M tRCH 1, 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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WHAT THE APSLEY COMPANY HAS DONE 

 THIRTY YEARS. 



IN 



"TMIK Apslej Rubber Co., of Hudson, Massachusetts, was es- 

 * tablished 30 years ago this yeai rhe Honorable L. D. 



Apslc> was it-, 1 1 r > t president and treasurer and still retains 



not only vastly increased in volume but lias increased also 

 in variety. The simple styles of waterproof clothing made in 

 1885 have developed into the varied kinds of mackintoshes and 

 rainpi ■ nl now sent out from the Apsley factory, and sev- 

 eral lines of heavj rubber surface clothing have also been added. 

 II" n u has become the largest 



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the e positions. Like some of the other important American 

 ei enterprises, the Apslei company started in a small waj 

 [ts entire original 

 plant ci insisted i il 

 two small rented 

 wi ii iden struc- 



t u r e s and the 

 amount of capi- 

 tal was also 

 small Now the 

 company is capi- 

 tal! i d al over a 

 million dollars 

 a n d w hat its 

 p r e sent plant 

 loi like may 



be seen by re- 

 ferring to the ac- 

 companying cut. 



It is not only a Plant of The 



capacious plant. 



inn .i thoroughly modern one, equipped with the latest types of 

 machinery and supplied with electrical motive power. 



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feature oi this business. 1 he company now makes three distinct 

 grades of footwear. One is known as the "Deliverer" line. I his 



consists of heavy 

 footwear made 

 particularly tor 

 p'il icemen and 

 letter carriers, 

 who, being on 

 their feet all day, 

 in all the varie- 

 i weather 

 that our Ameri- 

 can climate 

 produces. natu- 

 rally need foot- 

 wear that is 

 constructed for 

 hard usage. An- 

 other well-known 

 Apsley Rubber Co brand manufac- 



tured in this fac- 

 tory is called the "Keek Hill" line, specially made to with- 

 stand contact not only with oils and ammonia but with sharp 



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Operatives Making Chinese Shoes. 



At the beginning its output was not onlj small but was quite projecting objects such as miners encounter in their work, 

 simple in its character, but with the progress i f years this product Though the past season, owing to weather conditions, has not 



