Putnam patriot., 1910-03-18
 STAR NOVELTY WORKS.


 This Is one of the new enterprises that invites recognition from the faet that it includes one manufacture that is new in this country. It is the manufacture of leather mats, that are destined 10 take the place of rubber mats. The large amount of rubber em- ployed in the manufacture vi automo- piles, and their amaxing and constantly increasing number, has about doubled the cost of rubber, whose production Is limited, that some substitute for rnb- Der will have ta be provided for mak. ing of mats. The city Of Putnam of- fefst that substitute, through its "Star Novelty Works, ' in leather mats that are more enduring than rubber. neat looking, and are cheaper in price.
 The Star Novelty Works were start cd Tor the making of leather washers, used in great variety of manatactar ed articles, and are made from the bi- product of shoe shops and other leather using establishments. And now, the bi product of that bi-product Is turned into durable and beautiful door mats, so that there is not particle of what is employed in the manufacture of some useful article. The saying is, that aa man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, Is . benefactor to the human race;' much more Is he entitled to being benefac- tor to his fellow men who takes waste product that men pay to get rid of AS a useless rubbish, and turns Into valu- able useful article, that Is what the Star Novelty Works Is doing.
 This enterprise was a tenant of the Dorsey X Bone Building when 1t was burned out last fall, and suffered with other tenants. 1t started again under the basement of w. D. Cases ladies' house shoes and slippers shop, and Is reallyt on the ground floor, as Is the shoe shop above it.
 LEATHER MATS.
 On the other end of the same floor Is another large room above that occupied by W. n. Case for his shoe shop before he was burned out. Here E. Tracy manufactures leather door mats, and says he has plenty of orders for them, but Is seeking to introduce the manu- facture of other lines of small articles, having good abilities for manufactur- ing. He 1t was that started the Star Novelty Works, then sold out, and af. terwards started business again. He is quite young man, but has wife and four children.
 NEW COAL AND ICE FIRM.
 Messrs. Whipple & Gilpatric have formed a copartnership to carry on the business of supplying coal, wood and ice. They have purchased a lot extend ing from the east side of the Providence street railroad bridge north, about 800 feet, widening at the end and being graded to almost level with The rail- road track, where the coal tower is to be erected. This is 10 be about 26 feet high, and of size to hold one thousand tons of coal There will be no shosel- ing of coal. 1t will be hoisted from the cars by machinery to the top Of the tower and dumped into ten bins. From these bins the coal will be loaded on the carts which drive into the tower under the. bins, controllabIe traps aI- lowing the coal to pour down to the carts underneath.
 A nice, convenient office is already erected, alongside of which are to be the weighing scales. The tower build ing will be erected as soon as weather conditions permitithe lumber for which the firm are themselves cutting. They expect everything to be in readiness for business early in May.