. India rubber world. lding, Chicago,was founded fifteen years ago by Charles A. Place, formerlypresident of the Metro])olitan Rubber Co., and vice-president ofthe New York Insulated Wire Co. After Mr. Place severedhis connection with the above mentioned companies, he startedthe New York Mackintosh Co. at 114-116 HIeccker street. NewYork City, ui a small way. The business has jjrown in the pastfifteen years sothat t h e com-panys plant nowcomprises over75,000 s(|uare feetof floor space. The plant isequipped for themanufacture ofw-aterproof cloth-ing from the rawmaterial to thefinished article.
. India rubber world. lding, Chicago,was founded fifteen years ago by Charles A. Place, formerlypresident of the Metro])olitan Rubber Co., and vice-president ofthe New York Insulated Wire Co. After Mr. Place severedhis connection with the above mentioned companies, he startedthe New York Mackintosh Co. at 114-116 HIeccker street. NewYork City, ui a small way. The business has jjrown in the pastfifteen years sothat t h e com-panys plant nowcomprises over75,000 s(|uare feetof floor space. The plant isequipped for themanufacture ofw-aterproof cloth-ing from the rawmaterial to thefinished building isdevoted tospreading andcalendering, andmill work, an<lthe company hasjust erected anew building, 50x100, two stories high, for the manufacture ofdruggists sundries. All the guaranteed products of the NewYork Mackintosh Co. are put out under the Bestyette trade-mark, which enjoys an enviable reputation in waterproof cloth-ing circles. The druggists sundries will be advertised under thesame brand \XT OF New ^(RK M.\ Co., DESTRUCTION OF THE MEXICAN CRUDE RUBBER CO. PLANT. Proba1)ly our readers will recall the account which appearedin the June number of The India Rubber World of the de-struction on May 15 of the above plant at Detroit, Michi-gan, but only recently the report of the coroners investiga-tions and other data at hand allow a surmise as to the causeof the explosion, which was most severe, and resulted in theloss of life of ten operatives, and the serious injury of sixmore, out of a total of 27 chemists and operators. It will be remembered by many that several years ago thiscompany was formed from several mining and land interestsin Mexico, and supplied a large quantity of guayule to the.•\merican market under the trade mark or brand of had two guayule plants at , Mexico, and one at main offices are at Detroit, and during the time it was activeas a rubber producer R. M. Dyar was its president
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