MoVEMBER 1, 1914. | 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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hearing was held before Judge Dodge in the United States Dis- 

 trict Court in Boston. 



The receivers stated that the business of the company had 

 continued to be good, both orders and sales, as a whole, being 

 in excess of the corresponding months of last year and that 

 prospects are excellent for a continued good business during the 

 winter months. Permission was granted the receivers, upon 

 their petition, for the payment of a fourtTi dividend to the credi- 

 tors, amounting to 10 per cent., for which the) have in hand the 

 sum of $125,000. This makes a total of 22 per cent, that will have 

 been paid in liquidation of the approximately $1,250,000 claims 

 that have been allowed against the company. Dividends oi I 

 per cent, each were paid on March 14. June 1 and Julj 27. 



( )n the subject of a sale of the Walpole property, counsel for 

 the receivers stated that they had consulted numerous financial 



interests and were told that conditions are not likely to be 



propitious for selling the property for some months to come. 



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A new factor) building is being erected on land between Brook 



and Whitehill streets, ill Taunton, to be Occupied as a new- 

 home for the Taunton Rubber Co. The new building will be 



more than 100 feet long and 50 feet wide, and will also have a 

 large wing, the whole structure being of brick and glass Facili- 

 ties will he afforded lot more than a hundred operatives, and 

 tin- capacity will he not le-s ihan 24,000 rubber heels a day. 



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I he Hospital Rubber Co., of Attleboro, has been incorporated, 

 with a capital stock of SlOO.OtX), and has removed to larger quar- 

 ters in the Bushee factory building, where it is occupying the 

 ground floor. The incorporators are George J. Kelley, Mrs. 



Geraldine S. Kelley and Miss Lydia 1'. Peck. 



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The employes of the Revere Rubber Co. have organized a six- 

 teaui shop bowling league, representing the Accounting. Cost, 

 Thread. Solid Tire. Stock and Shipping departments. 



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Seven Oaks, the residence of Former-Governor Augustus O. 

 Bourn, of the Bourn Rubber Co., at Bristol, was considerably 

 damaged by fire recently. Mr. Bourn was at his office in this 

 city, while Mrs. Bourn, who is an invalid, was in the house, but 

 was assisted to a place of safety, although her nurse was nearly 

 overcome by smoke. 



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()n October 11 about 100 employes of the Davol Rubber Co., 

 of Providence, Rhode Island, with their friends, held an outing 

 at Emery Park, not far from that city. Outdoor sports were a 

 feature of the outing, including a baseball game in which the 

 team composed of married men were victorious over their un- 

 married rivals. The outing was an all-day affair, and at 12:30 

 the party was served with chicken chowder, while at 4 o'clock 

 they enjoyed a roast chicken dinner. Musical performances at 

 the Colonial Casino and the Old Tyme Inne were attended by 

 many members of the party. 



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The factory of the National India Rubber Co. at Bristol, is 

 shipping a large lot of rubber shoes, several carloads leaving the 

 works each day. The wire insulating business of the company 

 is growing better as the fall advances, and already large ship- 

 ments are being made of this product. 



Manager Chris. A. Ostby of the company's baseball team was 

 recently presented with a handsome silver loving cup by the 

 members of the team who played during the season. The names 

 of all the members of the team are engraved on the cup. 



A NEW RUBBER GOODS FABRIC. 



A new fabric for which superiority is claimed is soon to 

 be employed by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., of Akron. 

 Ohio, in certain of its products. This fabric is the invention 

 of Lawrence A. Subers, of Cleveland. Ohio, and is described as 

 a "laminated cohesive interwoven fabric." 



TRADE NOTES FROM TRENTON. 



"T ' 111 Roberts Aeroplane Co., which has been incorporated un- 



A del lb. laws Of this state, will erect a factor) at Black- 

 -I New Jersey, for the construction ..I biplanes 



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The Reliable Tire & Rubber Co. has hi en incorporated here 

 to manufacture and deal in automobile tires, tubes and other 



rubber products. The capital stock of the company is $24,000, 

 and the incorporator- an \rthur R. Colvin, Erastus L. Irving 



and Albert Numbers. 



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Tin- Braender Rubber & Tire Co. is building ,i four-Story tire- 

 proof addition to its plant at Rutherford. New Jersey. This ad- 

 dition, which is 129 feet long and 141 feet wide, will be equipped 

 with all ih. latest machiner) adapted to the manufacture oi 

 and tubes and will increase the capacity of the plant to ap- 

 proximately 1.000 tires and tubes each per day 



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October 19 was a date of special rejoicing in the home i 

 Cornell Murray, vice pri -Inn oi the Empire Rubber & Tin I 

 of this city, thi n being the birth of .i -,,,, 



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A 2.000-ampere power station is being built in this city b) the 

 Wright Electric Co., adjoining the factories of the United & 

 Globe Rubber Cos. and the J. H. Smith Co. Both of these 

 concerns have found night operation of their plants necessary 

 in the production of tires in required quantities, and the en 

 of this modern electric plant will enable the companies to operate 

 night as well as day shifts besides effecting a considerable saving 

 in power cost 



THE MICHELIN IDEA OF ROUGH TREADS. 



The Michelin company "Has a-hvay.s been a staunch and 



persistent advocate of tin -.nioot.h tread. All treads w'ith any 

 sort of pattern this company has always referred to as "sculp- 

 tured tires." and sculpture on the tread of a tire, it asserts, is 



waste, pure and simple. Here is a cartoon recently promul- 

 gated by the Michelin company showing the unhappy con- 

 sumer being squeezed by the "sculptured" treads. 



THE MOHAWK RETREAD BAND. 



The Mohawk Rubber Co.. of Akron, Ohio, is now manufac- 

 turing a non-skid retread band. This band is endless and is 

 molded into shape, so that it fits the easing perfectly. It is semi- 

 cured and has a layer of pure gum on the inside, where it comes 

 in contact with the casing, which makes buffing easy and gives 

 the cement the proper hold to prevent separation. In applying 

 the band it is cemented, buffed, wrapped and cured. The tread 

 design is the same as the pattern illustrated on page 316 of 

 The India Rubber World for March. 1914. 



