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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July I, 1919. 



Recently ihe company tiled a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, 

 through R. E. Watson, and this action was held by Vice-Chan- 

 celor Lane to constitute a contempt of court, as Elgin McBumey 

 had already been named receiver for the concern through pro- 

 ceedings instituted in the Court of Qiancery. The voluntary 

 bankruptcy action has since been dismissed. It is now said that 

 the creditors represented by Mr. Streitwolf, including the New 

 Brunswick men and a number in New York City, will seek to 

 handle the affairs of the concern, instead of having them 

 directed through the Chancery Court. 



Tlic girls employed at the new plant of the Scmplc Rubber 

 Co. on Lambcrlon street, Trenton, recently held a dinner in 

 the new dining-room at the factory. The Semple company has 

 given the employes permission to give dinners whenever they 

 so desire. 



The Globe Rubber Tire Manufacturing Co., Trenton, has 

 built a small addition to its storehouse. The company has taken 

 out another permit for a one-story building on Prospect street, 

 to cost $1,000. 



William J. B. Stokes, head of the Thermoid, Home and Joseph 

 Stokes rubber companies, Trenton, is now acting as chairman 

 of the board of trustees of the big fund being collected for 

 the family of a Trenton policeman who was slain by automobile 

 bandits. 



The Ajax Rubber Co., Inc., Trenton, has caused the arrest 

 of the ringleader of the gang of thieves that recently stole 

 several hundred dollars' worth of tires from its plant. The 

 gang operated in boats along the Delaware & Raritan canal 

 at night. Entrance was gained each time by climbing through a 

 window when the watchman was in another part of the plant, 

 feet of land along the Reading railroad and are planning to build 

 a new one-story factory on it to take care of increased business. 



Charles W. Carll's Sons, Trenton, New Jersey, manufacturers 

 of steel tables, stock calender shells, steel stock bins, tire racks, 

 and other specialties for the rubber trade, have acquired 550 



William H. Ivens' Sons are erecting a two-story brick and 

 steel building. 60 by 60 feet, on Beakes street, Trenton, for the 

 manufacture of hard rubber specialties. 



The members of the Trenton Rubber Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation have recently made their annual donation of $100 to 

 the Trenton Day Nursery. 



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The Capitol Tire & Rubber Co., of New York, has opened a 

 salesroom at 103 South Warren street, Trenton. 



W. Bradford Stryker, for nine years connected with the Acme 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co., Trenton, looking after the trade in 

 central New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania, and who recently 

 returned from overseas, where he was a member of the 303d 

 Battalion, Heavy Tank Corps, has leased a property on East 

 State street and opened a tire and tube establishment. Mr. 

 Stryker will devote his time to the territory' he has been cover- 

 ing for the Acme company, while Ralph Hackett will be in 

 charge of the office and store. 



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The plant formerly owned by the Diehl Manufacturing Co., 

 in Newark avenue, Ehzabeth, New Jersey, and later transferred 

 to the Militor Corp., of New York, has been purchased by 

 the Overland Rubber Co., a subsidiary of the Willys-Knight 

 interests. The purchase price is reported to be $265,000. The 

 new owners manufacture rubber goods and automobile tires. 



The Vulcanized Rubber Co., Morrisville, New Jersey, contem- 

 plates erecting a modern office building and recreation room 

 and dining-room for the employes. The company recently bought 

 a large plot of ground at Bridge street and Pennsylvania avenue 

 for the purpose of expansion. 



The young people of the Clinton Avenue Baptist Church, 

 Trenton, recently held a novel "rubber social," and the admis- 

 sion was anything in the line of rubber. The rubber articles 

 were donated to the worthy poor. 



The Brighton Mills, Passaic, New Jersey, manufacturers of 

 tire fabrics and cotton yarns, are having plans prepared for 

 small houses in Allwood, one of the suburbs, and in the issue 

 of its house organ, "Warp and Weft," for June 6, 1919, calls 

 attention to the desirability of these plans for employes who de- 

 sire to own their own homes. Five illustrations of attractive 

 houses are shown, including several different styles. 

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The Broadway Tire Jobbers, Inc., 250 West 54th street, New 

 York City, has received authorization to do business in New- 

 Jersey, and has opened an auto tire exchange at 255 Halsey 

 »treet and a public service tire station at 270 Halsey street, 

 Newark, New Jersey. 



PACIFIC COAST NOTES. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 

 /^XE of the most novel events of interest to the tire trade 

 ^^ was the tire changing contest recently held at Pomona, 

 one of the thriving suburbs of Los Angeles and Pasadena. The 

 results were as follows : 



First, Pomona Tire Co., represented by Elmer N. Rose, using 

 a Diamond tire ; prize. Bulletin trophy cup and $25 ; time, 5 

 minutes, 52 seconds. Second, Wurl's Garage, Pomona, repre- 

 sented by Claude Berry, using a Hartford tire; prize, $15. 

 Third, G. P. Gafford, Upland, represented by Angus McCallum ; 

 prize, $10. 



Herold Daig, representing Casa Blanca Garage, Ontario ; E. 

 Austin, representing Emil Lindstrande, Monrovia, and J. E. 

 Granger of Granger's Garage, Spadra, were the first three men 

 to finish in the race, but were disqualified by the judges at the 

 end of the contest, when their tires failed to show the 80 pounds 

 pressu'-e. 



Working like, mad with every nerve tingling, the contestants 

 went through the stunt without a mishap. At each step the 

 excitement on the part of the audience grew more and more 

 intense as the contestants reached the pumping-up stage. When 

 all ten were battling with the back-breaking task of pumping 

 up the tires to the required pressure the enthusiasm reached its 

 limit. In a remarkably short space of time the tasks were 

 finished, when the judges examined the air and decided upon 

 the winners, who were announced by A. V. Storer, secretary 

 of the Citrus Belt Auto Trades Association. 



When it is considered that it takes the average person per- 

 haps about 25 minutes to change a tire and pump it up again, the 

 winner's time of S minutes and 25 seconds may be considered 

 remarkable. The record in a similar contest held in Oakland in 

 1917 was 3 minutes and 43 seconds, with 85 pounds as the pres- 

 sure. The best time in 1919 so far was also made in Oakland, 

 being 4 minutes and 25 seconds at 80 pounds. Another record 

 at the same pressure was made at Stockton in 5 minutes and 

 10 seconds. 



John Hannerwaas, vice-president of the Pacific Rubber Co., 

 has been discharged from the Navy, where he served as an ensign 

 through the war, and has resumed his duties with the concern in 

 Los Angeles. 



