September 1, 1915.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



67] 



THE NEW HODGMAN OFFICE BUILDING. 



TTHE village of Tuckahoe is only three miles north of the 



New York Citj lim and 16 mil< - from thi I irand I i i 

 triil station on the line of the New iTorl Central road and 

 can be reached from thai station in half an hour. [| 

 pretty spot, among the hills of U i -i, h< ti ■ I ountj ' ! 

 lory of the Hodgman Rubbei Co. has been located theri 

 04 years, and the company recently decided, in order to get 

 more room, light, air and better accommodations general! to 

 move us -how rooms and general offices to I ind to 



put up a special building for that purpose The work on tins 

 building has been under way lor some mouths. Th< exterioi 

 is now practical!) completed, as will be seen from the i 

 panying illustration. The interior will be finished within the 

 next two or three mouths, and the company expects to move 

 its office force 

 from its pres- 

 ent location at 

 Broadway, 

 Xew York City, 

 to this new 

 building 

 in Tuckahoe by 

 the first of Jan- 

 uary next. 



The building 

 is three stories 

 in height, with 

 unit, an d 

 stands some dis- 

 tal i< e hack from 

 the road. The 

 main portion 

 of the structure 

 has a frontage 

 of 150 feet and 

 a depth of 125 

 feet. The base- 

 ment and first floor are to be used for storage and shipping 



purposes. The g I- are taken in at the side and rear, at 



which points there are covered loading platforms. Adjoining 

 th< main entrance on the first floor are reception and waiting 

 rooms, which have a main staircase leading directly to the of- 



cers' quarters on the second floor. 

 \ portion of the second floor is to be occupied by the ofl 

 oi th( company and is divided into various rooms tor this 

 purpose. The remaining portion of this floor is to be used for 

 th< -ales and accounting departments. The front portion of 

 the third floor is to be used entirely for offices and the rear 

 l- divided into spacious dining rooms for officers and employees. 

 with adjoining kitchen, pantry and store rooms. Comfortable 

 "first aid" rooms with adjoining bedrooms and hath are .1 

 provided to take care of any unforeseen illness of employees. 



The exterior of the building is made up of a combination 

 of terra cotta, brick, faience tile and concrete, so distributed 



to give a very pleasing effect. The main pilasters an 

 reinforced concrete lined with red brick which extends across 

 the openings and connect- with ornamental brick panels under 

 the windows. Terra cotta is used to form the central feature 

 of the front facade extending entire!) around the main entrance 

 tc the building. 



The building is of fireproof construction throughout, and de- 

 signed along the most modern engineering lines. The frame 

 is entirely of reinforced concrete, including all floors, column! 

 and staircases. All the latest tire protection devices are provided, 

 including automatic sprinklers and stand pipes on all floors. 

 The mechanical equipment throughout is modern in every par- 

 ticular. 



It is the company's purpose to maintain a sales office and 

 show rooms in New York i il ice of the 



I In- offici will he connected ],\ direct wire with the 



main offici .md the facilil irders will be most 



ompli ii 



1 i if Building of the Horn, max Rubbi 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 

 At the annual meeting of StOi II tultless R 



which was held at the company's genera it Ashland, 



Jul) 30, the foi mi i i iffii i i - and din ctors 

 rhesi in I . \\ . Mi'.! i , pr< sident and P. A. M 



vice-pi I ' Cilli i ecretarj , ' E. ( tmpbi II, general 



manager, and !. I ■ . Myei 



The New Cast! ■ o., of New I Pennsylvania, 



has increased it- output from an initial pi 100 tires 



a day to 300, and report- that it- "New Castle" and I . i 



tires are success- 

 fully competing 

 in the marki I 

 Pennsylvania and 

 New York, where 

 the) have been 

 1 1 d. 



A petition in 

 bankruptcy has 



I 



erican R u b b e r 

 Cloth Co., 



East Tenth 

 street, New 



The liabihi: 

 the company, 

 which manufac- 

 tured rail, 

 are given 

 000, and ti 

 sets at $500. 



The (diaries A. Klint Co o I ampello, Massachusetts is 

 said to be negotiating with representatives of the Italian 

 eminent for a large supply of rubber rain.- the Italian 



army, and to have submitted sample- of a -pi rial design hav- 

 ing a long skirt and a hood that tits over the armj 



The Rubber Division oi the National \.ssociatii f W; 



Material Dealers held a regular meeting on Vugust 20 at 

 Atlantic ( it_\, at which various important matter- were 

 ■ ed. 



Dunlop Tire & Rubber I o. plans the erection in the 



near future of a $30 

 I oronto, < 'nt.irio. 



A new steamship line, of which the Moore. McCormick 

 I o , Inc.. is the agent, is to he established hit ween Xew York 

 and South \merica. The first sailing will be on September 

 1, when the steamer "Montara." of about 3.000 tons, will sail 

 from Xew York for Rio de Janeiro, calling at Pernaml 

 Maceio and Bahia. 



\ committee has been appointed by Secretary of the Tn 

 ury Mc \, loo to arrange a return \ i-it to the South American 

 republics bj representatives oi the financial, industrial and 

 commercial interests of the United States. 



I In G lyear Tire & Rubber I o about the middle of 



August completed its withdrawal from the retail field in New 

 York fit), discontinuing its store at 1972 Broadway. The com- 

 panj now ha- in Xew York, besides its district headquarters and 

 export department at Long Island City, a -ervice station and 

 truck tire department at 207 West Fiftieth street and a mechan- 

 ical good- department at 30 Church street. 



