absorption of the former 

 concern by the latter. In 1914 

 he became chemist of the Norwalk 

 Tire & Rubber Co., Norwalk, 

 Connecticut, three years later as- 

 suming the duties of chief chemist 

 <if the Falls Rubber Co., Cuyahoga 

 Falls, Ohio, which position he 

 holds at the present time. 



In research work Mr. Kratz has 

 been associated with Dr. David 

 Spence and in collaboration with 

 irticles on chemical research. He 



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him has had published many 

 has contributed frequently to the "Journal of Physical Chemis- 

 try," the "India Rubber Review," and The India Rubber World. 

 He is a member of the American Chemical Society, The New 

 Jersey Chemical Society, the University Club of Akron, and the 

 Cornell University Club, New York City. 



THE OBITUARY RECORD. 



A RUBBER MAN OF THE THIRD GENERATION. 



JOHN V. Alden died at Buffalo, Wyoming, May 12, in his 31st 

 year. He was the only son of Adelbert H. Alden and grand- 

 son of the late George A. Alden, the well-known rubber mer- 

 chants, and at one time was president of the Seamless Rubber 

 Co., New Haven, Connecticut. His health failing, he went west 

 some years ago, and it was thought he was recovering. He 

 came East to welcome his father on the latter's return from 

 abroad a short time ago, but death took him soon after his 

 return to Wyoming. 



A PROMINENT FABRIC COMMISSION MERCHANT. 



Augustus D. Juilliard, senior member of A. D. Juilliard & Co., 

 New York City, manufacturers and distributers of cotton fabrics 

 for the rubber goods manufacturing trade, died at his home in 

 that city, April 25, 1919, after a brief illness. 



He was the son of Jean Nicholas Juilliard, a native of Bur- 

 gundy, France, who came to America in the early 'forties. Born 

 in Canton, Ohio, seventy years ago, Augustus D. Juilliard early 

 identified himself with the textile commission business. In 1873 

 he was appointed receiver for Hoyt, Sprague & Co., at that time 

 the largest commission house in New York City, and soon after 

 organized his own company. During the presidential campaign 

 of 1896 he became prominent as a strong protectionist and a 

 friend and ardent supporter of McKinley. Later he became 

 prominent in connection with banking, trust and insurance inter- 

 ests, and was a liberal patron in musical, artistic, scientific and 

 educatonal movements. He organized the American Protective 

 Tariff League, and maintained its high protective principles in 

 all legislation regarding the textile industry. 



Mr. Juilliard was a member of the Metropolitan, Union League, 

 Tuxedo, City, Republican, Merchants, and the New York Athletic 

 Clubs, the Ohio Society of New York, and the Huguenot Society 

 of America. 



