

THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September 1, 1915. 



The follows President and treas- 



urer, Terrence Mci Mi I ihy. Mr. 



en in the business of manufacturing rubber go, 

 especially footwear of various kinds, for many years. He 

 superintendent • ! Id Consumers' Rubber Co. plant, which 

 m a -mall beginning to it- i>i ■ iition, em- 



- 100 icople. 

 ecentlj issued the statement that the new company has 

 ind enough orders for footwear to keep the plant running 

 present capacitj for a year. For several years, he stair,!, 

 insulating wire was carried on at this factory, 

 but workmen are now husily engaged in refitting the buildings 

 formerly used for wire insulation for the purpose of making 

 i, and when thi- is completed the number of employees will 



be greatly increased. 



Mr. Mci arty, as president, treasurer and manager, i- to be 

 assisted by practically the ami Eoro ol iffice help and depart- 

 mental foremen, all of whom have had long experience in the 

 business and manufacturing ends of the rubber industry. The 

 only exi - ;h. 'i i f Charles Miller, who has resigned his 



as shipper with the concern. 



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The Intern. .11, i: il Rubber Co., at West Harrington, has ju-i 

 awardi i t to con trucl a large vulcanizer at it- plant, 



and work thereon will begin at once. It is to be of brick with tar 

 and gravel roof and lined with tin. It will he 75 feet lon- 24 

 feet wide . I high Work of extending the rails of the 



New York taven & Hartford Railroad across tin high- 



way into the yard of the plant for freight purposes is to be 

 started soon Other improvements are under consideration. 



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The additi' n to the plant of the Phillips Insulated Wire ' o 



tucket, will bi ready for occupancy early in September. 



The new structure has been in proci construction for 



,1 months, li i- io be used entirely for rubber-covered 



r wire, the manufacture of which for a long time has been 



carried on in other departments of the plant. It is of brick and 



een en i to rding to most approved modern methods 



Plans are now under way for another new building to be 100 x 



"0 feet, till igh, of brick and mill construction. 



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Owing to its largely increased output, the management of the 



National India Rubber Co.. Bristol, is trying out the plan of 



,-eying its -manufactured goods by auto trucks to Providence. 



[2 miles, to be shipped b\ boat to New York 



and points to the south. 



The wire insulating business at the National factory is rapidly 

 increasing and additional facilities are becoming necessarj to 

 handle this department of the busin< 



The 50 j men employed at the National factory who 



board at the DeW'olf Inn. which is conducted under the auspices 

 of the company for the accommodation of it- women help, were 

 given a complimentary clam hake, on the farm of Colonel Colt, 



at i - inday afternoon in August. 



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The Revere Rubber Co. has received permissii n to ereel a one- 

 story frame building on Valley street, this city, i e pur- 

 Several departments of the Revere company are reported to 

 be working overtime at present, making -olid tires for heavy 

 trucks. 



Thomas Birmingham, a veteran Reveri employee, has re- 

 turned from a vacation to his native town on Cape Cod. which 

 he left 44 ce which time he has never taken a day 



: left thi "Cape" to accept a position with the 

 Richmond Land Co.. which formerlj owned the land upon 

 which the plat ■• Revere Rul md the Queen Dye- 



:, it time he has been in the employ 



of one or the other of these three companies. His position for 

 many years has been that of watchman for the Revere company, 

 and, with one exception, he is the oldest employee of that con- 

 cern. 



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Robert S. Emerson, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, trustee in 

 bankruptcy of the Cataract Rubber Co., of Providence, entered 

 -nit in the Superior Court for Providence County, on August 13, 

 against Samuel J. Greene, of Providence; William J. Bullock, 

 oi New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Clarence H. Broley and 

 George Kirk, of North Providence, to recover certain money 

 thai he claims was paid on a note made by the defendants as 

 directors of the Cataract Rubber Co., May 5, 1914. 



The plaintiff alleges that the defendants as such directors made 

 a promissory note for $5,500 payable to the order of George Kirk, 

 and endorsed by each of them. On October 5, the sum of $1,000 

 was paid on this note, it is alleged, by the Cataract Rubber Co. 

 (hi the ground that it was an illegal transaction the trustee in 



bankruptcy i- suing t" get back the money so paid. 



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The Bourn Rubber Co.. Providence, is working full time at 

 present and is reported to have enough orders to keep it going 

 i some time to come. 



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The Davol Rubber Co., Providence, is making surgical sup- 

 plies which, it is reported, are going p i the Red Cross forces 



abroad. 



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An ornamental wire fence has been erected by the American 

 Electrical Works and the Washburn Wire Co., along the railroad 

 front of the two concerns at Phillipsdale, in East Providence. 

 The fence is designed to prevent their employees from leaving 

 the plants and walking on the railroad tracks, where numerous 

 accident-, several of them fatal, have occurred in the last few 

 years. 



Colonel Samuel P. Colt, president of the United States Rub- 

 ' . is preparing to erect at bis 400-acre country home at 

 Poppasquash, Bristol, the largest poultry building in this part 

 of the country. There will be accommodations for thousands 

 iwl, including bens, ducks and peacocks. Different breeds of 

 poultry will he installed and the new house will be erected in 

 close proximity to the $75,000 barn that is now Hearing com- 

 pletion. 



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H. C. Wagner, superintendent of the Woonsocket Rubber Co. 

 mills at Woonsocket and Millville, with his family, has been 

 spending a two-w-eeks' vacation at York Beach, Maine. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN TRENTON. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 

 ""■THE Empire Rubber & Tire Co. has reeived a contract to 

 * supply all the tires used on New York's motor driven tire 

 apparatus during the next six months. The fact that Empire 

 met the rigid specifications demanded by the Metropolitan 

 ommissioners, is in itself a high testimonial to the worth 

 of the product, and the Empire people are naturally proud of the 

 distinction. Empire made hose is extensively used by the New 

 York fire department. The last order was for 30,000 feet of cot- 

 ton fire hose, rubber lined. 



General C. Edward Murray, of the Empire company, recently 

 entertained a distinguished party on board his yacht "Virginia." 

 Chancellor Walker and Vice Chancellor Backes were included in 

 the list of guests. After witnessing the boat races on Barnegat 

 Bay the party went to Atlantic City, returning to Seaside Park 



by the outside route. 



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Vice Chancellor Backes in the Court of Chancery has declined 



