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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 1. 1915. 



tries \ Coe the Eastern selling agent of the United States 

 Rubber Co., who returned in April from a strenuous business 

 trip, and who was stricken with pneumonia soon after, has al- 

 most completely recovered and will probably be at his place ol 

 business, for a portion of the time at least, by the time this 

 letter is published. 



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VV. M Gunlock, under whose direction the Spring Step rubber 

 heel lias attained so great a publicity, »a> in Boston the last 

 week of May. making bis headquarters at the office of the Revere 

 Rubber Co., which manufactures this heel. 



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Francis H. Appleton is a delegate to the Shriners' convention 



to be hi Id in San Francisco next month, lie will leave here July 



,i quite extended trip, a special train being provided for 



the members of the Mystic Shrine. Several -tops will be made 



ai various cities and points of interest, the excursion lasting a 



numbei of weeks 



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S P. Sharpies, the well-known rubber chemist, is enjoying a 

 period ol rest in Florida. Then are few younger old men in the 

 industry than Mr. Sharpies, and not many better known. 

 1 lespite his 73 years, he is regularly in attendance at the outings 

 of the Rubber Club of America, Inc., and a participant in some 

 of the amusements there provided. 



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\nd. speaking of these outings, many members of the club 

 will be grieved to bear that Elmer Checkering, the "official" pho- 

 tographer of these occasions, whose pictures have graced 

 the pages of The India Rubber World, died last month at the 

 comparatively young age of 53 years. No photographer in New 

 England had a larger acquaintance among celebrities than he, 

 and few more friends. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 

 ( >nr Regular ( orr> spondent. 

 TlIK rubber goods produced at the various factories 

 ^ throughout Rhode Island continue to be in active de- 

 mand, and every concern is working its plant on full time, 

 lettei Perhaps the greatest handicap experienced is the 

 lack of competent help to meet the increasing demand. There 

 have been unusually large shipments of tennis shoes from two 

 of tin plants, and apparently the demand has not abated yet. 

 although the output since the first of the year has been 



phenomenal. 



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eiver Curtis of the defunct Atlantic National Hank ol 

 Providence, who. in that capacity, was the principal creditor 

 of the Walpole Tire ec Rubber Co., at Walpole Massachusetts, 

 made the announcement a few days ago that the Revere Rub- 

 ber Co., which operates an extensive plant on Valley and 

 Eagle streets, had purchased part of the machinery of the 

 plant at Walpole and would the plant there tem- 



porarily and possibly eventually purchase the entire plant, 

 lie also stand that Robert C. Fisher had been employed by 

 the impany as its manager at Walpole. He was 



made treasurer of the old Walpole company by Mr. Curtis, 

 and later receiver. 



"The old stockholders," according to a statement made by- 

 Mr Curtis, "will suffer a total loss on their holdings of Wal- 

 pole stock and both classes of that concern's stock are now 

 hless. Thousands of dollar- of both preferred and com- 

 mon stock of that company were held here. This stock was 

 put up as collateral for a number of loans made by the At- 

 lantic National Bank. The stockholders' reorganization, of 

 which Michael J. Houlihan, of this city, vice-president of the 

 Walpole company, is a member, in a letter sent out the latter 



part of April, practically withdrew from all further negotia- 

 tion- and g.ue notice of the return of the deposit money." 



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About 3S0 people are now employed at the factory of the 



Narragansett Rubber Co. on \\ 1 street, Bristol, and 35.000 



pan- of -hoe- are being turned out each week. Mr. McCarthy. 

 the manager, however has announced that there is need of ex- 

 perienced sewing machine operator- and -hoe maker- at the 



mi ti iry. 



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The Tayson Rubber Co. has been incorporated, under the 

 laws of Rhode Island, by Alfred G. Chaffee, John A. Tilling- 

 hast and Teresa E. Mullen, the capital of the new concern 

 being fixed at $100,000. 



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The International Rubber Co.. of West Harrington, is en- 

 joying a considerable increase in the volume of its business, 

 which has necessitated numerous changes and additions in 

 order to give adequate facilities. One of the most important 

 additions has been the building of a new vulcanizer on the 

 west side of the factory. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN TRENTON. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 



ARTHUR R. FOLEY, of the traveling staff of the Home 

 Rubber Co., went to his death when the liner "Lusitania" was 

 sunk, on May 7, by a German submarine. He was hound for 

 the London office of the company, on his fifth voyage in the in- 

 terests of his employers. Mr. Foley's name did not appear 

 among the first lists of the dead, and his many friends were 

 buoyed with hope until official confirmation of his death was 

 wired the Home company by Secretary of State Bryan. The 

 body has been brought home for burial, arriving in New York 

 May 24 on hoard the "New York" of the American line. 

 Further mention of Mr. Foley will be found among the obituary 



notices in this issue 



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The death of Elbert Hubbard, who was a victim at the same 

 time of German submarine activities, was also a matter of par- 

 ticular regret among those in the trade who met him when he 

 visited Trenton shortly before sailing. Mr. Hubbard inspected 

 the plant of the Empire Rubber & Tire Co. and had promised 

 to u rite bis impressions in a booklet which he expected to issue 

 at an early day. 



The plant of the Brookville Rubber Co. in West Trenton is 

 being dismantled, preparatory to removal of the equipment to 

 the Panther Rubber Co.'s plant at Stoughton, Massachusetts, in 

 the interest- of economy. The Trenton plant, under the direc- 

 tion of R. W. Lane, has been used by the Panther company 

 for reclaiming rubber by means of electricity, a process per- 

 fected by Mr. Lane. The system in use does away with the acid 

 process and devulcanizing, as ordinarily understood. The Pan- 

 ther company acquired the old Plymouth plant at Stough- 

 ton some time ago and has since carried on its manufacturing 

 there. An addition to accommodate the reclaiming department 

 has just been completed adjoining the Stoughton plant. About 



r. inty employes will be affected by the removal. 



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An order for 500.000 gross of jar rings is among the business 

 recentlj booked by the Acme Rubber Manufacturing Co. Au- 

 gustine W. Waldron is a new member of the Acme traveling 



staff. 



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The Paramount Rubber Co.. which started business here about 

 two years ago. has already built up an enviable reputation in 

 the manufacture of tennis and rubber hand balls. The product 

 of this concern has been so much in demand since the first of the 



