September i, 1903.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



433 



NEWS OF THE AMERICAN RUBBER TRADE. 



HARTFORD RUBBER WORKS CO. 



THE annual conference of the officers, branch managers, 

 and traveling representatives of this company has now 

 become a much appreciated fixture in the policy of the 

 company. It occurred this year during the first week 

 in August, at the company's offices, in Hartford, Connecticut, 

 and the program included a pleasant day's outing on August 6. 

 The branch managers in attendance were — 

 New York— R. P. Parker. Detroit— E. E. McMaster. 



New York — uptown — E. S. Roe. Chicago— S. E. (Jillard. 

 Boston — E. R. Benson. Minneapolis — W. C. Dawdy. 



Philadelphia— C. E. Fay. Denver- H. E. Field. 



Buffalo — James How. San Francisco — M. J. Tansey. 



Cleveland— J. B. Kavanaugh. Atlanta — S. E. Finley. 



Fifteen traveling salesmen were present, representing terri- 

 tories extending from New England to Kansas, and as far south 

 as Georgia. 



FIRESTONE RUBBER FACTORY (AKRON, OHIO.) 



The Firestone tire, with its successful side wire fastening, 

 and its triumphs at home and abroad, have all been faith fully 

 chronicled in The India 

 Rubber World. A present- 

 ment of the plant where the 

 tires are made, however, has 

 never before been given in 

 these pages. The factory of 

 the Firestone Tire and Rub- 

 ber Co. — which by the way is 

 the largest in the world de- 

 voted exclusively to the manu- 

 facture of solid tires — is of 

 brick, two stories in height, 

 and of modern substantial 

 mill construction. The power 

 plant consists of a 200 HP. 

 Buckeye engine, two 200 HP. 

 Biggs boilers, and the usual 

 accessories in the way of fire 

 pumps, dynamo for electric 

 lighting, etc. The rubber ma- 



chinery comprises one washer, Firestone tire and 



four mixers, one calender, four large vulcanizers, tubing ma- 

 chines, wire machines, and a variety of special machines and 

 tools created for this especial business. Mr. H. S. Firestone, 

 the inventor of the tire that bears his name, manages the fac- 

 tory personally, having an efficient assistant in Mr. S. G. 

 Carkhufl. 



THE REPUBLIC RUBBER CO. (YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.) 



John Tod has resigned as treasurer of this company, to 

 take effect on September i, but will retain his interest and con- 

 tinue on the board of directors and as secretary of the corpora- 

 tion. The active management is assumed by Warner Arms, 

 who succeeded Henry K. Wick as president some months ago. 

 STOLEN RUBBER RECOVERED. 



The truck load of crude rubber, shipped by the New York 

 Commercial Co. to an out-of-town customer, and lost sight of 

 before leaving the city, as reported in the last India Rubber 

 World, was recovered within a few days. One Hiram Man- 

 del, a man with an unsavory record, was arrested by the New 

 York police on suspicion, when a confession was extorted from 

 him which led to the recovery of the rubber in a junk shop, 



where, the detectives say, the rubber was not known to be 

 stolen goods. The value of the rubber was about $6500. 



AMERICAN RUBBER CO. (BOSTON). 



Sworn statement filed with the Massachusetts commission- 

 er of corporations— accounts presented at the annua' meeting 

 July 6, 1903 : 



ASSETS. LIABILITIES. 



Land $ 37.2S7 00 Capital stock $1,000,000.00 



Buildings 148,617.25 Debts 17014.63 



Machinery 136.927,22 Balance profit and 



Special Soo.ooo.oo loss 436,11743 



Cash and debts re- Reserve for deprecia- 



ceivable 839,780.92 tion 865.734-01 



Manufactures and Dividends unpaid. . 4", 000. 00 



stock in progress. 1,174,253.68 Special Soo.oco.oo 



Miscellaneous 22,000.00 



Total $3,158,866.07 



Total $3,158,866.07 



Shareholders: United States Rubber Co., 9882 ; Samuel P. 

 Colt, 20; William R. Dupee, 24; Harry E. Converse, 24; Lester 

 Leland, 2o;Costello C. Converse, 30; total, 10.000. 



MR. CONVERSE'S BIRTHDAY. 



A family reunion at the 

 home of the Hon. Elisha S. 

 Converse, Maiden, Massachu- 

 setts, celebrated his eighty- 

 third birthday, on July 28. 

 The party included Mr. Con- 

 verse's sister, Mrs. Emeline 

 Williams, now nearly 87 years 

 old, the two being all that are 

 left of a large family of broth- 

 ers and sisters. There were 

 many callers at the house dur- 

 ing the day to make inquir- 

 ies regarding Mr. Converse's 

 health, which has been better 

 this summer than for some 

 months previous, and to leave 

 congratulations or memen- 

 toes. Mr. Converse was the 

 first mayor of Maiden and in 

 many ways has contributed to the general welfare of the com- 

 munity, apart from the benefits arising from the location there 

 of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co., of which he was the founder. 

 THE MARION INSULATED WIRE AND RUBBER CO. 

 In regard to this new company, at Marion, Indiana, previ- 

 ously mentioned in these pages in our issue of June 1, 1903 

 (page 320) The India Rubber World is informed : " We now 

 have all our factory buildings well under way, and if there are 

 no unforeseen delays will complete the same by September 10 

 to 20. We have contracted for a considerable part of our ma- 

 chinery and anticipate little delay in getting the same after we 

 are ready to receive it." 



OUTING OF THE TYER RUBBER CO.'S EMPLOYES. 

 The annual picnic of the employes of the Tyer Rubber Co. 

 (Andover, Massachusetts) was held at Revere Beach, on Sat- 

 urday, August 1, about 400 being present. Special electric cars 

 were taken from the factory at Andover direct to the beach, 

 and after an interesting two hours trolley ride, the day was 

 spent enjoying the sights which make this resort so attractive, 

 A basket lunch was served at noon and late in the afternoon 



RUBBER CO.'S FACTORY. 



