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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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Beatty, a local salesman. The speakers at iliis meeting included 

 I i Rockhill, manager of the automobile tire division at the 



G lyear company's Akron factory; \\ . I. Teagan, oi Boston, 



New England district manager, and \Y. R. Bliss, manager oi the 

 Boston branch of th< Goodyear company. 



The new organization begins with a membership of nearly 

 70 and with officers as follows: President, Vlberl I Goodby, of 

 tin- Goodby-Rankin Co., Providence; vice pn idem . Frank F 

 Kellogg, of tile Providence Auto Equipment Co., < harles l'. 

 Thatcher and William S. Vchorn; treasurer, ( harles A. Paine; 

 secretary, Henrj Corp- all of Providence. Directors Frank 

 Crook, of Paw/tucket; John R. Magee, of Bristol; Bernard 

 Morgan, of Newport; II L. Capron, of ^ttleboro; \ B. 

 Smith, of Westerly; L, M. Jackson, G. 11. Gifford, Charles R. 

 Manchester, Herbert A. Thayer, John O'Donnell, Frank A. 

 Glover and William Hughes — all of Providence and William 



\. Flinn, of Narragansett Pier. 



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Nearly 100 of the employes of the Revere Rubber Co. have 

 ntlj removed to Hartford, Connecticut, owing to the change 

 in plans of the United States Rubber Co., the controlling cor- 

 poration, wherebj each of the different factories will confine its 



output to one line of g Is The employes who have left here 



for Hartford are those who have been engaged in making the 

 pneumatic tires of the Revere company. Their places will be 

 taken by empl yes from the Hartford, and possibly one other, 

 factory of the corporation. All of the pneumatic tires for auto- 

 mobiles will be made at Hartford hereafter The Revere com- 

 pany will devote its plant to the making of solid tires for trucks 



and other vehicles and rubber thread. 



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Charles J. Davol, president of the Davol Rubber I o., oi Provi- 

 dence, was married recently to Lillian Amy Fuller, the ceremony 

 taking place in North Kingstown. Mr. and Mrs. Davol have just 

 returned to their home in Providence from an extended trip 

 through the South. 



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Statements just issued by the American Wringer Co show 

 that the gross earnings for the calendar year of 1914 were 

 $246,233.60. against $299,40&39 in the preceding year. The net 

 earnings for 1"14 were $132,975.39, against $160,184.04 in 1913. 

 The surplus on January 1, 1915. was the same as on January 1, 

 1914, $180,000. rhi~. is considered a good showing for a gen- 

 erally poor business year, dividends being kept up and allow- 

 ances for depreciation being made. 



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Oliver Hoyt Blaisdell, for a long term of years chief engineer 

 and master mechanic of the large plant of the National India 

 Rubber Co., and since his retirement a year ago from active 

 labor consulting engineer of the concern, died at his home on 

 Baj View avenue. Bristol, February 20. He had been in poor 

 health for several months and ...mined to his bed about two 

 weeks. 



Besides the important position which he rilled so long and 

 well at the factory of the National company. Mr. Blaisdell was 

 a member of the sewer commission of Bristol, Inning served 

 as such since the sewer system was established in the town a 

 number of years ago. He was a Civil War veteran and served 

 his country as a private in the 42d Regiment of Infantry. Massa- 

 chusetts Volunteers. He was born at Alton Hay. New Hamp- 

 shire, February 2, 1843. He removed to Bristol and joined tin- 

 National company in 1886. 



Michael Callan, employed for 40 years in the vulcanizing de- 

 partment of the National India Rubber Co. and retired on 

 pension a few years ago, died at his home in Bristol, February 6. 

 from a complication of diseases, after an illness of several weeks. 

 He was in his 66th year. 



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The Consumers' Rubber Co.'s factory at Barrington is being 

 operated under contract by Terence McCarthy, formerly super- 



intendent undei iln old company. No transfer of the pn 



from the hands of Rol.ert \\ Kmerson, receiver for I 

 poration, has taken place, hut it is understood that a plan has 



been perfected for the eventual taking ovei ol perty. 



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International Rubbet ' which manufactures rubber 



sheetings, at West Harrington, has been made thi nt in 



a suit for $100,000 damages brought in the Superior Court by the 

 owner of a largi ied, who claims that the waste chemicals 



flowing from this and othei I i lluti thi waters. 



THE RUBBER TRADE ON THE PACIFIC COAST. 



By lie i dent. 



Trill-: O. K. TIRE CO. is the name of a new San Frat 

 tire manufacturing concern, formed bj Marion F. Olivi 

 the i Uiver Rubber Manufacturing ( o., and Austin Kanzer. It will 

 specialize in the manufacture, i. . rder, of high-grade hand- 

 made automobili tires, exclusively foi the use oi owners of 

 i m and about San Fran i Oakland, etc.; also in 



tubes, branded with th( own. i 3 n. foi purpi 1 iden- 



tification. I he tires are made with red side walls and white 

 treads in three styles — the "Touring." thi K non-skid" 

 and the "Hickory' non-skid. 



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I he Savage Tire Co., of San Diego, has started a campaign 

 for the invasion of the Eastern tire field by opening a branch 

 in Chicago. I hi Savage tire is made under the directii 

 V \\ Savage, the man who made Savage firearms famous. 



A unique demonstration and test of strength of the Savage 

 "Red Graphite" tube was recently made, when one of these 

 lubes, in connection with a steam roller, was used to tow a 

 streel car weighing 26,000 pounds up a l'j per cent, grade \ 

 37 .\ 5 inch tube was used in this demonstration, spools being 

 used to fasten the ends to the car and -team roller, with ropes 

 run through the spools. Engineers of the car company figured 

 that with the weight of the car and the friction developed in 

 turning over ih< motors the pull on the tube equaled 7 

 After the test the tube was inflated, and not a rupture, leal 

 • r weak place could he found. Pictures showing thi- novel 



1 t a tire tube were taken bj one of the film companies for 

 the "111. .\ ie- " 



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The Kelly-Springfield Tire & Rubber Co. branch at San 

 Francisco early in February moved int.. new quarters on upper 

 Van Ness avenue. These new quarters have a floor area of 

 about 15,000 square feet ami comprise, besides offices and 

 rooms, storage space for about 10,000 casings and tubes and a 

 well appointed service department. 



The Thermoid Rubber Co., of Trenton. Nev has 



established agencies for its "Nassau'' tires in San 1 1 in 

 San Diego, Los Angeles and Oakland, California; in Seattle. 

 Washington, and Portland. Oregon. The Schmid-Jeffress ' 

 and the Tire & (til Service Co. will handle the line in San 

 Francisco and Peart. Inc.. in Oakland. 



The Federal Rubber Manufacturing Co., of Milwaukee. Wis- 

 consin, has established an agency for its tires with the Spokane 

 .\ Supply Co., <,f Spokane. Washington 



The Automobile Supply Co., of Tacoma, Washington, has 

 added to its line the new Goodrich Silvertown and the Dia- 

 mond tire. 



The Republic Rubber Co. branch at Portland, Oregon, has 

 moved from 233 Burnside street to 71 Broadway. 



The tire companies on the Pacific Coast are all preparing for 

 an unusual rush of activity durum the spring and summer, 

 the two great international expositions — the Panama-California. 

 opei ed at San Diego January 1, and the Panama- Pacific, opened 

 February 20 at San Francisco — adding to the inducement 

 1. r.d by the natural attractions of thi- Western count! 

 visitors from the Past. 



