July 1, 1915.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



561 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN TRENTON. 

 i ar ( 'orrespondent. 



AX invention which promises to assume an important place 

 in the manufacture of automobile inner tubes has been 

 perfected b; I ugene Van Note, of Trenton and New York. It 

 is known as the Van Note tube splicing machine, and it 



away entirely with the hand method of "turning" the end- 

 tube preparatory to splicing. The present method, which is a 

 comparatively tedious operation and distasteful to the operati 

 because of the liability of bruising and cutting the fingers, I 

 three times as long as the process perfected I y Mr Van Note. 

 Several basic claims on the machine have already been allowed 

 by the Patent Department. The John E. Thropp's Sons ( ■>. will 

 manufacture the machines en royalty. 



The first machine completed has been installed at the plain 



of the Delion Tire & Rubber Co. The business of this com- 



expanding. Two more tin naking machines and 



another vulcanizer have recently been added t" it-- equipment. 



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The "jitney" trade has produced a marked increase in the de- 

 mand tor tires. Rubber men predict that if the jitneys increase 

 in the same proportion Eoi the next year or two it "ill tax 

 som< oi he factories tc take care of the business. 



One well known tire manufacturer, referring t< the subject 

 this week -aid: "The jitney cab drivers realize that if they 

 are to keep their cars on the go they must he equipped with 

 high-grade tires, and this is the type most of them are buying. 

 A jitney laid up for tire repairs loses more money than it would 

 have cost for good tires in the first place and the owners are 

 not slow to see this. I venture to say that thousands of old 

 cars which were practically in storage have been brought forth 



and converted into jitneys." 



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The John E. Thropp's Sons Co., which makes rubber ma- 

 chinery, has accomplished an unusual feat in the erection of its 

 new plant. This plant is on the site of the old one and the 

 company's work was not interrupted during any part of the 

 operation. This was made possible by erecting the new build- 

 ing in the form of a shell over the old structure and then gradu- 

 ally demolishing the old plant. The company is rushed to top 

 speed with orders. It expects shortly to have ready for ship- 

 ment a large order of tire-making machinery for a French fac- 

 tory. It will be necessary to send demonstrators to France with 

 the machines, as they will be the first of their kind to be used 

 in that country. Heretofore the French have used machines 

 of German manufacture. The introduction of the American ma- 

 chines will enable the factories to operate with one man less 

 for each machine than is required by the German make, and to 

 turn out three times as many tires in the same time. 



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The Vulcan Recovery Co. is the title of a newly incorporated 

 concern which proposes to reclaim rubber in Trenton. The 

 officers of the new concern, all of whom are connected with the 

 Essex Rubber Co., are : A. T. Oakley, president ; Owen Moon, 

 vice-president ; C. H. Oakley, treasurer, and A. E. Moon, sec- 

 retary. Reclaiming operations are to begin about July 1. A. T. 

 Oakley, the president, was for many years general superintend- 

 ent of the Alkali Rubber Co. at Akron, now known as the Akron 

 branch of the Philadelphia Rubber Co. 



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A law suit which promises to be of unusual interest to the 

 trade because of the points at issue has been instituted in Mercer 

 Court by Mrs. Thirza Ann Foley, widow- of Arthur R. Foley, 

 the rubber salesman who lost his life on the "Lusitania." The 

 Home Rubber Co., which employed Mr. Foley at the time of his 

 death, and in the interest of which he was en route to England. 

 is made defendant in the suit. The Employers' Liability Law 

 under which the action is taken is rather liberal in interpreting 



the ru mployees killed or injured in the course of their 



lar work. The maximum compensation allowed by lav. 

 the death i '.,- Mi ley is said to 



$10 per week for 300 week-. 



that where an accident is tile result of a 

 risk ■ i if the empli J nit i.t '.::< 



may be held liable. It may lie contended that the death of Mr. 

 the result of an accident within the meaning of 

 the law. 



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Delegates attending the convention of the National Shoe 

 I inders' Association, which is to be held at San Francisco, 

 July 8-9, will be presented by tin Essex Kub- 

 • '. with handsome gold bronze watch 

 eled m four coloi 

 in octagon shape after the old California dol- 

 lar. The famous "Blue List Cobbler" is 

 shown in relief, busily applying Essex soles. 

 (in the obverse side is the company's trade 

 mark. 



Si oral new members have recently been 



added to the Essex road force. 



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The Acme Rubber Manufacturing Co. and 

 tin- Hamilton Rubber Co. closed their entire 

 plants recently during the funeral services of 

 William S. Hancock, who was part owner of 

 the concerns. Mr. Hancock left an estate of 

 more than half a million dollars. He « 

 one time State Comptroller and one of New 

 Jersey's leading business men. The flag on 

 Trenton's City Hall was at half mast in his 

 honor. J. F. Meyer, of the Acme Rubber 

 1 was one of the pall bearers at the funeral. 



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General C. Edward Murray, of the Empire 

 Rubber & Tire Co., has bought a luxurious 

 yacht which he will use for ocean cruising. 

 He has christened it "Virginia." 



The Empire company is making alteration- and extensions to 

 its plant, improving and increasing its producing facilities. This 

 company is extremely busy in its tire department, which is being 

 operated day and night, on three shifts of eight hours each. 

 ( ine new building is in course of erection, and a siding is being 

 built from the Pennsylvania railroad tracks direct to the ship- 

 ping room 



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The Trent Raincoat Co. is the title of a newly incorporated 

 company which will manufacture raincoats and rubber specialties 

 in this city. The plant is on Xew York avenue. The incor- 

 porators are William O. Anderson, A. J. Anderson and Fran- 

 cis J. Quigley. 



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Work on the new building of the Z. Z. Tire & Rubber Co. at 



Yardville is being pushed with great rapidity. 



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It is reported that the partnership between H. Freedman and 

 I. Fineberg, composing the Trenton Scrap Rubber Supply "Co., 

 is being dissolved, inventory being taken and stock on hand 

 ised of preparatory to winding up the affairs of the com- 

 pany, which, during the seven or eight year- it has been estab- 

 lished, has done an extensive business in the handling of this 

 material. It is said to be the intention of both partners to con- 

 tinue trading independently. 



Bids will be received by the Bureau of Supplies and Ac- 

 counts, Navy Department, Washington, until July 13. on 2.000 

 feet of unlined linen hose — schedule No. 8521 — and until July 

 20 on 1.800 feet of similar material — schedule Xo. 8528. 



